Movie Debate #139: RoboCop

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

[Gloves | 11,794]

Gave it a 9. I only actually watched it for the first time last year, but I really enjoyed it a lot. It stands the test of time, for sure.

[TDIRunner | 2,744]

The movie was just ok for me.  I never got into Robocop as a kid.  I remember all of the popular kids toys which I thought was odd for a violent R rated movie, but that was the case for lots of movies during that time.  

[JamesRobot | 5,806]

[Estil | 1,265]

PRIME DIRECTIVES:

1. SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST

2. PROTECT THE INNOCENT

3. UPHOLD THE LAW

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

3 minutes ago, Estil said:

PRIME DIRECTIVES:

1. SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST

2. PROTECT THE INNOCENT

3. UPHOLD THE LAW

Estil, are you ever actually going to vote in one of these? 

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

5 hours ago, TDIRunner said:

The movie was just ok for me.  I never got into Robocop as a kid.  I remember all of the popular kids toys which I thought was odd for a violent R rated movie, but that was the case for lots of movies during that time.  

I went with a 6/10. It's a solid movie, but the violence level was a bit much for me personally.

[RH | 4,921]

[nrslam | 476]

Gave it a 5. Was OK the first time but not something I'd ever bother with again.

[Hammerfestus | 3,860]

Robocop is awesome.  That is all.

[Jicsan | 589]

9/10.   First of all, the 80's were simply the best.  They sure don't make them like this anymore.

My grandparents took me to the theatre to see this when I was like 12.  I very clearly remember my grandmother loudly cackling at the SUX 6000 commercial when the stop motion dinosaur's eyes pop, and she was the only one that laughed.  It was almost as if that joke was just for her.  I haven't seen this in a few years, but it's one of those movies that I watched so many times in my youth that I can practically play the whole thing in my head.  I'm just waiting till my kids are a bit older to show them this one.

Edited September 27, 2023 by Jicsan

[mbd39 | 2,025]

10/10

Classic Verhoeven, one of my favorite movies of all time.

[Tulpa | 3,516]

9 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Estil, are you ever actually going to vote in one of these? 

Why do that when you can make lame references that require carbon dating?

[mbd39 | 2,025]

What's cool is that they took such a marketable character and still made the movie a hard R with plenty of violence. It's not for kids even though there's a cartoon and toys based on it. Today it would be a toned down PG-13 like the 2014 remake.

 

[The Count | 528]

A dude got shot in the dick, haha. 5/10.

[DefaultGen | 5,413]

9/10. Probably deserves a 10 though.

“It’s too violent”, uh duh it stars an American cop serving capitalist overlords.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

5 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

the violence level was a bit much for me personally.

 

[Estil | 1,265]

10 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Estil, are you ever actually going to vote in one of these? 

It reads that I'm not supposed to vote based on historical significance...but that's at the top of my list of what I'd go by in things like this!

[Estil | 1,265]

11 minutes ago, DefaultGen said:

9/10. Probably deserves a 10 though.

“It’s too violent”, uh duh it stars an American cop serving capitalist overlords.

No sir, he is not serving capitalist overlords.  He is SERVING THE PUBLIC TRUST.  As well as PROTECT THE INNOCENT and UPHOLD THE LAW.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,549]

10 minutes ago, Estil said:

It reads that I'm not supposed to vote based on historical significance...but that's at the top of my list of what I'd go by in things like this!

Fuck significance!

Go with your feels.

[Estil | 1,265]

4 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Fuck significance!

Go with your feels.

Mmmmmmm!!!  Don't let your mother catch you talking that way!

 

[DefaultGen | 5,413]

13 minutes ago, Estil said:

No sir, he is not serving capitalist overlords.  He is SERVING THE PUBLIC TRUST.  As well as PROTECT THE INNOCENT and UPHOLD THE LAW.

Of course the corporate goons want him to uphold “the law”, they wrote it. The first thing ED-209 does is take a goon out, the real public servant.

[Estil | 1,265]

15 minutes ago, DefaultGen said:

Of course the corporate goons want him to uphold “the law”, they wrote it. The first thing ED-209 does is take a goon out, the real public servant.

I mean the for real just law...like backed up by the Constitution and such.  Oh my, ED-209's fallen, and it doesn't have one of those things!  

 

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

 

I'm not into over the top gore, which is why I don't care for horror movies. I want watch something enjoyable without it making me physically ill.

[Tulpa | 3,516]

36 minutes ago, Estil said:

I mean the for real just law...like backed up by the Constitution and such. 

That's the thing. In the world of Robocop, the Constitution is irrelevant. The police department is a private company. They're only paying lip service to upholding the law because the people will keep paying them.

That's the whole point of the movie, capitalist interests run everything. The hit TV show is the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" guy, and the commercials are all about buying symbols of excess.

That's why the movie was so effective as satire. It reflects a lot of what was going on in the 80s (and now.)

Edited September 27, 2023 by Tulpa