FIXING & UPDATING - ROBOCOP 1987

Double 'O' Productions presents another movie fix and update.
ROBOCOP 1987 - Using software to correct some of the movie's errors and out-dated visual effects.
produced by - Double 'O' Productions
Music 'Art of Silence' by - Uniq (copyright free)

[@MoviesRemastered]

I love how we were both exposed to so much graphic violence as kids. This, Terminator, Predator, and Cobra were the movies I grew up with. Great breakdown video, Dude. It's awesome to see how you work.

[@DoubleOProductions]

gave you a little mention at the end too...thanks man.. :)

[@MoviesRemastered]

​@@DoubleOProductions Ahhh! Thanks, Dude. I wrote that comment midway into the video. I appreciate the shout-out. This project is really coming on well.

[@Herosthroe]

Came here to say the same! I saw Robocop when I was 9 and, while it wasn't my first "R", it was definitely the most brutal and violent film I'd seen up to that point and it's stuck with me for life! I absolutely adore the film and your work here is fantastic! It's also so awesome to hear someone else had such a similar experience with the film as I did. Well worth a subscribe 🙏🏻

[@Sabowie]

I was 9 when I first saw this. OMG. My mind was blown more than Murphy's upon its viewing

[@echelon2k8]

If you were watching violent movies like this when you were a kid, you had terrible parents.

[@ps5stuffguy]

Upload the whole film somewhere with these changes

[@JGG1701]

As a model maker, I can appreciate the details that you have put into this. Thank you.😊

[@DoubleOProductions]

Wow, thank you!

[@JGG1701]

@@DoubleOProductions Thank YOU.😃

[@QuagmiresDooflab]

This is so convoluted. I would NEVER be able to do this. Amazing work, guys.

[@loconnol473]

Keep doing the lord’s work, it’s hugely appreciated..trust me!

[@BenJames_76]

One of my favourite films, probably in the top 2, can't believe you watched it so young at 10yrs old. It was my 13th birthday when I watched it, 1989. This was brilliant, thanks for making it, great attention to detail.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thanks Ben.. really appreciate your comment.. Yes I was only ten and, well, it punched my brain..in a good way.... I respect this movie a great deal...it's got a special place in film history.

[@stephengordon5858]

When I first saw the movie I was 6 years old.

[@leejackson7724]

Absolutely fantastic! I love Robocop but hate the Dick fall. You smashed it! I also watched the Ghostbusters fix video. That being my favourite movie, seeing those fixes blew me away! Absolutely awesome work man, I can’t believe you haven’t got more subscribers.

[@Tibrious-ms6mm]

I can't believe he hasn't gotten phone calls offering him employment into this business.

[@diggadirt393]

That original Dick fall was horrible. The other effects for the time looked incredible but I don't know how that long arm Dick made it through post production.

[@pjm91788]

Awesome work! That scene with the front car window always bugged me. Notice also next to them theres a factory that says "Texas industries Inc". The movie itself was filmed in Dallas, Texas instead of Detroit. Not sure how the film makers never noticed that in the background. Also the scene where Robo is battling ED-209 in the OCP building, ED-209 shoots a little missile at Robocop and you can see there's a string holding the missile when it's launching towards Robo across the screen. There's a few other scenes in Robocop where there were plenty of other mess ups, but the movie itself regardless will always be a cult classic.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thanks.. we shall go back and remove that string. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@clerkenwellman7482]

There are wire guided shoulder launched missiles as well as anti-tank rounds so perhaps not needed if you haven't already

[@Ometecuhtli]

You could see the wire on which both missile props travel on the 1st DVD release, I think they corrected it for Blu-ray/4K releases. You could also see the wet suit and fabric when Robocop is battling his shutting down procedure. I actually found those little "glitches" more annoying than anything that showed it was shot in Dallas, after all the "Detroit" in that movie looked nothing like the actual city.

[@guillembauza1658]

Texas Industries doesn't need to be in Texas

[@patrikek666]

Awesome work done with a lot of love and respect for the original.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@originalsubwayjones]

This is undoubtedly one of the greats, thank you so much for this video, it was super fun. Over the years, and over many viewings, I have noticed many of those same mistakes. Great work.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thank you Kristopher

[@mikeshirleyforever]

Absolutely sensational work! 👏👍⭐

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thanks Mike... just finished an hour ago... glad you enjoyed.

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

Ow dear - What wonderful job you did and with so much love! I really love what you did with the screen on the tracking device. I wish they did these corrections and re-release all these 80s classics. People hated Lucas for tinkering with Star Wars movies and CG editing them, but I believe as long as it is done the way you're doing it here It's all good. I totally support it because CG here is not used to change the movie, the changes are done in support of the movie's greatness! One thing that I also love people did online was the smoothing of stop-motion animation on Terminator and ED 209

[@DoubleOProductions]

Yes I completely agree... preservation of the original is KEY.... I also love the smoothing of the stop-motion animation..I haven't included that here as I didnt do it but I definitely include it in my final cuts of the films.

[@Tony-tm6js]

Man this was awesome Robocop has always been one of my faves and I watched it when I was about 11 and like you it stayed with me. Awesome work this so talented

[@Sabowie]

This is incredible what you've done. Legendary. I LOVE this movie so much. This is the Lord's work you're doing XD

[@DoubleOProductions]

ha ha thank you...

[@Sabowie]

@@DoubleOProductions Where can one watch this amazing version? Don't get me wrong, I cherish my Bluray but this just seems like the cherry on top

[@MRSceneITALL]

One of the best movies ever made! Excellent work

[@energylab227]

Sublime work! Loved it.

[@workineu]

So cool to watch it! Thanks for your work 🙏🏻

[@0000AndyAtherton0000]

Great job.after all these years I never noticed the targeting grid not filling the whole screen. One scene that would be good to see fixed is the bouncing stunt man when Robo punches him out of the window.

[@zorrowam]

I now discover your channel... Dude you're very good, don't stop if you do that!

[@DoubleOProductions]

thank you very much..

[@missionpassed4584]

I saw this movie when I was about 11, a friend said he had a laser disc version that his dad had got from America and somehow converted to vhs, so he put it on and of course i was totally blown away, wanting to watch it again I found it was going to be on tv, I had a tv in my bedroom, I put it on and could not believe how badly cut it was, even the uk vhs version was cut to pieces, until years later its in virtually every modern blu ray copy plus online.

[@bonedagger]

Thank you for this video, your work and explanations are fantastic. In Robocop the one thing that bothered me the most was how they screw down the grid over his face/eyes. I always expected that with each corner that they fully screw down that the angles of the grid would change slightly rather than moving closer every time at the same angle. Could this be improved any? Maybe an out of focus misaligned grid that lines up and comes into focus and lines up correctly over the 4 screw down motions.

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

The long arms have bothered me for years. Excellent work.

[@16BitJayGaming]

Have to say some of these I hadn't noticed like the blink and the target not going all the way to the right, despite watching it possibly as much as you. Really clever stuff in this too, was surprised that it was fixes rather than a remastering as I went in expecting.

[@SammyRenard]

you make video editing look easy c: good job!

[@mikeloveskimbo]

Great work - all of it. Thank you

[@DoubleOProductions]

Our pleasure!

[@james87367]

Brilliant work!

[@thelastghost]

This needs more views. So interesting

[@TheSpiritOf97]

Amazing work on all of these! #Subscribed! Horrifying though it might sound: I've never thought the blink was meant to be a mistake. It's not made _entirely clear_ How much of Murphy is left in there. It's left up to the audiences interpretation. However, I believe that blink/twitch was left in, to make that bit of subversion on the directors part all the more uncomfortable. That said, anyone who feels this IS an error now has another option and that's awesome.

[@MicrosamTech]

Excellent work!

[@LourdVicious]

Great job! Love it. Needs a remastered release now.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Ha ha... doesn't it just... not long now before we put it out there

[@superquad7]

In the van chase, it's not just the windshield, but also the light bar that is in continuity error.

[@CreativeMindEnt]

Fantastic job! The original Robocop is one of my favorite movies as well. Another film you could try, if you haven't already, is T2, as there are tons of errors in that movie.

[@traashghost]

Hell yeah dude this is awesome

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thank you taco ghost...glad you enjoyed..

[@Johnwickslittlebrother]

Great video! You've made RoboCop even better! What were the songs/music you used in the background while you're explaining the different film edits?

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thank you for your comments.... I don't usually share this but go here kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZCufJejn8aqb6s skip to 40sec

[@Johnwickslittlebrother]

​​​@@DoubleOProductionsThank you! ^_^ But the one I was looking for was the one that starts at 4:53?

[@tomaszprzetacznik7802]

About idea of changing trackers screen. Man there where LCDs at 80s, even for handheld devices! Mostly monochromatic, remember Gameboy? It was released in 1989, technology existed even earlier! Reason why tracker looks like this in the movie - plain budget decision, it's short scene, in times where there was no CGI or AfterEffects, so props department had to come up with actual physical object to shoot, if they had time, budget and somebody with smart ideas then we had amazing props. No time no money, no one with imagination to create good stuff- we got orange lines with red dot. Also you could put there anything you want cos it's science fiction story, story about cybernetic Jesus, they hadn't any of those in 80s as far as I know. You fix screen to be more plausible in a story about cyborg-cop. And it's one of reasons why classic Star Wars where so amazing, Lucas managed to gather best guys at fields of design, best prop department, and visionary special effects specialists. But mostly it's design that wins the day, and choosing to show stuff that looks great, cut the rest.

[@SammyRenard]

re: the pda-like tracker They definitely had LCD display technology back in the 80s but also later in the movie they show the tracker again and it's got a proper moving picture-- it might've been possible to use that as a reference?

[@PerfectDarkFore]

just , awesome job!

[@brad4571]

Great work.

[@MCKaczmars]

Amazing work. One thing that has always annoyed me in the movie was Robo's neck, especially in scenes when he rotates his head, it clearly shows Peter Weller's neck with black material between the suit's neck and torso elements. Also, there were moments where his glove detached from the rest of the arm, especially when he was lifting something.

[@johneccles4701]

Great work. All these bugged me for years apart from the targeting which i never noticed 😂

[@TamasKalman]

amazing work

[@robertbarbieri276]

the ending is the only thing i really wanted to see fixed. good stuff with adding ronnys face. but to go 1 extra step, there should be falling glass added to the shot. you clearly see glass from the window shattering outward in the shot before.

Nice job. I know that the continuity on the van-chase scene is all over the place, so it would be a lot of work to fix all of them, but ... If you fixed the windshield then you might as well do something about the emergency light (not sure if that is the proper name, the red/blue lights on top of the police car), which was also shot and half of it is destroyed then in the later scene it is brand new. Just a suggestion, don't worry too much about it :)

[@glasgowfranko81]

BRILLIANT!!!!

[@marvelousmint]

This was really awesome. Great job! I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the bad matte when Robo drives to Dick Jones. There’s a great matte painting city extension with an ugly splice in it. The top of Robo’s car with the lights is cutoff for a couple seconds.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thank you... yes we looked at this shot and decided the only way to fix this was to update the entire matte painting...give it better lighting, more dept and animate it in a few places... will work on this soon as it will take quite some time to do it justice.

[@marvelousmint]

I look forward to seeing it. Keep up the amazing work

[@alejandrourdaibay1683]

Amazing Job !!!!

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thanks ;)

[@cyberdoll6912]

Legendary Man 😎🙏

[@batman200]

@DOUBLE ‘O’ PRODUCTIONS are you going to update this using the new uhd blu ray as the source because not only are the theatrical cut scenes improved the unrated cut looks like it should have looked in the first place it’s a huge improvement.

[@DoubleOProductions]

we used the UHD 2019 version as the source before doing any alterations...

[@batman200]

@@DoubleOProductions I know i was asking if you might do an update using the new and improved actual uhd blu ray as a source.

[@morfx9911]

@@DoubleOProductions there's a new UHD

[@sohft]

awesome work

[@Rairosu]

"CUT! CUT! ... Come on you BLINKED! Your suppose to pretend you are dead! Now we will have to re-do it!"

[@TaZ-MaN307]

You shld me a couple of things I never noticed so thanks lol

[@92trdman]

Well documented 👍👍👍👍

[@Hoezaay]

omfg this is incredible

[@DoubleOProductions]

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@getwetgary]

You cannot fix perfection

[@oralrichardsjr848]

Can you fix King Arthur (2004 film)? It has Continuity errors, Goofs where crew members/equipment visible, Frozen ice where it's actually plastic during the ice valley battle scene, people appearing and disappearing in between shots, etc?

[@bravomobil]

Ahhhh… Motion blur man, you sould’ve motion blured the tracker. Congratz for everything

[@Teetseremoonia]

and add a little blur to it. and maybe a screen glare

[@hyper-shifter6336]

One particular scene that I spotted an error in is during the steel mill scene. As Clarence and the gang come to their first initial stop you see Murphy up on the bridge area to the right of the screen. As he walks into shot he’s holding in his right hand what appears to be the piece of metal that he later throws onto the ground to get the attention of Clarence and his goons. The camera then cuts closer to Robocop and the very same hand is now empty, allowing him to pick up the very same piece of metal that had mysteriously disappeared from the previous clip as he then throws it normally. It’s bugged me for years. I hope that makes sense ;0)

[@JaceD4V1S88]

isnt he still alive but barely in the hospital, so he'd still have refex action so its not far fetched that he'd blink, granted it does look better redone, but thank you so much for fixing Jones's arms when hes falling, that was the one effect that irritated me lol

[@bob_obba]

Great work! The gun jam always bothered me, and the wonky Ronnie Cox maquette and LED tracker was just funny. The rest of them I never noticed before so thanks for ruining my next RoboCop viewing 😂 I have one more error that I have no idea how to visually fix. When they install his Heads Up Display the technician screws it in place into each corner of the frame. The ‘grid’ just gets bigger with each corner tightened. It might look cinematically elegant but it’s inaccurate.

[@DoubleOProductions]

Oh I know... unfortunately to fix that grid would be near impossible...well not impossible....just days and days at the computer...is it worth it? not sure

[@morlockmeat]

Nice work! Maybe it's there and I just can't see it, but shouldn't the bloody gunshots be visible on the maquette of Dick Jones?

[@colinhiggins1861]

Am I hearing the voice of actor Richard Madden?! That’s awesome to hear he’s a huge Robo fan!

[@mikejordan8259]

You forgotYou forgot one. The "extra" above Clarence's overturned car at the end.

[@jxodbfo68]

Are the RoboCop and Ghostbusters fixed versions already available?

[@randallyoderjr3477]

Any chance you could animate flesh and blood that is bubbling up and dripping off emil when he covered from head to toe with toxic waste

[@corrollasful]

I do have a suggestion to make, so in Robocop 2 his armor although more blue it's also polish very neat and crystal clear, in this film his armor is silver of course, can you update the silver to a more crystal grey polish just like in the 2nd Robocop film because he looks a bit dirty as if he was built from a 3rd party garage, I always wanted to see the silver high tech and polished.

[@jdblick1002]

The shot that always niggles me (and should be fairly easy to fix with a previous plate) is the final scene of Bodikker clutching his neck after Robo stabs him, there's a crew member watching from the distance, clearly in full view on the right of the screen.

[@jonnylewis5822]

You do amazing work. Are you able to fix some scenes in terminator 1 and 2?

[@DoubleOProductions]

I'd love to but it seems plenty of others out there have fixed many scenes in terminator 1 especially.... one guy has redone all the stop motion so that the movement has lost all of it's jerkiness...its amazing!!!

[@scottwatson6763]

I usually don’t comment but this is quite good, one problem I noticed is Dick Jones’ face when he is falling. It doesn’t seem natural, a bit off. This might be due to the fact you sourced an image of his face which is at an angle, one possible fix is to remake his face from a number of shots. For example you could get a shot with his mouth open and another shot with his eyes either wide open or closed. You could also change the frame rate of the puppet to 120 to make it smoother. These are just things to consider and I’m not telling you what to do, thanks for your time -Scott

[@oralrichardsjr848]

That's very nice.

[@Embracing01]

Not sure if you're aware of this, but there is a shot after Clarence is killed and we see a crewmember in the background.

[@cartoonfishfunvideos2223]

Murphy blinked cause he wasn't dead it is not a mistake I reckon

[@conyo985]

In the targeting system you fixed the gap on the right but I think you missed the gap on the left. Granted it's tiny but with the fix, now the gap on the left is noticeable.

[@JohnSmith-mf3dh]

PERFECT!

[@richardkenny9681]

Great work, for me I always had a problem with the way RoboCop L,E,D was attached to his head ,it's like they used a drill and where did they attach it to, and if my memory serves me right it was round

[@DoubleOProductions]

I know what you mean.... it should have been rectamgular.. and she says 'LED' which is llight emitting diode. so this should have been the thick circular part of robo's helmet that he looks through because what they are suggesting is that they've managed to attach something behind his eyes, optic nerves and eye sockets...and screwed it down in front yet finished behind!!????

[@thejellokats8338]

Brilliant

[@andreasgeorgiou1901]

I still think the Dick Jones falling looks janky, I'd love to see a shadow of something on the building as he falls and he's also too big when he hits the floor compared to the cars still loving these edits though guys, great job

[@DoubleOProductions]

I know.. But I must stay faithful to the original as close as possible. So his size is exactly as it appears in the movie but I do like the idea of a shadow.

[@craigix]

When Clarence is stabbed in the neck there is a crew member visible behind the upside down car, I see it every time 😅

[@musicvideoenhancer]

It always annoyed me the scene where robocop shoots in the fire range and the gun get jammed. The Dick Jones fall too, thanks for the fixes: now we just need someone to incorporate in the full movie and release a torrent, so we can keep the fixed version.

[@SebastianVG85]

I would leave the blink, since it's still alive at the ER, personally my fav scene since its a real trauma team there... the rest is really awesome, excellent and professional job... but well, i am not sure, when Murphy stabs Red Forman (lol). Looks like that there's a dude in the background. That (maybe) needs to be edited. Greetings.

[@NR-rv8rz]

Awesome. Dick's arms still looked weirdly gangly for some reason. And, would like to have seen using AI frame fill to improve the fluidity of the stop motion ED209.

[@jmcdowell1972]

Why didn't you use the same tracker animation that was used when Robocop was going to arrest Dick Jones at OCP Tower? It moved and looked better than the one in the scene in the police station.

[@DoubleOProductions]

I know what you're saying.... And perhaps I'll replace it soon.. I just liked the idea that Dick would have some second-rate tech to monitor Robocop... some sort of hash-job

[@davidleesfunandamazingvide2759]

Brilliant video, would be great to be able to do such work

[@deany53]

brilliant

[@elsangress]

It's an awesome work of remaster "a la George Lucas" 😂 Only I do to you a suggestion: some of this corrections are made over fixed camera and little sequences; it's possible that some of this work could be less hard using "Ebsynth" it's not perfext, but perhaps in the scene of tracking GPS or the Isolation of the man on freefall could be helpfull Anyways, great work for a great classic film👌👌👌

[@jakedunn1511]

Where can I watch this?

[@paulredman9195]

Watching RoboDoc currently!

[@douglashagan65]

What would replace your servo motor so electrical impulse systems the guidance system has been destroyed well we program your electrical circuits and impulses in your brain programming

[@douglasammirati8450]

Please how can I download this and Ghostbusters? Can't find the links anywhere...

[@MrJrises]

where can i get a copy of this and batman 89/returns

[@petergare4766]

Brilliant work! Unfortunately there's no working link now. Does anyone know a way?

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

It all looks nice, but the map tracker texture looks too sharp when compared to the rest of the original frame (it should match the blurriness of "SECTOR G-12"), especially in the wide-angle shot, and since you've used all of the LED frames, it _still_ looks like there's a hole in the prop through which a physical light shines through. And the Dick Jones sequence, I believe, looked that way because of the lens type used, so since you've isolated him from the background anyway, you could've just applied a global warp modifier to shrink his arms.

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

I imagined the targeting being red (as this is the colour of laser guided gun sights) or like yul brynner's pixated vision in WEST WORLD. (notice how much Peter Weller looks like Yul Brynner when he removes the helmut) I always think ironic. Do you ever reply to your comments section?

[@DoubleOProductions]

Indeed i do from time to time... there is one more fix that bugs me.... when he uses and electric drill to remove the screw from the left side of his helmet, it's clearly behind his helmet as the screw does not follow a perfectly horizontal trajectory and this bugs the heck out of me!

[@pmf026]

You missed falling rear view mirror in Clarence's 6000 SUX at arount 1h:25m mark, when Emil and Joe were playing with the Cobra cannons, Nash yells "Allright, cut the horseshit!" and claps Clarence's car and mirror falls off. Also, there are few more "RoboTracker" shots.

[@rotesil]

Beautiful work, but it was missing to restore it, in the last scene, right after Robocop shot Dick Jones, in the retraction of the weapon in the leg holster, where the OCP executives' "feet" appears. (sorry by my english).

[@DoubleOProductions]

hi. thanks for your reply... i've checked and I'm having difficulty seeing the 'feet'

[@seanrawlinson]

7:10 - The motion blur on the Sector G-12 text is not consistent with the new city grid image. Could you fix that or just remove the text? I don't think it's relevant to the plot, it's just being shown to tell us he's being tracked at all times. 13:55 - The legs also look elongated. IMO they should also have been fixed.

The only other effect that always bothers me is the visible strings on ED-209’s rockets.

[@andreasgeorgiou1901]

At 4.30 Lewis made bullet holes in the centre of the target yet at 4.32 they are in a different order. Possibly one more to correct great job though

[@oralrichardsjr848]

Nice to use Ronny Cox's screaming face from Total Recall.

[@GokkunGuru]

In the tracking scene where the 4 eyed lady goes give me a grid and then says record, the geek makes ah ah ah sounds in various pitches. But the playback seems to be totally different pitched than what should have been recorded. That bugged me for over 35 years.

[@DoubleOProductions]

When he records it the man says bring it up 50%... I can only assume he mean bring the pitch up 50%.... Although it could be due to the video playback... Because video has a different frame rate, footage was always slightly sped up on playback which means the pitch would be higher.... It always bugged me as a teenager looking at the runtime of Jaws on vhs being 116 min... Yet the film is 120min long.... Always used to think it had been censored... Not the case... PAL vhs runs at 25 frames per sec whereas film is 24 frames per sec so vhs effectively squeezed one more frame per sec thus cutting the running time down and also having a slightly higher pitch on dialogue...

[@gblatt8472]

With the new tracker, the replacement bothers me more cause it doesn't have the same level of softness, camera and motion blur that the surrounding scene does.

[@DoubleOProductions]

that's mainly why we ditched it and just updated the old one as it appears in the movie... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZDPkpSYZs-EZ8k

[@gblatt8472]

@@DoubleOProductions I love that. Sometimes the simple tricks work best. You do some very interesting work.