My feelings aside (I can't wait for this movie!) I just wonder why they wouldn't have just blacked out that exact silver suit design? It's not the color that we have trouble with, black with a red visor is badass, but it's that it doesn't look as heavy hitting or mechanical as the silver. The silver looks like a serious cyborg, I wish they would have friggin painted the silver suit jet black and threw the red lights in his visor!
Anyway, with those stupid fanboy feelings on the table, I do understand the direction they are taking with the existing black suit. It's more streamlined and LOOKS like a man inside a suit for a legitimate reason, unlike the silver suit. The team behind this movie obviously could have made the black suit more mechanical looking or just a repaint of the silver, but there is a lot more to its than that. He cant be a mechanical monster, or a prototype cyborg out there on the streets.
The movie will be GOOD, I know that, nothing groundbreaking, but it's certainly the best thing for Robocop since 1987 bar none. Remember the only reason any of us loves Robo is because of the original film, and this remake is a contemporary take on that classic movie we all love, there's no harm at all in making it, and in NO way does it damage the original film. Trust me that would have happened with robocop 2 and every single thing after that! (3,the pg series, the embarrassing prime directives, ....alpha....commando............)
It puts Robocop BACK in the positive spotlight and on people's minds. He needed a modern update. The character is TOO good to be stuck with such a crap legacy after the first masterpiece.
This is a FANTASTIC time to be a RoboCop fan, wether your anticipating the remake or not. It benefits us all.