Frank Miller doing a family friendly movie? That's like Nickelodeon hiring a guy who wrote a comic about a schizophreniac serial killer to do a cartoon about an alien invader and expecting him to conform to their guidelines... Wait a minute.

"You're in Detroit, what would you NOT need the shotgun for?"🤣🤣🤣

There was a joke in Robocop 3 that I thought was amusing. It was the one where a guy tried to rob a diner at gunpoint, with it being entirely full of police officers in full body armour and the clerk said "What's it like being a rocket scientist?". That joke made me at least smile.

The thing with the Return of the King was that it wasn't a trilogy in the same way Robocop is. LotR was written as a continuous story by one author.

At least Deadpool recently proved that R rated movies CAN still make a huge profit.

It's a shame that they couldn't find a way to work in a dance sequence using the Styx classic Mr. Roboto

New episode? I'd buy THAT for a dollar!

I remember when watching Robocop 2, I was scared that Miller was gonna kill off Lewis. Turns out they were saving that one.

"Yippee-ki-*yee*"? Really?

Robocop accidentally got Windows 10 installed by an automatic update.

11:08 Actually, ED-209 in the first film said, "Physical force" as well, so this isn't a mistake.

Hollywood must have short term memory loss, as they keep believing that toning a movie's rating will guarantee large profits. 1) A movie's rating has nothing to do with how much money the movie will draw 2) As Deadpool has shown, R rated movies can rake in cash. So they shouldn't worry if a movie is rated R.

I thought I'd get tired of the Detroit jokes... boy, was I wrong.

It's amazing how unmemorable Robocop 3 is. It's basically a made for TV version of Robocop.

I really cannot stand Frank Miller anymore. He did have great stories when he was younger ( Man without Fear, Batman Year One, Ronin, Sin City when it started) but his stories went on a downward spiral and he became a parody of himself.

No movie villain is dumber than Terl.

Speaking of Frank Miller, will you be doing a review of a movie he directed called "The Spirit"? I found the source material to be interesting but the movie itself seemed to be all over the place and was quite painful to sit through.

Adding to the trilogy thing, I'd like to say army of darkness. Great movie

They do know the R stands for “Restricted”, right? Kids can still see it, they just need to bring their parents. Also, more people equals more money, surprised they didn’t consider that.

Miller, upon finding out that his script was yet again heavily altered from what he originally wrote, swore off Hollywood until his collaboration with Robert Rodriguez on the film adaptation of Sin City. He said that he "...learned the same lesson. Don't be the writer. The director's got the power. The screenplay is a fire hydrant, and there’s a row of dogs around the block waiting for it".

3:01 He also made Basic Instinct. Also, I find Showgirls entirely hilarious.

The villains in this movie make the Psychlos look intelligent.

I still like RoboCop 3, despite its lacklusterness, and the many flaws.

the third movie not always is horrible, back to the future part 3 is good, return of the jedi is good, indiana jones and the lastr crusade is good

At least Robocop's jetpack had all of the silliness taken out of it during his Death Battle with the Terminator.

As a fan of the original Robocop... thank you for covering this atrocity! Also, that studio mandate on Robo14 going PG-13 is for quite possibly one of the dumbest reasons ever. The movie actually ended up going over-budget, so MGM decided the PG-13 it up to recuperate the losses... I WONDER HOW THAT WORKED OUT...

I like Robocop 3. Sure it had it's problems, what movie doesnt, but I thought it wrapped up the OCP arc fairly well. As for the remake, I think that would have worked better as a revival, with them acknowleding Murphy as the only time the Robocop Program was ever successful instead of trying to retell his story.

To be fair, ED-209 did actually say "authorized to use physical force" in the first Robocop. But that's about the only defense I can make for this movie.

The reason a lower rating arguably worked with the Fast and Furious movies, (I say "arguably," because I know there are some people who preferred the first one) is because it was a relatively young franchise that was still discovering its identity, but Robocop, Die Hard and The Terminator are considered action masterpieces, you just associate them with that intense grit that made them memorable.

Captain America is probably the only movie series where the third one is the best one

People getting kicked out of Detroit: "Yay! We're leaving Detroit! Bus stops in Cleveland: "DAMN IT!!:

“He flies now!” “He flies now?” “He flies now.”

Great video Cinematic Excrement. This is your best video yet.

Amazing that the last two films managed to give us an animated series, tv series and miniseries.

I remember when they announced that the expendables 3 was going to be PG-13 and I was like, well that's gonna be a piece of shit, and surprise surprise it was a colossal piece of shit. Thankfully with the successes of mad max: fury road and deadpool we might be starting to see the end of this pointless watering down of films

Wow, I'm surprised you got a former executive, congratulations.

Third movies that are the exception, Mission Impossible 3, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Star Trek Beyond to name a few. (Yes I know this video was released before Star Trek Beyond came.out but you get the point.

"Can you imagine how much less fun a PG-13 Deadpool would have been?" They already did a kiddy-friendly version of Deadpool. It's called Ultimate Spider-Man.

There's a PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 called Once Upon a Deadpool, which begins with a parody of the beginning of The Princess Bride.

And then the tv series happened. . .

Fun fact, the complete weirdo they recruit first with the strange grill on his teeth and his red eyes bugging out at the station . . . that guy owns a theater company in Atlanta and portrayed the vampire in Stephen King's The Night Flier (which ironically starred Miguel Ferrer from the first Robocop).

I also thought Robocop 2014 wasn't too bad. It had it's good moments.

This channel is criminally under rated.... perhaps your voice doesn't sound like Doug Walker, that's a gimmick around here: Decker Shadow, Alpha Omega Sin, among others. XD

5:24 As a matter of fact, it almost did. According to TV Tropes, in an early draft of the script, the kid helping Cain wasn’t a new character, but Murphy’s own son, James. I don’t think I need to elaborate on what a brilliant storyline that would have been.

14:11 And then he wants to hold the world ransom for (dramatic zoom in) ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS!

Man, I just Mandela Affect-ed myself. I could have sworn you did a Robocop 2 review.

I'm not surprised you reviewed this instead of the 2014 remake.

18:37 In the spring of 2021 Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that police across the province would now have the power to stop random drivers and ask why they weren't staying home. Police forces across the province politely told him to get stuffed. :)

Thumbs up for the HTML Code humor. 👍👍

This series is amazing.

The lord of the rings trilogy is pretty solid all the way through. Many people (myself included) see the third one in particular as the best

After "RoboCop 3" bombs at the box office in the 1993/1994 year, filmmaker Fred Dekker has finally returned to short films while Frank Miller was focusing on writing comic books and several cast/crew members found some work with new projects. MGM owned the "RoboCop" franchise since 1997 and Sony Pictures Entertainment and its divisions which including both Sony Pictures Television and TeleVentures were co-distributing the entire MGM, UA, Orion, American International and Goldwyn feature film/television library between 1994 and today under the Sony Pictures Television banner.

Even if they had brought Peter Weller back for this movie, it has far bigger problems than a recast. Though I do think robocop with a jetpack is a cool idea. It just didn't have good special effects to make it look cool. It could have been done. A lot of the flying scenes in the original Richard Donner Superman film still look pretty decent, and that came out around two decades before RoboCop 3.

17:28 That Dorctor Who jab almost saturated my screen with a spit take. LOL

6:34 Think it about it, Iron Man trilogy ends badly with the third movie, the Zack Snyder's trilogy from the DCEU ends awfully with Justice League. Jeez, even the Disney's Star Wars new trilogy ends even worse with The Rise of Mary Sue, I mean, The Rise of Skywalker

Yes!! Can't wait for episode 81!

Fred Dekker voiced his opinion about the finished product. While he maintained that he had a great time making it and was still pleased with the result, he admitted that there were inherent problems with the film as well as limitations in its production. He felt that one of those problem was that Murphy/RoboCop's personal journey had already been wrapped up in the first movie, leaving little more for him to do than fight bad guys in the sequels. His biggest regret was that he had toned down the action, cynicism and violence too much at the request of the studio, who wanted to direct the movie at a younger audience (since they had already produced the animated series). Also, the basic premise of RoboCop siding with homeless people against an evil company did not suit the political climate at the time. Lastly, he had intended to put in more Hong Kong-style action through the Otomo character (being a big fan of that genre), but he lacked the budget to hire an Asian stunt team that could pull it off. What haunts him to this day about making the film is the screenplay itself. He felt that if had had another writer who had written the script like Frank Miller or his best friend, Shane Black, he would've had a different perspective and strengthened the roles of the actors in the film. He also personally regrets not setting up the scene where RoboCop's Flight Pack is introduced. If he had to do it over again, he would've showed what its capabilities were for the payoff the end of the film. Dekker also said that he regretted not resurrecting Lewis as a RoboCop herself, which he felt would have validated the movie's existence.

Another thing that really bothered me about Robocop 3? It's supposed to take place in Detroit and it's CLEARLY Atlanta in the background. I should know since I'm from Atlanta.

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In regards to your rant on trilogies not ending well, I actually consider Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third to be pretty good. Heck, their my favorite movies in their respective trilogies.

The biggest issue I had with the remake is that it lacked a clear villain. The Omni Corp villain wasn't pulling strings to get Murphy dead and put him in the robot suit, the criminal villain wasn't working with anyone important, and the cop villain wasn't important.

I (unfortunately) have sent his movie before. Those rebels are the most incompetent freedom fighters I've ever seen. First the anti-OCP sign, then the map to their base on one of the men, then while they have sentries when robocop comes in they are gone when the rebels are attacked. I mean, maybe these aren't trained soldiers but give them some intelligence.

Lets clarify things here,In Detroit you dont need a shotgun you need a damn Howitzer!

Agree with your sentiment on Robocop 2014. If you forget it's a Robocop movie, it's totally adequate with a dash of "meh".

The waited about 8 minutes for Robocop 3 but it was worth it

robocop was my first R rate movie i watch that movie, when I was 5 years old, thank you grant father and your VHS and the recorded of tv movies

GUYS, GUYS! I KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE THIRD MOVIE OF A TRILOGY WORK! PUT "RETURN" IN THE TITLE! Return of the King and Return of the Jedi both ended a trilogy and both were awesome!

You're a blessing dude, so funny. Thank You

I haven't seen the newest Robocop but I have tried to block the memory of the 3rd Robocop out of my mind, I honestly forgot the flying scene until just now. Also you forgot to mention The Mummy 3 Man that one sucked!!!

Okay, why does Dr. Lazarus think that a bullet puller is a hammer?

House Of The Dead 2 Alone In The Dark 2 BloodRayne 2, 3 Birdemic 2 I hope to god it's Birdemic 2, or hell, review all of them in one video

If anyone ever gets the chance, find the comic book adaptation of Frank Miller's original treatment of Robocop. It covers a lot of stuff from RoboCop 2 and 3, but meshes together more fluidly. It definitely has a very high violence and Gore level, but that is what you expect from a Frank Miller project. Definitely worth a read if you can find a copy.

7:52 Robocop 3 was going to start filming the same year 2 came out, 1990 [2 released in June, Filming for 3 planned for December] and although was pushed back a couple of months, was finished by May 1991 so was clearly a rush job which probably explains the use of an earlier script. of course the film was on the shelf for two years due to Orion's bankruptcy so casual audiences were less aware of that at the time.

I wouldn’t trust Frank Miller with ANYTHING, the guy is CLEARLY off his rocker and he’s one of the worst things to happen to Batman (ASBAR being one of them)

A sequel to a movie you've already reviewed. There's loads of choices; Alone in the Dark 2, Bloodrayne 2, Star Trek V (it's not the sequel straight after TMP but it's still a continuation of the original series), the Dungeons and Dragons TV show that was a continuation from the movie. I'll be anticipating that choice.

That 2nd X-Men joke was too soon, lol

yay a new Cinematic Excrement!

He flies now?! Also I guess that little girl grows up to become Rey lol.

Crazy how many Robocop 3 actors showed up in Law And Order episodes

Well, I wouldn't buy RoboCop 3 or the 2014 remake for a dollar.

You can only hear me typing this Smeg because I am writing this from under your bed.

I enjoyed this episode of Cinematic Excrement.

17:03 i was literally chowing on cheescake as this happened. thanks smeghead.

The first RoboCop was a legendary movie. Social satire at its best. RoboCop II was disgustingly violent. Never saw R 3.

I know I'm way late on this but hey a new Robocop reboot with Peter Weller and hard R

1:38 Wait, what? I didn't even know that Caddyshack *had* a sequel!

6:50 not all films have terrible 3rd movies in their trilogy for example: toy story, lord of the rings, Indiana Jones, the dark knight, and back to the future

E.D. 209 actually says "physical force" in the original movie.

Yeah, RebootCop was just so bland, it isn't really worth being torn down. They lingered too long on technical aspects and too little on the message they were attempting to convey; because they have to ham-handedly tell the audience what their message is. His 'Death-scene' was watered down, though I appreciated the corporate attempt to utilize an outwardly altruistic approach to pursue an agenda, I also felt it undermined the original film's message of corporate indifference to the human condition which saw people as consumers or competitors and treated both with equal callousness.

Nikko: "My dead was killed during the escape" Robocop: ... Nikko: "And my mom died too" Robocop: ... Nikko: "But at least I got the van!" Robocop: "Sweet!"

Oh gravy this was soooooo bad, Thanks for ripping it a new one.

For me, the Robocop remake can be summed up in one word: Forgettable. It was the Cinematic equivalent of a Spoony review.

I thought Johnson's completely ineffective threat to the police officers as they're walking out was hilarious (even McDagget was probably thinking "Why did we bring HIM along?"), especially since OCP cancelled their pensions in the last movie...

I would have guessed that since Murphy is still dependent on OCP for parts/Medical care. he has a product serial number OCP COP-001 that after he purged the phone book of directives they likely reloaded at some time during his repairs after stopping the prototype COP-002 they reloaded the original 4 directives.ironically the old man even knew DR4 was troubleshooting the first film,

I dunno, I think Showgirls is kinda brilliant. It's as much a satire as Starship was, and if you go into it with that viewpoint, it's solid gold.

Glad that the Main actor got a role in "Blackkklansman". He was the police chief officer.

Fun fact: I didn't know that Niko was supposed to be Japanese-American until this review.

You should review Space Truckers or Ice Pirates.

Id take Robocop 3 over the remake ANY TIME. Robocop 3 was ridiculous but at least entertaining. The remake on the other hand was totally forgettable.

The only movie trilogies I can think of that have great third parts were LOTR, Toy Story, and Indiana Jones.