RoboCop

Never gets old. One of my favorites. The social satire, with the ultraviolence and cool sci-fi story is just the perfect mix of fun. Plus all the great character actors and kick ass designs... I love this movie.

It's been a while since I have sat down to watch Verhoevens masterpiece, but when Arrow released a 4K release, I had no excuse not to upgrade my copy and get watching again. RoboCop is one of the absolute best action movies from the 80s, and I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to watch it in 4K. Great good guys, great bad guys, and some very brutal action. RoboCop has it all!! One of my absolute favourites from my childhood, and required watching for any action fan.

Is it the best science Fiction film ever made? No. But is it the best capitalist satire ever made? Well, also no. But it is still a nearly flawless example of both and 80s Verhoeven might be my spirit animal.

The story was beyond its time, watching it in 2025 makes it interesting, on one hand the special effects look crazy now 😊, I know it’s not wow know but believe me it was wow in the 90’s. Also looking at how the envisioned future technology it’s crazy how some things are so close, that scene with the gps tracker looking like a smartphone is crazy.
Overall it is a great movie, a classic.

A police robot in an action movie with a message.

I miss the sort of Paul Verhoevenn violence we got from Robocop and Total Recall. They both had good stories too. With amazing musical scores. Robocop is pretty timeless since it is so well made. It really didn’t need a remake.

i had watched this when i was a kid. today i watched it again. as a 2016 movie it's 3/10. as a 1987 movie it's 8/10. but i give 10/10 because it remembers me my childhood. it was so good watching this movie with my dad and my bro who is a dad right now...

9/10 really enjoyable movie and well made.

It has the same grit and hardcore action as Terminator 1 and 2. '80s sci-fi action movies are built differently and I like this movie a lot it reminds me of T2 film in a lot of ways that's why even its my first time watching it this year.

I decided to revisit RoboCop after last watching it in over 14 years ago. According to my IMDB rating I gave it a 6/10 at the time. I'm glad I revisited it because I got a lot more out of RoboCop on this repeat viewing.

The special effects are fun! The melting scene and the interactions with ED-209 are awesome. I appreciate these historical special effects since we are so used to the clean CGI of modern films.

The satire is brilliant. RoboCop takes violence to absurd levels. It's got me thinking more than most movies I watch today.

One topic I've spent time on is zero-sum games. Certain populations have a world view that if a different group gets help, they lose. I've noted this more since BLM and it seems to make sense to me. This isn't a world view that I agree with and is doing humanity a great disservice. RoboCop brings this up with Jones delivering the recorded message to Morton:

"It helps if you think of it as a game Bob. Every game has a winner and a loser. I'm cashing you out, Bob."

The screenwriter, Edward Neumeier, identified this 35 years ago. There are other themes that echo to the world today. It's brilliant.

Plus, the movie is very quotable!
- I'd buy that for a dollar.
- Someone wanna call a goddamn paramedic?