Posted on 09/16/2012 9:39:08 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
In his full-body fighting suit Robocop became one of the most iconic heroes of the Eighties.
And now fans can get their first look at the action hero come back to life as the remake begins filming in Toronto.
Actor Joel Kinnaman, better known for his work on The Killing, was spotted wearing the updated RoboCop suit on set.
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That shock is akin to the one we get at the end of Source Code when we finally see what little is left of the physical body of Jake Gyllenhall's character.
So when will “Gone with the Wind” gets a remake?
Or Ben Hur?
Problem is Hollyweird is in their mind doing these remakes to support modern twisted sexuality and morals in some versions.
Total Recall came out recently, I passed on it. Nothing can be better than the original.
That is the key to the movie, and why the audience cares about Murphy. He is cruelly tortured and left for dead by a criminal gang, which we see in all its 1980's gory detail, then he is "rescued," only to be cruelly tortured even more by the medical team and OCP, then abandoned by this wife and child who think he is dead. He has to rescue his own humanity himself, with the help of his partner, who is the only one to not abandon him.
If the new movie has an "updated" robot body which looks human, and a visor people can see through to see his face, people will know he is human from the start. If he looks human, then will he have lost as much as Weller's Murphy?
“A movie that should be remade is Star Wars episodes 1 - 3, the next time with an intelligible plot, a coherent script, and actors that can act.”
Not to mention the lightsabre fights which look like a battle between 2 arthritic geezers from a rest home.
“If the new movie has an “updated” robot body which looks human, and a visor people can see through to see his face, people will know he is human from the start.”
Old Robo looked robotic. New Robo looks like a guy in a suit from an old Batman movie. Not a good choice.
Agree. A key part of Weller’s performance was the way his movements simulated the electro-mechanical nature of the armored robotic body. If that is lost in the remake, the robocap performance will be too human in tone and lose the pathos created by Murphy’s effort to reconnect with humanity despite the tremendous trama he has undergone.
RoboCop was an excellent satire on American culture.
I’d buy that for a dollar.
There is this interpretation that I rather like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUt6LpajX5Y
A cartoon was made too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Sqn0eX_Q
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