Robocop (Reboot)

[Jason Tate]

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591705/20080728/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla

[airik625]

Hmmmm. I guess I'm somewhat interested to see where they go with this.

[Adeniz19]

search function

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=413761

[Until The Bombs]

What a noob...


...technically the other thread calls it a sequel, which it isn't. :shrug:

[Kif]

search function

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=413761
Balls of steel.

[Adeniz19]

Balls of steel.:strong:

i still don't know what to think of this. i need more info

[Adrian Villagomez]

I heard sequel, not reboot.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

Darren Aronofsky is gonna do such a cool job with Robocop. Hopefully the success of that lets him do more movies like The Fountain.

[Jared Kaufman]

Anyone that tells Jason "Search Function" or calls him a "noob" should be banned on principal alone.

[WakingTheMisery]

I so wanted to be the one to say search function.

[Chris Reynolds]

Darren Aronofsky is gonna do such a cool job with Robocop. Hopefully the success of that lets him do more movies like The Fountain.

I'm very very very anxious to see where he goes with Robocop. He is by far my favorite director (with both The Fountain and Requiem... in my top 5) and a Robocop movie doesn't sound like Aranofsky at all.

[Adeniz19]

Anyone that tells Jason "Search Function" or calls him a "noob" should be banned on principal alone.
i will not tolerate this complete disregard of the rules.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

I'm very very very anxious to see where he goes with Robocop. He is by far my favorite director (with both The Fountain and Requiem... in my top 5) and a Robocop movie doesn't sound like Aranofsky at all.
You know what you mean. He is my 2nd favorite director. But at the same time I can see Aronofsky doing a really interesing take. I can kinda of see it, almost like a combination of Require and Batman Begins.

[Chris Reynolds]

You know what you mean. He is my 2nd favorite director. But at the same time I can see Aronofsky doing a really interesing take. I can kinda of see it, almost like a combination of Require and Batman Begins.

I just have a hard time seeing him making Robocop an intelligent, thinking man's movie full of great metaphors and subliminal messages

[WarpSpeedChewy]

I just have a hard time seeing him making Robocop an intelligent, thinking man's movie full of great metaphors and subliminal messages
Oh I think he can do it. He was gonna do Batman before Chris Nolan was gonna do it.

[Adeniz19]

Oh I think he can do it. He was gonna do Batman before Chris Nolan was gonna do it.well that doesnt mean it would of turned out to be any good haha

[WarpSpeedChewy]

well that doesnt mean it would of turned out to be any good haha
Oh I know, but he was leaning towards doing an action movie. Besides this is Darren Aronofsky, the guy simply doesn't make bad movies.

[drudo182]

Love Aronofsky but I am not interested in this at all ... yet.

[cahrishurr]

Im not even interested in the original Robocop movies. Its going to take an excellent trailer to sway me.

[Until The Bombs]

The original was great. But I don't know about this reboot.

[Jason Tate]

Darren Aronofsky is gonna do such a cool job with Robocop. Hopefully the success of that lets him do more movies like The Fountain.
The Fountain was awful.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

The Fountain was awful.
:jawdrop:I fucking loved The Fountain. Incredible movie. Amazing performances, even more amazing to look at.

[Jason Tate]

:jawdrop:I fucking loved The Fountain. Incredible movie. Amazing performances, even more amazing to look at.
Hugh Jackman? Really?

Cliche, boring, and stupid. The premise was ridiculous.

[cahrishurr]

The Fountain bored the fuck out of me, great soundtrack but very very bleh movie.

[CatDiesel]

The Fountain was awful.

The Fountain is amazing, one of the best films of the decade

[CatDiesel]

I bet Aronofsky's Year One would have been great

[Jason Tate]

The Fountain is amazing, one of the best films of the decade
:rotfl:

[WakingTheMisery]

Yup, Fountain was doo doo.

[Adeniz19]

i havent seen the fountain but requiem for a dream isn't as good as people make it out to be either.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

Hugh Jackman? Really?

Cliche, boring, and stupid. The premise was ridiculous.
Hugh Jackman gave one of the best performances I've seen in a long time in the movie. I can understand how it might bore some people but I thought it was a brilliant movie.

Cliche, How so ? I thought it had a brilliant premise, examining life and death through 3 different time period focusing on 3 different versions of the same couple.

[Jason Tate]

Hugh Jackman gave one of the best performances I've seen in a long time in the movie. I can understand how it might bore some people but I thought it was a brilliant movie.

Cliche, How so ? I thought it had a brilliant premise, examining life and death through 3 different time period focusing on 3 different versions of the same couple.
Um ... if you honestly think Hugh Jackman gave one of the best performances in cinema in a "long time" in that movie ... you should watch more movies. I can't help you there.

Because it defies the laws of physics. I love sci-fi - but attempting to qualify it with psedup-intellectual garbage is just stupid.

[CatDiesel]

Um ... if you honestly think Hugh Jackman gave one of the best performances in cinema in a "long time" in that movie ... you should watch more movies. I can't help you there.

Because it defies the laws of physics. I love sci-fi - but attempting to qualify it with psedup-intellectual garbage is just stupid.

Hugh Jackman is really good in it. He's right.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

Um ... if you honestly think Hugh Jackman gave one of the best performances in cinema in a "long time" in that movie ... you should watch more movies. I can't help you there.

Because it defies the laws of physics. I love sci-fi - but attempting to qualify it with psedup-intellectual garbage is just stupid.
Believe it. The scene where Izzi dies and the end were amazing moments. and I see plenty movies thank you very much.

I assume you are referring to "future" where tom is in that bubble with the tree. I didn't take that aspect of the movie so literally. Though there are a lot of way to look at the Fountain.

[Jason Tate]

Hugh Jackman plays Hugh Jackman. His character in Swordfish is no different than The Fountain.

And I like Hugh Jackman - but to say he's as good, or this movie is as good, as you are is crazy.

[Until The Bombs]

The Fountain never should have been made into a movie. It felt choppy and didn't make a lick of sense. Other directors/actors had been trying to make that movie for years, there's a reason why they didn't.

[CatDiesel]

Believe it. The scene where Izzi dies and the end were amazing moments. and I see plenty movies thank you very much.

I assume you are referring to "future" where tom is in that bubble with the tree. I didn't take that aspect of the movie so literally. Though there are a lot of way to look at the Fountain.

I also particularly like the scene when she's taking the bath

[WarpSpeedChewy]

Hugh Jackman plays Hugh Jackman. His character in Swordfish is no different than The Fountain.

And I like Hugh Jackman - but to say he's as good, or this movie is as good, as you are is crazy.
I would not say that. Would you say his character in Swordfish is the same as his character in The Prestige ? Besides, The 3 versions of Tom Creo were played each with a different tone.

Well that is just one of my personal favorite performances in the past few years.

[CatDiesel]

The Fountain never should have been made into a movie. It felt choppy and didn't make a lick of sense. Other directors/actors had been trying to make that movie for years, there's a reason why they didn't.

What other directors have been trying to make it? Aronofsky wrote it... he put out a graphic novel before he made the movie. And maybe it didn't make sense because you didn't pay close enough attention?

[Jason Tate]

I would not say that. Would you say his character in Swordfish is the same as his character in The Prestige ? Besides, The 3 versions of Tom Creo were played each with a different tone.

Well that is just one of my personal favorite performances in the past few years.
Yes I would. And I like The Prestige. Just because I like a movie doesn't mean the actor in it is any good ... Hugh Jackman's not a very good actor at all.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

I also particularly like the scene when she's taking the bath
Yeah when they come in after being outside. I liked the scene where she is looking through the telescope.

What other directors have been trying to make it? Aronofsky wrote it... he put out a graphic novel before he made the movie. And maybe it didn't make sense because you didn't pay close enough attention?
Yeah, Aronofsky had been trying to make it or years. He had drastically revise the movie so it could be made.

[CatDiesel]

Yeah when they come in after being outside. I liked the scene where she is looking through the telescope.


Yeah, Aronofsky had been trying to make it or years. He had drastically revise the movie so it could be made.

yea that kid doesn't know what he's talking about

[Until The Bombs]

What other directors have been trying to make it? Aronofsky wrote it... he put out a graphic novel before he made the movie.

My mistake, there were other actors have been attached, the studio shut it down, and then eventually re-lit it with a reduced budget.

And maybe it didn't make sense because you didn't pay close enough attention?
And this is the easily cop out excuse when arguing over a movie that doesn't make any sense. Add to that jumping between periods, ages, whatever ruined whatever flow the film could have had. And to top it off, it was a fucking boring.

The film aimed high and I respect it for that, but the execution was terrible.

[drudo182]

The Fountain is my favorite Aronofsky film. I've seen it six times.

Fountain > Requiem > Pi

[drudo182]

What other directors have been trying to make it? Aronofsky wrote it... he put out a graphic novel before he made the movie. And maybe it didn't make sense because you didn't pay close enough attention?

Do you have the graphic novel? It's one I've been really wanting to pick up because I loved the movie and wonder what they would have done had they had the original budget.

[CatDiesel]

My mistake, there were other actors have been attached, the studio shut it down, and then eventually re-lit it with a reduced budget.


And this is the easily cop out excuse when arguing over a movie that doesn't make any sense. Add to that jumping between periods, ages, whatever ruined whatever flow the film could have had. And to top it off, it was a fucking boring.

The film aimed high and I respect it for that, but the execution was terrible.

Well I understand it, so I guess it makes sense to some people. And I thought it flowed fine.

Do you have the graphic novel? It's one I've been really wanting to pick up because I loved the movie and wonder what they would have done had they had the original budget.

You know, I've had it for a long time but I still haven't gotten around to reading it. I have so many books/comics that I'm constantly trying to catch up on.

[drudo182]

Well I understand it, so I guess it makes sense to some people. And I thought it flowed fine.



You know, I've had it for a long time but I still haven't gotten around to reading it. I have so many books/comics that I'm constantly trying to catch up on.

Yeah, I understand that. How big is it?

[ambulance]

the visuals in the fountain are amazing as is the soundtrack. i love how aronofsky didnt use any cg effects. gives the film such a deeper meaning to me with all the themes flying around and what its actually about. i dont care if you guys dont like it, but it is one of the most powerful movies ive seen. i can listen to the soundtrack on repeat and just watch the movie unplay as the soundtrack plays from beginning to end.

[CatDiesel]

Yeah, I understand that. How big is it?

Pretty big!

the visuals in the fountain are amazing as is the soundtrack. i love how aronofsky didnt use any cg effects. gives the film such a deeper meaning to me with all the themes flying around and what its actually about. i dont care if you guys dont like it, but it is one of the most powerful movies ive seen. i can listen to the soundtrack on repeat and just watch the movie unplay as the soundtrack plays from beginning to end.

Yea the visuals are amazing and the soundtrack was one of my favorite albums from '06.

[drudo182]

the visuals in the fountain are amazing as is the soundtrack. i love how aronofsky didnt use any cg effects. gives the film such a deeper meaning to me with all the themes flying around and what its actually about. i dont care if you guys dont like it, but it is one of the most powerful movies ive seen. i can listen to the soundtrack on repeat and just watch the movie unplay as the soundtrack plays from beginning to end.

Clint Mansell is amazing. I can't believe it didn't get an Oscar nom.

[drudo182]

http://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/1401200583/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217374993&sr=8-5

Wow. 176 pages. Picking this up this week. I have a 25% off coupon at Borders so that might help.

[cahrishurr]

I will give The Fountain another try eventually cause I do own it because of a rec from a friend.

[Chris Reynolds]

Well I saw The Fountain on acid, so the level at which it blew my mind is incomprehensible. I thought it made perfect sense. It all takes place in the present, the past is Izzy's story she wrote for him, the future is the ending of her story that he wrote for her. Pretty simple. The reason it doesn't flow well is because when transitioning between time periods, a distinctly different tone is used. In the past, we are getting the story from Izzy, who is artistic, open minded, and more of a fiction writer. The present is just Aronofsky's portrayal of the story, and the future is from the perspective of Hugh Jackman's character, a doctor who uses a lot of intellectual/university/medical jargon because that's how he knows to write.

God, I just wrote a brief synopsis haha

[airik625]

Looks like this Robocop thread stays.

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

Looks like this Robocop thread stays.
Haha, it also looks like it has been morphed into The Fountain thread.

[airik625]

Haha, it also looks like it has been morphed into The Fountain thread.

glad I missed all the talk about the Fountain.

[SkyHeldUpByStar]

glad I missed all the talk about the Fountain.
As am I.

[underdawg1119]

I wish I could find my copy of Robocop 2. I haven't seen it in so long.

They should release a box set..excluding 3 of course.

[airik625]

http://www.joblo.com/robocop-goes-r

Robocop gunning for a hard R rating.

[underdawg1119]

I'm glad someone that worked on the original is involved in this new one too. That and the fact that they're looking for an R rating makes me have more faith that it won't blow.

[_jonas]

Iron Man >>>>> Robocop

[underdawg1119]

Iron Man >>>>> Robocop
Gtfo.

[Chris Fallon]

I can see where Jason is coming from about Jackman. He really does play the same guy in most of his movies, when he isn't Wolverine.

[Jason Tate]

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[Chris Fallon]

I was counting on J-Bone to post that.

[Recovery Room]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/elite-squad-director-helm-robocop-162887?_r=true

[drudo182]

Watched RoboCop again the other day.