Robocop slated for reboot treatment.

The problem with that is if the only thing they're going to be able to really change is using shiny CGI everywhere, it could be hard to turn a profit, especially if a lot of folks already have fond memories of the original and vote with their wallets by skipping this.

Not necessarily.

Just a guess (going by an episode of The Wire I watched last night) but I -think- PD 1 is more of a social appearances sorta thing. Like on the Wire episode, civilians were telling politicians they missed the days when police officers were able to stop by and talk to them directly, allowing for police to actually know who they were protecting. As opposed to modern times (of the show, anyway) when police were absorbed in the war on drugs 24/7.

Strictly speaking there is no point. Robocop regained at least a portion of his memories and personality which led to him going after his killers, then I think when ED-209 smacked him around it did some CPU damage as I don't think his directives were online. Boddicker was appearing to surrender and directives 3 and 1 should have had him arrest him again. Instead Murphy is back in control as he states "I'm not arresting you anymore!" Then of course at the end he smiles at the CEO and says his name is "Murphy".

Robocop 2 his directives were back online and he seemed mechanical again, then he's ripped up and given about 500 directives which really scrambled him until he was able to overcome them enough to overload himself and fry his systems a bit, thus bringing Murphy back and scrubbing all directives from his system. Guess there was no self preservation directive among the hundreds he was given

Robocop 3 all 4 directives are back but now he seemed more balanced and able to function as a human despite them and once they yanked directive 4, he could go after OCP like he wanted since they were breaking the law without question. However it was when his memory got jolted and he recalled what happened to Lewis....well that really burned him up and he went after the mercenaries. That scene was funny when he returned to the station:

"Murphy! Did you know there was a warrant for your arrest?"

Robocop stands there as all the cops just stare at him nervously simply responds "Yes..."

"Just checking!"

Robo then goes to where the mercenaries are at and one asks for a light and Robo just says "Allow me SCUM!" and burns the place down. I would say that Prime Directives 1, 2 and 3 were there but that Murphy overrode them. Yes OCP and the Mercenaries were breaking the law and yes they are now easily classified as cop killers but still Directive 1, 2 and 3 should have moderated his behavior a tad.

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But the story itself would still end up mostly the same.

1. Officer gunned down
2. Officer converted into an "electric Frankenstein" or cyborg.
3. human memories are slowly resurfacing
4. cyborg realizes for the most part who he was and that his old life and family are gone and anger begins to override his programming
5. cyborg takes down his killers.
6. killers escape arrest somehow and return with major firepower for the rematch.
7. cyborg wins and regains at least most of his old memories if not his emotions.
8. throw in corruption in the company that built him along with evil-near mindless robots for extra foes.

Sequel: new Robocop is built but is evil and it's a cyborg battle to the finish. I still chuckle at the part in the second movie when Robocop appears to fight Robocop 2/Cain and as they fight the CEO yells "BEHAVE YOURSELVES!" Yeah like that is really going to stop two cyborgs in kill mode.....

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Hm, makes sense as we did see Media Break news footage of Robocop visiting the kids at Lee Iaccoa Elementary School...

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Reminds me of that Bruce Lee statue being put up in that town in Bosnia because it was the only person that the Croats, Serbs, and Bosnian could agree on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4474316.stm

The money was privately raised.

I do find it funny that half the money comes from Omni Consumer Products.



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It's not Will Smith destroying them.

Eh...It not like they're spending city funds for this. It's their money, so more power to them.

Yes, he destroys them with boffo box office...yes...destroys.

Or Keanu Reeves.

Oh yeah it is

Er name one sci-fi movie with Will Smith for which you can solely assign the blame for its creative or commercial failure on him and not, say, the screenwriter or director.

Christ, now I feel old...

... really old.

CGI? Pah! I remember when this was all stop motion capture...

Going to find my pipe and slippers now...

That group raised $50,000 dollars already for the Robocop statue.

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Robocop responds.

Funny thing about that is that last I read Peter Weller had apparently disowned the character as it were and was more intent on his current career path. Looks like he changed his mind. Go fig.

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As a Roman and Renaissance Art history professor?

You will do a 15 page paper on the work of Bernini in two weeks. If anyone references "Angels and Demons", there will be ... trouble.