Random story. My grandfather took me to the discount theater back when we lived in Mexico i was like 5(?), we watched robocop. He thought it was a kids movie and quickly realized it wasn't. As i got older every time he would come visit we would watch robocop at least once... Good memories

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me." Turns out that line doesn't work so well on the schoolyard, got detention for using it as a kid.

Unfortunately they just don't make movies like this anymore, I was 15 when this came out and is still my favourite movie of all time. An absolute timeless classic!!

I love this movie. Peter Weller gives the performance of a lifetime.

This movie is proof digital blood will NEVER replace squibs. Sorry, actors.

Smug critics in the 80s weren't able to recognize what an absolute Masterpiece this was and still is !

Bob Morton was definitely a villain. He didn't just bring Murphy back as as Robocop - he was directly responsible for his death in the first place! In a line of dialogue early on, Morton says "We've restructured the police department with some good candidates" - meaning that Murphy was specifically targeted - he was put in danger (and backup was withheld) deliberately by OCP.

"Bitches Leave." Still cracks me up after all these years, Clarence was a bad ass villain! Also worth mentioning, Basil Poledouris composed the amazing film score as well as the Conan The Barbarian score.

The toys and cartoon were because Kids of the mid 80's were able to tell the difference between make believe and reality.

I couldn’t imagine anyone but Peter Weller playing Murphy, he made both characters amazing.

I was a boy in the 80s who took everything for granted or if could go back I'd savor every minute

I'm SO glad I was a child of the 80s... movies were SO f*cking awesome!!!

Awesome flick, I never get tired of it even after nearly 35 years.

Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers. The Verhoeven golden trilogy.

I remember my parents rented this when a child. We were visiting my grandparents for Christmas in Saskatchewan in the middle of nowhere in a small town. And I was blown away. I must of watched that movie over and over. It was another movie placed in my favorite movie library.

My uncle actually bought me a copy of robocop as a kid and I watched it to death.....still holds up today...a classic.

Robocop was truly lightning in a bottle. Everything about this film screamed B movie but it turned out to be an instant classic because of the passionate crew.

This is Verhoeven at his best. A perfect society satire, a bloody, gorry, totally explicit masterpiece. Such movies today cannot be made anymore. With the trademark TV spots and News shots what all reflects the human stupidity and consumer oriented world. Big thumbs up to Peter Weller that he made all the suffer to make this character alive, and also for Minty to this comprehensive lookback. Thanks a lot man. Keep going on :)

I'm so happy I grew up in the 1980's. That's all.

Oh man I was about 8 or 9 when this came out and got to see it in the theaters! Gotta love the 80s. I used to literally watch this everyday on VHS as a kid. Absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time.

"Your move, creep." Man, what a fun movie. Thanks, Minty! A fun romp down memory lane.

You know what I love about my childhood? I had toys from RoboCop, Terminator, Rambo, and Care Bears...

I LOVE this film. It’s the kind of film that draws you into the story, the characters, and the action. And it somehow manages to still be extremely relevant nowadays due to the themes like society, morality, and a person’s humanity.

Robocop 2's line "they made this to honor him" was such a chilling realization of Murphy's state of existence.

i always felt the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" show was meant to parody 'The Benny Hill Show."

He should have gotten an Oscar for the way he played physically that part.

Regarding Miguel Ferrer I think most kids back then including myself would still think of him as a good guy. Because no matter how bad he was, Dick Jones and Clarence Bodicker were way worse. That's credit to the movie for coming up with two really evil villains. Also, you can't not give him credit for creating Robocop.

In the sequel, OCP downloads a bunch of silly directives into Robocop, one of which says, “avoid Orion meetings.”

Masterpiece. I also really love how the entire film is full of character actors instead of 'stars'. Amazing score by criminally under rated Basil Poledouris.

Classic, those commercials throughout break things up in a fun way but don't detract too much from the film.

This may sound hokey as all hell, but RoboCop is one of the reasons I went into law enforcement. Growing up, my aunt was my hero. She was a sergeant in DC Metro and my gateway into loving all things regarding emergency services. That love lead me to RoboCop and my favorite cartoon, C.O.P.S. Cheesy I admit, but here I am decades into my law enforcement career path. Thanks Murphy.

I was in high school when this came out, I recall it well. One scene I have not seen mentioned that had to be cut down to get that R rating was early on when ED-209 killed one of the company junior executives when Dick Jones was trying to sell the idea. The original scene had ED-209 just continuing to blast into the poor guy's body for a good solid minute, splattering blood everywhere.

Minty should be the new "I'll buy that for a dollar." guy from now on.

Must have seen it dozens of times, it is one of my all-time favorites. Saw it when it came out. I remember reading in '87 in a german movie magazine ("Cinema") that Verhoeven was originally shocked when he learned about the extremely positive reception of American audiences - people cheering and shouting "Go Robo!" during the movie. He thought the movie was totally misunderstood.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time and was one that truly moved me as a child and as an adult. When I was little girl, I was very moved in a more horrific way as the death of Murphy scared the hell out of me due to the intensity of Kurtwood Smith's villainous performance as Clarence Boddicker. Now, as an adult, I am able to get past the scene, albeit not without shedding a tear or two, and I love every second of the film as well as understanding the more hidden and in depth things that only adults can pick up on. One of these, in my opinion, is that you can tell the romantic sub plot is there but it's very much subtle and unspoken and thus pushed aside for more heartfelt, deeper, and violent plot points. The relationship wouldn't work as well as it does being romantic, even if you can pick up on Lewis' subtle crush that is a little more prominent in the third film. Their relationship is much better as a friendship with a growing bond based on loyalty and respect which I adore. Peter Weller and Nancy Allen have great chemistry and work well together in my opinion as well as the other performers chemistry with one another. I very much agree that this is a masterpiece in sci-fi action. I would also add drama and horror/thriller as it is very dramatic, horrific, and thrilling, but they are not as prominent as sci-fi and action for it's an action film centered around a cyborg. It is now as of this edit in my top five favorite franchises of all time, and I place it at number three behind Jurassic and Scream, respectively, and before Alien and Predator, and before anyone says anything, Terminator is right behind Predator as number six on my favorite franchises of all time list though I only really love the first three films, and may only watch the Sarah Conner Chronicles TV show as Genisys and Dark Fate have been spoiled enough I don't really want to invest time into watching them, especially Dark Fate, and Salvation still scares the hell out of me even though I've only watched it once and initially enjoyed it. ♡

RoboCop is still a hard-hitting movie even today, the hard R-rated Ultra violence combined with the satire, theres just nothing else like it. The 2013 remake/reboot didn't have the guts to go near the level of violence this movie had, but yet i noticed how they tried hard to throw sly jabs at this original classic.

Kurtwood Smith was great in the Movie, very underrated performance.

Fun Fact : he was trained by a professional mime so he could walk like Robocop in the movies while he was wearing the suit

You forgot one tiny little thing: and that would be 1999’s Inspector Gadget starring that same Matthew Broderick!

it holds up to this day, its one of the classics

To this day I am still traumatized by Murphy's execution scene. I was a damn kid when I saw it. Many years ago I actually found the rare Criterion Edition DVD on eBay. Wow, that was extreme! Not for the faint of heart. Lastly the final scene: "Nice shootin son, what's your name? .... Murphy" SatisfyingAF!

The "I'd buy that for a dollar" guy should have had his own spinoff movie!

A drinking game where one takes a shot every time you say “to which” unnecessarily would prove deadly in half a video.

I remember first seeing the preview for Robocop before some other movie. I don't remember what movie, but I do remember the whole audience laughing our posteriors off as it ended: "...coming to a theater near you in July!" To which someone in the audience yelled out, "Coming to VHS in August!" We found out in July we were so wrong. It was great. An instant classic.

Ronny Cox played a similiar (bad guy) role in Total Recall.

a man named Cox played a man named Dick. Does the universe just love this movie or what?

Kurtwood Smith is a classic villain in this movie and he really makes the movie work because of that

One of my favorite movies ever, loved Robocop when I saw it in the theater and it was one of the first VHS movies I ever bought behind The Terminator, Ghostbusters and Iron Maiden’s Live After Death concert. It still holds up to this day and I don’t mind some of the stop motion effects and it’s better than a lot of CG crap they put out today. Also, Robocop won an Oscar for Best Sound Mixing so next time you should call Robocop the Oscar Winning Film Robocop.

I absolutely love robocop! This movie is great in how it blends gory violence with the spoof commercials

Always remember the guy that gets his balls shot then the fella with his skin falling off when I think of Robocop.

I'm so glad finally someone pointed out the exaggerated arms length on the Dick Jones character

Hey Minty! I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and needless to say, I love your channel. There’s something RoboCop related that I was surprised didn’t make it into this video. There an 11 foot, 2 ton bronze sculpture of RoboCop meant to be a public work of art in the city of Detroit. Unfortunately, this bigger than life officer has been met with controversy for years and has been without a home for its entire existence. I don’t know if you’ll ever make another video about A RoboCop movie to mention this statue, but I still thought you would want to know about it. Love what you do!

Thank you for this one, Minty! I was actually just looking to see if you had done an episode on Robocop just a couple of days ago! Your content is only getting better, and my day is always made better when I see that you have uploaded a new episode. Your videos have helped keep me sane and entertained during these crazy days. Keep up the fantastic work, my friend. Thank you for everything.

'nice shooting kid, what's your name?' - Murphy. Everytime I watch that scene I wish I could be in the theatre on that moment, i imagine all people cheering immerse in that story, glad that Robocop never forgot his humanity, caring for the character

This movie and Starship Troopers are masterpieces in disguise.

Also of note, Robocop was inspired by this obscure comic from Marvel called, Deathlok which came out in 1974. The simularities are impossible to overlook or say its just a "coincidence ".😉

Ray Wise should have been mentioned, because, Ray Wise should ALWAYS be mentioned.

My first introduction to Robocop was the cardboard standee in the movie theater. My brother and I saw it and said "Oh my God, that movie is going to be so DUMB!" Months pass, the movie comes out, a friend of mine wants to go see it. I don't, but he says that it's rated R. Hmmmm...okay you have enticed me. We get to the theater and his dad was buying tickets. He sees that it's rated R and asks me "Uhh...Jon this is rated R, you sure your parents are okay with this?" He's REALLY hesitant but I convince him that I see Rated R movies all the time. We see the movie, LOVE IT, and I go tell my brothers who all agree to see it. They loved it, too.

This might actually be the best video I've ever seen of yours. Because this movie is one of my all time favorites since seeing it with my folks in the theater. Your story at the end really got me man! Thank you!

I absolutely LOVE the sound effects and design, it gave it so much weight and life to the performance

Clarence Boddicker is why Red Foreman was so effective, cheers!

When I first seen Robocop. I was like 10 years old. Now when Murphy got gunned down. I thought that was the most violent scene I've ever seen in my life!! When they shot Murphy's hand off, then Murphy just stares at his arm cause he was in shock. That really bother me as a kid. Later down the line watching it as an adult... Damn that was a bad ass scene!!!

One of the most iconic movies of the 1980s and thats all there is to it..not just a great action movie but with loads of subtle hints on life and reality..

There should have been a spot on your list for Moni Yakim. The man who lets face it saved the film at the 11th hour as Orion where about to pull the plug. The suit being one of the major road blocks. He is responsible for teaching Weller and persuaded him that the slower robotic movements where the way to go as they wanted to use normal swifter RoboCop. Thank god they listened.

"If you let the Mayor go, we'll even throw in a Blaupunkt"

The melting scene really grossed me out as a kid.

Robocop was my first experience with that level of violence and gore as well. Murphy's death scene stuck with me for days. It's nothing compared to some things that have came after, but, at the time, it was seriously disturbing.

A straight up classic that straight up traumatised me as a kid. Love it!

I’m surprised you didn’t mention that while the film is set in Detroit, it was almost entirely shot in Dallas with the Dallas City Hall standing in for the OCP HQ (with additional floors added via SFX)! Even the shot labeled “Detroit Police Precinct, Metro West” is of the old Dallas High School with the Marriott Hotel and Fountain Place office tower in the background!

I remember seeing the Robocop cardboard cutout in the cinema as a kid. I liked this movie, even if the blood squibs freaked me out as a kid. Plus, the "Edited for Television" dubs are hilarious.

This is a good time to say they don’t make em like that anymore

Thank you, sir. I really enjoy watching your channel's content. You touch a lot of the movies I grew up watching and you give a lot lf details I didn't know about a lot of these films. Great work, dude. Thank you!

Bonus fact about #2 - It was supposed to be 13 episodes instead of 12. But the 13th was canceled so the studio could use the resources for that episode to produce the cartoon 'Pryde of the X-Men', which was a pilot for an unproduced X-Men cartoon... which would eventually get retooled as the beloved 90s X-Men cartoon.

I’ve been waiting for this “10 Things You Didn’t Know About ROBOCOP” segment.

That melting skin scene was definitely timeless

Minty, you are the best. I enjoy every review you do. I'm always learning something new about my favorite movies. Thank you for what you do.

Who knew that red foreman was so evil in the 80s lmao

I really loved “RoboCop” as a kid. I thought it was totally awesome. What I mostly like about this movie is it does had some cool stuff in it. The special effects was really impressive, making the camera as RoboCop uses a themogragh mode. I'm glad that Siskel and Ebert liked it. Some of the things I liked about it, one, Murphy actually kills armed thugs in a drug factory, which is my favorite scene, two, he went to his house to remember in the past when his wife and son sold it and moved on, and three, one thing that I really care that they forgot to mentioned about is his personality. Murphy removed his helmet and looked himself in a mirror, and I was like, “Oh, my god. Is that Murphy?” That was a sad moment. I was a little surprised when I realized that Murphy and RoboCop are the same person. His life was over, but he must get revenge for those who killed him. Now I liked the sequels 2 and 3, though. Like I said, “RoboCop” is still always be one of my favorite movies as the best sci-fi flick on the 80s, 30 years later of my childhood. I enjoyed it a lot better than "The Terminator" and "Predator" because that was just my opinion. Thumbs way up for me on "RoboCop". RoboCop (1987) 4/4 👍👍👍👍

Love the commentary about you watching this as a kid after recording it... and I love the videos as a whole. Keep it up bud!

Some scenes for Robocop where filmed in Houston, specifically the OCP corporate headquarters inside and outside shots. Frickin' loved Robocop when it came out. Great review Minty.

One of the best action movies ever. Love the uncut version. In a world of Schwarzenegger's and Stallone's, Peter Weller proved he was just as badass

Sayonara RoboCop! Truly a classic of the 1980s. I adore this film.

Once again, an outstanding blog about a movie I have always loved. Well done!

Minty...THANK YOU for finally making a "10 things" for Robocop. Been waiting for a while for a review of one of my all-time favorites!

The original is still the masterpiece it was on it's release. Unfortunately, the sequels were more like Robo Knob.

When he shoots up that cocaine factory, that is just classic

What a Treat! An entertaining glimpse into the development of not only one of my favorite movies as a kid, but the development of my favorite Australian movie reviewer! Cheers Minty 🍻

Absolutely loved this movie as a kid and still do now. It truely does stand the test of time.

What are Robo-Minty's prime directives? "Serve the public entertainment, protect the channel, uphold the KZfaq Algorithm."

Aw hell yeah! Time for a classic

I saw this movie at my local theater on opening night.... There was a standing ovation at the end. You can't tell me this was not a great movie.

Dude, I just discovered your channel and this editing is fantastic!

Never this early AND one of my favorite ‘80s movies. Awesome Minty!

In hindsight, I know that it's a messed up movie for an 8 year old to be watching as I did...I'll buy that for a dollar!

This is one of my all time favorites, this was the first visit to the video store and the first rental and started my love for movies

My family had never seen any of the Robocop movies before, and when I was about 12, the TV versions came on, and we all watched them not knowing they were HEAVILY cut for TV. Remembering how much I enjoyed them, my mom bought me the trilogy later that year for Christmas without checking the ratings. When everyone else went down for a nap, I popped the first one in and pretty quickly realized the movie I was REALLY in for haha. I felt like such a rebel

Minty, I like your Real Monsters T shirt! We had those episodes on VHS! My kids and I loved them! There was something for everyone in those shows.

Just watched this movie the other day again. It still stands the test of time.

"Part man... part machine... all Robert!" LOL, classic, Minty

You made my entire day with this video. Thank you so much!!!