robocop is that rare film that perfected a seemingly impossible balance of sci-fi, horror, satire, drama and social commentary.

That's honestly the first time I hear somebody describe ROBOCOP as a "light-hearted" movie... Mary sure has toughened quite a bit. 😁

A bona fide classic. "Bitches, leave." continues to be one of the funniest lines of dialogue ever uttered..

"Nooo, the hanging sausage got her!" Best way I have ever heard anyone describe that scene.

The Paul Verhoeven Trifecta of sci fi / social satire movies are "Robocop", "Total Recall", & "Starship Troopers". They are all must watch films IMO. Ignore the remakes.

Also, I think the soundtrack by Basil Poledouris is ridiculously underrated. 2nd only to this Conan the Barbarian masterpiece.

LOL, "ahhh man the hanging sausage got her!" That is the funniest start to a Thursday I've ever had. Hats off Mare.

When you didn’t know that what you really needed today was Mary reacting to Robocop, and then you randomly check KZfaq… 😁 Unlike many other films of this type, the graphic violence actually serves a purpose beyond sensationalism. The director, Paul Verhoeven, grew up during the Nazi occupation of Holland in WWII, and saw firsthand what real violence was like. When he saw American films he saw violence toned way down so that it almost became acceptable, with little consequence and no link to the real world. When he came to do Robocop he decided to put the violence front and centre, to make the audience unable to brush it off. It’s sort of a hyperbolic exaggeration that satirises American cinema while also giving real impact to the events of the story. What a movie! Hopefully Total Recall is up next!

The scene at his home is so underrated, it has so much heart....

Think you missed Lewis saw Murphy's gun spin at the shooting range.... That's why she thought it was him

They had an early line about reassigning prime candidates. So Murphy was moved to that precinct to get nearly killed for the program. The delay in backup was likely also planned by OCP to get him killed.

The movie turned 35 years old last year and it got an anniversary cinematic release, so I got to see it on the silver screen for the first time... it looked fantastic!

It's amazing how the practical effects in this movie work better than many with CGI these days

I watched this at the age of 7 in 1987 when it came out...could explain a few things about my psychological issues haha.

This is simultaneously the most surprising movie for you to like and also one of the coolest. There's a good reason why Robocop is such a well-loved action character here in the US!

Great reaction. Almost died laughing at the hanging sausage remark. 😂😂😂 Another good Sci-fi suggestion is Oblivion with Tom Cruise. Great storyline and plot twists.

There are different types of grenades Mary. The main explosion is triggered by a fuse wich takes a few seconds to burn, thus allowing you to throw the greande away. The fuse is usually a chemical reaction inside the body of the grenade and once ignited it cant be stopped. There are also different ways of igniting said fuse. A common one would be a lever under coil pressure hold in place by a pin. Once the pin is released the lever springs back and hit the fuse, thus starting the countdown. That being said, if you are holding the grenade but dont let go off the lever, you can insert the pin back in the whole where it came from and the grenade becomes disarmed again. If you pay attention at 18:25 he's removing the pin and the lever just flys off, after that there's really no way to stop the explosion. He seems rather chill about it cause usually it only takes between 5-7 seconds for most types to explode but ohh well its a movie after all, bad guy gotta do his thing. I could be slightly wrong but in escence that's the answer to your question!

This was a graphic movie for the time and even still today. That said, the story is a good one and there are several provocative themes which you picked up on. Peter Weller did an excellent job of developing the movements in the suit that made it believable that he was a robot.

Paul Verhoeven never made just simple sci-fi movies. All his films have an undercurrent of biting social satire. This, and, "Starship Troopers" are the best examples of his satirical viewpoint.

This is my favorite movie of all time. The reason why is, even though I've seen it dozens of times over the years, I still find new things to appreciate, whether they're subtexts in the satire or even little Easter eggs.

I'm glad (and surprised) that you enjoyed this one, Mary! 80s movies don't get much better than this! I loved this so much as a teenager in 1987, I had Robocop posters on my wall!

Lewis recognized Murphy when Robocop twirled his gun around and holstered it in the firing range in the same way Murphy did it outside the coffee shop.

This movie was directed by the Dutch filmmaker, Paul Verhoeven. As with many movies by Paul Verhoeven, there's a lot of social commentary in this. And there's fair degree of parody too. This movie came out when I was 10, and I didn't really understand the social commentary at the time.

I genuinely laughed up loud when you said "I don't know if I would feel safer or unsafer" at 3:15. Ma'am, your doubts are about to be wiped out in two-three minutes.

That devious hanging sausage. Gets you every time.

I've loved Robocop since I fist saw it as an unsuspecting 10 year-old back in 1988 and I think I love it more every time I see it. The movie is a masterpiece of science fiction, social satire, political commentary, and raw comic book action. It excels at everything it sets out to do and I'm glad that so many people have finally embraced it.

So glad you enjoyed this as is one of my favourite films the bit where the police are shooting RoboCop kind of reminds me how the villagers turned on Frankenstein when all he wanted to do was live a lot of people think this is just an action film but it does have a lot of psychological and emotional content.

"Blaupunkt" is a real-life brand name of a German company making high-end stereo equipment often used in luxury cars. Now owned by a parent company in Luxembourg.

The gunshot wounds are from from squibs. Back before CGI they had to have practical effects to show the shots. Robocop is known for being especially violent and having glorious squibs!

I love how Morton and Johnson are friends despite being snakes. Johnson's glare and later thumbs-up always crack me up.

"Noooo! The hanging sausage got her!" LOL at 6:53 🤣

Michele Ferreer, who okays Bob Morton, the head of the Robocop project, was (he passed away a dew years back) first cousins to George Clooney, miguels mother Rosemary Clooney was a famous singer, her brother Nicholas Clooney (George "s father) was a famous journalist and tv show host. Miguels father was Jose Ferrer a fa!ous Puerto Rican actor and film director, perhaps most famous for playing Cyrano Dr Bergerac and Henri-Toulouse-Latrec

Blaupunkt used to be the absolute pinnacle of radio technology - car audio, home sound systems, early cell phones, etc. Jensen, Kenwood, and Alpine have since caught up (more or less) but, in the late 1980s, they weren't anywhere close to Balupunkt's lead. With the exception of Dick Jones falling from the window (primitive CG), all the effects in the movie were practical. ED-209 was a 'bigature' animated through stop-motion and composited into scenes - in a few scenes, full-scale components were used (manipulated by off-screen rigs). This is a huge reason why the visual effects have held up so well over the 35+ years since this film was made.

I absolutely loved this movie as a child...I just didn't realize at the time how absolutely f****'d up of a movie this was for a kid to be watching, seriously. "I'll buy that for a dollar!" 💙 From Detroit

Biggest surprise of the year: Mary liking Robocop 😁😂

I was like 14 or 15 years old when I watched this with friends. We were so wowed by it. It was super cheesy, but so much fun and pretty darn fun in a way young teen boys really enjoy . . . you know, all the gross parts and the criminals get their “just” rewards big time. Now that I’m fifty, it gives me real pleasure to see a young, professional, European woman watching this and experiencing some of the same feelings I had as a teenager. When Dick got fired. “Yeeeesss!!!” Hahaha! Love your show, Mary!!!

Calleing Ed209 a bit Rumpa-Wumpa is the funniest thing I've heard all week :D

Verhoven’s sci-fi trio of Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers is chock-a-bloc full of violence, gore, dark humor and biting satire. All three are fun.

You're the first person I know who thought of firing him first. I'm impressed.

"We didn't die today!" Too soon, Mary, too soon... XD I first watched this movie when it was first available for rent at our local store, I should have at most 9 or 10 years old. The hype was real back in the day...

I always loved that his memories were all in first person perspective. It always irritates me when memories are showed from someone else's perspective.

Mary: I don't know if I would feel safer or un-safer. Me: Oh, you'll know soon enough.

The Future Of Law Enforcement. Before Peter Weller was cast as RoboCop, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Armand Assante, Michael Ironside, Rutger Hauer, Sylvester Stallone, and Tom Berenger were considered for the role. Weller lost 3 lbs a weigh from wearing the suit. He couldn't eat any solid food, except for Yogurt, Ice Cream, Oatmeal and PBJ Sandwiches. It was 110 degrees in Dallas Texas, where they were filming and the FX team had to put an AC unit inside the suit to prevent Weller from passing out. The stop motion animation effects were done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Phil Tippet, whom did VFX for Star Wars, JURASSIC PARK, Starship Troopers, Cloverfield and the Twilight Saga. The film was a box office success, making $60 million dollars against a $13 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing.

After watching robocop since it was first out on VHS tape, I finally looked up what a Blaupunkt is. It's a German manufacture that mainly makes car stereos. So after 3 decades... the reference finally makes sense.

Mary - Lewis didn't initially recognise him from his face, but the fact he did the TJ Lazer gun twirl at the shooting range.

The animation was a combination of stop motion and green screening the effect in. There were some full size models and parts to use in some scenes as well. The bullet effects are how it used to be done. There were small charges called squibs under a blood pack and they were set off electrically. They did seem to use rather strong ones in this movie. The jumping around when getting hit was also old school theatrics common in 80s action movies. Another thing was how often they racked the slides on their shotguns. Robocop's face wasn't real but something they made. I've wondered about the eyes though.

You can put a grenade pin back in only if you haven’t released the spoon. Once the spoon is released, you can’t reverse it. However, the grenade in the movie was also using a digital timer, so who knows if it could be stopped. Probably not.

Red Dawn, Conan and Robocop all had their soundtracks written by Basil Poledouris :) An amazing composer! :D

Paul Verhoeven didn't want to direct this movie at first, but his wife told him that there was something special with the Robocop script. When he attended the screening to Robocop in America he was thrilled how the audience reacted to the movie, especially the ending.

Movies With Mary! A movie right up your alley that you would love! A crime thriller with a legal slant. “Cape Fear” (1991) I cannot stress enough how engaged you would be with this story, the moral questions it presents, and the powerful performances! Two of the actors in the film were nominated for Oscars for their performances.

22:57 Cast Away does this perfectly

Most grenades have a pin and flyoff lever which is held has you are pulling the pin, meaning most grenades you can pull the pin and hold it indefinitely, once the flyoff lever has gone it ignites a percussion cap which starts and actual fuse burning. For most grenades you have 3-5 seconds.

How quickly people forget. CGI came later. This was all practical effects and Ed209 was animated with good old stop-motion. Legend has it that Robocop still holds the record of the most exploding blood backs used. If you want some old fantasy movies with great stop-motion animation, Ray Harryhausen was the best. The stories are relatively basic, but the monster? They were state-of-the-art for their time. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Jason and the Argonauts (1963) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) Clash of the Titans (1981)

Mary watching Robocop? I’ll buy that for a dollar!

You might like "The Last Starfighter" (1984) it's both cute/funny and historical in the sense that it was one of the first movies to try to use CGI graphics. It took a very powerful computer long HOURS of processing to get the images. When done, the process was offered to Lucasfilm (Star Wars) who declined it in favor of their animatronics methods of the time.

I saw this with my friend when it came out. His sister who was teen got us the tickets. God the 80s were great

A Blaupunkt was a German-made car radio. It was installed and Porsche and other high-end performance cars. Since it came standard in sports cars, people assumed that it was the best radio you could buy. It was not.

I am so grateful to be born in the 80s..Robocop and Predator made me the man I am today

Knowing Clarence Boddicker actor Kurtwood Smith played M. Forman in "That 70's show" among other performances... Made me think what a great and underrated actor he is.

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 6yro. It's my favorite movie of the 80s, it's a comfort movie for me. Loved your reaction.

Good question about the grenade. I always wondered so I looked it up. Apparently once the handle is released it lights a fuse, so squeezing the handle again would not stop it. Of course the one in the movie is some sci-fi tech so who knows.

14:44 She recognised him because of the gun twirl earlier at the gun practice range. 21:10 Because Phil Tippett is a genius of stop motion!

This is one of my favorite films! Watched it so much over the years and I always check out a first time viewing reaction when I see it. Happy you enjoyed it!

For good melodramas I am sure you would enjoy, Mari, I heartily recommend “Million Dollar Baby” and “Scent of a Woman.” God bless you and your family!

Great review Mary, you have broaden your movie watching horizons that's for sure, make sure your little passenger stays happy and safe until the big reveal.

Firstly, great reaction as always, Mary. I found your channel not too long ago, but I've been devouring your content because it is so heartwarming, funny, entertaining, and often educational. Put simply; I love it! TO THE GRENADE QUESTION: The only way to disarm an active grenade is to remove the fuze. That's the part that gives the time until detonation (usually 3 to 5 seconds). The easy part: to remove the fuze, you simply have to unscrew it like taking out a threaded lightbulb. The hard part: the aforementioned 3 to 5 seconds until detonation. Basically, if you have an armed grenade by your side, you are F(quack sound effect)ED.

I almost choked on my chips when you said "the hanging sausage got her" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I expect to hear "OH NI!" so many times during this one. ;)

13:10 - Blaupunkt was (and I guess still is) a popular brand of car stereo equipment back in the 80s.

"Blaupunkt" was a high end/expensive automobile sterio system manufacturer back in the 80s, touted as German Engineering.

The "Squib" work is excellent in this. That's the little explosive blood pouch they put under the clothes to make gunshot wounds. Squibs.

This is one of my desert island movies. You can only put the pin back into the grenade if the spoon/lever(the metal thing Clarence pops off) are still on the grenade. The pin is what holds the spoon in place, you can remove the pin and hold the spoon down and the grenade will not detonate, but once that spoon is popped off the grenade, that starts the fuse and there isn't any stopping it at that point.

I can't imagine Star Wars reaction Mary getting through this one. The second one is worth watching as well.

I love how Mary slips into her native language in moments of distress or shock.

This was very gory. I'm glad you were able to enjoy it. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Peter Weller did an outstanding performance as a robot, simply fantastic.

Its good that you are stepping outside of your comfort zone. I heard from most good comedians that they hate performing in Belgium. So maybe that is also a avenue for you to concider.

So glad that You enjoyed this one; it's always been one of My all-time Favorites!👍

One of the many things they did well in this movie was hire Basil Poledouris to do the score. He was a true maestro and you've likely heard his work in other movies but his masterpiece will always be *Conan the Barbarian*. You should check it out so you can see a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in what amounts to a fantasy opera!

Best documentary on Detroit ever made. (As a Michigander born)

I remember watching this at the theater back when it came out. Back then, watching a movie was a family event. We plan ahead of time like a mini-vacation over the weekend. I remember the movies coined the term Summer Blockbuster. It was a special time in the year where movies like this would be there. It was meant pure enjoyment. Not really for engaging movies. It was so great.

Once again... the eighties. Movies, music, golden era. Robocop is violent as it must be. Peter Weller suffered a lot wearing that Robocop suit, it was heavy as far as I know. But it was a real thing, your eyes nows that, so you don't find it unreal. Cinema has lost wat made movies like this great and timeless. Your reactions are great, always !

This was the best kids film of the 80s.

My fav movie, thanks for sharing this Mary

Glad you had fun with the movie! 🤠

A highlight: both villains staring Ronny Cox and Kurkwood Smith: idea in their villainy 🎉🎉

The pin of a grenade holds down the spoon, the spoon holds down a spring lever with a firing pin. When the spoon comes up the spring sets off a cap like the thing that fires a bullet but this one sets off a fuze inside a metal tube that ends in a blasting cap that sets off the grenade. The delay is from the fuze and it's like 3 to 5 seconds. So you can put the pin back to hold down the spoon but once the spoon has come loose and the cap has lit the fuze there's nothing you can do. Not all grenades have pins and spoons but it's pretty common.

21:10 Film the actor standing there, then ED-209 is a model filmed in stop-motion (so stand it up, take a photo, move a bit, take a photo) and combined both together.

A Blaupunkt was an (alleged) high-end German car stereo, usually an optional upgrade on some luxury cars.

There used to be a live action TV show of RoboCop. In one scene he looked up a criminal who is also a doctor in the system. I do not remember the last name but for the sake of the joke they intended let's say it was Murdoch. So when Robo looked him up the screen read the following: Murdoch, Cray Z. Dr.

You missed where Louis noticed Robo spinning the gun. That's how she knew

I was born in 86, this is one of my Favorite all time Movies!

WOW! you've really evolved in terms of your ability to handle violence in movies! as a kid, that opening scene where murphy died was pretty freaking traumatic for me lol! but you totally got the gist of the movie... really over the top violence but there is a big undercurrent of satirical humor. that was a completely fictional grenade but on a real grenade, pulling the pin is step one, the second step is the "spoon" disengaging and flying or falling off. if you hold down the spoon and the pin is out, you can put the pin back in and the grenade is safe. if the spoon has already disengaged, there's nothing you can do but throw the grenade or run away.... or... y'know... get blown up. but grenades are NOT THAT EXPLOSIVE lol. hollywood ALWAYS get grenades wrong. the primary effect is not a gigantic explosion but a swarm of shrapnel. explosions are very very limited by size. you simply can't have a house shattering boom with something you can toss with your hand. that's why nuclear bombs are so revolutionary - you can do VERY disproportionate explosions in a way you could not before it.

This movie was filmed in Dallas! I grew up in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and remember seeing Downtown Dallas in the movie when I was a kid, It's a possibility I was thinking hey! I know those buildings 😄

i never thought i would hear the sentence " the hanging sausage got her", let alone connected to the Robocop movie

Lewis recognised Robocop as Murphy by his gun twirling at the range before holstering it.

Robocop and Terminator go together like peanut butter and jelly as a double feature. A crossover would have been fun. Yes, I know, someone always says they fought in a comic book. I have that book, and it's fun, but what fans really wanted was Peter Weller in the suit, and Arnold in the leather jacket and sunglasses slugging away at each other, throwing each other through walls, chasing each other with cars, and causing lots of property damage.

Mary, Way to predict the "You're fired" line! Impressive.

Blaupunkt GmbH was a German manufacturer of mostly car audio equipment. So, the police negotiator was offering the hostage taker a sweet radio for his new car.

This movie goes deeper than just being a satire for giggles. From sci-fi point of view it's also thoughts inducing about whether it's a person who's trying to remember himself, or if it's a machine that dreams it used to be a person...