A cult classic, *promote the nostalgia

Change the title and it could be any other Hollywood cookie cutter movie released in the last 10 years.

Perhaps the trailer is misleadingly generic, and I really hope so, but after Robocop, Total Recall, and Aliens, the track record for rebooting 80s cult classics isn't good.

Also what's with the 5 second micro trailer before the real trailer? Are peoples attention spans so poor these days that we have to tease the advert even before it plays?

Cult classic for bikers.
Fantastic movie.

First bike was '75 TS250.
Currently own
73 CB350 in very good cond.
99 KAW ZRX1100
03 HD Wide Glide.

Owned
03 WRF450

ALL fun.

My boy ( 11 yrs old) recently got the bug and pick up CRF125. I don't see him much after school.

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There's nothing quite like a trashy scifi with some money and some history behind it. Also, didn't you know, if you take a shitty scifi script all you need to do is add some Jeff Goldblum and now it's a cult classic. This recipe has been around for as long as Jeff Goldblum has acted.

Yes the fact that he never removed his helmet made his character more than human, something unknowable. Combine it with Urban's best performance to do date in my mind, and you have an absolute cult classic of a movie.

I didn't get a sequel because it performed rather poorly at the box office. Whether it was poor marketing or heavy competition the week of release. But clearly it's become a hit since then.

What do I get from this trailer?

PG-13 "death" scene. All he does is get blown up in a car, not the extremely violent and painful death of Alex Murphy from the original film goes through, the trigger in him remembering his previous life and becoming more than just an emotionless robot/cyborg. The trigger in this? His family. Yawn. They turn one of the most important scenes from the original into "boom". Also leads me to believe this'll be a PG-13 puss-fest.

Face time! The vanity of celebrities or producers that think they need to have the star's face plastered throughout the entire film (massive props for Karl Urban and the director of Dredd for sticking with the fact Dredd never shows his face). In the original, once he was RoboCop, you only ever see his face until the end. It was a good visual reminder to the audience that he was human, to reinforce that now he's reclaiming some of humanity.

It IS a powersuit. Rather than literally being a human brain in a robot as the original is, you see it's just a guy in a suit with a robot leg and arm (his bare hand and his "face in a helmet" looks ridiculous). Kinda weakens the human mind battling the robot programming aspect of the plot. Especially considering it seems he's all emo as soon as he wakes up "What have you done to me! WAH WAH!"

Where's the satire? Sure it may be hard to wedge in satirical aspects in a trailer, but I have a feeling there'll be none of it in this one. The tone is completely different and feels very generic.

Granted this is just a trailer, but it feels like this is nothing more than a generic action movie with the same name as an old beloved cult classic. I'm not against reboots, but if you plan to reboot something successful, two things need to be kept in tact: The tone and feel, and key aspects to the plot. I'd love to see more RoboCop, this isn't it.

all-star cast.
check
huge budget.
check.
over the top visuals.
check.

rebooting an ultra-violent cult classic?
no...juuuust no.

am i going to go see it?
sighs..yes.

at least tim burton isnt directing this film.so maybe there is hope.

*related=http://videosift.com/video/HEAVY-METAL-PARKING-LOT-scene-from-the-1986-cult-classic

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT-scene from the 1986 cult classic has been added as a related post - related requested by enoch.

In reply to this comment by shuac:
It's actually the exact opposite. The cult channel is for cult-related stuff (scientology, branch-davidians, westboro baptist church, reverend Sun Myung Moon, etc.) not for cult classics (Buckaroo Banzai, Rocky Horror Picture Show, etc.)
>> ^SpaceOddity:

LOL i would've added it to Cult but I assumed it was cult as in "cult classic"



Good to know, thanks for educating me

It's actually the exact opposite. The cult channel is for cult-related stuff (scientology, branch-davidians, westboro baptist church, reverend Sun Myung Moon, etc.) not for cult classics (Buckaroo Banzai, Rocky Horror Picture Show, etc.)
>> ^SpaceOddity:

LOL i would've added it to Cult but I assumed it was cult as in "cult classic"

Don't forget: Europe - The Final Countdown>> ^poolcleaner:

Let's see -- 1986 -- what did the metal gods deliver us in this year? Queensryche came out with a decent album, Candlemass released their very first album, Metallica's greatest work, Master of the Puppets came out; Iron Maiden had an alright album (not really in any of my top ten lists, but it's Maiden so it counts for something), Tony Iommi's solo album with Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Stryper's To Hell with the Devil (Haha, I kid), Dio's Intermission, Slayer's Reign in Blood, Fates Warning's Awaken the Guardian, Megadeth's Peace Sells But Who's Buying, and Judas Priest's Turbo.
It really isn't their fault that they're all so wasted, this year was a powder keg of pure metal madness!

Like I said...so many times you've posted things as if your videos were reading my mind.

Found this today, tried to post it, but was relieved to see that you had already given it a go.

Cheers.

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In reply to this comment by rougy:
*promote.

thanks buddy!
great film eh?
we seem to gravity to the bittersweet dark films dont we?

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
I love it. Were you that dude at the end, Enoch? Dude had moves! *promote.

thanks buddy!
and no..i am not in the movie but thats pretty much how it looked at every metal concert i went to except i was usually tripping.

*beg

This is gonna be a cult classic soon for years to come, don't miss out