Comments on: Robocop Writer Wants To Direct Next Chapter

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:03:34 +0000

Exactly right Alex. If it was made today they might be able to put in a few fancier special effects (not that RoboCop’s effects are bad… but that would be their justification). Plus they’d have more accurate high tech gadgetry.

Plus some stupid company like Sony or Nokia would pay to have their name put on RoboCop, so we would have to remove all negative connotations about the company behind creating roboCop. Thus killing every meaningful purpose of the original.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:44:46 +0000

Gotta agree with Doug. Robocop is one of my all-time favorite films, but the problem with today is that the filmmakers couldn’t do the sub-text based on the Reagan era today. No one wants to fund an blockbuster type movie that will be anything but mindless entertainment. There’s too much at risk these days. If the original Robocop was made today it wouldn’t be the same movie at all.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:37:41 +0000

I loved reading that article Doug, you share my feelings on RoboCop exactly. The first is an absolutely fantastic film, even by todays standards. The second was good, but not as good. And I’ve never got through watching all of RoboCop 3. That film just makes me sad. It takes a lot of effort to make a movie about RoboCop, which I actually own on DVD and still refuse to watch.

I would be dead against a remake, because the first is still brilliant. A great origin story, and holds up fine today. I’d love to see them do a sequel which picks up 20 years later and continues the story in a quality fashion worthy of the original.

The benefit for continuity there is that you can easily ignore everything about Robo after the first film if you want to, but you can also believe it still happened if you did like it.

Yeah… go on people, make a good RoboCop film again!

By: robo

robo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:48:04 +0000

it might just be a DTV sequel though. Ed Neumeier just directed Starship Troopers 3, and he might want his hand at another low budget sequel.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:37:38 +0000

Sure, from the orginal writer who wants to direct, I’m all for it.

Bring it on!

By: Gordon Shumway

Gordon Shumway — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:18:49 +0000

A worthy sequel at last, yes please. Screw a remake.It would be difficult though to forget all that jetpack/ thramethrower/ japanese terminator nonsense of the last one.

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:18:20 +0000

this is the one movie where i go hey that bad guy is just a dick….not hey its the dad from the 70’s show……and it has my favorite catch line of all time

” ILL BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR”