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@rickyrackey79302 жыл бұрын
I think I finally understand God of War’s purpose. Different mythologies=Gameplay style
@2cents4u2 жыл бұрын
Freeze Creep
@Cre8Lounge2 жыл бұрын
You didn't mention Star Wars.
@OtherSideOfTheFence2 жыл бұрын
Video narrator basically describes life.
@Kenshar19842 жыл бұрын
Omg please do a Sarah Conner chronicles review… I loved that show…. So much better than all the horrible sequels we got after judgement day.
@HunterForHire4222 жыл бұрын
My dad stumbled into me watching this analysis and stuck around till the end with a big smile on his face the whole time. When it was over he brought me over to his old dusty movie shelf and gave me his original copy of robocop. I never even knew we had it. so thank you Mayo for not only the amazing video but also creating a special moment between me and my dad.
@underthemayo2 жыл бұрын
Best comment.
@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter2 жыл бұрын
Worthy profile picture.
@rustyrt2 жыл бұрын
That is beautiful
@PossiblyAnIrishGuy2 жыл бұрын
You and your dad are awesome. Reading this comment left me with a huge smile on my face.
@zackfoster23562 жыл бұрын
Very cool 👌
@jameshurley44812 жыл бұрын
I was watching Robocop one day. My mom comes in and asks me what I'm watching. When I tell her, she says, "Oh, that's that sad movie about the man that loses his family."
@bchearne Жыл бұрын
Moms be like that
@Cyril29a Жыл бұрын
Gotta hand it to her. Sorry.
@DevDabs420Official Жыл бұрын
This made me laugh, thats sweet.
@martykeaton182 Жыл бұрын
He can still protect them. So, in a way, he still has them.
@DevDabs420Official Жыл бұрын
@@martykeaton182 only in the 14 reboot though
@zephyr8072 Жыл бұрын
The funniest thing about “Bitches leave” is that Verhoeven apparently wasn’t aware that bitch was an insult in english, so sent off the two actresses after their scene with “Thank you bitches! That was the bitches, everyone!” Causing Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer to fall over themselves laughing.
@BeegableRock Жыл бұрын
Paul "Rick James" Verhoeven
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
"Nice work, bitches" ... can't say I'd blame Ferrer and Smith
@Blackmark7410 Жыл бұрын
In a way the studio was right, the house scene does slow the movie down, but it slows it in the right way, at the right time. It allows us the audience a moment to let everything sink in, and feel Murphy's pain just as he is beginning to. As stated it is one of the scenes that elevates this movie beyond an action flick. I'm glad that it ultimately stayed in
@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle Жыл бұрын
You kinda need to have some slow downs to allow audience to sink in everything that just happen, especially after some major action scene or some big revelation (or just crucial plot point). This is what lot of blockbuster movies do wrong, they just move on neckbreaking speed because they think audience is bunch of idiots who have to have gunfights and explosions every two seconds. Think about let's say Star Wars ep 5, imagine how effective would be reveal that Darth Vader is Luke's father, if right away they got into some major action scene. They would just gloss over such important plot point. The whole movie and movie after it (or even more, entire trilogy) kinda completely changes after that scene. It goes from "good guy fights evil villain" theme to story about son trying to redeem his father who is well beyond redemption.
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
As a kid I hated it. As an adult...I don't like it.
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
Paradise lost, as Verhoeven described it, I think it's not just and interlude to close the act, it is essential to the story, it's where you see what was taken away from him, his family, his life... can't really be the Robocop movie that was envisioned without it.
@RKingis9 ай бұрын
Plus the music for that scene.
@ethanstarbuck3124 Жыл бұрын
What’s crazy is that this review is only around 30 minutes short than the actual movie. It is one of the most tightly paced, perfectly balanced movies I’ve ever seen. Great review!
@clydemarshall80952 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the movie is when Murphy says “thank you,” after Dick is fired.
@downwithputinsaveukraine13132 жыл бұрын
DICK, YOU'RE FIRED!
@quagmoe78792 жыл бұрын
My favorite scene is the part where the ED-209 struggles with the first step in the stairwell, falls down the stairs, and shuts down after squealing like a pig. Never fails to make me laugh.
@namegoeshere692 жыл бұрын
@@quagmoe7879 are you guys forgetting the scene in the coke warehouse?
@quagmoe78792 жыл бұрын
@@namegoeshere69 No, I didn’t forget. I still prefer to see the ED-209 fall down the stairs though because it’s funny.
@namegoeshere692 жыл бұрын
@@quagmoe7879 yea it is pretty hilarious. the warehouse scene always pops into my head when I hear RoboCop
@RobTheDoodler2 жыл бұрын
I still get choked up when Murphy is walking through his old house and reliving the memories of life with his family.
@turricanedtc37642 жыл бұрын
All Peter Weller had available to "sell" it with as an actor was the lower half of his face and his physical acting, and he knocked it out of the park.
@Cokehead_Drug_Addict_Zelensky Жыл бұрын
My friend went through a nasty divorce that lasted 18 months and the whole time he couldn't set foot in the house he built over 20 years ago and raised two kids in. After his horrible cheating wife finally moved out after the divorce was final, he was at last allowed to return to his empty home. He said, "It felt just like that scene from Robocop".
@Thrashman138 Жыл бұрын
@@Cokehead_Drug_Addict_ZelenskyMan, what a gut punch.
@mirlomaltes Жыл бұрын
I’m an early 90s kid, so my memory of the movie is exclusively from the VHS tape that me and my brothers would watch over and over again. I remember the eerie, sad, sad feeling that particular scene always gave me. Little did I know I was facing an existential abyss.
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
It's a pivotal scene tied to the gas station reveal, good thing Verhoeven ultimately prevailed.
@ollytherevenant16532 жыл бұрын
Even at face value as a kickass 80’s action movie it’s great, but under a more analytical lens it becomes even better as a powerful drama about humanity.
@MC-yq6us2 жыл бұрын
Watched it recently on Bly ray after like 10 years and was blown away. Couldn’t believe how great it was. Also the transfer was amazing looked like it was made in the 2000s. Robocip was way ahead of its time.
@jekw232 жыл бұрын
I was thinking as a kid I loved the action, in my 20s I loved it for the humour, now I love the drama. So many little moments really move me but the line “I can feel them….but I don’t remember them” always brought a lump to my throat. This movie does not put a step wrong. An absolute classic.
@carlospinedadelgado892 жыл бұрын
Neura link and Elon musk are the OCP of this film.
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
@@jekw23Beautiful
@Kaspertube513 Жыл бұрын
"You think you some kinda great cop"
@chemergency2 жыл бұрын
The original RoboCop is genius. It pushed tons of boundaries with its gritty tone and graphic content, it introduced the mainstream to many concepts and themes found in Cyberpunk science fiction, it can still be interpreted in multiple ways depending on your ideological views, and it remains consistently-entertaining to watch to this day.
@olenabi2 жыл бұрын
56 minutes went by like 56 seconds. Somehow you managed to put into words everything I felt for this masterpiece by Paul Verhoeven for years. You can see he put his soul into it. I think Robocop had been out for 6-7 years by the time I saw it first as a 10-year-old girl. It had me right there, shattered to the core. I probably would not be able to tell as a kid what I loved most about it, but I definitely rewatched it dozens of times on our black JVC video player until I knew all the lines by heart. Thank you for this analysis, I will probably want to watch it again too and show to my family. I cannot imagine anyone else except Peter Weller as the Robocop. May I just mention that I really found his face attractive and even cool in the steel mask. The perfect image of a hero - attractive, noble and invincible. P.S. I'm also a fan of Showgirls, Basic Instinct and Total Recall.
@seaneldridge3309 Жыл бұрын
Right, peter Weller looks sexy as a brand new shiny robot cop.. his mouth and lips ? Way cool!
@robdimambro16742 ай бұрын
Still the greatest movie ever, blew me away when I watched it at 3AM Xmas morning, I was 11 and it blew my mind. My daughter (also 10!) has watched Robocop 3 with me, it feels different watching it with your child and seems more watchable. However, I really want to watch the original with her, but I want her to be ready to first, although she's dying to see it too!
@Sidewayz4552 жыл бұрын
Watching it as a kid I've never believed the image of the future portrayed within. The mindless entertainment, the absolute disregard for someone's property, rampant crime and purposefully underfunded police force... This movie was prophetic in so many ways...
@SuperHns2 жыл бұрын
it also predicted Detroit going bankrupt
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
So true
@scooterbee277711 ай бұрын
This was pretty much Detroit in the 80s
@Cyril29a2 жыл бұрын
I saw this in theatres when I was 11 and Murphy's murder broke my brain. I was expecting a dumb fun movie and instead was treated to the most important cinematic experience I had ever had up to that point. Murphy's death really rattled me and the brutality of the gang was undeniable but still the film made me care about all these characters. I don't think I have ever hated a character more than I hated Clarence and I actively refused to watch that 70s show because I couldn't not see the actor as any other character. The sequels, cartoons, remake are all missing the point but that is still ok in that Robocop is on the surface still extremely cool. so cool that many people don't bother to look past it. Robocop is a western, a revenge story of a wronged lone gunman who stops at nothing to get his man. Robocop is a masterpiece.
@stevenhandsome9179 Жыл бұрын
And we all had that problem watching that character in that 70's show. i always thought when he was going to shoot his own son Erik. He really played a memorable villain so good i cant picture him in any other roles.
@kmieciu4ever Жыл бұрын
@@stevenhandsome9179 "This guy's a gangster? His real name's Clarence :-)
@mikepastor.k6233 Жыл бұрын
His character on that 70's show had an underlying menacing demeanor that made me think of Clarence.
@Cyril29a Жыл бұрын
And Clarence lives at home a hand from Alex! And the hand from Alex was blown off with malice. Look they don't wanna battle they shook Cuz nobody is badder than Robocrook @@kmieciu4ever
@potatoyes24610 ай бұрын
it's funny because when I was 11 in 2004, the actor was always Red Foreman (That 70s Show) to me. i popped in my dad's old VHS of Robocop and could not believe seeing (younger) him as an actual villain lol
@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo89782 жыл бұрын
the way robocop clumsily walks out of his former bedroom, was like showing that alex was taking control once again
@IonVortexx2 жыл бұрын
The part where that man was literally melting from the acid scared the living hell out of me as a kid
@Cokehead_Drug_Addict_Zelensky Жыл бұрын
Or when Red Foreman plows into him and he just explodes like a rotten watermelon.
@gabrielmendoza8567 Жыл бұрын
Yeah Emil hits that toxic tank turning him all elephant Maned out, scares Nash to death then gets hit by clarence and explodes like a rotting pumpkin. Killed by 6000 SUX
@the-craig Жыл бұрын
Same, scared the crap outta me. Then fascinated me to no end
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. They didn't hold back. And... oh boy...
@alswearengine4867 Жыл бұрын
Ray Wise in that scene was the best. Between his facial expressions, and his repulsed tone when he says “Don’t touch me man!”
@MentalHeffer Жыл бұрын
Dick Jones confessing to Robocop doesn't feel out of place, because when he sent Boddicker to kill Bob, he recorded a DVD. A damn DVD! Instead of just outright kill him. So, it's consistent with his character. Awesome video, we need a part 2! :D
@darkworlddenizen Жыл бұрын
Actually, it's a VCD, DVD wasn't invented back then.
@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist Жыл бұрын
@@darkworlddenizen VCD's were first released in 1993. It's probably just a plain old CD but Paul Verhoven predicted DVD's.
@USSMariner Жыл бұрын
@@Firguy_the_Foot_FetishistLaserdisc had been around since the late 70s. It would have been easy to predict that we'd eventually get something like that in a CD format.
@Del_S Жыл бұрын
@@USSMariner A precursor to DVDs and even VCDs did exist, the CD Video (it was analogue video like laserdisc, not digital, and held about 5 minutes of footage). Except it was launched on the 30th of May 1987 in the US, it seems. The movie released July 17th, so either they knew the technology was coming or accidentally predicted it during filming.
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
I think they used laserdisc as the template, they're analog after all and Dick Jones's recording has a home video quality to it, so just made it into the more compact format (it's the future after all)
@neonpop802 жыл бұрын
Omg man. This brought a tear to my eye. You are a friend to me. You’ve expressed my thoughts I tell people all the time. I can’t believe people can’t see the humanity in the machine, the man and the movie. I’d love to make my own breakdown as the best dedication I can give this beautiful movie
@rikb7282 жыл бұрын
Same man.
@thecoldglassofwatershow2 жыл бұрын
Ok I just got teary eyed too. Thought it was my period but glad it wasn’t just me 😅
@newworldordernyus2 жыл бұрын
I've always believed that feelings are mostly learned like every other human character, you do have the animal instincts early on in life like attachments to mother, but those are animal survival tactics you can even teach a machine, but feelings are a series of unique experiences that your brain replicates and responds to accordingly, that's why for example people who never experienced love have more difficulties expressing love. If you face anger in the environment, you become angry and so on. That's why I believe making machines with feelings is not a difficult programming task, but would require interaction with real humans to master, but once it reaches self-sufficiency, you can produce the most loving being in the universe, because you can make machine that has feelings of hate completely blocked and as an AI installed on millions of other machines, whenever one learns a positive expression of response from one human, the master AI that updates all the robots also gets an update, machines unlike humans never forget or get distracted by mixed feelings and if 1000s of new positive feelings learned, all robots get updated, millions of updates each month.
@MrRyuken5552 жыл бұрын
Fun fact - the secretary is actually Kurteood Smiths wife in real life. Great review of Robocop one of the greatest movies of all time.
@davidanderson36522 жыл бұрын
That is a true fan right there, I can confirm this is also accurate.
@MattKayser2 жыл бұрын
The best part is that this is how they met 😆
@debbiesmith1935 Жыл бұрын
So.... She kept the gum then?
@onerandombruh Жыл бұрын
@@debbiesmith1935maybe more than that, buddy.
@gregbors8364 Жыл бұрын
Then I guess she did… fit him in 😜
@maarkaus482 жыл бұрын
I remember being in the theatre when Murphy died and the screen went black. It was dead silence in the room. I think one person coughed. Just an amazing moment. Then you were blinded with the static screen turning on. SO well done
@NyangoStarAmerica Жыл бұрын
That must have been amazing in theaters to see how it affected the audience. When I have seen re-releases of classic movies in theaters the audience reactions have been surprising because they react to things or notice things I never noticed. I would love to be in a packed theater for Robocop. 😮
@Kaspertube513 Жыл бұрын
Pass me the LED
@slainemccool2875 Жыл бұрын
Lucky....my first viewing was a censored version on TV in the early 90s
@dallasbagley2 жыл бұрын
Seeing this movie at the age of 6, in 1987, is what planted the seed of a dream within me. From that day, I became infatuated with movies, and story telling. It's one of the reasons I worked in the business.
@jasonelliott7977 Жыл бұрын
You don’t anymore?
@wackyvorlon Жыл бұрын
Ultimately, it’s a movie about a man who has been stripped of his humanity by capitalism fighting to regain it. Underneath all the flash and effects, there is an emotional core that speaks to all of us living in a world dominated by corporations. The removal of the helmet, the change in his choice, and the final line: “Murphy”. He’s not seeking revenge, he is seeking his humanity.
@The9thCell2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite movie of all time. I loved your homage and clear review / introspection. One more detail that people might have missed: when the gas station blows up, "Shell" becomes "Hell", and when he walks away from the fire it's a metaphor to Murphy stepping out of his own hell. This movie is filled with these little things. His death being similar to Jesus Christ..Murphy walking on water near the end..I mean..Genius work here. In all aspects, a Perfect movie. And I agree. This is a Drama. Hands down to you, Sir.
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
Thats a reach. I saw the video I think you got it from And it's reaching too
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
Verhoeven was obsessed with hagiological figures of Jesus at that time, I believe.
@neonpop802 жыл бұрын
The scene of him seeing himself as Murphy on screen is haunting because he meets his own ghost. Really captured beautifully with music and sound and that leads to the next scene of a salesman trying to sell Murphy’s last trace of his memories, his home. A sad ghost like story
@d3vilman692 жыл бұрын
This is why 99% of my bluray movies are from the 80's n 90's - They keep things simple, no fancy over-the-top CGI, and make you want to watch them again every few years and still enjoy it even though you already know how the story turns out.
@debbiesmith1935 Жыл бұрын
That is the mark of a truly amazing movie... When you have seen it, you already know how the story begins and ends, yet you can still watch it whenever, a hundred times. A couple other movies I love to rewatch are the first 2 Terminators and The Matrix
@Cyril29a Жыл бұрын
Also older movies shot on high quality film really do look amazing on high res digital media. We have finally gotten to the point where a good transfer of a well shot film can look spectacular at home. Dvds never cut it quality wise, and even 1080p media was really lacking the cinematic touch. 4K HDR on a good TV with a solid sound system is quite the experience if you set it up correctly.
@LordMalice6d9 Жыл бұрын
Movies were just made better, with more talented directors, cinematographers, composers, et cetera back in the 1970's 80's and 90's.
@camf33 Жыл бұрын
I am there with you.. literally that’s my collection.. all 80s and 90s.. and some good historicals prior to the 80s. I refuse to watch empty, dull movies with a fest of CGI that they look more like video games instead.. yes.. you hear that Disney!
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
You have over a hundred blu rays? In order have 99% mathematically you'd have to have at least 100. Even if it was 49 out of 50 that's only 98%.
@Jedi2016 Жыл бұрын
"I can feel them. But I can't remember them." - Most impactful line of the film, even if it's not one of the quotable ones. All of Murphy's pain rolled into one moment.
@underthemayo Жыл бұрын
Yeah. And you'll notice I didn't include it. I want people who find the movie through the video to hear that themselves in the movie.
@TheZoobZoobs Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who teared up at the scene of Robocop being under fire by his own colleagues
@theantgre2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how it's almost been 35 YEARS since this movie came out I just watched it weeks ago because you reccomended it and I still loved it, it was amazing
@mechinate2 жыл бұрын
35 years 😉
@theantgre2 жыл бұрын
@@mechinate oh, right, lol
@noelmumford29562 жыл бұрын
one of my TOP 5 FAVORITE MOVIES...so much more than an action film...loved the social commentary...an incredible file which i will never tire of watching...
@neonpop802 жыл бұрын
The scene with robocop’s pov when they first made him is to give you the feeling of his conscious awakening. Making the audience get a first hand experience of his little beautiful mysterious thing we call consciousness. And you know this film is about Murphy retrieving his soul
@chriswilson31262 жыл бұрын
You've summarised so well why this too is one of my faves. You couldn't change anything about Robocop to make it better. It's perfect.
@necrongaming7557 Жыл бұрын
One thing you failed to mention when speaking of the scene in which he is reborn, there is also a New Years party during all of this. Showing, brilliantly, mind you, not only the passage of time itself, but giving us a look at how long Murphy was gone without doing something cliché like a black screen with some sort of cue card or block of text telling us how long Alex Murphy had been absent, or how long the Robocop Program took to achieve it's goal. I always felt it was a wonderful way to show the passage of time and still be subtle enough to respect the viewer's intelligence. It pairs extremely well with the flashbacks we see both when he passes and when he visits his old home. It gives us something to look back on when he sees the shattered and broken remains of the life that was stolen from him, and gives us another piece of a small but important and overarching puzzle that isnt completed until the final sequence at the steel mill when Lewis tells him what happened to his wife and son after Murphy passed away, coming full circle and having him realize that the life he once had is sadly no longer a reality and cannot be.
@emery2310 Жыл бұрын
I cannot believe someone actually stripped this movie down while building it up in every scene! Great job!! Please do this for my favorite movie..The Terminator!!
@mondragon92822 жыл бұрын
I watched Robocop for the first time just this past Christmas day. It was absolutely fantastic. I'm so glad that I was able to finally see this movie. This analysis captured the movie absolutely perfectly. Well done, mayo!
@buckhead40z2 жыл бұрын
I recently had watched it again, with it being a personal favorite as a kid. And I was surprised. I was like, 'Wow... This is actually a great movie, not just a nostolgic shoot em up.' Great analysis!!
@marconeves19792 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Just rewatched it recently (after many years. I watched it at 10 and through my teens. Then watched it again a few days ago at 40) and..... I was speechless at how prescient the film is. Pure brilliance. And daaaaamn..... I still can't find the words to explain to any other human being how much empathy, sympathy (and how bad) I feel for Alex J. Murphy.... and also how satisfying everything feels at the end of the film. Everything in this film is brilliant. And that Basil Poledouris score......oooooh wow. And Clarence Boddicker is the best villain ever.
@BrooklynFirstTeam2 жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic tribute to one of the greatest films ever made. Thank you!
@robertwilson2142 жыл бұрын
To watch boddikers sadism at the beginning of the film and then when he realises his death is imminent,his sqealing...is just one of the most awesome moments in movie history.
@NyangoStarAmerica Жыл бұрын
He is the greatest villain I have ever seen in any movie. He kills the good guy, but the good guy comes back for revenge.😮
@Kaspertube513 Жыл бұрын
Guns guns guns .....the Lakers playing tonight ...and I never miss a game.
@NattyNosyarg2 жыл бұрын
Easily one of the best videos you have ever put out. I'm glad I came across your content and I'm very happy to see you succeed. Ready for you to get to 500k and wishing you the best.
@TheRealCaptainFreedom2 жыл бұрын
Robocop can also be watched as a satire of consumer culture or a comedy or even an admittedly unorthodox buddy cop movie. It’s like the Swiss Army knife of movies.
@brunoluz43012 жыл бұрын
Now that you've analyzed and shown us you love the original Robocop, I think it would be fitting for you to make an entire video DESTROYING the modern remake.
@Sharktankgaming2 жыл бұрын
I second that motion...
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan2 жыл бұрын
Tbf it's not worst Robocop movie (it still sucks though)
@Erik-vp5bm2 жыл бұрын
I believe that movie destroyed itself.
@CharlieD.7062 жыл бұрын
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Dude it’s 100% the worst. 1 is great, 2 is good, 3 is so bad it’s good and the remake is the most safe, uninspired and generic remake I’ve ever seen. Gives me Total Recall remake vibes. 🤢
@pbxn-3rdx-85percent2 жыл бұрын
Robocop remake was as fake and cringey as the chinese toy ROBERTCOP. 😅
@Catch22WebKeysYT5 ай бұрын
Robocop was always a movie my dad and me bonded over with, my dad lost his sight in 2015 and has been clinically depressed ever since, he was out of work and down on his luck but even though he cant physically see it he still sits and listens to it with me, i once said to him that does he want me to explain what's happening and he said to me "no son i can still see this movie through the memories of watching it with you whilst you were growing up"
@andrewshaver5800 Жыл бұрын
The completion of his transformation back to Murphy and being human followed by that main theme dropping is one of the most satisfying endings to any movie I can think of.
@Anubis.62562 жыл бұрын
"Bitches Leave!!! "Can you FLY Bobby?!" "The Tigers are playin'...to-night!". Clarence Boddicker is one of the best screen villains of all time. Honorable mention for Slime man. (Mayo, that Cyberpunk insert was genius!)
@batdude7519 Жыл бұрын
Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne.....(boom) Now give the man a hand!!!
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
"You can keep the gum" (To his actual wife)
@RealCraft2 жыл бұрын
This whole thing, just a complete masterpiece of a movie and a analysis! Love how you go into every detail, and even compare it to other movies that came before it! Excited to see what comes next from this channel! :) Edit: BRO HEARING THAT THEME SONG OUTSIDE OF TWITCH IS CRAZY!!!
@underthemayo2 жыл бұрын
I send you a virtual high five.
@drevonnsalley81442 жыл бұрын
It’s Dick Jones He runs OCP!!! I was born in 86 but the influence on me from 80’s movies is everlasting! The effort that was put into the costumes and props without technology was amazing. Sometimes less is more..
@rigelb90252 жыл бұрын
To your point, I fully agree. Let me just add a few things : First of all, to say that the costumes and props were made ''without technology'' isn't quite accurate; it was just not made with the kind of ''digital'' technology that we have today. Plus, you are totally right that ''Sometimes less is more''. While I fully see where you're going with this, I would argue that in cases like these (80's films, for example), there was nothing ''less'' about it. If anything, it probably required quite a bit more work and dedication to the craft than what today's digital tech can bring to the table.
@aevylain Жыл бұрын
The most emotional line after Lewis rescues him is Murphy saying “You may not like what you’re going to see”. He says this even before he himself has seen his face, so him seeing his own reflection isn’t the main thrust of the scene. Instead, it’s his own awareness that he is no longer “human” and fear of rejection that really resonates, dealing with one of the movie’s underlying themes, ie what it is to be human and, separately, what it is to be a man.
@davidgardell Жыл бұрын
Well done, sir! I loved it!! 👏👏👏 It is my favorite movie too! I sound like a movie fanatic talking about this with people, but it is in fact probably the only one that is this close to my heart. I watched it back in the 80's when I was around 7-8 (and I should absolutely not have watched it that young!! Haha!) But like you are stressing, it's not just a "sci-fi action movie"; it's way deeper! Recently I actually had the honor of introducing this to a guy (born in 87) who's currently playing the new game. The game is loosely based on the movie and you don't understand or miss a lot of the references. So I would recommend anyone playing the game, to watch the movie first. I was happy I had the chance to point out that it's a drama - as well as action, it's about serious topics like human ethics etc. So at least he hopefully had that in the back of his head going into it with all the brutal scenes and action thrown at you. 😂 That scene, with Lewis saying "Murphy, it's you." in combination with the music. So. Powerful. Just wow. 13:50 Fun fact: "Barbara", is actually his wife, Joan Pirkle, for anyone who did not know (like me!) Makes the scene even better 😂 Guy, check out the newly released documentary "RoboDoc - The Creation of RoboCop" - it's amazing!! I was thinking about something before, how I can see a real drama movie being made about him and his family; does he look for them? Do they reconnect? What will life be like having to deal with the fact that they did this to you etc etc. Maybe it could end with him eventually shutting down (due to the parts eventually malfunctioning or reaching their limits), but that he right before this, get to meet his family and have some closure. They totally left this part open for another movie. Amazing that they were thinking about leaving that house scene out!!
@Gggmanlives2 жыл бұрын
You take that back about Goonies right fucking now kid
@underthemayo2 жыл бұрын
It's great! There just a few knicks here and there! I'm so sorry.
@ryanburke16562 жыл бұрын
literally watched your new Serious Sam video directly before watching Mayo's 100k video. The world's a small place
@phillytheflyerable2 жыл бұрын
lets get real, it sucks
@CharlieD.7062 жыл бұрын
@@phillytheflyerable Greta: HOW DAHH YEW?
@jessehenderson29672 жыл бұрын
@@phillytheflyerable Ok now its time to get into the muck. Lost Boys sucks too. There I said it!
@dwmadroxxide50902 жыл бұрын
I was seven when this came out and to this day it is still the greatest film I've ever seen. Clarence Boddicker for life!
@pbxn-3rdx-85percent2 жыл бұрын
"Can you fly bobby?" Me: I don't want to work for that man. 😆
@TheDennys21 Жыл бұрын
Peter Weller for life.
@michaelkitchin96652 жыл бұрын
I rewatched it a few weeks back and I was grinning throughout. There is no waste to Robocop. It's tight and I can't think of another movie that works that way.
@Dravianpn022 жыл бұрын
The Thing
@michaelkitchin96652 жыл бұрын
@@Dravianpn02 One day I'll get to watching that. I really want to.
@kizunadragon92 жыл бұрын
Fun fact , Paul Verhoeven actually got an ER team to do Murphy's death scene and just told them, treat it like it was real, do what you would do with a person coming in with those injuries. I often argue with my friends when I say that Robocop is a modern day paladin
@rdkap42 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that team seemed so real, it's such a great scene
@Ometecuhtli Жыл бұрын
Yes, Verhoeven wanted that scene to be as real as possible. Love the juxtaposition with the sci-fi scene that follows, I don't know if it's intentional or not but he also remarked how when he first went to the US he'd see in the TV some sad news and a second later there was a commercial with funny music or something that made it like a rollercoaster of emotions.
@danielkennedy3972 Жыл бұрын
I saw this in theaters when I was 10. I don't remember the violence (my dad must've covered my eyes) -- I remember how cool Robo's suit and movements were. I was certain Peter Weller was the greatest actor in the world. And I clearly remember when Robo brought Boddicker in for booking and Sgt Reed (the brilliant Bob DoQui) asks "what's the charge?" to which Robo pivots and replies "he's a cop killer," (39:04). The theater erupted in cheers. I can't think of any other film that get's big spontaneous reactions like that anymore. My all-time second favorite film to this day.
@UsurpersAndAssassins Жыл бұрын
You put my feelings into words with this video. It's one of my most precious memories. 80s films, Saturday morning cartoons, rock music. I am glad that I got to live in the time I did. In my opinion, it was the golden age of cinema and entertainment.
@antoniorivera68632 жыл бұрын
It's just easier for our brains to simplify art and just put in a nice contained category, but some works are just more complex than that and often cross genres. Great analysis Mayo, happy 100k!
@TheGrandeCapo2 жыл бұрын
My congratulations Mayo. 100k subscribers is quite achievement. Good luck in future.
@8-Frames Жыл бұрын
I remember wearing off the tape of my uncle's Betamax casette because I kept rewinding the last scene when Robo shoots Jones just to hear the ending theme. I did that for up to 10+ times a day. My uncle died 12 years ago from stomach cancer. This movie always brings me joy because he was the one who put this movie for me to watch along with The Terminator one Saturday night, Pizza and everything. A few years later, he gave me a copy of this movie on VHS. Man, thank you for the trip on memory lane as they say. Excellent video.
@Nightweaver1 Жыл бұрын
Probably either my favorite live-action film of all time, or my favorite sci-fi movie. It's definitely in the top 3 with Aliens and Terminator 2. Everything works about this movie. I LOVE Kurtwood Smith's acting in this... he nails the cool but sociopathic killer crime boss. And of course Peter Weller's cold, deadpan delivery at first, followed later by his anger and mournful realization at who he is and what OCP did to him. Great practical effects across the board, and shot in some of the most iconic locations you'll ever see in a film. I'm glad that the game Rogue City did justice to its original source material.
@stevekjr95632 жыл бұрын
Fantastic movie on so many levels. ED209 is the so perfect in encapsulating the end results of corporate creed and failure.
@Dai3130312 жыл бұрын
I would believe he was designed by chrysler and assembled by GM
@dimains60112 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite video from you. Awesome work, man. Keep talking about things you're passionate about!
@kubekzpiciem Жыл бұрын
Also keep in mind, Robocop didn't tell officers or chief about his vendetta and mission to find clearance, so he prolly thinks himself indestructble when he goes to Dick Jones
@Hyperguyver2 Жыл бұрын
Robocop is the 2nd best Judge Dredd movie made, and thats only because Dredd (2012) exists. Robocop originally started as the first attempt to bring 200AD to the big screen but due to a right issue the script got reworked into what we now know as ROBOCOP. If you know what youre looki g at you can see Judge Dredd's remaining influence all over the film. the setting, the satirical ads, the violence, Robocop's design, and of course his iconic line "dead or alive, youre coming with me." Is straight out of the 2000AD comics.
@The_child-catcher Жыл бұрын
Bro your RoboCop content is about to blow up thanks to all the new fans who just played rogue City and are looking for more RoboCop.
@underthemayo Жыл бұрын
Hope so! Maybe it'll sway me to revisit the remake
@DaRmaZat Жыл бұрын
Passion is an underestimated expression here. Pure quality content.
@profjonb69442 жыл бұрын
Watched this over the Summer in preparation for this video. I seriously avoided this movie because I assumed it was just a dumb action movie, but I was totally blown away by how much wit and humanity it had. Thanks for the recommendation!
@nrabinov Жыл бұрын
Fantastic analysis of one of the best action flicks ever made. To this day, Clarence continues to be one of my all-time favorite movie villains.
@notusingmyname4791 Жыл бұрын
44:28 god dayumn .. well done sir! brilliant editing, take my like you magnificent bastard!
@konstantinkoverchenko9587 Жыл бұрын
There’s been graphic killings with firearms throughout cinema, but the one Alex Murphy experienced was extremely wild and no other death holds a candle to it.
@elguitarTom Жыл бұрын
"Hey babe, wanna watcha nice drama movie?" - "sure, hun!" * Puts on Robocop *
@ChernobylAudio6662 жыл бұрын
Man, so very well said. Watched it many, many times as a kid, and as a 37-year-old adult the film is only better. Every time at the end I'm grinding my teeth because I want Clarence to die so damn bad. Amazing film. Also, Basil's music is a huge addition to the film. He was a genius.
@Emike-nc9ew2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100k,I love your reviews and videos,and heres for another 100k.
@PrinceMagnum Жыл бұрын
I'm one of those 80's kids who loves this movie to this day. You definitely took me down a rabbit hole I never really thought about. Thank you for that.
@dansaghin1 Жыл бұрын
I am also a 80`s, early 90`s sci-fi, action, horror fan and Robocop was the biggest thing for me at the time. Today it`s in my top 20 best movies ever... I also enjoyed the sequels but not so much. Great video/description of the movie. The movie is the biggest critic of corporatism. And also forgot to mention the music, the main few themes that come on are so big in setting of the mood of the movie. I love the music in the movie and I think a big percentage of the succes of the movie is because of it. That main theme creates chills on my spine today...
@willdabeast85092 жыл бұрын
I watched robocop in preparation for this video, and for some reason the scene where the guy gets torn apart by the robot after the malfunction stuck with me. During the countdown I was subconsciously thinking “oh wow, I’ve seen *this* a million times before” expecting that they would fix it at the last second. Then once he started getting shot I went like “oh shit!” Love this movie
@neonpop802 жыл бұрын
Congrats on a 100k subs! And thank you for celebrating it with a dedicated video to robocop. I had just told my brother a day ago that robocop is the only 10/10 movie in my eye. That yes it is perfect
@Betotube812 жыл бұрын
What an amazing job. Thank you so much. I love this move, it reminds me of my childhood. One of the best movies of all times. Thank you for this love letter in a video form.
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
27:05 Simple? That scene took all day to shoot because it was nearly impossible to catch and grasp keys in rhe robocop suit.
@underthemayo Жыл бұрын
I know that. I'm talking about the simplicity of story moment, not the practical effort behind shooting it.
@L_Train Жыл бұрын
@@underthemayoYou should do a series where you break down some of the individual scenes and discuss what they mean, as well as talk about challenges to shooting or funny anecdotes.
@obmarte3803 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The secretary is actually Kurtwoods wife. Fun fact 2: It took over 50 takes to catch those keys due to his rubber gloves bouncing the keys off.
@vizuz11 ай бұрын
Sadly CGI is way overused nowadays, I hate it. I don't think filmmakers should completely abandon CGI, but it should be used to support practical effects. I think Christopher Nolan is one of the filmmakers who get it right. Marvel(and DC) is the worst offender of overusing CGI. I much rather see subpar animatronics(like the Dick Jones fall puppet) than a completely CGI scene.
@Andy2kk2 жыл бұрын
I'm going through a tough time your videos are keeping me sane thanks Mayo
@heliax99242 жыл бұрын
never thought i be excited for a movie analyses
@evankimori2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I've never been able to express or understand why I'm so in love with this movie over the years, from the first time I saw it on cable on a 16" CRT TV at 11 o clock on a school night sneaking out of bed. So much wonderful nostalgia but so clearly explained as to what makes it so GREAT in a much brighter light. This is what makes YT great: fans of something coming together to share a love of a topic or item and you walk away learning something NEW every time, saw something you missed or feel like even more of a community because you've met others who share your passion. Thanks so much for this, again. The Robocop theme is an eternal song for me because you hear it and it automatically evokes the heroes journey feeling and that rush of emotions in your chest. You're cheering for Murphy nonstop and you're there intimately from start to finish. Thank you.
@rigelb90252 жыл бұрын
I am genuinely grateful for the existence of KZbin, for many reasons.. not least of which is how it gave a platform to a myriad people to review, comment & critique the great works of cinema from my youth. Through this lens, I have gained an unimaginabely deeper understanding of, as well as appreciation for, the pure cinematic brilliance that was actually at play going into what I saw on the screen. So in that spirit, I wish to thank you for putting up an exceptionally well thought-out & put-together review. Oh and by the way. As a voice-actor myself, I wish to commend you on a superb delivery, and an absolute killer-voice.
@georget10i2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video with great pacing so it went by very quickly. Paul Verhoeven is a genius! In a similar fashion, people laugh when I say this but Terminator is a love-drama. It's not about Sarah Connor or John Connor or even the Terminator; it's about Kyle Reese, a tragic traveler in a time loop who grew up in a harsh, ruined world, traveled back in time to save a woman whose picture he fell in love with, did not get a chance to stop and enjoy a glimpse of the world as it was before and died trying to protect her.
@fairenoughmedia2 жыл бұрын
That Cyberpunk shade is wholly earned. Also, one of my favorite movies of all time! When Robocop is being gunned down by ED, it's traumatic, because the character has really become "human" again, and being gunned down by those he worked with, the score....damn. So good.
@jonathanbrockway58612 жыл бұрын
My personal all-time favourite movie is Aliens but man I had forgotten just how great Robocop is; is it bad that I think I can almost remember the script word for word upon watching the footage you've posted?!😁🤦♂️ I totally concur with your view that Kurtwood Smith's bad guy is just as memorable as our hero👍
@lrfarias2 жыл бұрын
I really cannot decide between the two movies. My favourite two!
@dafangjia Жыл бұрын
I’ve noticed that the big failure in modern movies is timing. There is no patience. No willingness to let something be earned, or to make the audience wait. There is no sense that the film should control or deny the viewers, but to indulge them. This is similar to how many commercial films engage in ‘fan service’ - giving them what they’ve already had and therefore know, rather than giving them something new they don’t know they’ll like. In this sense, modern cinema is a pure expression neoliberal capitalism, servicing needs and assuming the customer is always right, and that there is nothing of value beyond the price of everything - that cinema should do nothing other than sell tickets. There is no animating spirit, only a driving spreadsheet.
@captwrecked Жыл бұрын
I am so late to this party BUT.... regarding the discussion at about 31:00 on the "Murphy, it's you." scene. It is one of the FEW times if ANY in the film we ever see Robocop move BACKWARDS physically. Another layer to the performance, the mans name literally staggers the machine. You can pick up on something new every time you watch. SUCH an amazing film.
@bolski61252 жыл бұрын
Oh man! This is a classic movie! Got the reminder set so I can watch this when it posts! Forgot that remake garbage. I own the original trilogy on Blu-Ray. I want to see if you also go over the theatrical version vs the more "gory/bloodier" version? I know my Blu-Ray has both versions.
@ryanburke16562 жыл бұрын
Great job yo, this was wonderfully put together. Congratulations on 100k, you absolutely deserve it. Cheers!
@Maverick7r Жыл бұрын
This movie is a classic, always love watching whenever I get the chance!! The extended version of Scene 27 on Vemeo had me cracking up and in pain at the same time, lol
@MrDanAng110 ай бұрын
39:37 I think this isn't a lapse in judgement. I think it is the remnants of prgramming. One of Robocops primary directives are "Uphold the law". And Boddecker have a legal right to make a phone call to wherever or whomever he wants. And Robocop is going after Dick, he doesn't expect other police officer (which would be innocents to protect) to support him. I think if he made a lapse in judgement, it is how unbusinesslike and street criminal like Dick is able to act in a cornered situation.
@karldobson59615 ай бұрын
Robocop the only sci-fi film in movie history to be refused a licence to be shown in worldwide cinemas unless it was cut,the full version was deemed to brutal for the general public
@miamimagicians Жыл бұрын
You are an incredible narrator and I just had to subscribe because you’re so passionate about what you do. I always love the RoboCop franchise it was just so much 1980s fun along with terminator alien predator the gremlins etc. for a long time I thought RoboCop was actually real because he showed up on WCW to help sting!
@underthemayo Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@glennwilson99562 жыл бұрын
Basil Poledouris was a genius, one of the greatest movie scores of all time, the in movie mood music even more so!
@leikeylosh2 жыл бұрын
The score when Robocop is walking around his old house is amazing, such a beautiful piece of music
@HowdyMcPickles2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this movie at the Del Amo mall upstairs theaters when I was 12. I spent the next week literally walking and moving like Robo did. I don't think I've ever been affected so much by a movie, before or in the long decades since.
@TheMotomuras Жыл бұрын
It’s also a Western, if you think about. The good lawman in a corrupt, modernizing city is thought to be killed by vicious outlaws. Miraculously, he survives and seeks revenge.
@eliseovaldez13358 ай бұрын
“Can you do that dad?” Always gets me. I saw myself in Murphy Jr when I was a kid. My dad was my hero.
@Kanawanu Жыл бұрын
Seeing this movie age 8 in 1997 it scared me to the core and traumatized me to the core when he gang is massacreing Murphy with his partner watching by and the sense od justice and hapiness when Robocop shanks the villan with his needle usb. It was an emotional rollercoster.
@NoahSpurrier Жыл бұрын
Great review. “They’ll fix you. They fix everything.” About 10 years ago I went on a similar quest to rewatch TV shows I liked as a kid to see which were still good.
@tarman27522 жыл бұрын
Despite its flaws I still love Darkman. Sam Raimi’s vigilante style storytelling combined with the crazy choreography entertains me to no end. And like you said, Liam Nesson is great in it. However the sequels are forgettable and pretty bland, they lacked the charm that the first film had
@Libertarianmobius12 жыл бұрын
Im awed by the powerful message of the goodness of humanity in an individual given extraordinary power. From suffering the greatest of pain of family loss and the ultimate physical death into transforming into a unstoppable force of righteousness. Its human conscienceness trapped and transform into a cold steel cyborg that's transcends its existence with all its memories, past and passions. This is what Robocop is: the Übermensch of 80s sci-fi tech style. "The Ubermensch was meant to be an ideal future human and an ultimate goal for humanity." The ultimate representation of hope when a society has chosen the path of nihilism.