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NOF
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Stan The Man
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It'd get some too here. Like others not sure I'd call R2 'campy' exactly. There is some there but, eh..
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NOF
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:17 pm |
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Either
- some people have a very different interpretation of camp than I do
or
- its now viewed very differently by a generation of kids who grew up on torture porn.
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Bob Obba
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:20 am |
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Though I love RoboCop 2, in retrospect as an adult I see how the humour infected into it, the general tone, lighting and set dressing was way more silly than the original.
In its best I love it for what it is, but at it's worst I refer to it as "RoboCop 2.5" because it sometimes sails too close to Rip Torn cove.
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JohnBoyAdvance
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:49 am |
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I don't know if camp is the right word but at the same time Cain's gang being made up of smartarse kid, elvis, asian man and woman is a bit hmmm.
Plus a few times shots hang too long on a few "comedy bits". The "thank you for not smoking" bit and the guy who gets head shotted with the crossed eyes come to mind.
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HOB888
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:51 pm |
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You mean campy like the mayor Miller sequence or
when Robo drags Leon by his hair ? Ed 209 blowing
McKinney apart ? Nukem ?
Same tone.
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WeKilledYou
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After reading your post and seeing the various responses from people, I decided to lookup the definition of campy.
“absurdly exaggerated, artificial, or affected in a usually humorous way”
Based on that, I can kind of see what you mean. Robocop 2 definitely has its over the top exaggerated moments.
I think a good amount of people associate the wordy with comedy. I recall National Lampoon movies being described as campy comedies.
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