RoboCop (1987) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!! 

What a blast! We absolutely didn’t expect the level of gore but it made it an awesome and wild ride! Also, I feel like I want to rescue one of the big robots and let it live in a nice flat field so it never needs to stress about evil stairs again! Thanks for the support everyone!

“Looks like Red Forman”. I laughed. When I first saw that 70s show I said “hey that’s Clarence Boddicker” 😂🤣

"Bitches leave" is one of the greatest lines I've ever heard. Also what I think made Peter Weller more awesome was during the Drug house shootout, he was blasting Red Rain under his helmet

"I'm not arresting you anymore." Still a brilliant line 34 years later. ;-)

"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!" -- quoting relentlessly since 1987 😂

"I like it!" Murphy's death was so violent because the director said that since they didn't have a lot of time to develop his character they would have to crucify him to get the audience's sympathy. I really like RoboCop 2. It's directed by the director of The Empire Strikes Back and the main adversary is amazing. The guy who animated ED-209 animated the villain and it's so cool. It's not really gory at all. The sequel does answer some of the questions you have. Particularly about his family.

RoboCop 2 is actually a lot of fun and worth a watch

8:55 This shot of him catching the car keys is real, but they had to shoot it over 50 times because the keys would constantly bounce off of the glove 😂

Shooting for Robocop's mouth wouldn't have matter. In the novelization, his face was reconstructed to look like Murphy's and his skull was titanium and a mix of other highly dense metals. Nothing of his original body remained. The reason for reconstructing his old face was in case Murphy experienced total recall of his past life. The doctors and engineers worried that the human mind might not be able to take it if they looked into a mirror and weren't even able to see anything that remained of themselves. Being able to at least see your own face and recognize yourself would help keep your sanity.

Now that you've seen him in Robocop, you need to watch Peter Weller in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" from 1984. A great quirky sci-fi, with a bunch of actors I'm sure you'll recognize.

Whatever you do, DONT watch the remake, you will feel dead inside after.

" can you fly Bobby " 🚚🤸‍♂️🚓

Bob not having any relationship to Alex Murphy is integral to the corporate message: corporations do not care if you live or die, Bob wasn’t a murderer, just an opportunist. He didn’t care who died, he just needed a police body to turn into his pet project. I don’t think he was really going out of his way to be evil, he just was a narcissist.

One reason this movie is incredible is its high level satire of corporatocracies. Its criticism of the military industrial complex, other forms of corporate welfare, gentrification, heartless and psychopathic business values, police suppression of the poor instead of addressing the causes of poverty, promoting technology that industry profits from at taxpayers' expense , infotainment, privatization, commercialism, consumerism, business propaganda, etc. It's not just an action movie with an amazing musical score, acting, special effects, set design, etc. With appreciation of its accurate satire, the movie deserves a 10 out of 10. Robocop is one of my top five favorite movies for several reasons.

Oh my, you guys are in for a treat.

The way Peter acts in shock when his hands blown off makes his murder and mutilation so visceral. Then at the end as he approaches Clarence and say's I'm not arresting you anymore, the pain and desperation in his face is just mind-blowing acting.

The receptionist Red Forman flirts with is his wife.

Some fun trivia: Peter Weller, the actor who played Robocop, dream was not to be an actor but to study and teach Renaissance Art History. He got his Masters at Syracuse, and completed his doctorate in Italian Renaissance Art History at UCLA in 2014. When he taught classes at Syracuse, on the first day he would tell the students to get out their recorders, and he'd run through his character catch phrases. "Dead or Alive. Your coming with me." "Where ever you go, there you are." Robocop, Buckaroo Banzai, etc. He'd go through them all, then say, alright the rest of the semester we'll be talking about Renaissance Italy and wouldn't discuss his film work again. He has a 4.9 out of 5 on RateMyProfesor.com. The director Paul Verhoeven is a real interesting case. I won't go too far into why he is both one of my favorite and least favorite directors at the same time. I'll save that for when you inevitably do his best work, StarShip Troopers. There are 3 main (American) Verhoeven flicks: Robocop, Star Ship Troopers, and Showgirls. Total Recall is an Arnold movie that Verhoeven directed, and Basic Instinct is a Michael Douglas movie.

ED-209...when you decide to put live rounds in a prototype model for a presentation in a room full of executive...I mean yeah you can replace them and they probably have an army of lawyer but still...Careless !! Also give it a growl sound, just in case...lolll

Bob was responsible for Murphy getting killed. He mentions that he had the police restructured when he talks to the CEO and that candidates have been identified. There are a few lines from the cops that support this idea. They say that many new officers have been assigned to Detroit and point out that they don't get support when they need backup. Murphy and Lewis should have had a swat team back them up. Later in the movie we see that a swat team does exist and can be deployed very quickly ( when they attack Robocop )

The time Robocop takes place in: In the 1988 Robocop arcade game, when one starts a game, there is a cut scene (with Murphy getting shot) and it says 1990. In the film, we then see the OCP technicians and scientists having a new years eve party. Therefore, the film takes place in 1990, and Murphy, as Robocop, begins his journey in 1991.

At one point Ronny Cox seemed to have a patent on playing corporate villains after his work in “Robocop” and “Total Recall.” To get a different view of him as an actor, check out the high school coming of age movie “Vision Quest” and the great film “Deliverance.”

“Dead or alive, you’re coming with me” Epic line!

That isn't Alex Murphys mouth as OCP built his head from scratch and put his face over it so he would see a human face and not flip out, everything under his skin is completely robotic.

FAVORITE SCENE IS WHERE THE OLD MAN SAYS *NICE* SHOOTING *SON* WHAT'S YR NAME?......THEN ROBOCOP SAYS *MURPHY* 22:27🔥😎 THATS MY BOI

The greatest battle of all time: Robocop vs Terminator

Rumor is, Kinney is still getting shot by ED209 to this day.

Even though this movie is way over 30 years old. For me this movie is a very satisfying movie, and it still holds up to movies that are made today. Also it was a very right movie for the times that it came out, and as seen by the remake, can't be reproduced.

That boardroom is actually a miracle! It's a boardroom in Detroit which opens up on a plaza in downtown Dallas!

The RoboCop tv series was also pretty cool. The best aspect was the secretary that they killed and plugged into the supercomputer basically becoming his guardian angel.

5:50 "dead or alive you're coming with me" such great lines from this

Kurtwood Smith (Red Forman) is so great as a bad guy! I love him in this especially. He has the best delivery

The executive villain of the company, is the actor Ronny Cox, he is the same villain of Total Recall.

That IS Red Forman himself, Kurtwood Smith =)

At the time this was released, the operating system on PCs was DOS. The movie refers to his OS as DOS 29 or something crazy like that.

You should check out “The Long Kiss Goodnight” and “Clear and Present Danger”

The guy doing the crazy dance at 14:17 is actually the director, Paul Varhoeven.

Of course, the other gems in the. Paul Verhoeven universe include Basic Instinct and Showgirls.

@18:20 There is an inside joke about Jones' secretary in this scene having a dislike of Clarence. The two actors were dating at the time (they got married in 1988).

Can you fly, Bobby? There is a Robocop 2; it's a lot messier than the first one but there's still a lot of good stuff in it. Robocop 3 is an abomination, unfortunately.

I once worked a project developing software for a manufacturing company. When I talked about problems as they pushed to declare completion the one guy said "Don't worry about the problems, we can get another contract to 'fine tune it'." So that happens in corporations.

Little Funfact: The Director of Photography for Robocop was also the Director of Photography for "Das Boot"

I have a personal story about this one ... The guy who played the first guy to be turned into hamburger by ED-209, Mr. Kinney, was played by Kevin Page. He and I attended acting classes together for a while. Kevin had a reputation as something of a jerk -- no offense to him, it was a _long_ time ago, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people also thought I was a jerk. When Kevin got the _Robocop_ gig, myself and other students in our acting classes would get together and go to multiple screenings. When he was turned into hamburger, we'd all cheer and clap. The other audience members would stare at us like we were insane. Why would we be cheering when a character is shot full of holes?! My other story about Kevin is more personal. He and I used to lift weights together. One time I was doing squats and was having trouble with my last couple of reps. Like a dutiful partner, Kevin was coaching me through it. Then, out of nowhere, the following words issued from his lips: "C'mon, Bill, get it up there! Ya gotta have _biiig_ legs to take curtain calls!!" I burst out laughing and just about killed myself trying not to buckle under the weight of the barbell on my shoulders.

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!!!

1:50 That IS Red Forman from "That 70's Show" - the actor!

You had an entire generation watch this movie between the ages of 6-10 years old. Every kid was begging their parents to see this movie when it came out. I should know. I was one of them!!!!

The look on Sams face when ED209 glitched was horrified. 😂😂😂

Murphy's murder is still the most brutal murder I've seen in a movie. Single-person murder anyway.

15:04 Bob Morton _did_ set things up to kill Murphy, but indirectly; and not him personally. Earlier in Murphy's introduction, he stated that he was confused why he had a sudden transfer to that precinct. Also, Morton mentioned that they had identified potential subjects from within the police to become Robocop, and that they manipulated events to put these subjects in the most dangerous situations, in order to get them killed and harvest their bodies and brains.

For somethin that's almost certainly inspired by the armour here, and actually is a suit that's simply worn, Gizmoduck (introduced in 1989) from the 1987-90 series Duck Tales :P

I love these readion videos. But, genuinely curious. How have people NOT seen iconic movies like this, ever ? I must be getting old.

Total Recall is based on a short story by Philip K Dick. Actually a lot of sci fi movies have been made from his short stories., like Minority Report (another excellent sci fi movie). This particular director's movies seem to be a bit more graphic in nature though admittedly entertaining.

Red from the 70s show was in star trek the undiscovered country and star trek Voyager. ( yes the toxic waste thing disturbing every time )

I always felt that ED-209 can’t go down stairs was to show how much corporations truly do not give a shit whether a product is good or not. Little inside joke about how much they suck.

The acid death of Emil was the main reason, Robocop was given the rating, that it was. But they kept it in because they loved it, even though it cost them ticket sales.

This is one my favorite movies. Watched it as a kid when it was on cable. Didn't realize how violent the non-edited version is! Cannot wait for Starship Troopers.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE SOOOO MUCH. IS A DAM MASTERPIECE A CLASSIC. IS MY SECOND FAVORITE IN MY TOP FAVORITE FILMS

ED-209: exists Sam: it's YUGE! What a great way to start my morning. Glad to see you guys had fun watching this 80's classic. Can't wait for Starship Troopers! Have a nice day 🤙🏼

My poor mom took my ten year old self to see this in the theatre. lol sorry mom. I loved it and still watch it at least once a year.

Bob Morton was one of my favorite characters because he is shitty but not evil. He actually had good intentions but they were weighed down by his ambition. A lot more complex than just good or bad. Plus Miguel played him well.

Another film similar to this with a dead person / revenge theme to it is Darkman with Liam Neeson and also Swamp Thing.

Peter Weller (Murphy) made a number of decent sci-fi movies in the 80's and 90's - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Leviathan, Robo Cop 2, Screamers. You would probably enjoy Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

That boardroom scene was all sorts of messed up. Why was ED-209 loaded with live ammo for a demonstration in a building? Also, if you noticed at the end, the gun they used is still in the room all those months later, presumably loaded with real ammunition. ED-209 itself is a wreck: it's feet are too large for stairs despite supposedly being designed for urban police work, instead of fixing that issue they purposely installed a pig squeal to alert others that it's in distress, it doesn't have hands so it can't arrest anyone, and it has a huge black grill on top for no apparent reason other than "it looks intimidating".

*Been one of the favourite films since I first saw it 30 years ago as a child. Most females are turned off by the gory violence. It's a sci-fi classic though.*

"That was disgusting." I first saw this movie when I was 10. It warped my little mind.

"SERVE THE PUBLIC TRUST" "PROTECT THE INNOCENT" "UPHOLD THE LAW" "DEAD OR ALIVE YOU'RE COMING WITH ME"

It’s subtle in the movie and more explicit in other sources, but cops were being transferred to the most violent precinct of the most violent city on purpose in the hopes a good RoboCop candidate would be... “created”. They finally succeeded with Murphy. They wanted a brain based robot (though he’s more cyborg) because laws and situations are contradictory and theorized a brain could handle them better than a full robot (like ED-209 failed to do in the boardroom), but they wanted him to still be mindlessly obedient.

Fyi Murphy was wearing kevlar body armour hence why he took so many shots at the start, also after becoming robocop, his face was not real, his whole head was metal and the copy face was applied on top as a tribute to Murphy as the donor. So a bullet in the face would not be a problem for him.

Them: "Is that Red Forman?" *Leland Palmer appears on-screen multiple times* Them: "Hey, look, it's Red Forman again!!" Me: Aw man

A Classic. A brilliant satire on corporate greed too. This was when they made these movies properly. Also great and sadly accurate on what human life means, especially to big business. Nothing. Paul Verhoeven said about the scene where Murphy is gunned down at the beginning, that he wanted it to be Satan killing Jesus, because it had to be brutal. They were killing off the leading man. Made the payoff at the end so much more powerful. The movie was also purely about Murphy. Murphy may have been turned into Robocop, but his soul was fighting back. That was one of the movie's main, truly great strengths.

I hate the modern trend for calling a sniper rifle a 'sniper'. A sniper is someone who uses a sniper rifle. It's a rifle first and foremost.

"I'd be so afraid to do this" You have good instincts sir :)

Love this channel, I painted robocop on mine, great video. 👍🏻

I wanna say this was one of the first movies rated X for violence. "Robocop is violent" is an understatement.

Yeah, Kurtwood Smith (Clarence and, yes, Red Forman) played a lot of really despicable characters for much of his career.....which made his debut on That 70s Show such a whiplash moment for audiences. lol.

Those elevators in the ocp building are real and in a building in Texas, I think in Dallas or Houston but it still exists in 2022.

Asking how much of Murphy is left; it's never really said, but it's assumed the only parts of him to go into Robocop is his face and part of his brain. Everything else is entirely mechanical.

Two of the many people considered for the role of Robocop were in a movie together that you've already watched, Total Recall, Richter (Michael Ironside), and of course Arnold Himself. Luckily, the right choice was made because Peter Weller is brilliant in the role.

I’ll buy that for a dollar! Best advertisement ever!

"Aww he can't use the stairs.." "Awww I'm feeling kinda sad for the big guy" ME: not as sad for what you're about to hear!!!

LOL: Seeing both of your happy faces at the start of the video and contrasting it with your faces on the thumbnail: Priceless! 🤣👍 Since you already reacted to Total Recall, after this, you need to watch the final (Director) Paul Verhoeven film in his trifecta of cinematic classics: Starship Trooper (1997)

Bob's a little worse that you think. He had the best Robocop candidates transferred to the worst precinct in the city so that they could be killed and turned into robots. That's why Murphy was transferred, and Bob explained that to his colleague.

I started watching with you guys and then I realized that I haven't seen the movie in many years. I want to rewatch it again and then, to quote another sci-fi classic, I'll be back! (Anyone else still wanna see a Terminator vs. Robocop movie???)

The dialogue suggests that Bob has had suitable cops moved to more dangerous areas, that's why Murphy is transferred from 'Metro South'. Director Paul Verhoven is known for his violence on screen. You've already done Total Recall, how about Starship Troopers, to complete Verhoven's sci fi films?

A lesser known Paul Verhoeven movie that I would recommend is "Flesh+Blood" starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. A medieval action movie set during the Thirty Years War. A precursor to "Game of Thrones" Warning: Strong stomach required.

Love that movie. Last line of the movie is the best.

The most under appreciated science fiction film ever

You don't talk when a Kenny dies, you continue with your life because you know he will come back. In RoboCop 2 Kenny is back.😂

"Altered States" by Ken Russell. Nobody seems to know it, but you guys will love it.

This made me realize that Jones never washed his hands after shitting then touched bobs hair

Nobody does ultra violent satire like Paul Verhoeven! xD

Emile’s death is one of the most awesome deaths, as his head continues to the windshield, LMBFAO, nice review…

Wait till you get to RoboCop 2 My Favorite of the Trilogy… Great Reactions Guys!

Aww yeah! Robocop is a definite fave of mine. Excited to watch this!!

10:06 "we wait" LMFAO

Thank you for your cooperation

Paul Verhoeven also directed Basic Instinct a sexy thriller with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, you guys should check that out as well.

THE MOVIE HAS A PRICE FOR THE SOUND EFFECTS. THAT MAKES IT COOL TO WATCH IN THE CINEMA. COUSE THERE ARE MORE SPEAKERS.

Great movies to react to: Sneakers Kung Fu Hustle Ghost in the Shell (1995 dub) Heat Starship Troopers Leon: The Professional

The director Paul Verhoven is known for extreme violence in his movies (and pushing the envelope in any way possible). You should check out _Total Recall_ (the original from the 90s, not the mediocre remake) that he did too, which is also ultraviolent but great nonetheless.