Robocable Origins - The Dark And Evil Robocop Who Doesn't Shy Away From Killing Innocents!

[@tsepheletseka5115]

Fun Fact: The actor who plays John Cable/Robocable was in the 80s sci-fi series Captain Power and The Soldiers of the Future as the member of the team whose power suit gave him the ability to disguise himself.

[@cryler29]

spy

[@elonmartin5065]

Dope and thank you one of my favorite shows but was to young to know

[@boygirlinnit]

Also had a part in the 90s robo series as a cavalry soldier with a truck trying to kill robo

[@TellItAnimated]

I always thought the RoboCable story could work well if given a larger budget. I still have fun with this mini-series, but the budget was stretched thin haha

[@StriderVM]

Yeah, there were numerous interviews with the filming crew that basically reveals, they wanted it to be more accurate to the movies but couldn't due to budgetary constraints. Like ED209's should be guarding OCP offices.

[@AaronMorrisTheSteamFox]

Imagine if we could have gotten a version of this story in the original universe instead of Robocop 3, with Peter Weller as Robocop. That film would have killed it at the box office!

[@gregorymcavoy758]

​@@AaronMorrisTheSteamFoxIt is interesting with the writers who try to make sequels to Robocop. They all want to make different versions of Robocop, their version. Rarely is it to increase the number of Robocops. Imagine where dead cops are successfully made into Robocops. Wasn't that the original idea of the classic movie?

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

Needed a better name.

[@jaklumen]

​@@gregorymcavoy758yeah, I watched the remake, and it's just a totally different movie. Rather than a tale of how corruption came into Detroit (yes, IRL, fictionalized a bit to avoid scrutiny), the remake is a moral lesson about mass surveillance. Not the same story at all, although a few elements are recycled to lure fans of the original franchise.

[@PeteOfDarkness]

I love how Robocop, Terminator, Predator and Alien became kid franchises.

[@XG2]

80's and early 90's, what a time to be a kid!😎🎉

[@waross8214]

Can certainly see how Robocop became a kids franchise with all the shows it got, but how did Predator Alien?

[@manticore4952]

Because they could sell action figures. Jurassic Park had the toys ready even before the movie was shot.

[@QoQabai658]

The others were kind of a shock, but Robo-Cop just had the sort of look that young children (boys in particular) would be and were in fact drawn too. Robo-Cop was pretty much a license to print money.

[@thedragonlee76]

Rambo too.There was a kids cartoon show,which I watched when I was a kid and had the toys.

[@justoandres4951]

I'm convinced robocable is the reason the 2014 robocop dual wielded his guns

[@angelusumbrae]

I wasn't familiar with this character, or the show he's from, but I did see the 2010s Robocop movie. And while the darker parts of the movie aren't presented as over the top satire, like the the original and its first sequel (I haven't seen the third one) often did, I didn't think it was a bad movie. The ED units were given a darker, sleeker, and not laughable presence as well. I like the original a bit more still, maybe cause I saw it as a little kid and have that nostalgia factor, but I enjoyed the remake too.

[@Benz2533]

I still like the attachment gun that have that anti tank round.

[@danielreynolds4716]

You too huh?

[@ADDAS-ro8jc]

Also, the black suit/body.

[@matejrybus3923]

Yeah, i think the blacksuit was supposed ​to be robocable in the remake. But, it was just another form of Murphy @@ADDAS-ro8jc

[@slickmanfonzthatanti-troll]

Robocable is criminally underrated.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

What about stretch face Robocop Skeletor wannabe? 🤣

[@slickmanfonzthatanti-troll]

​@@blinkenschnaag777who?

[@Iskelderon]

It was a great exploration how someone with different values would act in Murphy's situation.

[@VertexTuner]

The most criminal thing they did with RoboCable was shaving that glorious mustache.

[@buster_gold]

Ты представляешь как бы это выглядело 🙄

[@FlameG102]

Robocable was always a cool concept. By this point it was years since Bob Norton and his team, and we had already seen that OCP without that team and perfect storm of research and know how failed to replicate Robocop. So it was reasonable for someone at some point to just say, 'well why don't we just replicate what norton did step for step instead?

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

Bob Morton But that doesn't make any sense. Why would you replicate what was surely an outdated experiment by this point? Why cram useless tech into a supposedly new RoboCop? All they did was give him two pistols. Woop de doo! 🙄 Whatever software that ran Robo would've surely been obsolete at that point and who's to say Cable would've assimilated to it? And if it were so easy why didn't Dr Flax do the exact same thing once all the other Robos went haywire in RoboCop 2?

[@guyverjay1289]

Morton

[@tsepheletseka5115]

Ohhh. So Cable was Murphy's partner before Ann Lewis. That's interesting. I never thought of that. I think there should be a stand alone Robocable movie. John Cable/Robocable is a great character who I feel deserves his own movie.

[@xancypillosi9497]

Yea. Right. Lemme guess why lol

[@paleasaghost-5799]

Always fun to see old spinoffs. These stories are often cheesy, but still much more faithful to the material than modern shows.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Let's wait for the "woke" version of Robocop🤣

[@porko882]

@@blinkenschnaag777 Do you mean a female robocop? I thought that was going happen the first time I saw Robocop 3.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

@@porko882 we'll see how it would become "way better" than a female Robocop. It's gonna be transgender. 😂 It's also gonna be rainbow colored instead of silver like the original one. 🤣 Plus it's gonna show bigotry towards straight citizens. 😆

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

You think RPD was more faithful to classic Robo?? How??

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

​@@blinkenschnaag777 that's already been done. RoboCop the Series. That non violent PC crap

[@mikkelnatas]

As a huge Robocop fan, I can say that your review of this non-canon spinoff was possibly even better than the spin-off itself. Bravo!

[@rockmanx6857]

I 1st saw the original Robocop wwwaaayyy back in 87 after it left the theaters. Still madly in love with 1 and 2 till this day. Never knew there were straight to DVD films based on the franchise. Interesting 🤔

[@StriderVM]

If you're interested in watching it. Just keep your expectations low. At best, its a movie with Robocop TV budget. At worse, it's like the Disney animated sequels.

[@rockmanx6857]

@@StriderVM Damnation...🧐 I pass.

[@UaghBrian2000]

I watched this when it first aired on the Sci-fi channel. Despite being a made for tv movie, it was neat how it explored the backstory of Alex Murphy prior to becoming Robocop.

[@rosegold3331]

What’s the name of this

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

​@@rosegold3331 RoboCop Prime Directives. Don't watch it. It's trash

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

And that's why entertainment ie Hollywood always messes up. Everything doesn't always have to be explained. Characters lose their mystique when you either humanize them (drago in that trash Creed 2) or explain where they come from (aliens in Prometheus/Covenant)

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Ironman and Judge Dredd mixed with a bit of Japanese robot hero Gavan. That's Robocop.

[@FabledHeroes3351]

Robocable wasn’t evil he was just being manipulated in reality he actually regretted what he did greatly

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Sounds like The Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)

[@FabledHeroes3351]

@@blinkenschnaag777 Pretty much exactly that he was a good good cop and they made him into a monster

[@DrewLSsix]

​@jdoublec3351 a good cop that executes people? Must be a boot licker.....

[@soulweaponx6644]

I have a lot of thoughts about this because nobody I know saw this set of films. I did not really like these straight to dvd Robocop films because they did not capture Verhoeven's vision. In the theatrical films Robo 1, Verhoeven managed to blend the most extreme gun violence and language with comedic moments like the news clips and tv ads. Also, the villains were usually oddly funny (example: Boddicker hitting on Jones secretary & Boddickers crew each had funny moments). Verhoeven also bought this charm to the Starship Trooper movies before the studio ran that franchise to the ground. Kirchner directed Robo 2 and was able to capture some of Verhoeven's vision, but once again the studio wanted to sell merch because somehow Robocop attracted kids and they wanted a safer experience to sell more tickets. We got the steaming pile of dog poo that was Robocop 3. I felt these set of Robo movies followed in the footsteps of the unwatchable Robocop 3. None of the charm of the first 2 films were present in 3 or these dvds. The other problem I had with this was creating another Robocop in the same style as Murphy. Whenever a franchise does this, it takes away from the title characters. Even if Robocable was a different build like maybe War Machine to Stark's Iron Man, where there are similarities, but you can tell the difference, then it would be better than this. I felt if they were going to go this route, then Cable should have survived, and Murphy should have died since Murphy's original cast (and actor was gone) therefore, I felt his story is pretty much done. Crowbarring his grown-up son was interesting, but from what I recall it was underutilized. I felt there should have been more emotional scenes. What is it to see your father as a cyborg? Was there resentment on his son's part that Murphy never visited him (even though Murphy tried). To bring my juggernaut review to a close, I felt Cable should have ushered in a new set of films the fans would accept. This was done with another defunct series called the Highlander. The Highlander in theaters had heavyweights at the time like Chris Lambert (Colin McCloud) and Sean Connery, but the tv series created a new character Duncan McCloud (like these movies) played by Adrian Paul, who had the same abilities of immortality. The show was such a hit, they got 6 years out of the franchise which led to one more theatrical film that joined the original cast and the tv cast together. That is what Robocable could have done but alas this remains in what Mr Sunday calls 'the caravan of garbage'. I did look up Robocop and apparently Verhoeven wanted to return to the franchise by making a direct sequel to Robocop 1 that would have ignored part 2 and 3. I do not think we will ever get that film. I also wonder if the original actors Nancy Allen and Peter Weller would return. Unfortunately, the captain and the Old man are no longer with us, so they would need to figure out how to get around that. Hopefully, they won't bring back the Kanemitsu Corporation. I would like to see Cyberdyne Systems take over and we get the beginning of the famed Robocop vs Terminator that has been in development hell since the 90s. If you like what you read or were somewhat entertained. Please give me a like and or a comment. I am gauging interest of building a review platform. I truly appreciate it.

[@Official_Cyberwolf_Ledgic]

I’ve always wanted a Robo vs Terminator film ever since I played the Sega game

[@speelshare]

@@Official_Cyberwolf_Ledgic The Frank Miller miniseries was highly entertaining with many awesome moments.

[@MatthewBlocker]

They actually were on TV first, not straight to DVD. They took advantage of the TV show license because they could not get the film rights.

[@blueskyz8097]

What he said

[@jameskelly3502]

Detail. The people fighting Robocop and Robocable are known as "system support," aka Robohunters. Their basically I.T. but with guns, they're not cops.

[@xancypillosi9497]

Ok dweeb

[@hattoripool1533]

@@xancypillosi9497 ok loser

[@sunnyjohnson992]

Maurice Dean Wint (Robocable) was in an episode of Robocop: The Series called “Officer Missing.” He played Captain Ethan!

[@axel4196]

Nice! I'm going to have to check that out!

[@joeywilson3]

Fun fact! He also played the android cop Lt. Winger in the Sci Fi series Tekwar.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

He was also in the 80s sci-fi series Captain Power and The Soldiers of the Future as the member of the team whose ppwee suit gave him the ability to disguise himself as enemy droids and others.

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

Dr. Kaydick has to be an homage to Phillip K. Dick...

[@r_jd279]

Can't wait for the Robert Cable action figure.

[@joeywilson3]

I'll buy that for a dollar😅

[@misterpink8099]

They filmed that series in Toronto. My uncle supplied the automotive paint for all the police cars. lol

[@MrMementoMori]

I loved the movies (except the 2014 movie ) the tv show was meh but I remember seeing this minister. Edit: the guy who played Robocable also played in the movie called The Cube

[@ojp5053]

You liked Robocop 3

[@Sujad]

Oh man, I remember watching these movies years ago. I was amazed to put a five foot two guy into the suite and how everyone seemed to tower over him.

[@PanRimmon]

the robots are gentlemen, they dont shoot each others mouth.

[@Maxilche]

It's because Robocable is new, and shiny armored body that I liked him. But in Indonesia the series ended when Robocop manage to reawaken John Cable in Robocable and walks out together.

[@damianstarks3338]

Thanks for bringing this black Robocop back to my attention.

[@gustavosantos106]

They should have left him his awesome mustache, and called him RoboMustache.

[@robertfrazier6563]

Truly Robocable is no doubt an upgraded version to Robocop but the only difference between the 2 is that Cable's tragedy was worse. Unlike Murphy Cable married a power driven wife who do anything & sacrifice anyone to see her ambition come to fruition & by an ex-OCP employee who have beef WITH OCP. Despite the reprogramming as well as being use as a pawn by his wife Cable save Delta City from from that ex-OCP employee as well and reminds Murphy who he is.

[@JamenLS]

I always thought this plot would have been a way better Robocop 2.

[@EnigmaHood]

As soon as I saw the actor who plays Robocable, I recognized him immediately! He's Maurice Dean Wint, who played Quentin in Cube! Great movie and a great actor!

[@WilliamAGould]

For all its flaws, pacing and editing being the worst, Robocop Prime Directives is worth a watch. While on a budget, the production tried very hard to capture the feel of the original Robocop film. For the most part, they actually pulled it off with the corporate subplots, the offbeat humor and news stories in the mini-series. Robocop is Robocop in this mini-series. The ending was solid. (Just make sure to watch the scenes during the credits of the last part of the mini-series.) Care went into the making of this mini-series. If you can get passed the flaws of the mini-series, it is an enjoyable six hour watch.

[@jaklumen]

Yeah, watched them a month ago or so via streaming services. I acknowledge the budget constraints, yet I found it very worthwhile. A good watch, IMHO, if expectations are adjusted accordingly.

[@B-26354]

I think I speak for everyone when I say... _"What is this mess?!"_ There is only one Robocop and that is the 1987 original.

[@MrTim223]

Oh man, I missed this back in the day. In the original RoboCop, Murphys change into RoboCop was the peak of cybernetics, yet he is armed with a burst fire 9mm that can be stored inside the thigh. So RoboCable is the upgrade, think they might give him a bigger gun, or a fabricated weapon that can do more stuff? Nope! Instead he gets to dual wield chrome berretas, and get a new targeting system that is chrome too RoboCable? More like RoboBling!

[@smashingpumpkin1986]

I've got a great idea for a TV show: "Robocops" 👐🏼 a team of five deceased police and servicemen are brought back as cyborg enforcers, each with a different area of expertise.

[@robertsissco2439]

I actually enjoyed this series. I find it a lot more entertaining than the 3rd movie. Yea, it was low budget, but I think they did good with what they had, and made good use of it. The story was entertaining, and I personally enjoyed see more of Murphy pre Robocop, since the movies focused on this family and not the rest of his life.

[@EvilJ069]

. 1. Serve the puplic trust 2. Protect the innocent 3. Uphold the law

[@dougjones3305]

"David k. Dick" very nice nod to Philip k. Dick. I hope most people got that one. Lol

[@shatterhandofthenakedtruth8111]

Great video. I had no idea that tv Robocop series even existed.

[@DGneoseeker1]

Oh yes. Prime Directives. "How much slow-motion do you want?" "YES."

[@Nightwing01010]

Last I checked, the real Robocop didn't shy away from killing either.

[@ZoofyZoof]

Keyword: innocents. Robocop never killed innocent people.

[@JayLethal]

That actor looked like Peter Weller but was way to short to play robocop in prime directive.

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

I agree about his height, but I disagree about his likeness. For one, his nose was way too big 😑

[@GeraldTN06]

Prime directives was so bad 😖 but we ate it up because there was nothing else lol

[@matt2913]

Definitely could have been the plot of the third film.

[@paulmccormick]

Always remember getting RoboCop on video for my 5th birthday 🎉

[@BlackPhoenix313]

This looks a lot different from "Robocop: Citizen's Arrest" comic book.

[@evonnefenner7249]

OMG!!!😂😂 "Choking on KAYDICK"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂...ok I'll stop now...

[@sitisarah826]

I want to see Robocop vs Terminator movie

[@TheGenTatsu]

Robocop wouldn’t last long against a Terminator. First there is only one Robocop, against a lot of type 1 Terminators.

[@ronaldhee6608]

Thanks! I never knew such a show existed!

[@blueskyz8097]

Tubi has them

[@redemissarium]

If Verhoeven do this as a movie it will be a big hit and true robocop sequel. The story have much potential and have the human aspect of the first robocop

[@jamalvargas6146]

I Remember Prime Directives It Had Low Ratings making It a Flop still better than RoboCop 3 though love RoboCop

[@justaclosedaccount]

It was cool to see Ed Harris in Sons of Anarchy. Hasn't lost the hardarse RoboCop voice or look.

[@tdtommy196]

Ed Harris? Robocop was Buckaroo Banzai himself, Peter Weller.

[@justaclosedaccount]

@@tdtommy196 oooh right yeah my bad! Ed Harris... Who was that then?

[@tdtommy196]

@@justaclosedaccount he was the Nazi Officer in Enemy at the Gates, he's the man in black in West World, and he played John Glenn in the Right Stuff. He's in a bunch of movies. I can see how you can get him confused with Peter Weller though. He looks like he could be Peter Wellers dad

[@justaclosedaccount]

@@tdtommy196 oooooh yep yep yep, you are correct sir.. They're both old blokes now with that gravel Robocop voice. I'll have to double check if it was Peter Weller or Ed Harris in Son's of Anarchy. Now I'm also confused about which one was the bad guy in the startrek reboots... IMDb ftw.

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

It wasn't Ed Harris, as mentioned above, but he _does_ have a similar shape of the face, doesn't he? 🙂

[@mariashrieves3641]

Very thorough video 👍🙂

[@WelshRaccoon]

I absolutely loved Robocable, he was my absolute favourite character in the series and always looked forward to his next appearance!!

[@samtipton9402]

Ive been a Robocop nut since i was little im 46 yrs old now & literally just got hip to this show & the 2 others last month on Tubi i enjoyed em i thought Robocop was to big & bulky but thas nit picking i liked the shows!!!

[@AntiSerpent]

😮 WOWERZ I really want to watch this!

[@179107199999]

dude i remember this. I saw it on a Starz channel I belive. boy I hated on this but I still watched it and i was highly upset they never showed the rest of the episodes. I always thought this Robocop was Canadian. I miss this.

[@ronaldclayton4232]

I didn't know these Robocop straight to video B movies had such a good story,if Robocop 3 had this story Peter Weller might have chosen to be involved in it,instead of the crap Robocop 3 we got.

[@robertjc4195]

I enjoyed the mini series in a way it was a new robo movie cut into 4 parts and giving subtitles

[@dudemanjac]

okay. You convinced me. I'll watch it.

[@itchytastyurr]

i had dvds of this but snubbed them at the time. wish i still had them.

[@aboxofphotons]

Bone machine looks like a Power Rangers character...

[@Sanchez9241]

15:40 why in this scene robocable didnt grab mind controller with free left arm from Kadic, broke it and do what he wants instead of being Kaidic's puppet?

[@atiks9697]

Still a thousand times better than the 2014 RoboCop

[@avengersseven1498]

Which production house can bring ROBOCOP franchise back on track.

[@Dwit2EEs]

I swear, the late 1900's was an AMAZING time tk be alive!!

[@belykwater5601]

Not if you bought a ticket on the HMS Titanic

[@DenkyManner]

Cable was the only person in Detroit who didn't know RoboCop was Alex Murphy

[@scifiguy26]

Your commentary makes this shit show sound good 👍

[@michaelangelohanson2312]

Wish I could basically have Robo Cabel figure back in the day

[@toasega]

Anyone ever watch Robocop: The Series, though? And not the animated series; the live action series.

[@kevinW826]

Yes. It wasn’t too bad. It was filmed in Toronto, Mississauga, and the surrounding areas.

[@omnione12]

The real robocop Detroit deserves 😂

[@IronMan3582]

The 1994 TV series was more true to the spirit of the original motion picture than Prime Directives ever was.

[@MrBuckshot198722]

Even though this is a low budget version of Robocop I prefer this over the Robocop remake

[@discombubulate2256]

"cable shoots a heavy load above murphy" brah.

[@phenrilwolf]

I loved that miniseries.

[@camrunner6633]

This was a decent 4 part series. Cables suit was good

[@alisonsmith4436]

I remember this series 😊

[@evonnefenner7249]

Do you remember, "KAYDICK"?😅😅😅😅😂😂😂 T.F?

[@robertyates6362]

​@@evonnefenner7249 what's KAYDICK?

[@fernandogimenez7520]

never knew about this series... This guy Cable seems to be Cool

[@donovandelaney3171]

Nothing from the RoboCop series is canon.

[@OrbbKlesk]

Holy shit is that Quentin from Cube?

[@starsiegeplayer]

Yes

[@Iskelderon]

Much like the TV show, the miniseries suffered from the budget and the time it came out, but it has worthwhile elements anyway.

[@dareklenovo8883]

Oglądałem ten serial :)

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

I enjoyed Murphy's and Cables Story. But the Robocop Universe is not for everyone.

[@himesightcreativestudios3490]

Why have I never heard of this series???

[@danielreynolds4716]

Still waiting for my Cable guest fighter mortal kombat you dropped the ball that time😂

[@dagripper77]

Take a shot everytime he says "bone machine"

[@NeoMoonSevin]

Far cool this biography makes me wanna watch this series now

[@danielhall1226]

When and where did this happen? 😮

[@michaelparylak5649]

Totally disappointed when they killed off the Robocable character. I was totally on board for future stories involving both RoboCop storyline

[@sneakyking]

I watched this on tv...there was a on foot chase between 2 robocops....

[@robocop728]

Robocop cable was a little faster and his defense abilities were in inhanested a little bit more. And he was able to send and call to robocop 001. He was able to select different types of amo on the fly

[@Gaming_Antics]

Was this the TV show? Holly smoke! I have not seen this!

[@alisonsmith4436]

Thank you so much 😊

[@murdermusprime7065]

Is there a Robocop, Dudge Dredd comic cross over?

[@divcvetic722]

What does the Internet say?

[@juneangel7221]

After robo cop 2 I gave up on itand then they hit us with the reboot and I gave up complete, 1 and 2 were the best and classic 100%

[@joshuabekel9700]

Geraint Wyn Davies?!

[@starsiegeplayer]

Yes

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Awesome

[@Parallelwurlds]

How the hell have I never heard of any of this????! Robocable??

[@evonnefenner7249]

"KAYDICK"?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 T.F???? RoboCop 1 & 2 is what I remember... I don't remember, "KAYDICK"😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrPIN360]

Is... is that the guy from Game of Thrones? I forget the name... the one that was castrated? Bald head? Had eyes and ears everywhere?

[@heetsees]

Did anyone else get bored of this summarization of this storyline by 9 minutes in?

[@divcvetic722]

🖐️

[@phrancklynbillsonmc2581]

Happy Easter ! ❤💋