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Robocop is even more over the top. One of the first scenes in Robocop is a guy being eviscerated with bullets in a board room meeting and one of the businessmen

by psbp 13y ago

Robocop is even more over the top. One of the first scenes in Robocop is a guy being eviscerated with bullets in a board room meeting and one of the businessmen says "That's life in the big city!". It's just dripping with satire.

jholman 13y ago
Starship Troopers has the heroes wearing Nazi uniforms, and it has a scene from in-fiction television, "teaching" children that killing terrestrial insects is what they should do to assist with the war on the bugs. I don't remember much of Robocop, but how much more satirical can you get than that?
- defen 13y ago
  Here is an in-movie ad for a product that exists in the Robocop universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSSVt7Mfkk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSSVt7Mfkk
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    In-movie propoganda reel from Starship Troopers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw Note Neil Patrick Harris sharply dressed in a rather SS-officer-esque uniform. I'd say it's a tossup.
  - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
    That's not much of a satire, given that the Nuclear War card game has been around since 1965. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game)
    - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
      Could one of you folks downvoting me please tell me what you disagree with? I'm really not getting why this was controversial or offensive. Did you think I was badmouthing Robocop, or what?
DanBC 13y ago
That scene originally lasted much longer. The robot spends ages shooting the guy. So long that it becomes ridiculous, comical. Censors didn't like that scene, and they insisted it was cut down, with a shorter amount of time for shooting. The effect is to turn something almost funny into something chilling and horrific. Having the ED 209 be unable to tackle stairs is another example of the robot failing.

by psbp 13y ago

jholman 13y ago

Starship Troopers has the heroes wearing Nazi uniforms, and it has a scene from in-fiction television, "teaching" children that killing terrestrial insects is what they should do to assist with the war on the bugs. I don't remember much of Robocop, but how much more satirical can you get than that?

defen 13y ago
Here is an in-movie ad for a product that exists in the Robocop universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSSVt7Mfkk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSSVt7Mfkk
- jlgreco 13y ago
  In-movie propoganda reel from Starship Troopers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw Note Neil Patrick Harris sharply dressed in a rather SS-officer-esque uniform. I'd say it's a tossup.
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  That's not much of a satire, given that the Nuclear War card game has been around since 1965. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(card_game)
  - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
    Could one of you folks downvoting me please tell me what you disagree with? I'm really not getting why this was controversial or offensive. Did you think I was badmouthing Robocop, or what?

DanBC 13y ago

That scene originally lasted much longer. The robot spends ages shooting the guy. So long that it becomes ridiculous, comical. Censors didn't like that scene, and they insisted it was cut down, with a shorter amount of time for shooting. The effect is to turn something almost funny into something chilling and horrific. Having the ED 209 be unable to tackle stairs is another example of the robot failing.