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RoboCop The Rewatchables
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RoboCop

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The movie being too short and its unexplored Murphy-family story

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Approx. transcript time · 01:03:32Read transcript
  • One panelist wants five or ten more minutes, including a deleted chase and cemetery visit.
  • The movie never establishes Murphy with his family before his death.
  • A scene where Murphy’s wife recognizes RoboCop at the station is proposed.
  • A competing theory says Murphy’s marriage may already have been bad, explaining how quickly his wife moved on.
RoboCop The Rewatchables
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RoboCop

What’s Aged the Worst?

The sequels and 2014 remake, police strikes, a WCW RoboCop tie-in, suit-production conflict, and Clarence Boddicker’s name age worst.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:07:03Read transcript
  • The sequels and 2014 remake are rejected because the original remains available.
  • A police strike is questioned because the panel says none has happened in America since the 1910s.
  • RoboCop joining Sting in WCW is mocked for the collapsing jail-set bars.
  • The suit conflict briefly led Verhoeven to fire Weller before rehiring him.
  • Clarence Boddicker is criticized as an implausible name for the character.
RoboCop The Rewatchables
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RoboCop

Casting What-Ifs

Peter Weller ultimately won the role after a long search; the discussion covers many alternate Murphy, Lewis, and Boddicker choices.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:15:34Read transcript
  • Jonathan Kaplan left to direct Project X, and Verhoeven initially dismissed the script.
  • Schwarzenegger, Ironside, Rucker Hauer, Tom Berringer, Armin Asante, Keith Caradine, and James Remar were Murphy possibilities.
  • Steven Seagal appears among possible Murphy headshots and is developed as a comic alternate.
  • Stephanie Zimbalist was cast as Lewis but a Remington Steele pickup prevented it.
  • Michael Ironside declined Boddicker and Kurtwood Smith moved from auditioning for Dick Jones to Boddicker.
RoboCop The Rewatchables
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RoboCop

Half-Assed Internet Research

The costly suit, writers, Dallas locations, Nixon promotion, killer cop names, set incidents, ratings fight, Ford Tauruses, VHS success, and Leza Gibbons

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Approx. transcript time · 01:24:22Read transcript
  • The RoboCop suit reportedly cost between $500,000 and $1 million.
  • Edward Neumeier developed the story with Michael Miner.
  • Dallas was selected because its architecture suggested the near future.
  • Richard Nixon received $25,000 to promote the home video and donated the money.
  • The cops are said to be named after notorious killers.
  • Verhoeven reportedly took prescription medication for insomnia and behaved manically on the set.
  • An unexpectedly large explosion sent actors scattering and Ray Wise reported glass hitting his face.
  • The movie was refused its R rating repeatedly before approval.
  • The police cars were 1986 Ford Tauruses.
  • RoboCop had a long VHS rental waiting list in 1988.
  • Leza Gibbons’s later show, marriages, family, and rescue dog are discussed.
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