When the film was screened for a test audience, and the “old man” asked “nice shootin,’ what’s your name” the whole audience screamed Murphy . That’s when the Producers realized they had a hit on their hands
If you cam find it, there are I think 2 more scenes filmed after this and with that reaction from the tests audiences made, there was a decision made to end it like this as a high note.
@@williamsandell3260 Really, I did find them here on YT some time ago. They go to a news break and Lewis is interviewed from getting hurt, the I'll buy that for a dollar gets busted for something and in another clip, Murphy goes to the cemetery. also the two writers of the script in commentaries said the other clips were filmed and decided to end this way as mentioned. . that's what seen in many items here and there
It really does. I saw it in the theaters back then and while some of the more sadistic scenes are harder for me to take now, the movie as a whole is a classic.
"How can we help you, officer?" the old man said when Robocop entered the boardroom. Perhaps it's good idea to make Robocop in shape of a human, helps people relate.
I like how the old man referred to Murphy as officer and son. At the end he even asked for his name. He didn't give him any indignity of being a soulless robot. I know none of it's ever explicitly said or shown in the film, but I get the implication that he understood and approved of Robocop based on Morton's presentation after ED-209 slaughtered Mr Kinney. I get the vibe that he largely left Morton to his own devices and understood they were going to use a human donor, but didn't realise to the extent they would blank Murphy's memory and further augment his body. That's one of the more beautiful implied ideas to me, that he expected Robocop to answer with his human name and saw him as Murphy in a robot suit. Then all we could observe was a soulless cardboard cutout bureaucrat in Robocop 2.
The Old Man is the former head of OCP so playing the rolls of both a individual who shows respect and a soulless bureaucrat fits him perfectly, it makes sense he’d show respect for Murphy since the man just saved his life, and meanwhile in the 2nd movie due to Directive 4 still existing, he doesn’t really need to feel fear as Murphy and Cain are both under the effect of that directive. Not to mention he was the one who wanted the creation of Delta City via any means necessary, then come Rogue City and we see that he wanted not only immortality but also the spotlight that Murphy acquired amongst the people
When I was a kid I begged my mom to let me watch Robocop when I finally got to I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. To this day it is still my favorite movie.
Nowadays, they churn up about 5min's worth of dialogue about how they have suffered, how they need something and how they - yes, they - should have the attention and say that's the "arc" and I am like "sheesh, it's like hearing a bus timetable read." One word from Murphy then straight into the ending music and I am like "yup, got all that"
What makes the movie iconic is it was the humanity/empathy Murphy retained that made him the hero. The female cop recognizing his jaw and triggering something was great too. Murphy was definitely a Mary Sue archetype but that works because it balanced the machine part of the cyborg. Definitely a movie that had a solid end that should have been an one off.
When I first saw the movie in the theatre as a kid, many in the audience called out loud in synch with him: ''MURPHY!!!!" What a fucking epic moment! I ll never forget that!
"Nice shooting son, what's your name?" Murphy. *roll credits* Subtle. Emotional. Powerful. Brilliant. In the final moment of the film, Robocop becomes human again.
The same board room where it all began. The same company bigwigs meeting. The same big door ED-209 came in from. The same gun that got McKinney killed by ED-209. The same room where the villain Dick Jones were to have his long overdue glory, only to fall from grace (or in this case, out the window onto the abyss below). All beautiful poetic justice. No movie is more beautiful than original Robocop.
I always liked the concept of "RoboCop", much more than the film itself. In my honest opinion, the remake sold many of the same messages, but without the constant crudeness for its own sake.
One of the best endings of all time in a movie, especially of this genre and its over the top intent. You could hear both men and women sniffling after he said MURPHY and they cut to the credits. Sheer genius.
I also noticed that it's full frame when Murphy twirls then holsters his gun at the end. The callback to his son's show TJ Lazer at the beginning about he does that after the bad guy gets blown away and the sort of Western feel to it complete with the line "Nice shooting son, what's your name?" (Western's usually saying the gunslinger going something non-descript or silence) with him flashing a triumphant smile and "Murphy" to the triumphant music is like icing on a cake. It's rare to have an ending so memorable.
The world had never seen a movie like this before as it was the first of it's kind, Robocop was awesome. Movies like this and Terminator were the new style of Sci-Fi. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed.
I am now 44yrs old, from a country in middle east, I have always loved this version of Robocup, never had a family, but watching you, was an emotional protection when I was a teen. Thank you
@@blueschewy2558 every remake/delayed sequel is inferior to the original in every way, everytime. The one they've gotten right is Cobra Kai. Phenomenal job by everyone top ro bottom.
First R-Rated movie that I ever saw on the big screen...........had kind of a sheltered childhood. This was quite the ultra-violent SHOCK!! Actually, now, this is one of my very favorite movies. It's Paul Verhoeven's MASTERPIECE.
One of the last rated "R" movies marketed for kids. I had all the Robocop toys, clothes, and Nintendo game. Can't forget the Saturday morning cartoon either.
It's cooler in this movie though. In real life Murphy would be sorting through his work key, his personal key, his kitschy key 3D printed into a Black Mage he bought on Etsy...
Yeah, but Robo's better: 1. He can plug it in to a device in the first attempt. 2. He can stab it into someone's jugular in the first attempt. Not something a "modern" USB could do.
@@JamBadguy You're really reaching with this one. You know the baby boomer generation started in 1946 right? A full 41 years before Robocop was released?
Love this scene, not only bc Murphy finally closes the case by getting Dick Jones but bc it shows that the Old Man, despite what people think, has some knowledge of whats going on. When Murphy walked in on the meeting he was one of few people who wasnt shocked by it and knew exactly who he was and wasnt intimidated by his appearance. Then he showed Dick that he wasnt some fragile old man.
Yep, you're right. Sadly, most people think the old man is evil but if he was things would have gone down very differently. You'd think it'd be clear to people that the old man was different than dick jones considering he refers to robocop as 'officer' and even asks for his name at the end. Also Lol at the old man's name in the official script being 'old man'.
What I truly love about this Movie, is that each time you see this, you come to realise many things you've never thought about years ago. I saw this Movie again and realised that the Movie begins when it begins on the OCP meeting and they test a new security machine, that malfunction and kills an innocent (probably). The Movie ends with an OCP meeting and Another machine works as its supposed to do and kills a wanted man. There are many reasons why this Movie is among the top quality Movies ever! This scene is one of them!
@@alexgataric hahaha yeah I know but 80 percent of my stuff is still the up down up variety :) Can you imagine if R2-D2 went around stabbing people... that'd be somethin'... hmm then again he did shock the Ewoks. Star Wars should have had some kind of droid uprising... they got treated like crap most of the time!!
Will we ever again get as many iconic characters as we got from this era? Robocop, Terminator, The Predator, the Xenomorph from Alien! You can even throw in Jason Vorhees & Freddy Kreuger. This was truly a golden era for filmmaking.
Every decade has it's strengths, but no decade will ever come as close to having so many entertaining, R-rated over the top action/scifi/horror/comedy films as the 80's. Beetlejuice, Weekend at Bernie's, Return of the Living Dead, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Gremlins, so many films that were just this super fun mix of multiple genres thrown together.
@@drlight6677 That explains why Hollywood continues to retread all these 80s/90s treasures, like that abominable "Coming To America" sequel. They should just make something original for this era, but they're probably hamstrung by political correctness and cancel culture. I thought "wokeness" was supposed to be progressive, not censorship.
Green screen allowed them to have computers build sets instead of building the full set from scratch and then filling in the effects afterwards. It allows writers to be lazy and breaks immersion.
When Robocop was released much was made of Ronny Cox being cast against type as a villain prior to this film he had played mostly kind fatherly types. He's fantastic as Dick Jones.
The prosthetics in this movie were GREAT! It looked like Murphy's face really was streched over the robotic framework. The choice of Robocop's real name was inspired, too: Murphy, as in Murphy's Law.
At 2:10, Murphy's movement is way less robotic, and more like a human would move, in shock (so to speak) to the reaction of Dick Jones grabbing the gun. Brilliant non verbal acting. He had to take mime classes just to flesh this role out, and Weller killed it. BRILLIANT!
Not only do I love that the old man refers to him as a person, not a machine throughout this scene, but also that he realized Directive 4(which he may not have implemented or known about, only Dick) would be erased by firing him.
1. “The old geezer gets it!” 😂🤣😂 Gotta love Ronny Cox… 2. The sheer delight in the smile and thumbs up dude gives Murphy after he shoots Dick to pieces…priceless. 👍🏾 😂
Like all great sci-fi movies, Robocop weaves its story and visuals from various genres. 1:16 is an obvious wink to the swinging saloon doors featured in the Westerns from which Robocop's story is derived. Much like the fabled story of the old west gunfighter, Robocop is a lawman hired by a town's political higher ups to eradicate a criminal infestation. When he proves too efficient at his task, the town's corrupt politicians/businessmen decide to eliminate the gunfighter rather than risk being apprehended. At that point the corporate criminals hire a gang of outlaws to kill the gunfighter. In many westerns the gunfighter survives but only by an inch of his life. There is usually a brief rehabilitation period, including a point at which the gunfighter tests himself with a little target practice. From that point on there is a showdown with the gang of outlaws, with the climax of the movie involving the gunfighter confronting and killing the incredulous criminal mastermind. It all fits perfectly.
Yeah Robocop 2 screwed up the old man's character. He all of of a sudden was some evil sadist worse than Dick Jones. The sequel unfortunately was a disaster when it came to characterization.
luvfreedom Maybe he always was that way and we didn’t get to see it in the first film. Jones did say he used to call him all sorts of names when he started.
Robocop: Brilliant masterpiece Robocop 2: Mildly entertaining Robocop 3: WTF is this shit? Rebootcop: Forgot about it before reaching the theater parking lot.
that's right, he was on the side of law and order, truth and justice.serve the public trust, protect the innocent and uphold the law...very strange that he was made from a mega corporation full of corrupt businessmen who are only out to make a fast buck and disregard human life...when he said MURPHY..let's me know that he has retained his original self..GO ROBO!!!
because the writers missed the point of the first one and just wanted a money grab. they lacked the satire of the film and its message about commercialism and automation replacing our humanity. you didn't have to be the robot to lose your humanity and the robot ended up being the most human in the entire movie. Hollywood is out of touch and the modern movies shows it.
The remake wasn't bad. It just didn't have the impact the original had. Take for example the fact that the first movie is about robocop regaining his humanity while killing his killers, and also killing his creators killers. the remake they never fully took his humanity away. They never referred to him only as a machine. They blended him as both man and machine with software running that made him think he had free will. It wasn't a bad take on the story, it just had a different impact to the audience because everyone knew he would gain his free will again.
@@edwardgaines6561 in the remake where it's just his head one hand and lungs. Shocked me. But once again he was still human and you feel for him being in that situation. I think the ed 209 battle was awesome, but had too many of them against him.
Even though I'm forever grateful they made more movies, I would have been happy with just this movie, because this has to be my favourite movie ending of all time.
That was Emil played by Paul McCrane who was later on the tv show ER as the unlikeable Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr Romano who had his arm chopped off in an accident i season 9 and was killed by another helicopter in season 10.
Sdk ElMaruecan I disagree. They needed a sequel because some of the story issues from the first movie were unresolved, such as the police going on strike. However, the sequel didn't need to suck, but sadly that's what happened.
Why would the strike be called off just because Jones was killed? He wasn't the reason for it. You'll noticed that it continued until about halfway through the second movie. Another thing that needed to be resolved was directive 4. Murphy would never truly regain his humanity or his full status as a police officer so long as directive 4 was in his system. So they needed a sequel to clear that up.
I never understood why they did it that way. Why did the arms have to be prostheses or graphically added or whatever? Why not just film Cox or a stunt double falling with their real arms flailing?
Just as well his programming didn't have to wait for paperwork to go through before directive 4 went, no one could have been better than peter Weller for this part ,one of my all time greats 😊
In the end you can say that Dick Jones's fall from grace was due to his inability to escape from the long arm of the law and in the end he broke the glass ceiling and fell to pieces because he could get the lead out in time.
Even if he WERE in a union (which upper management is NOT), felony assault with a deadly weapon against a company officer is usually grounds for immediate dismissal.
Notice how the old man validates Robocop’s sense of humanity by addressing him as “Officer” and “son”
Brilliant writing
Don't forget he also asked for his name. Nobody ever once referred to (let alone asked for) Murphy's name.
Doesn’t the old man become a bad guy in RoboCop 2 who hired that crazy lady who had Cain’s brain put into a new robocop killing machine?
@NonyaBusiness! Haven't seen the movie completely in 10 years, don't remember everything 🤷♂️🤷♂️
They don’t make movies like this anymore!! Imagine when the Democrats allow confiscation Of guns that castrates movies like this?????
@@eternus154 sequels are 99% always crap trying to capitalize on the greatness of the original movie.
When the film was screened for a test audience, and the “old man” asked “nice shootin,’ what’s your name” the whole audience screamed Murphy . That’s when the Producers realized they had a hit on their hands
Robocop Making of..
TH-cam that and you will love it.
If you cam find it, there are I think 2 more scenes filmed after this and with that reaction from the tests audiences made, there was a decision
made to end it like this as a high note.
@@socalltd not true
@@williamsandell3260 Really, I did find them here on YT some time ago. They go to a news break and Lewis is interviewed from getting hurt, the I'll buy that for a dollar gets busted for something and in another clip, Murphy goes to the cemetery. also the two writers of the script in commentaries said the other clips
were filmed and decided to end this way as mentioned. . that's what seen in many items here and there
@@socalltd hmmmm.. interesting. I just don’t remember filming anything like those scenes, but it was a long time ago.
After more than 30 years the movie still stands the test of time.
More relevant than ever. It is more than just good fiction.
Update the stop motion to the actual graphics of today, leave the actors as is. It would be perfect.
It really does. I saw it in the theaters back then and while some of the more sadistic scenes are harder for me to take now, the movie as a whole is a classic.
I'd honestly love to see a redo of just the effects in this one. It was acted well and well-written.
No it doesn't. This movie was horrible then, and it's worse now. And that's just the acting.
i love the fact that the director asks his name rather than calling him robocop. clearly a way to show us that Murphy is still human after all
Isn't that great? I love it too.
"How can we help you, officer?" the old man said when Robocop entered the boardroom.
Perhaps it's good idea to make Robocop in shape of a human, helps people relate.
SuperHaoken Liked the old man in the first film. Always bothered me that they turned him straight up evil in the second film.
Like Highlander, there should have been only one.
SuperHaoken yeaa it had to be hes name maan!!;) not robocop.
That old man was clever, quickly realized what to do to help Murphy.
He's not old for nothing!
There's a reason why he was the boss.
Ayxan Mamedov people used tohave brains
Help himself*
He's not new to the rodeo.
I like how the old man referred to Murphy as officer and son. At the end he even asked for his name. He didn't give him any indignity of being a soulless robot. I know none of it's ever explicitly said or shown in the film, but I get the implication that he understood and approved of Robocop based on Morton's presentation after ED-209 slaughtered Mr Kinney. I get the vibe that he largely left Morton to his own devices and understood they were going to use a human donor, but didn't realise to the extent they would blank Murphy's memory and further augment his body. That's one of the more beautiful implied ideas to me, that he expected Robocop to answer with his human name and saw him as Murphy in a robot suit.
Then all we could observe was a soulless cardboard cutout bureaucrat in Robocop 2.
I'd say he was both.
The Old Man was corrupted by the lady who picked Caine’s brain for Robocop 2. The carnage at the Civic Center wasn’t really his fault.
The Old Man is the former head of OCP so playing the rolls of both a individual who shows respect and a soulless bureaucrat fits him perfectly, it makes sense he’d show respect for Murphy since the man just saved his life, and meanwhile in the 2nd movie due to Directive 4 still existing, he doesn’t really need to feel fear as Murphy and Cain are both under the effect of that directive. Not to mention he was the one who wanted the creation of Delta City via any means necessary, then come Rogue City and we see that he wanted not only immortality but also the spotlight that Murphy acquired amongst the people
Did anyone notice Dick Jones looks exactly like Joe Biden
@@tiattahiscupcakecandykatan2453 Danual Craig looks like Valdimer Putin.
For a violent action film in a nihilistic future, this film had heart.
Dystopian, not nihilistic.
Best kids movie ever
@@Heinrich99 Agreed it's a family film....Manson Family, maybe.
@Tom Smith Worse than Chicago? 😁
That's cause everything that was made before 2000 had heart and passion put into it!!!!!🤦
When I was a kid I begged my mom to let me watch Robocop when I finally got to I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. To this day it is still my favorite movie.
Why didn’t your mom just have you watch the Robocop cartoon?
Didn't you have Robocop at home?
in matt groening's life in hell cartoon book, kids complain that
all the good movies are rated r!
You have a cool mom
It's definitely one of my favourites.
Love it when an entire character arc can be summed up in a single line of dialogue. That’s good writing right there
Nowadays, they churn up about 5min's worth of dialogue about how they have suffered, how they need something and how they - yes, they - should have the attention and say that's the "arc" and I am like "sheesh, it's like hearing a bus timetable read." One word from Murphy then straight into the ending music and I am like "yup, got all that"
Mad Max: Fury Road
From "What do I call you? What's your name?" "Doesn't matter."
To [Furiosa saved by the gift of Max's blood] "Max. My name is Max."
What makes the movie iconic is it was the humanity/empathy Murphy retained that made him the hero.
The female cop recognizing his jaw and triggering something was great too.
Murphy was definitely a Mary Sue archetype but that works because it balanced the machine part of the cyborg.
Definitely a movie that had a solid end that should have been an one off.
_We_ are Groot.
@@matthewpilon4422 Mary Sue?
When I first saw the movie in the theatre as a kid, many in the audience called out loud in synch with him: ''MURPHY!!!!" What a fucking epic moment! I ll never forget that!
Priceless. I wasn't born until 1990. Saw this on HBO as a kid. You're lucky
Wish I had been there with you
@@Revolver_Ocelot16 same.
Ah man i wish i saw this in theatres as well but i wasn’t born ha ha ha
We wouldn’t do that in the UK in the cinema as where to reserved 😂😂
"nice shooting, son. whats your name?"
"Murphy"
love this movie so much.
And the cowboy walks off into the sunset.
Fixing his tie as he says it like a true professional..it's those kind of subtle touches that make a movie great.
Yes, Murphy, his name, his Legacies and descendants, will live on.
@Eduardo Mendez
His brain was sizzling like fried 🥚 eggs & 🥓 bacon, so yeah it was hurtful to him.
Me too 😁
That ending and the music kick in at just the right moment to make you happily accept the ending it’s perfect.
"Nice shooting son, what's your name?" Murphy. *roll credits* Subtle. Emotional. Powerful. Brilliant. In the final moment of the film, Robocop becomes human again.
One of the best film ending lines ever. When the music hits after god damn goosebumps
I remember seeing it..Everyone had a ball, the atmosphere was riotous, and when that ending happened everyone went nuts.. Great ending, great story..
Robocop is masterpiece. I love how it blends good writing, great characters, badass action scenes and goofy humor all in one.
Not to forget about sheer gore horror lol
Anybody else recognize that murphy STILL had Clearance's blood on his data spike?! Lol. What a movie .
Tim Davidson I was about to write that down man, I was to say "I like the detail of the blood in its spike" very good.
A kill is a kill is a kill....
Well I suppose he doesn't carry any tissues around to wipe his spike clean lol
We'll give Robocop some anti-bacterial wipes in his other leg to wipe down his weapons and hands.
Thank goodness it didn't cause "Error 404, cannot read data."
Would have been... embarrassing.
The same board room where it all began.
The same company bigwigs meeting.
The same big door ED-209 came in from.
The same gun that got McKinney killed by ED-209.
The same room where the villain Dick Jones were to have his long overdue glory, only to fall from grace (or in this case, out the window onto the abyss below).
All beautiful poetic justice.
No movie is more beautiful than original Robocop.
Amen
I always liked the concept of "RoboCop", much more than the film itself. In my honest opinion, the remake sold many of the same messages, but without the constant crudeness for its own sake.
Gendo ruwo also, Murphy kills the bad guys in the same place they killed him.
How perfect it would have been, if Dick Jones's carcass was shown careening into that ED-209 below.
@@edwardgaines6561 | Oh, that would have been hilarious! Falling back-first on the ED-209's legs and dying from the backbreak!
Dick Jones, YOU'RE FIRED!!!!
Robocop: Thank you.
With that name i would shoot myself :v
StabbingPrivateMellish jajaja i know! i love it man! it was the only way!;)
Nice elbow from the old man, too.
If Robo punched him, he would have been...beating Dick
When the main theme drops there it's like magic. Perfect ending to a great movie.
Him saying "Murphy" is one of my fav bits of all time.
Of all the Robocop movies, this one was the best! Who agrees with me on this one?
I think anyone with half a brain will agree.
Obviously. The second one was decent. Third wasn’t terrible, but didn’t need to happen.
One of the best endings of all time in a movie, especially of this genre and its over the top intent. You could hear both men and women sniffling after he said MURPHY and they cut to the credits. Sheer genius.
I also noticed that it's full frame when Murphy twirls then holsters his gun at the end. The callback to his son's show TJ Lazer at the beginning about he does that after the bad guy gets blown away and the sort of Western feel to it complete with the line "Nice shooting son, what's your name?" (Western's usually saying the gunslinger going something non-descript or silence) with him flashing a triumphant smile and "Murphy" to the triumphant music is like icing on a cake. It's rare to have an ending so memorable.
I don't know if any movie could ever be this good: the theme, the writing, the script, the music, the cynicism, the humanity.....
And the SUX 6000
@@preposterousrhinocerous9951 I love ED-209. I wish we could have deployed them for riot control in Fergeson, MO.
Terminator? Predator?
La satira.
@Seph Lord of rings is effeminate bed time story for emasculated British boys.
The theme tune still gives me chills to this day!
I don’t know about you, but I never get tired of watching this masterpiece.
This film was a masterpiece like so many others to come out of the 80s
The world had never seen a movie like this before as it was the first of it's kind, Robocop was awesome. Movies like this and Terminator were the new style of Sci-Fi. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed.
I am now 44yrs old, from a country in middle east, I have always loved this version of Robocup, never had a family, but watching you, was an emotional protection when I was a teen. Thank you
😥
That's sad, but let's hope you're good now.
Hope youhave a Family now.Gretingx from Aus.
Films can be comforting. I hope you’re well.
This film has held up incredibly well after nearly 35 years.
They of course tried to remake it, annnnnnnd it was forgotten in about 3 seconds.
@@Surfer041 If that long. There are certain movies which shouldn't be remade, and the 1987 Robocop is one of them.
@@blueschewy2558 every remake/delayed sequel is inferior to the original in every way, everytime. The one they've gotten right is Cobra Kai. Phenomenal job by everyone top ro bottom.
@@Surfer041 Cobra Kai is top notch.
Best movie of 1987-2023.
Dick Jones arms grew about two feet during that long fall down.
Falling effect, he was not 100% horizontal.
He took lessons from Freddy Krueger
Ronny Cox's stunt man was Mr Tickle
First R-Rated movie that I ever saw on the big screen...........had kind of a sheltered childhood. This was quite the ultra-violent SHOCK!! Actually, now, this is one of my very favorite movies. It's Paul Verhoeven's MASTERPIECE.
One of the last rated "R" movies marketed for kids. I had all the Robocop toys, clothes, and Nintendo game. Can't forget the Saturday morning cartoon either.
You can tell that Robo had taken enough shit from ED and was not gonna stand for it anymore.
Indeed. I like the way Robo cuts his eyes over when the 209 says he's illegally parked. Like, "I think not"
IronDawg "I think not" makes me think of Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin.
And those were the longest arms in Hollywood when he was falling.
"Nice shooting son, what's your name?"
+Joe Nguyen tatatatata tatatata
+Kkkbusuego kbus JOHN CENA!
Kkkbusuego kbus Matt Damon...
My nems Jeff
Murphy... R O B O C O P
I love how the African American guy gives the thumbs up at the end.
@Alan Cogan keyboard gangster i 👀
It's because he murdered his friends.
FriendlyCrooc he got a promotion
The black actor also played Clint Eastwood's partner in one of the "Dirty Harry " movies, and gets killed by a bomb in his mail box.
You mean that American of African descendage.
Dick Jones: "His memory is admissible as evidence!"
Also Dick Jones: tells Robocop "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake!"
the concept of USB flash drive was brought up 30 years ago
It's cooler in this movie though. In real life Murphy would be sorting through his work key, his personal key, his kitschy key 3D printed into a Black Mage he bought on Etsy...
And he could puncture a bad guys jugular with this one!
USB 9000
Yeah, but Robo's better:
1. He can plug it in to a device in the first attempt.
2. He can stab it into someone's jugular in the first attempt.
Not something a "modern" USB could do.
@Leo Peridot , exactly!
1:17 I wish I had the sound of modulated white noise every time I walked into a room.
@CatOnDrugs I wish I "clicked" when I walked.
@@kennyhill9238 You can sneak up on people though.
Whooosh
Going to the toilet: DZUNN
i think i'm gonna upload that sound to my phone and use it on such occasions) thanks for the idea)
Even in November 2019, this movie still kicks ass!!! They don't make them like this anymore.
Yes they do boomer
@@JamBadguy You're really reaching with this one. You know the baby boomer generation started in 1946 right? A full 41 years before Robocop was released?
@@demerit5 don't tell me how to use the word "boomer", boomer.
Robocop is one of the best movies ever made. Ahead of its time.
You've got that right. Right up there with the best SciFi films ever made.
Love this scene, not only bc Murphy finally closes the case by getting Dick Jones but bc it shows that the Old Man, despite what people think, has some knowledge of whats going on. When Murphy walked in on the meeting he was one of few people who wasnt shocked by it and knew exactly who he was and wasnt intimidated by his appearance. Then he showed Dick that he wasnt some fragile old man.
Yep, you're right. Sadly, most people think the old man is evil but if he was things would have gone down very differently. You'd think it'd be clear to people that the old man was different than dick jones considering he refers to robocop as 'officer' and even asks for his name at the end.
Also Lol at the old man's name in the official script being 'old man'.
@@Archedgar true but I think that’s bc of how he was portrayed in Robocop 2 but this is the only Robocop I consider as good.
What I truly love about this Movie, is that each time you see this, you come to realise many things you've never thought about years ago.
I saw this Movie again and realised that the Movie begins when it begins on the OCP meeting and they test a new security machine, that malfunction and kills an innocent (probably). The Movie ends with an OCP meeting and Another machine works as its supposed to do and kills a wanted man.
There are many reasons why this Movie is among the top quality Movies ever! This scene is one of them!
Yeah, I never thought of that.
It's perfectly symmetrical. Someone made a video about it.
Back when movie endings were good
trycoldman23 back when movies in general were good
Back when films were GOOD.
also the time when sci fi movies were so epic
Sadly this was the only one in the trilogy.
Back when people didn’t need post credit scenes
"These are serious charges, what evidence do you have?" Robocop: Get's spikey usb out.
I love the fact that there was still blood on it.
@@QuothTheRavenclaw11 Great continuity.
@@gumdeo If it were a real USB he'd have to try to insert it three times to make sure it was right side up. It would have made the scene awkward!! :)
@@splatbubble USB C is the new standard which eliminates that problem. Robo's spike reminds me of R2-D2's interface stick.
@@alexgataric hahaha yeah I know but 80 percent of my stuff is still the up down up variety :) Can you imagine if R2-D2 went around stabbing people... that'd be somethin'... hmm then again he did shock the Ewoks.
Star Wars should have had some kind of droid uprising... they got treated like crap most of the time!!
Body turn 1st , heads turn seconds later , that the unique act make me love this movie forever.
Will we ever again get as many iconic characters as we got from this era? Robocop, Terminator, The Predator, the Xenomorph from Alien! You can even throw in Jason Vorhees & Freddy Kreuger. This was truly a golden era for filmmaking.
Every decade has it's strengths, but no decade will ever come as close to having so many entertaining, R-rated over the top action/scifi/horror/comedy films as the 80's. Beetlejuice, Weekend at Bernie's, Return of the Living Dead, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Gremlins, so many films that were just this super fun mix of multiple genres thrown together.
Judge Dred
@@drlight6677 That explains why Hollywood continues to retread all these 80s/90s treasures, like that abominable "Coming To America" sequel. They should just make something original for this era, but they're probably hamstrung by political correctness and cancel culture. I thought "wokeness" was supposed to be progressive, not censorship.
so true. Im so glad I lived it. fell sorry for the kids today. and love remembering my childhood. brings tears to my eyes every time.
Green screen allowed them to have computers build sets instead of building the full set from scratch and then filling in the effects afterwards. It allows writers to be lazy and breaks immersion.
2:42 I love the way he stands up and smiles, he getting another promotion when the guy above him dies.
He entered the room like a cyber cowboy.
The more things change, the more things stay the same...
I like Murphy smile...... He's been so cool when he smiling
When Robocop was released much was made of Ronny Cox being cast against type as a villain prior to this film he had played mostly kind fatherly types. He's fantastic as Dick Jones.
And then ironically after this movie, played nothing BUT villains.
Yeh, for his age he was very intimidating. He pretty much played the same menacing character in Total Recall
That's due to Paul verhoven directing this and total recall
He's an amazing actor who perfectly played his villain roles.
The prosthetics in this movie were GREAT!
It looked like Murphy's face really was streched over the robotic framework.
The choice of Robocop's real name was inspired, too: Murphy, as in Murphy's Law.
Paul verhoven also did total recall and basic instinct. The absolute madman!
@Martin Latour I think you're forgetting about Showgirls.
At 2:10, Murphy's movement is way less robotic, and more like a human would move, in shock (so to speak) to the reaction of Dick Jones grabbing the gun. Brilliant non verbal acting. He had to take mime classes just to flesh this role out, and Weller killed it. BRILLIANT!
Love this movie. The music was epic and still give me chills
Murphy: "Thank you" *HIT'S HIM WITH 5 BURSTS*
It's always struck me that this whole film is heroic in nature. Robocop struggling with energizing music playing. Love it.
the way that they blended the metal of his helmet to his actual skin was serious high tech. way above the special affects now adays
Amazing that someone who had been shot through the chest and abdomen several times still managed to let out a hearty yell on his way down.
Ya no shit eh lol
People in the 80s were tougher!
Ronny Cox was a tough guy
Not only do I love that the old man refers to him as a person, not a machine throughout this scene, but also that he realized Directive 4(which he may not have implemented or known about, only Dick) would be erased by firing him.
He did crack a smile when he took down ED209, almost like: take that junk after what you did to me.
Did I ever tell you guys how much I love the anvils in the musical score?! So frigging awesome.
1. “The old geezer gets it!” 😂🤣😂 Gotta love Ronny Cox…
2. The sheer delight in the smile and thumbs up dude gives Murphy after he shoots Dick to pieces…priceless. 👍🏾 😂
I believe this is the best film of Paul Verhoeven.
Nope. Showgirls.
Me too,+Razor Hall.
I gotta say I really love Starship Troopers
Basic Instinct
Starship Troopers really hold those special FX until today
One of the many best sci-fi movies to come out of the 80s. Another generation that made awesome movies!
2:37 BRUTALITY
2:53 ROBOCOP WINS ♡
“You’re under arrest, dirtbag”
REPORTER: Robo, Robo! Amy comment?
ROBOCOP: Crime does not pay.
Like all great sci-fi movies, Robocop weaves its story and visuals from various genres. 1:16 is an obvious wink to the swinging saloon doors featured in the Westerns from which Robocop's story is derived. Much like the fabled story of the old west gunfighter, Robocop is a lawman hired by a town's political higher ups to eradicate a criminal infestation. When he proves too efficient at his task, the town's corrupt politicians/businessmen decide to eliminate the gunfighter rather than risk being apprehended. At that point the corporate criminals hire a gang of outlaws to kill the gunfighter. In many westerns the gunfighter survives but only by an inch of his life. There is usually a brief rehabilitation period, including a point at which the gunfighter tests himself with a little target practice. From that point on there is a showdown with the gang of outlaws, with the climax of the movie involving the gunfighter confronting and killing the incredulous criminal mastermind. It all fits perfectly.
All we need is an arcade port like Konami's Sunsetriders!
Sounds like a fistful of dollars
Anyone else that when Ronny Cox was falling out the window his arms looked as long as him 😆
Yeah, that was weird.
Apparently being shot out of a window turns your arms into rubber bands...
Side effects of gravity lol
Early CGI, I guess ?!
the long arm(s) of the law. LOL.
The look on Johnson's face when Murphy plays the evidence! XD
What's up Batman
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The sound of Ed209 still gives me the chills until this day...2019
Yeah its dam shuddering creepy.
I wish they would make a war movie with just ED 209s doing all the fighting.
When Weller was asked to describe Robocop he said: Come on! It’s a comedy! 👍🏻
Johnson and the Old Man were such cool guys in the original movie. Cogs in the corporate machine, but cool cogs nevertheless.
They were so much more reasonable here than the sequels.
Old Man was the king Cog. He was the big boss.
Yeah Robocop 2 screwed up the old man's character. He all of of a sudden was some evil sadist worse than Dick Jones. The sequel unfortunately was a disaster when it came to characterization.
luvfreedom Maybe he always was that way and we didn’t get to see it in the first film. Jones did say he used to call him all sorts of names when he started.
This movie holds up because it's just so 80's futuristic, and despite being super violent it doesn't take itself too serious in the end
This and robocop 2 still rocks. They aged very well, love the action and the heart and soul in the movies.
Robocop: Brilliant masterpiece
Robocop 2: Mildly entertaining
Robocop 3: WTF is this shit?
Rebootcop: Forgot about it before reaching the theater parking lot.
This film is epic. I love Robocop! He had the heart of a righteous when he was human and when it became cyborg.
epic sci fi character ever made, Robocop 1987
that's right, he was on the side of law and order, truth and justice.serve the public trust, protect the innocent and uphold the law...very strange that he was made from a mega corporation full of corrupt businessmen who are only out to make a fast buck and disregard human life...when he said MURPHY..let's me know that he has retained his original self..GO ROBO!!!
"I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake, now it's time to erase that mistake."
Dick Jones line
Best classic cyberpunk action 🎥
Amazing how hard the remake dropped the ball.
because the writers missed the point of the first one and just wanted a money grab. they lacked the satire of the film and its message about commercialism and automation replacing our humanity. you didn't have to be the robot to lose your humanity and the robot ended up being the most human in the entire movie. Hollywood is out of touch and the modern movies shows it.
The remake wasn't bad. It just didn't have the impact the original had. Take for example the fact that the first movie is about robocop regaining his humanity while killing his killers, and also killing his creators killers.
the remake they never fully took his humanity away. They never referred to him only as a machine. They blended him as both man and machine with software running that made him think he had free will.
It wasn't a bad take on the story, it just had a different impact to the audience because everyone knew he would gain his free will again.
@@Jnor116 Still, you gotta admit, that one scene where they take Murphy "apart" will leave you breathless.
@@edwardgaines6561 in the remake where it's just his head one hand and lungs. Shocked me.
But once again he was still human and you feel for him being in that situation. I think the ed 209 battle was awesome, but had too many of them against him.
Even though I'm forever grateful they made more movies, I would have been happy with just this movie, because this has to be my favourite movie ending of all time.
Yo remember that guy melting because of the toxic waste? Kudos to the makeup team!
coulda been one of the TOXIC AVENGERS but oh well
Yeah, Emil was a bastard, but I wouldn't sentence him to that.
That was Emil played by Paul McCrane who was later on the tv show ER as the unlikeable Chief of Emergency Medicine Dr Romano who had his arm chopped off in an accident i season 9 and was killed by another helicopter in season 10.
the remake its horrible the original of 1987 its the best forever,salute from argentina
actually the remake one isnt Robocop, better u say rubber cup 2014
Courage, Strength, Conviction; & meeting each new challenge with the same aggressive attitude. That’s definitely Robocop. Always overcoming the odds.
Perfect way to end the movie
sliat1981 so perfect it didn't need any sequel at that point
Or at any point. Or a remake
Sdk ElMaruecan
I disagree. They needed a sequel because some of the story issues from the first movie were unresolved, such as the police going on strike. However, the sequel didn't need to suck, but sadly that's what happened.
No, the story was ended. He realised he was Murphy, not Robocop. It's clear once Dick Jomes was dead the strike could be called off
Why would the strike be called off just because Jones was killed? He wasn't the reason for it. You'll noticed that it continued until about halfway through the second movie.
Another thing that needed to be resolved was directive 4. Murphy would never truly regain his humanity or his full status as a police officer so long as directive 4 was in his system. So they needed a sequel to clear that up.
I like how you left the credits in this clip. Good decision 👍🏽
2:42- Johnson "yes! He's gonna die and I'm getting a promotion!"
That's casual 1980s ultra-violence for ya
qetoun Part 2 was way more violent, if I remember.
Every time I hear the theme music, I get amped up like I did as a kid
His arms sure got longer when he fell down the building.
I never understood why they did it that way. Why did the arms have to be prostheses or graphically added or whatever? Why not just film Cox or a stunt double falling with their real arms flailing?
Must have been to make flailing more obvious. I've seen this many times but never caught that.
Just as well his programming didn't have to wait for paperwork to go through before directive 4 went, no one could have been better than peter Weller for this part ,one of my all time greats 😊
thank goodness for American at-will hiring/firing policies!
@@scottmatheson3346 🤣🤣🤣
My favourite movie as a kid. Honestly the gun twirl was so hard to do but I used to always try it 😂
The Old Man was the original Donald Trump-
"You're Fired!"
Thank you
nicolashrv Dick Jones was more Trump.
no, Dick Jones is more like Hillary.
@SugarPunch They're all Gangsters, but this guy shows it the most!
Hard to more gangsta than Hillary. She's the muscle behind the Clinton body count
"You're fired" to deactivate a computer protocol. This scene went down as the best original in cinematic history.
3:56 ROBOCOP DESIGNED AND CREATED BY *ROB BOTTIN*
Wish I had seen this in a cinema on its release. I bet audiences cheered when he said "Murphy."
I like how everyone is cheery and smiling, even though a violent shooting just happened.
Basil Poledouris - what a composer.
80s LIVES!!!!!!
Quite the boardroom! Gunplay keeps it exciting throughout the movie...if only all meetings were like this 😆
In the end you can say that Dick Jones's fall from grace was due to his inability to escape from the long arm of the law and in the end he broke the glass ceiling and fell to pieces because he could get the lead out in time.
Now in 2020 he's back on Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath fuck yeah 😎
I loved how the ED-209’s toe twitched as it died.
Robocop today:
You are fired!
No actually the workers union agreement allows me to stay 2 more weeks.
Viking.Overdrive be awesome if that happened and he showed up two weeks later and shoot him
randomguy8196 Executives don’t have Union benefits. I know of executives that worked in unionized companies that were terminated immediately.
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At that moment the guy was breaking the law so he would have been shot to prevent Jones from killing his hostage.
Ohh...don't start with the Unions...
Even if he WERE in a union (which upper management is NOT), felony assault with a deadly weapon against a company officer is usually grounds for immediate dismissal.