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Robocop (2014) (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]
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I've decided not to go see this, reboots are 50/50 pants these days...
Can't wait for the original Robocop remaster steelbook!!
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Lest we forget good old Robert Cop - I'd prefer a movie about him than the reboot...
Can't wait for the original Robocop remaster steelbook!!
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Lest we forget good old Robert Cop - I'd prefer a movie about him than the reboot...
I jus read your mini review & i guess i'm in 2 minds weather 2 order or not .... i do like at lot of the cast.... if the steel is glossy & it goes on sale that will probly be enough 4 me to give it a chance
definitely did its job putting a big smile on my face
Just seen the remake... WOW!
I don't tend to favour remakes, but 2014 RoboCop made RoboCop 1987 look like a cheesy B Movie.
I love love love RoboCop 1987 and always will, but the remake is far superior on every level except one... Kurtwood Smith.
We didn't get a wise cracking psycho bad guy in the remake, but it made up for it on every other level. WOW!
I need to go see it again. I god damn loved it.
Thus being said, it is a no brainer to order the steelbook. I don't care if it will be a matte finish. However I would prefer an ALL GLOSS finish, with a super gloss visor line.
I don't tend to favour remakes, but 2014 RoboCop made RoboCop 1987 look like a cheesy B Movie.
I love love love RoboCop 1987 and always will, but the remake is far superior on every level except one... Kurtwood Smith.
We didn't get a wise cracking psycho bad guy in the remake, but it made up for it on every other level. WOW!
I need to go see it again. I god damn loved it.
Thus being said, it is a no brainer to order the steelbook. I don't care if it will be a matte finish. However I would prefer an ALL GLOSS finish, with a super gloss visor line.
Better than the original?
Really?
Wow, just wow!
The remake is inferior on every level.
An appalling script, full of endless dull exposition, subpar performances, added tedious and unconvincing domestic melodrama relating to Murphy’s family life and no notable villains, poor CGI that can't hold a candle to Phil Tippetts amazing work in the original film and at attempts at humour and satire that fall completely flat.
An utterly soulless and horrible movie experience that I couldn't wait to escape from.
Really?
Wow, just wow!
The remake is inferior on every level.
An appalling script, full of endless dull exposition, subpar performances, added tedious and unconvincing domestic melodrama relating to Murphy’s family life and no notable villains, poor CGI that can't hold a candle to Phil Tippetts amazing work in the original film and at attempts at humour and satire that fall completely flat.
An utterly soulless and horrible movie experience that I couldn't wait to escape from.
I saw Robocop 2014 this evening. I found the music cues from the original movie and the dialog or scenes that echoed the original were jarring and only reminded me how the original was better in pretty much every way. At least I won't feel the need to buy a steelbook of this one.
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Whilst I like the temp artwork, the colours can't help but remind me of an old B3ta pic...
Better than the original?
Really?
Wow, just wow!
The remake is inferior on every level.
An appalling script, full of endless dull exposition, subpar performances, added tedious and unconvincing domestic melodrama relating to Murphy’s family life and no notable villains, poor CGI that can't hold a candle to Phil Tippetts amazing work in the original film and at attempts at humour and satire that fall completely flat.
An utterly soulless and horrible movie experience that I couldn't wait to escape from.
Ok this is peoples opinions, but I have to ask. The original was better than the remake in every way? Is this just a ridiculous statement or do you guys actually mean this?
So the original has better effects for example? ... Oh lots of blood? Blood makes for a good movie yeah?.. Go watch Halloween 1978.
I loved that you say the remake is "soulless".. In actual fact, the original was "soulless". The remake was actually "soulful. Did you actually watch the remake? Not only was Murphy a robot, he had a soul in the movie too. He had feeling. He was a man and a machine.
I really can only put it down to 1 thing. Fans of the original who had the remake as "terrible" before they saw it, will never change.
I am a fan of the original and I still am. I just liked the remake more. Better character development, better effects, MORE soul from Murphy this time, no stupid needless partner while on the streets (he is a one man army afterall).
Not to mention it has the amazing Gary Oldman.
ED 209's in 2014 were much better. Mattox was great. The story this time had a more realistic element. I could go on and on.
Fair to say that this film is really dividing fans. Remakes are hard especially for serious fans of the originals. I always go in with an open mind, which can be hard sometimes.
I maybe see it in a different way and am always glad as you are basically getting two interpretations of the same core piece. It's good to see how these evolve through time and can be interpreted so differently by different people!
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I maybe see it in a different way and am always glad as you are basically getting two interpretations of the same core piece. It's good to see how these evolve through time and can be interpreted so differently by different people!
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I like a film with a decent story and script and this had neither, it's got nothing to do with the amount of blood on show.
And actors like Gary Oldman are only as good as the lines you give them and all poor Oldman had to work with was reams of tedious exposition.
The character of Maddox barely registered and was there to spout lousy dialogue and reverences to the original, "I wouldn't (sic) buy that for a dollar" being one. And what did that even mean? It had no context with the scene or the rest of the film as a whole!
The CG at the films opening was fairly impressive, but throughout the rest of the film it looked cheap with poor physics on the character work.
And good CG can't compensate for the huge shortcomings of the rest of the film.
And what emotional depth?
What more flaccid domestic scenes of Murphy crying is depth is it? Or
Murphy’s wife crying? Or his kid crying?
That's not depth, that’s cheap emotional manipulation by the filmmakers because the script and story are too poor to elicit natural sympathy from the audience.
And to dismiss Nancy Allen's fantastic performance as Lewis in the original as pointless is the final insult.
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i am a fan of the original robocop films.
the original films (1 and 2) did have emotional depth, but they weren't dramas. they were action films, so that was at the forefront. action + violence + cynical political humour = robocop.
i havent seen the remake yet, and frankly im a bit scared too. im worried it will be total garbage.
yes robocop is part human and so that element should be explored, but its a action movie first and foremost, not a sitcom featuring a cyborg.
the original films (1 and 2) did have emotional depth, but they weren't dramas. they were action films, so that was at the forefront. action + violence + cynical political humour = robocop.
i havent seen the remake yet, and frankly im a bit scared too. im worried it will be total garbage.
yes robocop is part human and so that element should be explored, but its a action movie first and foremost, not a sitcom featuring a cyborg.
Do people think that if a movie is a remake, it will be terrible? I highly doubt it.
If it is terrible, then the original couldn't have been all that good either. You can't compare a truly terrible movie with RoboCop 2014. It's just not possible.
When someone calls a remake terrible, it is just to emphasise the fact they didn't want their original movie remade. For whatever reason. OR it is to show that they are hip and retro and think by saying the original was better than the remake, it makes them total movie critics who know what they are talking about. When in actual fact, they secretly loved the remake more and don't want to sound like the generic every day movie goer.
Dawn of the Dead remake - FAR superior than the original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Amityville Horror
Carrie
The Last House on the Left
RoboCop
and many more... FAR FAR surpass their originals in most ways than not. People just don't want to admit it. But that's cool. I, on the other hand, speak the truth. I take 2 movies side by side and then openly compare.
The above is of course, all of my own opinions. So whatever comes next. Please re-read my opinion if you have any disagreements......
Steelbook... I will buy.
If it is terrible, then the original couldn't have been all that good either. You can't compare a truly terrible movie with RoboCop 2014. It's just not possible.
When someone calls a remake terrible, it is just to emphasise the fact they didn't want their original movie remade. For whatever reason. OR it is to show that they are hip and retro and think by saying the original was better than the remake, it makes them total movie critics who know what they are talking about. When in actual fact, they secretly loved the remake more and don't want to sound like the generic every day movie goer.
Dawn of the Dead remake - FAR superior than the original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Amityville Horror
Carrie
The Last House on the Left
RoboCop
and many more... FAR FAR surpass their originals in most ways than not. People just don't want to admit it. But that's cool. I, on the other hand, speak the truth. I take 2 movies side by side and then openly compare.
The above is of course, all of my own opinions. So whatever comes next. Please re-read my opinion if you have any disagreements......
Steelbook... I will buy.
I'd question pretty much all of those examples you've given, so thankfully it's only your opinion.
Your statement that the Dawn Of The Dead remake is far better is probably my favourite though!
Your statement that the Dawn Of The Dead remake is far better is probably my favourite though!
No the suggestion that the Carrie remake was better is the best.
Do people think that if a movie is a remake, it will be terrible? I highly doubt it.
If it is terrible, then the original couldn't have been all that good either. You can't compare a truly terrible movie with RoboCop 2014. It's just not possible.
When someone calls a remake terrible, it is just to emphasise the fact they didn't want their original movie remade. For whatever reason. OR it is to show that they are hip and retro and think by saying the original was better than the remake, it makes them total movie critics who know what they are talking about. When in actual fact, they secretly loved the remake more and don't want to sound like the generic every day movie goer.
Dawn of the Dead remake - FAR superior than the original
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Amityville Horror
Carrie
The Last House on the Left
RoboCop
and many more... FAR FAR surpass their originals in most ways than not. People just don't want to admit it. But that's cool. I, on the other hand, speak the truth. I take 2 movies side by side and then openly compare.
The above is of course, all of my own opinions. So whatever comes next. Please re-read my opinion if you have any disagreements......
Steelbook... I will buy.
It's pretty obvious that the majority of film fans don't give remakes a chance. I find it rather annoying, it's up there with the 'film was okay but the book was better'.
I enjoyed the remake,but the first half hour it felt like a tv show.
All in all it was a good film but nowhere near as good as the original.
Things could have been worse though,it could have **** all over the original like the total recall remake did.
All in all it was a good film but nowhere near as good as the original.
Things could have been worse though,it could have **** all over the original like the total recall remake did.
some films simply dont need to be remade though. so people complaining they are ruining the film is a good argument. its also not very good for the industry when the studios simply re-tell old stories which people are already familiar with. its just an easy sell.
another reason why people may be upset about a remake is because their memories and experiences are tied to these films. until another film comes along and effectively erases them, rendering them as obsolete, old, tired.... its sort of confirmation you are getting old when your fav film, which to you was cutting edge, is now old enough to be considered irrelevant.
sometimes films would benefit from being remade to make the film relevant again, to the current day generation. or, to take advantage of current day technology to tell a story in a way that wasnt possible in the past...
personally, i think the original robocop still works today. there was no need to remake the film.
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the only thing that dates the original robocop, is some of the special effects. the stop frame animation etc. yes, todays cgi would improve that, but hardly worth remaking the entire thing for.
total recall is one of my fav films... i still havent watched the remake... nothing can top the original. there are lots of things that make a film what it is, the actors, the director, the musicians/composers, the time it was made etc... you cant recreate those things. therefore i know the total recall remake will only disappoint me.
another reason why people may be upset about a remake is because their memories and experiences are tied to these films. until another film comes along and effectively erases them, rendering them as obsolete, old, tired.... its sort of confirmation you are getting old when your fav film, which to you was cutting edge, is now old enough to be considered irrelevant.
sometimes films would benefit from being remade to make the film relevant again, to the current day generation. or, to take advantage of current day technology to tell a story in a way that wasnt possible in the past...
personally, i think the original robocop still works today. there was no need to remake the film.
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the only thing that dates the original robocop, is some of the special effects. the stop frame animation etc. yes, todays cgi would improve that, but hardly worth remaking the entire thing for.
total recall is one of my fav films... i still havent watched the remake... nothing can top the original. there are lots of things that make a film what it is, the actors, the director, the musicians/composers, the time it was made etc... you cant recreate those things. therefore i know the total recall remake will only disappoint me.
Is it a remake or a re-imagined version though? I always tend to look on them as re-imaginings and entirely separate. The original is the original and always will be whether good or bad, the new film can't ever screw with this or **** my childhood like a prequel or sequel could 
The new film exists on another plane and I enjoy it for what it is, they need not be compared.
Also as far as sci-fi goes well I'm a nut as far as that is concerned so the more the merrier. Really looking forward to getting my hands on this steelbook and watching the movie
The new film exists on another plane and I enjoy it for what it is, they need not be compared. Also as far as sci-fi goes well I'm a nut as far as that is concerned so the more the merrier. Really looking forward to getting my hands on this steelbook and watching the movie
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