Robocop 30th anniversary

[GothamAlleys]

Lots of love for Boddicker, and deservingly so, such a terrific villain made so terrifyingly cold and real by Verhoeven and Smith

 

[Drizzle]

"Can you fly, Bobby?"

 

[Elevator Man]

Didn't know where else to post this, but Shout! Factory revealed the extras on both RoboCop 2 and 3 Collector's Edition blu ray releases coming out March 21st.

Shout! Factory's RoboCop 2 [Collector's Edition]

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Bonus Features

NEW 2K Scan Of The Interpositive
NEW Audio Commentary With Author/CG Supervisor Paul M. Sammon
NEW Audio Commentary With The Makers Of "RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop" Documentary – Gary Smart, Chris Griffiths And Eastwood Allen
NEW Corporate Wars: The Making Of ROBOCOP 2 – Featuring New And Vintage Interviews With Director Irvin Kershner, Producer Jon Davidson, Cast Members Tom Noonan, Nancy Allen, Galyn Görg, Executive Producer Patrick Crowley, And More!
NEW Machine Parts: The FX Of ROBOCOP 2 – Featuring Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran, Craig Hayes, Jim Aupperle, Kirk Thatcher, Paul Gentry, Don Waller, Justin Kohn, Randal Dutra And Kevin Kutchaver
NEW Robo-Fabricator – An Interview With RoboCop Armor Fabricator James Belohovek
NEW Adapting Frank Miller's ROBOCOP 2 – An Interview With Comic Book Writer Steven Grant
NEW OCP Declassified – A Collection Of Rare Archival Production And Behind-The-Scenes Videos Including Interviews With Director Irvin Kershner, Actors Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy And A Look At The Filming Of Some Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
Teaser Trailers
TV Spots
Deleted Scenes Still Gallery
Still Galleries (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Stills, Posters And Lobby Cards)

Shout! factory's RoboCop 3 [Collector's Edition]

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Bonus Features

NEW Audio Commentary With Director Fred Dekker
NEW Audio Commentary With The Makers Of "RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop" Documentary – Gary Smart, Chris Griffiths And Eastwood Allen
NEW Delta City Shuffle: The Making Of ROBOCOP 3 – Featuring Director Fred Dekker, Actors Nancy Allen, Bruce Locke, Producer Patrick Crowley, Cinematographer Gary Kibbe And Production Designer Hilda Stark
NEW Robo-Vision: The FX Of ROBOCOP 3 – Featuring Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Craig Hayes, Kevin Kutchaver And Paul Gentry
NEW The Corporate Ladder – An Interview With Actor Felton Perry
NEW Training Otomo – An Interview With Actor Bruce Locke And Martial Arts Trainer Bill Ryusaki
NEW War Machine – An Interview With RoboCop Gun Fabricator James Belohovek
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Still really like Robocop 2, 3 was garbage though

 

[rashad]

3 was utter BS. lol

 

[TheVileOne]

I enjoy RoboCop 2 a lot. It's a completely watchable sequel and continuation of the first movie, plus it has lots of great animatronic and stop motion work by Phil Tippett.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I enjoy RoboCop 2 a lot. It's a completely watchable sequel and continuation of the first movie, plus it has lots of great animatronic and stop motion work by Phil Tippett.

Agreed. Just wish they had kept the score from the first movie. Robocop vs Robocop 2 is a good fight as well.

 

[TheVileOne]

Yes, I especially enjoy the RoboCop vs. RoboCain fight at the end and how they drop from the tower.

The director was also Irvin Kershner, who was an underrated director. Directed Empire Strikes Back and Eyes of Laura Mar.

The common misconception I see is that RoboCop was all satire and the violence was cartoony, and RoboCop 2 is mean spirited. I mean...I don't agree with that. Sure, the way that suit gets gunned down by ED209 and some of the deaths. But Murphy's death, as over-the-top as it was, was pretty nasty, and so was Miguel Ferrer's death. It wasn't a comedic death.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Damn shame Robert DoQui isn't around to do RoboDoc:

 

[titansupes]

Count me in for the R2 love. It was the first Robo-movie I saw (somehow as a little kid I always managed to see the sequels to things before the originals-- R2, T2, BttFII, Superman IV etc). It doesn't hold a candle to the original, but I think it's a solid and entertaining movie in its own right.

 

[Elevator Man]

The Egyptian Theatre will have a special ROBOCOP event screening with actor Peter Weller and screenwriter Ed Neumeier joining up for discussion. This takes place on Thursday February 9, 2017 @ 7:30pm.

Really? Weller refused to participate in the RoboDoc but plans on showing up for a 30th anniversary screening and discussion of RoboCop?

 

[titansupes]

Could it have been a money issue or something?

 

[TheVileOne]

The Egyptian Theatre will have a special ROBOCOP event screening with actor Peter Weller and screenwriter Ed Neumeier joining up for discussion. This takes place on Thursday February 9, 2017 @ 7:30pm.

Really? Weller refused to participate in the RoboDoc but plans on showing up for a 30th anniversary screening and discussion of RoboCop?

So what? He's done commemorative screenings of RoboCop before. I've pointed that out earlier. Maybe he wasn't available? Maybe it was a scheduling issue? Or maybe he wasn't convinced or impressed by the documentary project?

Why wouldn't he want to do a 30th anniversary screening discussion? He likes the movie and he's proud of the work he did in it. There's no problem here.

 

[Elevator Man]

I never said he wasn't proud of the role. I've seen plenty of videos/footage of him lauding the film and role. I'm just puzzled as to why he couldn't give a couple of hours of his time for the RoboDoc to talk about his experience on Robo 1 and 2, but agrees to discuss Robo 1 with one of the writers at a special screening. What's the difference?

Could it have been a money issue or something?

Money might've played a factor on why he didn't participate on the documentary but I got a hunch he didn't want to talk about his experience on Robo 2. He even admitted in a Howard Stern interview that he did Robo 2 for the money, which bought him a house in the end.

 

[chintai80]

yea he only seems to be really proud of the first robocop.

robocop 2 is a fun sequel, but pales in comparison to the original.

 

[OutOfBoose]

When I was a kid, I liked Robo 2 and 3 more. I had that NES game with an amazing intro music, ninjas and acid pools, which was based on the third film (and to some extent on the first one). I played it quite a lot, despite it being pretty hard. Gadgets were amazing - the rocket launcher arm and the jet pack - hell yes. Satire and artistic values of the first film flew above my head at that time. Even though I still liked it.

I didn't watch 2 and 3 maybe since 90s, but I watch the first one almost every year.

 

[TheVileOne]

I never said he wasn't proud of the role. I've seen plenty of videos/footage of him lauding the film and role. I'm just puzzled as to why he couldn't give a couple of hours of his time for the RoboDoc to talk about his experience on Robo 1 and 2, but agrees to discuss Robo 1 with one of the writers at a special screening. What's the difference?

I gave several reasons why he wouldn't have gotten involved. It could've been availability, and maybe he wasn't interested in doing interviews for someone else's documentary? Or maybe they pitched it to him and he didn't like it.

Money might've played a factor on why he didn't participate on the documentary but I got a hunch he didn't want to talk about his experience on Robo 2. He even admitted in a Howard Stern interview that he did Robo 2 for the money, which bought him a house in the end.

I don't buy that either. I've heard him discuss the sequel plenty of times.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Damn shame Robert DoQui isn't around to do RoboDoc:

He was a very likable sarge.

 

[Elevator Man]

I gave several reasons why he wouldn't have gotten involved. It could've been availability, and maybe he wasn't interested in doing interviews for someone else's documentary? Or maybe they pitched it to him and he didn't like it.

Well hopefully someone at that special screening/discussion asks Weller why he declined to participate in the RoboDoc.

I don't buy that either. I've heard him discuss the sequel plenty of times.

I'm sure he talked about Robo 2 while promoting it back in 1990. He talked about it while promoting Screamers on the Howard Stern show. Otherwise I haven't seen any videos/footage of him from the last 20 years of him talking about that film.

 

[TheVileOne]

Well hopefully someone at that special screening/discussion asks Weller why he declined to participate in the RoboDoc.

Why is that so important? Did you work on this documentary? Did you finance it? You seem quite fixated on it.

 

[StarLord]

Not to get too off-topic, but I also dig Robocop 2.

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[TheVileOne]

Yes. I still very much like the production values of RoboCop 2 and find it very well made.

There's something about stop motion FX, really good matte paintings and such that I really miss.

Like in the 1980s for RoboCop, the work they did with the photorealistic architectural matte paintings and the compositing work still blows me away.

 

[Dave McFly]

Agreed. Just wish they had kept the score from the first movie.

I agree I remembered seeing the teaser for part 2 and how it had the R1 score and was like WTF when R2 hit theaters

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[OutOfBoose]

Even Poledouris wouldn't have saved that film.

 

[GothamAlleys]

yea he only seems to be really proud of the first robocop.

robocop 2 is a fun sequel, but pales in comparison to the original.

He did mention it on one of the screenings, said the same thing he said back in the 90s at Sterns show, that he liked the movie just not the third act