i loved how the first movie was as serious as possible. The second one was more graphic but also leaned more towards the sci-fi category, number 3 was easily the worst of the trilogy, with a dumbed down story line and a PG-13 rating.
The first movie is a classic. The second was pushing it a little, but still watchable. I don't even remember the third installment except that someone else was playing Murphy/Robocop.
Ceti, re-reading the thread... I couldn't figure out who you quoted here....
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Anyway, I didn't see the story in Robocop 3 as being dumbed down back when I saw it... Maybe that's true, but I think that number 3's problems are more on the emotional side.
There were way too many new actors... having a new actor for Robocop killed the movie emotionally for me... or maybe it was just the storytelling.
There were far too many cheesy moments too.... like the ED-209 puppy scene.
In the first movie, ED-209 was something to be feared, even though by the end of the movie Robocop was able to make short work of him... In the second two, he was used more for comic relief.
Was it just me or did the mercenaries that Robocop was fighting against in Robocop 3 make no use at all of ED-209 in their field operations? A shortcoming of both Robocop 2 and 3 was that I don't remember seeing a Robocop vs ED-209 fight scene...
I would love to see a Robocop 4... there is so much political material with the Bush administration that could be used to criticize the links between the US Government, Big Business, and widespread human suffering that were such important themes of the first film.
Gotta get the original actors, though. And they gotta get ED-209 in there making his presence felt.
