New ROBOCOP Featurette; Man And Machine

Every review I've seen (small sites/blogs) has been positive. Averaging a 3.5/4 out of 5. I can't wait.

I'm surprised there aren't more reviews available for this one, since it opened last weekend in some parts of the world.

Huh.

Okay, I'll admit-- even though I've been feeling pretty put off by this film for the past couple of months, this featurette has actually stricken up a small spark of hope in my heart. 'Cause RoboCop was always more than just an (admittedly fantastic) '80s action movie-- it was an existential quest for identity and purpose, couched in political and social satire. Bottom line, it was SMART. Intelligence is an integral component to the first RoboCop's appeal-- which is why the sequels and spin-offs failed so miserably.

The earliest trailers for this film seemed to show us a story with no such spark of intelligence-- it looked almost like a video game at times! But the way these guys talk about the themes of drone warfare and the gradual combination of man and machine, I'm starting to wonder if this might just have a stronger thematic backbone than it seemed at first.

I'm not holding my BREATH, mind you... but I'm interested.

Z

Exactly ^^

@Dandy and @TheFox all the early reviews are saying the themes of the movie completely work. As I said earlier, EVERY review I've read has been positive.

Understand this: "Let's stick with black". It's an statement about the whole movie.

This is not a "shiny" Robocop, of cartoonish 80's gore (that was essential for THAT movie, a highly satirical action with touches od dark comedy). This is a Robocop for a darker time. The 80's movie is about an absurd future, this movie is about something that's already here. It's PG13? GOOD. We don't need another action gory movie. There's the 80's Robocop for that, go watch him if you want gore. The violence here is of another nature: the dehumanization, industrialization of violence. The fact you can press a button, launch something somewhere that will kill someone - a mere number - and go home after you "clean" job. This is not graphic violence, but it's FRIGHTENING, because we're living it. The movie says: it happens overseas, and we don't give a damn. And if it starts to happen HERE?

Since the project came out, Padilha (SEE HIS OTHER MOVIES, FOR GOD'S SAKE) stated that they ere NOT trying to emulate the old movie. That was a Robocop of its own. This Robocop is BLACK, because it NEEDS to stay away from the 80's movie, and adress other questions.

Stop complaining because "ao my god theres's this little aspect in this movie that is different from the 80's movie, somebody save me." OF COURSE it's different, and I am glad it is. We don't need a carbon copy of the 80's movie. Leave it alone. We need something else, and I am seeing it. A totally new take on a idea that doesn't try to substitute or copy the original material.

This movie will not erase the 80's movie from existence, nor "continue" him in any way.