RoboCop (1987) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

[@TBRSchmitt]

What a blast! We absolutely didn’t expect the level of gore but it made it an awesome and wild ride! Also, I feel like I want to rescue one of the big robots and let it live in a nice flat field so it never needs to stress about evil stairs again! Thanks for the support everyone!

[@TheEndKing]

Who is the one typing these comments? (For the record, I agree with the rescue idea.)

[@pappajudas9267]

If you recall Bob had officers like Murphy transferred to places where they were more likely to end up killed. He stacked the deck against unknown numbers of officers to ensure that he had a body to work with as soon as possible.

[@cometogether999]

It's sort of funny you feel sorry for the murderous robot on the stairs, but I get it, he can't help he was built that way.

[@MikeB12800]

Makes sense, OCP cared more about the size, guns, sounds, overall intimidation. But they didn’t consider the practicality’s.

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

Loved your faces at the Toxic Waste guy. that was a total 80s scene! :)

[@JPuReTaLeNt]

“Looks like Red Forman”. I laughed. When I first saw that 70s show I said “hey that’s Clarence Boddicker” 😂🤣

[@eriklarson7023]

Exactly. To this day it’s bizarre to me seeing Kurtwood Smith doing comedy when my first impression of him was this movie, where he’s such an evil bastard.

[@JPuReTaLeNt]

@@eriklarson7023 well In a way he ended up being the perfect mean dad for Eric

[@zmarko]

Same here. 😆🤣

[@sebswede9005]

"Do you fly, Kelso?"

[@rockutron9000]

Same.

[@archie7T8]

This is how a action film should be, 103 minutes just telling a story with no filler. Instantly quotable and doesn’t treat its audience like fools, one of the greatest films ever made. Plus the legends Rob Bottin and Phil Tippett doing proper special effects......I’d buy that for a dollar!!!!

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Exactly Archie. Don't forget the Oscar Winning sound FX work on this.

[@alexojideagu]

What's great about this film is it never gets boring. Every scene is either interesting dialogues, characters or action. I'd say it's as close to a perfect action movie ever made. Plus it's funny and self aware.

[@Madbandit77]

Rob and Phil both worked on the original Piranha (1978).

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

"I'm not arresting you anymore." Still a brilliant line 34 years later. ;-)

[@babymammoth34]

That was intense and soooooo gratifying. Seeing the cold realization and dread on boddicker's face haha

[@old_ben7473]

I completely agree with you both. Fantastic scene. Acted and played out perfectly!

[@phj223]

"You're taking this kinda personal, aren't ya?" lol yes a little bit

[@chrisrubenstahl3732]

The Robocop theme playing during that scene definitely adds to the awesomeness.

[@kylereese4822]

it should be illegal to say how old movies are.. 🤣🤣

[@TheHitchDawk]

Robocop is not only one of the greatest action films of all time, it’s one on the best satires ever made - it’s violent as hell but has great pathos and heart - the power of the individual human spirit that can’t be quashed - it’s also dark-humour laden throughout. Absolute classic that’s themes are just as significant today as back in 1987.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

The funny thing about this movie is that this set in the year 2037 but Detroit is almost like this now

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Don't forget 80s consumerism and corporatism. A privatised police force. It doesn't get more capitalist than that.

[@bassage13]

@@The_Blue_Otaku Detroit was like that then too.

[@Morhgoz]

Greatest satire ever if you ask me, also one of the top five of cop, scifi and action movies of all times!

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

@@The_Blue_Otaku Detroit also declared bankrupt like in Robcop 2

[@tedbaker3846]

Yess, Robocop! Back in the the day, when Action Movies where made for Adults.

[@pappajudas9267]

But merchandised for kids.

[@thhunter]

@@pappajudas9267 It was a better time.

[@pappajudas9267]

@@thhunter I'm not complaining, I had those toys. I was 6 years old when RoboCop was in theatres and 7 years old when I saw it on VHS.

[@tedbaker3846]

@@pappajudas9267 Double standard.

[@pappajudas9267]

@@tedbaker3846 one thing this movie new very well is the 80's knew how to market.

[@Nergalsama01]

Man, to this day, Peter Weller's makeup amazes me. They legitimately made his face look like a layer of skin over a metal skull. Combine that with Weller's acting and you get some magic right there.

[@romeross1557]

You know what's interesting is he wasn't the first choice to play the role. They originally wanted Rutger Hauer to play Robo.

[@shadowproductions969]

it's also interesting that they originally wanted the movement to be more like the remake, all fluid and cat like but the costume was very late getting finished and fit horribly so movement was real restricted so they had to rethink the movement. Personally the movement in this adds a lot of character and realism

[@m.s.ferreiragames4031]

Robocop still holds up to this day. The perfect blend of story, action, violence and social satire.

[@davidhutchinson7888]

Like fine wine

[@quasiscorner2589]

I saw this in the theater when I was 12 and till this day, "I'd buy that for a dollar." still comes out of my mouth almost on a daily basis.

[@ariochiv]

Jeez, man... they let you see this at 12?

[@pvanukoff]

Same. My parents would buy tickets for us. The ticket takers didn't care. I also say "Iiiii'd buy that for a dollar!" regularly, to the confusion of most people around me.

[@matthewsmith2979]

Same here!

[@matthewsmith2979]

@@ariochiv in the US if you're with an adult you can get into R movies.

[@ariochiv]

@@matthewsmith2979 I know. I meant his parents.

[@paulymar5996]

Clarence Boddicker is one of the greatest movie villains of all time. "Ohhhhhhh. Guns! Guns! Guns! C'mon Sal! The Tigers are playing (*raps on table) tooooo-night. I never miss a game."

[@stewmass3018]

He really is. Always gets snubbed on "Top 10 Psychos of All Time" lists. The very definition of underrated.

[@badkneesmcgreen7318]

Totally agree man. What a performance!

[@CaptainTass]

Made me a fan of Kurtwood Smith for life. I'll watch anything that guy is in.

[@StCerberusEngel]

So many quotable lines from Kurtwood Smith.

[@slchance8839]

Now that you mention it: I agree. One of the greatest villains of all time. So many good quotes from that guy. From the movie, in general.

[@henrytjernlund]

"You're fired." One of the few times logic was used to resolve the end of a movie.

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

An endlessly quotable movie. I still always laugh at "B----s, leave."

[@jimtatro6550]

Greatest delivery ever 😂

[@dianem8544]

Also, "Can you fly, Bobby?" And "I LIKE IT!" There are so many lines that look like nothing written down and become epic because of the actors' choices.

[@CaptainTass]

"Gee, Bobby...bye. You gonna call me?"

[@StCerberusEngel]

I still say "Tigers are playin'... *ratatat* ...tonight!" whenever I have places to be. lol

[@trenchy1990]

"I'll buy that for a dollar!" Or "Dead or alive, you're coming with me". So many good quotes.

[@sonofsarek]

I miss movies like this. Action packed, experimental, creative, doesn’t take itself too seriously.

[@daniloinglese9833]

Me too...movies with strong personality

[@billyhndrsn4542]

I 'd buy that for a dollar

[@motodork]

I can’t believe you cut out “bitches leave,” one of the greatest one-liners in cinematic history.

[@torpedoboy4]

I know, right? I used to quote that every time I entered a room.

[@Ivy94F]

OMG, Right??? I was waiting for that!! 😂

[@vasilip]

And no one who reacts to this seem to include the "I'd buy that for a dollar" and that just seems wrong :D

[@jh5131]

@@torpedoboy4 rofl

[@MrSpyderjack]

There are T-Shirts with Clarence Boddicker images on them with him holding his gun and that "Bitches Leave" line tagged on, that you can purchase online that I myself bought a few years ago. And as a little insurance policy, I bought more than one.

[@robashley8216]

"Bitches leave" is one of the greatest lines I've ever heard. Also what I think made Peter Weller more awesome was during the Drug house shootout, he was blasting Red Rain under his helmet

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Bitches being told to leave whilst doing coke with a hot shot executive. Only in a 80s action movie!!!

[@joshpalmer9458]

“Bitches leave” and “drop it” are my favorites

[@bottlerocket3218]

It's funny how in 1987, this movie's vision of the future got 2021 so accurately.

[@rockutron9000]

All-time great movie. Gotta say Peter Weller sold the hell out of the suit with that performance. Absolutely iconic.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

In many scenes he only wore the upper body part if there were no full body shots because the suit was so heavy.

[@44excalibur]

"That was way more violent than I thought it would be." Welcome to the '80s. LOL

[@Yora21]

Also Verhoven in general.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I miss the '80s, back when not every sentence ended in "lol."

[@44excalibur]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks True. 😂

[@nickmanzo8459]

The director has said that Robocop has several Jesus Christ references in it. Murphy is tortured in a way that resembles crucifixion, he’s brought back to life to save people, at the end he walks on water, and his side is pierced by a spear.

[@Renegade2786]

Also his time of death or the time that the doctor ask for is a chapter in the bible quoting a new creation.

[@jpotter2086]

The final meeting of Murphy and Boddicker always reminds me of a western, squaring off, out in the open.

[@SueSnellLives]

"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!" -- quoting relentlessly since 1987 😂

[@TheMightyOdin]

35 years later I still say in a robocop voice “Stay out of ..trouble”

[@RonsaRRR]

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[@deathproofpony]

The actress who plays the secretary Clarence flirts with is Kurtwood Smith's wife in real life.

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

?!?

[@deathproofpony]

@@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968 You don't think actor husband and wives work together?

[@carlnorris2392]

rizz

[@joseoropeza8894]

Starship Troopers was severely underrated when it came out. People thought it was trying to be serious, when it’s in fact a satirical interpretation of Heinlan’s novel. In hindsight, the movie is brilliant!

[@mattschliemann9683]

starship troopers amazed me how much gore they put in it, but then they had to edit kills down in the movie Scream for an R rating. I don't understand it since you go to a horror movie for stuff like that, why wouldn't you expect gore in Scream. If you dunno what I mean. The boyfriend out on the porch at the beginning had a gruesome gore effect, but it gets edited down to barely make sense. It doesn't even seem like Ghostface is there but he's getting killed?

[@benbooth2783]

@@mattschliemann9683 It's the tone, Scream involved teenagers in a residential setting, while Starship Troopers was soldiers in a war.

[@snorpenbass4196]

Technically, it's more a satire of how US war movies tend to resemble the Nazi propaganda movies Verhoeven was more or less forced to watch as a kid in an occupied country. Which isn't all that surprising since a lot of modern action movies borrow heavily from the chief propagandist of Nazi Germany, a female director named Leni Riefenstahl.

[@Yora21]

I was one of the kids who wasn't sure if it's a dumb action movie that takes itself too serious, or a satire on dumb action movies that takes themselves too serious. Seeing that it's a War on Terror satire that was made years before it even happened makes it very clear in hindsight.

[@Waldorf-2020]

@@Yora21 It's a satire of war propaganda in general. Check out some of John Wayne's war movies and you'll see the parallels. The "War on Terror" is just today's subject. Before that, it was the Commies. Before that, Nazis. The "ENEMY!" may change, but how propaganda is made, not so much. Except maybe quality. I can rewatch Rocky 4, but there's no way in hell I'm going to sit through 'God's Not Dead' or 2019 'Black Christmas' ever again.

[@contacthank]

You two seriously have the best reactions. Always feels like I’m watching these ol favorite classics for the first time when i watch your videos. Thanks, guys 😊

[@Wolf83]

Robocop is really a take on big corp and media going rampant - much like in the real world.

[@usulsk]

classic Cyberpunk theme

[@mr.e5595]

It's so funny seeing your reaction to seeing Red Forman, because when I first saw That 70s Show my initial reaction was, "Holy shit, that's Clarence Bodicker!"

[@CaptainTass]

Same here!

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

He'll always be Clarence Boddicker to me.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

@@CaptainTass I thought the same thing when he showed up in The Crush as Alicia Silverstone's dad.

[@Ivy94F]

Exactly!!! 😂

[@badkneesmcgreen7318]

"somebody wanna call a goddamn paramedic!?"

[@StCerberusEngel]

Dick, I'm very disappointed.

[@Bat-Twenty-Two]

@@StCerberusEngel I'm sure it's only a glitch.

[@LJMiho]

*_"Oh my god, they killed Kenny!"_* *_"You bastards!"_*

[@larrypurnell3573]

@@Bat-Twenty-Two YOU CALL THIS A GLITCH!😆

[@larrypurnell3573]

@@LJMiho Its life in the big city🤷🏽

[@zairac2564]

Bob was a bit more evil and ruthless. He arranged for good candidates (Murphy) to be transferred to high risk locations so they could be killed and potentially harvested for the program. I guess somebody was going to die either way, but he did have a role in the choosing.

[@turricanedtc3764]

For what it's worth, I'm not sure if you can call Bob "evil" - but he is completely amoral. The subtext is that in order to rise to the level he did, being completely amoral is necessary. He didn't derive any pleasure out of transferring suitable candidates into high risk locations, as far as he was concerned it was just business. Dick Jones is not only amoral, but he's clearly sadistic too, which arguably crosses the line into "evil" territory. The movie is essentially asking the question as to where one draws the line between amorality and evil.

[@erisi236]

RoboCop 2 is actually a lot of fun and worth a watch

[@Manu-rb6eo]

2nd one is fun, the 3rd is not worth watching. And the 2014 remake is a waste of time.

[@pablom-f8762]

@@Manu-rb6eo the 2014 it's a study of how NOT to revisit old ideas. Nothing made sense.

[@Ricksdaname]

Part 2 is just as good. And bad guy is way intense.

[@asdfasdf7199]

@@Ricksdaname part 2 has a lot of really great parts, but man, as a movie, it's kind of a mess. it's great and fun but it's still a mess. the first one is perfect.

[@Ricksdaname]

@@asdfasdf7199I agree, the ideas the movie presented we're great but the overall execution could have been better. First one is by far the best one... I don't know about the third, flying Robocop on the poster kinda killed it off the bat.

[@regg97]

I'm so old when I first saw that 70's show, I was like hey! Bad guy from Robocop!

[@Ivy94F]

I feel you. I watched another reaction of an animated show where Mathew Broderick was a guest voice actor and the guys said, ‘hey, its simba.’ I almost passed the eff out. Lol. How dare they call Ferris Bueller, simba???’ Lol!

[@richardb6260]

"I like it!" Murphy's death was so violent because the director said that since they didn't have a lot of time to develop his character they would have to crucify him to get the audience's sympathy. I really like RoboCop 2. It's directed by the director of The Empire Strikes Back and the main adversary is amazing. The guy who animated ED-209 animated the villain and it's so cool. It's not really gory at all. The sequel does answer some of the questions you have. Particularly about his family.

[@Craudio171]

Yes! Most of the movie react channels don't watch Robocop 2! Which is a pity.

[@TalkingHands308]

I disagree. RoboCop 2 changes the characters to become too one-dimensional. Especially the CEO of omnicorp. In this one while he obviously turns a blind eye to a lot of things he does at least seem like he does think his plans are for the benefit of the city. The second one just turns him into a one-dimensional evil guy and it kind of sucks... And even the commentary, while this movie is a satire for many things the second one was super on the nose to the point that it goes from satire to parody almost...

[@Scallycowell]

We don't talk about Robocop 3, though. Skip part three, go straight to Prime Directives. It was a televised miniseries where each of the episodes are an hour and a half long, basically accounting for four extra movies. It brings back the vibe, the violence, and heart of the first two films.

[@FilthTribeFTP]

@@TalkingHands308 trippin! While I agree it wasn't as good as the 1st obviously, it was still an awesome movie and Kane was a madman. Then that young kid who's one of his lieutenants, it's wild! Lol, but I know I know, this is purely opinion and you are no more wrong than I am. Cheers bro!

[@TheLegendOfRandy]

@@Scallycowell Robocop 3 is one of my favorite bad movies. To this day it makes me laugh out loud at how ludicrously awful it is. Granted, I _agree._ Skip it if you don't like stupid fun bad movies.

[@clinicalpsychologist]

I watched this movie back in 1990 for the first time. Thank you for giving it the honor it deserves.

[@daustin8888]

Robocop is so 80s and timeless at the same time.

[@ridleysaria]

Man this movie scared the crap out of me when I saw it as a kid. Never seen something like that before. So violent! But I loved it. Such an unexpected story of a man getting his humanity back. Makes the final line so satisfying. Unrelated to the movie, you guys are the most adorable couple. The kinds of people anyone would want to have over for movie night. Makes for the perfect react channel.

[@Ivy94F]

Snuck in the the theatre showing this film with my friends at around 13yrs old (rated R so we bought tix to another movie) and when that guy gets shot in the beginning, we were SHOCKED. I remember all of us trying to pretend we weren’t traumatized by that.

[@warpig4942]

The 1980's... best decade ever.

[@kevinburton3948]

I saw this when I was 17 in 1987 and it was the 1st R rated film I had ever seen in the theatre (and I lied about my age as you had to be 18 in Canada)... It blew me away at 17. I've re-watched it dozens of times and it is still one of the best sci-fi films of the era. Themes of consumerism run amok, business monopolies and corruption which goes from the top down (the "real" villains are all the executives at Omni Consumer Products), themes of Death and Resurrection- Paul Verhoeven kept insisting that "there can't be a Resurrection without a Crucifixion" which is why Murphy dies a horrifically violent death-- also notice the symbolism of how Robocop "walks on water" at the climax against Clarence. The movie has an outstanding soundtrack, and an absolutely solid performance by Peter Weller. It took several hours to get him into the suit and he spent months training with a brilliant mime coach- Moni Yakim (whom they also built a duplicate suit for) who taught him the robotic movement of Robocop. This movie could have gone in a lot of silly directions like having Robo throw a car at the bad guys, or having him have to save his widowed wife and son from the Boddicker Gang, or have a romantic relationship between him and his old partner Lewis- so glad it didn't go that route. Bit of trivia- the version you just watched originally got an "X" rating from the Motion Picture Association of America in 1987 because of the sheer amount of over the top violence. Scenes like ED209 shooting the boardroom victim Kinney a thousand times, Murphy being shot to death, and Clarence's death at the end all had to be trimmed down (but not completely deleted) to reduce it to an R rating for theatres. The MPAA also wanted them to cut the Melting Man scene- but director Paul Verhoeven put his foot down and managed to keep it in, in its entirety (something that I'll never forget watching on a 35 foot movie screen as a 17 year old kid). When Clarence hands out the Cobra Assault Cannons to the gang for the 1st time and Emil shouts "HEADS UP YOU GUYS!" before blowing up the store front for fun- the actors weren't expecting how big the effects explosion was going to be. Their reactions are *real* to the size of the blast! Aside from the action and brilliant satire, this film is a journey into what it means to be human. We all understand the concept of being "lost in the machine" be it the corporate machine or the justice machine or how everything seems to be becoming more and more superficial. But here is a man reclaiming his humanity after being literally turned into a machine. I've probably watched this film well over 100 times over the years and Robocop's final line "Murphy" can still move me to this day!

[@slchance8839]

I agree. Totally. The theme of "what is human" is what elevates this movie from other 80s Sci Fi. In fact, Robocop 2 exceeds Robocop 1 in every way, except the theme of "What is human," so it makes Robocop 2, not as great, in my opinion. I'm with you....when he says "Murphy," it gets me every time. Also... "Bitches. Leave."

[@kojiattwood]

14:35 We all know Clarence just uttered the best line ever here, heh.

[@SleepySloth2705]

8:55 This shot of him catching the car keys is real, but they had to shoot it over 50 times because the keys would constantly bounce off of the glove 😂

[@Agamemnon-w9x]

might have been torture for Weller too. I heard he hated that suit, because it was incredibly hot and uncomfortable. He actually lost some weight in it

[@ADifferentVibe]

50 times?! I'd go insane. But all it takes one great take and they got it

[@rubyriches]

One of the best satires ever made and holds up fantastically. ^-^

[@brom00]

Now that you've seen him in Robocop, you need to watch Peter Weller in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" from 1984. A great quirky sci-fi, with a bunch of actors I'm sure you'll recognize.

[@SolidMike84]

Screamers(1995) is also a nice Weller movie

[@emmanuelmedina5535]

He was awesome in Longmire too.

[@Yora21]

Is that the time where JB was a cowboy?

[@sns2112]

Buckaroo Banzai has one of the greatest lines in movie history - "Laugh while you can monkey-boy."

[@brom00]

@@sns2112 John Lithgow is hilarious in the movie

[@namelessjedi2242]

There was a scene filmed of his partner Lewis in the hospital recovering at the end, but it got cut. She is also in the sequel.

[@alucard624]

Both sequels actually. Hated what they did to her in Robocop 3 though.

[@GothMermaidGamer]

@@alucard624 What'd they do?

[@MrDabulls23]

Man, the practical effects they did in the 80’s were amazing. They had a couple of different magazines devoted to the art, we used to get a hold them and be blown away by what those people created.

[@carn9507]

The ONE effect I hate in the movie is that damn monkey-armed dick jones puppet for his death plummet. Everything else holds up beautifully.

[@MrDabulls23]

@@carn9507 yeah, that looks very cartoonish.

[@turricanedtc3764]

Especially as the budget was fairly modest! The producers of the movie were really canny - rather than hire second-string effects artists, they hired some of the best (e.g. Rob Bottin, Stephan DuPuis and Phil Tippett) and asked them to work within the budget they had.

[@GD-tt6hl]

Miller : Something with reclining leather seats, that goes really fast, and gets really crappy gas mileage! Lt Hedgecock : How about the, uh, 6000 SUX?

[@mattschliemann9683]

That car name is great! I wonder if anyone really ever picks up on it.

[@Gstang05]

Does it come with a blaupunkt?

[@888zzz]

One reason this movie is incredible is its high level satire of corporatocracies. Its criticism of the military industrial complex, other forms of corporate welfare, gentrification, heartless and psychopathic business values, police suppression of the poor instead of addressing the causes of poverty, promoting technology that industry profits from at taxpayers' expense , infotainment, privatization, commercialism, consumerism, business propaganda, etc. It's not just an action movie with an amazing musical score, acting, special effects, set design, etc. With appreciation of its accurate satire, the movie deserves a 10 out of 10. Robocop is one of my top five favorite movies for several reasons.

[@trevchumby]

Couldn’t agree more, very well put. I was 8 when this came out. I was introduced to this film on video release, so probably around 9 - 10 yrs old when I first watched it (my parents were/are very relaxed) Watching it with my 3 older brothers literally every day before school, some of the best one liners of any movie…still gets quoted to this day! The perfect action movie, absolutely no fat on it. Gotta be a top 10 for me for sure.

[@guyonbench]

Oh my, you guys are in for a treat.

[@Zentron]

Paul Verhoeven does like to stick little nods to his previous movies in one's he's working on, if you watch back the scene from Total Recall where they are trying to wipe Arnie and Melina's memories, when Arnie manages to break off one of his arm restraints, he uses the spike to stab the scientist in the neck, that's a nod to Robocop where Robo kills Clarence by stabbing him in the neck! A few little tidbits from this; the Crash team medics who operate on Murphy after he's gotten shot are a real crash team, Paul told them to just do what they normally do. When the gas station blows up, the 'S' from the Shell letters blows up first so that it reads 'HELL' as the station goes up in flames. In the scene where they are shooting the new guns that Clarence has brought them, in the last shot that blows up the store, they were actually too close to the explosion, which put both Kurtwood and Ray in actual danger, and Ray did end up with some glass stuck in the side of his face.

[@M3TR01DFANBOY]

Fun fact: the guy dancing at 14:17 Is director Paul verhoeven.

[@RealJap]

Nice, never noticed that!

[@PimpMasterBroda]

Shooting for Robocop's mouth wouldn't have matter. In the novelization, his face was reconstructed to look like Murphy's and his skull was titanium and a mix of other highly dense metals. Nothing of his original body remained. The reason for reconstructing his old face was in case Murphy experienced total recall of his past life. The doctors and engineers worried that the human mind might not be able to take it if they looked into a mirror and weren't even able to see anything that remained of themselves. Being able to at least see your own face and recognize yourself would help keep your sanity.

[@lordmuaddib]

it was mentioned in the movies as well

[@Tero92]

So his brains did remain? Or what. Just askin. Because if nothing remained, wouldnt it just be _a robot?

[@jrnyfan4life]

​@@Tero92 the brain is all that was left of him.

[@snorpenbass4196]

@@jrnyfan4life Well...most of the brain. The parts Boddicker didn't turn into mush.

[@LJMiho]

I feel like he still had to have some type of partial organic digestive system left as well. Because in the movie, they mention it by someone asking _"What does he eat?"_ So he still gets at least a fraction of his energy from consuming processed food. I assume this was done specifically to be able to feed the part of his brain that still remained behind and that cannot simply just be fed by something else (a battery, for example) like the rest of his robot body does. His brain is still organic, so it would still need a steady supply oxygen for energy and organic matter for replacement of dead cells with new ones (proteins and probably more) for it to be able to maintain proper functions. Or it's simply a case that they are just so medically advanced that they also managed to construct a fully functional synthetic digestive system along with a synthetic circulatory system and a synthetic respiratory system as well.

[@mediasawdust2458]

“You’ve crossed my line of death! You haven’t dismantled your MX Stockpile. Pakistan is threatening my border. Ok Mister, no more military aid!”

[@Heritage367]

Nukem!

[@StCerberusEngel]

@@Heritage367 Get them before they get you!

[@paulhewes7333]

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

[@ithakra]

The body armor was how he was still alive after they shot him multiple times. Also, this movie takes place in the future with advanced medical tech which is why they were still trying to save him. That's my theory.

[@ariochiv]

Unless you're shot through the heart, it takes time to bleed out.

[@vincentpulido9463]

But still there's so much a bulletproof vest can take

[@kylereese4822]

That`s a real medical team and operating room that was used for the authentic look/feel to the part :)

[@daviddevries8242]

They were using shotguns. While these cause grievous harm to unprotected flesh they are lacking in penetrative kinetic energy so I would say the scene was pretty plausible. Also, to me it didn't seem like the medical team were really trying all that hard.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Lest we forget he's pretty much just a stomach and brain in a Kevlar suit even if he was shot "fatality" as long as those organs were intact he could be fixed

[@bdog1323]

"Just give me my effing phone call." Nobody gets that when I say that, especially the police.

[@babymammoth34]

They should have showed him spitting on the cop's desk right before saying it lol.

[@MattsChipTunes]

It's probably because they just busted you for killing their friends.

[@babymammoth34]

@@MattsChipTunes Huh??

[@babymammoth34]

I don't get it

[@babymammoth34]

oh wait, were you replying to bdog1323 instead?

[@michaelwardle7633]

Personally, I adore how Verhoeven is able to simultaneously satirize dystopian for-profit policing while also leaning really hard into the ultra-violent urban fantasies that are used to justify the same militarization. It’s makes for a really sardonic film that is still viscerally entertaining.

[@jovanjorgovan23]

Nicely put.

[@Waldorf-2020]

It's funny. People rave about the ultraviolence. But I still have a copy of the TV version on VHS. It still holds up. If anything, not having the gore to distract from the satire/commentary, in some ways makes the movie better. It helps that they planned for TV syndication. They shot gore-free alternate takes for a few scenes, and had most of the main actors re-dub lines without the profanity. Smart on their part.

[@jp3813]

@@Waldorf-2020 For me, the gore communicated not to take the violence seriously. It complemented the satire very well.

[@robertwolff8928]

Verhoeven grew up in Occupied Holland near a German base. Since he lived through nazism and the allied bombing raids its informed him how to effectively satirize it. The best description I've ever heard of Starship Troopers was "its a movie that would be made by a facist utopia in honor of itself."

[@tynao2029]

he's not satirizing for profit policing, he's making an argument in favor of it. That's what Robocop is, and he shows the failure of a woke government's ability to properly police itself. Basically, what we have now in our modern world predicted in 1987, like a lot of other great dystopian works have predicted. There should be a RoboCop in every city in the USA

[@MadcapMatt]

There's 80s R and then there's today's rated R. I feel like the only recent movie to get this violent is like Deadpool or Logan. Maybe Quentin Tarantino movies.

[@misterkite]

The Evil Dead remake.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

And every teen I knew saw this film anyway.

[@tylerwedell3750]

Robocop was supposed to receive an X rating originally

[@andreaspooky6183]

Clarence Boddicker is probably the most underrated villain ever

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I saw this in the theater. It was amazing at the time, but I think it still holds up well today. The make up on Peter Weller when he takes him helmet off is amazing. I also loved how Kurtwood Smith did such a great job, it was the first time I ever truly hated the villain, so much that I loved that I hated him.

[@HobGungan]

I was working at Dollar Tree when I found the Director's Cut of this in the DVD bin. And my mind thought the line sincerely, but it had been so long that I had forgotten it *was* the line until I got it home. TL;DR: I *literally* Bought That For A Dollar (plus 7 cents tax)

[@Menaceblue3]

$.07 tax? Are you in NJ?

[@HobGungan]

@@Menaceblue3 RI

[@TheNyquilDriver]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@Lambda-J]

This is my fav reaction channel by far I think. You guys are perfectly on that line of genuine and receptive to what you're watching and chill enough that it's not over baring. I've made this comment this before - but I'll say again for visibility -- It would be awesome to see you react to some classic anime films. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, CyberCity Oedo, Perfect Blue, all have exceptional animation and are amazing stories. I think you would really enjoy them!

[@Purple_Buffalo]

"I can feel them... .. but I, can't remember them." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@TANKTREAD]

Such an awesome score by Basil Poledouris.

[@misterkite]

Even though ED209 is the "bad guy" he's still the coolest robot in this movie.

[@StCerberusEngel]

That's only because Robocop is a cyborg.

[@frankgesuele6298]

But you can defeat ED with the stairs😂

[@emskis7302]

EDs size and mobility are the only flaws that matter. If he can't get to the bad guys, what's the point? But thats not HIS fault. Poor ED.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Kind of lost me in part 3 when he got rewired by seven year old with a laptop.

[@grandotaku2501]

Bob was responsible for Murphy getting killed. He mentions that he had the police restructured when he talks to the CEO and that candidates have been identified. There are a few lines from the cops that support this idea. They say that many new officers have been assigned to Detroit and point out that they don't get support when they need backup. Murphy and Lewis should have had a swat team back them up. Later in the movie we see that a swat team does exist and can be deployed very quickly ( when they attack Robocop )

[@shainewhite2781]

3:32, the Stop motion animation was done by Phil Tippett whom would later win Best Visual Effects for JURASSIC PARK.

[@JW666]

That IS Red Forman himself, Kurtwood Smith =)

[@heyitsmemg7494]

Been a slow day for some of my favorite uploaders, thanks for turning the day around y’all.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy!

[@heyitsmemg7494]

@@TBRSchmitt it was a great reaction to a classic flick (and if you thought this movie was crazy just wait for Starship Troopers)

[@paulhewes7333]

Now do Starship Troopers. Complete a Paul Verhoeven trifecta

[@thunderstruck5484]

Hooray! Another reaction to a classic! This movie is awesome! Thanks again for everything

[@TBRSchmitt]

Thank you for everything!

[@SolidMike84]

18:04 "Just like the beginning" Something I NEVER until now thought of is that yes, this is very much like the beginning. With the difference being that THIS time, Lewis is there in time to save her partner.

[@jaffe28]

Bob does say early on that they've, "placed prime candidates according to risk factor," and Murphy had just been transferred. So Bob did have Murphy put in harm's way.

[@snorpenbass4196]

The hostage situation in the mayor's office is based on a real incident where a man took multiple people hostage and killed at least one, while demanding his old job back. Needless to say it didn't end very well. As for the movie, a fun camera trick Verhoeven used is that once RoboCop is in the movie, whenever we're not looking through his eyes we see him from a frog's eye view (from underneath), but the camera gradually moves up to his eyeline as he becomes more human again. A neat way to show how he goes from intimidating automaton to a person.

[@Heritage367]

Love this movie! Saw it in the theaters as a young man and it just blew me away in everyway. I always think of this movie as sort of "Wall Street" meets "Frankenstein".

[@Hex_Lee_]

We all know there's thousands of reaction channels out there on KZbin now, and I enjoy going through a lot of them. I really enjoy you both. Keep doing what you're doing, this channel is brilliant

[@Boomstick87]

RoboCop is such a great 80's action movie. Looks like you guys watched the extended version which is even more violent than the theatrical version. Cool that you guys caught that everyone in the boardroom had very little reaction to the guy being killed by ED-209. That was supposed to suggest that in this future, all these corporations and employees are so desensitized to everything, This and al the moments of satire make RoboCop much more than just a throwaway action movie. BTW, there is a RoboCop 2 and 3, but they aren't nearly on the same level as the original.

[@davidr1050]

22:32 --- As the movie progresses, Murphy regains more and more of his humanity. His first words as Robocop are very flat and electronic / synthesized. By the end when he says his name, there is almost no "processing".

[@lukesmale24]

Yeah I always took it that he reclaimed as much of himself as he could and that was why they ended it with him taking back his name

[@regaubade8329]

I saw this movie in cassette I was around 10. The toxic waste hit and the neck piercing traumatized me for a couple of days. lol

[@cuckoonut1208]

After watching The Terminator at age 6 on VHS and falling ill for two days. I was ok with Robocop when I was 9.

[@shallowgal462]

"Red Foreman" was also the Federation President in Star Trek V, and a villain on Star Trek Voyager. The "little red-headed minion" is best known as an asshole of a surgeon on ER who lost an arm in a helicopter accident on the hospital roof, then died a year later when another med-evac copter fell off the roof and crash-landed on him while he was out smoking a cigarette. Another famous Paul Verhoeven-directed film from that decade is Showgirls. I hope you like RoboCop 2!

[@tehdipstick]

The reason death is treated with such levity, like no one caring about the dead guy in the board room, is that this movie is full of satire. It's a comment on how little value a human life has in the world of capitalism/commercialism. The various news segments and commercials are also meant as commentary. The SUX 6000, for instance, is clearly a commentary on how people will buy big, expensive cars with terrible mileage just as a status symbol.

[@corvus1970]

Thank you!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I want a car that goes really fast and gets really shitty gas mileage!

[@iggtastic]

Other than the classic "bitches leave", one of my favorite quotes is the simple "Fuck You," told to Robocop by Steve Minh (played by Calvin Jung) that kicks off the cocaine bust massacre. He says it with such disdain and unconcern. Legendary delivery of an otherwise common phrase.

[@jonathandoe2316]

Exactly even with just that line pretty much he comes off as a asshole. The whole crew just radiated scum they all did good jobs. Made the world feel that much more brutal.

[@LUIS_TINOCO_THE_SAVAGE]

FAVORITE SCENE IS WHERE THE OLD MAN SAYS *NICE* SHOOTING *SON* WHAT'S YR NAME?......THEN ROBOCOP SAYS *MURPHY* 22:27🔥😎 THATS MY BOI

[@danduhlion]

“Dead or Alive - you’re coming with me.” Chills every time I hear that line.

[@jfbrko290]

Robocop is pretty anti-corporate in it's messaging. I love it for that.

[@algi1]

I love this movie. Peter Weller nailed the character so well, it's easy to take it for granted that he is a robot.

[@AustinKloud]

Another film my Dad took me to see when it was released in 1987... this movie shook me, when that dude didn’t comply in the office.

[@jh5131]

Saw this in drive thru with my dad when it came out. I was 11 he had no idea....

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Even as a seven year old I was dumbfounded as to how ED 209 would be allowed to enter the office loaded with live rounds.

[@EviLFiL]

I first saw this in 88 at a family BBQ, adults in the yard talking, all the kids watching an innocent sounding movie by the name of Robocop inside on VHS. It blew my young mind. Already having grown up watching The Terminator I was so ready for this. Still love this movie to this day.

[@ChrystusBrzeczyszczykiewicz]

When I was a kid there was an animated Robocop series, so I thought the movie was also for kids. One day I caught it airing on the TV. It wasn't for kids.

[@alucard624]

What traumatized you first? Kenny getting turned into hamburger by ED-209 or Murphy getting shot to pieces? Both were brutal AF. For me the freakiest bit was Emil melting from the toxic waste. That crap was nightmare fuel seeing that when I was a kid.

[@ChrystusBrzeczyszczykiewicz]

@@alucard624 mutant Emil, no doubt. Biggest childhood trauma.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

There were toys too! A lot of R-rated movies like Terminator and Aliens got toy lines for kids, even though they technically shouldn't be allowed to see those movies. The 80s were wild!

[@torozco516]

I remember as a kid, one of the local video rental stores had a promotion when it came out. They even had some guy dressed as Robocop.

[@parkeydavid]

Supposed to be Detroit but it was filmed in Dallas during the summer. Peter Weller was burning up in the robocop outfit.

[@jh5131]

When you watch a verhoeven movie you should always keep in mind he was 8 years old when he was living under nazi occupation during WW2 and saw many terrible things. He talks about this in the commentary for Robocop it is quite interesting to hear his view of how that affected him and his movie making

[@gordondavis6168]

Of course, this film is a Christ story where our hero is tortured, killed and resurrected. In the steel mill, the villain impales Robocop in the heart area, which is the method of killing an undead vampire ( Robocop is an undead creature). In the nightclub scene, the man with the wild hair who vigorously pumps his hands ( in the videoclip) is the Director, Paul Verhoeven.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Didn't notice. Was to busy laughing at Leon Nash trying to act cool in front t of chicks.

[@blanewilliams5960]

Another all time favorite of mine. I am still pretty new to your channel so I am going through your library. I really love movies from the 70's and 80's especially. For me it was my golden age of going to the cinema and sometimes drive-ins to see a lot of great films. OK, I Have many more of your reactions to go through and looking forward to new ones as well. Thanks you two.

[@charlesleerae9023]

" can you fly Bobby " 🚚🤸‍♂️🚓

[@larrypurnell3573]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@eyeprops5422]

When your boss says "Nice shootin' son. What's your name?" you know you're going up.

[@dustman820]

This movie has some memorable quotes. The two I remember the most is "I'll buy that for a dollar" from the guy on the TV show they show through out the movie and "Bitches leave." From Clarence when he shows up at Bob's house to the two women that was with Bob. At the end of the movie, I think the reason why Murphy kills Dick Jones instead of arresting him was the Old Man was still in danger like how the woman earlier in the movie was when he shot the guy in the private parts.

[@markkoricsanszki]

I just love that you randomly keep picking my all time favorite movies from my childhood.

[@mthomsonkiwi]

The receptionist Red Forman flirts with is his wife.

[@shannonjohnson6532]

RoboCop is actually a pretty great satire. From the over-the-top violence to the parody ads, this movie is a lot smarter than your average action flick. Still one of my favorites after all these years.

[@MercerCreate]

Clarence Bottiger would give Heath Ledger's joker a reason to leave town

[@bbwng54]

I would suggest "Zulu", a classic 1964 movie often played on television even today- it's about the battle of Rourke's Drift in South Africa where a handful of British soldiers fought thousands of Zulu warriors. It was Michael Caine's breakthrough movie

[@skapunker1986]

i grew up with Robocop, so to see "Kurtwood Smith" later in that 70's show, always felt wrong for me, to see the main villain from Robocop be a friendly housedad, hard to accept.

[@Theomite]

In what world is Red Forman a "friendly" housedad? Kurtwood Smith was perfect to play that guy: a total asshole.

[@TenBear]

That isn't Alex Murphys mouth as OCP built his head from scratch and put his face over it so he would see a human face and not flip out, everything under his skin is completely robotic.

[@jaojmnhzhzm]

On the innocence of Bob: OCP runs the cops and Murphy was transferred from Metro South to "hell" on the orders of OCP - specifically because Bob and his division deemed officers like Murphy as prime candidates for their Robocop project. So, technically, Bob and his corpo cronies are responsible for Alex Murphy losing his family and his life.