The Robocop (Love) Thread

[Darius Alucard]

It even had a kid's show that Murphy's son liked to watch.

T.J. Lazer

Robocop is one of my favorites.
Even with the flaws that is has it's still one of the best films from it's time and holds up to repeated viewing to this day.

 

[Darius Alucard]

Oh what the heck...

I'm going to grab it and put it on now.

 

[SSgt Burton]

but lord, when they killed Murphy it scarred me for life. The violence of that scene scarred me as a young man.

Have you seen the uncut version?


By the way- you don't have to seek out the Criterion dvd to see the "ultra-violent" cut of Robocop; the Robocop Trilogy dvd boxset has the "violent" version (but no theatrical version). A pleasent surprise when I bought it as the Criterion disc was going for the same amount on ebay.


Kevin

 

[Wes R]

I was just looking at Robocop on DVD on amazon cheap, i was trying to find that two disc set that was mentioned in this thread.

 

[WarPig]

Yeah, add me to the RoboCop fan club.

As an aside - before I found the RPF, I was keeping tabs on RoboCop costumes when they'd come up on eBay. With what I'm learning here, I'll *build* one when I want one!

 

[Cpl Potter]

yep robocop = AWESOME

 

[firesprite]

I've loved this movie since I first watched it... at about 10ish? It was one of the films that I stayed up past my bedtime and snuck in viewings of. My mother would definitely have NOT been happy that I was watching either of the films at the young age that I did.

I, too, was traumatized by Murphy's murder (I still cry when I watch it), but my imagination was definitely fired by the smart, wicked humor of the piece.

 

[SSgt Burton]

I was 17 when it came out and it was the one and only R-rated film I "snuck" into (well more like I brazenly walked up and ask for one "adult" ticket to Robocop even though at 17 I looked 13 years old :lol).

You have to be 18 in Canada to watch an R-rated film no matter what. I got my ticket and went to the corresponding theater. The ticket taker asked me for I.D. :confused I told him I forgot to bring mine. :confused

The guy looked at me with a smirk, and told me to bring it next time. :rolleyes


After I walked out, I truly felt like I had watched an "R-rated" film! :wacko :eek


Kevin

 

[TK1961]

I love that movie too!

 

[Vivek]

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[IndyFanChuck]

I've never seen that version. I'm not sure I would like it. I DONT like a lot of violence.

If it has OTHER things, I might be interested?

Have you seen the uncut version?




Kevin

 

[SSgt Burton]

Nah it's just more wanton violence:

Spoiler

-Several more seconds of ED-209 shooting up Kinney.

-Extended scene of Murphy being blown away by Boddicker's gang (including his right arm being completely severed by a shotgun blast). This was done with a full scale animatronic figure of Peter Weller.

-Clarence Boddicker's death takes longer for him to keel over, and there is a lot more blood.

Say does anyone know if the Blu-ray release of Robocop is the theatrical version or the extended violence version?

Kevin