Comments on: Robocop 2 (1990, Irvin Kershner) http://www.thestopbutton.com/2007/11/05/robocop-2-1990/ distinct . . . diverse . . . divisive . . . snobby. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chip Butty http://www.thestopbutton.com/2007/11/05/robocop-2-1990/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Chip Butty Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:19:46 +0000 http://www.thestopbutton.com/2007/11/05/robocop-2-1990/#comment-41 Jeez, "when one could still show someone movies..." No shit, I never even realized that was an exclusive province of childhood. I think I showed the two Gremlins movies to everyone I knew at age 8 (while being obsessed with false claims from other children about the existence of Gremlins 3,) and then the first two Texas Chainsaw Massacres later on. The writers of the original actually proposed a sequel before Frank Miller came along, subtitled "Corporate Wars." It was to be an even more Max Headroom-ish satire where Robo is blown apart before the opening credits, then awakes reborn (again) in the future-future, not just the near-future. Delta City is enclosed from the impoverished masses, an all-powerful sentient computer runs national security, OCP is merely one corporate serfdom at war with many others, and the president is a stand-up comedian. Could've been fun stuff, but might've had just as little to do with Robo as the eventual, actual sequel. The real challenge of a good Robocop sequel would've been to make it a good POLICE drama - corruption, politics, honor, the whole Serpico thing. Just picked up the new dvd of the original...still the finest comic book film ever made, without needing to be based upon a pre-existing comic book.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('41','Chip Butty'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('41','Chip Butty','Jeez, \"when one could still show someone movies...\" No shit, I never even realized that was an exclusive province of childhood. I think I showed the two Gremlins movies to everyone I knew at age 8 (while being obsessed with false claims from other children about the existence of Gremlins 3,) and then the first two Texas Chainsaw Massacres later on.\r\n\r\nThe writers of the original actually proposed a sequel before Frank Miller came along, subtitled \"Corporate Wars.\" It was to be an even more Max Headroom-ish satire where Robo is blown apart before the opening credits, then awakes reborn (again) in the future-future, not just the near-future. Delta City is enclosed from the impoverished masses, an all-powerful sentient computer runs national security, OCP is merely one corporate serfdom at war with many others, and the president is a stand-up comedian. \r\n\r\nCould\'ve been fun stuff, but might\'ve had just as little to do with Robo as the eventual, actual sequel.\r\n\r\nThe real challenge of a good Robocop sequel would\'ve been to make it a good POLICE drama - corruption, politics, honor, the whole Serpico thing.\r\n\r\nJust picked up the new dvd of the original...still the finest comic book film ever made, without needing to be based upon a pre-existing comic book.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Jeez, “when one could still show someone movies…” No shit, I never even realized that was an exclusive province of childhood. I think I showed the two Gremlins movies to everyone I knew at age 8 (while being obsessed with false claims from other children about the existence of Gremlins 3,) and then the first two Texas Chainsaw Massacres later on.

The writers of the original actually proposed a sequel before Frank Miller came along, subtitled “Corporate Wars.” It was to be an even more Max Headroom-ish satire where Robo is blown apart before the opening credits, then awakes reborn (again) in the future-future, not just the near-future. Delta City is enclosed from the impoverished masses, an all-powerful sentient computer runs national security, OCP is merely one corporate serfdom at war with many others, and the president is a stand-up comedian.

Could’ve been fun stuff, but might’ve had just as little to do with Robo as the eventual, actual sequel.

The real challenge of a good Robocop sequel would’ve been to make it a good POLICE drama — corruption, politics, honor, the whole Serpico thing.

Just picked up the new dvd of the original…still the finest comic book film ever made, without needing to be based upon a pre-existing comic book.

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