FIRST TIME WATCHING RoboCop 1987 Movie REACTION!

[@floydster23]

Saw this at the movies with my brother, when it finished we went and got more tickets and 20 mins later walked in to watch Predator. Best day ever.

[@B355Y]

I was too young. I'm jealous 😂

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

I saw it in the cinema as a kid because the staff couldn’t care and let me in 😂 Made my friends watch it on vhs when I came out and we’d rent it every weekend for ages

[@JamesC1981]

those were the days

[@danielepps8729]

More Tickets why you didn't just sneek in to the next movie

[@boqndimitrov8693]

I envy you!

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

This movie is deep with some of the greatest character actors ever. It's perfectly cast for serious movie nerds, it's a huge cast, and it's some of their best work.

[@commanderkruge]

From the director's commentary to the movie: Paul Verhoeven hired real emergency room staff for the scene after Murphy gets shot and at one point asked how realistic it even was for them to try to keep a headshot wound person alive in the first place and they said they did it several times for real. You can lose quite a part of your brain and survive. Sometimes even as yourself and still aware of your surroundings, able to speak and things like that. Other times forever a vegetable. But apparently: As long as you're not dead they try and keep you alive, pretty much.

[@drew.168]

I had a buddy who was pistol whipped and shot in the back of the head in a burglary, the 3d scan of his skull he kept, i could fit my fist in the hole. He lost the ability to create short term memory which in turn made it difficult to create long term memory, and most of his peripheral vision but other then that he was mostly ok.

[@thetimelapsesketchbook.9088]

Robos gun is a Baretta 93R heavily converted. I miss 80's and 90's action movies. So much fun.

[@boqndimitrov8693]

That's right - fun. Where did it go??

[@lennyvalentin6485]

@@boqndimitrov8693 It's still there, in some movies. It's not as if every 1980s movie was an eternal classic either for that matter, there were SO many awful ones too, holy crap. Like with anything creative, only a small minority reaches master class status.

[@kaym6850]

*Beretta. Not converted, guns like this in sci-fi films have a plastic encasing, the gun itself is unaltered.

[@thetimelapsesketchbook.9088]

@@kaym6850 I know. 'Heavily altered' is a blanket term I was using. I've handled screen used Pulse Rifles from Aliens by the man who made them. So I know what they do.

[@agentooe33AD]

Movie is almost 40 years old and it still holds up! Movies aren't supposed to scientifically accurate, they're just supposed to be enjoyed, and believable enough to go with it. One minor correction: It wasn't Murphy's first day on the job when he got shot. He was transferred from another precinct (discussed in the locker room) so he'd been on the job for a while already.

[@Notric]

"I'll buy that for a dollar!" One of the best movies ever. I love the homage to the earlier Toxic Avenger movie.

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the best Sci-fi Action movies from 1987 ever made! It's also one of my favorites and it's a satire on corporate greed and consumerism.

[@bfdidc6604]

It has massive violence, sharp humor, clever social satire, and heart. 10/10.

[@clarkness77]

From 87? Id say all time

[@StineWins]

Awesome movie, Robocop 2 is worth watching, 3 you can live without.

[@kaym6850]

Both 2 and 3 were written by Frank Miller (300, Sin City, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, etc. [comics]) and based on his experience on both films refused all offers to make Sin City into a film until Robert Rodriguez was able to convince him by shooting the first scene and showing it to Frank. Frank expressed that Robocop 2 wasn't too far away from his script but Robocop 3 had less than 30% of his story make it through to the final film.

[@NeilD1]

The first 18, or for Americans, R rated movie i ever, nervously, put into my VCR and watched at age 11. Did not disappoint.

[@drjwww]

You definitely won't have recognized The Old Man ("Dick, you're FIRED!") from another film you watched recently. The actor is the late Dan O'Herlihy and you just watched him under a ton of makeup as Grig the co-pilot in THE LAST STARFIGHTER, film just 3 years before this was.

[@Ah-ed6ie]

Oh fun fact: Daniels son played brad in superman 3 , drunk guy that wanted lana and didn't like clark.

[@goji8416]

@@Ah-ed6ie I think he was also the villain in Death Wish 3.

[@derekramsaroup3883]

One of THE All time Great 80s action movies ...

[@kimo_]

Robocop 3 as released in theaters. There were three TV shows: the animation one, a live action one (the pilot was in VHS under the title Robocop 4) and a live action miniseries titled: Robocop Prime Directive. In that one there is a black robocop (black human in a black armor).

[@ADTribalChild]

8:56 Easily the highlight of the reaction. Peter Weller definitely deserves his flowers for voicing Batman in The Dark Knight Returns. But RoboCop, this beautiful and gory movie! Kudos for reacting to this one.

[@Paul77ozee]

Everyone questions the hospital scene. If you listen carefully, one cop says in the changing room “good luck trying to get chopper back up after your in a jam”. But with Murphy they were able to chopper him out and try an keep him partial alive. Bob Morton said “We’ve placed prime candidates in dangerous prime locations”.

[@MikesClassicRadio]

Fun note: Movie props departments try to stay in budget by attempting go get free product to use in the movies in exchange for "product placement". A very common practice, especially when it comes to high budget items like cars. They went to GM and asked them for their currently popular Pontiac 6000 since it was at the time pretty "futuristic" looking. GM refused since they didn't think they'd get enough advertisement value from this movie. The 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (a 10 year older model) had to be used to stay in budget. That's why the cars you see are 6000 SUX, as an F.U. to GM and even the commercial for it in the movie MADE FUN OF IT...

[@scgreek1114]

I agree. In the early days of CGI it was used sparingly as another tool for the filmmaker to utilize. Now, hyper realistic effects are used in place of all the traditional elements which made for a truly enjoyable experience. Practical effects, makeup, prosthetics, lighting, cinematography and even acting are all becoming lost arts. I can't even remember the last film I enjoyed in a theater. 😢

[@filmandmusicmashups]

I remember watching this at the cinema...holy shit ...levels of carnage unmatched..

[@biguy617]

Robocop 2 is very good as well.

[@alexshdvideo]

Watched this so many times back in the day. Robo cop, blade runner, das boot, road warrior, running man, terminator (1 & 2) and total recall. My 80’s list. The. Much later Babylon 5 along with starship troopers.

[@StevenJShow]

I had a boss named Bobby. I would quote Clarence Boddicker to him every morning. "Can you flyyyyy Bobby?" He didn't think it was funny.

[@StevenJShow]

12:09 Dude blew his entire face off with a shotgun. He put it under his chin, slipped forward so the shot went forward instead of up. Took out all of his teeth, his jaw, his nose, and one of his eyes. He was in intensive care for a long time, but he did live. Reconstructive surgery has made him look... Mostly... Normal. There have been soldiers who have been hit by multiple grenades, bullets, taken a lot of damage. I think there was a guy in Iraq who get hit something like 35 times in one engagement, and he lived. One of the BoB guys talks about how many holes they counted in him from grenade shrapnel. The human body is very capable of surviving a lot of punishment. Part of it is the will power of the person, which is why Murphy can survive being Robocop. He's got a strong disposition and character.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

"I would quote Clarence Boddicker to him every morning. 'Can you flyyyyy Bobby?' One day, he fired me. Don't know why!" :)

[@StevenJShow]

@@lennyvalentin6485 He gave me a raise!

[@athens_1psvr31]

At 8yrs old I plotted with my 14yr old sister and tricked our Mom into taking us to a late movie while Dad was on a business trip. We knew only RoboCop was the only movie that hadn’t started. She was shocked, we were laughing, and she made us promise to not tell Dad that she took us to that. She had got on him about letting us watch Rated R movies.🤣👍🏾

[@Krazy_Kenny]

Underrated dad comment: "It wasn't gas" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ellie_jeann]

3:46 Yes, it was shot in the 80s but with concept in the future of Cyberpunk Detroit 2077

[@acereporter73]

The ED-209 getting defeated by a flight of stairs is so on-brand for aesthetic design over engineering.

[@ellie_jeann]

There are many movies/tv series im sure you guys havent seen except for the man in the middle Lol is QUICKSILVER (1984) with Kevin Bacon & Lawrence Fischer, Premium Rush, DARK ANGEL (starring Jessica Alba 2000-2002), I Come In Piece (aka The Punisher) starring Dolph Lundgren, etc

[@kaym6850]

Kurtwood Smith. Also, Ray Wise (Leon) was the father of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks and his character.... well, IYKYK.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

For Julien: The "space thing" in the opening is the deployment of a Telstar satellite out of the payload pay of a space shuttle. It's real footage from one of three such missions. It's either Telstar 301, 302, or 303. I can't figure out which.

[@julienn8844]

Really!?!? Ty for that

[@andrzejkrzeminski3270]

keep in mind that this director, Paul Verhoeven also made..yeah, Starship Troopers! cool,violent scripts!

[@ChristianBoutin]

Hot take: Robocop 2 is ok.

[@RabbitShirak]

I think its biggest problem is how unfocused it is. They crammed it full of ideas, without giving them time to breathe.

[@ChristianBoutin]

@RabbitShirak True. But it has the same tone as the first one: gory and cheesy. I also liked that back then it was clearly a Mac vs PC battle: Robocop had command line interface like MS-DOS, meanwhile Kane has a Mac GUI interface 😊

[@UnlicensedOkie]

Is it the one where the main villain is a kid?

[@ChristianBoutin]

@@UnlicensedOkie The main villain is Kane/Kain/Cain the drug dealer. But the little kid is pretty pivotal too

[@PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

Hot Take: The first one has one of the greatest ensembles of character actors ever assembled. Can't say the same for the sequels.

[@makasete30]

16:52 I remember playing this scene on the Robocop game on an Amiga 500 as a kid before I had seen the movie. And yes, you could shoot the suspect in his privates to save the woman! Years later I managed to watch the movie by slipping in my dad`s copied Robocop tape in the VCR at night when everyone was sleeping. Everyone in the playground was acting as Robocop saying all the lines: “dead or alive, you are coming with me”. Good times. Loved the reaction again guys. As you know, Paul Verhoeven directed this and Total Recall, and StarShip Troopers - which I just checked and see you already watched!

[@RaynoldMalcolm]

Unedited reaction on Patreon? I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@douglascampbell9809]

You would be amazed at what some people can survive. Lets look at Msgt Roy Benavidez. The first time he got wounded a landmine broke his back. He rehabbed himself so well he joined special forces. The second time he got wounded in a 6 hour firefight saving other soldiers. He suffered 34 wounds including being shot, shrapnel, bayoneted and a broken jaw. He was holding in his intestines when he got on the rescue chopper. They were zipping up the body bag he was in when he spit in the Dr's face to let him know he was still alive.

[@elroddemelvinbone8058]

15? I watched this when I was 8. 💪🏼 Scared the shit out of me, but still...

[@jamielandis4308]

You gotta watch “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension.” Another good one is “1941.”

[@paule6752]

Was going to recommend Buckaroo Banzai as well. Absolute classic Peter Weller movie, and some big names in supporting roles.

[@welshlad691]

Great reaction, Ray I remember the robocop vs terminator crossover comics as well! I much prefer this version, to the newer one, which I feel lacked so much of the dark humour

[@garavonhoiwkenzoiber]

11:53 fun fact, as long as you miss the brainstem, there's a 10% chance to survive long enough to get into ER!

[@JamesAHirons_]

Agreed. Mike the headless chicken anyone?

[@Tigermania]

Robocop: Director's Cut has noticeably more gore. Yep even when ED209 kills the exec guy it's a longer and bloodier scene. Edit: Nobody forgets the toxic waste scene... that's burnt into the memory.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

One of the producers wanted to cut the melting man scene until he saw in a screening it got the biggest laugh in the movie.

[@GonkThePowerDroid]

When That 70's Show came around I did not recognize Kurtwood Smith. When I rewatched Robocop however all my circuits were blown. This guy... is THAT guy?... This cannot be. Red Foreman is absolutely no pansy, but how he plays Clarence in Robocop is absolutely crazy.

[@leonsam12]

The Robocop remake was pretty good, not garbage at all, I grew up on Robocop and I liked the remake just as much, wish more reactors would watch it

[@RKnights]

I did see it and it sucked. I hated it

[@derekramsaroup3883]

Robocop was made into Two TV series ,as well as an animated show ...

[@keithmcdonnell4485]

12:10 with present day body armor you get crap loads of blunt force trauma from shotgun (buckshot or slug) but no penetration. So, traumatic severing of the right arm, a bunch of blunt force trauma to the torso, and a pistol round to the head. Probably not a good day but also possible to make it to the hospital as portrayed before passing away.

[@DiscoRaptor]

17:26... loved the RoboCop V Terminator comics...

[@thunderstruck5484]

Classic 80s super violent with some comedy! Awesome!Thanks Yall!

[@christopherbarahona8983]

It doesn’t matter the hospital still have to try to resuscitate him regardless of the appearance of instant death

[@darthphayde508]

'87 was quite a year, I was 10 and my Dad started letting me watch this and Predator for better or worse lol.

[@JAERepair]

😂 watched it on vhs from our local video club spot (not blockbuster). After the young guy watched my mom turn down my Robocop request he told me I should rent Cinderella. The guy switched the tapes and I got to watch it anyway. Guy was my hero as a kid. 😅took my dad years to figure out why I liked Cinderella so much.

[@ellie_jeann]

12:15 Interesting fact that medical team was real, im not sure if all are but at least the ones shown here.

[@Echo4Bravo]

Clarence Boddicker says the Tigers are playing tonight. "I never miss a game." What if you had season tickets to the Detroit Tigers, sitting next to Clarence? Buying each other beer. That's the movie I want to see. 🤣 Throw Clarence a high five.

[@ellie_jeann]

15:24 The fact they thought they completely erased his memory only for him to regain it later because both mental/physical trauma like that you can never get rid of it but can learn to live with it.

[@62salv]

The documentary about the making of the movie is also fantastic! One of the best movies ever!

[@ellie_jeann]

15:30 WHICH LITERALLY IN THAT ERA OF AI where humans are literally being replaced … Just look at JAPAN, they have several AI-created self servicing hotels and stores etc.

[@KevinLockamy]

33:00 That's the thing with the remake, it's infinitely forgettable. This; you remember. You will never forget the scenes where Murphy gets gunned down, ED209's introduction or Emil after running into the toxic waste then run over by Boddicker. Paul Verhoeven is a genius. And Julien; slight clarification, In 'Weird Science' Chet (Bill Paxton) is tuned into a giant 💩.

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Yes there was a live action Robocop TV show, it was cheap but not bad.

[@keithmcdonnell4485]

09:25 Bobby shouldn't have burned up the money! If he hadn't screwed up he wouldn't have had to learn how to fly :)

[@thegovernor184]

Robocop 2 is still fairly good, loved playing the game that came out a couple of years ago

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Squibs are so much cooler than CGI spatter. It's sad that even good movies and TV shows today go the game engine route. Surely quibs can't be that expensive?

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

The poor guy who played Mr Kenny has to do that scene three times because Verhoeven kept wanting more.

[@Mundane05]

This is a re-up right? I could swear I've already seen this.

[@julienn8844]

Good ole copyright

[@cruelangel8689]

One thing I always wondered: in all the time that's past between the demo with ED 209 til the end of the movie, why is the gun and the case still sitting on a table in the OCP conference room? 2 after action reports I'd have been curious to see what they said: 1) Lewis's incident report- she decides to go after the gang (outnumbered and outgunned) into an unfamiliar area, without backup. She'd probably have to gloss over why she was taken out and was unable to backup Murphy... definitely contributed to the death of her fellow officer. 2) OCP's report on what happened to Kinney. Explaining the use of live ammo in a demo would have been a fun read, but since this is OCP, they likely have the $$$ to buy off any next of kin and keep it out of the press.

[@bfdidc6604]

You definitely can’t fail with Robocop.

[@thetomgibson]

29:36 Beautiful scene

[@freakygoblin3068]

So has everyone seen the 2012 Dredd film?

[@denverkimberlin3275]

I'll buy that for a dollar!

[@nathanmerritt1581]

I disagree with not watching Robocop 2, because it is worth watching. it's a good movie.

[@JasonBodine]

They made a tv show out of RoboCop.

[@stue2298]

I have seen the 2014 remake and remember nothing about it. This original had so much more heart and soul, and it didn't take itself too seriously like StarShip Troopers both Directed by Paul Verhoeven which you can see alot of similarities between these 2 movies.

[@FordWMaverick]

Robocop 2 had a few cool moments, but it doesn't hold a candle to this one. Still, it's better than the remake.

[@technofilejr3401]

19:08, When we dream our brain secrets a chemical that partially paralyzes our voluntary muscles. We can still breath and our hearts keep beating but big muscle movements are suppressed. This chemical keeps us from acting out physical movements from our dreams (e.g. running, reaching for objects etc.). Because Murphy no longer has a human body his robotic body acts out what he is dreaming about. Thats why he is jerking around so much. I thought it was pretty cool this biological quirk was put into the movie.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

They need to update his firmware, to shut off his servo motors while asleep. :P

[@technofilejr3401]

@ Too late! He’s out the door. LOL

[@linkloudenback8359]

The paste that he is supposed to eat is actually a Slurpie machine or slushy.

[@nyso-ld9jm]

Would like to know how many times robocop got shot in this movie, gotta be like 2k times atleast

[@jasonligon5937]

People always forget this was made in the 80s and it was a glimpse of a possible future dystopian world and then try to apply current morals. Rather than seeing what politics and corporate greed might do to society. Some of it actually came true.

[@chrism7395]

6:44 A paramedic? A bucket would be more useful :D Something that was pointed out recently to me was that the execs responsible for the Robocop project mention in passing that they've been profiling cops and transferring suitable candidates (like Murphy) to more dangerous precincts in the knowledge that they're probably going to get fatally injured. EDIT: 39:00 your reaction to Peter Jackson's early splatter movies (Bad Taste, Brain Dead) would be something else!

[@Paul_1971]

Bob Morton practically says that in the film.

[@Carbonnothingbutcarbon]

"We've placed prime candidates according to risk factors."

[@stonepasta5296]

When aliens find remains of humans in the future, they're gonna have a one heck of a time when they discover blu ray collections.

[@cteal2018]

RoboCop 2 and 3 aren't horrible, they are just not as good and get progressively worse. But even 3 is still worth the watch if you are fully invested into to Old Detroit. There was a TV show, it only lasted 1 season, and there was a cartoon show as well. Plus the toys, video games, etc. This franchise was big in the late 80's early 90's. For a lot of us, this was our gateway into cyberpunk.

[@vorbis4860]

Peter Weller is also in one of the newer Star Trek Movies, AND he is/was a professor at Syracuse University and hosted a documentary show called Engineering an Empire. It's really good.

[@danielallen3454]

Regarding Robocop's weapon. From the Internet Movie Firearm Database: "The main weapon used by RoboCop (Peter Weller) is the "Auto 9". This is a Beretta 93R machine pistol which was heavily modified for the film, featuring a longer barrel with an enormous compensator/flash hider shaped like a casket (which apparently made the trademark gun twirl fairly difficult to perform), plastic grips, and a taller rear sight to match the raised front sight. Typically, RoboCop fires this weapon in 3-round burst mode. The fictional stats of the weapon claim it has an implausibly huge 50-round magazine. Originally it was planned for Robocop to simply carry a Desert Eagle, but Verhoeven felt that the pistol looked too small compared to Robocop's bulky armour, so a special weapon was devised."

[@shawnbrent1165]

great reaction great film

[@SGlitz]

Welcome tothe best documentary on Detroit. ever made. (As i was born and raised in Michigan i know)

[@nestorperena8629]

some of you look like over 40 years old so first time watching this super popular movie? nah I don't believe you.

[@garysmith3037]

Original Robocop: "So many quotable lines, so many memorable scenes." Remake: "I kinda remember seeing it once....." Much the same for Total Recall and the Total Recall remake.

[@geoffmustbedestroyed]

You ever check out the movie Upgrade? It’s a VERY good movie-often overlooked-and it always reminded me of the original Robocop….without being a rip-off….worth checking out

[@RKnights]

I love that movie. Not sure if the guys have seen it

[@geoffmustbedestroyed]

@ might have to add it to their list

[@commanderkruge]

The noise Ed 209 makes after falling down the stairs is a squealing pig. Because it's a bad cop-bot. :D

[@Senkoau]

You'd be surprised by what people have survived in real life including shots to the head or having the head impaled from falls.

[@danielepps8729]

That is not true it was not his 1st day on the job.. he got transfer from a Kushi pct. to a place where they work for a living

[@KHAOE1]

The Robocop movie poster is not a photo but a painting. It was painted by Mike Bryan.

[@gallendugall8913]

I actually like the goofy sequels and the very different remake which plays the entire premise straight with a few tweaks making a very different movie.

[@PaulWinkle]

Where are people get all of these guns from? From Walmart it is Merica

[@jediyakare]

excellent, I managed to see it in the cinema, in a less violent cut, when I rented it on VHS... so much gratuitous violence that I missed

[@mikedignum1868]

That was an actual ER team working on Murphy.

[@Zentron]

I also watched the 2014 in the cinema, but I was so bored, came close to falling asleep three times while watching, only the explosions kept me awake. They made it PG-13 because they thought it would make it more appealing to a broader audience, but they forgot to make a good movie and instead gave us Robukake! Luv the original version, though I do think with the digital effects we have now, they could be used to sort out a few visual issues it has. If you watch the scene where Robocop confronted D.Jones in his office, when he's down on the floor you can see the rubber part of the suit is torn and the black shirt Peter Weller is wearing underneath, digital effects could be used to edit it to cover up the tear... also sort the issue with the colour match of the rear projection during the stop-motion sequences.

[@thetomgibson]

38:04 1 season tv show

[@CEngelbrecht]

His pistol is a Beretta 93R converted to salvo shooting. Probably using sci-fi future ammo somehow drastically increasing the number of rounds it can hold.

[@masterwilliam8704]

2 is ok, 3 turn it off after first 10min.

[@chaost4544]

Movie violence in the 1980's hit different.

[@carlosencina2075]

Gracias por compartir esta espectacular pelicula saludos desde Argentina.

[@RKnights]

Gracias por pasar tiempo con nosotros

[@ryandean3162]

In the intro at the start, "Amici Enim Vitae" isn't exactly right. "Enim" when translated into English as "for" is in the sense of "because" like in "For the Lord so loved the world." So, what it says is something like "Friends Because of Life." It's also always postpositive so it should come after Vitae. A better translation would be something like "Amici Per Vitam" which is "Friends Throughout Life" or "Amici Inter Vitam" which is "Friends During Life."

[@vincegamer]

Why do studios remake good movies? They should we make bad movies and make them good, not good movies and make them bad

[@maxmaven398]

The biggest problem with the remake is carving it down to a PG rating. Why would you do that to a franchise in which gore and violence are its touchstone?

[@christianlevesque5239]

Robocop 2 is not bad, its not as awesome as the first one but its not a forget it sequel.

[@Joe-hh8gd]

While not up to the first, ROBO 2 is still pretty good...more stop-motion battles, wife resolved...written by Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns) so perhaps too politically incorrect for some. And visually, the 4k bluray looks spectacular.

[@philly83]

Robocop 3 was in the theater but it was direct to video quality

[@mikerodgers7620]

It's not his first day on the job. He transferred from ANOTHER PRECINCT. I wish people would pay more attention to detail.