The old Robocop looked like a machine.
and that's what i like about the look of the old design... it took the character outside of the visual human spectrum, and because of that separation, it creates fear.
all of a sudden, this man looks like a complete machine; the visual aspect of it gave it an intimidating look to it, because of its angular edges, how he moved, how he looked, how cold and emotionless he is, even how he talked... it all came down to visuals and presentation, and they did an amazing job.
i dont see that inhuman distinction with this new vision. in this new vision, he looks similar to every other police force on this planet. there is no intimidation factor with this version of robocop, especially if it's going to be a PG-13 movie. that takes away a lot of the brutality that the first one had.
i understand why they changed it, but i really dont think it was a good move... i also dont think making this a PG-13 movie is a good move either. you're going to lose a lot of the reasons as to why robocop is robocop... plus, the whole "hand" thing shows its trying to make it user-friendly. newsflash: cybernetics and human flesh dont mix.
they need to drop this "streamline" vision, and go more gritty, more angular, more dirty. if you dont have that cold and emotionless feelings because of the differences between cybernetics and human flesh, on a visual perspective, the audience will not be able to feel the disconnection that Murphy will have in being completely robotic, like the first movie did.