Ok, I have another 80s movie for you: Repo Man (1984). It's kind of a comedy, though it's sort of futuristic (for its time) and a bit sarcastic like Robocop. You will also probably recognize the main character (though he's very young in it).
Everyone from the 80's and 90's would see Kurtwood Smith and go "That's Clarence Boddicker!", everyone from the 2000's onward would go "That's Red Forman!".
My dad took me to see this when I was 7 years old. I was traumatized af! Nightmares for weeks, my mom was NOT happy 😂 Of course I love these movies now!
Fun Fact: During the famous drug shootout scene, Peter Weller (Robocop) was wearing headphones and listening to Peter Gabriel’s red rain while filming lol
Fun fact: They filmed the shootout scene last. Peter Weller still has an intact hand in the rest of the movie meaning it was filmed before it was blown off.
Nobody could do Robocop like Peter Weller. Many have tried and to me they just never could match Weller's subtleties and nuances that he brought to the character. Weller really suffered to make Robocop so great and memorable and I really appreciate that.
I remember watching this movie for the first time 4 years ago thinking “Eh, I’ll give this movie a shot, just to see what all the fuss is about”, and then being absolutely surprised at how this satirical action movie managed to make me feel so bad for the hero and rooting for him like I would for any of my favorite childhood superheroes. And Peter Weller absolutely KILLS it as Murphy/Robocop. There’s a great CZcams video of Peter talking about what it was like to not only wear the suit (which when first testing out putting on the suit would take up to 10 HOURS to put on, then narrowed down to 8) but also how he came up with the movements. Also because of the triple digit heat in Dallas where they filmed most of it, he would sweat off up to 3 pounds per day!
4:52 This is one of the key lines that often gets overlooked. They are intentionally placing cops they think would be a good fit for the Robocop program into the worst, most dangerous areas. Later, at the precinct they reinforce this by talking about the high fatality rate that the cops are experiencing. So yeah, Murphy as a rookie cop being placed into a hellhole was completely intentional and he was setup to die.
All accurate, but Murphy is no rookie. Remember the line, "I always drive when breaking in a new partner." He's just a recent transfer to the precinct.
One of the best lines of cinema, ever. Well, ok, maybe at least one of the most memorable lines ever, because when you hear "bitches, leave" you will ALWAYS remember that scene.
@@Saiman9000 The term "stan" originated from a combination of the words "stalker" and "fan", but has since evolved to become a positive term for fans who are highly engaged and supportive of their favorite celebrities. In this case, the "celebrity" being Robocop!
Much of the movie was filmed in Dallas, it was fun to see Reunion Tower in the armored truck chase scene, also the OPC building is Dallas City Hall with several floors added to make it taller. Also the building used as the Police station was actually my mom's old school. 😊
Was so bummed out when I watched this after so long to realize it wasn’t actually filmed in Detroit. Kept looking for landmarks I recognized but nothing ever popped up. They didn’t even attempt to get b-roll of the skyline! Lol
One thing to note is that even in the 1970's, everyone knew that the auto industry would eventually leave Michigan (GM, Ford, and Chrysler made no secret of it), so predicting the future of Detroit wasn't that hard.
Predicting that it would be *white* men who fell into a life of crime wasn't on everyone's list at the time. Only problem with this movie is that there aren't enough Muslims.
There was no "predicting" and although the decline of the auto industry played a part, it wasn't the primary cause. "White flight" away from the urban city centers was the primary cause. Not just Detroit, but in MANY cities like LA and NY saw hordes of middle class people take their tax revenues to the suburbs. In Detroit, the people left behind then had decreased income due to the declining auto industry. The riots in the late 60's, plus later fires in the 70's left large parts of Detroit abandoned. So as NY & LA recovered somewhat, Detroit didn't have the tax revenue to do the same. Escape from New York was filmed in these abandoned areas in Detroit back in 80/81.
@@helifanodobezanozi7689 I completely agree with your historical take, but the rise in car breakins and homelessness is mostly due to opioids and despair, a lot of that is white these days.
@@helifanodobezanozi7689 Escape from New York was filmed in East St Louis, IL - Just across the river from St Louis proper. With of course some pickups done in spots in/near LA. As well the deleted opening done in Atlanta. I've never heard they shot anything in Detroit. Same with RoboCop funny enough. The opening title shot uses a stock pic of Detroit, but that's it. The movie was filmed primarily in Dallas, with the steel mill being south of Pittsburgh and some last-minute production effects done in LA on soundstages.
Robocop is so freakin’ cool! Fun fact: Robocop was actually inspired by the Japanese Tokusatsu TV show Space Sheriff Gavan. Gavan is an intergalactic peace-keeping police officer donning metallic cybernetic armor battling the evil forces of the Space Crime Syndicate Makuu. Even though the show never aired in America, this movie’s director Paul Verhoeven watched the show in his hotel room while visiting Japan and apparently enjoyed it so much it lead to creating one of the greatest science fiction and action movies ever made.
I don’t know how, but films used to excite hearts, and after some time I rewatched them and got the same pleasure, even now, but in new films there is no trace of that spirit
Paul Verhoeven is pretty well known for how ultraviolent his action movies are. I think that he is able to get away with so much gruesome blood and gore because he goes so over the top with it that it's almost cartoonishly absurd and can't be taken seriously. He's also known for instilling his movies with satire and social commentary. He directed Starship Troopers, and much like Robocop, it also features some brutal violence and some strongly satirical themes.
Bodecker at the end after the Robo-spike to the throat kept spurting blood in time with the heartbeat - simply amazing attention to detail. Squirt squirt squirt squirt even after he falls and becomes background.
The second movie has Frank Miller in a cameo, appropriate considering how many Robocop comics he did. Thank god American cities will never end up like this.
@@mr44mag Miller wrote the second film, thats why the cameo. He didn't write any Robo comics until later and even then just 'Frank Miller's RoboCop' - which is just the early version of what they ended up doing in R2 and R3 - and RvsT. Finally there's plenty of cities/parts of cities in the US that are scarcely much better, and indeed even were at the time of RoboCop's production. Hence why its such effective commentary - Just a slight tweak on whats already present.
I think it was either Peter Weller or Ray Wise who was asked in a retrospective what it was like to be part of such a culturally iconic movie and answered that he was just happy that they made a good and interesting movie and that "The rest is just GRAVY ON THE CAKE...gravy on the cake?" realizing that he had mixed his metaphors.
I do that type of stuff on purpose all the time. _"He's a few sandwiches short of a brick wall."_ _"He's not the brightest crayon in the shed."_ It gives people pause. 😂
What's crazy is how satires so often predict the future: At 2:26, Dick Jones says OCP plans to go into new fields like prisons, hospitals, and space exploration. In 1984 this was intended as a joke. But, um, in 2023, hello private for-profit prisons, hospitals, and SpaceX :(
18:20 You cit out Clarence's iconic "B**ches leave" line, but ut's part of a humorous behind the scenes story I have to share. Because Paul Verhoeven is Dutch, and his director of photography for this scene, Jost Vocano, is German, they didn't realize how offensive a pejorative "b**ch" is in English, and when they were directing this scene, they kept referring to and addressing the two actresses as "b**ches." The actresses took it in stride, and Kurtwood Smith (Clarence) and Miguel Ferrer (Bob) kept cracking up between takes.
I watched RoboCop on our VHS copy as a kid. My parents got rid of it when I kept watching it on repeat. Thankfully I got my own DVD copy, and it’s aged like a fine wine. Not only is it a masterpiece in terms of visual effects, the story itself stands the test of time. Most notably, I noticed that the satirical elements of the world of New Detroit make the heart shine true. Absolutely love RoboCop as an example of a perfect film!
"Murphy." and then that little grin as he walks away.... (such a FUCK YEAH! moment that still gets me pumped every time I see it) I'll add something I saw another commenter say in a different reaction that I never picked up on when I first watched this movie. If you listen closely and put together some pieces, The Robocop program/OCP took over the police department and "restructured" the force to bring the best cops to the most dangerous precincts, and then when they went out on dangerous calls, OCP's dispatch purposefully refused to send back up to their locations in the hopes they would be killed so they could be harvested for the Robocop program. Bob Morton mentions this restructuring of the police department in his initial pitch of the Robocop program, and when pursuing the bad guys, you can hear Murphy repeatedly call for backup and he's repeatedly told that backup isn't available. Bear in mind, OCP also owned and operated the same hospital where Murphy was sent and ultimately harvested for the Robocop program. Pretty messed up.
Murphy survived the initial shotgun barrage due to the body armor he was wearing. This is supported in the ER scene when they are working on him and only a couple of the shotgun pellets appear to have made it into his chest and stomach. Also, the reason why the commercials remind you of Starship Troopers is because both movies are directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Just stumbled across this video and I love how invested you were the entire way. I saw Robocop for the first time as a child in the early 90's and to this day it's still one of my all-time favorite movies. Great to see people still enjoying it all these years later!
This is by far the RoboCop Reaction vid I enjoyed the most. It’s my favourite movie and Dos totally understands and appreciates this epic’s qualities and nuances
Gotta give credit to the cinematographer and the director. They knew how to reveal robocop, leaving the audience with anticipation until its fully realized. Making robocop seem "larger than life" on those camera angles makes him an intimidating force to criminals. But what takes the cake is the helmet removal, that was brimming with emotions
Also I love ❤️ how Peter Weller nails this movie, and how he uses his lips to emote and acts the feelings of his character role restricted by the prosthetics he has covering the last bit of his humanity within his face throughout most of the story. Nice touch by his real and fictional makers purposely adding this detail to complete his transformation from human to machine/OCP product.
The “old man” at OCP played one of the scariest horror movie villains ever conceived in “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch”. Highly recommended for a reaction this spooky season. 👍🏻
This director is a genius. As absurd as the parts are, the core is remarkably very human. I think that's why Starship Troopers is so beloved by its fans even though it's showcasing an alternate Authoritarian Military world.
It shows no such thing. It shows a libertarian paradise, but Verhoven was too much of a leftist jackass to bother reading the book, so he slapped vaguely Nazi-looking uniforms and imagery and declared them authoritarians. This is in spite of the actual movie showing the Federation being such a free society that not only do they allow reporters in war zones, but they freely admit their horrendous mistake on Klendathu.
Hi Kacee!😊 Nice to see you finishing the unofficial Verhoeven trilogy! Yeah, the ED 209 was mostly stop motion. The only effect that really looks dated is Dick Jones falling out of the building. He looks like Claymation and stop motion. I remember when the unrated version came out on Laserdisc. Now, I believe that is the standard release for digital. OK, I have another trilogy for you. There are three films from Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead). They are "The Green Mile" which you guys have seen, "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) a very popular film with reactor views, and "The Mist" (2007). The Mist is a very unusual horror film. Great reactions to your final film from Verhoeven, Kacee!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏
To Be Fair and Honest...... Dick Jones Falling out of the window looked "Cheezy" when this movie was released...... So I think I was a choice to make it look Extra Cheezy/Bad........ Just an Opinion.......
Can't believe she never picks up on the fact they are wearing bullet proof vest. You would think at some point she would realize that. It's not like the body armor was hidden, they are wearing it on the outside for everyone to see.
A lot of rose-colored glasses about '80s movies. Most movies were extremely over-produced, formulaic, and forgettable. It's just the best ones are the ones people kept watching, so now people think that's what '80s movies were. Robocop was treated like just another action blockbuster; people didn't really get it until later.
@@Tessmage_Tessera Not in the same ballpark. The '80s were a lull between two huge upsurges in film creativity in the decade before and after, and even most critically-acclaimed films from the '80s are unwatchably boring, doctrinaire, and devoid of imagination. Most are now forgotten even among film buffs. No one would say the same of the decade just before or just after. If someone asked you to recommend a hilarious comedy, would anyone ever suggest "Splash"? Or "Arthur"? Would someone asked for deep, engaging dramas recommend "Reds"? Or "Terms of Endearment"? It's never occurred to me to do that, and I've never heard anyone else do it either. The films of the '80s are mostly tedious, paint-by-numbers exercises in exhaustion. We just think they were something else because of the extremely rare exceptions that people still watch.
@@dudermcdudeface3674that’s your personal opinion and by the way you verbally bash the era it is personal with you for whatever reason. Of course you are dead wrong but that’s not the point. Whatever tragic experiences you had in the 80s doesn’t affect the happenings in that era your not that important and you need to let go of the hate your a grown ass man now.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 I think you have some kind of personal vendetta against the 80's. As for me, I enjoy 80's culture. Beats the hell out of anything we have today.
Always cool to see modern generations' take on the movies of my teenage years. It's been heartening to see how popular they seem to be when compared to the cgi fests of today.
Paul did not see anything in the shallow script, but his wife made him reconsider and saw much more layers to explore. Now you've completed the Verhoeven scifi trifecta of violence and satire. In my book 3 films of over the top... well everything and still stuffed with layers of depth.
Glad you to see you caught it. I missed it for years when the old man said "Dick, you're fired". That gave robocop the authority to kill him. He was no longer an senior member of the company.
@@ericmaddox8516 true -- but would you call that one of his best (i.e., "most interesting") perfomances? he's also in 3 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and an episode of Fringe, and starred in the often overlooked "Odyessy 5" series plus a dozen other bits.
@@MindFeather yes, I would. The only other actor to do that version of Batman correctly (for lass than 5 minutes) is Michael Ironside, who later voiced Darkseid. Don't forget, Peter Weller is also a very good director. He and Adam Arkin seemed to be in competition for doing best episodes of Sons of Anarchy.
Peter Weller is such a method actor that, he wanted everybody to address him as Robocop or Murphy whenever he was in costume, so Kurtwood Smith went out of his way to call him Peter.
Hi Kacee, I loved your reaction to this sci fi classic, it's one of the best 80's movies and one of Paul Verhoven's best. Yes that was Red from That 70's show. Please react to it's decent sequel Robocop 2 (1990). Yes there's nothing like practical effects, they are what makes a movie and in terms of practical & special make up effects, I highly recommend An American Werewolf In London (1981) for spooky Halloween season if you've not seen that film. Incredible Academy Award winning effects, I'm sure you'll like it. I like your reactions and I'm subscribed :)
I remember that that Ford Taurus was a new model of car back then and, at least to me at 5 or 6, seemed really modern-looking compared to other cars of the time.
To answer a couple questions.. Murphy survived because he was wearing a ballistic vest. They can be very resilient especially against what I assume was 12 gauge buckshot. That’s why you saw the arm blown completely off. Second, even if Robocop was shot in the face area it would make no difference. His “face” is merely grafted onto an exoskeleton to make him more appealing to the public. If I’m not mistaken his brain is the only organ left.
Fun fact: when Robocop goes on patrol for the first time and you hear the Robocop Theme the beating metal sound in the music is actually the composer and conductor, Basil Poledouris, hitting a fire extinguisher with an iron.
I'm so glad to see the reaction of this movie through your channel. Because it's my best SF movie when i was child. I really want to say thank you so much.
@evilalex8327 being better of anything that came after doesn't negate that it's an overall disappointing sequel. Again, it has some decent parts but it feels really dated overall (which the 1st part doesn't), they basically do away with Murphy's development from part 1 for whatever reason only to do the same thing again but absolutely nowhere as good. The dialogue, satire, and commentary is nowhere as solid or smart, the villain of Cain overall was weak, the CEO of OCP felt like a totally different character, having a 12 year old running the biggest drug gang/business in Detroit was really idiotic, Lewis feels very underutilized, etc.
A little common misconception: Robocops face isn’t actually human tissue, it’s a prosthetic molded into the shape of Murphy’s face in his memory so shooting him in the face wouldn’t actually do anything because everything but his brain is pure metal.
Whe never here anything about that. In Robocop 2 when he says ' they made this to honour him' , I took it as him saying that so she would stop following him thinking he was still alive.
@@happyapple4269 sorry, forgot to add the main point in my last comment. What I forgot to mention was that it was also stated (in other robocop media) that the reason robocop has a human face is because it’s a way to earn the public trust by making him relatable instead of just having an unstoppable robot patrolling the streets.
What a strange interpretation of that scene in Robocop 2. He was just trying to give his wife closure. The idea that they would make a replica of his face and reproduce the bullet hole too is just ridiculous.
robocop perfected what total recall and starship troopers tried to recapture -- the seemingly impossible fusion of sci-fi, horror, satire, drama and social commentary. one of my favorites. sfx by rob bottin, who worked on john carpenter's the thing.
I loved this video, and how much you perceived what was, and might be happening, and how you zeroed in on such important themes! I’ll be coming back for more of your reactions, and reviews!!! Great job!!! PS: RoboCop is a masterpiece!
fun fact about mckinney's death at the very start. It was his first on screen role ever, and the director and squib guys were eating spaghetti. They filled his shirt with spaghetti.
Finally a reaction to the Director's Cut. The line "We placed candidates all through the force" means something else entirely when the next scene is Murphy being transferred to the most lethal police station in the USA.
ED-209 not registering the gun drop and shooting the guy has a real world parable. One of the biggest things stopping Self Driving cars is the systems inability to register Jay-Walking and thus hitting pedestrians.
This sci fi movie is a pure masterpiece/classic that has stood the test of time so happy to see you reacting to this movie. You should do a reaction of Robocop 2 it is criminally underrated in my book.
I was 8 when this was released. 1st and only movie I begged my mom to see. Even as a kid I knew a great film just by the trailer. She covered my eyes for certain scenes.
19:28 Yep, same actor. His name is Kurtwood Smith. BTW, the actress who played the OCP secretary in the "You can keep the gum" scene would go on to become Mrs. Kurtwood Smith, which she still is to this day.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. One of the cool things about this movie he sounds mechanical, but once he starts getting his humanity back he starts sounding like the original Alex Murphy again.
This was a great reaction, Kacee! I am glad to see you finished off the loose "trilogy" with the first and what I think is the best (though I love them all). I have a couple of recommendations for you for more sci-fi/action from the '80s: The Hidden and They Live.
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Awesome movie
What the heck, are you psychic Kacee? I swear you predicted every major plotline in the movie before it happened?!?!? 😀
Ok, I have another 80s movie for you: Repo Man (1984). It's kind of a comedy, though it's sort of futuristic (for its time) and a bit sarcastic like Robocop. You will also probably recognize the main character (though he's very young in it).
Daredevil season 2
Next time RoboCop 2, RoboCop 3 and RoboCop ( remake 2014)
Firing Dick Jones is some of the best out-of-the-box thinking to defeat the villain ever. I love seeing everyone react to that joyfully.
Dick Jones got fired twice 😂
My uncle built all the sets for Robocop. Still have the script.
Tell him that i have a pint of beer with his name next time he comes to Cabo
awesome! Dallas based?
Wanna sell it?
That's gotta be worth a pretty penny
I'll buy that for a dollar
This movie aged well, still badass and emotional as ever
Absolutely and this was Red Foreman before he settled down with Kitty.
@@nebulous8389 And also before both of them wrote letters defending a rapist.
@@nebulous8389 hahahahaha, excellent comment.
@@cormano64 Can't you just let someone say something funny without ruining it? FFS.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Robocop is a classic that has absolutely aged well, both in terms of craft and storytelling
Not as well as Terminator
@@nsasupporter7557idk, i love Terminator (more than T2) but effects aged a little bit more.
@@rickastley2308 have you ever played Robocop vs Terminator?
I love how much Kacee "got" this movie. She was into the story and the action, and she immediately understood the themes it was exploring.
Disney Plus cutting parody cameos (Doomcock in SheHulk, Ezra Miller in Echo) to "quiet the noise"
Everyone from the 80's and 90's would see Kurtwood Smith and go "That's Clarence Boddicker!", everyone from the 2000's onward would go "That's Red Forman!".
One small detail I love is how Ed-209 doesn't respond if someone aims a gun at someone else, only if someone aims a gun at itself.
“I’m sure it’s just a glitch”
My dad took me to see this when I was 7 years old. I was traumatized af! Nightmares for weeks, my mom was NOT happy 😂 Of course I love these movies now!
I'm glad I watched a lot of Movie Magic on Discovery Channel back then. Seeing how they do all that stuff makes it about 60% less scary.
It was the Alien movies that did that to me as a kid.
Your Dad 🏆
You’re dad is a sadist
Based dad
Fun Fact: During the famous drug shootout scene, Peter Weller (Robocop) was wearing headphones and listening to Peter Gabriel’s red rain while filming lol
Now that I never knew! Awesome. 😂
Another fun fact… same scene. Guns kept jamming and they filmed short cuts instead… hence the style of the scene.
Fun fact: They filmed the shootout scene last. Peter Weller still has an intact hand in the rest of the movie meaning it was filmed before it was blown off.
Nobody could do Robocop like Peter Weller. Many have tried and to me they just never could match Weller's subtleties and nuances that he brought to the character. Weller really suffered to make Robocop so great and memorable and I really appreciate that.
Glad he came back for the New Robocop video game. He really sells that game hard.
I remember watching this movie for the first time 4 years ago thinking “Eh, I’ll give this movie a shot, just to see what all the fuss is about”, and then being absolutely surprised at how this satirical action movie managed to make me feel so bad for the hero and rooting for him like I would for any of my favorite childhood superheroes.
And Peter Weller absolutely KILLS it as Murphy/Robocop. There’s a great CZcams video of Peter talking about what it was like to not only wear the suit (which when first testing out putting on the suit would take up to 10 HOURS to put on, then narrowed down to 8) but also how he came up with the movements. Also because of the triple digit heat in Dallas where they filmed most of it, he would sweat off up to 3 pounds per day!
its so good to see this movie at modern times! im jealous =)))
4:52 This is one of the key lines that often gets overlooked. They are intentionally placing cops they think would be a good fit for the Robocop program into the worst, most dangerous areas. Later, at the precinct they reinforce this by talking about the high fatality rate that the cops are experiencing. So yeah, Murphy as a rookie cop being placed into a hellhole was completely intentional and he was setup to die.
All accurate, but Murphy is no rookie. Remember the line, "I always drive when breaking in a new partner." He's just a recent transfer to the precinct.
I missed it and I’ve watched it many times!
This is one of the best sci/fi movies from the 80’s, Clarence Boddicker is a all time great villain.
“Bitches leave.”😂
One of the best lines of cinema, ever. Well, ok, maybe at least one of the most memorable lines ever, because when you hear "bitches, leave" you will ALWAYS remember that scene.
"Do you fly, Bobby?"
"Give me my fucking phone call" spits on desk 😅
"I Am a *ROBOCOP* Stan Now!!" - One of us! One of us! :D
"you're like me."
What's a sta ?
@@Saiman9000
The term "stan" originated from a combination of the words "stalker" and "fan", but has since evolved to become a positive term for fans who are highly engaged and supportive of their favorite celebrities.
In this case, the "celebrity" being Robocop!
@@JustGrowingUp84 Thank you for the explanation.
"Come quietly or there will be.... trouble". That pause always cracked me up.
Robocop is the closest you can get to a perfect movie, everything about it is so well made, it transcends time, it only gets better with age.
Robocop's ending = Legendary!
The theme song is literally one of my ringtones, haha. Works even better as a wake-up alarm.
Much of the movie was filmed in Dallas, it was fun to see Reunion Tower in the armored truck chase scene, also the OPC building is Dallas City Hall with several floors added to make it taller. Also the building used as the Police station was actually my mom's old school. 😊
And then they blew up the gas station and got kicked out of town cause it was so big 😂
Was so bummed out when I watched this after so long to realize it wasn’t actually filmed in Detroit. Kept looking for landmarks I recognized but nothing ever popped up. They didn’t even attempt to get b-roll of the skyline! Lol
One thing to note is that even in the 1970's, everyone knew that the auto industry would eventually leave Michigan (GM, Ford, and Chrysler made no secret of it), so predicting the future of Detroit wasn't that hard.
Predicting that it would be *white* men who fell into a life of crime wasn't on everyone's list at the time.
Only problem with this movie is that there aren't enough Muslims.
There was no "predicting" and although the decline of the auto industry played a part, it wasn't the primary cause. "White flight" away from the urban city centers was the primary cause. Not just Detroit, but in MANY cities like LA and NY saw hordes of middle class people take their tax revenues to the suburbs. In Detroit, the people left behind then had decreased income due to the declining auto industry. The riots in the late 60's, plus later fires in the 70's left large parts of Detroit abandoned. So as NY & LA recovered somewhat, Detroit didn't have the tax revenue to do the same. Escape from New York was filmed in these abandoned areas in Detroit back in 80/81.
@@helifanodobezanozi7689 I completely agree with your historical take, but the rise in car breakins and homelessness is mostly due to opioids and despair, a lot of that is white these days.
@@zimriel Well, that's DEFINITELY the case for the last 20 years or so. (Specifically about the opioid.)
@@helifanodobezanozi7689 Escape from New York was filmed in East St Louis, IL - Just across the river from St Louis proper. With of course some pickups done in spots in/near LA. As well the deleted opening done in Atlanta. I've never heard they shot anything in Detroit.
Same with RoboCop funny enough. The opening title shot uses a stock pic of Detroit, but that's it. The movie was filmed primarily in Dallas, with the steel mill being south of Pittsburgh and some last-minute production effects done in LA on soundstages.
I already knew that RoboCop was a masterpiece, it is! But after watching RoboDoc it only confirms it.
Where did you watch it?
Saw this one in the theater with my Grandma when I was 8, Grandma was a badass.
Robocop is so freakin’ cool!
Fun fact: Robocop was actually inspired by the Japanese Tokusatsu TV show Space Sheriff Gavan. Gavan is an intergalactic peace-keeping police officer donning metallic cybernetic armor battling the evil forces of the Space Crime Syndicate Makuu. Even though the show never aired in America, this movie’s director Paul Verhoeven watched the show in his hotel room while visiting Japan and apparently enjoyed it so much it lead to creating one of the greatest science fiction and action movies ever made.
Really? I heard it was based on Space Cop starring Rich Evans.
@@andruwxx that’s what I heard yes
@@andruwxx I thought it was a Judge Dredd origin-story pitch that failed.
If Dredd *did* have an origin-story, I want this to be it.
also, the design of ED 209 is based on Robotech Mech designs.
I heard Carry On Cowboy!
The similarities to starship troopers and practical effects are most likely due to its the same director. Love these old practical gore effects!
I don’t know how, but films used to excite hearts, and after some time I rewatched them and got the same pleasure, even now, but in new films there is no trace of that spirit
I thought it was just me who thought that.
Literally after the Total Recall reaction, I thought you have to watch original RoboCop!
Such an amazing movie!
A lot of popular sci-fi movies came out in the 80s and this was one of them
Paul Verhoeven is pretty well known for how ultraviolent his action movies are. I think that he is able to get away with so much gruesome blood and gore because he goes so over the top with it that it's almost cartoonishly absurd and can't be taken seriously. He's also known for instilling his movies with satire and social commentary. He directed Starship Troopers, and much like Robocop, it also features some brutal violence and some strongly satirical themes.
Bodecker at the end after the Robo-spike to the throat kept spurting blood in time with the heartbeat - simply amazing attention to detail. Squirt squirt squirt squirt even after he falls and becomes background.
The second movie has Frank Miller in a cameo, appropriate considering how many Robocop comics he did. Thank god American cities will never end up like this.
Perfectly stated and he directed Total Recall. Which makes me wished I had 3 hands.
@@mr44mag Miller wrote the second film, thats why the cameo. He didn't write any Robo comics until later and even then just 'Frank Miller's RoboCop' - which is just the early version of what they ended up doing in R2 and R3 - and RvsT.
Finally there's plenty of cities/parts of cities in the US that are scarcely much better, and indeed even were at the time of RoboCop's production. Hence why its such effective commentary - Just a slight tweak on whats already present.
He also makes films about lesbian nuns.
This is my favorite Verhoven movie. It's a perfect movie and holds a special place in my heart.
We talking Jarvic line, Yamaha...? :P
@@captainsteroid2454 just remember... We Care! (TM)
5 bags of popcorn
I think it was either Peter Weller or Ray Wise who was asked in a retrospective what it was like to be part of such a culturally iconic movie and answered that he was just happy that they made a good and interesting movie and that "The rest is just GRAVY ON THE CAKE...gravy on the cake?" realizing that he had mixed his metaphors.
I do that type of stuff on purpose all the time.
_"He's a few sandwiches short of a brick wall."_
_"He's not the brightest crayon in the shed."_
It gives people pause. 😂
@@NarwahlGaming That great!
I was way too young when I watched this movie. It seriously f'd me up for years. It's crazy the things parents let us watch back then
What's crazy is how satires so often predict the future: At 2:26, Dick Jones says OCP plans to go into new fields like prisons, hospitals, and space exploration. In 1984 this was intended as a joke. But, um, in 2023, hello private for-profit prisons, hospitals, and SpaceX :(
18:20 You cit out Clarence's iconic "B**ches leave" line, but ut's part of a humorous behind the scenes story I have to share. Because Paul Verhoeven is Dutch, and his director of photography for this scene, Jost Vocano, is German, they didn't realize how offensive a pejorative "b**ch" is in English, and when they were directing this scene, they kept referring to and addressing the two actresses as "b**ches." The actresses took it in stride, and Kurtwood Smith (Clarence) and Miguel Ferrer (Bob) kept cracking up between takes.
Hope she gets a Murphy figure to accompany the Predator one to get the 80s classic line up going. also the chill out pun was legit : D
The villains in this movie are so well cast, especially the leader.
They'll fix you
...they fix everything.
I watched RoboCop on our VHS copy as a kid. My parents got rid of it when I kept watching it on repeat. Thankfully I got my own DVD copy, and it’s aged like a fine wine. Not only is it a masterpiece in terms of visual effects, the story itself stands the test of time. Most notably, I noticed that the satirical elements of the world of New Detroit make the heart shine true. Absolutely love RoboCop as an example of a perfect film!
"Murphy." and then that little grin as he walks away.... (such a FUCK YEAH! moment that still gets me pumped every time I see it)
I'll add something I saw another commenter say in a different reaction that I never picked up on when I first watched this movie.
If you listen closely and put together some pieces, The Robocop program/OCP took over the police department and "restructured" the force to bring the best cops to the most dangerous precincts, and then when they went out on dangerous calls, OCP's dispatch purposefully refused to send back up to their locations in the hopes they would be killed so they could be harvested for the Robocop program.
Bob Morton mentions this restructuring of the police department in his initial pitch of the Robocop program, and when pursuing the bad guys, you can hear Murphy repeatedly call for backup and he's repeatedly told that backup isn't available. Bear in mind, OCP also owned and operated the same hospital where Murphy was sent and ultimately harvested for the Robocop program. Pretty messed up.
Murphy survived the initial shotgun barrage due to the body armor he was wearing. This is supported in the ER scene when they are working on him and only a couple of the shotgun pellets appear to have made it into his chest and stomach. Also, the reason why the commercials remind you of Starship Troopers is because both movies are directed by Paul Verhoeven.
I'd buy that for a dollar! 🏆
"You just smudged up his lens!!!" Spoken lie a true glasses-wearer (I'm one too)
Just stumbled across this video and I love how invested you were the entire way. I saw Robocop for the first time as a child in the early 90's and to this day it's still one of my all-time favorite movies. Great to see people still enjoying it all these years later!
This is by far the RoboCop Reaction vid I enjoyed the most. It’s my favourite movie and Dos totally understands and appreciates this epic’s qualities and nuances
Gotta give credit to the cinematographer and the director. They knew how to reveal robocop, leaving the audience with anticipation until its fully realized. Making robocop seem "larger than life" on those camera angles makes him an intimidating force to criminals. But what takes the cake is the helmet removal, that was brimming with emotions
Also I love ❤️ how Peter Weller nails this movie, and how he uses his lips to emote and acts the feelings of his character role restricted by the prosthetics he has covering the last bit of his humanity within his face throughout most of the story.
Nice touch by his real and fictional makers purposely adding this detail to complete his transformation from human to machine/OCP product.
The “old man” at OCP played one of the scariest horror movie villains ever conceived in “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch”.
Highly recommended for a reaction this spooky season. 👍🏻
If you mean Dan O'Herlihy, he also played "Grig" in The Last Starfighter. You'd never recognize him, though.
Kacee should totally watch The Last Starfighter!
This director is a genius. As absurd as the parts are, the core is remarkably very human. I think that's why Starship Troopers is so beloved by its fans even though it's showcasing an alternate Authoritarian Military world.
It shows no such thing. It shows a libertarian paradise, but Verhoven was too much of a leftist jackass to bother reading the book, so he slapped vaguely Nazi-looking uniforms and imagery and declared them authoritarians. This is in spite of the actual movie showing the Federation being such a free society that not only do they allow reporters in war zones, but they freely admit their horrendous mistake on Klendathu.
Hi Kacee!😊 Nice to see you finishing the unofficial Verhoeven trilogy! Yeah, the ED 209 was mostly stop motion. The only effect that really looks dated is Dick Jones falling out of the building. He looks like Claymation and stop motion. I remember when the unrated version came out on Laserdisc. Now, I believe that is the standard release for digital. OK, I have another trilogy for you. There are three films from Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead). They are "The Green Mile" which you guys have seen, "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) a very popular film with reactor views, and "The Mist" (2007). The Mist is a very unusual horror film. Great reactions to your final film from Verhoeven, Kacee!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏
To Be Fair and Honest...... Dick Jones Falling out of the window looked "Cheezy" when this movie was released...... So I think I was a choice to make it look Extra Cheezy/Bad........ Just an Opinion.......
Can't believe she never picks up on the fact they are wearing bullet proof vest. You would think at some point she would realize that.
It's not like the body armor was hidden, they are wearing it on the outside for everyone to see.
Great reaction. I really feel lucky to have been a teenager in the 80s. So many great movies in a time when Hollywood valued originality.
A lot of rose-colored glasses about '80s movies. Most movies were extremely over-produced, formulaic, and forgettable. It's just the best ones are the ones people kept watching, so now people think that's what '80s movies were. Robocop was treated like just another action blockbuster; people didn't really get it until later.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 "Extremely over-produced, formulaic, and forgettable" can easily be applied to most of the movies made during the past 40 years.
@@Tessmage_Tessera Not in the same ballpark. The '80s were a lull between two huge upsurges in film creativity in the decade before and after, and even most critically-acclaimed films from the '80s are unwatchably boring, doctrinaire, and devoid of imagination.
Most are now forgotten even among film buffs. No one would say the same of the decade just before or just after.
If someone asked you to recommend a hilarious comedy, would anyone ever suggest "Splash"? Or "Arthur"? Would someone asked for deep, engaging dramas recommend "Reds"? Or "Terms of Endearment"? It's never occurred to me to do that, and I've never heard anyone else do it either.
The films of the '80s are mostly tedious, paint-by-numbers exercises in exhaustion. We just think they were something else because of the extremely rare exceptions that people still watch.
@@dudermcdudeface3674that’s your personal opinion and by the way you verbally bash the era it is personal with you for whatever reason. Of course you are dead wrong but that’s not the point. Whatever tragic experiences you had in the 80s doesn’t affect the happenings in that era your not that important and you need to let go of the hate your a grown ass man now.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 I think you have some kind of personal vendetta against the 80's. As for me, I enjoy 80's culture. Beats the hell out of anything we have today.
The very final scene always gives me chills
Nice shooting son, what's your name}
Murphy! *smiles*
PERFECT
Always cool to see modern generations' take on the movies of my teenage years. It's been heartening to see how popular they seem to be when compared to the cgi fests of today.
It still surprises me that it's 2023 and there are people people out in the world who haven't seen Robocop.
masterpiece
Such a great film. As always, practical effects hold up forever. Robocop still looks intimidating and tough. Such a wonderful job.
Paul did not see anything in the shallow script, but his wife made him reconsider and saw much more layers to explore. Now you've completed the Verhoeven scifi trifecta of violence and satire. In my book 3 films of over the top... well everything and still stuffed with layers of depth.
Glad you to see you caught it. I missed it for years when the old man said "Dick, you're fired". That gave robocop the authority to kill him. He was no longer an senior member of the company.
Peter Weller is awesome. his best work is probably in "Naked Lunch" or "Buckaroo Banzai." crazy good fun here. thanks so much for all y'all do!
He also stars in the animated film, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
@@ericmaddox8516 true -- but would you call that one of his best (i.e., "most interesting") perfomances? he's also in 3 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and an episode of Fringe, and starred in the often overlooked "Odyessy 5" series plus a dozen other bits.
@@MindFeather yes, I would. The only other actor to do that version of Batman correctly (for lass than 5 minutes) is Michael Ironside, who later voiced Darkseid. Don't forget, Peter Weller is also a very good director. He and Adam Arkin seemed to be in competition for doing best episodes of Sons of Anarchy.
@@MindFeather the Enterprise episodes were some of the best of the serries.
@@ericmaddox8516 right on, man. i bow to you and your superior knowledge here. thanks for illuminating me.
I love how pure logic is part of the final solution. Great reaction. Thanks.
Peter Weller is such a method actor that, he wanted everybody to address him as Robocop or Murphy whenever he was in costume, so Kurtwood Smith went out of his way to call him Peter.
Hi Kacee, I loved your reaction to this sci fi classic, it's one of the best 80's movies and one of Paul Verhoven's best. Yes that was Red from That 70's show. Please react to it's decent sequel Robocop 2 (1990). Yes there's nothing like practical effects, they are what makes a movie and in terms of practical & special make up effects, I highly recommend An American Werewolf In London (1981) for spooky Halloween season if you've not seen that film. Incredible Academy Award winning effects, I'm sure you'll like it. I like your reactions and I'm subscribed :)
You need to watch Demolition Man together. That movie still holds up, has one of the best 90's action genre villains, and was peak Stallone.
22:08 Love this shot. You see a glimpse of his humanity.
This movie as the greatest one liners and love it
I remember that that Ford Taurus was a new model of car back then and, at least to me at 5 or 6, seemed really modern-looking compared to other cars of the time.
I watched this when I was 5 and immediately loved it. Still do.
Best laugh in cinematic history. ✌️
The chunky salsa budget for this film must have been astronomical.
Paul Verhoeven, the director, went on to direct Starship Troupers 10 years later!
4:10
*"Oh my God, they killed Kinney!"*
To answer a couple questions.. Murphy survived because he was wearing a ballistic vest. They can be very resilient especially against what I assume was 12 gauge buckshot. That’s why you saw the arm blown completely off. Second, even if Robocop was shot in the face area it would make no difference. His “face” is merely grafted onto an exoskeleton to make him more appealing to the public. If I’m not mistaken his brain is the only organ left.
Fun fact: when Robocop goes on patrol for the first time and you hear the Robocop Theme the beating metal sound in the music is actually the composer and conductor, Basil Poledouris, hitting a fire extinguisher with an iron.
I'm so glad to see the reaction of this movie through your channel. Because it's my best SF movie when i was child. I really want to say thank you so much.
second is underrated , directed by empire strikes back director , defently worth a watch
Ehhh it really isn't. Cartain parts are decent, but overall, it's a disappointing follow up.
@@jediknightgeo i like it alot and its better than anything that came after
@evilalex8327 being better of anything that came after doesn't negate that it's an overall disappointing sequel. Again, it has some decent parts but it feels really dated overall (which the 1st part doesn't), they basically do away with Murphy's development from part 1 for whatever reason only to do the same thing again but absolutely nowhere as good. The dialogue, satire, and commentary is nowhere as solid or smart, the villain of Cain overall was weak, the CEO of OCP felt like a totally different character, having a 12 year old running the biggest drug gang/business in Detroit was really idiotic, Lewis feels very underutilized, etc.
@@jediknightgeo sure but its still a fun film imo
@@evilalex87 You're allowed to like mediocre. We all do at points.
A little common misconception: Robocops face isn’t actually human tissue, it’s a prosthetic molded into the shape of Murphy’s face in his memory so shooting him in the face wouldn’t actually do anything because everything but his brain is pure metal.
Whe never here anything about that. In Robocop 2 when he says ' they made this to honour him' , I took it as him saying that so she would stop following him thinking he was still alive.
@@happyapple4269 sorry, forgot to add the main point in my last comment. What I forgot to mention was that it was also stated (in other robocop media) that the reason robocop has a human face is because it’s a way to earn the public trust by making him relatable instead of just having an unstoppable robot patrolling the streets.
What a strange interpretation of that scene in Robocop 2. He was just trying to give his wife closure.
The idea that they would make a replica of his face and reproduce the bullet hole too is just ridiculous.
11:40
"No! She can empty the register and he can open the safe! Why?! Because I have a gun!"
robocop perfected what total recall and starship troopers tried to recapture -- the seemingly impossible fusion of sci-fi, horror, satire, drama and social commentary. one of my favorites. sfx by rob bottin, who worked on john carpenter's the thing.
agreed that TR didn't quite do it.
ST - I'll argue - did do it.
@@zimriel tr & st are still great -- but robocop is perfect.
One of the best memes about Robocop is "Dude died, but they made him go to work anyway" 😂
I loved this video, and how much you perceived what was, and might be happening, and how you zeroed in on such important themes! I’ll be coming back for more of your reactions, and reviews!!! Great job!!!
PS: RoboCop is a masterpiece!
Robocop - The tragic story of a dude who died and was still made to come to work.
The stairs part was why I laughed so damn hard when I first played Boarderlands 2 and Claptrap "STAIRS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Seeing this back in the 80s was an earth shattering event for me.
That between the legs shot is NUTS.
😂
fun fact about mckinney's death at the very start. It was his first on screen role ever, and the director and squib guys were eating spaghetti.
They filled his shirt with spaghetti.
Fantastic film. Layered satire. And plenty of actual aggression, of the kind modern mainstream action movies seem uncomfortable to show.
11:06
FUN FACT
it took so many takes
for him to catch the keys
they had to switch film reels
🎥
Finally a reaction to the Director's Cut. The line "We placed candidates all through the force" means something else entirely when the next scene is Murphy being transferred to the most lethal police station in the USA.
ED-209 not registering the gun drop and shooting the guy has a real world parable.
One of the biggest things stopping Self Driving cars is the systems inability to register Jay-Walking and thus hitting pedestrians.
This sci fi movie is a pure masterpiece/classic that has stood the test of time so happy to see you reacting to this movie. You should do a reaction of Robocop 2 it is criminally underrated in my book.
Leviathan is a decent Sci fi horror from that kinda era
I was 8 when this was released. 1st and only movie I begged my mom to see. Even as a kid I knew a great film just by the trailer. She covered my eyes for certain scenes.
Love this film and I can't wait for the soon to be released Robocop game.
19:28 Yep, same actor. His name is Kurtwood Smith. BTW, the actress who played the OCP secretary in the "You can keep the gum" scene would go on to become Mrs. Kurtwood Smith, which she still is to this day.
Enjoyed your reaction
"This reminds me of Starship Troopers"
That's no coincidence: it was the same director, Paul Verhoeven, who made it.
❤🐢 oww loved the reaction great job
RoboCop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers, I consider them the trifecta of damn near perfect sci-fi flicks.
Off topic but i appreciate your vocal EQ in this video! It sounds warmer and more natural 👍
Very nice reaction! Thanks 👍
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. One of the cool things about this movie he sounds mechanical, but once he starts getting his humanity back he starts sounding like the original Alex Murphy again.
This was a great reaction, Kacee! I am glad to see you finished off the loose "trilogy" with the first and what I think is the best (though I love them all). I have a couple of recommendations for you for more sci-fi/action from the '80s: The Hidden and They Live.