We’re a little late in sharing this one but then again, it’s not like the movie’s going to be any good. Here is the 2nd trailer for the remake of Robocop — or as I think it should be called, Rubber Cop.
What do you think about remakes, trailer kitty?
Through the Shattered Lens 
Well, I saw the original when I was a kid, and it did marked me as it was pretty violent…This remake looks very nice and promising even if we are not kids anymore 🙂
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The trailers I’ve seen look palpable, although the February release date is a red flag for garbage.
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I can’t believe that Samuel L. Jackson said that “robophobic” crap with a straight face. What a pro.
The trailers look dreadful, and the film cannot possibly be any good. At least, not to anybody who is sweet on the original version, and this impostor of a rehash screws up much of what made its predecessor so fabulous. You can glean that just from the trailer.
I’ve mentioned some of this stuff before, but I’ll say it again. RoboCop with an open face, right from the start, is a major mistake. The whole idea in the original is that Murphy is dehumanised when he becomes RoboCop, and it leads to that classic scene where one of RoboCop’s eyes is revealed from behind his cracked eyeshield in his battle with ED-209, and bit by bit, RoboCop progresses along the path to regaining his identity as Murphy.
In the remake, RoboCop is immediately aware that he is a cyborg. Again, there is no slow and steady build. The whole craft of building a movie has seemingly been lost on countless filmmakers and audiences. It therefore negates any possibility of a scene similar to the original, where RoboCop revisits the Murphy family home and reconnects with his past.
You know, Rubber Cop still has one hand made from flesh and blood. So, he would still leave fingerprints. That might make a neat little part of the story…you know, the villains could grab his prints and trace Rubber Cop’s true identity and find his wife and kid, then blackmail Rubber Cop…I basically made all this up in about 30 seconds, and I bet it’s far more creative than anything the filmmakers of this turd have committed to the silver screen…if only Rubber Cop’s face weren’t constantly on display, thus letting everyone know EXACTLY who he is/was. So yeah, even when I hand Hollywood a half-decent idea, it wouldn’t work for them, because they’ve already poisoned the well for themselves. Bunch of morons!
Now, I know all this reads like I’m contradicting myself—which is to say, I’m complaining that Hollywod is out of fresh ideas, all the while apparently demanding that the remake take the exact same steps as the original. Well, no. You can indeed do a great remake by retaining certain vital elements and injecting freshness and energy into a new spin on an old story. However, it’s plain to see that “Rubber Cop” is short on fresh ideas, yet has inexplicably neglected the things that did work in the original.
You know what I’m going to do about it? Nothing. But it’s a nothing that’s something. I refuse to see this film at the cinema, and maybe if millions of others copped the same attitude, Hollywood would cease and desist from these cynical cash-ins on 1980s classics.
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