Robocop remake

sanaxe1 · 24 May 2012 at 23:43

Random Guy said:
Looks promising with Jose Padhilla attached to it!

Was trying to explain Robocop to my 9 year-old daughter and she thought I was making it up! I was like "No way! You kids don't know Robocop??!!! OMG!"

I say blame the parents...

Efour · 25 May 2012 at 00:20

Mind if i zip this up ?

and

Bitches leave...

My 2 favourite Robocop lines, i hope the keep them in.

I recently watched RC3 on netflix i forgot how utterly **** it was.

Naffa · 25 May 2012 at 01:09

I loved Robocop, and I love Gary Oldman. I'm cautiously optimistic.

'Dead or alive, you're coming with me!'

I think Peter Weller completely owned the role, but I will keep an open mind.

Also:

Possibly the best recut, and the sweetest video editing skills of all time. :cool:

IRLeetly · 25 May 2012 at 23:13

This seems interesting, but if it flops I'll cry myself to sleep at night, oh wait Im already doing that after they decided to restart the spidey flicks.

fozzybear · 13 Jun 2012 at 09:08

Just woke up to find out Hugh Laurie is being cast as the OCP boss baddie!

No, just no.

On the bright side, Samuel L. Jackson is apparently in it as well. Maybe the film will have a bit of cheese and humour after all!

markweatherill · 13 Jun 2012 at 12:25

Robocop is a bit like a movie version of Judge Dredd.

Now, perhaps instead of this someone could please remake / reboot or just have a proper go at making a Judge Dredd movie!

Armitage Shanks · 13 Jun 2012 at 12:34

I hope its good but the original will always have a place in my heart. I've seem the first one countless times, all the of sequels were pants. The original is awesome

I know its a dated looking movie but there will always be some movies that are truly special to me. The first films of robocop, predator, terminator, (and commando

). When i'm an old man, they'll be far more dated than they are now and they will still be great films.

yipyipboo · 13 Jun 2012 at 12:52

markweatherill said:
Robocop is a bit like a movie version of Judge Dredd.

Now, perhaps instead of this someone could please remake / reboot or just have a proper go at making a Judge Dredd movie!

out in september

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

Grandmaster Fap! · 13 Jun 2012 at 12:53

markweatherill said:
Robocop is a bit like a movie version of Judge Dredd.

Now, perhaps instead of this someone could please remake / reboot or just have a proper go at making a Judge Dredd movie!

Err...*Cough*

Oh FU yipy!! /toys /pram

realBabelfish · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:03

aint it cool website says hugh laurie linked to play the CEO role. interesting!

markweatherill · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:12

Castor said:
Err...*Cough*

Oh FU yipy!! /toys /pram

I did not know about that! THANKS

Marsman · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:12

tron said:
As long as its rated R not some PG13 trash and has lots of gore then its perfect.

I love these kind of comments. This is something I'd expect a 12 year old to say.

Some time before it's release, some people were wingeing that Prometheus might be a PG13 and not R rated. Those people seemed more bothered about the possibility if it being a PG13, than they were about it actually being a good film. It was confirmed that is was R rated, and those people breathed a sigh of relief. Yet, so many people complained about the film being poor and disappointing. Nobody said it was great just because they gave it an R rating instead of a PG13 rating. Did not having an R rating suddenly make the film great?

You can have as much death and violence as you like, a poor film is a poor film. Still, some people are easily pleased I guess.

shadow_boxer · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:33

redeye_uk said:
I googled "Gary Oldman" and got some pretty disturbing images - he's really let himself go, I thought.

Then I realised I'd left the "R" out.

Epic! Quality post!

As for Robocop remake...what a load of rubbish, why can't people write new scripts these days?

realBabelfish · 13 Jun 2012 at 13:41

Marsman said:
I love these kind of comments. This is something I'd expect a 12 year old to say.

Some time before it's release, some people were wingeing that Prometheus might be a PG13 and not R rated. Those people seemed more bothered about the possibility if it being a PG13, than they were about it actually being a good film. It was confirmed that is was R rated, and those people breathed a sigh of relief. Yet, so many people complained about the film being poor and disappointing. Nobody said it was great just because they gave it an R rating instead of a PG13 rating. Did not having an R rating suddenly make the film great?

You can have as much death and violence as you like, a poor film is a poor film. Still, some people are easily pleased I guess.

because a space 'horror' as a pg13 wouldnt be scary at all

a family friendly robocop would suck too since its not what we expect. robocop is a stylised violent action genre. its not flight of the intruder or the muppets

just like how everyone kicked off the expendables2 was going to be a PG because chuck norris didnt want swearing. well, chuck, **** off then.

its more studios making things family friendly for a bigger audience and sticking a finger up at the people who made the original successful

Reality|Bites · 13 Jun 2012 at 17:16

Jono said:
True, but isn't he in Frasier or something nowadays? I saw him on some sitcom(?) a few months back and was all... "wtf? He's nice!"...

OK so Gary O isn't going to be in it? But who would he have played? The old man at OCP?

Wasn't he the dad in "That 70's show" Red Forman?

Marsman · 14 Jun 2012 at 02:20

Reality|Bites said:
Wasn't he the dad in "That 70's show" Red Forman?

Indeed he was.

bignev72 · 14 Jun 2012 at 13:17

Moses said:
I don't see why people object to remakes. If it's terrible, it doesn't magically ruin the original. If it's awesome, it's awesome.

Because if the original film is good in it's own right then it doesn't need to be re-made. Why mess with something that people love? The same goes for re-mastering and then changing original films - George Lucas I'm looking at you!

No remake has ever been better that the original, that I can think of anyway. I guess you could put a shout out for Evil Dead 2 though...

Marsman · 14 Jun 2012 at 13:38

Ocean's Eleven, is far far better than the 'Ol' Blue Eyes' original. Most of the time though, remakes are not as good.

There are too many remakes of successful films, and not enough remakes of films that really deserve one. There are films which had some good ideas, that just ended up being ****. Those films are hardly ever remade into good films though, because it's just not profitable enough. As we know though, it's always about the money.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 14 Jun 2012 at 13:47

"Oh what..." was my response to this thread title. It even sounded like I was speaking in italics.

No matter how much Gary Oldman it featuress, it will be dreadful.

Mr.Fantastic · 14 Jun 2012 at 14:46

Nothing Concrete since it's from the Daily Mirror

House star Hugh Laurie could be putting his nice guy image behind him – to play a Hollywood baddie in a remake of the 1987 cult action movie Robocop.

The actor, former comic sidekick of Stephen Fry, is being lined up opposite fellow Brit Gary Oldman, who will play the good guy.

And Hugh, 53, is being lured into his first major role in a blockbuster by a £3.2million pay cheque.

Director Jose Padilha wants him as the evil chief of *Omnicorp, the firm that pays Oldman’s scientist character to build cyborg Robocop – played by Joel Kinnaman.

A movie source said: “It’s a big jump from his other roles but Hugh can do it.

“He’s a massive star in America now and we’re confident he will sign up and be a big hit on the big screen.”

The Blackadder star has just finished a decade on US TV as House MD.

The Robocop remake is due for release next year.