Robocop 1987 Vs Robocop 2014 - Face Off 

The new Robocop looked like a guy in a suit. With the old Robocop you actually believed that he is a machine. Peter Weller did a fantastic job playing a machine.

Robocop 1987 is a masterpiece. So its not a surprise at all.

Some films just do not need a remake. This was one of them.

1987 is a movie that you remember, 2014 is a movie you quickly forget

The original is just a masterpiece. A perfect blend of everything... that said, I managed to enjoy the reboot. Had it existed on its own, it wasn't that bad. I remember being excited when they brought back the old theme song for about five seconds, then feeling bummed when the rest of the score abandoned it. The scene that stuck with me the most was when Murphy saw all the mechanical pieces removed and said that there's nothing left. I give it credit for doing something different. Still, that first film is just amazing, even by today's standards

And frankly those 2 "draws" were generous

I had the privilege of seeing RoboCop at the theater opening week in 1987. I liked it so much I went back and saw it again a week later. When it came on video (and this was before buying VHS copies of movies was a regular thing in England), I bought a personal copy for the princely sum of something like 80 quid. Honestly, this movie opened up my young mind (I was 17 and barely old enough to get into see it) to the idea of satire buried within genre conventions. I've sought out those rare gems ever since.

The Virgin Robocop 2014 vs The Chad Robocop 1987. Hell, even Robocop 2 is kilometres better than 2014.

Clarence was easily one of the best film villains ever along with Hans out of Die Hard.

Peter Weller was amazing. Some movies can’t be remade, because they hold up forever.

9-year old me and dad saw the original movie uncut in the theater. I can still remember so many one-liners in that movie that me and my classmates had fun talking about...I can't say the same with the reboot, though.

You forgot the soundtrack. Another point for Robocop 1987.

No surprises here. The original is simply untouchable. Another category where the original wins would be sound design. Murphys suit looked and sounded heavy and the Ed-209 sounds like a Robo-Dino on steroids. Excellent stuff 👍

I know for a fact the 1987 robocop will beat the 2014 remake because the 1987 had soul, it wasn’t afraid to be real and dark and had an amazing story and come back for Murphy. Seeing his death was really something else but seeing his come back to find his killers and who he is was amazing along with the social commentary from back then and the sound track and theme from the original movie was just heartfelt and powerful.

These face offs are a great addition to the channel. Looking forward to Judge Dredd vs Dredd

Robocop 1987 is a guy in a suit that you see as a cyborg. Robocop 2014 is a guy in a suit that you see as a guy in a suit. Robocop 1987 deliberately cast a thin actor so it wouldn't look like he was just a guy wearing a suit, kept the visor on to make him look less human, and the removal of the visor also reveals the head is a robotic construct with a bit of human skin stretched over it for the face. Robocop 2014 put an actor in what looks like a knock-off superhero/soldier "armor", and then keeps the visor off to make him look more human and thus just a guy in a suit.

In the 1987 RoboCop I love the subtlety in that his voice sounds modulated at the beginning, but gradually softens until the end when he replies "Murphy" in his normal voice.

Any one of Clarence Boddicker’s crew were more memorable than any character in the 2014 version. That says it all.

Robocop 2014 was like a short stack of plain pancakes with not syrup. My brother and I LOVE Robocop '87 but, he loves the sequels and was urging me to see '14 with him and even he couldn't hide his disappointment.

When I was young and dumb, I remember how absolutely excited I was for this remake😅. Walking out of the theater that night shaped the way I view movies in general

Such an amazing movie and still a great watch today ❤️

IMO there is no comparison, Robocop 1987 is an incredible movie in every way.

Still love that scene in the 1987 robocott when he takes out that drug factory. But the 2014 version oh boy.

Everything about the original is just so memorable. I don't even remember anyone's name from the remake aside from Louis, and that's ONLY because Louis exists in the original. OG Murhpy's near death is way more intense and, more importantly, much more personal. His gun is more iconic, where the new one is just a glorified taser. Even the way the original Robocop behaves like a robot towards the beginning and slowly regains his humanity is such a better feeling progression for the character. The new one's an alright action movie, but completely soulless in comparison. They could've at least kept the silver armor.

God damn I love the original. Dead or alive your coming with me.

I’ve only ever seen the first Robocop, and none of the others, but I’ll stick with the original one

The fact the '87 visual effects drew with the 2014 remake's effects just shows you how on point Rob Bottin, Stan Winston *(RIP)* Phil Tippett and the effects crew were.

I'm not sure Robocop -87 actually shoots that many goons directly to death at the factory. Most of the shots seems aimed at their shoulders and he only shoots goons who fires at him first. They could die from bloodloss though from the high caliber triple bullets or from falling to the ground from the above floor or accidentally shooting each other directly after being shot in their shoulders by Robo. It's a bit like Batman's no killing rule I suppose. Not even Dick Jones is shot directly to death, he's screaming all the way down to the ground during his accidental fall through the window.

Usually these face offs are fair. Not today 😅

One thing that I really appreciated about the new one is that they had more exploration of the psychological effects of being turned into a cyborg. We didn't really see much of that in the original, though we did get some of that in the sequel when the new RoboCop versions kill themselves.

Comparing these two movies is a crime on its own. Take him in dead or alive, 80s Robocop!

RoboCop 1987 is a styling sci-fi action adventure and a masterpiece. The reboot will never beaten the likable originality in the 1980s. Great vid, JoBlo! 🎉😊

RoboCop 1987 is one of those 10 movies you don't have to touch

The one thing that bothered me about the remake, why did Murphy get to keep his right hand? When I see him as Robocop, and you see his biological hand, it kind of reminded me of "Silverhawks."

I remember seeing this at the theater when I was 8. Thanks Mom and Dad.

Add in the various iterations of the unrated cut of 87s Robocop and its definitely the hands down winner and champion 🏆 🥇 🏅 🙌

You _know_ this is not a fair fight.

Robocop 1987 is a Masterpiece.

LOL "I'll take toxic slop any day of the week" is my favorite line of the new year so far!

This was the movie that turned me into a cineaste. I was 5 when this was released, and I was 7 when I eventually saw it. Changed my movie going life forever. Robocop is not just an ‘actioner’ or a sci-fi, or even a futuristic movie of death and destruction. It’s a long close look at where humanity is going. The movie in a whole is so far ahead of its time that at 20 odd years ago, when the movie was released, it seemed far-fetched with the police uniforms and cars and society’s views, Military tactics involved in the film and a Police Force that resembles a Peace Keeping Army. These days though, it seems on the tilting point of dated due to being only a few years behind modern day. An absolute master class in film making, Verhoeven’s take on the future is a spookily realistic and well imagined view of our future. Something that the near-prophetic Paul Verhoeven is a master of. Weller as the titular Robocop is another master class on the acting scale. Miming robotic bird movements and bringing a human element to a creature made almost entirely of titanium is a wonder. How he does it, is legend. The suit itself is the reason his movements are so jerky. They were originally going for fluidic movements… but once the suit arrived and Weller spent 11 hours getting into it, they all realised it just wasn’t going to work. After a 4 day halt on shooting, Weller and his movement coach discovered that they would have to create a new movement, based on French Mime Artists from the 1920s. Weller has said that moving like that, is the most unnatural thing he has ever had to do. It had to be big and loud, OTT and hammy-theatrical. Rob Bottin’s creation of the RoboCop armour/suit and makeup, especially when Robo removes his upper mask, is also a wonder to behold. Even by today’s standards the practical effects look genuinely real and have yet to be bettered in any movie I’ve yet to see. What really made RoboCop special though was the quiet moments, where Robo is re-experiencing some of his past, his un-erased memories. It’s something that really brings the audience on a par with Robo’s torn feelings of duty, love, humanity and sheer programming. Mixed with the haunting soundtrack, the movie will live with you for a long time, if not forever. Add to that mix some awesome shoot’ em up action scenes, explosions, black humour and melting men in vats of acid and you’ve got a sure fire hit and the music by the wonderfully enigmatic Basil Poledouris blends everything together perfectly. From the thumping march, to the haunting theme that stands out most prolifically when RoboCop is walking around his old home, remembering his family, Poledouris nails the soundtrack for this movie. --- After a re-watched the remake of RoboCop yesterday, and I've twigged on something about the original that I never noticed before. I’ll get to the main thing in a moment, but for now I’ll just reiterate what I said in ther review I wrote a while back… in the remake, there are a number of problems with RoboCop himself. He's a regular guy, in a robotic suit. He knows who he is, what has happened... and has to deal with it. RoboCop himself, always referred to as "Alex", being a regular guy in a suit is a bland character played blandly by Kinnaman. He’s basically Batman. Maybe Iron Man? Iron Bat? Yeah, Iron Bat. With less character though. The main thing though is a very, very subtle character device that puts the viewer smack-bang into the mind-set of RoboCop himself that was totally overlooked in the remake. In the remake, you meet Alex Murphy's family. You get to see their struggle against the corporate big-wigs and their lawyers. It’s a bit like the revealing scene in the remake, where RoboCop’s outer shell is removed, allowing us to see his inner workings. In my review I called it a question we never asked, and an answer we didn’t need. What I’m saying is, we don’t need to see Alex Murphy’s family. Ok, they went the route of having Alex a more ‘human’ RoboCop and seeing his struggle to reconnect to his loved ones is probably called for in the remake… but, well… that just isn’t what RoboCop is about. In the original, RoboCop is completely mind-wiped (at least, OCP thought they had wiped his memory) and he has to figure out what happened to him… and why… and he has an internal struggle piecing together what he has been turned into... and... most importantly... you never meet his wife and son. All you see are flash memories of them. A quick memory here, a vague memory there... which allows RoboCop to piece together that he once had a life, that he was once alive. This disconnection between the viewer and Alex's family puts the viewer bang on par of the mind-set of what is left of Alex Murphy. He doesn’t know them and neither do you. In his own words, he even says "Murphy had a wife and son, what happened to them?" He has accepted he is no longer Alex Murphy... but that he once was Alex Murphy and he has to deal with and accept that loss, and move on with his, well, move on with his “life”. He then says "I can feel them, but I can't remember them" The other major thing with this is when Alex/Robo is talking about his family, mask off, in the factory where he died… his voice changes. When he’s, let’s say “RoboCop”, his voice is powerful, commanding, bold. While sitting with Lewis with his mask off, being “Alex” his voice softens. It’s quiet, solemn and packed with human heartache. This tells us that, after all he’s been through, Alex is to an extent, still there and he also knows that to the majority, Alex isn’t there anymore. This, is the major overlooked point of RoboCop in the remake, and a subtle character arc that I never spotted until that God-awful remake actually appeared.... the viewer not ever meeting Alex’s family, means the viewer understands RoboCop's viewpoint... and is connected emotionally, 100%, to his predicament. What stands out the most with RoboCop, the thing that people always remember it for, is the violence and the gore… but look just below the surface, just in between the horror, the gore, the violence and the gunfire… is, what I would call, a beautiful story of the human spirit, the enduring and endless boundaries of love and pure emotion, of memories and most of all, the story of pain and loss and dealing with that pain. Verhoeven, mastered these themes of humanity and mortality throughout the entire movie, and then in his unique, inimitable and peerless style laced the whole thing with the ultra-violence, satire and black humour; showing the viewer what they didn’t realise they wanted to see… and also showing the viewer things that they didn’t realise they didn’t want to see.

Not even a contest OG Robocop is hands down one of cinemas best

I for one absolutely love and own both versions💿

Keep in mind the 'near death' factor only applies to the 2014 version, in the original (1987) the protagonist was brutally murdered (died), a precondition to be resurrected. Just as the allegory Paul Verhoeven intended about a certain main character from a bestseller from the year 0.

What was funny was watching this on TV growing up in the 90s with the family friendly dubbing. Every fuck became damn, and instead of "bitches leave" it was "ladies leave" 😆

Without even seeing the video there's no comparison. There can never be anything made close to the original unless verhoeven made it

Americans pronouncing Verhoeven's name is always god tier

“Come quietly or there will be…trouble.” 😂 No comparison.

That whole remake should end up on The cutting room floor

I'm glad the obvious winner didn't just barely make it or be evenly matched until the end. Like it was even close. I finally agree with one of these. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

"I'd buy that for a dollar" - to this day I still use that phrase and usually get all kinds of dumbfounded looks from anyone born after 1995-present. Best catch phrase ever!!!! Vaguely, and very vaguely at that, remember that 2014 "movie".

I enjoyed the remake but it really was missing a series level of grit to it that made robocop 87 so amazing and unforgettable. They chose aesthetics over everything in the remake

87 is better in every category. Not even worth comparing.

Emil, Paul McCrane has had some of the best deaths in film. Splattering across Clarence’s windshield and having a helicopter fall on him that he saw coming. Great stuff 👍🏼

Why do they remake amazing films? You have to end up doing not only better than the original but better than our nostalgic memories of the original.

I'd buy that for a dollar, saw this in theatres when I was a kid, love it! Edit: Forgot to thank y'all for the content!

Tbf Jose Padillha has made some amazing work and is a great director Narcos, Narcos Mexico and now Kaleidoscope on Netflix. Makes you wonder how much control he had during production and with the script aswell. Even the cast is amazing in the remake, Keaton ( so close to birdman and his renaissance) Jackie earl Haley , Oldman even Kinnaman. Just a shame really with the end result.

Toy companies knew our dads would let us watch those movies well before we were ready. Of course I had the action figures.

Nice touch with road to nowhere at the end following the talking heads reference 😂👌🏻

Supporting cast has to go to the old one for me. The villains had me on the floor laughing at their actions and stuff they would say. I remember Lewis distinctly! And the police captain was funny as hell, like he was the uncle putting up with his nieces and nephews bs. Literally most people in the original are extremely memorable. The only reason I remember who some of the people are in the new one is because they’re well known actors.. that’s it.

They should have called the remake Roboflop

Not a single person on earth favors the remake to the original. There's not even a shred of competition. Great video though.

Empate nos efeitos visuais? Você está louco, ou deve ter menos de 45 anos. O filme de 1987 foi absolutamente realista e futurista, algo extremamente avançado e impactante. Para nós que assistimos à epoca, sequer era possível perceber que havia "efeitos especias": estávamos diante de uma realidade, o vislumbre chocante da realidade de um possível futuro distópico. Já o de 2014 é apenas mais um videogame qualquer desses de hoje em dia. O de 1987 ganha em todos os quesitos.

When he was stripped down to just his head, spine, and lungs in the 2014... Damn.

01:40 I paused there and realized Robocop 2014 will not score a single point 03:43 i thought it will be 7:0 13:34 for me its still 7:0 I love JoBlo and this is my first face off: well done! Robocop 2014 Suck (and I didnt need to see it to find out) Maybe you should to a face off the titans: Terminator vs T2 and Godfather vs. Godfather 2

I love seeing Red before he evaluated his life after a near death experience and decides to marry Kitty and become a family man. His strict parenting style is his way of trying to keep his kids from following in his steps. In my mind at least where Robocop and That 70s Show occur in the same world.

Great video ! ESPECIALLY the music clip at the end

Visual Effects a “draw” 😂😂

Robocop made me laugh, Robocop 2014 made me laugh, but only in the scene where he was disassembled leaving head lungs, heart and one hand

The one liners in Robocop 1987 are timeless. Even when we sometimes repeat them incorrectly.

The end was ridiculously hilarious and fitting 😆😆😆😆

I'd buy that for a dollar

Robocop 2014 is the exact type of movie everyone expected Robocop 1987 to be back in the day. We were all blown away (no pun intended) on how extremely good it really was!

Did you notice how much emotion does Peter Weller manage to portray just through his mouth? Most of the time his eyes were obscured behind a visor so I guess he had to be creative, but that I think just shows his skills. Maybe it's just me, but in a lot of scenes there is surprising amount of acting just by half of the face.

"Talking Heads" playing at the end...yeah, I caught it! Nice callback gag!

Robo 1987 forever. Simply a cinematic masterpiece.

TBF, 2014 is a good movie, I liked it. But the original is a masterpiece, nearly perfect in all aspects. Hard to compare, even people who don’t like it recognize it as unique movie. I saw it as a kid and it still got that “WOW!” effect on me. First movie poster I ever got.

I now have the original theme tune stuck in my head, damn you!

The last scene with Clarence one more time, thank you for that😂

Great video. I love the new design a lot more

Oh man I remember watching Robocop in the 80s as a kid a bunch of times. Good times, too bad we can't get straight up movies like that today. That would be amazing. "I'd buy that for a dollar" :D

Lol I like the use of that last Clarence Boniger remark like it's directed at the remake it fits so well lol.😂

The second Robocop film if I recall correctly stated that Detroit was bankrupt. Which is funny as it happened in real life. The violence at one point wasn't far off. We have come back far from where we used to be, but Detroit is changing.

I wonder if Robocop paints his suit festive colours during the holidays. Or does he go all out and paint on an ugly Christmas sweater?

I wish that the sequels were not rushed out the way they were. The original is a masterpiece in my opinion.

I love Nancy Allen. Loved her in The Philadelphia Experiment with Michael Paré. I must be honest. If I watch Robocop, I'll watch the original. There's no thinking. 😉

Has anybody ever read the comics that led to the movie? It was satire like judge dredd, dark knight, transmetroplian, TMNT, etc. Style story format. If you havent read the books, you should. Great 80s nostalgia. Cheers!

I can watch the older robocop movies over and over

This video doesn't need to exist any more than Robocop 2014 does. It's that clear cut.

I watched Robocop as a kid (the tv show). I could barely remember it. Watched the remake first and then the original. Little doubt that the original is in a league of its own. It shouldn't have been touched.

I live them both, 1987 one is my favorite but definitely loved the new one

To think they were going to scrap the idea of an android cop and laughed at the name Robocop

No competition the original takes it in every category

You forgot to mention the musical score. 1987's is one of the most iconic movie soundtracks of the 80's.

My issues with the new one were the human hand and movements being too fluid, which both made him look a lot less like a robot.

I was a kid when the first one came out. Truly lightning in a bottle.

Robocop 1987 had to have scenes cut out to avoid an "X" rating; the 1980's equivalent of NC-17.

Points for the Talking Heads song at the end!

There was no reason to remake Robocop It's perfect I'd buy that for a $

Round 2 isn’t a draw. Robocop 1987 wins it fair and square

only 2 things i find interesting from Robocop (2014): the motorcycle and the retractable visor feature of the helmet