Yesterday we saw thetrailer for José Padilha brand new RoboCop Reboot . And it made us feel a lot of things . Some turmoil , but mostly apprehensiveness . Here are the moments that got us the most worked up in the new RoboCop reboot trailer .
https://gizmodo.com/first-trailer-robocop-trailer-shows-off-robocops-brand-1260308550
Not Detroit ! We assume that ’s Los Angeles , as we learned a long sentence ago . And it just makes us sad that this is n’t ready in Detroit . But we know the public was simply clamor for another LA - found motion picture , sigh . Commenter update , it ’s Tehran .
https://gizmodo.com/will-the-new-robocop-deny-existence-of-past-robo-sequel-5026745
The other adult takeaway here are the drone sailing through the air , and the ED-209s patrolling the streets . The droid police appear to be alive and well in this commonwealth .
UPDATE : A commenter pointed out this shot in the movie which is the Detroit skyline , with an OmniCorp edifice in the middle of the city . So while I have no idea where the above shot is ( is that the quad phonograph needle in the background ? ) Detroit is still an significant part of this film . Yay . I will eat crowing on that .
Moving on . Did you see the trailer forAlmost Human , or any other cop show where there ’s a great duet of better half under flame ? Great , then you bang how this ends . Michael K. Williams ( aka Omar ) dies . Or maybe this is the Amy Lewis character of the movie ? If that ’s truthful , then mayhap Williams will live on and facilitate guide RoboCop after his cyborg transformation .
https://gizmodo.com/new-trailer-for-almost-human-the-robot-cop-show-from-t-505032272
aphrodisiacal , sexy robot , that will protect our streets — and not add to the rapidly climbing last cost of kind - hearted cop partners .
Samuel L. Jackson appears , shooting a pro - android commercial . Think of him as the Rush Limbaugh of the future . Director José Padilhaexplained to usthat these political videos will be replacing the more satirical commercials from the original film . Which OK , sure . It ’s not OmniCorp advertizement — but we ’ll take anything at this distributor point . We ’re just beaming that the absurdness is n’t going to be lose entirely .
https://gizmodo.com/will-the-new-robocop-retain-the-violence-and-satire-fro-911871738
Could be good , SLJ will no doubt be fantastical in this role , so fingers crossed .
Another major deviation from the original . Detective Alex Murphy is killed by a car turkey , not brutally murder by a gang . Kind of random , really tones down the vehemence vastly — probably to get a lower rating . We liked the original death because it was just so bloody unrelenting , and this await somewhat weak .
surprisal Jay Baruchel ! And in a suit ! With RoboCop toys ? I mean , that count like a toy , right ? Either way , nice suit of clothes Jay .
Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellars , top wiener in whatever town this is set in . Honestly we are the MOST frantic about Keaton ’s affixation to this project . He is undeniably hilarious and will no doubt bring both mood and reality to this motion-picture show . Also he ’s the one who decides to make RoboCop black ( which hello — Batman just made a Batman “ do you have it in black ? ” jest ) . And two Keaton ’s involvement excuse why they need to put a “ man in the machine ” to make a grimace that people can twit around . So is this RoboCop more of a Captain America promo - bot and less of a crime hero ?
However , instead of create a heartless cyborg with no eyes , they make sexy wooshy peak guy ! I think io9 commenterSpaceKnightexpressed our thoughts on this new look best :
https://gizmodo.com/ugh-misses-the-point-in-so-many-ways-blown-up-by-a-c-1260415708
Are they seriously give him a helmet that does that that whooosh thing . In the original , the helmet did not keep popping on and off . It stayed on permanently until the head start of act 3 , when Murphy was 1 ) reasserting his man and thus should have a human typeface render again , and 2 ) was beat up and vulnerable . Symbolic on so many level and apparently all too elusive for these advanced filmmakers . This is why we ca n’t have nice things , because morons just handle about how it work on the action figure .
Pretty much .
For comparison purposes , check out the original RoboCop ’s ( Peter Weller ) makeup . It look like his face was stretched over a robot , simply horrifying . There ’s nothing of him leave , the hide is simply a flap , he ’s all automaton . New RoboCop feels like “ aphrodisiac suit guy . ” finger crossed we get to see more of the horror and less of cute aspect later on and that the studio apartment is save the good stuff for the actual motion picture ( but probably not because as you could see below his head and consistence are all still intact after the car bomb ) .
On a more positive preeminence , all the scenic upgrades are cool . Here ’s a snapshot of the slick succeeding science hardening . Not unfit .
Gary Oldman , head word scientist guy and explainer of plot of ground . Another proficient greenscreen moment , I kind of love that they show Alex all banged up . Does n’t look too rottenly false , and we ’re beaming their not afraid to show the monstrous leftover of Alex — but I would contend that from the looks of thing here , he probably could have been saved . EDIT : Which they say in the preview , yeah he will last but then why would his married woman have allowed this ? Did they lie to her ?
So they make RoboCop and send him on his way to fight down offence with the assistance of an regular army of droids . Here ’s a better shot of say OmniCorp ground forces . Which will most likely become the things that RoboCop will have to fight after rediscovering his man . Hell you even see him break one of the robot ’s neck in the trailer — which , LOL , that ’s not how robots work .
RoboCop ’s POV .
RoboCop having a bit with his son . Again revealing the whole face still makes RoboCop seem so much more human than before . We miss the visor .
But at least RoboCop has a MATCHING MOTORCYCLE . I intend if you ’re going to turn RoboCop into an extremist modern thing , might as well give him a matching motorcycle that is a mere voice away from Nightrider .
Thankfully Jackie Earle Haley appears to take back the cool . Shit like this is the reason we ’re excited for a modern take on RoboCop . And the CG leg gun is a good summation . More of this please !
Same for the ED-209 ascent . These are all “ pro ” on the leaning for a RoboCop reboot . calculate good , real adept .
But we ’re still not 100 % on board with the whole red cylon line thing .
Overall it ’s very unearthly to have such an astonishing cast that we ’re legit excited being bookended by such a strange take on a classical picture . Why take it out of Detroit ? Why all the droids ? Why the swooshy visor ? But it does look very pretty . I opine we ’ll just have to wait and see more to come to a gross last .
Image viaBungleNoMore .
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