RoboCop Reboot

[Van Petrol]

Joel Kinnaman Promises "More Human" Look for RoboCop

by Silas Lesnick
March 26, 2012

Attached to the project earlier this month, Snabba Cash star Joel Kinnaman spoke today with MTV and dropped a few details about his upcoming role as Officer Alex Murphy in Jose Padilha's reboot of RoboCop.

"There's a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, 'Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain?'" Kinnaman explains, "and they’re finding out that, no, it’s not like that. The body has intelligence itself, and we’re much more of an organic creature in that way. It's not a control tower that does everything."

In addition to a more scientific approach, Kinnaman says that the humanity of Murphy will be played up in ways that include a redesign of the RoboCop costume.

"They’re still working on the suit and how it’s going to look, but the visor is going to be see-through," he continues. "You’re going to see his eyes... It's not going to be jaw action."

"I have my take on it," Padilha himself told ComingSoon.net late last year, "And I can tell you this: In the first 'RoboCop' when Alex Murphy is shot, gunned down, then you see some hospitals and stuff and then you cut to him as RoboCop. My movie is between those two cuts. How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?"

Kinnaman also teased that the story, from screenwriter Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, will play as a political satire.

RoboCop is set for release on August 9, 2013.

Source: http://www.superherohype.com/news/a...nnaman-promises-qmore-humanq-look-for-robocop

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I'm liking the sound of that.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Perhaps a more organic robocop? with one tube that looks like a vein on his suit.

 

[TX85]

I was interested at first But now I'm very worried&mixed cause of this news,I'm getting sick of many things being about Humanity or Realistic these days,So overrated!!!

See through visor&no"jaw action"??..***** that,I bet the suit will look similar to the first G.I.Joe's movie But in silver!!

 

[bubbadoom]

Wasn't NOT seeing his eyes the entire point? He was suppose to be cold and distant UNTIL he remembered/discovered who he use to be - that's why he removes the helmet!

This illustrates that these guys just don't understand the property they are screwing up.

 

[Hurm...]

This sounds excellent so far

 

[Figs]

I'm liking the sound of this.

My movie is between those two cuts. How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?"

 

[Paroxysm]

Wasn't NOT seeing his eyes the entire point?

Point of what? The movie? His helmet?

 

[Paroxysm]

I'm liking the sound of this.

Me too.

 

[bubbadoom]

Point of what? The movie? His helmet?

I thought I made that clear in my second sentence, but the point of the MOVIE. He was meant to be a faceless MACHINE and it was by accident that he remembers the MAN he use to be - THEN he removes his helmet to regain his original identity.

But half man or half machine, he was still all cop!

 

[Paroxysm]

I thought I made that clear in my second sentence, but the point of the MOVIE. He was meant to be a faceless MACHINE and it was by accident that he remembers the MAN he use to be - THEN he removes his helmet to regain his original identity.

But half man or half machine, he was still all cop!

Not seeing his eyes wasnt as important as you're making it out to be. He looked even more machine with his helmet off anyway!

 

[craigdbfan]

I'm down with what Padilha is doing. Anyone who's seen the Tropa De Elite films would know this guy knows what he's doing.

 

[bubbadoom]

Not seeing his eyes wasnt as important as you're making it out to be. He looked even more machine with his helmet off anyway!

Apparently not to you, but maybe some of us appreciate such details a little more than others - I am sure Rob Bottin had a reason for designing it that way.

I don't know if he looked "more machine" with out the helmet, but you certainly feel for him in terms of what has been done to him - or at least I did.

Another detail with the covered eyes is you are not sure how much of him/the man is left in side the robo, but when the glass is cracked while fighting ED-209 we realize there is some humanity in there after all. Having seen his eyes all the time up to this important reveal would have totally spoiled the moment.

 

[GoldGoblin]

I'm getting sick of these actors not wearing masks when there playing a character that is suppose to wear a mask.

 

[Solidus]

Ya because Robocop always had his mask on. lol.

I like how a mythology has multiple aspects, but then when they change one thing, people then say that is the most important aspect of the character.

Robo had no mask on and you could see his eye most of the third act. I don't think it will be a problem.

 

[RKO]

I'm getting sick of these actors not wearing masks when there playing a character that is suppose to wear a mask.

It's all about the eyes nowadays. You gotta be able see the emotion and reactions, maaaaaaan.

 

[The Chris]

I love seeing the actor's eyes, but I have to agree with the people who don't like this. The big point was this machine that used to be human who slowly regains his humanity, and I think one of the things that makes that work is that after he becomes the cyborg, you don't see his eyes again until after he starts to recollect about his human life and after taking a beating from ed 209 (where you see his one eye behind the broken visor) and then once again when he finally takes the helmet off. That was one of the best scenes in the movie too, him taking off his helmet and seeing his face. Seeing this blank face the entire movie, and then finally seeing what the man behind it all has become. It's great.

 

[Paroxysm]

Ya because Robocop always had his mask on. lol.

I like how a mythology has multiple aspects, but then when they change one thing, people then say that is the most important aspect of the character.

Robo had no mask on and you could see his eye most of the third act. I don't think it will be a problem.

Ain't that the goddamn truth.

 

[bubbadoom]

Ain't that the goddamn truth.

Hey, why even bother putting him a robo suit?

There's a reason we don't see Cyclops eyes in the X-Men, maybe they should toss that out, too.

 

[RKO]

Yeah I agree. One of the most appealing concepts of Robocop visually was that you could only see his mouth. It left a bit of mistery what was the rest of the man left behind the helmet.

But whatever.

 

[Paroxysm]

There's a reason we don't see Cyclops eyes in the X-Men, maybe they should toss that out, too.

Disgruntled fanboy reasoning.

 

[Solidus]

I love seeing the actor's eyes, but I have to agree with the people who don't like this. The big point was this machine that used to be human who slowly regains his humanity, and I think one of the things that makes that work is that after he becomes the cyborg, you don't see his eyes again until after he starts to recollect about his human life and after taking a beating from ed 209 (where you see his one eye behind the broken visor) and then once again when he finally takes the helmet off. That was one of the best scenes in the movie too, him taking off his helmet and seeing his face. Seeing this blank face the entire movie, and then finally seeing what the man behind it all has become. It's great.

But this is a different story, and not just a straight re-do. Here they are trying to show the humanity aspect and question it from the get go.

 

[Saint]

I desperately, desperately want a new Robocop movie--but I am wary of these latest comments.

I understand that they want to update the look. It doesn't need to be updated (quite frankly, it's perfect--and that's not something I'd normally say about anything), but of course no artist wants to come along and just repeat someone else's work. So updates are inevitable, and I'll accept that.

My issue is the "More human" bit. Robocop was very human--but it wasn't out in the open right away. Much of the original film revolved around the question of exactly how much humanity was left. Weller's performance went from extremely robotic and inhuman to gradually and subtly more human. In the first hour, what was underneath all the metal was a mystery.

Think about this "show the eyes" comment. This isn't just about how Robocop looks; the amount of humanity the suit put on display was integral to the film's narrative. In Robocop, the audience couldn't be sure Robocop even had eyes until the visor shattered. That was an incredible moment. All those little touches that made you wonder are what make the film great. Robocop's humanity isn't on display, it's something that is gradually uncovered and unraveled.

I don't like the implication that his humanity should be on display right off the bat.

I respect and understand that this guy wants to make his own movie. He's right to not want to repeat what came before. That said, I'm not sure that what he wants to make is what I'm looking for in Robocop. Maybe it's for the best that he does something completely, because honestly, you can't top Peter Welller's performance and you can't top the original Robocop design anyway. So take it another way.

I'm just not sure if it's going to do it for me as a Robocop movie. Of course, it's too soon to tell.

 

[Tanin]

Hey, why even bother putting him a robo suit?

There's a reason we don't see Cyclops eyes in the X-Men, maybe they should toss that out, too.

Scott has a really good reason to be covering his eyes unless you saying that Robocop should shoot lasers out of his eyes.

 

[The Chris]

But this is a different story, and not just a straight re-do. Here they are trying to show the humanity aspect and question it from the get go.

I can see their reasons, but story wise I don't see why OCP would want him to look more human. Unless they're going with how his humanity is lost, so maybe he can have this eye showing visor for most of it and then when he's finally ready to be used, he has the original suit. I think you can express robocop's humanity without having to literally show his eyes.