Robocop dismantled

[KidGoesWild]

RoboDemise summed up the hand severing well. People compare being engulfed in fire inside a car or flipped in a car to a tripod MACHINE GUN shooting the weak spot in Robo's arm - the connection of wrist and hand

As for the scene itself, I love it. Its a great poetic rhyme to the first movie where Robo goes through the same thing - being tortured, dismembered and played with, but this time in an even more sadistic manner (splashing him with his own blood asking how it tastes)

As for that weird criticism that they didnt smash his head - there wouldnt be a movie after that. For me its as silly as saying how come no one shoots Robocop in the mouth


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RoboDemise summed up the hand severing well. People compare being engulfed in fire inside a car or flipped in a car to a tripod MACHINE GUN shooting the weak spot in Robo's arm - the connection of wrist and hand

As for the scene itself, I love it. Its a great poetic rhyme to the first movie where Robo goes through the same thing - being tortured, dismembered and played with, but this time in an even more sadistic manner (splashing him with his own blood asking how it tastes)

As for that weird criticism that they didnt smash his head - there wouldnt be a movie after that. For me its as silly as saying how come no one shoots Robocop in the mouth


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RoboDemise summed up the hand severing well. People compare being engulfed in fire inside a car or flipped in a car to a tripod MACHINE GUN shooting the weak spot in Robo's arm - the connection of wrist and hand

As for the scene itself, I love it. Its a great poetic rhyme to the first movie where Robo goes through the same thing - being tortured, dismembered and played with, but this time in an even more sadistic manner (splashing him with his own blood asking how it tastes)

As for that weird criticism that they didnt smash his head - there wouldnt be a movie after that. For me its as silly as saying how come no one shoots Robocop in the mouth


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RoboDemise summed up the hand severing well. People compare being engulfed in fire inside a car or flipped in a car to a tripod MACHINE GUN shooting the weak spot in Robo's arm - the connection of wrist and hand

As for the scene itself, I love it. Its a great poetic rhyme to the first movie where Robo goes through the same thing - being tortured, dismembered and played with, but this time in an even more sadistic manner (splashing him with his own blood asking how it tastes)

As for that weird criticism that they didnt smash his head - there wouldnt be a movie after that. For me its as silly as saying how come no one shoots Robocop in the mouth


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And everybody forgets the massive hook we was knocked down with immediately before he was magnetized. I posted it already but he would more than likely be unconscious or completely... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDv6cf2PBM

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And everybody forgets the massive hook we was knocked down with immediately before he was magnetized. I posted it already but he would more than likely be unconscious or completely... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDv6cf2PBM

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And everybody forgets the massive hook we was knocked down with immediately before he was magnetized. I posted it already but he would more than likely be unconscious or completely... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDv6cf2PBM

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And everybody forgets the massive hook we was knocked down with immediately before he was magnetized. I posted it already but he would more than likely be unconscious or completely... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDv6cf2PBM

[meathead316]

Agreed most people forget he is part man and has a brain, so being smacked in the head with a massive metal hook could easily give him a concussion and/or knock him out briefly.

every hero needs to be seen as being mortal, having some sort of weakness. If robocop was truely invulnerable to all types of bullets and explosives then there would be no suspense, every time he came up against a bad guy you would already know the outcome will be "robo cant be hurt, he will win"

he needs this vulnerability, it not only makes for a better movie, but its a contant reminder that under all that metal, he is still merly a man.
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Agreed most people forget he is part man and has a brain, so being smacked in the head with a massive metal hook could easily give him a concussion and/or knock him out briefly.

every hero needs to be seen as being mortal, having some sort of weakness. If robocop was truely invulnerable to all types of bullets and explosives then there would be no suspense, every time he came up against a bad guy you would already know the outcome will be "robo cant be hurt, he will win"

he needs this vulnerability, it not only makes for a better movie, but its a contant reminder that under all that metal, he is still merly a man.
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Agreed most people forget he is part man and has a brain, so being smacked in the head with a massive metal hook could easily give him a concussion and/or knock him out briefly.

every hero needs to be seen as being mortal, having some sort of weakness. If robocop was truely invulnerable to all types of bullets and explosives then there would be no suspense, every time he came up against a bad guy you would already know the outcome will be "robo cant be hurt, he will win"

he needs this vulnerability, it not only makes for a better movie, but its a contant reminder that under all that metal, he is still merly a man.
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Agreed most people forget he is part man and has a brain, so being smacked in the head with a massive metal hook could easily give him a concussion and/or knock him out briefly.

every hero needs to be seen as being mortal, having some sort of weakness. If robocop was truely invulnerable to all types of bullets and explosives then there would be no suspense, every time he came up against a bad guy you would already know the outcome will be "robo cant be hurt, he will win"

he needs this vulnerability, it not only makes for a better movie, but its a contant reminder that under all that metal, he is still merly a man.
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[Maxlee]

Ah yes. This storyline from RoboCop 2 that I almost think about everyday.

I like how Hob pushes down Robo's arm so he can tie it down with chains. It's the same when Robo bobbles about in Robo1 when the rapist victim tries to hug him or something. Is it the actors forgetting Robo is a heavy machine ?

Why is Angie's electro gun unexplained ? The way it functions make it nothing else other than a "anti-RoboCop gun". What else ya gonna do with it ? Shoot it at a car and electrocute the car ? :roll: I know there's a deleted scene where Cain goes cyborg shopping at Faxx's place (that sounds odd actually) so did Faxx provide them with the trademarked anti-RoboCop gun to take out Robo ? Did at that point in time Faxx was already anti-RoboCop ?

Who threw the crane thing against Robo's head ? How did that person know how to aim it directly at Robo's head ? A little misstep and he would have beheaded a gang member with that thing

Why are the scenes littered with continuity errors ?
- Robo's hand shot of, later seen attached to the forearm
- anti-Robo taser gun claws its way into Robo's chest, damage later dissapears
- drilled off leg falls to the ground despite being chained down
- both legs attached after one is drilled off
- Hob says "you cracked it" when later on we see nothing is cracked
- Hob saying he wants to see brains (is he Hannibal Lecter?) but later on apparently he didn't get his wish
- Oil sprayed on Robo's face later dissapears
- drill marks on Robo's chest suggest they drilled him again after he was already taken apart, so what was the point ?
- Robo's helmet and gun magically disappear, two iconic items that Robo should have found in Cain's Elvis area as priced items. (perhaps so Robo can retrieve this gun and then wield TWO auto9's in the following shootout)
- What's the point of Robo's arm monitor thingy ? Are we to believe this sofisticated looking equipment already existed back in Robo1 ? They always hook up Robo to a bunch of equipment and a ton of monitors display all kinds of Robo info, what's the point of having a small monitor in his arm ?

During the dismemberment, Cain is seen taking Nuke. Are we to believe he slips into a trip and doesn't really care anymore what happens to Robo ? Speaking of, Cain seems quite distanced from this whole ordeal, it's Hob who steps on Robo's chest as the victor and declares all sorts of wishes he wants fulfilled. Cain doesn't care much does he ?

I always imagine it that Robo slips into Robo-coma after he screams and the scene changes to the police station. That way, we aren't left wondering what else happens to Robo, and you can sorta imagine the badguys being dissapointed that they "broke" RoboCop and he can't respond anymore to what else they wanted to do with him. Thus why bother scooping his eyes out or whacking his face or whatever, he won't feel it anymore. Still doesnt really explain why they atleast didn't behead him.

In Robo1 we see the technicians switch Robo on and off at whim. Why is all they do is hang dismembered Robo on two wires and stare at him all day ?

I've read the Frank Miller comic. In it, Robo fights off those cop goons from the 3rd film, what were they called, and apparently debris falls on Robo. Next thing we know is Robo hanging @ OCP being all wires and junk. Afterwards he gets repaired and gets the crazy directives. I think the director/writers for Robo2 wanted to keep the crazy directives in, but had to find another way for Robo to end up @ OCP damaged. So they came up with the scenario that we got. Although it does help in giving Cain a score against our hero, thus making the end battle when our hero prevails more satisfying, I do think it does a disservice against Robo. What writer thinks it is a good idea to have our hero, a cyborg, getting chained to a table and torn into pieces ? Isn't that a bit off the wall here ? What happened to anti-armor weapons, cornering Robo with 2 ED-209's, landmines, and what else have you.

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Ah yes. This storyline from RoboCop 2 that I almost think about everyday.

I like how Hob pushes down Robo's arm so he can tie it down with chains. It's the same when Robo bobbles about in Robo1 when the rapist victim tries to hug him or something. Is it the actors forgetting Robo is a heavy machine ?

Why is Angie's electro gun unexplained ? The way it functions make it nothing else other than a "anti-RoboCop gun". What else ya gonna do with it ? Shoot it at a car and electrocute the car ? :roll: I know there's a deleted scene where Cain goes cyborg shopping at Faxx's place (that sounds odd actually) so did Faxx provide them with the trademarked anti-RoboCop gun to take out Robo ? Did at that point in time Faxx was already anti-RoboCop ?

Who threw the crane thing against Robo's head ? How did that person know how to aim it directly at Robo's head ? A little misstep and he would have beheaded a gang member with that thing

Why are the scenes littered with continuity errors ?
- Robo's hand shot of, later seen attached to the forearm
- anti-Robo taser gun claws its way into Robo's chest, damage later dissapears
- drilled off leg falls to the ground despite being chained down
- both legs attached after one is drilled off
- Hob says "you cracked it" when later on we see nothing is cracked
- Hob saying he wants to see brains (is he Hannibal Lecter?) but later on apparently he didn't get his wish
- Oil sprayed on Robo's face later dissapears
- drill marks on Robo's chest suggest they drilled him again after he was already taken apart, so what was the point ?
- Robo's helmet and gun magically disappear, two iconic items that Robo should have found in Cain's Elvis area as priced items. (perhaps so Robo can retrieve this gun and then wield TWO auto9's in the following shootout)
- What's the point of Robo's arm monitor thingy ? Are we to believe this sofisticated looking equipment already existed back in Robo1 ? They always hook up Robo to a bunch of equipment and a ton of monitors display all kinds of Robo info, what's the point of having a small monitor in his arm ?

During the dismemberment, Cain is seen taking Nuke. Are we to believe he slips into a trip and doesn't really care anymore what happens to Robo ? Speaking of, Cain seems quite distanced from this whole ordeal, it's Hob who steps on Robo's chest as the victor and declares all sorts of wishes he wants fulfilled. Cain doesn't care much does he ?

I always imagine it that Robo slips into Robo-coma after he screams and the scene changes to the police station. That way, we aren't left wondering what else happens to Robo, and you can sorta imagine the badguys being dissapointed that they "broke" RoboCop and he can't respond anymore to what else they wanted to do with him. Thus why bother scooping his eyes out or whacking his face or whatever, he won't feel it anymore. Still doesnt really explain why they atleast didn't behead him.

In Robo1 we see the technicians switch Robo on and off at whim. Why is all they do is hang dismembered Robo on two wires and stare at him all day ?

I've read the Frank Miller comic. In it, Robo fights off those cop goons from the 3rd film, what were they called, and apparently debris falls on Robo. Next thing we know is Robo hanging @ OCP being all wires and junk. Afterwards he gets repaired and gets the crazy directives. I think the director/writers for Robo2 wanted to keep the crazy directives in, but had to find another way for Robo to end up @ OCP damaged. So they came up with the scenario that we got. Although it does help in giving Cain a score against our hero, thus making the end battle when our hero prevails more satisfying, I do think it does a disservice against Robo. What writer thinks it is a good idea to have our hero, a cyborg, getting chained to a table and torn into pieces ? Isn't that a bit off the wall here ? What happened to anti-armor weapons, cornering Robo with 2 ED-209's, landmines, and what else have you.

More probably later.

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Ah yes. This storyline from RoboCop 2 that I almost think about everyday.

I like how Hob pushes down Robo's arm so he can tie it down with chains. It's the same when Robo bobbles about in Robo1 when the rapist victim tries to hug him or something. Is it the actors forgetting Robo is a heavy machine ?

Why is Angie's electro gun unexplained ? The way it functions make it nothing else other than a "anti-RoboCop gun". What else ya gonna do with it ? Shoot it at a car and electrocute the car ? :roll: I know there's a deleted scene where Cain goes cyborg shopping at Faxx's place (that sounds odd actually) so did Faxx provide them with the trademarked anti-RoboCop gun to take out Robo ? Did at that point in time Faxx was already anti-RoboCop ?

Who threw the crane thing against Robo's head ? How did that person know how to aim it directly at Robo's head ? A little misstep and he would have beheaded a gang member with that thing

Why are the scenes littered with continuity errors ?
- Robo's hand shot of, later seen attached to the forearm
- anti-Robo taser gun claws its way into Robo's chest, damage later dissapears
- drilled off leg falls to the ground despite being chained down
- both legs attached after one is drilled off
- Hob says "you cracked it" when later on we see nothing is cracked
- Hob saying he wants to see brains (is he Hannibal Lecter?) but later on apparently he didn't get his wish
- Oil sprayed on Robo's face later dissapears
- drill marks on Robo's chest suggest they drilled him again after he was already taken apart, so what was the point ?
- Robo's helmet and gun magically disappear, two iconic items that Robo should have found in Cain's Elvis area as priced items. (perhaps so Robo can retrieve this gun and then wield TWO auto9's in the following shootout)
- What's the point of Robo's arm monitor thingy ? Are we to believe this sofisticated looking equipment already existed back in Robo1 ? They always hook up Robo to a bunch of equipment and a ton of monitors display all kinds of Robo info, what's the point of having a small monitor in his arm ?

During the dismemberment, Cain is seen taking Nuke. Are we to believe he slips into a trip and doesn't really care anymore what happens to Robo ? Speaking of, Cain seems quite distanced from this whole ordeal, it's Hob who steps on Robo's chest as the victor and declares all sorts of wishes he wants fulfilled. Cain doesn't care much does he ?

I always imagine it that Robo slips into Robo-coma after he screams and the scene changes to the police station. That way, we aren't left wondering what else happens to Robo, and you can sorta imagine the badguys being dissapointed that they "broke" RoboCop and he can't respond anymore to what else they wanted to do with him. Thus why bother scooping his eyes out or whacking his face or whatever, he won't feel it anymore. Still doesnt really explain why they atleast didn't behead him.

In Robo1 we see the technicians switch Robo on and off at whim. Why is all they do is hang dismembered Robo on two wires and stare at him all day ?

I've read the Frank Miller comic. In it, Robo fights off those cop goons from the 3rd film, what were they called, and apparently debris falls on Robo. Next thing we know is Robo hanging @ OCP being all wires and junk. Afterwards he gets repaired and gets the crazy directives. I think the director/writers for Robo2 wanted to keep the crazy directives in, but had to find another way for Robo to end up @ OCP damaged. So they came up with the scenario that we got. Although it does help in giving Cain a score against our hero, thus making the end battle when our hero prevails more satisfying, I do think it does a disservice against Robo. What writer thinks it is a good idea to have our hero, a cyborg, getting chained to a table and torn into pieces ? Isn't that a bit off the wall here ? What happened to anti-armor weapons, cornering Robo with 2 ED-209's, landmines, and what else have you.

More probably later.

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KidGoesWild...that is beautiful. You truly deserve that "Robo 2 Loyal" medal beneath your name. Thank you for that post that really made me re-think this scene and see it in a deeper context.

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KidGoesWild...that is beautiful. You truly deserve that "Robo 2 Loyal" medal beneath your name. Thank you for that post that really made me re-think this scene and see it in a deeper context.

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KidGoesWild...that is beautiful. You truly deserve that "Robo 2 Loyal" medal beneath your name. Thank you for that post that really made me re-think this scene and see it in a deeper context.

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KidGoesWild...that is beautiful. You truly deserve that "Robo 2 Loyal" medal beneath your name. Thank you for that post that really made me re-think this scene and see it in a deeper context.

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I enjoy this scene for certain reasonings.

I wonder things too though. Why did Robo malfunction so bad when his hand came off? Is it cause the data spike was so important to his main systems?

How did Angie know to aim so perfectly with the electro gun?

I think Robo lost most power from being electrocuted therefore he lost his strength and his power to move a lot. He could barely stand up after shocking Angie.

It's interesting the first things the guys go for after tying him down was his legs instead of his upper body.

Also didn't someone have the original script or something with Angie shooting off Robo's face? Can someone repost that?

What I like about the comic adaptation was how sorta different it was.

Maybe even more brutal?

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I enjoy this scene for certain reasonings.

I wonder things too though. Why did Robo malfunction so bad when his hand came off? Is it cause the data spike was so important to his main systems?

How did Angie know to aim so perfectly with the electro gun?

I think Robo lost most power from being electrocuted therefore he lost his strength and his power to move a lot. He could barely stand up after shocking Angie.

It's interesting the first things the guys go for after tying him down was his legs instead of his upper body.

Also didn't someone have the original script or something with Angie shooting off Robo's face? Can someone repost that?

What I like about the comic adaptation was how sorta different it was.

Maybe even more brutal?

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I enjoy this scene for certain reasonings.

I wonder things too though. Why did Robo malfunction so bad when his hand came off? Is it cause the data spike was so important to his main systems?

How did Angie know to aim so perfectly with the electro gun?

I think Robo lost most power from being electrocuted therefore he lost his strength and his power to move a lot. He could barely stand up after shocking Angie.

It's interesting the first things the guys go for after tying him down was his legs instead of his upper body.

Also didn't someone have the original script or something with Angie shooting off Robo's face? Can someone repost that?

What I like about the comic adaptation was how sorta different it was.

Maybe even more brutal?

[KidGoesWild]

The shooting off the hand mirrors what Bodicker did to Murphy the first time around. severed/shotoff hand isnt something to brush off, it may not leave any permanent damage (and it didnt, he forgot the hand soon after), but there will be an initial shock/pain

As for Angie aiming, well, shes fluent with guns so I dont se why wouldnt she be with this one. She was also the one shooting the gas grenade so Im guessing shes a very good shot

As for starting with his legs...well, again the reson is torture. As Joker said "dont start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy". It was also the legs that Bodicker started with. He hit murphy with a shotgun sending him to the floor. So in short, they wanted to torture him, play with him while killing him so they started with legs first, something that wouldnt kill him. Then moved to torso and ended on the head. That for me is a great rhyme to the first story and also adds more pathos to the character who has to go through the same thing again, and its also great because most movies show robots as invincible ITEMS, yet here Robocop is shown as also being helpless sometimes and as a hurting human character in pain


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The shooting off the hand mirrors what Bodicker did to Murphy the first time around. severed/shotoff hand isnt something to brush off, it may not leave any permanent damage (and it didnt, he forgot the hand soon after), but there will be an initial shock/pain

As for Angie aiming, well, shes fluent with guns so I dont se why wouldnt she be with this one. She was also the one shooting the gas grenade so Im guessing shes a very good shot

As for starting with his legs...well, again the reson is torture. As Joker said "dont start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy". It was also the legs that Bodicker started with. He hit murphy with a shotgun sending him to the floor. So in short, they wanted to torture him, play with him while killing him so they started with legs first, something that wouldnt kill him. Then moved to torso and ended on the head. That for me is a great rhyme to the first story and also adds more pathos to the character who has to go through the same thing again, and its also great because most movies show robots as invincible ITEMS, yet here Robocop is shown as also being helpless sometimes and as a hurting human character in pain


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The shooting off the hand mirrors what Bodicker did to Murphy the first time around. severed/shotoff hand isnt something to brush off, it may not leave any permanent damage (and it didnt, he forgot the hand soon after), but there will be an initial shock/pain

As for Angie aiming, well, shes fluent with guns so I dont se why wouldnt she be with this one. She was also the one shooting the gas grenade so Im guessing shes a very good shot

As for starting with his legs...well, again the reson is torture. As Joker said "dont start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy". It was also the legs that Bodicker started with. He hit murphy with a shotgun sending him to the floor. So in short, they wanted to torture him, play with him while killing him so they started with legs first, something that wouldnt kill him. Then moved to torso and ended on the head. That for me is a great rhyme to the first story and also adds more pathos to the character who has to go through the same thing again, and its also great because most movies show robots as invincible ITEMS, yet here Robocop is shown as also being helpless sometimes and as a hurting human character in pain


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The shooting off the hand mirrors what Bodicker did to Murphy the first time around. severed/shotoff hand isnt something to brush off, it may not leave any permanent damage (and it didnt, he forgot the hand soon after), but there will be an initial shock/pain

As for Angie aiming, well, shes fluent with guns so I dont se why wouldnt she be with this one. She was also the one shooting the gas grenade so Im guessing shes a very good shot

As for starting with his legs...well, again the reson is torture. As Joker said "dont start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy". It was also the legs that Bodicker started with. He hit murphy with a shotgun sending him to the floor. So in short, they wanted to torture him, play with him while killing him so they started with legs first, something that wouldnt kill him. Then moved to torso and ended on the head. That for me is a great rhyme to the first story and also adds more pathos to the character who has to go through the same thing again, and its also great because most movies show robots as invincible ITEMS, yet here Robocop is shown as also being helpless sometimes and as a hurting human character in pain


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You defend your movie well, KidGoesWild But don't get me wrong here. This scene has been close to traumatising me for life. Seriously. RoboCop used to be my hero, but now whenever I see him I think about how he'd look like being cut in half...

I simply can not agree with the decision to portray the movie's hero in such a way. You can't really compare it to Murphy's killing. Back in Robo1, Murphy was our established main character, yes, and we were rooting for him, yes. But he was not yet a hero. After his transformation to RoboCop and him asskicking about, he became a hero. The opening of RoboCop 2 has him kicking ass and taking names for half an hour. That's our hero. And then this scene happens. I understand the need to humanize our character, to show him vulnerable. It's a basic movie trope actually. hero gets kicked down, hero gets better, hero defeats obstacle. But was it really necesary to have him beaten in such a way that everyone has to defend the movie by saying "the villains stop at a point because otherwise there wouldn't be a movie anymore". Isn't that just lazy scriptwriting ? That's why I was bringing up anti armor weapons and ED209's and what not. If the scriptwriter really wanted Robo damaged, there were a ton of options available which might have been better watchable and made more sense in the long term.

So yeah. I HAVE to pick the scenes apart and look for mistakes, errors and awkward scriptwriting. It's my way of dealing with this traumatising experience. I have to view the scenes as simply scenes filmed by a film crew who wanted to shoot an action movie, otherwise I'd be weeping my eyes out every night over Robo getting stripped to pieces.

Chaos One, do you also have the page showing the news broadcast where Cain tells the people "they sent their mightiest weapon, RoboCop, after us, and we sent it back in pieces", or something along those lines. It helps shed some light as to why Cain's crew didn't butcher his head into smithereens and thus ending the movie right there and then. Supposedly these comics are made from early scripts and drafts and things like Robo grabbing the robbed store owner by the neck, Robo visiting his grave, and Robo visiting Faxx's lab are in the comic, so it's safe to assume this mediabreak snippet was in the script at some point in time. Wish it was kept in, it ALMOST completes the dismemberment scenes and stops making us wonder why and how.

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You defend your movie well, KidGoesWild But don't get me wrong here. This scene has been close to traumatising me for life. Seriously. RoboCop used to be my hero, but now whenever I see him I think about how he'd look like being cut in half...

I simply can not agree with the decision to portray the movie's hero in such a way. You can't really compare it to Murphy's killing. Back in Robo1, Murphy was our established main character, yes, and we were rooting for him, yes. But he was not yet a hero. After his transformation to RoboCop and him asskicking about, he became a hero. The opening of RoboCop 2 has him kicking ass and taking names for half an hour. That's our hero. And then this scene happens. I understand the need to humanize our character, to show him vulnerable. It's a basic movie trope actually. hero gets kicked down, hero gets better, hero defeats obstacle. But was it really necesary to have him beaten in such a way that everyone has to defend the movie by saying "the villains stop at a point because otherwise there wouldn't be a movie anymore". Isn't that just lazy scriptwriting ? That's why I was bringing up anti armor weapons and ED209's and what not. If the scriptwriter really wanted Robo damaged, there were a ton of options available which might have been better watchable and made more sense in the long term.

So yeah. I HAVE to pick the scenes apart and look for mistakes, errors and awkward scriptwriting. It's my way of dealing with this traumatising experience. I have to view the scenes as simply scenes filmed by a film crew who wanted to shoot an action movie, otherwise I'd be weeping my eyes out every night over Robo getting stripped to pieces.

Chaos One, do you also have the page showing the news broadcast where Cain tells the people "they sent their mightiest weapon, RoboCop, after us, and we sent it back in pieces", or something along those lines. It helps shed some light as to why Cain's crew didn't butcher his head into smithereens and thus ending the movie right there and then. Supposedly these comics are made from early scripts and drafts and things like Robo grabbing the robbed store owner by the neck, Robo visiting his grave, and Robo visiting Faxx's lab are in the comic, so it's safe to assume this mediabreak snippet was in the script at some point in time. Wish it was kept in, it ALMOST completes the dismemberment scenes and stops making us wonder why and how.

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You defend your movie well, KidGoesWild But don't get me wrong here. This scene has been close to traumatising me for life. Seriously. RoboCop used to be my hero, but now whenever I see him I think about how he'd look like being cut in half...

I simply can not agree with the decision to portray the movie's hero in such a way. You can't really compare it to Murphy's killing. Back in Robo1, Murphy was our established main character, yes, and we were rooting for him, yes. But he was not yet a hero. After his transformation to RoboCop and him asskicking about, he became a hero. The opening of RoboCop 2 has him kicking ass and taking names for half an hour. That's our hero. And then this scene happens. I understand the need to humanize our character, to show him vulnerable. It's a basic movie trope actually. hero gets kicked down, hero gets better, hero defeats obstacle. But was it really necesary to have him beaten in such a way that everyone has to defend the movie by saying "the villains stop at a point because otherwise there wouldn't be a movie anymore". Isn't that just lazy scriptwriting ? That's why I was bringing up anti armor weapons and ED209's and what not. If the scriptwriter really wanted Robo damaged, there were a ton of options available which might have been better watchable and made more sense in the long term.

So yeah. I HAVE to pick the scenes apart and look for mistakes, errors and awkward scriptwriting. It's my way of dealing with this traumatising experience. I have to view the scenes as simply scenes filmed by a film crew who wanted to shoot an action movie, otherwise I'd be weeping my eyes out every night over Robo getting stripped to pieces.

Chaos One, do you also have the page showing the news broadcast where Cain tells the people "they sent their mightiest weapon, RoboCop, after us, and we sent it back in pieces", or something along those lines. It helps shed some light as to why Cain's crew didn't butcher his head into smithereens and thus ending the movie right there and then. Supposedly these comics are made from early scripts and drafts and things like Robo grabbing the robbed store owner by the neck, Robo visiting his grave, and Robo visiting Faxx's lab are in the comic, so it's safe to assume this mediabreak snippet was in the script at some point in time. Wish it was kept in, it ALMOST completes the dismemberment scenes and stops making us wonder why and how.

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I'll tell you what, the comic doesn't look too bad. Robo seems to be showing more pain which I like because maybe Robo is a bit over confident when he goes for Cain.

The jackhammer on the face is brutal, and the final line of "Hey! I think we broke it, guys!" is sadistic.

Cain and his gang had fun.

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I'll tell you what, the comic doesn't look too bad. Robo seems to be showing more pain which I like because maybe Robo is a bit over confident when he goes for Cain.

The jackhammer on the face is brutal, and the final line of "Hey! I think we broke it, guys!" is sadistic.

Cain and his gang had fun.

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I'll tell you what, the comic doesn't look too bad. Robo seems to be showing more pain which I like because maybe Robo is a bit over confident when he goes for Cain.

The jackhammer on the face is brutal, and the final line of "Hey! I think we broke it, guys!" is sadistic.

Cain and his gang had fun.

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This one?



also, man Angie looked really really hot in the comic

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This one?



also, man Angie looked really really hot in the comic

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This one?



also, man Angie looked really really hot in the comic