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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 16, 2020 11:23:56 GMT
Such a terrific sequel.
The action sequences were thrilling, marvellous and well-directed. The stakes were higher, the production was on a grand-scale. The final battle was very climatic. Granted, it wasn't a masterpiece like the first movie but, hey, you cannot top that. You cannot top RoboCop 1987 anyway.
The criticism behind RoboCop being RoboCop and not "Alex Murphy" is beyond me. RoboCop is not Alex Murphy. He's a cyborg who uses half a brain of Alex Murphy and who convinces himself to be "Alex Murphy", exactly like Swamp Thing convinces himself to be Alec Holland, but he isn't. Fact is, RoboCop is not Alex Murphy, so I'm glad that he gave up "acting" like Alex Murphy at the beginning of the movie. STILL, despite this, RoboCop manages to be human throughout the movie. He also attempts suicide in order to save himself, and that's meaningful.
Peter Weller was great.
Just a brilliant sequel, and it was a commercial hit all around the world.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 16, 2020 13:37:29 GMT
How is RoboCop Marvel?
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Post by Lord Death Man on Sept 16, 2020 16:40:55 GMT
Cut him some slack. There is no more convoluted Fox X-Men timeline to maintain. ...and Frank Miller did write the screenplay for Robocop 2.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 16, 2020 16:56:16 GMT
Cut him some slack. There is no more convoluted Fox X-Men timeline to maintain. ...and Frank Miller did write the screenplay for Robocop 2. Does that make it DC as well?
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Post by Lord Death Man on Sept 16, 2020 19:06:04 GMT
Cut him some slack. There is no more convoluted Fox X-Men timeline to maintain. ...and Frank Miller did write the screenplay for Robocop 2. Does that make it DC as well? Yes, yes id does.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 16, 2020 22:28:22 GMT
...and Frank Miller did write the screenplay for Robocop 2.
In truth, Marvel launched some RoboCop comic books in the nineties.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 16, 2020 22:52:45 GMT
...and Frank Miller did write the screenplay for Robocop 2.
In truth, Marvel launched some RoboCop comic books in the nineties.
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 16, 2020 23:19:05 GMT
In truth, Marvel launched some RoboCop comic books in the nineties.
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well.
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 16, 2020 23:29:30 GMT
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well.
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
I brought up Transformers because it, along with all the other stuff I mentioned, had Marvel comics published for it. It doesn’t mean they’re Marvel properties.
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Post by bud47 on Sept 17, 2020 16:25:45 GMT
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well.
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
Why do you always insinuate that someone is a kid when faced with criticism? It's like your primary defense mechanism. The whole condescending I'm a smart adult, while you're all a bunch of kids defense routine...
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 17, 2020 19:50:39 GMT
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
Why do you always insinuate that someone is a kid when faced with criticism? It's like your primary defense mechanism. The whole condescending I'm a smart adult, while you're all a bunch of kids defense routine...
No mean to harm. The TRANSFORMERS Marvel comic-book was quintessential for the eighties, so that surprised me. That's it.
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Sept 17, 2020 19:57:32 GMT
Okay, well, the movie is a mixed bag and a serious downgrade from the original, its only achievement is being better than its follow-up which is one of the worst of the 1990's.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 17, 2020 20:22:33 GMT
I have the Robocop Marvel comic--it was not R rated like the movie.
I was disappointed in Robocop 2, it lacked the pacing and excitement of the first. Kane was not as interesting as Boddicker and characters like the Old Man acted different. The actual Robocop 2 was neat but it could have used the Verhoeven touch. He said he would have done Robocop 2 if not for Total Recall and he wanted Boddicker to be the Robocop 2.
Remember there was also a tv series. The ad commercial for it was amusing-it showed a close up of his armor and acted like it was a car commercial.
Robocop should have worked better as a series of movies than it did.
I think bringing his family into it was a mistake in the sequel. My impression at the end of the first movie was that he had accepted himself as Robocop but regained his personality. But having him stalk his wife, ehh it was awkward.
In the theater where I saw it, when the guy is telling him he can't engage in sexual activity, someone in the audience yelled out, "what a bastard!"
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 17, 2020 20:50:50 GMT
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well.
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
What are you babbling about? He said it was a Marvel comic book series. That's why he brought it up. So obviously he remembers it. He is pointing out that it is not a Marvel property just because they did a comics series anymore than the others he listed or Robocop.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 18, 2020 13:19:39 GMT
I guess you're too young to remember the kick-ass, wonderful Marvel comic book series of TRANSFORMERS. Even better than the original G1 cartoon.
He is pointing out that it is not a Marvel property just because they did a comics series anymore than the others he listed or Robocop. Let's focus on RoboCop 2 now. Do you like it?
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 18, 2020 13:23:16 GMT
Okay, well, the movie is a mixed bag and a serious downgrade from the original, its only achievement is being better than its follow-up which is one of the worst of the 1990's.
Nothing can top RoboCop 1987, that's a masterpiece and a modern classic. That said, RoboCop 2 was a great movie, despite being inferior.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 18, 2020 14:55:57 GMT
He is pointing out that it is not a Marvel property just because they did a comics series anymore than the others he listed or Robocop. Let's focus on RoboCop 2 now. Do you like it? Of course I like it.
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Post by sostie on Sept 18, 2020 18:46:16 GMT
In truth, Marvel launched some RoboCop comic books in the nineties.
By that logic, Godzilla, Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters are Marvel properties as well. And Battlestar Galactica, 2001 A Space Odyssey and Indiana Jones
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Sept 20, 2020 13:16:59 GMT
Let's focus on RoboCop 2 now. Do you like it? Of course I like it. I'm glad!
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Post by politicidal on Sept 20, 2020 16:02:28 GMT
Only watched the Cain vs Murphy fight at the end. The stop-motion looks neat, but that’s all I can say.
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