Comments on: RoboCop Remake Trailer

By: Brittany Gresang

Brittany Gresang — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 02:34:00 +0000

What if there is CG on one suit and not the other? We need a legal team in here!

By: kyri

kyri — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:37:00 +0000

.. I had somewhat high hopes for the project, mainly because of the director attached but this looks generic and uninspired.. They seem to have missed the entire point of what made the original great..

I don’t know.. maybe it will end up to be good for other reasons.. I just can’t believe José Padilha is able to make a film as bad as this trailer looks.

..but judging from how they depict the death of Murphy is not encouraging at all (a car explosion? 0:37) .. One of the most iconic scenes in the original was the slow and painfull death of Murphy.. since the story of Robocop gives you an opportunity to actualy “kill” your main protagonist, well, make it matter!

//
Regarding the suit.. what bugs me more about it – is not the colour, I couldn’t care less if it’s black or not but the fact that it just looks “sterilized” and too much like a man in a suit..

The original had that problem also but it had small details in it that helped it look more like a machine, like the face of robocop without the mask portrayed as a piece of skin attached to a machine.. yes, it looked cool but at the same time it didn’t let you forget the tragedy of the character..

In this version they just don’t seem to be aware of the problem and the fact that they kept the hand makes things worse.

Even the cast of Peter Weller was a better choice because of his body-type.. This new guy looks like he is at my size, he is too big for a costume. Look how weird it looks in the pic that Sean used..

By: Jason Black

Jason Black — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:09:00 +0000

So he gets blown up, gets the original suit look and becomes Robo 1.0. Gets blown to bits (again) and comes back as Robo 2.0.
Prefer the original look myself also.

By: Derek McFarland

Derek McFarland — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:38:00 +0000

It kept him looking more robotic, than some advanced soldier, in black armor.

By: Mike Reilly

Mike Reilly — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:38:00 +0000

Thanks Colin. If true then that’s a plot point ploddynod to some thin degree of social commentary, don’t you think? In that spirit, will ED-209 have giant cloned human hands or is he restricted to just giving perps a stern ticking off in a Vin Diesel’ly type voice?

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:33:00 +0000

Word is that the “human hand” is based on some kind of policy within the world that says that it’s only legal for a human to pull a trigger and kill another human… thus, the human hand.

By: Derek McFarland

Derek McFarland — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:33:00 +0000

Should have stuck with the old suit…..all the way.

By: James Collins

James Collins — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:42:00 +0000

Oh dear this looks just like the generic Total Recall remake. It almost make Robocop 3 look good, almost.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:40:00 +0000

NICE.

By: Mike Reilly

Mike Reilly — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:31:00 +0000

Podcast 387 – Minute 38

Jay: Does [CG] count if they use it to make his visor go up?

Frank: No.

Done. Sorted. 20 bucks to Sean. 10% commission to Mike

By: Boris Badenov

Boris Badenov — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:17:00 +0000

I’d have to listen back, but I think you guys were talking more about there being add-ons to the suit to change the mass of it. There was a stipulation that something simple like a glossy CG sheen or reflection to the armor wouldn’t count.

Which episode was the bet made on? Anyone remember?

By: Jr

Jr — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:09:00 +0000

Effects are just so hard to tell these days but it looks like a real suit to me. The visor could even be real as far as we know. As for the movie, I’d rather watch the original then go play one of the Crysis games.