RoboCop 2 deleted scene shooting

[@brandonspain12345]

For those who didn't know, RoboCop 2 had a rocky production. It was initially meant to be written and directed by Tim Hunter, who dropped out due to creative differences. All we do know was that his version would've been more character driven like the original movie and RoboCop 2 was more of a robotic fast animal-like machine. Frank Miller was hired to write the script and met with Hunter but after he left, he lost interest but still staued on to pen the script, with Irvin Kershner directing. Even then, the script was constantly being revised during production, with scenes being added and dropped as shooting went on. (Miller's original script was adapted into a comic book in 2003, which had elements of RoboCop 3 with the housing projects subplot.) - Lewis was originally around to lend Murphy a hand. Nancy Allen has said in interviews that the original script featured her character prominently, but the re-writes diminished her role. At one point, Lewis takes up a collection and visits the OCP headquarters to talk with Dr. Faxx about fixing RoboCop after being disassembled by Cain and his gang. Later, she helps her robo-partner snap out of it after he has a confrontation with his former wife. (Which I'll get to.) There was also a scene where RoboCop and Lewis break into Faxx's office and discover the blueprints for RoboCop 2. During the brewery shootout, Lewis gets into a fight with Catzo, Cain's right hand man. - One deleted scene filmed had Cain and Angie visit OCP headquarters, and Cain's encounter with Dr. Faxx and discuss about the RB2 project which would later spark Dr. Faxx putting his brain in the machine, and after taking more Nuke, he walks up to the gray RC armor from the original movie on display and stares at it face to face. There was also a scene of him meditating to explore his hippie side, and there's behind the scenes pictures of him wearing a cool top hat. - The original script/Novelization also dove deeper into RoboCop's psyche. The movie attempts to explore how RoboCop has become more human since the ending of the first, but the subplot is quickly dropped. In the scene where Robocop is pulled apart by the gang, he visions himself visiting Murphy's grave with the scene cutting back and forth of him masked and unmasked in a surreal way. (In the Marvel adaptation, this just had him visiting his grave after his wife's visit.) - In the novelization that utilized the original script, we get a better explanation for why RoboCop is waging a war on Nuke. Seeing the crumbling state of the city and how so much of the youth is hooked on Nuke has him worried that his son will end up like Hobb, corrupted by vice and crime. - The scene where RoboCop encounters his former wife at the police station happens much later in the book. After being told by the lawyers to stay away from her, RoboCop drives to a junkyard to ponder what he has become... ("He closed his eyes and daydreamed, seeing himself frozen solid by rust. He envisioned the mighty magnets lifting his long out-modeled, creaky, corroded body toward the conveyor belt. The conveyor accepting the offering without question. The whining, flailing machine nourished itself on Robo's body, tearing it to pieces with rotating, razor-sharp teeth.") Fortunately, Lewis arrives to snap RoboCop out of his suicidal thoughts and remind him of who he is. - The original climax has RoboCop and RoboCop 2 instead fight in a giant construction site (much like Spider-Man 3.) and you actually find the concept art online. - Finally, in the aftermath of the fight between him and RoboCop 2, Murphy notices his son amongst the crowd, and does the TJ Lazer gun-twirl to let him know that everything's alright and smiles. There are so many scenes changed and altered that it made the sequel become a middle-of-the-road "meh" movie. You can tell the film had the right ingredients, but someone pissed in the recipe. It's clearly not a bad movie, but I feel it's just disappointing. And I think that hurts more than just being a bad movie; to see the potential put to waste. And the novelization/original script showed that potential. 😞

[@jeffreythomas7402]

Thanks for this

[@dimitristselikis5525]

Where can we find the original script?

[@joeyuk000]

Thanks for this. I just imagine your words and man…! I would read these scripts too. Where could I find them?

[@QueLindoFilms]

What a shame. This movie was completely missing the emotional core of the original and all of these scenes could have allowed Murphy a proper arc…

[@DwightLivesMatter]

Sources?

[@tomsghaza4171]

Man, no one can do the walk as mr weller does

[@jamalsmith5073]

He's the real deal .

[@thadevilzadvocate]

@@jamalsmith5073He studied mime to get that walk perfected.

[@jamalsmith5073]

@@thadevilzadvocate Paid off didn't it? If the average person doesn't enjoy RoboCop 2, at least enjoy the walk and performance.

[@danieldonnelly3589]

Even without SFX he still has those loud, heavy, crunching footsteps 😂

[@sunnyjohnson992]

According to the Robocop Archive, this was the deleted “Graveyard Dream” scene. Robo is suffering after being dismantled by Cain’s gang. This shot was filmed with both his helmet on and without. I think it was cut because Murphy’s headstone 🪦 looked really fake.

[@dutchschaefer4983]

I read somewhere that the scene was too ‘dark’ and ‘morbid’. Which I don’t get because those terms are what makes Robocop great.

[@brandonspain12345]

​@@dutchschaefer4983 That's nothing. You should read the novelization that was based on the original script. In the novelization that utilized the original script, we get a better explanation for why RoboCop is waging a war on Nuke. Seeing the crumbling state of the city and how so much of the youth is hooked on Nuke has him worried that his son will end up like Hobb, corrupted by vice and crime. The scene where RoboCop encounters his former wife at the police station happens much later in the book. After being told by the lawyers to stay away from her, RoboCop drives to a junkyard to ponder what he has become. "He closed his eyes and daydreamed, seeing himself frozen solid by rust. He envisioned the mighty magnets lifting his long out-modeled, creaky, corroded body toward the conveyor belt. The conveyor accepting the offering without question. The whining, flailing machine nourished itself on Robo's body, tearing it to pieces with rotating, razor-sharp teeth." Fortunately, Lewis arrives to snap RoboCop out of his suicidal thoughts and remind him of who he is. Also, In the aftermath of the fight between him and Robo-Cain, RoboCop notices his son amongst the crowd, and does the TJ Lazer gun-twirl to let him know that everything's alright. You can tell the movie had a messy production and the script was constantly being revised during production, with SO many scenes being added and dropped as shooting went on with sideplots that go nowhere.

[@sublimeade]

Im glad they deleted this, they didnt really develop the character of the umbrella guy and it wouldve been too confusing

[@QueLindoFilms]

🤣🤣

[@DeltaCharlie89]

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[@BlastPain]

R2 definitely has the best suit, walking, movements and Robo sound effects

[@alekskot9240]

Man... his movement and his acting was just amazing!

[@leejones8582]

This scene of Robocop visiting his grave was also cut out of the first Robocop would be nice to see it in a future film.

[@cyclopstb]

They shouldn't deleted this.

[@Pob2278]

Maybe there should of been a directors re-edit.

[@procta2343]

For some reason Peter never really spoke much about the filming of the second film compared to the very 1st one. I often wonder if this one was utter pain behind the scenes with the director.

[@mrpringle9479]

Nancy said they were a lot more strict

[@benjiespinosa4703]

Yea I can’t find much besides the making of Robocop 2 where Peter talks about it. If I could ask him a question it’d be about Robocop 2. He’d probably shut me down tho

[@AnytingGoes]

Im guessing Nancy would tell him about her issue with Kershner as she and Weller got on well so he would surely have a distaste for Kershner aswell and just got on with the unpleasant experience to finish the film. Quite a contrast to the 3rd film, Dekker tells a story of Weller comming to see him in person to apologise for not being able to do the movie and Nancy got on with Dekker and Burke well.

[@TruDis01]

Damn, that costume really is fantastic

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

This should've been the ending to the film.

[@robertjc4195]

I so want to see this scene why did they cut it

[@spiceweasle3945]

A scene like this would have had so much weight in the film!!!! Shame they left it out.

[@brettaberdeen]

Do you have more footage?

[@CainNuke]

Funny thing is that he seems to be using the first suit.

[@sidownes]

Yep, doesn’t look blue to me

[@TruDis01]

I thought that at first as well but at 3:40 you can see that it does indeed have that blue/turquoise tinge

[@dahuyvamvrot]

a truly ill-fated scene which had already been in the script for the original movie but was never filmed. then they got to film it for the second movie only to drop it in the end. in my own opinion the whole idea is kinda creepy and i'm glad the scene didn't make it on screen.

[@chilicheesejay]

The Corporate Wars should have been the movie made. RoboCop reborn in a Blade Runner-esque dystopia of political dysfunction and his family long gone would've set the tone for a new Veerhoven film. Demolition Man was a hint at what we could've gotten, but in an Ultra-Violent future like Judge Dredd.

[@cDayz]

I think there's just something with this that feels it's gone to far wrong emotionally.

[@ЖигилійВалерія]

Oh my god😮😮❤❤❤❤

[@yescomano]

Amazing, I would like to see more of these and when he is stripped

[@jorgealessandro8015]

amazing !!!!!!!!!!

[@richardsimek4587]

Interesting.. ☔

[@DOOMAnimate-sh1ou]

they should have made this scene offical in my opinion

[@guillermolopez6097]

Esa escena corresponde cuando Robocop ve la tumba de alex murphy , es qlgjn tipo de sueño mientras se recupera por el daño recibido por caun y su banda,cuando lo despedazaron

[@PANDRIUX]

Cool footage

[@jamalsmith5073]

Boy, talking about putting in a day's work. It's all entertainment at the movies but these can be long days, take after take of one scene.

[@lukerichardson2404]

One scene that doesn't even make it in

[@Apjooz]

Weller probably was so good because he is/was an endurance athlete.

[@abbathdemonaz]

Why the suit is not blueish in this scene??

[@Ninho8251]

As cenas mais tristes foi quando ele desmantelado pela gangue e a outra a morte do Garoto que mesmo sendo bandido era uma criança e poderia se concertar.

[@mein_passat]

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[@MarioRossi-xo6im]

Hi! Wooww !!! Magnificent document !!! I assume he ( RoboCop ) was going to his grave. It is a real shame that they did not include this scene in the film, it would have been of great emotional effect, and would have given the whole film a further note of extreme drama and therefore of great spiritual depth, that spirituality that everyone asks from the first film, that is: Alex Murphy from the moment he became RoboCop, ( Cyborg ) will still have the Soul, or Not ?? .... Bye!

[@angelmariatolosaortiz1996]

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