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« on: December 19, 2006, 09:58:25 PM »

Which one is the best? In my opinion it's the second because that little kid is a pretty cool villian
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 11:05:34 PM »

I like the original the best, but the second is not too hard to watch.  The scenes of the various failed experiments is pretty darn amusing.  Making the villain some sort of bizarre Max Headroom killer robot was entertaining at times too.
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 11:46:58 PM »

I like the original the best, but the second is not too hard to watch.  The scenes of the various failed experiments is pretty darn amusing.  Making the villain some sort of bizarre Max Headroom killer robot was entertaining at times too.

Yeah plus in all three movies the commercials are amusing as well. And the gameshow were that guy says "ill buy that for a dollar." Yeah those failed robots attempts I cant stop laughing.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2006, 03:58:32 AM »

The first absolutely rocks! The failed test with the ED 209 in the boardroom is a classic. Plus the idea of big corporations actually owning the police so they can't be arrested is something woth bearing in mind.

That being said, there are a lot worse movies than Robocop 2
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2006, 05:38:33 AM »

RoboCop is the best.  I had never seen anything like it at the time and I still haven't, really.  I consider it to be a near-perfect film.

RoboCop 2 is much more of a standard "movie" than RoboCop but it is very enjoyable.  I think the cast and crew were having a pretty good time, too.  Had Basil Poledouris done the score, it would have been improved a hundredfold, though Leonard Rosenman's music isn't bad.  I'm glad they spent at least a token effort to deal with the lingering bits of Murphy's former life.  RoboCop 2 was also one of the last really violent movies with really twisted and evil villains to come out before things got more sanitized and PC during the 90s.

I want to like RoboCop 3, and I'm glad it was made, but it doesn't stack up to 1 and 2.  If it was just some movie I stumbled across while channel surfing, I'd probably like it more than I do.
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2006, 06:01:28 AM »

The first one. The satire is the sharpest and the story, action, violence, and acting are the best of the series.

Wasn't "I'll buy that for a dollar!" from a sitcom rather than a game show. Some of tried to adopt that as a catchphrase in school, it didn't stick.

I love how the support for the Ed 209 program dealt with that it would be a profitable production line due to the supply and maintenance contracts and Third World military sales, regardless of whether the product actually worked as it was supposed to.
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2006, 06:11:25 AM »

Definitely the first Robocop.
I want one of those huge rifles they blow cars up with in that movie.

And it's always funny to hear Kurtwood Smith as Boddicker say, "Just gimme my f*ckin' phone call." and spit blood on the police forms.  (That's the only line I can ever remember from the movie)
That guy can always be counted on to play a real jerk.
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2006, 07:21:43 AM »

I heard from someone he needs a sound board, and I agree. Does anyone here have flash?

Now the Robocop trilogy have their strengths, for Robocop 1, the strength was plot, in two, action, and in three, theme. The best is probably Robocop 1, my personal favorite is Robocop 2.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2006, 08:12:30 AM »

I'd rate them in the order they were made. Robocop was something different when it came out (The same year as Predator, which was also something different).

I think the third one is underrated. It sat in the can for almost three years because Orion went bankrupt.

I'm in a minority, but I actually liked the TV series. It was much more satirical than movies, I thought it was very funny.  I guess that's why most people don't like it, the violence was toned down a lot.  I loved the villians like Cray Z. Malardo and Pudd-face Morgan.  One of my favorites was when the women's rights activists kidnapped the Chairman of OCP and forced him to do housework.
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2006, 10:33:44 AM »

The second one is my favorite.  It had a more interesting plot and the bad robocop was totally cool.  Hated the third one;  good grief, let's get rid of the satire and start preaching.  And make the main character a little kid.  Brilliant.
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2006, 10:54:14 AM »

Robocop 2 is been my personal favorite since I was a little kid. Actually remember seeing in the thearter when I was 6-7. The first one I saw when I was older but Its still a great movie. The third I don't remember much. Have to see it again.

Useless fact: I had a serious crush on Nancy Allen Officer Lewis in the movie. Fun she was born here in New York City. Also I do remember when she was killed in three. I'm begininng to remember why I don't like it  Wink
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2006, 02:37:11 PM »

I'd rate them in the order they were made. Robocop was something different when it came out (The same year as Predator, which was also something different).

I think the third one is underrated. It sat in the can for almost three years because Orion went bankrupt.

I'm in a minority, but I actually liked the TV series. It was much more satirical than movies, I thought it was very funny.  I guess that's why most people don't like it, the violence was toned down a lot.  I loved the villians like Cray Z. Malardo and Pudd-face Morgan.  One of my favorites was when the women's rights activists kidnapped the Chairman of OCP and forced him to do housework.

Never knew there was a TV series, was it a cartoon?
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2006, 03:49:23 PM »

Oy!!
Don't get me started on Orion . . .
Go to the ROBOCHIC review here, if you haven't already . . .
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2006, 04:03:09 PM »



Never knew there was a TV series, was it a cartoon?


No it was a live action show shot in Toronto. A Canadian actor named Richard Eden played Robocop/Murphy. It had different supporting characters (no Lewis) and Robo drove special tricked out Mustang.  It was really done for satire and at times could be quite campy, but I found really enjoyable. It lasted one season (94-95) in syndication.

A couple of interesting episodes were when Robo actually gets to work with his Dad played by Martin Milner.
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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2006, 04:43:50 PM »

Robocop is a classic in every sense of the word.  Everything about that film is never perfection, including Kurtwood Smith as Boddicker.  The film is one that I quote the most.

"b***hes Leave!"
"I'd Buy That For A Dollar!"

I also refer to any monsterous gas guzzling SUV I see on the highway as a 6000 SUX.  Hell, it's an American tradition!

Robocop 2 never worked as well as the original for me.  I hated the kid as the villian.  I did like the "new" ED-209 in it though.

The third is a guilty pleasure of mine.  It's extremely stupid, watered down in the violence/language department and has that annoying kid....but I just love something about it.  Maybe it is the Robocop VS. Ninja scenes.  I do wish that film hadn't killed Fred Dekker's career.
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