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The RoboCop remake from 2014 had me ranting until my buddy pointed something out
I was going off about how the original had this gritty dark satire that the new one totally missed with all its flashy CGI. But my friend Dave said the remake was never meant for us old fans, it was for teens who never saw the first one. He brought up that Joel Kinnaman version made like $240 million worldwide so somebody liked it I guess. Has anyone else had a friend change your mind on a bad remake like that?
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victorb174d ago
Nah I gotta disagree with Dave on this one. I mean yeah it made money but that doesnt make it good. The original used cheap effects and that was part of the charm, the clunky ED-209 and all that. The remake polished everything up but lost the soul, its like they forgot Robocop was supposed to be a tragedy about a guy trapped in a machine, not just a cool action hero.
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the_james2d ago
Right? Its like they took the instruction manual and just checked boxes. "Dark anti corporate satire? Check. Tons of guns? Check. Fan service cameo? Check." But they forgot the part where you actually care about the guy inside the robot. Thats the whole reason the original hits so hard, its a horror movie about losing yourself. The remake is just a generic sci fi action flick with a shiny coat of paint. How do you miss the point that badly?
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Man, I really feel you on that. I had a similar thing happen with the Total Recall remake. I was ranting about how it missed the whole point of the original, how the first one was about identity and memory, not just flashy fight scenes on a moving escalator. Then my friend Leah just looked at me and said "it's not for you, it's for kids who think Colin Farrell is cool." And she was right, it made a ton of cash. It stings because we loved the original so much, we want that feeling passed on, not this watered down version. But I guess they made those movies for a different audience, not for us nostalgic old fans.
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