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RoboCop comes to mind, which is ironic since the movie was obviously a parody. Also, isn't this what reality shows like Cops were about? There is a large marke
by manuelabeledo 5y ago
RoboCop comes to mind, which is ironic since the movie was obviously a parody. Also, isn't this what reality shows like Cops were about?
There is a large market for morbidity.
- neltnerb 5y agoA... parody? Of what? I thought it was a fairly straightforward story about the military industrial complex abusing civil rights and losing in the end "because human brains are special", but I was a kid when it came out so I surely missed what source material it was a parody of. I took it for a movie intended to be serious that was making not-especially-original commentary on policing and both government and corporate malfeasance, but not that it was parodying anything in particular, I thought the story was as original as most.
- evan_ 5y agoit's satire, not parody.
- JeremyNT 5y agoUnfortunately, many contemporary American critics completely missed the point of Verhoeven's not-so-subtle dystopian critiques, presumably because they were so accustomed to reviewing films featuring the unironic glorification of state sponsored violence. See also: Starship Troopers.