Comments on: RoboCop Remake is Actually a Sequel? Darren Aronofsky Still Tipped to Direct.

By: Darren Aronofsky Almost Confirmed for RoboCop Reboot « FirstShowing.net

Darren Aronofsky Almost Confirmed for RoboCop Reboot « FirstShowing.net — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:19:53 +0000

[...] Fountain) might possibly be helming the project. This week on Bloody Disgusting (via our friends at SlashFilm) they somewhat confirm this suspicion and additionally bring us word that the new RoboCop film [...]

By: TheGuyInThePJ's

TheGuyInThePJ's — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:59 +0000

I love all of Aronofsky’s work…. and that’s why I wish he’d stay far away from this type of studio work.

Go back to being a writer/director of your inspiration and leave these studio reboot/sequels(unless it’s your franchise) to the hacks that deserve them.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:27:36 +0000

Detroit should look as it does now even in the future. Social commentary!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:23:23 +0000

You know what would be cool? If DC released animated versions of the Batmans that never were…. Aronofoskys Year One… Burtons 3.

Even Joels Triumphant.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:11:06 +0000

It’d be really cool if this was both set in Detroit and filmed there - after all, the Michigan state legislature just passed some new legislation aimed at making it cheaper for film crews to make movies here.

By: Kip Mooney

Kip Mooney — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:52:53 +0000

Aronofosky should definitely do this. I think this project would be a waste of time if they do anything besides indie director + R rating.

And on a sidenote, I’d love them to film this new RoboCop in Dallas like the first one. Extra time!

By: Jerry crack corn and I don't care

Jerry crack corn and I don't care — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:39:18 +0000

Um………how can this new movie take place in the “present day”, if it is set 20 years AFTER the first Robocop movies, and those took place in the future????????????????

By: vadmspartan

vadmspartan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:59 +0000

I’m fine with a sequel, the original is just too much of a classic. As long as this version has the same score I’m all in.

Wonder if they could at least fit Murphy in a cameo?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:44:39 +0000

“…The PG-13 RoboCop 3 notwithstanding, Detroit is still Detroit, after all.” Looks like Detroit is actually Los Angeles now. heh…

But in all seriousness, I think a sequel set 20 years after the end of the Robocop program is effectively a re-boot anyway. Robocop took place in the future, so, this is the future of the future. With the kind of CG that’ll be possible for a movie coming out in 2010, and a director like Arnofsky, it’ll be sweet.

I have to say that I really enjoyed the fountain. love stories randomly thrown in sci-fi movies don’t bother me much, because its nearly impossible to see a hollywood movie -at all- these days without an extraneous love story wiggled in. It was well acted, had a cool concept centering around the fountain of youth in 3 different periods, and had some great visuals in the form of the nebulous space backdrops.

By: LiviuX

LiviuX — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:40:02 +0000

Maybe is better if it’s not a sequel.

By: REAL6

REAL6 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:05:55 +0000

The only way this movie will work is if you put PETER WELLER AS ROBOCOP!!!!

“DROP IT!!!!!!”

I DONT CARE HOW OLD HE IS NOW. Pull his ass out of Syracuse Uni and let him be ROBO once more!!!! Muahahhahahahaha

By: The Jezzus

The Jezzus — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:22:03 +0000

Sounds good!

Now if only we could get this kind of enthusiasm for a QT script called Inglorious Basterds (sic) we’d be in business!

By: Preston

Preston — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:20:53 +0000

Totally off subject….is it me or were Aranofsky and Ocean’s 11,12 & 13’s Eddie Jemison(the tech dude), separated at birth?

By: CH

CH — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:05:38 +0000

@Dylan D.

The Fountain is my #1 all-time favorite film.

By: Rosebud é o trenó! » Não mexam com o meu exterminador

Rosebud é o trenó! » Não mexam com o meu exterminador — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:22:14 +0000

[...] feito com um mínimo de talento e comprometimento - como os exemplos do novo BATMAN e até mesmo os rumores de um novo ROBOCOP dirigido por Darren Aronofsky (que delícia isso vai ser!). Claro, pode baixar [...]

By: Christopher Edwards

Christopher Edwards — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:16:26 +0000

Everytime i look at poster i fell more and more sick at how bad this film is because it looks nothing like it should.

Nothing is going to save this for me.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:01:51 +0000

Hunter,

Yeah I wonder how much it would have changed though. Since it happened to The Fountain as well. Batman does need a big budget. So I’m not sure. But it seemed like Aranofsky’s take was a lot more “organic” in design.

If he does direct this Robocop “sequel” then I’m game.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:21 +0000

Dylan D.,

Loved The Fountain and also own the amazing soundtrack :)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:35:55 +0000

Spielbergs Return of the Jedi!

Lynch’s Return of the Jedi!

Can’t decide!

By: Hunter Stephenson

Hunter Stephenson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:54:15 +0000

@ CA

My understanding of Aronofsky’s take (obviously based on Miller/Mazzucchelli’s comic, one of my faves) was that it would have had a budget of $20 million (imagine), an R-rating, and Batman would have been stripped of most, if not all, of his tech - even for his rookie year. It was described as a “detective story,” and maybe I’m delusional, but I recall Aronofsky pitching a scene(s) in which Batman ventured through the subway system late at night like a fucked up vampire.