Knockback, Episode 272 | RoboCop
Added 2023-10-29 16:00:03 +0000 UTCPaul Verhoeven's 1987 dystopian sci-fi film RoboCop is considered more and more of a classic the further we get from its release year. Indeed, a lot of the ongoing revision pertaining to RoboCop has to do with its subject matter: Mega-corporations, militarism, the use of police force, and a mighty thick layer of satire that heavily lampoons American culture, past and present alike. On the outside, Peter Weller's portrayal of the titular mechanized law enforcement officer is merely a piece of cinema history due to its visually-iconic protagonist. But between the seams are strings to pull at that bring audiences to deeper and darker places, taking a gory allusion to post-modernity to a whole new level. Can robots think and feel? Well, RoboCop sure can.
Comments
You guys got me to watch this fully for the first time as well. Passable but ehh. Agree with Col at the end, it’ll always be Twitter and they’ll always be the Redskins.
NeO JD
2023-11-23 02:12:10 +0000 UTCListening to this podcast and then seeing the new game come out makes me want to watch these movies or at least the first one cuz I've never seen them before
rubber nipples 209
2023-11-07 06:56:01 +0000 UTCGreat episode! I'd buy that for a Dollar!
Jose Horrach
2023-11-07 01:05:50 +0000 UTCYes yes, one of the best movies ever made. Thanks for the Knockback episode.
Kjell Dirckx
2023-11-05 18:24:28 +0000 UTCI haven’t seen it in years, but I LOVED robocop 2 when I was a kid. It’s pretty good.
JohnOfTheDead
2023-11-02 13:14:06 +0000 UTCInterestingly - Ray Wise and Miguel Ferrer are both major characters in Twin Peaks.
TheSissyOfFremont
2023-10-31 11:18:04 +0000 UTCThis was a very strange ep. Basically Dagan spends the whole time talking about how violent it is. Then in regards to stop motion, that was the tech at the time. The effects for RoboCop were great. Especially because they took place in bright light and not covered with atmospherics or darkness.
Vanzant
2023-10-30 13:47:50 +0000 UTCLove robocop especially the news reports and the little details in the film. Shout out to Mr kitty for your wedding song as well Colin great stuff!
Perfect platypus
2023-10-30 06:23:29 +0000 UTCThe stop motion stuff looked amazing back in the day. I don't think it's a fair take.
kiNeMs
2023-10-30 05:37:28 +0000 UTCNice! I’ve been waiting for a this inevitable Knockback. I’m hoping for a Verhoeven trilogy where you guys eventually do Total Recall and Starship Troopers as well.
Rio_Yeti_
2023-10-30 02:37:41 +0000 UTC😂
Tim D.
2023-10-30 02:17:45 +0000 UTCNancy Allen was also in Carrie (another De Palma movie). Also, Dressed to Kill has been released on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray.
Brandon Garvin
2023-10-30 02:09:27 +0000 UTCInteresting side note to Dagan mentioning Frank Millers Sin City. Frank Miller wrote Robocop 2 and 3.
Christopher Morgan
2023-10-30 01:06:29 +0000 UTCThe grandparents put this on for me when I was 2 years old and my Mother returned to me manically laughing at Emil melting, and my mother then went crazy at my Grandparents for putting it on. The Memories ❤️
Leon Gartland
2023-10-29 22:29:24 +0000 UTCRobocop then showed up in WCW to help Sting against Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen! Classic stuff!
Boots!
2023-10-29 18:12:40 +0000 UTCI would love if there was a Sacred live event in the mitten. You guys could probably rent a spot for stupid cheap over here.
Zack
2023-10-29 16:35:53 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite SciFi movies ever! Nice, will listen to it in a couple of days :)
Danio
2023-10-29 16:20:48 +0000 UTCNice! Glad you can see where Robo's glistening DSLs originated from
Phil Walker
2023-10-29 16:19:06 +0000 UTCYES
Noah Friscopp
2023-10-29 16:02:42 +0000 UTC
