On January 12, I
saw a trailer for the new RoboCop
film for the first time and I gasped and my jaw dropped.
I had to cover my mouth closed with my hand to keep myself from
breathing loud so I can hear the voice over. That’s how excited I
was. I realized this was the RoboCop movie I was waiting for after
seeing the original one two years ago.
I am very excited
about this. So excited!
I know there was a
second and third film, but I will have to see those later, or not. So to see a new RoboCop movie released this year…it’s as thrilling to me as when I
found out about the I, Robot film in
summer 2004. That previous year I read Isaac
Asimov’s collections Robot Dreams and
I, Robot during and after my senior
year of high school. So of course, you
may imagine how psyched I was to watch a movie based on the story collection.
Joel Kinnaman is
the new RoboCop and he looks awesome! By
now, I’ve seen the two different trailers for the movie enough times that I
even have a favorite part of the movie ad, like the part when RoboCop lands on
the ground and then stands up, looking so bad-ass! And then, what’s with the black paint
job?!! I don’t remember that happening
in the original movie, but as this is a reboot of the RoboCop story, I am very curious to see what the darker suit will
mean. I read the article about Joel Kinnaman’s RoboCop in the past Sunday Daily News, and now I have a better idea
on when this black paint job is going to happen. It is interesting, interesting indeed. I wish I can say why, but I don’t want to be
misleading just in case I’m wrong or inadvertently spoiling anyone. I gotta see this for myself, you know?
The RoboCop reboot film will be released today. I won’t see it today, but I’m
so excited about it I’d like to see it soon after! Did I mention I was excited?
And there is
another robot-themed movie coming out later this year: the fourth Transformers movie from Michael
Bay. My sister got me into the
Transformers franchise in the middle of last year, and now we have one more
Transformers film to watch before we’ve caught up to where the fourth movie is
next.
I have a bit of an
itch to write my own review of RoboCop
2014, and if I do pursue this task I may have to wait at least two weeks after
its release in theaters to post it on Cybernetic Dreams. As the film will be
dealing with morality and ethics I am bound to have something to say about
these in response/reflection after viewing the film. In the meanwhile I will
try not to read other reviews of the film, although if there is a source or two
I admire I might mention what they say and credit them to further illustrate my
points.
Should I watch the
original one again too? I’ll have to
rent it somewhere (iTunes may be my hope because Blockbuster is gone and I am
NOT going to use Netflix gosh darnit!).
Who
else is excited about the new RoboCop?
