Robocop (Reboot)

paddy kerins · 15-09-2012 8:25pm

I like it, according to a recent script leak there'll be 4 different versions

faceman · 15-09-2012 8:35pm

Suit looks awful. Very much a cop out. (no pun intended). Looks like Batman without the cape

indough · 15-09-2012 9:07pm

its almost as though they are deliberately trying to make this as bad as possible

nyarlothothep · 15-09-2012 10:02pm

The suit looks bland, it's like they're trying to be so subtle as to make realistic? (after post production), or not too excessive. But that's what made the original suit great, it was iconic because it was in your face, this is just a bland melange of TDK, Iron Man and a whole host of other superhero/robot film suits.

pixelburp · 15-09-2012 10:27pm

To be honest I'd forgotten this movie was even in production 'til my Subscriptions list updated; if they're insisting on making this, and it doesn't have the undercurrent of satire just right (if there's any at all), then we can just assume right here it'll be like Total Recall. And from what I've read of the supposed script-leak, that's exactly where it's all headed.

indough · 15-09-2012 10:58pm

pixelburp wrote: »

To be honest I'd forgotten this movie was even in production 'til my Subscriptions list updated; if they're insisting on making this, and it doesn't have the undercurrent of satire just right (if there's any at all), then we can just assume right here it'll be like Total Recall. And from what I've read of the supposed script-leak, that's exactly where it's all headed.

total recall was distinctly mediocre but it wasn't actually terrible. this on the other hand sounds absolutely dreadful, like on a whole other level of ****ness. like some sort of elaborate attempt at trolling the movie world. in fact the productions leaks sound so stupid i'm still not sure if i even believe them to be genuine.

Riddle101 · 16-09-2012 7:28pm

I hate the suit myself. However looking back at the original suit, was that any better? Still looked pretty cheap I thought.

Galvasean · 16-09-2012 7:34pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

I hate the suit myself. However looking back at the original suit, was that any better? Still looked pretty cheap I thought.

I think it was kind of cheap looking due to th effects of the time really. Some sort of update with better materialscould potentially look good. This new one is fairly generic and bland looking.

Overheal · 16-09-2012 9:16pm

paddy kerins wrote: »

I like it, according to a recent script leak there'll be 4 different versions

I was going to say it didn't look like the original leak. a few variations on the helmet, shoulders, etc.

Also it could be subject to post-production, like oh I don't know:

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 17-09-2012 1:23am

Suit looks like the ninja from the Gi joe movies, total ****e. Not looking forward to this, big lover of the old ones though!

Riddle101 · 17-09-2012 11:01am

I wonder if they'll use the old robocop theme, or a new one, maybe a remodified version. Hopefully it's the former because I used to love that song when I was a kid.

Mr Freeze · 17-09-2012 11:08am

That suit looks more like Mega Man than Robocop.

I do not like.

Riddle101 wrote: »

I wonder if they'll use the old robocop theme, or a new one, maybe a remodified version. Hopefully it's the former because I used to love that song when I was a kid.

I watched Robocop 1 and 2 again lately, and the theme in the first one is as great as I remember it.

Sadly Robocop 2 ditched the Basil Poledouris for a completely bland theme instead. Had it the same music, I would have enjoyed it more.

I didn't re-watch Robocop 3. Watching that once was bad enough. But that had the Robocop 1 theme back i think.

I doubt the new film will use the old themes in any way.

Skerries · 17-09-2012 11:44am

stick a cape and a bat symbol on it and you could use it for the Batman vs. Superman scene in the The Dark Knight Returns

Overheal · 17-09-2012 4:57pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

That suit looks more like Mega Man than Robocop.

I do not like.

...What are you trying to say?

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Mr Freeze · 17-09-2012 5:03pm

Overheal wrote: »

...What are you trying to say?

You can't say anything these days, you never know who will overhear.:pac:

I was just expecting the new Robocop to look more like Robocop. That said, we can't expect him to look exactly like the old one, but he should resemble that more so than anything else, certainly not your favorite 8 bit avatar anyways.

Phony Scott · 17-09-2012 10:52pm

Hmmm... the original film is my second favourite film of all time. First off the helmet is the biggest issue for me with this remake. Too plastic looking -- a knock off you'd find in a 2 euro store. Sure, the suit in the original movie looked a little fake too, but at least it had the look of something which was somewhat metallic. Secondly, the rest of the suit has a very generic look, a bit of the dark knight, a bit of GI Joe and so on. That suit looks well worn. It all feels very cheap with no real imagination. In fairness, it's impossible to tell if it works. One of the key things that made Robocop believable in the original film was the all important sound effects. It doesn't look convincing at the moment, but I'll need to hear what the film sounds like before passing a final judgement on it.

pixelburp · 17-09-2012 11:14pm

Well now, if I were to go all Devil's Advocate, it could be suggested that if you stripped away the wonderful script of the first film, Robocop could be a pretty naff-looking creation; in particular with the purple metallic sheen on the suit, that really dated it.

It's still an iconic design all the same, but are we being completely fair on the new version? If it just copied the original design verbatim we'd be just as annoyed, ditto if it went with an off-the-wall look; either way it's going to be compared against 20-odd years of good will & nostalgia. Plus we're viewing it completely out of context; it may look more impressive on screen & with the post-production finished.

Heck, its generic appearance may even be part of the overall social commentary & undercurrent of satire in the new film; I know I dismissed the movie at the top of this page, but hey, might as well try and keep some semblance of hope going.

krudler · 17-09-2012 11:53pm

mother of god that looks terrible. it looks like a rubber suit not even metallic.

Kinski · 18-09-2012 12:40am

Sad Professor wrote: »

Padilha is too good to be making this crap. Another talented filmmaker broken by the Hollywood studio system.

Amen. Trading a city as remarkable as Rio (favelas and all) for that ****hole was his first mistake.

Scanlas The 2nd · 18-09-2012 7:47am

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

1st set pics up
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=94813

I dont like the suit

Why is one hand not covered?

pixelburp · 18-09-2012 8:00am

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why is one hand not covered?

Well it is a set photo, the actor obviously took it off after filming to give him a little freedom

JP Liz V1 · 18-09-2012 4:00pm

Skerries wrote: »

stick a cape and a bat symbol on it and you could use it for the Batman vs. Superman scene in the The Dark Knight Returns

Yep reminded me also of the batsuit

wandatowell · 18-09-2012 4:03pm

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why is one hand not covered?

Thats probably his wankin' hand

B.A._Baracus · 18-09-2012 4:04pm

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why is one hand not covered?

pixelburp wrote: »

Well it is a set photo, the actor obviously took it off after filming to give him a little freedom

In the original Robocop they removed Murphy's arm from his shoulder as it was practually blown off by Clarence Boddicker (That was the arm that the spike came out of his hand)

Probably a similiar thing going on here.

aidan_walsh · 18-09-2012 4:23pm

The first suit was apparently pretty much all Verheoven and his vision of what Robocop was - a latter day Old West hero. Den of Geek have a pretty good article on it today.

Paul Verhoeven’s concept of RoboCop was based on classic American icons – cowboys embodied by actors such as John Wayne, or invincible, maverick cops like Dirty Harry. His RoboCop is an ordinary Irish police officer transformed by technology into a modern equivalent of an Old West gunslinger; his walk is slow and deliberate, each step highlighted by a metallic stomp, like the spurs of a small-town sheriff. He’s fearless, implacable. He shoots and never misses.

When designing RoboCop’s suit, Rob Bottin had originally imagined a much stealthier character, and thought up a costume with lots of dynamic lines which suggested forward motion. In the end, the concept he came up with based on Verhoeven’s suggestions was much heavier.

Mr Freeze · 18-09-2012 5:26pm

Good article.

So we can expect this Robocop to be a much more nimble athletic cyborg as opposed to the slow clunkiness of the old one.

GhostInTheRuins · 18-09-2012 6:30pm

aidan_walsh · 18-09-2012 7:06pm

This is going to get just as tiresome as "ITS JUST LIKE THE RAID", isn't it..?

krudler · 18-09-2012 7:47pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Good article.

So we can expect this Robocop to be a much more nimble athletic cyborg as opposed to the slow clunkiness of the old one.

they already did that in GI Joe :pac:

Sad Professor · 19-09-2012 9:56am

This is another one of those cases where we should all reserve judgement until we see the design within the context of the film. It reminds me of when set photos leaked for the original X-Men. There was endless rounds of nitpicking about the leather costumes and how the film was going to suck. Fans felt very strongly that they should be spandex like in the comics. Then the film came out and everyone seemed to forget about it. Same thing happened with Superman Returns over the colour of his boots and the size of his "S"-shield (the film did kinda suck in the end, but not because of the suit) and more recently with Dredd over the helmet and lack of shoulder pads.

I love the original Robocop, the design for which really is iconic and it's unlikely this new film will match it. But it's silly to dismiss the design and the film on the basis of a few set photos of Kinnaman getting into his trailer. I'm not saying the film won't suck. There's a very strong chance it will, but if it does it won't be because they didn't use the same suit as the original.

Frank Bullitt · 19-09-2012 10:19am

I kinda like the suit, still love the first film, its a childhood classic for me, the music, the atmosphere and all that.

Not sure if it will transfer well into the current way films look, there is something about the 80's that made films look and sound better, thats just me though.

Overheal · 19-09-2012 2:31pm

'ello 'ello. Alright Ed?

Mr Freeze · 19-09-2012 2:35pm

Think that was posted a while ago, That was the first image I saw for the new Robocop film and it does look like the old ED209.

I think that's why I assumed Robocop would look slightly like his old counterpart, instead of a complete overhaul.

Anyways, we will just have to wait and see how the film pans out, I don't have high hopes for it.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 19-09-2012 2:47pm

http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/robocop-improved.jpg

A simple paint job would make this suit a thousand times better!

paddy kerins · 19-09-2012 3:07pm

TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »

http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/robocop-improved.jpg

A simple paint job would make this suit a thousand times better!

Would be gas if that's what they ended up doing and the photos were just taken from a test run for the actor to get used to it. All the uproar would be over nothing :pac:

smokedeels · 19-09-2012 3:20pm

The original Robocop returned to my mind having seen all the talk about the suit design on websites, so I watched it last night.

Man, that scene were Murphy is executed is still one of the most brutal moments I've ever witnessed in a film. I remember seeing it as a kid, it messed me up for weeks afterwards.

I don't imagine the remake will even try to replicate the death scene with that level of brutality and fear.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 19-09-2012 4:32pm

paddy kerins wrote: »

TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »

http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/robocop-improved.jpg

A simple paint job would make this suit a thousand times better!

Would be gas if that's what they ended up doing and the photos were just taken from a test run for the actor to get used to it. All the uproar would be over nothing :pac:

Exactly what I was thinking

haha

Saganist · 16-10-2012 2:11pm

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/robocop-remake-pushed-back-570722.html

Duggy747 · 16-10-2012 3:21pm

Worst thing about that news is that Elysium is pushed back for an end of summer release.

Kylo Ren · 17-11-2012 3:37pm

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 17-11-2012 3:59pm

Keno 92 wrote: »

Is that real? I hope so!!

ancapailldorcha · 17-11-2012 4:00pm

TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »

Is that real? I hope so!!

At least we can't see his eyes...

phil1nj · 17-11-2012 4:11pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

At least we can't see his eyes...

This is a still from concept video doing the rounds (I'll see if I can get a link to it). It looks like this is the first suit he will be wearing. It will morph in to the black one that's been seen already.

phil1nj · 17-11-2012 4:13pm

Here you go :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv5keb_robocop-featurette-concept-art-licensing-sizzle-reel-vo-hq_shortfilms#.UKepOodWySo

pixelburp · 17-11-2012 4:22pm

phil1nj wrote: »

Here you go :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv5keb_robocop-featurette-concept-art-licensing-sizzle-reel-vo-hq_shortfilms#.UKepOodWySo

Quoth the talking head:
"There's going to be Call of Duty style shootouts ..."

Bzzzzzzzzzt, I'm out. As if any more proof was needed the soul of original is being ignored / misplaced, it's this single comment. Call of Duty should not be taken as an inspiration for anything, let alone action movies.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT · 17-11-2012 4:52pm

phil1nj wrote: »

This is a still from concept video doing the rounds (I'll see if I can get a link to it). It looks like this is the first suit he will be wearing. It will morph in to the black one that's been seen already.

Ah ****, I love the metallic look!

phil1nj · 17-11-2012 5:08pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Quoth the talking head:
"There's going to be Call of Duty style shootouts ..."

Bzzzzzzzzzt, I'm out. As if any more proof was needed the soul of original is being ignored / misplaced, it's this single comment. Call of Duty should not be taken as an inspiration for anything, let alone action movies.

When I heard there would be 2 suits I immediately thought of toys sales, nice that the guy actually mentions this in the clip too. This is going to be another soul sucking farce methinks.