ROBOCOP (1987) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | So funny!!!

[@thefatman2780]

ILL BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR

[@RobPryme]

Dick Jones' secretary was played by Kurtwood Smith's wife.

[@hawncho7198]

"Bitches leave" is the best line in cinematic history

[@arthurd6495]

"That's life in the big city" has become my favorite. I say it all the time living in a major US city. ahaha.

[@gumdeo]

"I'm not arresting you anymore" is another great line. Murphy has returned.

[@WarrChan]

I wish they had him say it in That 70s Show. When my brother and I saw the first episode, we simultaneously said, ”Can you fly, Bobby?”

[@Ugnutz]

it always reminds me of the vin deisel movie triple X when that one guys Says "Bitches Come"

[@Matrim42]

Basically every line Smith delivers is pure gold “C’mon, Sal! The Tigers are playing [thump thump-thump thump] tonight! …And I never miss a game.”

[@RobPryme]

'Maybe there won't be blood.' Oh, my sweet summer child...

[@ShanelleRiccio]

😂😂

[@glenmartin7978]

He recognized who he was because Dead or Alive You're Coming with me was the last thing Murphy said to him before they killed him, and Murphy's partner recognized him because of the gun trick his son thought was cool

[@ShanelleRiccio]

Yeah i caught the gun trick in editing. As for the other guy, i eventually decided he must’ve known about the partnership between Dick and Clarence but i see now maybe that was only between them

[@MrSheckstr]

@@ShanelleRiccio I think they messed up when they used the “dead or alive phrase” …. They should have shown robocop using that line before (with the shop lifter or the r@pers (sorry @trying not to get you a community standards hit) or a third scene ) otherwise it goes unexplained WHY Robo uses that phrase here IF he doesn’t yet recognize him

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

​@@MrSheckstrHe says it to the dude as Murphy and says it again to the same dude as Robocop so the dude recognizes it. Jesus, do people need to have it written down?

[@MrSheckstr]

@@Jayskiallthewayski dude thats EXACTLY MY POINT !!!!!! Yet he DOESNT SAY IT any time in between…. And he SAYS IT as robocop BEFORE Murphy /Robocop recognizes the guy….. so get off your high horse, pull that stick out if you arse and TRY to explain why he would have said it the second time. For someone who whines about people needing things written down, you have a serious problem with reading comprehension because my issue was CLEARLY that he did NOT say it AS ROBOCOP at any of the encounters with criminals between his two encounters with this man…. And since he didnt recognize him yet…. There is no explanation why he would say it now!!!

[@surlycanadian]

@@MrSheckstrdo you interact with people by a script? Or do you sometimes say different things to different people? I’m not understanding why you think he should or would say the exact same thing every time he interacts with a perpetrator.

[@Ididnotwanttojoin]

He wasn't a robot. He was a cyborg. Bob Morton told the boss that the problem with that robot at the beginning was that a machine can't make good choices so they needed a human element. Lewis recognized Murphy at the shooting range when he did the gun spinning thing.

[@jebVlogs556]

*Ididnotwanttojoin* Lewis was his partner before his incident: and when she saw Murphy the gun from outside his Holster 🔫 she knew admittedly that was him: Murphy was a true boy in blue, head strong, charming, nonchalant to any criminal, and straightforward yellow jacket: he to be honest have no fucks, who was bringing in dead or alive(even when we a human before he became a cyborg... A similar incident happened with Keanu Reeves playing as a human/overworked scientist in the movie "Surrogates" where he and the family went on a vacation trip, lost control of the wheel of the vehicle killing his wife, older daughter and younger daughter. In that moment of clarity he went into his companies funding to save their downloading their brain waves into "cloned bodies" he grew within a week from test tubes(some very intelligent 🤓,and alot of money involved in the process) The first time he and his team, tried to transfer the wounded soldier's mind into a robot: but what algorithms failed at is the robots programming wouldn't accept the human consciousness, well it least it partially did 😅..) when the human psych took over, it admittedly tried to kill itself cause it refused to live as a machine. "If you can trick the mind, that body that it's occupying its very own construct and not a copy or machine, the human psych will accept the hosts and continue on like it's Normal"- Dr That's what the Dr success was when he brought his family back as clones.. Murphy however, remembered bits and pieces of his past life: " Ghost in a shell" references basically, and senses he's the law he can do within the confides of his program: even though he has past experiences "He can learn within the boundaries of his Primary Programming: his Prime Directives who can kill can vs what is a crime vs who is innocent until proven guilty. He can also use data-mine any: but not limited to recordings, files, pictures, audio frequencies, distress calls or "over ride" protocols if the situation calls for it..

[@Ididnotwanttojoin]

@@jebVlogs556 Yeah, that first part is what I said, Lewis recognized him when he did the gun spinning thing, not because of his lips. The rest I don't have time to read right now, I have to get ready for work. Maybe later.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@reviewerinabathrobe]

Yes he is a cyborg but I've wondered how are they able to merge human physiology and not only that but the brain with cybernetics because like in Robocop 3 this doctor says if they wanted a machine in there why did they stick Murphy in there and in Robocop two all of their subjects was going psychotic

[@karabearcomics]

Paul Verhoeven has a history of making films that on their surface look like they're mindless indulgence, but actually are much deeper when you dig in. Robocop is the most famous of them (I would say), but he also created Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, Showgirls, and Hollow Man (well, also others, but those are the ones he's done that I've heard of). It's telling that he's not involved in the Robocop sequels, and those are generally not regarded as fondly as the first (though people at least like Robocop 2--Robocop 3, on the other hand, is pretty well disliked).

[@TheMicahwitz]

I don’t think she has the intellect to interpret what Paul was saying.

[@Zireael83]

wow..... @@TheMicahwitz

[@willcool713]

Peter Weller has major Sci-fi nerd cred. Check his back catalogue. He did a lot of dramas as a leading man, too. All solid work, if not blockbusters. *Leviathan* (1989), and *Screamers* (1995), are underrated Sci-fi gems, and *Buckaroo Bonzai* (1984) is a Sci-fi cult classic. He was a major character in the second of the *Star Trek* reboot movies, *Into Darkness* (2013). And he's still working, as far as I know.

[@sergeantbigmac]

I think he still acts occasionally but he stepped back to become a pretty well respected professor of art history, or renaissance history or some shit. I forget which university he lectures at and im too lazy to recheck.

[@phookadude]

Peter Weller got a phd in archaeology and more or less quit acting. He hosted some documentaries.

[@fiddiehacked]

Liked him in Dexter.

[@FulguroGeek]

Screamers AHAHAHAHAHAH With Roy Dupuis! That movie was a big thing where i live in Quebec Canada, first time a Sci fi movie was shot here back then... And Roy dupuis was an Actor from here too so it was all over the news but when we saw it lol.... Maybe not at the level of Batlefeild earth desaster but ishh was not a great movie either as i remember. Maybe i should watch it back as im now a grown man at that time i was 13 years old i i dont think i ever watched Screamers since.

[@imaspoon4522]

I feel so lucky to have seen "Buckaroo Bonzai" in the theater as a teen. With John Lithgow and Jeff Goldblum in halrious roles.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Murphy was wearing chest armor when they shot him with the shotguns. It's why is arms and legs were damaged, requiring amputation, but his torso and most of his internal organs survived.

[@Paul_1971]

Exactly - why don't most reactors get this?

[@UnknownImages]

​@@Paul_1971Modern movie watchers seem to need everything constantly explained to them, which is probably why most movies suck these days.

[@Henrik_Holst]

Well I think it's mostly the shot to the head that people react to.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

There is an extended cut of the shooting scene that's even MORE gruesome 😯

[@surlycanadian]

I’m not sure of the shots in the regular version or exactly what version Shanelle is watching but in the unrated version his chest is clearly covered in blood and gore in the shot where the camera pans in an arc from in front of him to the rear. And as his head hits the ground, you can see all the gore on the chest on the far right edge of the screen.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

You'll have to do the Paul Verhoeven trilogy. Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers. They all three have varying layers of social satire peppered throughout.

[@wardenm]

Someone PLEASE put the other two up as requests!!!

[@aquariussolaris2492]

How can you forget showgirls

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@aquariussolaris2492 well, showgirls pretty much ended Verhoeven's career in Hollywood.

[@wobaguk]

Its not that Murphy couldnt see the baby food to shoot it, its that his body wasnt doing what his eye was seeing. Lewis could see which way his aim was off, and guide him to compensate, so he was accurate again. But yes, its a 'touch' moment.

[@KdotLINE]

She was helping him recalibrate.

[@Kosmisch1987]

I always hear at the gas station scene " how do they remember his face when its covered up!? " .... he remembers him from the " Dead or alive you're coming with me " line.

[@aaronhusk]

At about 15:00 he recognized him from the phrase “dead or alive, you’re coming with me”. Murphy said it to him as he tried arresting him, only to be shout up by the hand, then he said it as Robocop.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Peter Weller, AKA “acting isn’t fun, let’s go get a PhD in Roman History”. I’d buy that for a dollar!

[@AlexVdew]

Great point on the scene blocking - not seen it mentioned by reactors or critics, but imo it's where Verhoeven really is masterful with ensemble casts and group scenes. Constantly changing the perspective all the time as well to keep it fresh. It runs through so many of his movies, the ultimate is the chaos backstage in Showgirls, it's sensational.

[@VilleHalonen]

Yay for Showgirls! His mastery of blocking is also apparent in his Dutch films. It's no wonder Hollywood got interested.

[@havok6280]

"Why would he need to eat?" How else would he sustain his organic tissue? He's not a robot. He's a cyborg. Part man. Part machine.

[@Henrik_Holst]

"Part man. Part machine" - But 100% Cop :)

[@TChighbury]

I guess how they feed people in comas in hospital, with a tube

[@godmagnus]

Question asked literally right after it was answered 😂

[@dusty3913]

He’s more machine than man now…

[@larrybremer4930]

Even a Terminator would have to eat, our brain is a major part of our energy budget so by comparison Robocop would have to eat a lot more than a Terminator that only needs to sustain a basic digestion system and skin.

[@toddtangen6750]

Shanelle watching Robocop!? I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@citysin67]

Dark Horse Comics had a limited run of "Robocop Vs. The Terminator" in the 90s. Excellent crossover.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

This is a timeless masterpiece, who cares about some of the wonky effects. Great script, great memorable characters (unlike that 2014 tturd). I must've been one of the few who recognized Peter Weller from before Robocop. I had seen him in a very different film called "Of Unknown Origin" first.

[@richardrobbins387]

Saw that one on HBO back in the day. I was probably 10 years old and was afraid to go in the basement for quite a while.

[@rlawrence9838]

Now that people put cgi in everything as if obviously fake stuff were the be all and end all of cinematography the older effects look better...if people watched films with the cgi jabber the hut in the re- released star wars ep 4 in 97 or whenever it was they'll watch stuff from the 80s that doesn't have that rubbish in. Maybe you have to play computer games to get it I don't know.

[@Tantalus010]

@@rlawrence9838 No, you just have to care more about how things move than how they look. To me, it's the stop motion that looks obviously fake.

[@rlawrence9838]

@@Tantalus010 Yeah ja ja binx looks more real than that because of his walk....

[@44.caliberbrainsurgery63]

Considering when it was made, they didn't have CGI available for ED 209. The stop motion is also directed by Phil Tippet. Imagine clowning on his work.

[@martinbraun1211]

I saw this film on VHS with my parents and my brother, who is two years younger. I was 12 years old then (1989). Well, that's what the '80s were like.

[@misterkite]

I saw this on my 13th birthday, my parents said that was the age I was able to see R-rated movies.

[@gerardcote8391]

Emil recognozes him not by the face, but because he said 'Dead or Alive you're coming with me."

[@Burt_Fuggin_Reynolds]

Although there are sparks of comedy and bangs of violence, it’s the haunting and saddening undertones that make this a favorite for me. The arch for Robocop becoming familiar again with his previous self, is what really makes me wish we would had a chance to explore this further.

[@maximillianosaben]

One of the best movie endings EVER! I have the RoboCop theme as one of my ringtones/alarms, and have for years. It never gets old.

[@WyattsWildNature]

You need to watch buckaroo banzai, Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum and more. Scifi, weird, silly and fun. The Stop motion in Robocop 2 was some of the best Stop motion.

[@0okamino]

I fully believe Shanelle would declare for Team Banzai.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Love both of those. P. S.: Robocop 2 is directed by Irvin Kirshner, who brought us Star Wars: The Empire Stikes Back. No big surprise there, eh?

[@rodentnolastname6612]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 also written by Frank Miller (Sin City).

[@mohammedkasim-i4e]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 I LOVED BONZAI...especially the aliens names ...JONATHAN BIGHBOOTY

[@mauz4588]

I definitely hope Shanelle will watch Buckaroo Banzai at some point.

[@Bar-Lord]

The 6000 SUX is the real hero of this flick.

[@TheJamieRamone]

🤣

[@fxbear]

I was working in post production vfx in Dallas when they filmed this. It’s always comical to me to see the Dallas 80’s skyline standing in for detroit where my husband was from. It opened doors for us lowly local production types to be extras. I opted out but my buddy who did composite work spent 3 long nights suited up as a cop in a parking garage only to end up a lone shadow on a wall. The satirical elements were dead on. Sensational news programs were a big thing at the time so we’re often parodied in shows in the 80’s.

[@pallenda]

RoboCop is a masterpiece. Saw it on VHS late 80ies or early 90ies. Blew my mind. Also from same director Starship Troopers, is popcorn movie but also has social commentary. Total Recall is also great.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

An American production company gave a Dutchman millions of dollars to take the piss out of American society, genius. Verhoeven's Sci-Fi satire trilogy are essential movies, absolute classics. For anyone interested in the film I highly, highly recommend the recent "RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop", its maybe the best 'making of' I've ever seen. +1 for not editing out the best line... "Bitches leave", cracks me up every time.

[@murrygondwana7260]

Best movie about a cybernetic police officer ever made.

[@YoJoeAF]

I was 11 years old in 1987 and saw it in the theater with my parents and siblings. It was an awesome family movie that I love even more to this day. Classic!

[@WarrChan]

I was 6 going on 7 and my cousin and I went to see this. After I saw the toxic waste scene, I decided I wanted to be a chemist.

[@reviewerinabathrobe]

That would have been awesome I wish I could have done that but that's a little bit before I could experience that since it came out when I was born but a family movie I don't know about that

[@reviewerinabathrobe]

@@WarrChan that's interesting did you end up being a chemist

[@reviewerinabathrobe]

@@WarrChan it's always good if we can achieve our goals

[@WarrChan]

@@reviewerinabathrobe I was a chemist for 10 years but I went back to school and now I'm an eye doctor.

[@mcgilj1]

He has to eat because there are still organic components to Murphy. Under the armor and hardware you still have a head..a brain... At the very least. The food keeps those living components functioning.

[@Jollyrancher120]

I remember my aunt sending me to buy the tickets at 11 years old. She always took me to see the biggest movies that came out those years.

[@Osprey850]

She sounds cool. I didn't get to see it in the theater, but I turned 11 later that year and talked my dad into renting it for my birthday party. That's a fond memory.

[@mikeduplessis8069]

This film is a childhood touchstone for aging American males, many of who could quote all the movie dialog to you.

[@patrickflanagan3762]

I saw this as a kid and most of the satiric content went over my head, but the more you watch the more you see. The movie is a SCATHING attack on capitalism. They even have the evil corporate guy and the evil crime boss give essentially the same speech at different scenes in the movie, both ending with "good business is where you find it," showing that the movie sees corporations and criminal cartels as interchangeable. The movie also casts RoboCop as a modern-day Jesus analogue. He dies and rises again, and in the final battle he appears to be walking on water (just a camera trick but still) and he is stabbed in the side with a spear just like Jesus on the cross. I guess that makes Officer Lewis Mary Magdalene? (Maybe that's pushing the analogy too far). The RoboCop suit was so painful and so hot that even with fans, Peter Weller is said to have sweated off about 3 pounds for each full day of filming. He quit the movie shortly into filming but was convinced to come back and finish. Weller is a very smart and very eclectic guy, he's been in a ton of stuff as you mentioned and directed quite a bit of TV as well. Besides ROBOCOP he's most famous for playing the title role in a 1984 sci-fi movie which is the definition of a cult classic (get ready) - THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION, which is very weird and very fun and very, very, very 1980s. Besides that Weller is also a jazz musician (he's been in a band with Jeff Goldblum) and has a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History (a real degree, not a fake honorary one) and has taught university-level courses on art history and archaeology. Another great reaction, thanks as always.

[@biguy617]

I met the lead actor at comic con. His partner is the same actress that played the bully from Carrie.

[@Splurr]

This movie has a lot of intresting sidecharacters. They are all veridos. Like the thumbs up guy at the office, the guy in the restrom, the 2 hokers, the laughing guy, the guy at the disco. My favorite is the guy who got drenched in chemicals. Who did i miss ?

[@WoncoTheSane]

By all means YES. You are supposed to laugh at this movie, and I'm so glad you did. Another great reaction, thank you for all your great works.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

You're obviously quoting feminist dogma and rhetoric if you think the 80's was so misogynistic. Are you forgetting Ripley, Sarah Connor, Buffy, Marrion Ravenwood (Raiders of the lost ark)... any number of strong female leads and support actresses... You've been indoctrinated with lies, try watching old films and see how many actually subordinated women. The oldest film I've got is 1936 and that a woman running a man ragged from a position of entitlement and wealth...

[@jamesroseii]

So this is a very adult move. However, this movie spawned toys and a Saturday morning cartoon. I remember seeing this with my folks when we rented it. I think most kids I know saw it. Kind of surprising to me now considering how ultra violent it is.

[@MrSheckstr]

The late 80s saw ALOT of grown up movies getting a cartoon series , its was a way to introduce younger kids/consumers to a franchise

[@0okamino]

“Hey, mom and dad, why not buy the kids a xenomorph? They’ll love it!”

[@jamesroseii]

@@0okamino There was an Alien toy line planned. I think a few of the figures were made then the line was cancelled. I think Reaction Toys ended up with the molds.

[@0okamino]

@@jamesroseii Yes, Kenner did produce and release 18" xenomorph figures in 1979, 4 series of _Aliens_ toys from 1992 to 1994 (which were released again as double-packs called _Aliens vs Marine_ in 1996), _Predator_ toys in 1994, and _Aliens: Hive Wars_ toys in 1998. These were all specifically marketed for kids, rather than mainly collectibles like later lines have been. I remember seeing a few commercials for them at the time.

[@michaelbuhl4250]

Clarence is one of my very favorite movie villains.

[@andreluizftorres8114]

👍👍👍

[@MrRSCHECK]

As a 7th grader at the time, we all definitely loved it and the humor... the toxic waste scene was talked about for years. Also side note, when I first saw That 70s Show and saw the character Red, I was like hey its that scary criminal dude from Robocop... :)

[@TheRealRodent]

RoboCop is my #1 and #2 all time favourite, interchangeable alongside Jurassic Park for #1 and #2 spots. It came out when I was 5, and I saw this when I was 7 in 1989... and it changed my movie going world forever and cemented me as a Paul Verhoeven fan for life. At that time, I'd seen Superman 1 and 2, Ghostbusters, maybe Goonies being the most risque movie because the kids swear in that film... and all the other kids my age were into maybe Superman or Indiana Jones, stuff like Mary Poppins and Disney stuff, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and so on. I grew up as a movie-goer very, very quickly when I saw RoboCop. It lead me onto movies like Predator, Alien, Aliens, Terminator, Poltergeist, Blade Runner, The Shining, The Lost Boys, Lethal Weapon, all by the age of 7, 8 and 9. RoboCop was my seminal moment, and made me the cineaste and the writer I am, and drove me to critique cinema. There's so much to this movie than just swearing, gore and action. I've written thesis on RoboCop. I adore this movie.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Trivia: The hostage situation with the mayor is clearly a reference to the real life murder of Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone in San Francisco in 1978.

[@DNulrammah]

NO, You're WRONG, MILK-SUCKER. The movie was released on July 17, 1987 - BEFORE that occurred ( November 27, 1987). Maybe someone fed you that FALSE information. ...or perhaps FACTS & LOGIC do NOT exist in your woke mind?

[@wobaguk]

Another common observation is the film was WAY more over the top satirical back then than it is now. The news reports were so extreme, and yet Fox News and such feel like they are currently about 80% of the way there.

[@LordToddtastic666]

Peter Weller is also Buckaroo Banzai, one of the greatest rockstar scientists to ever exist! And he's also an art historian. And Naked Lunch is a bizarre film

[@shlockofgod]

Why is there a watermelon there?

[@0okamino]

And to seal the deal, there’s a watermelon. What more could anyone ask for?

[@johnfriday5169]

Paul Verhoven made three movies that are Sci-fi legends; Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Could have been a terrible B-movie yet it became an action sci-fi classic!! 🤟😎

[@TheJamieRamone]

Truer words never spoken.

[@NarnianRailway]

Real reason Robocop wears a helmet to disguise his looks is off duty, Murphy is physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot and rock star Buckaroo Banzai. (also Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow and Christopher Lloyd).

[@leilanikiyabupomeranz5775]

Peter Weller movie you should check out is “buckaroo bonsai across the eighth dimension”

[@mcgilj1]

Just a note.. The amazing Nancy Allen played officer Ann Lewis..I think you saw her recently in Brian DePalma's Stephen King adaptation "Carrie" as the evil queen bitch supreme Chris Hardison.

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

She's also fantastic in Dressed to kill and Blow out

[@mcgilj1]

@@Jayskiallthewayski have to say I loved seeing her pop up in Steven Sodebergh's adaption of "Out of Sight". She's always great to see, even when her characters are evil. Lol.

[@thinkbolt]

I'm so glad you've seen this. It's straight-up one of the greatest films of the latter 20th century. A true satire, and a true black comedy, as well as a kick-ass action flick. As you were saying, it was VERY much needed in 1987. Nobody was making satire at the time, or great superhero stories, either. When I saw it at the cinema, the audience cheered at the end. So rare! Forget Total Recall. You need to see BUCKAROO BANZAI!!!

[@platinumspider7859]

I agree on Buckaroo Banzai but don't forget Total Recall, it is a great movie, especially when you look past the action movie exterior.

[@justinamerican8200]

My dad took me to see Robocop in theaters when I was a little kid. I was basically traumatized by Murphy's death. As I grew up, I kind of thought maybe I simply saw the movie too young, but I credit it more to the very effect that Verhoeven was going for. The movie kills that nameless suit with ED 209 in the board room and everyone laughs and cheers (and you're supposed to). Then Murphy dies and it's horrific and tragic and real - movies train us to think that guns and knives kill you instantly and they don't a lot of the time. Him still being alive with the POV, memories of his wife and son, and hand-held camera shots of the EMTs working on him as he's rushed to the hospital - Verhoeven made you laugh at movie violence and then shoves a very realistic gunshot victim death in your face. Verhoeven did the same thing with Showgirls. Shows you gratuitous nudity and sex, sex, sex the whole movie, often over the top and even silly, and then slaps a violent sexual assault scene right into your face.

[@jsalvatori]

One of the most traumatic killings shown on screen

[@MichaelM-uw3mk]

This rudimentary paste sustains his organics. "Y WoULd iT NeEd 2 EaTT????" Dead or alive, you are coming with me. "HoW DoES He ReCOGnIzE HiM hE HaS A MAsK" lol, I'm not hitting that subscribe button.

[@Pandaemoni]

15:54 I assume you figured this out in the editing, but just in case (and since comments help with the algorithm...), Murphy said "Dead or alive, you're coming with me" to that guy both at the gas station and at the chemical plant earlier in the film. (15:18 and 7:54) That's how the criminal recognized him, he knew the voice and that's a reasonably uncommon phrase. Edit: Also, you didn't react to the joke at 20:45 that the car being advertised is the "6000 SUX" ("An American tradition!"). As a kid, I thought the SUX was hilarious (and it's also the car model they offered to the man who took the mayor hostage earlier in the film at 12:53).

[@jamielandis4308]

Peter Weller, star of my all-time favorite movie: “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension.” Nancy Allen is great in “1941,” a WWII comedy by Stephen Spielberg. Paul Verhoeven is best known for his three sci-fi flicks: “Robocop,” “Total Recall.” and “Starship Troopers.” All three movies are so much fun. It’s okay to laugh; we all do it. Fun is fun! Emil’s death-by-toxic waste remains one of my favorite movies deaths, ever.

[@dostatochno]

I think you might be mixing up Karen Allen (who isn't in this movie) with Nancy Allen, who is. Nancy Allen's most famous other role I'm aware of was in Carrie, but Nancy is in 1941, so it seems like you only mixed up the actresses' names.

[@jamielandis4308]

@@dostatochno yes. Thank you (blushing!)

[@dostatochno]

@jamielandis4308 definitely not a big deal. It was a simple mix-up. Also, I try not to care _who_ i's "right" or "wrong," I just want the most correct information to be what ultimately gets passed along.

[@ccthomas]

The Nuke 'em commercial was very topical at the time. The cold war was still going on and there was a lot of talk in the news about the nuclear arms race, and how many MX "peacekeeper" missiles we were deploying everywhere. And the "line of death" came straight from the mouth of Libya's Mommar Gadhaffi, who we also weren't getting along with very well. Having the game end in a joyous nuking was a bit of gallows humor, since people weren't really sure that we *weren't* going to kill ourselves in a nuclear war.

[@reservoirdude92]

Gotta look into pre-Hollywood Verhoeven. He's WAY more than just "the Robocop guy" and if you thought his popular stuff is wild, man oh man, just you wait..

[@glennlesliedance]

I feel like I saw this in the theater when it opened, but I'm not sure. It was futuristic a the sun screen! We could see that the technology of filmmaking was evolving but with issues; not perfect, but the story was disturbing:" the evilness of Dick Jones and Boddicker! The blood and guts of this struck me as severe and unsettling..

[@charlize1253]

Director Paul Verhoeven is responsible for some of the most innovative and biting satires of modern society: Robocop (a satire of corporate takeovers of public services), Starship Troopers (a satire of the 1980s-pro-war mentality), and Total Recall. All of them are over-the-top hyper-violent, itself a comment on our appetite for violence.

[@jaydisqus3353]

My beloveded Red Foreman... Uh oh. My first VHS to go with our first VCR.

[@jefftalbot5192]

15:55: you asked how did he recognize murphy as Robocop: because the bad guy remembered Murphy saying"Dead or Live your coming with me" before they shot him and then Robocop says it again at the gas station which sparks the bad guy's memory 😊

[@DanRamosDR]

I saw this movie seven times in the theater after it got released back in 1987 when I was only 13-14 years old and I loved the hell out of it so much.

[@roowasse8727]

I want a Robocop musical where ED209 has a quiet song by itself, reflecting on existence right before it goes into the boardroom the first time... Then a huge dance number after the "glitch"...

[@brianwashines2645]

Watching the film is important. More important than commenting along, which is trouble enough, but not as troubling as jotting something alongside. If you truly want to understand film, you have to understand that they're meant to be viewed. At least the first time around. Any other time you can start analyzing it and seeing how the film made you feel or think what you did and why. I say this because you missed or forgot certain key points in the story because you weren't allowing yourself to experience it. People recognize appearances, yes, but we also recognize behaviors and communicative elements as well. That's the subtext of what makes this particular film work. He's a machine with human components that go deeper than the material or the objective.

[@andreluizftorres8114]

👍👍

[@tsmartin]

I first saw this on TV. Peter Weller has quite a career in both movies and TV as well as a director. One of his other starring roles was in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension". A fun ... put your brain on hold type of movie. It might be worth a watch.

[@0okamino]

I think BB would totally be worth it. It’s so nutty, and has that great “Oh, hey, it’s them” ensemble.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

Robocop's partner was played by Nancy Allen. An underrated actor perhaps best known for her work with Brian De Palma in Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out...all great films!

[@matthewhoag2609]

Buckaroo Banzai is Peter Weller’s best. It really needs to be one you review (and some Kubrick films too!). It has a great cast, including John Lithgow and Jeff Goldblum. Cheers!

[@johngreig7281]

You didn't expect a strong female character from an 80's movie??? Are you kidding me? The 80's gave you Ellon Ripley and Sarah Connor probably the most bad ass best written female characters ever unlike the terribly written female characters of today with woke identity politics shoehorned in to every one of them and the vast majority of modern movies suck because of it, it's the reason you have to watch older movies and the reason the titans of movie making are haemorrhaging money and thank god they are and it's coming to an end.

[@DV80s]

These young people think they are the generation that knows everything and before them the whole world was in the Dark Ages, too bad for them they depend on our generation's blockbusters for their reboots and remakes.

[@sharkdentures3247]

I think you went into this movie with the right attitude. Also? How DARE you laugh (at poor Mr. Kenny)! Do you have ANY IDEA how MANY blood squibs had to give their lives for this movie?!? LOL And yeah, "Red Foreman" made a great bad guy! (so quotable) FYI: The secretary he was crudely hitting on? Later became his wife IRL. (How cool is that?)

[@ace3093]

I seen this in the theater and loved it as a kid. I still love this movie today. Great video!

[@cuerpo869]

Blow Out 1981a Brian De Palma film with John Travolta, Nancy Allen, and John Lithgow..is another good film to watch

[@sheryldalton8965]

This movie is prophetic.

[@andrewsmith8715]

I actually agree. Its far more so than idiocracy imo.

[@terryhughes7349]

Nice reaction Shanelle. The director made some great movies. "Basic Instinct" was a crowd pleaser.

[@carriesmith742]

This was the first R rated movie I saw at age 10. My friend's dad took us but then his mom felt terrible about all the violence I had been exposed to, whereas I was reveling in hearing the F word in a movie! The violence barely phased me. Not sure what that says about me at age 10, lol. 😊

[@JamesASharp]

Gen Xers and 80s babies are built different, and I thank God for it. 😏😎

[@carriesmith742]

@@JamesASharp me too! That's part of the reason I get such a kick out of reaction videos from people in their 20's because their reaction is PRICELESS, yet we just took it for granted because that's how it was back then.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Robocop changed a lot of things. Car designs changed, after the first gen Taurus came out. Behind the scenes folks and special effects guys, also on the thing, total recall, starship troopers and a few others. Peter Weller worked for weeks walking around and talking like a robot. Then the costume came! It took 11 hours to get in and out of! It was so heavy, he had to relearn all his walking and talking moves! The future look at society was over the top, but somewhat accurate! The bad guy boss also the bad guy in Total recall! Bad guy Red Foreman, also a bad guy in a great movie with James Woods and Robert Downey Jr, True believers! Karen Allen was big in the 80s and early 90s and a muse for Brian DePalma! She was in this, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blowout, and other DePalma movies! The new vp was in a great Kevin Costner movie called, revenge, and is the son of pure Hollywood royalty, Jose Ferrer who had an even better booming voice! U can het a replica 9mm actial working pistol, of his 9mm!!! Watch 2-2, skip 3. I haven't seen the reboot.

[@leesmapman4764]

I remember watching a movies show on TV with my big brother. Verhoeven was a well-known director in the Netherlands with some big movies already on his resume (Turkish Delight being his most famous one) and he moved to the USA to make movies. This was his first really big production (Flesh & Blood didn't get as big) and they showed some sequences including a scene with ED201. I clearly remember both my brother and I being impressed with what he was doing in the USA and we commented on that.

[@markuscriticus8278]

Wha, what makes you think the movie is in any way critical of capitalism? You're reading too much into it. Seriously tho, some of the less blatant bits can be lost. The implication is that unrestrained business tactics OCP employs is what caused the criminality in the first place, and the desire to stamp out crime is not for the benefit of the ctizens living in the new Delta City, since they would be pushed away by the prices of living there. ED-209 was in fact, according to the designers, based on the 80s car design-big, looks cool, but also works like shit.

[@KingCorbinCosmos]

The Shan Smile 😢😅😮❤❤❤❤❤

[@sammybear7100]

You seriously need to watch "Be Kind Rewind" with Mos Def and Jack Black because they remake this movie in the most hilarious way! And it's about amateur film making so I know you'd love it!!

[@TheReturnOfSak]

Hey Shanelle, one thing you should add is, with older movies like this, does this still hold up today? There's very few things in Robocop that feel dated. Obvious, some of the monitors, tv screens, and things like that are dated, but do they hold up? Absolutely. It's why I felt that the remake was stupid and not needed. They could have simply upscaled the video and release that in theaters and it would have done amazingly well.

[@chrisjfox8715]

I gotta disagree with you on that one haha... It's still great and fun but it definitely shows its age without a doubt

[@AuspexAO]

The VFX and even the robotics are quite dated (modern robots can move much more gracefully than Robocop can), but the messages are sadly more applicable than ever. Honestly, it's to the point where the movie no longer is quite as funny because the depictions of corporatization and militarization of cops are pretty much just the modern way we operate.

[@chrisjfox8715]

@@AuspexAO tbh the way robocop moves is ok to me and still works. It's 209 that looks like a toy The story's great tho

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@AuspexAO Robocop's lack of grace would be an issue if he was supposed to do the tango, but he's not. He's supposed to be an absolute fucking unit, and they achieved that to such an extent that when they screen tested the suit with a Desert Eagle, it looked like a toy in his hand.

[@AuspexAO]

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t I definitely don't want to see him crawling on the ceiling like a Xenomorph, ha ha. Just that an actual cyborg would have advanced servos that allowed for incredibly fast running speeds as well as fast enough reflexes to whip that gun around like a trick shooter. For the time that rig is definitely impressive. Not to mention he's a prototype anyway.

[@richardhansen3703]

It wasn't RoboCop's face the guy on the motorcycle recognized. It's when he said Dead or Alive you're coming with me.

[@generic_sauce]

They really don't make movies like this anymore, which is a shame! You should also check out Starship Troopers, by the same director with the same feel. (That movie just turned 26 too)

[@TheJamieRamone]

13:41 - So apart from the film courses in college you slept during history classes in high school as well? The beginning of the end of the cold war was in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall (the 2nd most surreal event in my lifetime) and was pretty much over with in '91 with the collapse and bear-up of the Soviet Union.

[@justwatching6186]

20:46- naming a car SUX probably not the best marketing

[@megafan2000]

Possibly explains why Cox found one still with the factory sticker on it! But if it's the 6000, I reckon it's gotta be the 6th model released. 😂

[@kermitlacock5930]

The reason the gas station robber recognizes Robocop was because he said "Dead or alive. You are coming with me." at the factory.

[@TheJamieRamone]

27:37 - "It was just about dropping you into this crazy world." Or, as we called it: "a tuesday". 😁 But seriously, while exaggerated, it was not AT ALL unrealistic. Not in the slightest, that's why the movie made such an impact: it was relatable, even though it was a scifi/action/popcorn-pusher, and it confronted you with these realities and made you question and think about them.

[@TheJamieRamone]

10:25 - Well, the guy did say they "could have a prototype up and running in 90 days", that's 3 months, so...weeks between shots?

[@willemverheij3412]

I think it really should not be overlooked that Lewis is a pretty great female role for especially that time. She's not the love interest AND is also a competent cop even while her buddy is a cyborg. While Terminator 1 might have helped this movie happen, I feel like Terminator 2 might have taken a page from Robocop too since there we have Sarah Connor being a competent fighter next to a cyborg.

[@ichtheosis]

Robocop walking on water at the end is christ-like showing Murphy's resurrection back to human.

[@christophermitchell6307]

Shanelle, your reaction to ed-209 killing Mr. Kenny or Kinney (whatever his name was) was absolutely priceless 😆. Also this was the first ever film I saw where it only showed the title of the film and not the names of the actors and actresses at the beginning.

[@SuddenReal]

Fun fact: This movie is how Kurtwood Smith met his wife (the woman playing the receptionist).

[@AFC19034life]

One of my favourite films of all time ever since my childhood. Terminator, Robocop and rest of Arnie’s films. The best. Just the best.

[@waterbeauty85]

In an interview for an anniversary edition, Peter Weller (or it might have been Ray Wise) was asked how it felt to be part of a movie that became a cultural icon. He answered "I'm just happy that we were able to make something that was interesting and good. The rest is just gravy on the cake...GRAVY on the CAKE?" realizing he had mix up his metaphors.

[@Calico_Jack_]

Paul Verhoven movies always have that background commentary. I still weep at what he did to the beloved "Starship Troopers". When I got to work as an extra in that movie I really learned how he likes to put his own views into his work. Peter Weller is a great actor but underused and underrated. :Bukaroo Banzai" remains my favorite. Thank you for your reaction.

[@wasgreg]

Didn't really do the book justice. I get that people like the Starship Troopers movie, but I really wanted to see the book's story. 😢

[@Calico_Jack_]

@@wasgreg when we asked the casting director "how much of the book is being used?" and the reply was "about 20%" we knew there was trouble.

[@kevinsizemore2053]

I'm one of the kooky Heinlein fans that like both the book and the movie (for different reasons obviously) but I was disappointed that we didn't get a movie closer to the book.

[@MichaelM-uw3mk]

All that interaction with your camera just screams fake, performative reacting.

[@Allerka]

Kurtwood Smith plays, perhaps, the greatest villain of all-time in this movie. And his performance is absolutely hysterical. It's especially funny because by almost all accounts, Kurtwood is one of the nicest guys around but Boddicker is so evil, lol

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Saw this in theaters in Summer 1987. I probably went to the movies every single weekend that year and I remember being disappointed by a LOT of my anticipated films.. including Superman IV. Robocop delivered big time and blew us all away. Like you said, it was a better superhero movie than the actual superhero movies that came out at the time. It definitely paved the way for more mature comic book type movies like Batman (1989).

[@Elfanater]

I love the soundtrack

[@matsv201]

Dont confuze capitalism with comersialism.

[@stephenbaker1030]

Way back when there were these magical black rectangles called VHS tapes and these happy little places that you can walk into and have an endless aisle after aisle of hours of fun and entertainment. That being said, here in Ontario Canada it seemed like every street corner had a video rental store or a place that you could rent from. Robocop was released on Jan 28,1988 and much like walking into a brick and motor store you could actually rent movies and have them delivered to your place much like ordering a pizza, this is how I saw Robocop for the first time at age 15. Aside from the adult films the video rental places which were independently owned and operated, the video rental places didn't check ID and really could care less if a 15 year old kid was renting something like Robocop or any of the big slasher horror movies. The unrated (NC-17) version of the film didn't see the light of day until 1998 via Criterion on DVD.