Flesh + Steel - The Making of 'RoboCop'

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  • Warning! This featurette contains some spoilers. I recommend that you watch the full-length movie first before watching this.
    There are contributors to this video interview:
    Paul Verhoeven, Director
    Paul Sammon, RoboCop Expert
    Jost Vacano, Director of Photography
    Edward Neumeier, Screenwriter
    Michael Miner, Screenwriter
    Jon Davison, Producer
    William Sandell, Production Designer
    Phil Tippett, ED 209 Visual FX Supervisor
    Craig Hayes, ED 209 Creator
    Basil Poledouris, Composer (passed away in 2006)
    Note: There is one of this videos who uploaded but without English subtitles, the video URL address is here: ( • Video ) and enjoy it.
    IMDb URL: www.imdb.com/title/tt0309596/
    This featurette was taken from MGM DVD, distributed in 2002. ***

ความคิดเห็น • 717

  • @AtrumNuntius
    @AtrumNuntius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Alright everyone, find Paul Verhoeven's wife and send thank you letters for making Robocop possible.

  • @luckyman834
    @luckyman834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Paul Verhoeven one of the most brilliant filmmakers in film history.

    • @damianstarks3338
      @damianstarks3338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes he is.

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@damianstarks3338his movies are always entertaining no matter the genre.

    • @damianstarks3338
      @damianstarks3338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LordMalice6d9 I know the man is a pure genius.

    • @Kolinahr1701
      @Kolinahr1701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I completely agree.

  • @julianp2283
    @julianp2283 8 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Kudos to all the people involved in this masterpiece. Timeless classic people will still watch for decades to come.

    • @zhangliubao
      @zhangliubao 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      pretty perfect casts, and had very strong feeling for a 6 year child back to 1980s

    • @HoffasGaming
      @HoffasGaming 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dale Lee Cooper I'd buy that for a dollar

  • @Camw1n
    @Camw1n 8 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    I'm starting to realize that this is probably my favorite movie. Saw it as a kid and I loved it. Now, coming back to it and seeing what had to be done to make this movie happen, I've fallen back in love with it.

    • @slothmandela
      @slothmandela 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here mate, I had no idea Ed 209 was stock motion till watching this

    • @BarrySlisk
      @BarrySlisk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How could you not know?

    • @spellingmistakescostlives
      @spellingmistakescostlives 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *stop motion :)

    • @Gunzee
      @Gunzee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      BarrySlisk some of us were children and thought it was magic of even real robots

    • @sw1000xg
      @sw1000xg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Camw1n treat yourself and buy the hot toys RoboCop Murphy and ed209...

  • @sicknessmusik
    @sicknessmusik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Verhoeven turned a silly subject into one of the best movies of the last 30 years. Such a great director.

    • @dbreiden83080
      @dbreiden83080 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And Peter Weller deserves 50% of the credit.. He was brilliant pulling off a 1 dimensional role with depth..

  • @NaveNinja
    @NaveNinja 8 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    What a classic. One of my favourite films

    • @roguespartan2854
      @roguespartan2854 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah i like the movie, its really nice, and its better than 2 and 3

    • @glentaker
      @glentaker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have a hot toys robocop figure, absolute best

    • @キラキラくりくり頭
      @キラキラくりくり頭 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      NaveNinja, I actually loved 2 (bear in mind I was a kid and nostalgia has me). But 3... OMG, even as a young teen I was thinking to myself 'I'm just going to pretend that didn't happen'. I was way to young to have been allowed to watch the first 2 (I think I was 6 or 7 when I saw the first) but for a movie franchise beloved by a kid to have an installment where even at like 14 I could think 'this is so bad I'm going to deliberately forget it'... You know it's bad.

    • @fpshooterful
      @fpshooterful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i think i was about 3 to 4 years old when i saw the this original robocop movie. At that time i didn't know about swear words, the type of drugs they used, and didn't really take in the amount of violence they had. I just saw a cool looking robot that was kicking ass.
      Now as a grown man and watching this movie again.. i am like holy shit.. this was one VIOLENT action movie that was marketed for kids. Which will NEVER happen in today's PC society. I mean you have a action super hero shoot a criminal in the DICK! You tell me what action super hero did that for the past decade? One of my all time favorite SUPERHERO action movie, and i don't think any other action movie will ever come close to this original classic.

    • @codemiesterbeats
      @codemiesterbeats 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr... I was like, yea I loved this as a kid... but it was several years old when I seen it... but I was like 10 (perhaps around 1995ish? ) and it was one of the only violent movies my grandma would let me watch... I think it was because it was over the top, comic book/cartoonish type violence.
      That was back when parents taught their kids the difference between fantasy and reality and how the 2 where completely different animals... I think some kids could watch this today but that is a decision for their parents to make. I was taught from an early age about gun safety and how movies were entirely faked for the entertainment of the audience... and as kid there were parts of RoboCop I would cringe at and possibly closed my eyes but I wouldnt trade a bit of it lol

  • @Blameberg
    @Blameberg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Guys, you formed my childhood. I literally loved Robocop. It was cult at our elementary school in 90s

  • @judgeomega
    @judgeomega 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This documentary has so much depth to it. The people interviewed seem so much more 'real' than what we are shown in the media; they offer real insight and intelligence. Michael Miner especially is revealing important truths of our society, its so sad that so many are deaf to the message.

  • @CarnorJast1138
    @CarnorJast1138 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    One of the best movies to come out of the 80's, and that decade had a lot of very bad ass films! RoboCop is just so good, so violent, so well acted, so well done, that it stands up, even today, and the "remake" was junk compared to it! One of my all-time favorites!

  • @FleshCatOfficial
    @FleshCatOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A major part of what made this movie so incredible was the score. Basil Poledouris (RIP) truly created a masterpiece which you can appreciate as a score on it’s own. It is so unique & unlike any other score in terms of the hybrid of orchestration & synths/electronic parts for it’s time. His CV is solid.
    I really would’ve loved to see him in the studio going over some of the processes in creating the music. It enhanced the fantasy & imagination watching Robocop at a very young age.

  • @SvPVids
    @SvPVids 7 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    seeing murphy massacred like that at 8 years old was intense

    • @Jayskiallthewayski
      @Jayskiallthewayski 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jean Quad VanDamme Haha, true, I was a little older but it still fucked me up. But I'm Dutch so I should have known. Verhoeven is a little perferted. ;)

    • @SPTX.
      @SPTX. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Weirdly enough I always admired the violence in verhoeven's movies as a kid. It's certainly the grotesque aspect of it. I remember the only scene really shocking me was the brain sucking scene in starship troopers, which makes sense since it wasn't as exaggerated as the rest.
      What I'd call intense for a kid is any carpenter horror movie. Prince of nightmare made it really hard for me to get to sleep for years. Especially because of that final scene.

    • @SvPVids
      @SvPVids 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      the most shocking thing about the robocop scene wasent only the gore. its was how another human can be so evil to another, they took it as a game and laughing while they choped off bodyparts one by one

    • @mscolli3
      @mscolli3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Emil hitting the toxic waste is what gave me nightmares.

    • @adahbombdon1512
      @adahbombdon1512 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Yes it was lol.

  • @naimhussan3970
    @naimhussan3970 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Yeah I agree with Edward Neumeier. Paul Verhoeven is a genius when it comes to RoboCop he made the film what it is today a spectacular 80's sci-fi film.

    • @baburik
      @baburik 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      VicenzoV, sadly the same thing that allowed him to make RoboCop so good caused him make Starship Troopers so badly. I'm mean as an 90s action movie it's ok, I liked it as a kid, but when I read the book... boy oh boy this movie became so shallow and completely missing the message to the point of basically turning it 180°. Verhoeven didn't read the book, but heard a lot about how "fascist" this book was and decided to reflect it, again, "without condemning nor admiring it". I guess he had again this background idea, like with Jesus in RoboCop, that war inevitably makes any participant fascist. Well, maybe, and I would have welcomed it as sideline in a proper ST adaptation, but not as the main point.

    • @Synqronizer
      @Synqronizer 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spown I disagree somewhat. I reason from the perspective of having two different media potraying something different. But not every director can do that. Paul Verhoeven really has vision that Which only a handfull of directors have. But I agree somewhat on the part that you either follow the story exactly or completely different.

    • @AKATenn
      @AKATenn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought starship troopers the movie was good, but it's a totally different story from the book... almost like he didn't read the book and just made the movie anyway...

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Starship Troopers the movie has nothing to do with the book. They named the movie 'Bug Hunt' originally then they bought the rights to the book to be able to use the more famous title.

  • @ElCocheFantasticoYT
    @ElCocheFantasticoYT 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This movie will never get old :)

  • @KBXband
    @KBXband ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is my favorite movie of all time. The writing is excellent and it's funny, the story beats are perfect, all of the characters are likeable or hateable when they need to be, and the practical effects including Robocops suit and gun are a treat for the eyes. The entire movie is eye candy. I love it so much.
    Glad they never made any sequels to it.

  • @nazart7830
    @nazart7830 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "Murphy" one of the most simple and epic lines in movie history

    • @clivetrash9044
      @clivetrash9044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd buy that for a dollar....

  • @reginaldpoofta5
    @reginaldpoofta5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I'LL BUY THAT FOR A DOLLLAR!

  • @kaihtheloner
    @kaihtheloner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The original Robocop was excellent. The new one sucked so bad. Paul really did justice to the movie along with Weller and Nancy who portrayed the character of Murphy and Lewis really well. The 80s upto Mid 90s was an awesome period to live in with such movies.

    • @VideoAmateurLuxembourg
      @VideoAmateurLuxembourg 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who is Lois?

    • @kaihtheloner
      @kaihtheloner 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      pat1981lux fixed 👍😂

    • @snavisTM
      @snavisTM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its simply a case if "back in my day" syndrome that you're suffering from, literally every single person who grew up with one version of a movie says the same thing when they do a remake. That doesn't make your OPINION at all accurate.

    • @BraveCustoms
      @BraveCustoms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@snavisTM The original has survived the test of time, and the new one has already been forgotten, so there's that.

    • @kendallrivers1119
      @kendallrivers1119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@snavisTM it does when MOST people share that opinion! Also the remake was a flop while this one's an all time classic so you do the math.

  • @Wombats-1
    @Wombats-1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a kid This was my favorite movie. I remember running into blockbuster video and not giving a shit about any other movie there. I always went directly to the section that housed the tapes and frantically searching for any available copy. Even the cover art was just beautiful to me.

  • @txmoney
    @txmoney 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Robocop was way ahead of its time. A satire originally, an approaching reality now.

  • @MichelLinschoten
    @MichelLinschoten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everything was done right in this movie, the score was amazing. Peter weller did a phenomenal job giving that suit life...one of the very few movies where i cannot find anything to bitch about.

  • @DSDMovies
    @DSDMovies 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very interesting. I wished they'd covered the sound effects though, such a major part of the film. The sound Ed-209 makes when he first appears is so terrifying you know something truly awful is going to happen. And the background hum RoboCop makes whenever he's on screen is a touch of genius.

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed but I had to laugh when ED-209 shuts down after killing Kinney. The sound effect they used for that is the exact same sound they used for the Millenium Falcon when it fails to go into hyperdrive.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That sound, the failing Falcon hyperdrive sounds just like mom's car, a 2CV, when it failed to power on in wintertime.

  • @HellBrYnger
    @HellBrYnger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    dammit i love watching this behind the scene's stuff, especially when it's my favourite movie of all time :) thank you SO MUCH! for the upload!

  • @fcuk_x
    @fcuk_x 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This masterpiece holds its own even against T1.

    • @john8058
      @john8058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      for sure

  • @davemckay4359
    @davemckay4359 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fucker didn't want to do it, ends up doing it better than anyone else could.

    • @Bruno-hd9qo
      @Bruno-hd9qo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dave McKay And he was never really into sci fi. Maybe that's why it's so cool just like mad Max.

  • @yellowcougar18
    @yellowcougar18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    RIP Miguel Ferrer.... :(

    • @hentosama
      @hentosama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      no way ;( RIP

    • @Kolinahr1701
      @Kolinahr1701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shit. I just found out he died. I loved that guy in the movies he was in.

  • @chetkayeable
    @chetkayeable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Best political satire since dr strangelove, with robots.

    • @inuyashason81
      @inuyashason81 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Romano Coombs saw shin Godzilla, it is a satire on the Japanese government, since the earthquake and tidal wave and the nuclear plant meltdown in 2011

    • @elansleazebaganno
      @elansleazebaganno 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Starship Troopers is also amazing satire.

  • @Akatsukileader9
    @Akatsukileader9 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Robocop expert. Sounds like the best job ever.

  • @scottlowell493
    @scottlowell493 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Come quietly or there will be...TROUBLE."

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Ah!"
      **pumps shotgun**
      "Fuck you!"

  • @huambo
    @huambo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watched it when i was 7 (sneakily) , and it;s still my favourite film 30 years later!

    • @jgedutis
      @jgedutis 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad brought my sister and I to go see a kids movie at the drive in when we were 7 and 5. He fell asleep and the 2nd movie of the night was Robocop. I will never forget seeing this movie.

  • @samjacme3141
    @samjacme3141 8 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Can you fly BOBBIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @minicopilot1
      @minicopilot1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      SAM JACME I'd buy that for a dollar!

    • @Lihouification
      @Lihouification 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Does it hurt Does it hurrrrttt?"

    • @rocketcab
      @rocketcab 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      .... "Bitches, LEAVE ! ! !"

    • @snesfan8935
      @snesfan8935 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "I'll buy that for a dollar!"

    • @DiRtYLaWs2007
      @DiRtYLaWs2007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SAM JACME You burnt the fucking money!!!!!!!

  • @newtechgs7471
    @newtechgs7471 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    it's an amazing film. better and more in depth with every viewing

  • @petkokrushev3840
    @petkokrushev3840 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great performances of the actors, Peter Weller, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ronny Cox and a lot of other

  • @johnnyfavorite1194
    @johnnyfavorite1194 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The movie came straight out of nowhere in 1987. My mother took me too see it during its second weekend and I walked out of that theater completely thunderstruck. I was 12-Years-Old.

  • @nonplayerzealot4
    @nonplayerzealot4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Fuckin Terminator, RoboCop, Predator, Aliens, what else? Iconic movies circa 84-87. They're still being mimicked today with little success. Enduring action flicks. We need new ones. Studios need to stop pandering to kiddie crowds with PG13 ratings and make movies for adults.

    • @audioauracle-dsyswpwanl-
      @audioauracle-dsyswpwanl- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nonplayerzealot4 exactly!!

    • @sixtycats8652
      @sixtycats8652 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      nonplayerzealot4 "Oats studios"

    • @nonplayerzealot4
      @nonplayerzealot4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Commando was fun, too, even though silly and full of errors. The bottom line is the slaughtering and death count. Oh, that beautiful death count! ;-)

    • @nonplayerzealot4
      @nonplayerzealot4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Return Of The Living Dead (1985) was a better fuckin zombie flick than anything since. American Werewolf In London (1981) the last monster movie worth anything. Back To The Future (1985). There hasn't been a better young person comedy type movie than that. I could go on and on. Take me back to 1982 with Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite! I remembered to put in the crystals!

    • @nonplayerzealot4
      @nonplayerzealot4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shit, fuckin E.T. (1982) was a better children's movie than anything since. Wall Street (1987)! Full Metal Jacket (1987)! Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)! The 80s were the BEST!

  • @rickjames9477
    @rickjames9477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I think I need to watch this again! :)

  • @キラキラくりくり頭
    @キラキラくりくり頭 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this movie so much. And it's rand things like, I love how heavy and slow Robocop is, the amazing music, the social satire, the x rated gore, the sound effects and so many other things - it's such a shame that the remake lacked all of the things that made the original a classic.

  • @paulsnively3377
    @paulsnively3377 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, Paul Verhoeven, for challenging us to think about what Christianity really means by couching several of its important messages and truth claims in modern American vernacular, or at least in an exaggeration of modern American vernacular. (For a less violent approach to the same goal, see Peter Weir.)

  • @tomarmitage6420
    @tomarmitage6420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing material. Thank you kindly.

  • @D0S81
    @D0S81 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:26 thats one of the things i missed in the remake was the thud thud thud of his feet when he walked, when i saw robocop as a kid, me and my friends would pretend to be him by doing the thud thud thud, and the ''dead or alive your coming with me'' and call everyone a 'creep' funs times man, fun times. then when robocop two came out, our tiny little heads exploded, it was awesome, and we all wanted to be that kid in it that got to hang out with all these gangsters and had loads of money and did what he wanted and answered to no-one, not even robocop. two of my fav movies ever. i really miss 1980s squib shots, they dont do bullet holes in films like they used to. gotta love that 80's uber violence, as i call it, from the likes of robocop, and total recall.

  • @danielhowe6083
    @danielhowe6083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Paul Verhoeven is a genius. And he made the goddamn bloodiest films in Hollywood. Love him.

  • @Leolion0013
    @Leolion0013 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This and Predador, the two best movies of all time!

    • @peterlohnes1
      @peterlohnes1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those and THE THING, ALIEN and TERMINATOR

    • @snavisTM
      @snavisTM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your middle aged, pushing 60, overweight and suffer from the condition known as "alpha male douchebag".. Am I right?

  • @xcessiveO_o
    @xcessiveO_o 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of the very few movies a kid can watch and not get scared by the violence, i first saw it when i was 7 and loved it ever since, plus the movie has a really deep meaning

  • @chrismaggs
    @chrismaggs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was worth every second of your suffering to make what has to be one of the best films ever made. Thank you all for what you did.

  • @MsFatpigs
    @MsFatpigs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The stars aligned in the making of this movie. Nearly perfection.

  • @Scottyskillz
    @Scottyskillz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was around 14 when RoboCop first came out and it blew my mind! It was the coolest most badassiest, over the top movie that I had ever seen at the time. I was so fascinated by the way he walked and turned his head and arms and can remember thinking to myself...just how did he do that?!? Like this thing moves to perfect to just be a person...like this suit really has to be sort of robotic. 😂 But to see this piece here on the making of RoboCop and to see all the work that Peter Weller put into making RoboCop move and walk...one of my favorite childhood movies...I have a whole new respect for him! Also love that they are using RoboCop in these new KFC commercials! 😁

  • @U2QuoZepplin
    @U2QuoZepplin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prety damned terrifying how true all of this is . Probably one of my favourite movies too basically because it scares me how true all of it's becoming.

  • @Phoenix7786
    @Phoenix7786 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for putting the subtitles on. I'm sure that people who are deaf or hearing impaired appreciate it.

  • @MrXander80
    @MrXander80 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such an amazing movie and an absolute classic!!! One of my favourites of all time :-)

  • @samjacme3141
    @samjacme3141 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wonder if Peter has ever done "the Robot" on the dance floor

  • @agauerm
    @agauerm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Funny to see that one of my fav movies as a kid was turned down by several directors, and even the people involved thought it was silly! Come on!! Robocop is a classic, I can watch it several times and it's always a blast!

  • @ecatalan98
    @ecatalan98 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Easily one of my all time TOP 10 movies ever! Paul Verhoeven is a genius!

  • @kevaninthe4135
    @kevaninthe4135 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such an incredible movie. Red Forman really went off the deep end in the 80's. Those glasses he wore had a Himmler effect, smart glasses on an effed up person. The gas station explosion scene they were only going to be able to do it once and it came out perfect. I think Michael Ironside could have been a good Robo but they got it right with Peter. Wow I can't see Stephanie Zimbalist as Lewis. Nancy Allen was perfect for that role. Ronny Cox had a great turn as Dick Jones.

  • @humanentity2214
    @humanentity2214 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grew up on this classic, enjoyed watching how this was made

  • @OurLifeisaMiracle
    @OurLifeisaMiracle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of a kind, one of the best ever made...

  • @trip0dgaming894
    @trip0dgaming894 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best film of the 80's thank you for uploading this.

  • @jimdigriz2923
    @jimdigriz2923 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love that they used Judge Dredd in the sculpting phase @11:39

  • @stickiedmin6508
    @stickiedmin6508 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's so weird to watch something like this and hear the people who made it talk about the violence.
    When I first saw this film I would have been somewhere between eleven and thirteen, and it horrified me. I'd heard my friends talk about how great it was and had begged my parents to let me watch it. I convinced them that the (18) rating (I'm English) was there only because there was bad language in the movie and that was no big deal 'cos I already knew all of those words anyway. By the time ED-209 was done *mincing* Kinney I knew I was in waaaay over my head - this was more than I had anticipated. I was just not ready for that kind of violence. I made it all the way through the film but it's not exaggeration to say that I was haunted by it for a long while afterwards.
    That's why it's weird, like I said, to see this and hear that the director expected the audience to find moments like that *funny.* I understand *now* about how the over-the-top nature of the violence makes it absurd, almost ridiculous and yeah, in places, kinda funny, but back then I think I would have been sickened and frightened beyond anything I thought possible, that I was supposed to be *laughing* as people were being shot to (literal) pieces in front of me.
    Thanks for posting this dude.
    --S

  • @LukeWatts85
    @LukeWatts85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss when movie scores had catchy, thoughtful themes, not just indecernable orchestral scores. Terminator, Predator, Aliens, Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween (and all John Carpenter stuff actually)....you play a bar of any of those and I'm instantly seeing that movie in my head. Play me anything from 2000 on and unless I see a clip of the movie alongside it, it all sounds the same to me.

  • @harveyhalloway
    @harveyhalloway 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really fascinating, Paul Verhoeven can direct for me anytime, he is a sublime director, way ahead of his time and his comment about Satan killing Jesus when Murphy is killed 25 minutes into the movie is very striking.

  • @XBullitt16X
    @XBullitt16X 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lightning in a bottle that shall never be captured again!

  • @rosemaryfarell5264
    @rosemaryfarell5264 ปีที่แล้ว

    First saw Robocop on vhs in 1988 aged 7!!!! Blew me away.lol. Genius piece of Cinema.

  • @paulmartinez78
    @paulmartinez78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew up watching this movie and I thank my parents every day for it. You can believe I will do the same for my kids. Classic.

  • @craiggilchrist4223
    @craiggilchrist4223 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Cant believe the name of the guy who designed the suit. Rob Botin.Or Robotin' lol Well he is good at Roboting. You couldnt do that again if you tried.

    • @peterlohnes1
      @peterlohnes1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hes responsible for The Thing as well

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun Fact: ED-209 was named after the screenwriter Ed Neumeier.

    • @snavisTM
      @snavisTM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a pathetic reach.

  • @dexter1981
    @dexter1981 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we always called the ED-209 as "the chicken robot"
    and Rob Bottin is a fitting name for a person who created the Robocop suit

  • @YTcanLetUsDown
    @YTcanLetUsDown 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way that guy talks about military vehicles being styled like cars.
    Consumer culture. Spot on.

  • @vksasdgaming9472
    @vksasdgaming9472 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Movie which has insanely brutal violence, admirable and loathable characters, black comedy and a theme of regaining your humanity and adapting to change.

  • @MrCantstandliberals
    @MrCantstandliberals 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That theme song brings back memories. Life was great in the 80s

  • @James_Sins89
    @James_Sins89 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Peter Weller did a job at an elite acting level. And what he had to endure...! Respect. He nailed the role

  • @CanterlotCrusader
    @CanterlotCrusader 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, it ended with a pretty strong, somber note. Feels real and exactly what I think the people who made Robocop would say.

  • @sha4897
    @sha4897 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my all time favourite movies only paralleled by Terminater 2. These old guys had so much creativity and were bold enough to persue their vision.... if studios would just let minds like these do their thing... then we would have gotten more movies like this one....
    practical effects will always trump cgi....
    story and dialogues will always trump big stars and hollow money grabbing formulaeic plot lines...
    the hard work and pain that these guys put into this really shows in each frame of this masterpiece....
    wish there were more guys like these making movies nowadays

  • @ColinRichardson
    @ColinRichardson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember watching this as a child.. And then as a teenager, and then as an adult.. It wasn't until watching this I actually realised how much violence was in it. I just remember it as a good film.

  • @kuntosjedebil
    @kuntosjedebil 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:06 I had a hunch that it might be the case judging by Verhoeven's other movies, but damn, he is 78 years old now... how the time flies.

  • @brianhinkle635
    @brianhinkle635 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Robocop was a good guy/bad ass. That's why the movie was very good.

  • @Ometecuhtli
    @Ometecuhtli 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really an excellent movie. Thank you to everyone who participated and believed in it for making it possible, I hope it gets its well-deserved respect for years to come, I hope those who in the end wanted to kill each other feel it was all worth the effort.

  • @Savagemister
    @Savagemister 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rob Bottin, the designer of the suit. His name is friggin Robbottin.

  • @colinbelcher9320
    @colinbelcher9320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Fukin classic. Blew my Ming when I first saw it at about 12 years of age

    • @colinbelcher9320
      @colinbelcher9320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mind

    • @chriswieman
      @chriswieman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too! My dad took us to see it. God bless him taking kids to see this movie.

    • @retropat3670
      @retropat3670 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alex Murphy's mind was also blown :P

    • @U2QuoZepplin
      @U2QuoZepplin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You must have a pretty cool dad!?

    • @rocketcab
      @rocketcab 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      .... the whole time I'm watching this documentary, I can't stop saying "excellent" ! ! !

  • @mauriciocortez1179
    @mauriciocortez1179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    robocop 1 & 2 best ever especially with the main guy playing robo in both movies

  • @Maharaj_SamudraGupt
    @Maharaj_SamudraGupt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love the sound of RoboCop's foot.. when he walks and moves... I love the sound of his movement ❤️❤️😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @stevengarcia6519
    @stevengarcia6519 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wish they would get the director on more movies these days...his visions and style are great for new super hero movies and sci fi

  • @frozenlicks
    @frozenlicks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    the director said science fiction is not his genre, but then later on created Robocop, Total recall, starship troopers and hollow man..he's surely are a talented director.

  • @egonzalez920
    @egonzalez920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Such a crazy concept of our early years to come.

  • @JackTorrance333
    @JackTorrance333 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Somebody call a paramedic!”
    Best line in any movie. Ever.

  • @SlippyMcDervish
    @SlippyMcDervish 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    "That's nice shooting there. What's your name son?"
    "...Murphy".
    Get's me every time.

  • @hkoizumi3134
    @hkoizumi3134 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember as I child seeing billboards in Tokyo posted Robocop at the theatres. It was certainly an international hit as well.

  • @Kleavers
    @Kleavers 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are right about this movie being really well put together. Every scene just works.
    I love this bit too. 31:55. Verhoeven is a treasure. Shame he didn't make more movies. He should come back with one last over the top violent classic and call it a day.

  • @Mikels2000
    @Mikels2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    RIP Miguel Ferrer

    • @vincialessandro6612
      @vincialessandro6612 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ho dovuto uccidere bob Norton perché aveva fatto uno sbaglio! Adesso e ora di cancellare quello sbaglio

  • @MegaOhhboy
    @MegaOhhboy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always was my favorite movie after the warriors....Ive been watching violent movies since 3 years old but seeing what it took to make this classic I have a new love for it...Will be watching it soon

  • @Krokodilius
    @Krokodilius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    haha this verhoeven guy is awesome, he made some fun movies!

  • @theterra-path7798
    @theterra-path7798 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow, it's crazy to think how we almost didn't get this film... glad the right people were optimistic

  • @drayvelharris8348
    @drayvelharris8348 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    the sound design on this was ground breaking, no mention of that at all

  • @jakethemuss3
    @jakethemuss3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They had to re-cut this thing like 4 times just to get an R rating, due to the violence. I would love to see the directors cut.

    • @Bruno-hd9qo
      @Bruno-hd9qo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jakethemuss3 It's out there.. I've seen it, it's cool:-)

  • @kubhak
    @kubhak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i saw robocop when i was like 5 it blowed my mind

  • @ezmode5439
    @ezmode5439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talk about a perfect storm, brilliant film.

  • @highlandcommando
    @highlandcommando 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 80s was a great decade for movies.

  • @eizhux
    @eizhux 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot for the subtitles!!!

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dead or Alive, you're coming with me."

  • @dest151
    @dest151 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    the title "ROBOCOP" was perfect, straight to the point.

  • @SupremeCommanderBaiser
    @SupremeCommanderBaiser 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Immer wieder schön zu hören.

  • @davidohara8393
    @davidohara8393 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    all you need is love, its all in the MANTRA.

  • @shazzbutter
    @shazzbutter 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Timeless classic that holds up beautifully today. The only thing that slightly dates it is the ED-209 stop-motion special effects and lion roar sounds. Other than that, pretty flawless film, even by today's standards. R O B O C O P - 4 - L I F E