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[last stand 2.0]

its like batman and judge dredd had a child

[Marc Maron]

Robe-o-cop

[Busty Bluth]

Robe-o-cop

big improvement.

but when are we gonna see the gun?

[Draztik]

I read some of the leaked script key points.

Here's concept art for the new suit

[Hollywood]

I hate the suit i would like them to keep it original maybe less bulky than the orIginal but still want the slver in there

Edited by Hollywood, September 18, 2012 - 09:21 AM.

[last stand 2.0]

I read some of the leaked script key points.

Here's concept art for the new suit

I may be in the minority but I think that looks pretty cool

Edited by last stand 2.0, September 18, 2012 - 09:51 AM.

[androsays]

i was just about to post that same thing.. haha i think the suit looks awesome

[Busty Bluth]

I hate the suit i would like them to keep it original maybe less bulky than the orIginal but still want the slver in there

yup

[Draztik]

I'd say something about the suit but don't wanna give any spoilers.

[Marc Maron]

Put it in spoiler tags.

[Draztik]

I don't know if this is really a leak, a rough early draft or something just to throw people off but:

Spoiler

They show a upgraded silver "OG" suit at first when Murphy is made into Robocop. But they end up saying it's too "80's looking" and looks like a toy. In the movie they actually go through different revisions and end up with a 4.0 suit shown in concept art.

They also say that terrorists are used in the movie and they test Robocop by having him infiltrate them.

Also that it would be PG-13

[Busty Bluth]

I don't know if this is really a leak, a rough early draft or something just to throw people off but:

Spoiler

They show a upgraded silver "OG" suit at first when Murphy is made into Robocop. But they end up saying it's too "80's looking" and looks like a toy. In the movie they actually go through different revisions and end up with a 4.0 suit shown in concept art.

They also say that terrorists are used in the movie and they test Robocop by having him infiltrate them.

Also that it would be PG-13

if any of that's true. fail.

its like batman and judge dredd had a child

Exactly.

[Draztik]

[Busty Bluth]

Bike is kinda cool. I still can't get over the suit.

[fido]

This movie looks like absolute crap.

You should look up some of what the director has said about production. He's been calling it the worst experience of his career and has told friends in foreign magazines just how bad it's gonna be.

At what point do the remakes stop? This is hands down one of the worst decades in film.

The crappy outweigh the good by a huge margin, and the gap keeps widening.

This is hands down one of the worst decades in film.

Music too.

[fido]

Oh heck yes, music too!

But that's for another thread all unto itself.

[Draztik]

This movie looks like absolute crap.

You should look up some of what the director has said about production. He's been calling it the worst experience of his career and has told friends in foreign magazines just how bad it's gonna be.

At what point do the remakes stop? This is hands down one of the worst decades in film.

The crappy outweigh the good by a huge margin, and the gap keeps widening.

It's more of a friend of his being quoted about conversations over the phone not something the director said to anyone himself, also this was before production started back in the brainstorming phase.

This is all one big game of telephone, and I expect there to be some studio denials later. "No, everything is going great!" Production hasn't even fully started on MGM's RoboCop remake yet, but it is slated to start shooting in September in Toronto, with Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman starring as Alex Murphy. At the helm is Brazilian director José Padilha, who seemed to finally be moving forward, but lost Hugh Laurie as the villain last week. Of course, we know working on a studio project is tough, but Padilha's friend and fellow Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles said in an interview he spoke with him and got discouraging feedback.

This update originates from ScreenCrush, who found the Meirelles interview on Cinemacom Rapadura, which is in Portuguese, translated it, and got a very interesting quote from it. Again, it's not Padilha saying this himself, but a friend translated through an interview who said he spoke to him on the phone. He says:

I talked to José Padilha for a week by phone. He will begin filming Robocop. He is saying that it is the worst experience. For every 10 ideas he has, 9 are cut. Whatever he wants, he has to fight. "This is hell here," he told me. "The film will be good, but I never suffered so much and do not want to do it again." He is bitter, but it's a fighter.

If that is true, that's some brutally honest criticism of the project. But that's the thing - I'm not surprised. Given how many directors this has gone through, how many years this has been lingering in development, and how desperate MGM is to get something good out of this iconic sci-fi property, it's not surprising that he's being pushed around and told what to do. Directors, especially foreign filmmakers brought in like José Padilha, are usually heavily controlled, even though it's not often heard about publicly. This is unfortunate because I think a lot of us really want this RoboCop remake, if it needs to be made, to at least turn out good.

And at least Padilha-by-way-of-Meirelles sort of gives us that hope: "The film will be good." We're crossing our fingers. They already started teasing the viral for Padilha's RoboCop in the form of Omnicorp's new ED-209. We'll keep our ears open for more updates from here. What do you make of this odd quote?

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/director-jose-padilha-is-going-through-hell-on-robocop-remake/