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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Why is like 1/3rd of his skull ghost white while the rest is super tan SALT CURES HAM posted:Given that next to nothing would have to be taken out of Aliens for it to get a modern-day PG-13, that's kind of a bad example. zVxTeflon posted:Whatever. So loving pick Alien, Terminator, Predator or any other example.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 09:40 |
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From the thread title I thought that someone was either having another go at making a DoA movie, or had rediscovered the original movie as some kind of lost gem. I disagree that a PG-13 rating means anything at all for the quality of this movie. Good PG-13 movies have been made (DoA was PG-13! ). You can tell a good story and keep it PG-13. The lower the rating, the better - lower ratings means more people will see it, which means more opportunity for people to reflect on whatever bone this movie has to pick (looks like drone warfare). I really like the angle they're going for with Gary Oldman's explanation that the man in the machine is pretty much obsolete. The machine literally does the fighting, Murphy is just for show and they make him think he's in control. Love that, that's a horrifying concept.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 10:15 |
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I really dislike that so many action movies end up PG-13 these days. My favourite action movies as a kid (and now) were all R rated, man Zzulu fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Sep 9, 2013 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:But yeah, when the lead actor of the original who has his hands on all facets of the film industry has seen the remake and doesn't think it has anywhere near the emotional impact of the original, well then it probably doesn't and that doesn't make me very hopeful. So I take it you thoroughly enjoyed the new Star Trek movie?
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 14:09 |
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I watched Elite Squad 2 some time ago and remember it more as a political crime thriller on drugs than an action movie. It definitely felt very opinionated and blunt. I wouldn't expect this to be a Dark Knight-series style head-scratcher but I wouldn't expect Padilho to just grab a handful from the Hollywood bag of token themes. What I worry about is that it won't be funny, that'd be a shame, I think.
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Cardboard Box A posted:That chestbursting scene is not "next to nothing." It makes the film. I was deliberately being a pedant for shits and giggles, but I think you're getting the first movie mixed up with the second.
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computer parts posted:So I take it you thoroughly enjoyed the new Star Trek movie?
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:16 |
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The original Robocop will always have a very special spot in my heart because it's by far one of the most traumatizing movies I saw as kid. I thank Total Recall, Robocop, Commando, Thing, and Aliens for warping my childhood but Robocop did the most damage. It's really quite something to be 11 years old and pop in Robocop into the VCR expecting a cheesy action movie then get bombarded with the most grotesque gore, violence, and scarring social commentary ever. Murphy getting his hand amputated with a shotgun scene is horrific even for 80's violence. Plus the infamous toxic waste scene.. It reminds me of how toned down a lot of today's blockbusters are. It's also kind of amusing that Detroit is in fact a bigger shithole than it was depicted in the original Robocop.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 16:56 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Why is like 1/3rd of his skull ghost white while the rest is super tan But he hasn't seen the remake. He's guessing. Maybe he's right, but he's not saying "I saw Robocop 2014 and it sucks!"
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 17:29 |
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:But he hasn't seen the remake. He's guessing. Maybe he's right, but he's not saying "I saw Robocop 2014 and it sucks!"
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Didn't he say something like "I saw it 3 weeks ago"? Maybe I misheard him. He was referring to the original. When that festival was happening they were still in the middle of shooting the new one.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:He was referring to the original.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 19:14 |
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Cardboard Box A posted:Neither Terminator 1 nor Predator 1 are anywhere near a PG-13 rating either. That was my point. They all had toy lines for kids.
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# ? Sep 9, 2013 20:55 |
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That new gun is no where near as cool as the classic Auto 9. Though the new Robocop design looks nice enough in chrome/silver, don't like the black. As for anything but the aesthetics, we'll have to see when the movie comes out, trailers are usually useless.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 00:06 |
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zVxTeflon posted:That was my point. They all had toy lines for kids.
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# ? Sep 10, 2013 14:11 |
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There's a new trailer up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOoSe2K5DU
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 04:41 |
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Anonymous Robot posted:There's a new trailer up: Complete garbage. His suit is shiny chrome now instead of the classic dull metal? It looks so cheap now!
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 04:46 |
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Guys we shouldn't be so quick to poo poo on this. He's literally going into a working-class home and repossessing their appliances to serve corporate interests, in the guise of wholesome family advertising - they're definitely keeping the satire.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 05:02 |
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If they work "Yo, I'm about to eat" into Remakebocop I'll take back all my trepidations.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:09 |
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SALT CURES HAM posted:I was deliberately being a pedant for shits and giggles, but I think you're getting the first movie mixed up with the second. The scene where a xenomorph chestbusts out of one of the settlers is the moments things go tits up for the Marines. It is a pretty important and (to some, at least) a very memorable moment.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 11:28 |
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Anonymous Robot posted:There's a new trailer up: "Yo, what the hell, fried chicken."
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 14:02 |
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Complete apathy is what I felt towards the new trailer. It just looks so generic and dull. I'll still go to the cinema to see it because it's god drat Robocop but I'll complain the whole time.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 14:34 |
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Frankston posted:Complete apathy is what I felt towards the new trailer. It just looks so generic and dull. I'll still go to the cinema to see it because it's god drat Robocop but I'll complain the whole time. I hope Robocop breaks into your house and steals your fridge.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 19:20 |
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I'm pretty sure Robocop's intentions towards that refrigerator are romantic, if the second movie is to be believed. He's not repossessing it, he's eloping with it.
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Grendels Dad posted:The scene where a xenomorph chestbusts out of one of the settlers is the moments things go tits up for the Marines. It is a pretty important and (to some, at least) a very memorable moment. If I remember correctly, there's barely any gore in that scene, though. It kind of amuses me when people bring it up as a textbook example of R-rated movies getting ruined by PG-13 sequels, because the actual on-screen violence in Aliens is about on the same level as the violence in AVP. The big difference is that Aliens is a way more tense and well-made movie, not that Aliens is gorier in the slightest. This is kind of a stupid derail given that I was knowingly just being an rear end in the first place, though. zVxTeflon posted:Does Bishop getting ripped in half fall under "its not red blood so its ok" type of loophole thing the MPAA has? Yeah, that was my thinking. SALT CURES HAM fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:13 |
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Does Bishop getting ripped in half fall under "its not red blood so its ok" type of loophole thing the MPAA has?
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:44 |
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There's been some leaked footage (SPOILERS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKFU1H_OVc
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:54 |
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I will never, ever get tired of that clip.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 22:16 |
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zVxTeflon posted:Does Bishop getting ripped in half fall under "its not red blood so its ok" type of loophole thing the MPAA has? I think it would. Honestly, besides language I can't think of anything that would prevent Aliens (or Alien) from being remade today, shot by shot, and getting a PG-13 rating. It was much easier (and not as much of a concern) to catch an R 20 years ago then it is now.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 22:35 |
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There's a woman with an exploding chestburster who they burn alive with a flamethrower
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Zzulu posted:There's a woman with an exploding chestburster who they burn alive with a flamethrower Yet very little blood/gore and no lingering shots of a burnt corpse (which were a thing in World War Z and that still pulled a PG-13). As far as I can tell as long as you don't say "gently caress" more than once, no graphic (bloody) dismemberment, and have no visible tits I think you're going to be able to argue for a PG-13.
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# ? Sep 11, 2013 23:46 |
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Anonymous Robot posted:There's been some leaked footage (SPOILERS): I have no idea why I haven't seen this before and now I can't stop laughing.
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Gr3y posted:Yet very little blood/gore and no lingering shots of a burnt corpse (which were a thing in World War Z and that still pulled a PG-13). Yeah, the chestburster scene is probably on par with the "Kali Ma" from Temple of Doom. It's not the lengthy, agonizing, bloodsoaked shot in Aliens, it's over in a minute. It's not like you see the ribs like that dude getting cut in half in Only God Forgives. I think severed heads can be PG-13 as long as there's little blood and you can even get away with face damage if its quick enough, like Emilio Estevez getting skewered in the face in Mission Impossible.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 07:08 |
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What are peoples opinions on Robocop 2? Its on Netxlix and its better than I remember so far.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 11:04 |
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It's better than everybody remembers it but that's because every remembers it as pretty bad. Of the 3 Robocop films its the second best one....
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massive spider posted:What are peoples opinions on Robocop 2? Its on Netxlix and its better than I remember so far. I've always enjoyed it, but then I also always make a point to start watching at about half-way in.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 14:03 |
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It has a cyborg with minigun arms that is addicted to a drug called Nuke What's not to love
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 14:10 |
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FishBulb posted:It's better than everybody remembers it but that's because every remembers it as pretty bad. People remember the good portions of the movie, like the failed Robocops bit and Robocop 2, which makes them think it was a good movie, utterly forgetting that those individual moments are strung together by the awfulness of the rest of the film.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 14:14 |
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The good parts of Robocop 2 are really funny and the rest is interminable.
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But that still puts it miles ahead of Robo 3.
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# ? Sep 12, 2013 14:33 |