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"... the closer we get to robots patrolling the streets... the whole concept of Robocop becomes less cool." My dude I never knew a video essay could be a TRAGEDY

It's always a delight to remember that we're actively living in a dystopian nightmare

I saw a meme of RoboCop that was both disturbing and funny af. It had a picture of RoboCop with the caption "Dude died, but they made him go to work anyway."

The scene where the Police go up against McDaggett is one of the best scenes in the series.

The story of RoboCop 3 is actually pretty interesting (arguably better than 2), yes even including the robotic ninjas (the sleekness of a Japanese car vs the blocky American version is a neat idea to explore in the world of RoboCop). It’s the execution of the film that fails it. And Robo needs Lewis, IMO. She’s his link to his old self that helps keep him human. I hate what they did with her in this movie.

I truly don't think is as bad as most people think. For me the premise alone and whole idea of RoboCop siding with the citizens against his programming is incredibly strong. It really takes his character in a new direction.

idk why mayo is uploading rapidly, buti better enjoy it while it last

Wow. This was a great video. I'm impressed with the analysis of 3. This is a brilliant way to reintroduce such a terrible movie, I'm glad you drew the parallels to real life instead of just giving your take on what sucks and why. Thank you for the insight. It really is a terrifying world they portrayed - and it's even more horrific that it's real.

To me, I prefer Robocop 3 as a much well made sequel of the original because the first movie established precedents for what it would come to pass like the evictions, kicking the people and the vulnerable poor class from their home to the streets (yeah the second film foreshadows that in the conversation of the mayor and the Old Man) and having Murphy trying to form some new connections to replace the family he had lost in Nikko, Marie and the resistance. I mean, it did all the things Robocop II didn't or couldn't make.

The Robocop action figures actually made much sense. Robocop, ended up been a very popular character with kids in those days. So how do you turn the hero of violent films with heavy drug related crime into something that could be consumed by kids? Action figures. The girl holding an action figure of Robocop works like a toy commercial. Hey kids, buy one too.

I always assumed OCP made the Robocop and ED-209 figures to help fund the program for their continued development and maintenance

We are living in a Cyberpunk world, but without the cool technology. Last time I saw Robocop 3 was with my dad back when the movie was released on theaters. Guess it’s time to give it another watch. Great analysis.

I was a kid of the 80s and we had police officer toys everywhere, they were extremely normal, none of specific police officers that I remember though

Best attitude to police is neutrality. Sometimes they help you, sometimes they don't.

Excellent take on this, especially 30 years on from when RoboCop 3 released. The dark cyberpunk future was a lot cooler when it was just science fiction, and not something thatwe are constantly living in day-to-day like we have been since the 2020s began. There is a reason in each dark cyberpunk movie, especially Blade Runner, that the protagonists are all exhausted, over worked, drink to cope, and are weary of their existence as a cog of an unstoppable corporate/state-owned machine. Cyberpunk isn't about saving the world, it is about surviving in that world, and that is something that RoboCop puts on full display.

As a kid back in the 90s, this was my introduction to robocop. I thought it was COOL... fast forwarding time I preferred the 1st film for its theme. Im playing rogue city and tbh.... THAT shoulda been Robocop 3.

Always amazes me how little there is in the Robocop Universe. 3 original movie's, 1 remake, a few unspectacular series and some graphic novels Yet just a single image of Robocop is absolutely iconic. They could have made dozens of movies and done well if they just stuck to the formula.

I heard recently about someone who approached three uniformed police officers outside of a bank to make a formal complaint about vandalism. They explained that they were actually off-duty but were posing as on-duty police officers because they were being paid privately by the bank. They went on to say, regardless of what action they would be expected to take while on-duty, they would simply do whatever the bank told them to do as the bank was the one paying them. I can understand police officers working as private security in their own time, but I didn't know they were allowed to wear their uniforms while doing it. Either way - gave me real OCP vibes.

I'm not too 'well read' and don't always have the best way to describe things, but you've hit the nail on the head on how I feel about Robocop 3. It has some great ideas, but executed poorly. Ironically, it was the studio politics that made it what it is now. They wanted (as Nostalgia Critic said about 'Batman Forever') "safe and marketable". It was to be brought in line closer to the Robocop series than the other two movies and I remember another video speculating that it was meant to be a tie-in to the series, but they scrapped it and made a sequel. I doubt that myself, but it does fit the idea.

Excellent review! I hope you do a deep analysis review about Robocop: Rogue City in the future! It's so insane to see Peter Weller's Robocop in 2023.

It's always nice to revisit a game or movie you didn't like at first, and come to appreciate aspects you didn't pick up on before. Very good work!

FINALLY,Someone managed to notice the deeper message behind the Robocop's action figure and understand the darker disturbing themes behind this otherwise deceptively goofy P-13 film. While i still see the doll as a "Sign of hope" motto for the civ since Post Robocop 2,Murphy is pretty much consider as a "super hero/cop" of Detroit, poor guy is STILL OCP's property and people unknowing idolizing a corporate product which is gut wrenching. Can you imagine how disturbing and eye opening it would be had this movie actually taken itself seriously ??? It's funny how i felt the same with the Reboot aswell where people simply hated it blind and didn't bother to see the bigger picture I found it to be a Decent film/remake but i managed to brushed them aside and started to dissect and actually started to like the setting and theme where Cops can be just as much cruel if Corpos gotten in their brains and poor ol actual good cops like Murphy always takes the worst punishment and fated to become the product of the said corporation and so forth. It really puts and bring me another question...wonder how many Bad films that actually has good and interesting ideas.

Anything can be politicized though. Whether it's the clothes you wear, the car you buy, the job you have, the things children are taught in schools, the media you consume etc. If RoboCop existed in real life of course there would be action figures of him. It's a part of human nature to look for hero's and rolemodels to look up to. And in a more cynical way, to politically and commercially exploit for the people in power. Pretty much all pop music is a bunch of producers artificially creating the next superstar, kind of like a RoboCop.

Great video and analysis! I recently rewatched RoboCop 3 and found myself arriving at the same conclusions. Scary the more you analyse it 😬

You should definitely do a deep dive into the remake of robocop and why it fails to live up to the original.

I didn't think robocop 3 was a bad movie , but it was a great movie like avg at best of coursse it is hard to live up to 1 & 2. I can't wait to play robocop game since it came out on steam pc.

I just want to say that I enjoy your content, Mayo. Ever since you admitted your own subjectivity, you have owned everything else you've ever presented. Your content is full of personality, wit and grit. I genuinely don't see why you haven't been recognized as a staple at this point. But that doesn't seem to bother you in the slightest, and you'd be right. Godspeed.

What I liked most about this movie was the closing line. I thought it would've worked better in the second movie though. In Robocop 2 instead of the old man just getting in his limo and leaving he could've stopped to acknowledge Robocop for saving the day. "Good work officer. What did you say your name was? Murphy?" and Robocop replies "My friends call me Murphy. You may call me, Robocop." end scene.

The toys did happen. I still remember the hilarious reviews for the die cast toy drone and Playmobil's TSA set on Amazon.

I recently watched the Robocop trillogy. I'd say Robocop 2 expanded on OCP wanting to buy out Detroit so they can turn it into Delta city. It had this whole plot with the mayor and stuff. What really scared me is the concept of a mega corp buying out large swathes of realestate. Sound familiar? Ever heard of Blackrock or Vanguard? What's even worse, in the movie, OCP deliberately made realestate cheaper for them to buy by making the places unlivable due to crime. Again, sound familiar? Have you seen New York or San Francisco recently? Shit's turning real.

Wonderful! Glorious! I'm on anatomy classes, will have to watch later, but I can certainly tell the magnificent trilogy is now complete and great. I value your video on the first one very much so it pleases me to see that it all went so well. Edit: I really like it. Waiting to see your RoboCop video game coverage.

I'd say the toy the little girl had shows how things like Robocop are neutral entities and can be good things or bad things depending on how they are used and the circumstances. Robocop is good but OCP still put him together. They are the reason he exists despite all the bad things they may do. It's the same thing with money. Money is NOT the root of all evil no matter what they may say. Money by itself is a tool and is neither evil nor good. It's what people do with it or for it that truly makes the difference.

Nice shooting son, what's your name?

Well, I remember going to the discount theater to see this with my brothers. It was such a letdown. How do you mess up Robocop? But thanks for the commentary. The world we live in gets increasingly scarier as we continue down this dystopian path. At least CC Pounder was great in "Demon Knight". She's a great actress!

I’ve gotta say……Kruger Industrial Smoothing did a fantastic job fixing up Murph’s armor.

It's a cool film. Would be better if robocop had limited ammo and whenever he gets shot he would do a glory kill to repair his armor. And a style meter

In an early screenplay for RoboCop 2 RoboCop himself was supposed to have been offline for 25 years waking up to an even worse world. Among other things the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" guy was the president. So yeah, these movies were prescient.

I will never agree that Robocop 3 is a bad movie. Yes, it is somewhat lighter in tone than the first movie, but it is still a solid movie with good acting, good set designs, great camera work, fantastic score and a solid, coherent story. There is not much one can seriously criticize about the third movie. Yes, the Robocop flies in the end, so what? It's the end sequence of the third movie, the protagonist is supposed to get its 11th hour superpower by this point. Yes, the Japanese zaibatsu has highly advanced ninja droids, because Japan was considered vastly technologically superior at that point in history. Yes, Miko is a child genius, and it is established in the first shots, with her playing with tech toys and fiddling with her computer at all times.

The bit where the cops hand in their badges was a great scene

Thanks for talking about the (very few) interesting things about Robocop 3 instead of just shitting on it. It's worth shitting on, but it's much more interesting actively trying to find something worth talking about in regards to it

I'm surprised, given what you said, that you didn't mention that, in fact, it was the police force that ultimately joined forces with the people to fight off the rehabs

I imagine that in a future America, there would still be toy Companies as there are today, with real life merchandising (some of it very good) there may have been an intentional contrast between a ROBOCOP toy & a rehab Soldier. I should have mentioned the resistance units were a great idea, as well, finally what was threatened in the original, IS hapening now, the clearing of the streets, etc. in short, if it wasnt for ORION pictures going bankrupt, at that time (something mirrored with OCP in the film) & having to find a wider audience,(this one cost even more than the 2nd film) this 3rd film could compete with the original, for it's story, ironically the cynical themes of the story don't suite a kids film any way, the social comment would go over their heads & probably did.

Aww man- right when when I thought the intro / pre-amble was done it turns out it was the end of the video. I got too used to your long format videos with Robocop hahah still a great watch!

Friggin loved rb3 as a kid. That intro scene with the splatter punks and robocop coming to the rescue was awesome.

Robocop stands as a beacon of hope. He is a creation and slave of corporate and state masters, yet he remains and incorruptible protector of the people. So incorruptible that he can violate his very reason for existing to protect the innocent from his masters. He is the ideal that we wish our own police to be. He is free from the avarice, vice, and prejudices that come from being fully human, yet he retains enough humanity to want to help mankind. Sadly, he is only fiction.

Loved this analysis series!! Rogue City review soon, hopefully?

He's product, he's OCP, got it, mister?

Ive always been interested in the robocop prototype failures, I think the scene was in robocop 2. That would make a cool video as to why they failed and robocop succeeded, ego, body image etc.

A derek chauvin cop action figure would go down like a lead balloon

Lol. The third movie was so bad that it made you question whether you wanted robocop or not.

I don't know why in cyberpunk the idea of America being overtaken as a the world superpower by Japan or china is seen as terrifying.

Todd Mcfarlane made figures of deployed soldiers

Will you be making a video on the 2014 remake?

I definitely see ocp selling robocop figures. They were going bankrupt so it makes sense why they’d do something that sleazy. Robocop is also their property so he’d have no say

The interesting observation is that RC2 & RC3 are basically Frank Miller’s script, cut up and spread out across two films instead of one. It’s probably why RC2 resets so much of the plot (which is probably it’s greatest weakness), but also why you got fun new bits of satire like portraying the city council as being just as inept and corrupt as the corpos, the tone-deaf PC Robocop whom is more likely to arrest you for bad words than robbing a store (which absolutely feels straight out of 2023) RC3 introduced things like Miller’s white-suited “rehabs” - one of which was supposed to be put into what became RoboCain from RC2

My 2 cents about idolization: heroes deserve to be idolized. Doesn't matter if he's a cop or not, robocop earned the right to have his action figures after what he did in robocop 1 and 2, that's it. If your local Uber driver saved kids from a burning house he deserves his action figure too, his job simply doesn't matter. Unless you think ppl shouldn't be idolized period, the idea of an individual should be treated differently according to his job is wild.

Have you read 'RoboCop: Last Stand'? Its a graphic novel based on Frank Miller's original R-rated script for RoboCop 3.

What's the name of the music track at the start of the video? That "bwaahhh" synth sounds like something Matt Furniss did on Sega Genesis games, I love it. Thanks in advance!

He isn't a normal cop, He is also an add for advanced technology in general and how OCP has some. he was considered as one of the people, but he was replaced. a few action figures were left over. no wonder a poor kid is playing with them right?

6:31 Murphy ain't getting a cut, because Murphy is long dead, his family had ceded his remains to OCP, and Robocop is their exclusive trademark. He is no longer a person, but a product. So no, they are 100% exploiting Robocop for commercial reasons without giving him a cent in royalties. I would go far as to argue that Robocop is surely not a salaried employee, either.

Loved this breakdown of Robocop 3. Well done.

FUN FACT ROBOCOP helping the resistance was used in the video game ROBOCOP vs TERMINATOR

I actually really enjoyed Robocop 3 for the exact reason you've stated. It reflects and predicts reality very well, so much so that I'm surprised it got made.

I will always be robocop 3’s biggest defender. I went into it with literally bottom of the barrel expectations and left surprised that despite the silliness and stuff shoved in by the higher ups, the story itself and satire were still really good. I can look past it’s many faults and see the good beneath

You talked about the disturbing reality of police officers being sold as action figures, arguing that it's not positive to view state agents as heroes. But what is truly alarming is living in a country where there's an ongoing attempt to portray criminals as heroes and policemen as villains. Here, where I live, mainstream media and the system operate this way. If the story of this film were to happen in my country, the action figures sold to children would likely feature characters like Clarence Boddicker or Cain. We have favelas, territories that function as alternative states within the state. Favelas have their own laws, governed by criminals who decide how their laws will be applied in their territories. There, they have a blank check to enforce their laws, even if it violates human rights. And I can tell you, this is what happens most frequently. While this happens, the official state allows the existence of these mini-independent states, and our mainstream media romanticizes the criminals who rule these favelas. They can barely hide the admiration they feel for these criminals. So, mainstream media and one side of the politicians pretend all of this is completely normal. Because of this, I don't see a problem with policemen being sold as toys to children, especially if they are not based on real corruptible individuals or clearly fascist forces like Rehab. In a broader context, the police represent a positive role in our society, and without a security force, society would be akin to the law of the jungle. It's fair when they become admirable figures, and as we saw in Robocop 3, policemen are not willing to compromise their values and principles to serve the interests of a fascist corporation or state, and I see the same in real life. Another detail is that, in Robocop, there's a focus on portraying large corporations as inhumane villains, and this portrayal is not wrong. But in real life, the state can also act similarly to OCP, or even worse. My country is an example of the power of state fascism. The truth is that both the state and the private sector, when in the hands of evil people, become malevolent. So, I'm not going to sit here defending one or the other. To make matters worse, nowadays, there is an increasing number of collaborations between the state and large corporations to maintain a great concentration of power in their hands, while suffocating an entire population and making the lives of the people difficult. And they will emerge, as always, unharmed. But patience... we are only humans.

Heres a way robocop 3 can still exist if they make robo 4. Have this version of the movie be a bad movie released in their world and it was a big hit, meanwhile what really happened that day was more dark and gray. Picture MIB2 where K remembers Cerlina arriving on earth to get the light of zartha. Where Lewis death, the war, and the bloodshed was more violent and clearly traumatizing. You can even get Niko back to clarify she wasnt a hacker she was a smart kid who tried to help robo. He basically is a father in her life. Oh and as a joke, everyone asks about the jetpack and robo keeps answering that was just for a movie, he has no jetpack.

Making this video was a very ballsy move to make, but you know what? Good on you. You're spot-on. I honestly don't see how anyone can disagree or be upset with this analysis.

Toy soldiers have always been a thing since civilisation began. Corpos can only gain as much military industrial power as cyberpunk settings depict due to the state acting as a monopsony, which is why I find OCP replacing the local government cartoony because those are the people that would realistically be their paying clients. You can see this trend recently with Disney being btfo'd in Florida whilst trying to push it's ideology.

Love the step into movie retrospectives keep it up

The original WEST WORLD film, is an underrated classic, you seem to like the social comment type sci fi, & so I would recommend West world (a film that warns of the dangers of future technology) and comments about Americas gun violence problems, & where they originate, in the "wild west" both TERMINATOR & ROBOCOP tore pages from it. (if you havent seen it already) it's also a black comedy.

"The state and the corporation marketing a real-life authority figure to children as a toy to play with." - You don't even have to imagine that. They're selling them on Amazon. For ages 3 and up. We are living in the RoboCop 3 world.

Fast upload, impressed. OCP selling RoboCop toys kinda predicted the remake doing tests on what model they'd use for Murphy in the field and even tried with sirens like he's a Transformer or something.

I shouldnt like ocp but the Johnny Rehab character is pretty badass.

aww this one wasnt like the other 2 robocop videos, he focused on a single moment and not the entire mvie :c

Do not speak into existence Police Officer of the Week action figures. You know that shit would sell like hot cakes. Just imagine the "good guys with guns" that would get dolls made of them. I shiver to imagine it. And we all know who'd be selling them

Can't wait for you to cover the reboot Robocop film as it was first Robocop film I saw before watching the original film lol I will have fun listening to you.discuss it

I think they have RoboCop figures as the spin team from 2 are trying to make him a hero after the very public Cain fight.

When I was a kid, my local police department in monaca, Pennsylvania. They had baseball cards and you can Collect your favorite Cops. And it would say they're Number of arrests up to that point and stats basicallee if they killed anyone inaction if their partner was killed in action.

I think Robocop 2 was supposed to be the cyborg that OCP could more directly control and have it sweep through neighborhoods to chase out the citizens. The first movie gave the impression that Detroit was already really bad and easy to turn into Delta City. The real Detroit certainly had a severe decline in population. And what is OCP building over? Are they replacing all the existing office buildings with their own? Delta City is really a foolhardy vision than anything that could be good the OCP’s financial health.

This video makes all the valid points. But there is one thing missing: WHERE ARE MY FLYING CARS? I WANT A FLYING CAR SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC. The future is STILL A LIE.

Heyo Mayo, still loving the channel brother. I hope you have a great holiday season with the fam buddy

Finally some good light on Robo Cop Triple Ballen

It's called predictive programming

Nice timing, thanks! Just watched part 1&2 🤣

The comic version that came out a few years ago was a slightly better take on the movie because it was Frank Miller's vision

Dude, when I grew ip we had police action figures. They were cool.

OCP is NOR coming back for the rebels houses. They are bankrupted at the end of the movie cause they had a deadline to pay the loan they got, which they miss due to the actions of RoboCop, DoctorWoman and HackerGirl. Capitalism saves the day at the end.

It’s sad when I think about how much Robocop media actually exists and how the only part of it that’s any good is the first movie.

I really really enjoyed this. I have never been a fan of politics because it makes me depressed, but recently I have enjoyed hearing about it a bit more because it gets me thinking. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts and beliefs, even if it was quite a depressing topic to delve into.

Can't wait for your review of Rogue City and your deep analysis of Robocop Korean fried chicken commercial (and KFC Robocop...what's up with Robocop and fried chicken?)

Well the propaganda is different for robo. Robo looks like a superhero, so he can be marketed in that world, the rehabs look like soldiers which also can be marketed, but people have more difficulty trusting them. Its still fucked up, but still if you look a certain way the more marketable you can be.

Would you review the new Robocop video game?

I still really want to now see what you think of the Frank Miller Robocop in comparison to Robocop 2 and 3. Also if you play MK I assume, like me, you totally mained Robocop in MK11. Man that was the best announcement video I ever saw when it was revealed that Robocop would be in MK11.

I think the computer interface 'SPIKE' thing just MIGHT be more accurately traced back to Star Wars...

I still have my Robocop and Ed-209 toys. Their Awesome!

RoboCop 3 reminds me of the 'Beautification' of Bothell. It started Pre 2008 Financial crash with the City of Bothell attempting to buy peoples homes at less than half the vallue of the properties. When that failed, the City subdevided the properties to force people out through taxation. A rather large farm by the Highschool started a charity to fund keeping people in their homes, so the city passed an ordanence against having more that a certain amount of livestock, trying to force the farm owners into bankruptcy. This was done rather quickly I might add. Much too quickly to be coicidence. In the end. Bothel leveled many generational homes, the middle school and a good portion of the family owned buisnesses of the area. Now it's full of half abandoned appartment high rises, empty Office buildings and, Starbucks on every corner. That's progress.

The terrifying issue is that Frank Miller had the main social plot points of both Robocop 2 and 3 in his script... and those points have become our distopian reality.

You spent a lot of time thinking about a toy man.

If they'd stuck with the gritty realism of the first one this could have been a good sequel.