It’s very easy for people to just throw the word “masterpiece” around like it’s going out of fashion, but sometimes you will come across a piece of work that merits such high acclaim; _Robocop_ (1987) is arguably one such piece of work.

There is *zero* CG in this movie. Even Robo's vision was done analog style. This is a hand made film. Squibs, puppets, stop motion, suits, clever angles, great actors, and style. Theres maybe 5 movies in the 80s that use CGI and it's so primitive you notice it right away.

The villains in this film are so diabolical. When they finally perish , justice is served

I quickly figured out that RoboCop didn't arrest the first few criminals he dealt with, because they were out, and he could move on to the next crime while another cop cleaned up the mess. That made the best of RoboCop's use.

Nice to see that some of the youngsters have good taste in movies.

"I'd buy that for a dollar!" Fun Fact: Nancy Allen first arrived on set when Paul Verhoeven was shooting the deliberately cheesy sitcom "It's Not My Problem" which appears on television screens throughout the film. Allen was initially horrified to think that she had signed on to make a film with an incompetent director. Movie Magic Fact: Most shots of Robocop and the police car show him getting out or preparing to get in. Peter Weller didn't fit into the police car in full costume. When he needed to be in the car, he wore the top part of the costume and sat in his underwear. To maintain the illusion that RoboCop wears the entire suit while inside a car, most shots show his robotic feet exiting first. What Script Fact: For the attempted rape scene, writer Edward Neumeier originally had RoboCop (Peter Weller) shoot past the victim's cheek, hitting and killing the rapist. While getting ready to shoot the scene as scripted, Paul Verhoeven noticed that Donna Keegan's legs were spread apart, giving him the idea to have RoboCop shoot between her legs and hit the rapist in the genitals. Neumeier loved the idea and that was how the scene was shot.

First saw this movie in 1997 I was 6 years old. Still my favorite movie till this day!.

Robocop is a masterpiece of cinema (It’s also a film that could’ve only been made in the 1980’s) extremely smart with a lot of deep social commentary and sight gags! You are lucky to experience the film uncut (That version is the Rated X Cut) The film was edited a lot due to the MPAA demanding cuts for a theatrical releases! the Criterion Laserdisc was the first home video version released uncut (The 1st DVD was actually the original theatrical cut then Criterion released the uncut dvd (I think Criterion held the rights until the license expired) Now the rated X version is available everywhere) The entire original Robocop Trilogy is very strong (Robocop 3 isn’t as bad as the internet mob claim it to be it’s not as good as the first two but, there’s a lot more good then bad imo 👍👍👍

Robert Doquis is severely underrated, he was perfect as a weary police chief

His footsteps are iconic

The reason it was set in Detroit is because at that time Detroit was making all the news as the most violent city in America with high murder and crime rates. Robocop is a logical extension of that, and social commentary.

The first spike is not a weapon. It is a computer interface connector... Like a long pointy USB.

"bitches, leave!"

13:00 the idea was Robo would stop a crook, report it. The cops would come and make the arrest.

Oh my god, you made a brilliant observation. I've seen this movie a thousand times, and I never noticed it until you pointed it out... In "Eight Mile," a movie also set in Detroit, B Rabbit said of Papa Doc, "He ain't gangsta, his real name is Clarence!" But that point is invalid, because the most gangsta person in the history of movies set in Detroit was named "Clarence." Clarence Boddiker, Kurtwood Smith's character in Robocop. So, upon further review, B Rabbit gets no points for that bar.

The armour goes over the top so when they get shot they dont need to get a new shirt.

How have you not seen it 🤯🤯🤯

Thanks for the reaction! Great job! I looked at it with pleasure. I hope that you will also make reactions to the second and third parts of Robocop 😉🤖

Always cool to see someone watch RoboCop for the first time. Fun Fact: I own one of the two Robo pistols they used in this movie plus a few other screen used props.

ED209 movement was not CGI, it was stop motion animation.

I envy you watching this classic for the first time. I still watch the Blu Ray now. Not a bad first Hollywood film for Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, who went on to direct future classics like "Total Recall"(1990), "Basic Instinct"(1992) and "Starship Troopers"(1997). Or, you can check out his "masterpiece": "Showgirls"(1996).😎

Best movie ever made 🎉

These 80s films were violent asfuk, I was so desensitized to extreme violence by the time I was 10

The guy robbing a liquor store can't be arrested if he's dead...

All the shots with ED-209 were Stop-motion. Paul Verhoeven wanted to use CGI, but it was too expensive for the budget. The same goes for the shot where Robocop uses thermograph imagery. Hiring the thermograph equipment for the shot was also too expensive, so Paul Verhoeven had all the actors in bodysuits and were painted up and shot in a darkened room to make it look like thermograph was being used.

ED-209 Traumatizing a whole new generation, one reaction KZfaqr at a time

I Never Seen This But I Heard It Has Gruesome Because Of R-Rated That's How I Never Known This Film Has Gruesome In It

I still laugh every time I hear it - I can’t believe it, you burned the f.. g money! Lmao.. Also if you look closely he doesn’t run, however he does speed walks, that much he was given and is canon in the lore. Btw a small studio called Teyon just released a Robo game, not perfect but they do pay homage and respect the franchise.

Great reaction and I also like your music! Fun Fact: this movie was supposed to get an X rating because of the violence. They had to tone it down to make it an R for theaters. A classic! Back then, stop motion and cgi(eg the ed 209 and ghostbusters gargoyles) looked weird to us too, we couldn't wait for tech to advance and we were literally in these times, but we enjoyed it.

My dude. Any RoboCop reaction that pops up gets an auto sub from me.

By the way non of it was filmed in Detroit

You should react to "Robocop," 2014, to compare and see a different perspective. It's not as good a movie as the original, but it's worth watching.

JAHIME, too bad you weren't around in the 80s. EVEN weekend, a great movie was coming out. APPLE computers, and the cassette Walkman and come out. The reviewer should keep in mind this movie essentially is a critique of Reganomics. In my movie Theater, we didn't laugh st the Nukem ad, we all flipped out over a fam 17:04 ily playing with nukes.

Awesome

You should check out other movies from Paul Verhoven, the director. Total Recall and Starship Troopers are both kind of sci-fi dark comedies and pretty great. But if you're only doing 80s you should watch Evil Dead if you haven't seen it. Those are always fun.

I always wonder how that must be for Americans, they say it's Detroit but it's filmded in Dallas. European cities are a little smaller but isn't that annoying?

Armour with that much padding is going to notice under clothing, also they will probably get you in the head if shooting at the torso doesnt work, ROBOCOP was SO predictive, it's usually worn in riot situations, but police DO wear very similar kevlar armour to this, now in the real world. ROBOCOP ISNT a policeman, he a peace keeping Soldier, like James Bond HE is licenced to kill, later in the film the only reason he can't kill Bodikker, (under those circumstances) is because the programming won't allow it, this is WHY he arrests him instead He doesnt have to run, because his aim with the programmed gun is precise, he never misses, again the gun does most of the crime prevention as is true in the real world in your Country. More proof of how underhanded Jones is, we can assume that he knew about "the Robocop programme" & quietly had the 4th directive inserted into it, unknown to Bob Morton, who was an inexperienced Wizz kid, . ROBOCOP remains to this day the best critique of 80s culture both Corporate & Political, other social commenting films of the time- TRADING PLACES, WALL ST only came at the problem from the one angle-Commodities aka the stock market, ROBOCOP is much more to do with Society at larger ESPECIALLY in "The big City."

Was there a movie called Tarzan The Fearless?

CGI didn't exist yet.

Better do the other 2 sci-fi Verhoeven

Just because they don't show a shot of the felons at the car "not arrested",but you get the idea... come on, dude. Just stick to superhero movies next time. Even the very obvious satire just flew right by your head.

Robocop 2014 is as bad as Female Ghostbusters reboot. Also, you kept calling stop motion as CGI! What's wrong with you?

the movie was filmed in DALLAS TEXAS - so shitting on detroit is kinda silly

There is no CGI in this movie only Stopmotion and practical effects. 1987 not realy the time of large computers . your phone has 10.000. time more prossing speed and memory than those computers .

cg didnt exist in 1987.

You're as scary as ED!