Really, all you need is the voice. You can CGI pretty much everything else if the budget is there.
Robocop To Be The Next Failed Reboot
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Really, all you need is the voice. You can CGI pretty much everything else if the budget is there.
Exactly. RDJ didn't wear Iron Man armonr for most of his appearances. Maybe a mask but usually motion capture suits.
Has he done anything other than plan sequels that erase prior sequels and then not do them?
Yes, but that's become his "thing" sadly.
Robocop is pretty popular with older nerds, but I think Charlie's Angels is a lot more mainstream. Most people would know pretty quickly what you're talking made a Charlie's Angels reference, but most non-nerd would probably be totally clueless if you did the same thing for Robocop.
I mean, I'll grant you that Robocop is a more nerdy thing, but I don't think Charlie's Angels would be all that recognizable to a general audience. People who are 18 right now weren't even alive when the first Cameron Diaz CA film came out, and I was 10 and definitely not watching movies like that. The second of those movies came out in 2003, 16 years ago. The TV show is even older, and it wasn't exactly classic TV. I think general audience people would probably recognize Robocop more, even just based off its last reboot, then would recognize Charlie's Angels. It has the benefit of having a reboot more recently, and its a more memorable premise in my opinion.
Well, if they done Robocop in a, here's the first man to undergo total body prothesis.. and his trials and tribulations with a cop background.. then maybe.
Hell, They don't even need the cop for that story.. Have a world that cyborg body prothisis is a normal thing, many look to upgrade to a new arm, leg etc, but nobody had done a complete fully synthitic body ( except the brain of course) and tell the story of an accident survivor, maybe in this instence with robo cop, a cop that is shreded by some accident or hit job, and do a total body replacement. Kind of how the 2014 one done. .but with out the horrible script..
Hell, They don't even need the cop for that story.. Have a world that cyborg body prothisis is a normal thing, many look to upgrade to a new arm, leg etc, but nobody had done a complete fully synthitic body ( except the brain of course) and tell the story of an accident survivor, maybe in this instence with robo cop, a cop that is shreded by some accident or hit job, and do a total body replacement. Kind of how the 2014 one done. .but with out the horrible script..
If they are going to do that then they might as well adapt Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Not a dumb idea at all. Incredibly relevant in today's world, I would say.
The execution of the reboot was poor.
I have generally have zero problem with reboots. It's all about the execution.
Continuations of movies from twenty years ago, I have problems with, especially when the thinking of the continuation stops at: We got the old people back!
ROBOCOP RETURNS---Abe Forsythe (LITTLE MONSTERS) will direct the sequel to the 1987 Paul Verhoeven movie. Forsythe replaces the departed Neill Blomkamp.
Blomkamp will now move onto "Starship Toopers Redux," which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
After that, Blomkamp will take on "Predator Again," which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
And for 2021, Blomkamp will sign up for "Leathal Weapon Reloaded" which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
Blomkamp will now move onto "Starship Toopers Redux," which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
After that, Blomkamp will take on "Predator Again," which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
And for 2021, Blomkamp will sign up for "Leathal Weapon Reloaded" which will be a direct sequel to the original film, ignoring the other sequels. But then he'll drop out.
They've rebooted it twice on TV, yes.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you, Charlie's Angels is one of the big classic's of '70s TV. Even if a lot of people haven't seen the actual show, it's still gonna have a lot more name recognition for the non-nerds than Robocop.
I haven't seen any of the films, but I don't see why a Robocop sequel couldn't work with a modest budget. I saw Dark Fate in theaters this week, and when one plane crashed into another, I thought, "who the hell asked for this much CG mayhem?!" Last year's Halloween sequel was made for $10m, and grossed 25 times that in theaters alone. Take note, Hollywood?
Don't tease me like that. The Starship Troopers sequels were utter garbage.
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I don’t know if I would agree with that. People still talk about the original show. The first movie reboot was successful and deemed worthy of another, though obviously, that failed.
Within this circle, yeah, Robocop probably has had a longer impact—though one that couldn’t be replicated. But out in the larger cultural landscape, I think Charlie’s Angels is better known.
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