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Robocop on the big screen in my town for one showing today
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billfred
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WTF are you not blacked out??
WoodyO
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I remember getting Robocop on laserdisc back in the day. It was the 1st time the full uncut version had ever been seen. There was a great commentary track with the FX crew talking about how they sent somebody to 7-11 to get ziplock baggies for blood to be used in ED-209's malfunction scene. He ended up coming back with 1 gallon freezer bag's, so they said fuck it, and used all of them.
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The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA in 1987 due to its graphic violence. To appease the requirements of the ratings board, Verhoeven strove to reduce blood and gore in the most violent scenes in the movie, including the malfunctioning of ED-209 (one of the executives shot to death by ED-209), Murphy's execution (where his entire right arm is severed by a shotgun blast and a final overhead shot of Lewis sobbing over Murphy on the blood-soaked floor), and the final battle with Clarence Boddicker (in which RoboCop stabs Boddicker in the neck with his neural spike and Boddicker's blood splatters onto RoboCop's chest). Verhoeven also added humorous commercials throughout the news broadcasts to lighten the mood and distract from the violent aspects of the movie. After 11 original X-ratings, the film was eventually given an R rating.[17] The original uncut version was included on the Criterion Collection laserdisc and DVD of the film (both out of print), the 2005 trilogy box set and the 2007 anniversary edition; the latter two were released by MGM and were unrated.
Regarding the omitted scenes, Verhoeven stated in the 2007 anniversary edition DVD that he had wanted the violence to be 'over the top', in an almost comical fashion (the executive that is killed by ED-209, for example, and the line about calling a paramedic soon after his demise, was meant as black comedy). Verhoeven also states that the tone of the violence was changed to a more upsetting tone due to the deletions requested by the MPAA, and that the deletions also remove footage of the extensive animatronic puppet of Murphy just before he is executed by Boddicker.
However, as of the 13th of July 2012, the unedited version of the film with aforementioned additional scenes is currently available for viewing on Netfli
From Wiki:
The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA in 1987 due to its graphic violence. To appease the requirements of the ratings board, Verhoeven strove to reduce blood and gore in the most violent scenes in the movie, including the malfunctioning of ED-209 (one of the executives shot to death by ED-209), Murphy's execution (where his entire right arm is severed by a shotgun blast and a final overhead shot of Lewis sobbing over Murphy on the blood-soaked floor), and the final battle with Clarence Boddicker (in which RoboCop stabs Boddicker in the neck with his neural spike and Boddicker's blood splatters onto RoboCop's chest). Verhoeven also added humorous commercials throughout the news broadcasts to lighten the mood and distract from the violent aspects of the movie. After 11 original X-ratings, the film was eventually given an R rating.[17] The original uncut version was included on the Criterion Collection laserdisc and DVD of the film (both out of print), the 2005 trilogy box set and the 2007 anniversary edition; the latter two were released by MGM and were unrated.
Regarding the omitted scenes, Verhoeven stated in the 2007 anniversary edition DVD that he had wanted the violence to be 'over the top', in an almost comical fashion (the executive that is killed by ED-209, for example, and the line about calling a paramedic soon after his demise, was meant as black comedy). Verhoeven also states that the tone of the violence was changed to a more upsetting tone due to the deletions requested by the MPAA, and that the deletions also remove footage of the extensive animatronic puppet of Murphy just before he is executed by Boddicker.
However, as of the 13th of July 2012, the unedited version of the film with aforementioned additional scenes is currently available for viewing on Netfli
WoodyO
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Verhoven said that he threw the script in the trash when it was first offered to him. He had made award winning films in the Netherlands, and considered Robocop to be trash that was beneath him. According to his commentary on the old DVD, his wife took the script out of the trash, read it and convinced him to make it into a movie with more substance.
Too bad he didnt do the same thing to Showgirls script lol
humpf, the more pertinent question is...film or digital?
The film was film, the in house pyro were actual flames
Fitguy308
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I don't know honestly
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