RoboCop Reboot - Part 3

[Tanin]

Naaah, what are you talking about?

Just the opening is Bond beating the hell out of someone and drowning him in a sink. Does it get a pass for being in black and white?

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

In all reality hand to hand combat as violent as it is, isn't anywhere near the level of violence the original Robocop had.

 

[DyeLorean]

You can't compare Casino Royale with this

 

[Tanin]

I'm just jaded because I know hand to hand is just as deadly as should be considered just as violent.

 

[Tanin]

You can't compare Casino Royale with this
*snip*

No it can't but it you actually read my post:

If Robocop in the original had been blown up with a car bomb instead of the gruesome scene and they got rid of the excessive cussing from the original it would be skirting the PG-13 line.

I never said it WOULD be pg-13 ... just that it would be a hell of a lot closer

 

[dark_b]

i think 50-60% of robocop would have to be cut and reshoot ot get a PG13 rating.

IMO.

 

[Tanin]

i think 50-60% of robocop would have to be cut and reshoot ot get a PG13 rating.

IMO.

I agree.... too much cussing in the non violent scenes. What I am getting at is that the NEW film isn't going to be as neutered as everyone makes it sound because pg-13 films are much closer to R then they used to be.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I haven't seen anyone say it'll be "neutured" or even tame, personally I'm hoping it's as seriously violent as a pg-13 will allow.

 

[Dyson]

I agree.... too much cussing in the non violent scenes. What I am getting at is that the NEW film isn't going to be as neutered as everyone makes it sound because pg-13 films are much closer to R then they used to be.

Agreed. Even normal cable TV has become increasing more violent. Look at shows like CSI. 20 years ago you would never see a TV show on basic cable with such violent images.

I've become a fan of the TV series Hannibal and for a basic cable show, wow it's quite gruesome and shocking.

This RoboCop will not be as violent and shocking as the original. We all know that, but I don't think Padilha is going to hold back a certain level of violence. He seems like a very capable, smart filmmaker. He seems to put the story and characters above anything else, unlike Len Wiseman and his whole key production team who put the action before the story and characters in last year's lame Total Recall.

We have to remember that a big reason Total Recall was critically panned wasn't because of it's PG-13 rating; it was because of it's unoriginal rehashed story that came off dry and boring and characters that were so dull and underwritten. Had that film's material been approached in a completely different way with a better script and a much more talented filmmaker directing it, then that film very well could have turned out great with a PG-13 rating attached. At least with RoboCop, the filmmakers are clearly approaching the material with new spins and ideas.

Also, we have to remember that the studio budgeted this film at $100 million. The studio wants to do whatever they have to do to make it's money back plus some more. Even if Padilha wants a more violent film, the studio in the end has control over this film and wants to make it's money back. I'm willing to bet if this new RoboCop was budgeted around $50 million, we could very well being seeing a new R rated RoboCop.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I won't mind seeing a tamed Robocop film in the new one, I'd actually prefer a more family friendly film

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

No thanks to family friendly anything, this isn't a kids film or even in the same category as a comic book film.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Iron Man and the Dark Knight kind of friendly is fine by me
What it really needs is absolute abscense of sex and nudity

 

[StarLord]

I don't think we're going to get sex or nudity.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Sex and nudity is almost non-existent in todays action films, were not in the 80's anymore.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Dredd has some nudity

 

[Tanin]

Dredd has some nudity

Dredd was an independent British film. As far as I know Hollywood had nothing to do with it.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Dredd has some nudity

That's why I said almost

 

[MadVillainy]

Release the damn footage

 

[StarLord]

I hope they at least keep ''dead or alive, you're coming with me.''...

t:

 

[Tanin]

I'd take anything just about now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Sqn0eX_Q


.... almost

 

[Teelie]

Since they are aiming for PG-13 I hope they hit as close to R as possible.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I hope they at least keep ''dead or alive, you're coming with me.''...

t:

I'm pretty sure the reports said it's actually featured in the clips shown.

 

[747]

Kinnaman confirmed in a Swedish interview that he indeed says the classic line.

 

[samsnee]

You can't compare Casino Royale with this

Yeah that's a PG-13 rating today.

 

[Rockbottom]

The new film has to be PG-13 if they want to make any money off it. I think it should be too to be honest, its perfectly easy to get the character and main elements of Robocop into a well done PG-13 film. When I was young (and even now) I found a lot of the scenes in the original Robocop to be deeply disturbing and slightly unnecessary to the point were the violence was used as a gimmick in some respects. That isn't to say that anyone enjoying that is a bad thing at all or that it was wrong, but for me personally, I could of done it toned down a bit.

This new film doesn't have to be aimed at kids but kids should be able to enjoy it just as much as adults should, it'd be selfish to take it away from them just so we can see some blood coming out of a thugs chest while he is blown away in my opinion.