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But I just can't seem to get past the resemblence to RESER...
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Personally I kind of thought it sounded a little silly when I read a synopsis of what the movie would be about back before it started filming (or possibly just right around the time it started). I'll actually be quite entertained (in more ways than one) if it turns out to be a really good movie.
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I'll probably see it for the same reason I used to watch Battle Bots...namely robots beating the hell outta each other.
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I watched Robot Jox once for that very same reason. Sadly robots aren't always enough.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
I'll probably see it for the same reason I used to watch Battle Bots...namely robots beating the hell outta each other.
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I loved Robot Jox! That's the one where they used a chain weapon and it sawed one of the mech's arms off, right?
A version of the story was a Twilight Zone episode starring Lee Marvin titled Steel, same as the short story by Sci-Fi great Richard Matheson.
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I saw the trailer for this movie in the theater. I told my buddy that the trailer promised us robot fights and that if I didn't get them I would be very disappointed.
Im interested in this too its about the only oen im even remotely considering paying for.
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That's the one I remember. So it's TZ+RESER!
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
A version of the story was a Twilight Zone episode starring Lee Marvin titled Steel, same as the short story by Sci-Fi great Richard Matheson.
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I understand this movie has a bit of a sci-fi legacy attached to it. But since they're giving us a movie based on the "Battleship" board game why not one based on "Rock'em Sock'em Robots"? 
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The Twilight Zone version had a tragic feel to it while this treatment looks like it's going for the upbeat, father bonding with son, underdog wins at the end feel.
I'll wager that the original novel was closer to the Twilight Zone version while this movie has been focus grouped/product niche to death.
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Isn't there a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie in the works though?
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Originally Posted by Dark One
Saw the trailers for this flick and the first thing that popped into my mind was, "They made a movie based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots?". According to wikipedia, it appears that it's based on a short story from '56.
It does look interesting, I'll give it that. But I just can't seem to get past the resemblence to RESER... |
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Beast Wars Season 2 had a scene in an episode where Rhinox and Inferno started slugging it out Rock Em Sock Em Robots style and it ended with Inferno's head popping up with a ding sound. Rhinox looked at Inferno quizzically for a moment then after Megatron knocked him out he pushed Inferno's head back down.
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Isn't there a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie in the works though?
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Last spring, a friend of ours (who does the 'Hollywood review and previews" panels at Norwescon) told us that a movie version of "Rock-em, Sock-em Robots" was in the works (under the heading "WHY!?!"). I guess this is it.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
Saw the trailers for this flick and the first thing that popped into my mind was, "They made a movie based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots?". According to wikipedia, it appears that it's based on a short story from '56.
It does look interesting, I'll give it that. But I just can't seem to get past the resemblence to RESER... |
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Beast Wars Season 2 had a scene in an episode where Rhinox and Inferno started slugging it out Rock Em Sock Em Robots style and it ended with Inferno's head popping up with a ding sound. Rhinox looked at Inferno quizzically for a moment then after Megatron knocked him out he pushed Inferno's head back down.
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To be honest, I watched it on VHS over almost twenty years ago (fifteen maybe?) so my memory of it's a little fuzzy. I just recall it being a very bad sci-fi movie that probably could have been done well with the right budget and people involved ... and a robot with a crotch chainsaw. But mostly that it was incredibly, incredibly cheesy and didn't involve enough robots.|
Originally Posted by Dark One
I loved Robot Jox! That's the one where they used a chain weapon and it sawed one of the mech's arms off, right?
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Oddly enough, that largely parallels my opinion of the current Transformers movies. Go figure eh.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
I loved Robot Jox! That's the one where they used a chain weapon and it sawed one of the mech's arms off, right?
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Cheesy movie, good for drinking games, spawned a couple of quasi sequels.....
....though it was still better then Time Rider...
I remember watching this along with a whole cadre of films from Full Moon Entertainment such as Trancers series, Dollman, Demonic Toys, Puppet Master series, etc. RoboJox wasn't part of that production group but it was the kind of movie I could always fine at my local Mom and Pop video rental store on a Friday night in the late 80s/early 90s.
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Don't forget Crash and Burn and Robot Wars.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I remember watching this along with a whole cadre of films from Full Moon Entertainment such as Trancers series, Dollman, Demonic Toys, Puppet Master series, etc. RoboJox wasn't part of that production group but it was the kind of movie I could always fine at my local Mom and Pop video rental store on a Friday night in the late 80s/early 90s.
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seeing the trailer, looks like a fun movie 
Saw the trailers for this flick and the first thing that popped into my mind was, "They made a movie based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots?". According to wikipedia, it appears that it's based on a short story from '56.
It does look interesting, I'll give it that. But I just can't seem to get past the resemblence to RESER...