Throwback Flick Of The Day: >>>Robocop<<<

RedMaster · 04-26-2005, 07:28 PM

Title: Robocop
Year: 1987

IMBD Rating: 7.1/10 (15,845 votes)

Trivia: The computer that Robocop looks up criminal records on is actually a Northern Telecom telephone switch.

When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control.

Awak · 04-26-2005, 08:47 PM

I loved that film, after i watched it for the 1st time i was walkin around like him with a big toy gun in my pocket.

Mind~$oul · 04-27-2005, 02:05 AM

This was the shit. I loved the theme music to it also. Remember the part when that big ass robot was chasing after Robocop and he didnt know how to go down the stairs. That shit was funny as hell when he fell and started going crazy shit shit.

The part where that dude got all fucked up with the toxic waste and then he got hit by the car. Disgusting.

nikki613 · 04-27-2005, 07:19 AM

that was my movie right there,i remember it being one of the first action movies i was into..

The MASSIVE · 04-27-2005, 05:36 PM

The original Robocop was the shit... I remember imitating his walk, making "chipum-chipum" sounds every step I took, saying "Drop It!"... Part 2 was just as tight if not tighter, the villain was definitely tighter, that little kid was a bastard, and it was cool to see him all chopped up in little pieces, I felt bad for him when that happend ... & Part 3 was ok... It was weird to watch him flying around with a jet pack n shit.

kyza soza · 04-30-2005, 08:35 AM

Nothing beats the original.

Gotti23 · 04-30-2005, 02:19 PM

Back in elementary I knew this one kid who would come to school thinking he was RoboCop.

RedMaster · 04-30-2005, 05:47 PM

^lol.......tell us about it.

-Mac- · 05-01-2005, 08:47 PM

Man I forgot all about this movie.

04-26-2005, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
RedMaster Epic Butt sucka Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: RedViLLe, USA Posts: 3,432	Throwback Flick Of The Day: >>>Robocop<<< Title: Robocop Year: 1987 IMBD Rating: 7.1/10 (15,845 votes) Trivia: The computer that Robocop looks up criminal records on is actually a Northern Telecom telephone switch. When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control.

04-27-2005, 02:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mind~$oul I'm Pretty Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: North Memphis BITCH! Posts: 17,145	This was the shit. I loved the theme music to it also. Remember the part when that big ass robot was chasing after Robocop and he didnt know how to go down the stairs. That shit was funny as hell when he fell and started going crazy shit shit. The part where that dude got all fucked up with the toxic waste and then he got hit by the car. Disgusting. __________________ "Everybody wanna be a nicca, but don't nobody wanna be a nicca"-Paul Mooney "I tried to live right, but society aint made for niccas to live right"-Joe Budden

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The MASSIVE Click My Sig! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 630	The original Robocop was the shit... I remember imitating his walk, making "chipum-chipum" sounds every step I took, saying "Drop It!"... Part 2 was just as tight if not tighter, the villain was definitely tighter, that little kid was a bastard, and it was cool to see him all chopped up in little pieces, I felt bad for him when that happend ... & Part 3 was ok... It was weird to watch him flying around with a jet pack n shit. __________________ www.MySpace.com/TheMASSIVE Last edited by The MASSIVE; 04-27-2005 at 05:38 PM.

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04-26-2005, 08:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Awak ... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,901	I loved that film, after i watched it for the 1st time i was walkin around like him with a big toy gun in my pocket.

04-27-2005, 07:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
nikki613 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NY Posts: 3,551	that was my movie right there,i remember it being one of the first action movies i was into..

04-30-2005, 08:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
kyza soza This way up. Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 16,570	Nothing beats the original.

04-30-2005, 02:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gotti23 Double's going 2 die!!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 2,479	Back in elementary I knew this one kid who would come to school thinking he was RoboCop.

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RedMaster Epic Butt sucka Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: RedViLLe, USA Posts: 3,432	^lol.......tell us about it.

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