RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop What’s Aged the Best? The politics, dual villains, media satire, SUX commercial, Peter Weller’s committed suit performance, and a remarkable 1987 theater lineup In the discussion (8) Approx. transcript time · 00:49:16Read transcript The film’s future-crime and corporate-policing ideas are praised as unusually durable. — Bill Simmons “Dead or alive, you are coming with me” works as a setup and callback. — Kyle Brandt Clarence Boddicker and Dick Jones make the two-villain structure work. — Kyle Brandt The futuristic gas price and Media Break news format feel current. — Bill Simmons The 6000 SUX commercial makes fun of bigger-is-better vehicles. — Kyle Brandt The name Dick and the pause before saying it are celebrated as period villain-writing. — Bill Simmons Peter Weller endured heat, water loss, and a restrictive suit while insisting on being called Robo or Murphy. — Bill Simmons A theater marquee with The Lost Boys, RoboCop, Predator, and Full Metal Jacket captures the strength of 1987. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink RoboCop’s organic food paste In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:55:59Read transcript The paste reportedly used parsnip, tomato puree, and crushed Butterfinger bars. — Bill Simmons
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot RoboCop’s expanding alley-wall shadow during the rescue In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:56:18Read transcript The crew had RoboCop walk backward so his shadow would grow against the wall. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Slow Ride / Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop No existing needle drop In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 00:56:46Read transcript The nightclub kick-to-RoboCop scene is identified as a missed music opportunity. — Bill Simmons Rockwell, Peter Murphy, XTC, and Death Leppard are floated as possible directions. — Bill Simmons
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name Dick Jones In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:58:11Read transcript The panel argues young writers should name villains Richard so someone can call them Dick. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop Is There a Porn Parody of This Movie? RoboCock is the immediate parody title. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 00:59:33Read transcript The title RoboCock is supplied immediately when the category is proposed. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The most GIFable moment RoboCop open-mouthed in the factory chair In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:00:20Read transcript The factory-chair image is described as a common reaction gift for terrible news. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene? A warehouse half-court basketball game for Clarence’s gang In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:01:08Read transcript Clarence’s gang playing three-on-three basketball or a shooting contest in the warehouse is proposed. — Bill Simmons
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film The movie being too short and its unexplored Murphy-family story In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:03:32Read transcript One panelist wants five or ten more minutes, including a deleted chase and cemetery visit. — Kyle Brandt The movie never establishes Murphy with his family before his death. — Bill Simmons A scene where Murphy’s wife recognizes RoboCop at the station is proposed. — Bill Simmons A competing theory says Murphy’s marriage may already have been bad, explaining how quickly his wife moved on. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 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. In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 01:07:03Read transcript The sequels and 2014 remake are rejected because the original remains available. — Bill Simmons A police strike is questioned because the panel says none has happened in America since the 1910s. — Bill Simmons RoboCop joining Sting in WCW is mocked for the collapsing jail-set bars. — Kyle Brandt The suit conflict briefly led Verhoeven to fire Weller before rehiring him. — Bill Simmons Clarence Boddicker is criticized as an implausible name for the character. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award ED-209 In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:11:00Read transcript Bob Morton is cited for dialing up his performance. — Bill Simmons ED-209’s flailing and crying after falling down the stairs wins. ED-209 is also interpreted as a Freudian projection of Dick Jones’s sexual insecurity. — Kyle Brandt
RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award The Dick Jones puppet fall nearly ruins the technical achievement; Kyle Brandt as RoboCop In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:12:36Read transcript The Dick Jones puppet fall is called a terrible last-second special effect. — Kyle Brandt The fall is compared unfavorably with Hans Gruber’s fall one year later. — Kyle Brandt Kyle Brandt is proposed as an especially plausible alternate RoboCop. — Kyle Brandt
