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Law Giver
Law Master of Aquilonia
 
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
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Comment: Boob Snortin' and Dicky Boy
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I loved this movie since I was a kid. Along with CONAN, Aliens, Predator, Rambo, Commando, this movie was regularly watched as I played with my toys growing up.
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RoboTrap
OmniCon - A Silver Future
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Post Count: 578
Comment: RoboCop: The Future's Silver Lining
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:02 pm |
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I was born in '86, so some of my earliest memories are of watching RC1 and the old Marvel cartoon (and of course the awesome (at the time) Ultra Police toys) so I can honestly say I can't recall any part of my life when I wasn't a fan. It wasn't till middle school or so that I finally saw the R-rated version (only the TV-edit for me as a kid) and then freshman year of high school I got the Criterion DVD, which just completely knocked me back in love with the movie.
RC2 was more heavily watched during my elementary school years (hey, giant robots, right?) alongside the occasional viewing of RC3 (Jet pack? Arm-mounted missile launcher?! Count me in!) but RC1 was the only one I really remembered with any type of honest connection.
So, RoboFan for life here.
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timbot5000
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Joined: 03 Apr 2007
Post Count: 90
Comment: www.timbotdesigns.com
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Well in my house there's over a 1000 videos..
Another lonely day living in the middle of no where led me into the dark depths of the video cupboard to find a film to watch..
"robo..cop"
"Huh. this sounds like one of those bad films, so bad it has to be good!"
How I was wrong ^_^
Lizzeh laughed at me for at least two months before she fell in love too ¬_¬
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Krossorion
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Joined: 26 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:14 pm |
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I know there is still nobody knows me but I wanna told you...
Here in Hungary Robocop was a - and still that is too - really rare movie but somehow I watched it approx. when I was 5-7 and I became a total fan.
There are a lot of celebrity Heroes from comics like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Iron Man etc. But come on! Which one of them can be equal with Murphy?!
He is the BEST EVER.
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~°~Nadine~°~
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Post Count: 30
Comment: There is light in every friendship...
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:25 pm |
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When I first saw Robocop, was on TV. After that I become a Robocop fan. ^_^
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Archive
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Joined: 17 Nov 2001
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:51 pm |
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| ~°~Nadine~°~ : | | When I first saw Robocop, was on TV. After that I become a Robocop fan. ^_^ |
That was incredibly in depth. 
But sometimes it is like that. For me it just clicked when i saw the cover for the Robo VHS in a video store. The classic image of Robo getting out of the car got me right away and I've been a robo fan since then, even before i had seen the movie. There is something about that design that just kicks ass.
I think that shows if your a real robo fan or not. If you view all those crap cartoons and tv-series just because the robo design is so great.
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Mephisto
DC-L1
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Post Count: 2150
Comment: Former Co-Admin and all around asshole.
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Pretty much the same thing for me there boss.
Robo looked badass on the cover of that old VHS tape, as well as on the back of it.
When ever we would go to the grocery store when I was little, I'd beg my mom to rent RoboCop.
When RoboCop 2 came out, I was ecstatic.
When R3 came out, well.......let's not discuss that one.
I always was a big Robo fan.
Still am.
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RoboPimp
PIMPY SUPREME
Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Post Count: 3124
Comment: "You dead wrong if ya think that pimpin' gon' die" - Snoop Dogg, P.I.M.P. (Remix)
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My dad used to have a pretty good VHS collection...mostly horror and sci fi...he used to let me watch with him, and one day the film was Robocop. Scared the crap out of me, but I couldn't help but love it. i stopped watching Robo, but continued to watch Robocop 2 and 3 for a while. Along the way I picked up the comics, some toys and watched the cartoons.
Eventually I didn't watch the movies ever, cause my dad sold all his tapes. I generally forgot about Robocop, but then one day a few years ago I found a VHS from Robocop: the series in Rite Aide for 2 bucks. And it all started again...
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Stan The Man
Bah Concepts Division
Joined: 05 Jun 2003
Post Count: 7020
Comment: I'm the guy in Old Archive.
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Well, I wanted to post here before now, but I had quite a little bit to say. So.. prepare for a bit of a long-winded post.
My deal is kinda like Pimp. My family too had a massive VHS collection. Not hard to do when you got a badass VCR and full cablevision and like recording all kinds of shit.
All my life I've always been a big fan of a lot of films, but I always had a special spot for science fiction movies and all.
Eventually, I saw RoboCop.
I first saw it when I was real little. One of the things that stood out for me was the violence. I loved watching ED-209 killing Kinney and Robo blasting away all the baddies with the neat three-shot-pistol. Murphy's death shocked me, but it was still great. I just loved the way he looked, sounded, walked, everything. Loved the bad guys, the music in it, hell I loved and still do love everything about RoboCop. It was just so kickass and cool.
I also watched Robo 2, and also loved it. Even when I was younger I could kind of tell it didn't have all the same feel like the original, but I still loved all the action, the new blue Robo, RoboCAIN, and all that.
I never saw R3 or anything else relating to Robo till a lot later. Even though they were never as good, I still loved 'em because it was still Robo. And like Archive said, the cartoons and other stuff may be ass, but RoboCop still rules, and makes it worth watching.
Unfortunately, we ended up losing all our old tapes, and the RoboCop films rarely aired on TV. But I did watch any of them whenever I got the chance, and as I got older, I only liked it more and more. I started seeing the extra parts and sub-themes in it and it really fascinated me.
And the rest was just history.
Like I said before, I like a lot films, but RoboCop was always special to me, and it still is.
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AlexMurphy
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Joined: 14 Jan 2007
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Can't really remember, but I probably watched the movies and cartoon as a kid. Had some of the toys too, but wasn't until a while ago (by that I mean around 5 or so years) where I picked it up again...
Pretty much around the time I got back into Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, Masters of the Universe, and a bunch of other franchises lol.
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Darkseid
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Joined: 23 Mar 2008
Post Count: 71
Comment: Hail to the King, Baby!
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Saw the first one when it was released on VHS (that was when videos used to cost $89.99!). Anyways, I enjoyed the movie and always rewind to the scene of Emil's demise (as my brother and I called it, the "Toxic Waste Scene"). I was old enough to see Robocop 2 in the movie theaters and I left the theaters a little puzzled (I kept thinking, "Did I enjoy it...or did I not?"). I bought the movies on Laserdisc (because Laserdiscs were WAY cheaper than VHS back then... $15-$20 instead of $89.99 plus it was a better quality picture). I saw Robocop 3 from a bootleg VHS (which had "Property of Orion Pictures" on the bottom of the movie). I thought it was mediocre. That bootleg came out a year or so before the movie was actually released. The TV series came out in the UPN network but I became bored with it when Pudface Morgan kept showing up.
Of course, then the whole Robocop 3 promotion thing happened but I already told that story (with pictures).
I didn't hear much about Robocop after that until the PD mini series came out but that series was kind of mediocre at best.
I have the first DVD set, I used to have the Critereon Collection version (but I made myself a copy), the Region 2 MGM PAL DVD of the first Robocop (I can give it away to anyone who wants it if you pay for the shipping), and the Special 2 disc version released in the U.S. recently.
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Koutetsu Kaigun
Ironclad Warfare Historian
Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Post Count: 226
Comment: Freedom has two parts: potential and resolution; as metaphor has two parts: form and interpretation.
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Darkseid,
$89.99 in U.S. dollars?!
平和、
鋼鉄 海軍
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Darkseid
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Joined: 23 Mar 2008
Post Count: 71
Comment: Hail to the King, Baby!
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:19 am |
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Yes. I remember one teacher rented Die Hard and left it at her desk. When she went back to her desk to take it home, someone stole it. She had to pay the video store $89.99!
Blank VHS used to cost from $6.99 (generic brand) to $13.99 (TDK). Now, they're $1!
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Koutetsu Kaigun
Ironclad Warfare Historian
Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Post Count: 226
Comment: Freedom has two parts: potential and resolution; as metaphor has two parts: form and interpretation.
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:22 am |
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Darkseid,
I do not know which is the crazier concept, the $90 dollar price tag on a VHS or the fact that a teacher rented Die Hard for her class...
平和、
鋼鉄 海軍
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