Robocop (2014)

[archineer]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

John Carpenter's THE THING from 1982 was a remake of THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD from1951. Carpenter's movie is not a prequel and is far better than the original, which is a good movie in its own right. I know they made a new THING prequel a year or two ago, but I didn't see it.




I just can't classify ROBOCOP as a classic. It was a fun yet extremely cheesey '80s flick. I remember it with some fondness, but I wouldn't call it a classic. THE TERMINATOR is a classic. BLADE RUNNER is a classic. ALIEN and ALIENS are classics. ROBOCOP is more like THE RUNNING MAN or PREDATOR -- 90+ minutes of dumb fun.

Ah yes, well I didn't realise about the thing. So carpenter took a poor B movie and improved it? And robocop is satire, it's not cheesy! It's only cheesy if you try to take it seriously imo.

[Darthfrodo]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

I am guessing that and the SUX 6000 won't make it into the remake.

Oh there's gotta be a reference to the SUX. I know I'll be looking for it. lol

[Darthfrodo]

Originally Posted by Tourian

It is so 00s to complain about remakes.



But the Ford Taurus needs to. That vehicle had as much a starring role in the movie as Weller did.

I haven't seen it in a while, but I do remember hearing an audible sigh in the theater when (during one chase scene) the Taurus was hit in the windshield by a shotgun (leaving a huge hole) and the next shot shows it coming up alongside with a wholly intact windshield. It made me laugh because so many people in the theater were thinking: Continuity........HELLO!!!!!