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Robocop (Amazon Prime)
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‘Robocop’ TV Series Officially a Go for Prime Video, Will Tackle Corporate Greed
The eight-episode series will seek to capture the anti-corporate vibe of the 1987 cult classic.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
The longer this has had to simmer in my head... the more I have decided I am really looking forward to it.
Mostly, because IMO that new Robocop movie was kind of a disaster and had none of the soul of the original.... Prime has shown that in their efforst to be a serious streaming video provider they will fund a project enough for it to not have a financial excuse for failure....so it all boils down to who gets the gig as show runner/creator...and while Prime screwed the pooch in a major way hiring that fruitloop to eviscerate Robert Jordans lifes work...in everything else they have shown solid hiring of level headed creators with solid work ethics.
while I loved Peter Weller as Robo as much as any other eighties kid.... IMO this show is a concept more than a specific IP..... so rather they bring in an eighties kid to rehash the original...or they bring in an up and coming zoomer creative to throw in all the AI bells and whistles to the Robo concept...either way they should be able to produce a very watchable product....as long as they keep a touch of morbid comedy to ride on the coattails of thumbing the nose at corporate overlords I am pretty sure I will enjoy the hell out of it.....and if im being honest I have seen some pretty good stuff from both Gen Z and Millennials when it comes to giving the finger to great corporate America and the government that serves them.
so, in short..... Im in...lets go!!
Mostly, because IMO that new Robocop movie was kind of a disaster and had none of the soul of the original.... Prime has shown that in their efforst to be a serious streaming video provider they will fund a project enough for it to not have a financial excuse for failure....so it all boils down to who gets the gig as show runner/creator...and while Prime screwed the pooch in a major way hiring that fruitloop to eviscerate Robert Jordans lifes work...in everything else they have shown solid hiring of level headed creators with solid work ethics.
while I loved Peter Weller as Robo as much as any other eighties kid.... IMO this show is a concept more than a specific IP..... so rather they bring in an eighties kid to rehash the original...or they bring in an up and coming zoomer creative to throw in all the AI bells and whistles to the Robo concept...either way they should be able to produce a very watchable product....as long as they keep a touch of morbid comedy to ride on the coattails of thumbing the nose at corporate overlords I am pretty sure I will enjoy the hell out of it.....and if im being honest I have seen some pretty good stuff from both Gen Z and Millennials when it comes to giving the finger to great corporate America and the government that serves them.
so, in short..... Im in...lets go!!
of all the great eighties taglines, this one lasted the longest and transcended generations, lol...
I used it occasionally... but so did my 60 year old dad, with equal efficiency.
and if im being fully honest...it is still in my repertoire for occasional use...though it has probably been at least two years since the last time it popped out spontaneously.
I think its going to suffer a brutal resurrection and find itself being flung around all willy nilly...soon...very, very soon....
even though I do admit... I was very disappointed none of the car manufacturers took the opportunity to produce a SUX 2000, lool
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I can dig this as a series. I'd guess as a series it will be more like the reboot than the sort of satirical take from the original. As long as it chooses one direction or the other then this might have legs.
Bada0Bing
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Usually, I despise it when they try to recreate 80's movies. Footloose was freak'n awful. I couldn't watch Red Dawn...I didn't want to see them butcher that one. I wished I hadn't seen the Karate Kid remake. It just can't be done! They can't capture the heart that made those movies great.
I'm gonna give this a shot though. The original was so over the top, it might just work. And they better not ever remake Over The Top!!
Chaplin
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Bada0Bing
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Ha! And I freak'n loved that movie. I bought a ford excursion the day my son and I saw this in the theater, and then I got a license plate for it that said REALSTL, or something like that lol. I forget exactly what it was. I miss that tank! It was great for hauling around my son's club basketball team.
Chaplin
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But what really matters is that it is a remake of Over The Top. Duh...
Bada0Bing
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I got what you meant lol. I thought I'd add a little story to go along with it.
