# First look at the new Robocop. Thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832 "2012-09-16T00:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/21 "2012-09-16T06:50:54Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > People just don’t go to, aren’t allowed, or can’t see films like Moonrise Kingdom, Bernie, Cosmopolis, Ruby Sparks, The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Safety Not Guaranteed, Your Sister’s Sister, Lost Bohemia, The Intouchables\*, Damsels In Distress, and so many others, so of course they can’t become hits. > > - in America, anyway. Around the world it’s a [huge blockbuster hit](http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intouchables.htm), making over $355 million dollars, while in the US it’s made a paltry $8 million because it’s considered an “art house” film.. To be fair ticket prices are so flipping high in america most people like me a film fan just don’t have the money to take risks on low budget independent films in a theater, too expensive to waste on a possible dud. If ticket prices were lower more people might take risks on their theater viewing. I’d never spend $10 on a movie ticket if I wasn’t SURE it was worth it. And sorry but the premise for Intouchables sounds horrible and preachy, I mean seriously? Let me guess racism is bad? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/22 "2012-09-16T07:03:38Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Ugh, you gotta be kidding. The whole point of Robocop is the bitter satire, remove that and make a straight action movie and that isn’t Robocop. I didn’t say it was a good idea (it’s not); I said it would be a way to make it grittier. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/23 "2012-09-16T07:33:03Z")
> [@grude](#): > > To be fair ticket prices are so flipping high in america most people like me a film fan just don’t have the money to take risks on low budget independent films in a theater, too expensive to waste on a possible dud. If ticket prices were lower more people might take risks on their theater viewing. I’d never spend $10 on a movie ticket if I wasn’t SURE it was worth it. I agree with you about paying full price. I very very very rarely pay full price for a film. It all depends on where a person lives and what’s available to them. I’ve said many times that I’m lucky enough to live in a city with choices that are fairly reasonable. I see most of my indie/foreign films at theaters where there’s a discount (for instance, the Music Box has $5 Mondays, the films shown at the Gene Siskel Film Center are all $6 with a $50 a year membership). > [@grude](#): > > And sorry but the premise for Intouchables sounds horrible and preachy, I mean seriously? Let me guess racism is bad? Nah, in the movie the rich guy isn’t racist at all. If anything, the black guy misjudges the rich guy. They come from different worlds but find common ground and become friends blah blah blah, true, but parts of it were unpredictable. I didn’t find it preachy at all. It’s pretty funny too. It’s not a comedy but there were several laugh out loud moments and even more smile/chuckle moments. It’s still playing at one theater here, playing continuously for a few months (I saw it June 13th, right after it opened). That NEVER happens anymore. Well, ok, it does because it’s happening with **The Intouchables** , and with **Moonrise Kingdom** , which opened in early June and is still in a couple of theaters here. The Intouchables isn’t for everybody, but what movie is? It’s not going to be in my Top 10 of the year or anything, but I liked it. Edit: I just checked and Intouchables is still playing in 2 theaters, and Moonrise Kingdom is in 3 theaters. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/24 "2012-09-16T12:34:22Z")
I’m sure this will be every bit as successful as this year’s Total Recall reboot ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/25 "2012-09-16T13:41:45Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, it could be just incidental to the scene, it might be that for the close ups having a hand uncovered was not deemed important and actors, specially if the scenes are late in the day, can feel the need to peel off their suits and get permission for it when the scenes do not call for a full view of the suit. He’s probably coming back from taking a leak and hasn’t had his glove put back on yet. Unless they have assistants to aim for them. How’d you like to go to film school for that? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/26 "2012-09-16T16:42:50Z")
I don’t like it. It just looks like a guy wearing armor. The original actually looked like a human/robot or cyborg or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/27 "2012-09-16T21:02:35Z")
The head’s okay. The body needs work. It needs to look less human, not more human. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/28 "2012-09-16T21:44:32Z")
I’m just wondering if his punches have the power of kicks. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/29 "2012-09-16T21:58:38Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > EVERY single movie? ALL of them? Oh, for God’s sake, it was a rather obvious exaggeration for effect. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/30 "2012-09-16T22:02:04Z")
As to the Robocop suit - if that’s actually how it will look like in the movies, it’s awful, simply awful. It’s the same matte-grey-black bullshit they’ve got almost every superhero in now. It looks terrible. What’s especially awful about the suit is that he looks like neither a robot not a cop. Maybe I’m stupid, but isn’t Robocop a portmanteau of ROBOT and COP? And they’re giving him a suit that looks neither robotic nor police-like, thereby missing the entire point. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/31 "2012-09-16T23:34:59Z")
I never got why they needed to make a cyborg that consisted of a mechanical body grafted to a human chin? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/32 "2012-09-16T23:40:00Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I never got why they needed to make a cyborg that consisted of a mechanical body grafted to a human chin? He needed baby food, so presumably his guts, some of his torso and at least some of his head was still human. As I recall in Robocop II he tells his wife that the face is artificial, “They made this to honor him.” ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/33 "2012-09-17T01:09:41Z")
Looks like he is missing the bat on his chestplate. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/34 "2012-09-17T06:23:09Z")
this looks like Batman and Iron Man combined… ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/35 "2012-09-17T08:13:55Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > He needed baby food, so presumably his guts, some of his torso and at least some of his head was still human. > > As I recall in Robocop II he tells his wife that the face is artificial, “They made this to honor him.” Wasn’t that just him trying to persuade them that he wasn’t really Murphy inside. To help them get over his “death”? Otherwise, yep this looks terrible. Lifted straight from Batman and Iron Man. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/36 "2012-09-17T12:53:26Z")
What’s with all the remakes of Verhoeven’s films these days? They were ultradeep products of their times, not cookie-cutter action films. (okay, okay, please ignore Show Girls) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/37 "2012-09-20T19:15:37Z")
Well kids what do you think? [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=94813](http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=94813) I don’t know if this is what the Robocop suit will look like when the effects are finished, so much is done with [CGI effects](http://huf.18.forumer.com/uploads/huf/post-15-1348140819.gif) now that it’s entirely possible that this costume is going to get serious post production upgrades. Still, there’s something about the original Robocop suit. It was all bulky and clunky, like what some jackass company would think would be cool and futuristic but instead was actually bulky and clunky. I suppose we’ll see as we get closer to the release date. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/38 "2012-09-20T19:38:30Z")
Thumbs down. Looks like the Chris Nolan Batman minus the ears and cape. I agree, I feel that the suit is _supposed_ to be bulky and clunky. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/39 "2012-09-20T19:43:58Z")
There was a thread posted about this a few days ago. > **[First look at the new Robocop. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665611)** > > So Robocop is my favorite sci-fi movie of all time and has been since I first saw it as a kid. This is definitely a movie that shouldn’t be remade. With that said… I still LOVE the original costume and I think it has held up incredibly well over... ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832/40 "2012-09-20T20:12:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m just wondering if his punches have the power of kicks. That would be awesome. > [@cochrane](#): > > There was a thread posted about this a few days ago. > > [First look at the new Robocop. Thoughts? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665611) D’oh! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-look-at-the-new-robocop-thoughts/634832.md?page=3)