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For the first time, Steph & Carolina watch RoboCop (1987), a classic movie about a cyborg police officer (Peter Weller (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai)), willing to bring his own way of justice in a dystopian corrupt city.
This film also stars: Nancy Allen (Dressed to Kill), Kurtwood Smith (That 70's Show & Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country), Miguel Ferrer (Mulan (1998)), & Ronny Cox (Total Recall)
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"Bitches leave!" the two greatest words in cinema history
I'm still looking for a real reason to say that line IRL.
@@cthulhucollector the next time I have coke and hookers, I'll call you!
(we can skip the gun and grenade though)
@@cthulhucollector, say it to some female dogs.
2nd place is "Bitches come!" featured in movie XXX.
‘GIVE THE MAN A HAND’✋after blowing his hand off.That scene,then Murphy getting his arm blown off are shocking.Those scenes are still included in Robocop when it’s televised today,which is surprising with the way the film censors were and are.You can see how shocked the girls are with the way Murphy is brutally treated.
Fun Fact- When Emil was burned and disfigured by the toxic waste, his appearance was kept secret from the rest of the cast. When he approaches Leon Nash begging for help, actor Ray Wise was legitimately freaked out and his scream was genuine. He thought someone had snuck onto the set and tried to attack him.
Dayum!
I love this fun fact! never knew about it!!!
Wow. I saw this movie in the theater with my older bro and my Pops, at the nature age of 9 lol, and 36 years, in my top 3 fav movies all time, I did not know this.
I hope Mr. Wise was comforted with a properly executed business hug, or better yet, the Power Embrace*
Hed need that comforting if he had no idea that THAT was part of the shoot
* -- ok I get that those references MIGHT be a deep cut for some, so just look up Ray Wise Tim and Eric.... then you'll be part of the initiated like Bruce and Bane
LMFAO That was all real!!! He thought it was some disfigured, mentally ill dude off the street.@@HandlesTheCyberman
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The satire is embedded into the story. A lot of today's screenwriters could learn a thing or two from Robocop.
Instead of check boxes
This film is a masterpiece.
One reason, why older generations today are frustrated with how things are going downhill in so many ways. The "problems" of today were already addressed in the 1960's through the very early 2000's. The powers that be & their cohorts in the media recreate or pretend the old problems were never even addressed, much less solved in the past, when they were both addressed & for the most part solved, if not altogether solved.
Todays screenwriters could if they also had an ounce of talent. Sadly in general they don't and choose to demonstrate their political activism instead. Its why the recent main film releases have all made large losses.
Robocop (original only) was a great film.
They wont, cos nowadays they are actually unironically corrupted af
Director Paul Verhoeven is why this movie is as good as it is. He made three great scifi movies full of satire with social/political themes just below the surface. Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers are a kind of unofficial trilogy. You should definitely react to all three.
actually, the satire pretty much came from the writers neumeier and miner.... according to verhoeven, he threw the script in the trash after just reading the title, but his wife fished it out, read it and told him there is way more to the story than the title might suggest, so he read it too and had to agree with her.... neumeier is also the one who wrote the script to starship troopers.... yes, verhoeven is a great director, but don't forget the contributions of others that were also needed to make his projects turn out this good
@@stefanforrer2573 Fair. I didn't mean to minimize the contribution of the writers. Still, he recognized their value and it was his vision that was executed. Such is the case with all great auteur directors. It takes someone like him to bring it all together.
@@Hereticked not really disagreeing with you, just pointing out that it was a group effort and not just verhoeven's sole achievement 😉
@@stefanforrer2573 In filmmaking it is never the directors sole achievement. But the director is the one (usually, there are exceptions) that brings everyone's contribution together as a whole. That is how cinema works. When people praise a director as the one responsible for a movie, they are not forgetting the writers, photographers, art directors, actors, editors, musicians, sound designers, mixers, second units etc etc... that made the movie good. It is understood that cinema is a collaborative effort with a unifying mind in charge.
Don't forget Basic Instinct. Americans are basically pictured as hot-headed, drunk, impulsive horny 8th graders, except for the villain in that one. Not to speak of Showgirls. :D
"Dead or Alive, you're coming with me" is such an effective one-liner. Gives you everything you need to know about Robocop as a character.
I'd buy that for a dollar.
It's also literal than a joke, so it makes the point clear.
Too bad there was never a Terminator vs Robocop one liner showdown.
Terminator: 'I'll be back.'
Robocop: 'Dead or Alive, you're coming with me."
He can bring you in warm, or he can bring you in cold.
A good spin on the line in RoboCop 2:
CAIN "You want me?"
ROBO "Dead or alive!"
CAIN "One of us must die."
ROBO "Dead, then."
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Steph's reaction when Clarence said the iconic quote, "B*tches, Leave." LOL!!
"We've restructured the police department and placed prime candidates according to risk factor." Bob basically admits to OCP putting officers in harm's way to get what the company wants. Gotta keep the shareholders happy!
Never picked up on that, or that Murphy had already been identified by OCP as a potential donor!
@@chrism7395 That's why you should never agree to donate your organs or body parts. You might wind up in a cyborg!
I think that was Morton getting what HE wanted by making the pool of Robocop candidates as large as possible. The CEO himself is described by Dick Jones as a "sweet old man" (despite how quickly he recovered from Kinney's disintegration).
@@chrism7395 That was why He and Lewis couldn't get backup.
So Video game companies!
This is Paul Verhoeven's masterpiece... if you like the social commentary and sci-fi elements, you should check out his other projects, "Starship Troopers" and "Total Recall." They are a blast!
Showgirls isn't that a Paul verhoeven film to 🤔
@@fkim8449 Everyone has to take a crap sometimes. ;)
This isn't the movie you're looking for... (Jedi hand wave)
He really got to showcase his hatred of windows in this one, I think he blew up more windows in this one than Total Recall
Peter Weller is still acting and directing, but he also earned a PhD in Italian Renaissance Art History in 2014 and has taught as adjunct faculty at Syracuse.
He did some episodes on History Channel, back when it actually was about History.
He'll always be Buckaroo Banzai to me. This PhD is just more proof.
@@cboscari Haha - I was thinking the same thing! At first I thought how cool it would be to have Dr. Robocop as an instructor...then it occurred to me, "Well...he WAS particle physicist/neurosurgeon/test pilot/rock star Buckaroo Banzai, before he was RoboCop."
Yeah, he was in SONS OF ANARCHY 🏍 awhile back.
Maybe 10 or so years ago I saw him shopping at a grocery store late at night in LA.
Such an iconic film. Love that he answers with "Murphy" at the end. Shows he's still in there!
That is really what raises it to another level. It’s not a revenge story, it’s about him struggling to regain the humanity that was stolen from him. As the movie progresses his voice becomes less robotic, the mask comes off to reveal his face, and finally the climax: he is no longer Robocop, he is Murphy.
The title really makes you think of cheesy sci-fi action flick, but it embodies the greatest power of sci-fi. Providing a lens through which we examine ourselves and our society.
The sequel SHOULD HAVE run with this ball - namely, Robocop getting more and more of a grip on his humanity.
I don't think ppl realize how good this movie look, this came out in the 80's
The fact that Peter Weller with barely a face showing, and with body language alone was able to deliver such an emotional and tragic moment for the "Home Scene" will continue to draw an emotional felling from me to this day. Incredible. I love it every time.
Always loved the hopeful ending. Despite the dystopian future sucking the life out of him (and all of us) and turning him into a product, Murphy still has his humanity.
The way that Peter Weller moves when he's in the suit is awesome, head turns first, then the shoulders and body. Awesome. The sound effects are great too, to really show the weight.
He spent about two months workshopping the robotic moves with a famous mime artist before they began filming.
The sound of his first few footsteps when he's activated are some of the best sound design in film history.
I love how hilariously violent this film is. There'll never be another Paul Verhoeven.
When Murphy fights ED. I love that moment the camera zoom in, and you can see Murphy's eye. Paul Verhoeven director genius. A sweet touch of humanity.
I saw this in 87 at age 7 and the Toxic Waste man traumatized me for life. Between this and Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Fly and The Blob, fear of your flesh melting off was a real thing for kids in the 80s.
Ultraviolence and raw life with no parental control - we were the parental control guessing when covering our eyes while watching!!😅
Ray Wise's (Leon) reaction was genuine,as he didn't actually see Emil (Paul McCrane) until this scene.
Broooooo me too! Except the only other movie that traumatized me like RoboCop was Temple of Doom XD
@AndreaBorto as long as there wasn't sex or nudity, I pretty much got to watch whatever I wanted when I was a kid, the 80s was definitely a different time. My dad didn't help any either cause he was an action movie junky so I watched so many movies with him when I was a kid that I probably shouldn't have hahahaha great times though :)
Same here. I was 7 and those were some of my favorites as a kid!
Asphyxiation/mutation from exposure to the Martian atmosphere (Total Recall). Schwarzenegger's eyes bugging out messed me up for a few days.
"Bitches leave!" is an iconic line. Delivered so perfectly. 😁
One of the best lines in this movie, and you guys didn’t show it. The part where Murphy and Louis were talking about Murphy’s family.
“I can feel them, but I can’t remember them.”
Peter Weller delivered that line in such a way, that you understood that the RoboCop was having difficulty showing surface emotion, Alex Murphy held such depth of feeling.
I remember when Siskel & Ebert reviewed this movie, Ebert was gushing about Peter Weller's ability to show such emotion in his movements and minimally exposed facial muscles.
It's such a heartbreaking line.
That's the awesome part, where Robocop is throwing Clearance around the drug lab trying to Hurt him as Murphy but not really feeling anything, until Clarence reminds him of his sworn duty and his Program kicks into Arrest Mode "Yes.... I am a Cop"
Little factoid about this film:
They started filming this in Dallas, but the were asked to leave after the gas station explosion. I don't know if you noticed, but it seemed bigger than you might have expected. Anyway, they guy that oversaw the explosives on set set up way too much and when they blew it up on the night, windows in cars, houses and apartments for like 5-6 square blocks all busted from the shock wave that came off. Dallas politely asked them to continue their production in another city.
i say “ID BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!!!” on a almost daily basis this is really one of the best movies ever it has everything in it, drama, action, comedy. i wish i was born earlier enough to see this in theaters. i am desperately waiting for the anniversary showing at AMC (they better do one)
That would get old fast! 😭 lol
Peter Weller did a fantastic job in his movements as a cyborg cop. It’s also good to see the younger generation seeing the issues threatening the balance of life in this country and the world.
We (sadly ?) live in the dawn of the Cyberpunk hera. Its not fiction anymore, it slowly become our reality.
this film is 40yrs before it's time
I never realized that they intentionally moved Murphy (and I assume others) to a new position based on the risk factor since he was a prime candidate for the Robocop program.
So they set him up hoping it would play out like it did.
Basil Poledouris has to be in the top 5 best composers in all movies. In Conan the Barbarian he made brilliant job.
Get the three-disc edition of the CtB soundtrack (assuming you don’t already). It is spectacular.
@@DoktorStrangelove I'll second the soundtrack for Conan. I have the three disc set which also includes the narrated into. Great stuff!
Oh man, Poledouris is the one of the best, also worked on the original Red Dawn (another film by John Milius) and also The Hunt for Red October.
Peter Weller’s work as slain police officer Alex Murphy, and then as unstoppable law enforcement titan RoboCop, is a thing of peerless beauty.
The reason why the female cop looked at the black guy was because she wanted to see a black dixk
Lots of cool catchphrases in this film. PS, that was a real ER team used when he was dying. This is a much better version than the remake. Next has to be Starship Troopers by the same director Paul Verhoeven.
Or Total Recall, also amazing.
Remake was solid too though. Just can’t remake a hard r classic and make it pg-13
Starship Troopers is also amazing. I can't believe it bombed at the box office. Its special effects out did anything on "Titanic" (which is also great). Both were nominated for the Visual FX at the academy awards in 1998.
@@ecatalan98 folks didn’t understand it at all back then. Shit, reviewers didn’t get it either. Plus the acting isn’t the greatest. Still awesome nonetheless and holds up. Love my 90s flicks
@@dariusthegr8one81 I think the acting is overt the top becase it's supposed to be a very dark satire of corporate America. Peter Weller, despite being under tons of make up deliver a fine performance and Ronny Cox and kurtwood Smith were great as the baddies. Only Nancy Allen's role could've been a bit deeper. Not to be Murphy's love interest, but being true friend. Robocop is still one of my all time favorite movies, up there with "The Godfather", "Jacob's Ladder", "Star Wars", "Schindler's List" and "Raiders of the lost Ark". Yep, it is THAT good!
You're gonna do "Total recall" and "Starship troopers" next, I hope? They are the subsequent sci fi/social satire masterpieces in Dutch super director Paul Verhoeven's stellar filmography. He's also the man behind other masterful works such as "Basic instinct", "Hollow man", and, somewhat amusingly, "Showgirls".
"Thats not very officer like, why are you still tossing him?"
Legit lol. My sweet summer child.
The true theme of this film is the resurrection of the human soul. Such a classic masterpiece
The theme is about what defines humanity. Although Murphy has become a cyborg, he is still human.
@@ctcentralinfo Correct. Retaining our humanity in the age of the machine.
Welcome to ‘80s movies, ladies, where R-rated truly means R-rated! Today’s PG and R-rated films just really don’t compare.. 😂
Edit: Acknowledgement that yes, the below commenters are right: this isn't even the R-rated version they're watching but the full, unrated cut. (I do think the R-rated cut we saw as kids implied enough, but it is always juiciest to get the full details, which I think is closer to what the director had intended.)
They actually cut something like 10 seconds from the film to keep the R rating. They wanted to give it an X rating until they cut down a little off the Ed 209 shooting in the boardroom and Murphy getting shot.
When they made the Criterion remaster for VHS the footage was put back in.
This is a Criterion version.
God I miss 80s action movies !
Deadpool helped bring back some of that true rated R goodness.
This movie was cut 11 times before getting an R rating.
This is the unrated version not the R rated. They rated had to cut a few seconds when ED-209 shot the board member. And certain scenes when Murphy is killed killed is not as graphic in the R version.
14:59 Paul Verhoeven is Dutch, and his director of photography for the scene, Jost Vacano, is German, so they didn't realize how offensive a pejorative b*+ch is in English, so they kept referring to and addressing the two actresses as "b*+ches" while directing the scene. The actresses took it in stride, and Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer (Clarence and Bob) kept cracking up.
Robocop is one of those classics from the 80s that has continued to age supremely well. It still holds up as a solid, well-written and executed action flick. But more than that, its satire and commentary on both the power and influence of corporate greed on human life after death as well as how easily corruptible and fallible American law enforcement can be is both hilariously and terrifyingly relevant to a lot of stuff going on right now.
Watched this all the time as a kid! Along with Aliens, The Terminator, and Commando! 👍😎👍
Yes the "Can you Fly Bobby?" line is iconic :) Clarence Boddicker is one of the best villians ever and has a couple great lines in this! :)
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You, sir, were raised correctly.
@@Nelson_Swamp born 1980...so I saw all these movies from 80s and 90s
As an 80's baby, this was one of my favorite kids movies to watch. I literally have no idea how many times I've watched "RoboCop".
"kids' movie" 😆
Kids movies, I know right I shouldn’t of have but I’m glad I did.
I saw this in 1989 on VHS when I was only 7 years old :D
Turned me into a cineaste and opened my eyes to movies beyond Superman and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
From then on, while all my friends were still watching Mary Poppins and TMNT cartoons, I was watching Predator, Alien, Aliens, The Thing.
RoboCop is a seminal movie, and to this day remains my interchangeable #1 and #2 movie alongside Jurassic Park.
I've written thesis on RoboCop. Amazing movie.
Fun Fact: There was a line of toys, a cartoon, comic books, and video games that came from this franchise. The 80's were wild, so many toons and toys based off of inappropriate movies.
I still have my ED-209 toy from that line :)
We know that already, besides the "Inappropriate Movies" from the 80's are Sunday school compared to the progressive garbage outta Hollywood no one want's anything to do with.
Its funny how Stephs matrix uploading of all these 80s and 90s classics is working cuz she totally felt without knowing that the "can you fly bobby" line was classic meme-age from back in the day : D
Learn how to spell.
Most of the film was shot in Dallas, Texas. I used to live close by and would often see many of the filming locations during commute. I've also been to Las Colinas Studios in Irving, Texas on a few occasions where some of the film was shot. They give tours of the facility and you can see one of the Robocop stand-in props. The suit looks even better in person and close up.
Someone check sis on the right for a pulse
"The woman saves the day!" Good grief! LOL
Lewis and Murphy were more than partners, they were a team, this films showed a man and a woman workin' as a team, not this feckless "I'm a woman, here to save the day.", bullshit we see ad nauseum in films, I cringed hearin' that too.
I'm glad you guys enjoyed this. Robocop is one of my top five childhood and all time favorite movies. The story and music are awesome and I never get tired of watching it.
“Cops with automatics”? I’m sure the cops getting shot at by automatics take offense to that comment
These types never say anything about everyone else running around, other than to blame the weapon and not the crook.
5:25 LOL! She was about to say "Eew, what a creep" but she had to eat her own words when the lady cop looked at his dong instead Lmfao!
So unique. Every character is alive and full of energy despite or because of the chaos around them, ironically including the cyborg. The subtext of that boardroom is that the CEO is in a power struggle with Dick Jones, and may have rigged the ED-209 demonstration to fail. Likewise Jones and Morton end up in a power struggle, but Jones wins that one. When the CEO fires Jones, it's not because he cares what Jones did, he just wants to eliminate a competitor. Also, the reason the guy at the end gives Robocop a thumbs up for shooting Jones is that he's now #2 in the company. And the CEO can be smug because he effectively owns Robocop. OCP is a nest of snakes, but they're all enjoying being evil, and it's mesmerizing to watch.
Fun fact, a lot of the subtext that you noticed was sort of in there in the original script, but the Director Paul Verhoeven hammered it home in his rewrites of the movie. He was big on social messages of the day without being preachy about it. Always entertainment first, and if you're looking for it, a bit more to it to please heavy thinkers. All of his movies are like that no matter the era or genre. I have seen at least two of movies all the way through, Robocop being the one I currently own on DVD. Got the directors cut in a steel case.
Back in the day when this movie first hit the theaters the special effects were awesome. We look at it now and it's incredible how far we've come. Back then they had never dreamed of CGI. Less than 10 years later they made Jurasic Park. You can see how far we've come in 40 years.
And honestly the effects are still pretty good. Stop motion was *perfect* for ED-209. I’ve seen a video where a guy smoothed out ED-209’s motion, and honestly it looks so much better with the slightly jerky movements.
In terms of the technology, I agree that we've come a long way. I'm looking forward to the USE of CGI becoming more restrained, though.
Peter Weller really did amazing acting with the movements as robocop. I remember how that was so new thing and people were imitating the robocop moves for decade.
The interviews where he and director tell about Peter's practicing and adapting his vision of the moves took long time.
But he completely nailed it.
The scenes where robocop takes damage, gets hit etc, he just moves so believable manner that you attach to those moments.
While he is a robotic, his strength is still limited, where mass and other physical properties are in many scenes adapted to make it really believable.
All the small details, like when he is fixing his own leg, or taking his helmet off, making the turns in server room etc. They are just best.
Like look at the difference between Terminator 1 and Robocop, when both are first time seen firing a gun.
In the Terminator 1 the Arnold blinks on moment of firing and the gun recoil moves the hand, that shouldn't happen.
In the Robocop at the shooting range 09:00 where the gun barely moves at all from the recoil as the robocop can hold it so stable.
The movie is so full of fine made details that really implant the coolness to the kids minds forever, and I don't talk about the violence parts, but just alone about the Sci-Fi parts.
F##ked up the way he went out, in my opinion one of the most horrific deaths I've seen happen to a star in a film they starred in. Graphic as hell too, they did a hell of a job making you feel the shock and emotion of having to witness that scene. Great reaction all the way thru ladies, by the looks on your faces you could tell you both were really into the movie. This was an excellent 80's kick-ass, action/sci-fi masterpiece. Skip the sequels thou, they don't live up to the original and will let you down.
I don't think Clarence Boddicker and his gang were doing what they were doing because of "institutionalized racism" and a lack of opportunities. 😄 Cool reaction though. I love this movie.
The Boddicker Gang were blood drunk sociopaths.
Maybe they just needed some counseling. 😂
Remember watching the directors cut for the first time, around 10 years old. It changed my life! Absolute masterpiece. Also, fun fact. The gas station explosion scene, actually had a stunt man in the suit when the whole set went up. It was 100% real.
Felt that Steph really carried this reaction. No offense to Carolina while she did chime in once in awhile felt like she’s just sitting there.
She is simply stunned and mesmerized.
Just out of curiosity I looked up the reason why Dick is short for Richard. Apparently it started in the Middle Ages. Back then, people were quite fond of using rhyming names.
And so Richard = Rick = Dick. Same went for Bill (William, Will) and Bob (Robert, Rob). Also it seems that the association between the word Dick and male genitalia wasn't common until much later, in the 16th century. I'm always fascinated by phrase/word origins like that. ^_^
INTERESTING! This makes sense now that i've learned about the cockneyed accent from lower class England. They partially explained this English word rhyming dialect in Ocean's 11:
(Power outage exposes weakness in the casino)
Englishman Don Cheadle : "Now we're right 'Barney'"
Other characters: "?"
Don Cheadle : "'Barney!'"
Other characters: "?"
Don Cheadle : "''Barney Rubble'" (cartoon Fred Flintstone's best friend)
Other characters: "?"
Don Cheadle : "Rubble!"
Other characters: "?"
Don Cheadle : "Trouble! We're in TROUBLE"
Other characters: "Ohhhh!"
The 80's and 90's were full powerful woman you could look up to. Is a shame that is gone from cinema. She was my first short hair crush Nancy Allen muah!
This is my all-time favorite movie, it's a tight 90 minutes with no wasted frames. And can be a surface level action movie, or you can look deeper and see so many layers to it. I truly, truly love this movie.
"GIRL SAVES THE DAY!!" That's why its a movie 😂
nobody complimenting the acting of robocop is spot on and amazing...his acting to be a robot is top knots...his movements the walking and head moving...
the one on the left is so self-righteous. the more she talks the more flaws are revealed about herself
Take note woke writers of today Lewis is how u write a strong woman without just making them men with no flaws
"Well give the man a hand!" 😆
This was a great reaction. I love people getting into these older sci-fi movies. Thank you!
I had no business watching this when I was little but I always liked this movie. Thanks, ladies for your reaction 😊
@28:25 The conversation has been happening decades before this movie ever got made. One example of criticisms against American corporate greed would be Smedley Butler's 'War is a Racket', which was written IIRC in the 1930s.
For a long time I also wondered why Robo leaves the convenience store without arresting the bad guy, but in further viewings I noticed that the wife pushes the panic button first... in fact I kinda think that's what alerted Robo that a crime was occurring there. In any event, the cops responding to the alarm would likely be there very soon afterwards.
Yeah, for most of the movie he kinda wanders around like a bomb disposal robot for hazardous situations and lets the beatcops deal with the actual arrests.
He does not Arrest dead suspects, IE the store robber, the city hall Terrorists who wants to kill the Mayor, the Rapist who lost his tool.
Lethal force was justified by his Program for those instances.
He Arrested the guy at the Night club.
He Arrested Emeal after the Gas station explosion and bike crash because he was still a Live. And he Arrest Clarence after he is reminded of his sworn duty and his Program kicks into Arrest Mode.
Omni Consumer Products being the ultimate villain of the piece is one of many reasons why it remains in my top 10.
Great reaction 😊
OCP
@@tedbaker3846which, of course, is short for Omni Consumer Products.
Another relevant sci-fi flick about the rich getting richer is John Carpenter's THEY LIVE (1988). Check that one out too.
This is my favorite movie of all time and so glad you enjoyed it! definitely one of the best reviews and summaries ive heard at the end too! thanks ladies.
This is one reason, why older generations today are frustrated with how things are going downhill in so many ways. The "problems" of today were already addressed in the 1960's through the very early 2000's. The powers that be & their cohorts in the media recreate or pretend the old problems were never even addressed, much less solved in the past, when they were both addressed & for the most part solved, if not altogether solved.
I remember when that 70's show aired for the first time and I instantly went " Oh your dad is the bad guy from Robocop??? You better never screw up!"🤣🤣
Wilmer Vanderama, who played Fez on the show, watched Robocop many times at his movie theater. When he first met Kurtwood Smith (Clarence), he was in awe of the man.
My favorite part is how in their board room they just have a giant pistol in a cigar box. “Oh, that’s our business gun”
Robocop is a classic of Sci-Fi social criticism. Very glad you ladies enjoyed it and appreciated the satire and political commentary. Why on Earth doesn't Hollywood produce intelligent films like this any more???
It's worth clarifying that in a Laissez Faire Capitalist system, Government has the sole job of protecting individual rights, as society's agent of retaliatory force. Corporations would not be any part of delivering or managing police, armed forces, courts or prisons. The situation found in Robocop is more akin to an anarchist system, with competing private police forces acting within the same jurisdiction.
I love watching people react to Robocop for the first time! Paul Verhoeven always does an excellent job blending Social Commentary and Sci-Fi elements. There have been a couple sequels to this, 2 TV series (Live Action and Animation), a 2001 TV Miniseries and the 2014 reboot.
There is a video of amateur cosplayer created Robocop suit. He went to one of comic cons. That comic con had Peter Weller (Robocop) doing autographs there. Cosplay Robocop met Peter Weller, and they took photos together. It is stated that Peter loved his suit! Video is on UA-cam.
Not as famous as "B*tches leave" but still recognizable "Can you fly Bobby?" :)
such an epic film . i wish more movies these days addressed important issues like this
RoboCop it's a masterclass in how to incorporate social criticism without feeling like an agenda driven movie, which 100% of today movies fail miserably to deliver. While I totally disagree with the hosts political view (like the thought that if something is private is worse than been driven by the government, like if the politics are not greed and even worse, have much more power over laws, but this is a topic for another time), I loved how you reacted and the analysis (minus the political view) of the movie. One of the best Sci-Fi of all time indeed! The scene of the toxic waste never shocked me though, I was much more impacted by Ed-209 (it felt like a monster of a horror movie back in the day, the stop motion movement was very scary) or Murphy being shot. I hope you react to RoboCop 2, it's not nearly as good as the first one in terms of story, but it really delivers in the special effects and "robot horror", the warehouse scene still gives me chills. But forget RoboCop 3, it's not worth your time, story is even worse, you can feel there's a lower budget, and no robot horror parts this time.
Can you fly BOBBY? One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE lines.
Greed is not a corporate, government, or religious problem, its a human problem.
When there are hordes of grown-up crooks on the streets, it is a little late to worry about "the root" of their criminality. There is only one way to stop them, and it's not to bail them out.
Kurkwood Smith who plays Clarence is one of my favorite movie villains. He is also very funny on "That 70's Show"
That scene when Lois says " I'm mess" and RoboCop replies " they'll fix you, they fix everything" that line makes me tear up 😞 😭. Robocop is such a masterpiece.
They need Robocop in the streets of Chicago and New York Detroit and LA to go in there and get rid of crime the streets would be alot safer for little black and brown kids to play in.
One of the first movies that I saw when I was young and also the most violent one
But I liked it. When I wanted to see it years later it was censored here in the Netherlands. The scènes where they killed Murphy were deleted. Only on a few places you could rent this version of the movie. Glad you are watching these classics
One of the censored scenes in some version of the movie I saw was the disintegration of the "toxic waste guy".
I hate when governments feel they must censor entertainment from adults as if they were children. Adults are not children. Governments are not the Parents. It makes sense to censor disturbing material to protect children. Adults should do fine with a 'not for younger or more sensitive viewers' disclaimer.
Shout out to Paul Verhoeven's wife, Martine Tours, who saw the satire in the original script when Verhoeven originally missed it, and convinced him to take the job.
Now that's the Iconic line people remember Bitchs Leave ! 😂
You’re absolutely right about old movies. Movies used to have finesse. Now a lot of them just beat you over the head with their message and completely fail at it. Verhoeven is pretty good about delivering an entertaining movie first, but then if you look you can see there’s a lot more beneath the surface. Starship Troopers does the same thing.
You are one of the very rare channels that completely get everything. Most people reacting to are like " why are they doing this? What's going on?" You understand the second degree, the humor, the message, the tone, everything.
This is such a classic film! It blew everyone away when it first came out. The nostalgia is real 😭 lol
"Murphy... im a mess" is one of my favorite lines from this movie.
Fantastic reaction, girls! I adore this movie. It was so ahead of its time! Robocop 2 (1990) is weaker but still fun to watch too.
The first half of Robocop 2 built up some fantastic themes…but the second half kind of pissed them away.
less said about Robocop 3 the better
" I hate corporate greed more than anything."
*Wears a Disney/Star Wars shirt*
Liberals are notoriously hypocritical lol
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I love this. Had no idea.
The late and immensely great Basil Poledouris composed the score-an absolute classic.
Of course it was being talked about. Do you think you're the first generation to realize corporations suck?
Steph and Carolina are quickly becoming one of my favorite reaction pairings. This is one of my favorite action movies I like it more than the Terminator.
That was a great reaction video. You two have excellent chemistry I hope to see more with you two together. Really good points at the end as well. Not annoying for one second.
Steph's open mouth = Heart emoji ❤
5:34 Steph, why would he have a gun on his dick?... Come on, really?! Just as men check women out so do women check out men. Seriously!
I don't particularly care to see reactions to movies but I really enjoyed these two watching this movie. It's probably one of the honest reactions around. RoboCop is an extreme film but also very emotionally driven. And seeing them connect to the film was great.
A great movie from the 80's. From your conversation, if you want more about the potential for large scale corruption, you can watch Eisenhower's final address from 1960, warning about the military industrial complex, and going down the wrong path. Still valid.