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Reply With QuoteWell, I wish there was a Robocop 4 but what the heck, I'm just happy to know that Robocop will be on the big screen again.
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CANNES -- MGM could be bringing back the Cold War.
"Red Dawn," John Milius' 1984 tale of a group of American rebels fighting Soviet forces, is a candidate for a remake, studio toppers Harry Sloan and Mary Parent revealed Saturday at the American Pavilion in Cannes.
They also confirmed that 1987's "Robocop" could resurface in a new version.
As for all the bad buzz surrounding "Valkyrie," from MGM subsidiary UA, Sloan said that photos of an eyepatch-clad Tom Cruise as an SS office were "a little bit unfortunate," but were released to reassure the German government about the seriousness of the project.
MGM/UA's prepared to prevail over the nay-sayers. "We've had image problems before," Sloan said, alluding to early negativity on hits like "Casino Royale" and "Rocky Balboa." "The film will speak for itself.
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Well, I wish there was a Robocop 4 but what the heck, I'm just happy to know that Robocop will be on the big screen again.
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I am curious about Red Dawn. Will they fight russians or middle eastern enemies?
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Cool. I award myself 10 points for predicting a Robocop return just last week.
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I demand a cameo by Soulja Boy in the Robocop movie.
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Robocop could be awesome. I wonder if there making it because of the success of Iron Man?
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Robocop is already very awesome indeed, thank you. There is no need for a remake, period; the original is genre filmmaking at its finest.Originally Posted by Alucard
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But it's better than nothing, right?
What?
The original already exists, there is no nothing. I don't understand your question.
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Yes, you ask an interesting question. How do you remake a propaganda film?
That's been rumored for a while now
Yes. And the original is both a great 80s curio and has aged reasonably well. It's one of those rare films like Die Hard and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan that's pretty much a perfect exercise in its genre.
Um, we already have the good original film, and now they are planning to remake it into something that will probably not be very good. So no, I would have to say not.
Yes....
Not it will most likely do any good, but I encourage any interested parties to sign this petition.
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How could anyone possible have known I would award myself 10 points for an accurate Robocop return prediction?That's been rumored for a while now
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But think of it this way, a remake might be better than Part 3 don't you think?
They'll really, REALLY, have to mess it up for it to be worse than the third one.
But my hopes still aren't high for a remake.
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*slaps you*How could anyone possible have known I would award myself 10 points for an accurate Robocop return prediction?
So is a stick in the eye
Has there ever been a worse movie than that one? I keed, I keed.
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"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one."
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Plus, can you imagine any death scene being as over the top and gruesome is the one in the original when Peter Weller buys it?
That scene was so intense. Did anyone who saw this as a kid not get chills?
Not sure why a Red Dawn movie would be considered. It wasn't good then and the theme is relevant. They could go the terrorist route that movies have, but it doesn't really have the same impact. Robocop for me is a mixed bag, on one hand I'd like to see what Robocop would be like now, on the other hand the original was really good, even now, and this just might tarnish that.
Somehow, I imagine a Robocop of today lacking the ferocity of the original, especially as seen in the Director's Cut. And I wonder if Robocop will now be doing (courtesy of CGI) all sorts of wild, twisty moves like he did in the cartoon that the Robocop of the movies would never be able to do. LOL!!
I never saw Robocop 3 (I actually don't think I've ever seen more than 10 minutes of the second one, either), but the original is pretty unbeatable.
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There is no way that that could get past the MPAA today. No way on earth. Verhoeven's bloody modern crucifixion would send the censors screaming. Ever seen the unrated cut?
And brutal, thanks to Verhoeven's raw bloodlust. I was too young to see that when I first did (And I was about 14 at the time!), and that scene is still incredibly intense.That scene was so intense. Did anyone who saw this as a kid not get chills?
Not it will most likely do any good, but I encourage any interested parties to sign this petition.
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Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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I never got chills from that scene. I saw The Terminator at age 7 and I got used to that stuff right away.
If that scene is kept for the remake. There's always unrated DVD.
I saw Terminator around that age too, but I dunno, it didn't really affect me the same way Robocop's did.
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