spiralofhope

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234721/
FIXME - link an archive: www.robocop.com/

A police officer almost dies in the course of duty, but is converted into a cyborg.

When it came out I was given the impression that it would be bad, especially compared to the original, but it was fair. Not good, but fair.

• A remake of RoboCop - (1987 movie)

• 0:45 -- Oh my god, starting off with a vocal warm up is so lame.
• 2:30 -- Peacekeeping
• 3:00 -- "May peace be upon you" is a reference to peace be upon him, an Islamist phrase.
• 4:00 -- Pacification

• 4:15 --

  • Vietnam (1975)
  • Iraq (2003)
  • Afghanistan (1989)
    -- Though this is likely a reference to the more recent United States invasion of Afghanistan (War in Afghanistan (2001–present)), mostly because of the order in which these items are presented.

• 5:00 -- Explosive belts

  • Commonly used for suicide attacks
• 6:45 -- He's bringing a knife to a suicide attack.

• 8:15 -- Drone

  • This is from the Posse Comitatus Act, which is to limit the powers of the federal government in using military forces to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
• 11:30 -- The tone of these guys' voices is so forced and fake.
• 14:00 -- Why shout, at least like that?
• 14:30 -- IAD
• 15:30 -- Here's the better argument: Do they feel? Yes, they feel. They feel through their maintainers, through their assemblers, and through their inventor; me. We, the humans who create and control them, feel, and that's why they are reliable.
• 17:15 -- No, it turns out that you're not you because of you're brain, because there are plenty of influences on it throughout the body. Still, this is a perfectly understandable materialist view in line with that character.
• 24:00 -- Car alarm
• 24:45 -- Car bomb
• 25:00 -- Burn
• 33:15 -- The very first thing they should have done before reconnecting him is bring his wife..

• 35:15 -- They knew this would be an existential crisis for the man. Why wouldn't there be a psychologist (and probably a philosopher) on hand?

  • Do also note that it was only men who were considered.
• 36:15 -- So did they replace his eye?
• 40:30 -- He offered and retracting his left for from the handshake.
• 41:00 -- The music is associated to music in The Wizard of Oz - (1939 movie), which is associating him to the Tin Man of that movie.
• 42:15 -- The difference is he told the captor to let the kid go. That's exactly what the public wants.
• 45:00 -- Neurosurgery
• 48:00 -- Yes, yes he can be hurt by live rounds. Doesn't he still have a face, a brain, and one good eye to shoot through?

• 48:45 -- Why would anyone but the full-human miss?

  • 49:15 -- Oh.
• 52:00 -- If the guy was still a threat, then wouldn't the visor still be down?
• 57:00 -- "At least I know you're the right color now" is a racist reference to being black.
• 57:30 -- Detroit - United States
• 58:00 -- I can understand access, but not an offline database and archives.
• 1:00:30 -- How is he getting a camera angle like that?
• 1:09:45 -- I just realised he's likely vulnerable to gas and other airborne things.
• 1:15:00 -- He was driving recklessly, and if it was in pursuit then he didn't have sirens and lights going.
• 1:20:00 -- Unnecessary blackout-shootout.
• 1:27:00 -- Police corruption

• 1:30:00 -- What's bigger than a hero? A legend. Make him history.

  • 1:30:15 -- Yes.
• 1:39:30 -- It would have been cooler if he knocked one with his bike, it had a stray shot hit another and then that one engaged the other as a threat. Then they trade treat targetting and shoot one another for a while before a greater engagement begins.
• 1:45:15 -- What the hell.. they got the catchphrase backwards. It's a reference to the other guy being brought in dead or alive. That's what the damned expression means..

• 1:46:00 -- Maybe he could have shot the gun out of his hand.

  • Also, this whole red asset thing could have been set up a long time ago. That was just bad writing.

• 1:48:45 -- Why was there a sound when Alex was turning his head?