Ryan Lambie Jan 24, 2018
Writer Ed Neumeier's working on a "direct sequel" to RoboCop. So what can we expect? We take a look at the possibilities..
"Don't worry Lewis," a RoboCop told his injured partner back in 1987, "They'll fix you. They fix everything."
See related Looking back at Bill & Ted
It's another quotable line in a movie full of them, which is partly why director Paul Verhoeven's violent, subversive sci-fi film's still regarded as a classic more than three decades later. But the line also has a poignant edge, particularly in Robo actor Peter Weller's reading of it: science brought the fatally wounded officer Alex Murphy back from the dead, but only as another of Ocp's consumer products. RoboCop's therefore as much about Murphy reclaiming his humanity as it is about quotable lines and shooting bad guys.
In the wake of RoboCop's success, there was something else...
Writer Ed Neumeier's working on a "direct sequel" to RoboCop. So what can we expect? We take a look at the possibilities..
"Don't worry Lewis," a RoboCop told his injured partner back in 1987, "They'll fix you. They fix everything."
See related Looking back at Bill & Ted
It's another quotable line in a movie full of them, which is partly why director Paul Verhoeven's violent, subversive sci-fi film's still regarded as a classic more than three decades later. But the line also has a poignant edge, particularly in Robo actor Peter Weller's reading of it: science brought the fatally wounded officer Alex Murphy back from the dead, but only as another of Ocp's consumer products. RoboCop's therefore as much about Murphy reclaiming his humanity as it is about quotable lines and shooting bad guys.
In the wake of RoboCop's success, there was something else...
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