cryptoadam
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The difference today is they start at family fare. In the 80's/90's they started at R rated and then pushed it onto kids.
Neill Blomkamp To Direct “RoboCop Returns”
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The difference today is they start at family fare. In the 80's/90's they started at R rated and then pushed it onto kids.
ickythingz
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Why would you forget the best movie in the series? Robocop 2>ALL Robocop movies
Valonquar
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VERY NSFW RELEVANT CLIP
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Ulysses 31
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So you won't watch the Starship Troopers remake?
Mr Hyde
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I really want to like Neill Blomkamp. He has a compelling visual flair and some nice ideas, but the execution just isn´t there. D9 was really good, but honestly, I think Peter Jackson supervised that project and tweaked it a little so that it became what it was. Not to take anything away from Blomkamp, it´s his world, it´s his story, but something tells me that Jackson was like a mentor coming up with some tips and trick because Blomkamp was a rookie back then. After that came Elysium and Jackson was no longer with him, and the result is a mixed bag. The world building and visual effects are incredible, but the story, characters, the dialog, everything falls flat. The writing is, in all honesty, complete shit. Blomkamp admitted that he got too caught up in the world and concept of Elysium and forgot everything else. I think it´s nice when a director is honest about his flaws and admits wrongdoing. Not many filmmakers do that. He even took a dump on Chappie when it fizzled out into oblivion.
But as I said, I´m willing to give this guy a break. I know he has a lot of talent, he just need someone to steer him in the right direction, like Jackson did on D9. His short films at Oats Studios shows that he can make good shit, but unfortunately he doesn´t seem to thrive in the Hollywood studio system. I really hope that Robocop turns out good because if this flops again Neill will have a hard time recovering his tarnished reputation. He is already labeled a one trick pony, and as it seems, he can probably only divert those accusations by making something truly good, something that even Paul Verhoeven would have been proud of. Don´t fuck this up, Neill. I believe in you.
But as I said, I´m willing to give this guy a break. I know he has a lot of talent, he just need someone to steer him in the right direction, like Jackson did on D9. His short films at Oats Studios shows that he can make good shit, but unfortunately he doesn´t seem to thrive in the Hollywood studio system. I really hope that Robocop turns out good because if this flops again Neill will have a hard time recovering his tarnished reputation. He is already labeled a one trick pony, and as it seems, he can probably only divert those accusations by making something truly good, something that even Paul Verhoeven would have been proud of. Don´t fuck this up, Neill. I believe in you.
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hecatomb
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Making R movies PG13 is just a bad idea, its telling the fans you don't care about what you want anymore. I don't care if hollywood thinks pg-13 makes more money, did they forget that terminator 2 and aliens made a ton of money, and were both R rated. They did well cause those movies were done well.
Its why the Robo cop remake was so bad, it just had him fight a bunch of mindless robots that no one cared about. Robo cop 1 was done really well cause it had a lot of characters with personality, the villains were all done well.
Its why the Robo cop remake was so bad, it just had him fight a bunch of mindless robots that no one cared about. Robo cop 1 was done really well cause it had a lot of characters with personality, the villains were all done well.
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