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Nika Silwerra

Sun May 18, 2008 9:59 pm


How you became a RoboCop fan ?

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Or also ..where you saw the film  first time and what caused you are a fan just of this film ! Many guys here I bet it will be interesting stories !  :) 

here my story

One night when my parents was at work and I was a cheeky 7 years old kid I did not want to sleep my brothers did not know what do with me because I was bad so they took me watch films . Just in the night was Robocop 1 on cable TV Pro7 ( what is a German TV ) The film was also in the time still very very popular cause every one talked about it (also about Terminator  but..) .,Well I watch the R1 and it was a strong experience for me ..even the same night when I went into bed I had to sleep with my brothers because I had big fear from the scenes with Emil, Robo and toxic waste ! After this night Robocop became one of my fav heroes!  :) 

But I became the totall fan when I saw the film after a few years  ..Again my brother caused it .. I came from school and had a bad mod ..my brother
told me that the Robocop will be on our TV channel cause it was my favorite film and hero when I was small I went watch it again ..the film got me again ..still dont know why just the Robocop it is ! Never mind I like it ..  I have to say since the time I got from the film or from the Robocop a courage  also in the school it was better ! Yeah the films can to change our influence your life !  :)


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murphy38

Sun May 18, 2008 11:27 pm



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The topic is very interesting my sister nika, 
My story is here:

I want my life changed the day I was 8 years old, 
my uncle knew a small cinema and knew the owner, 
I went to see the film robocop 1 with him, 
when I returned to the first in the cinema hall there was a standee has entered the projection room, 
I told my uncle: "this is the film that will look?" 
my replied: "Yes!" 
my eyes were glued on the beauty of armor. 
During the film my eyes were glued on the canvas of the
 screen cinema and I did not say a single word throughout the film. it seemed my short film and I wanted to see him again & again. 
Then my mother buy me a VHS and during the coming 20 years I spent 4 Video tapes and I've seen 628 times, 
I went back to school you I ran quickly to go home and see RC1. 
I cut any small pictures in magazines, 
then I had my first figurine and so forth my passion grew each day .... 

After there was the Robocop 2 and everything else but my favorite will always be the Robocop 1. 

Robocop has changed my life child in a dream that 
I realise today is the age of 32 years, 
I slip into the skin of my hero and to be in the armor of the latter, 
today I share the greatest number of fans. 
Quite simply.

Murphy38.


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RoboHell

Tue May 20, 2008 6:23 pm



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I forget how old i was, but i was staying with my Aunt for the weekend, and i remember i was playing with some kids across the street and she came out and told me we had to go the video store so she could get robocop, then she would take me home, well we rented the video went back to my parents house, eat some food then put in Robocop........and the rest is history.

I would like to thank my Aunt Nancy for renting the movie that changed my life.........cheers :wink:


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AK

Wed May 21, 2008 6:35 am



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I went to see Robocop when it first came out. My Dad knew I was a dork for robots and cyborgs, so he took my brother and I....You should have seen the look on my Mom's face when she found out (My Dad also introduced me to the realm of horror films as well. To my Mother's chagrin.)
 Anyway, long story short: We got the film after it was released on video and it has since become a staple in our household. Even Mom liked it after watching it a few times. I can't remember NOT being a fan.


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Josh

Wed May 21, 2008 9:20 am



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Age four, Mum recorded the heavily edited version off of the TV.

I was happy with that, then came the director's cut, and the mass creaming of my nether reigons...


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DJR2096

Wed May 21, 2008 10:07 am



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Been to the Cinama to watch Masters of the Univers, and came out with a inhouse movie magazine.
It had pictures of this new cyborg movie called Robocop inside.
I have always loved cyborgs since the Six Million Dollar Man.
The cyborg in question look really cool with his helmet on.
but I was so mesmerized by his apperance with his helmet off.

I was way to young to go see the movie at the cinama.
So as I had to go in to Hospital :robo3: , I got the book to read. :robo1: 

Soon as it came out on Video. it was mine to watch!
The move lived up to every expectation I had.
Ya know what? It still dose after althese years.
 :thumb1:  :thumb1:


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RoboFan_93

Wed May 21, 2008 2:02 pm



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I was 3 years old. My bro had already seen RoboCop 1 in theatres and my dad got a tape from a friend of his which had R1 and R2 dubbed badly from German. So I sat down and watched it with my brother. I didn't understand the plot, but I immediately fell in love with the movie. So I watched the tape again and again and when my dad went to visit his friend once I'm like: "Hey, can I come too? I haven't watched RoboCop in 2 weeks!" or something like that...
So I grew up with that pirate tape. Never even knew there was RoboCop 3, but I knew about the Marvel Cartoon and had seen a few eps.
So in 1998 we were in Poland and we went into a toy store and I see a bootleg RoboCop. I was just: "How come we don't have these?" So my brother persuaded my parents to buy us that toy.
Then, around 2000-2001 I got the RoboCop game for the NES (I got my NES in 1999) and after I learned the RoboCop theme from it. I met with a kid who was a big RoboCop fan too (and had a Robo Backpack) and we were talking RoboCop only. He had that old dub of R1 too, so I watched it again. And then one day on TV - RoboCop 2! COOL! And the next week...RoboCop 3? What! There's RoboCop 3?!?!!?!
And there I am trying to stay awake at midnight, watching R3 and getting exited because the movie had the theme from "the game". I taped the movie, of course!

I got back to Robo with a bang, collecting RoboCop stuff and visiting the board from time to time (I only had 50 posts or something). And now I consider myself a big fan!

Yet another thing passed to me from my brother...


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RoboHell

Wed May 21, 2008 5:24 pm



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I got back to Robo with a bang, collecting RoboCop stuff and visiting the board from time to time (I only had 50 posts or something). And now I consider myself a big fan! 


Same here, before the Archive i didn't really persue the collecting of robocop merch (had a poster and the dvd, and the Neca), 
but now that i know that there are many robo fans just like me, The Robocop bug bit me pretty hard it's been non-stop collecting for about year and half, all though
i haven't puchased that much as of late, mostly because of gas prices and just living...........


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Nika Silwerra

Wed May 21, 2008 8:54 pm



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hey all that are interesting stories ! :) 

RoboCop 2! COOL! And the next week...RoboCop 3? What! There's RoboCop 3?!?!!?! 

haha yeah when I the second time "discovered" the Robocop I heard something about R3 but I did not know if it was filmed already ..and it was a 1996 year  :mrgreen:  I asked my brothers if they know something about it ..One of my brothers saw the R3 in cinema ..immediatelly I had to get a VHS tape ! I thought it is great ..but it was not   :? 

about the collecting ..  I remember I had to cut every one pict with Robo from magazines it was my first step to a collection ! :mrgreen: I wanted a nice fugure or statue ( like in the Robocop 3 what Nikko had ) but I did not can to bought anything  ..so I created a few statues from clay ( maybe you remember I have posted some picts ) and first great thing in my collection was the auto 9 
but the real big collectmania started HERE when I joined ... everyone talked about ebay so I tried it as well ..! from the time what i am here I got the Neca , Kotobukia , and Hot Toys figure also the DVD Robocop the series ! thanks RA !  :)


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Xeno

Fri May 23, 2008 5:46 am



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Well it was 1993 and i was still in school. My parents took me to shopping mall and there i saw 8 inches of RoboCop goodness. It was Toy Island gunarm Robo toy. I didnt know about the character, but somehow it was appealing to me, Then i saw a novelization book. My parents told me they will buy it for me if i pass my school test, which i didnt. So they bought a book and hid it. It was a great quest for me to get that book. I passed all  tests and exams and to my joy i recived this treasure. Since then it was rollercoaster - videogames, books, toys and movies. Robo 3 was my first one, and i was to scared to see Robo 1. I remember rewinding Murphy death scene. Ahh those were good days.


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Skeith

Fri May 23, 2008 7:16 am



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Well. My story began on the day that I went to my father's work. I was 13 back then. He was repairing some VHS players and in one of them was a tape with Robocop movie. I watched it only a little, but it caught my eye. I then took that tape and watched the film. Now I'm Robocop FAN forever. Mostly I was moved by Alex's sense of justice and honor.


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RoboFan_93

Fri May 23, 2008 10:18 am



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hey all that are interesting stories ! :) 

about the collecting ..  I remember I had to cut every one pict with Robo from magazines it was my first step to a collection ! :mrgreen: :)

Same here. Me and the bro had a notebook where we listed all our action figures and put pictures or drawings of them and for Robo we had a photo from the TV Schedule.


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RoboStud

Fri May 23, 2008 7:24 pm



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I moved to the United States 1987 when RoboCop came out, heard of the film, but didn't bother checking it out in Theater because my English was terrible then, and I was only 10 at the time so I couldn't get in.  Remember seeing the RoboCop animation on Saturday morning and I thought it was really cool how RoboCop handled the pistols, and I knew it was base on a R-Rated Film because some kids from School saw it before, and I was really interested in seeing how Murphy died so I asked my elder brother to rent it for me in VHS tape back then.  I remember I couldn't watch the Murphy Death Scene because I was shocked at the violent ED 209 scene earlier, I walked away to the next room, remembering my elder brother telling me "OMG, they just shot his hand off..."  I was really terrified imagine how gross it would look.  But I was really impress when RoboCop first walk into the Police Station, and I quickly notice the movie RoboCop didn't have one red eye like the cartoon and his crotch area is black instead of gray like the Cartoon...Ha!  I love it the movie when I saw the Shoot out scene in the warehouse (Robo Shoot without Looking) and the battle with ED209.  I finally took the courage to see the Murphy Death Scene few days later.  When I finally saw the Un-Rated Version, I was working already, and I enjoyed the extended death scene with over the top violence.

So for me, I actually became RoboFan surprisingly from the Animation first then the Film...But now I look back at the animation, it's quite stupid as I grew up.


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Philip17

Sat May 24, 2008 1:24 pm



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The first time I saw robocop was the robocop marvel cartoons on tape!

I think the cartoons were very cool, I was just a little kid, so my mom told me that was a movie, but didn´t want me to see it! because the violence was extreme!!
Thanks to my grandmother, she let me see the first robocop movie, and even has a kid I loved the violence scenes!!! they were just awesome, then I started collecting robo items.... but at the time they didn´t understand that, and also wasted money in other toys.... but then I went to see also the other movies, and also liked it!!!

Since the first time I saw the movie... I could never stop again!!!!
I am now a fan  :D


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Law Giver

Sat May 24, 2008 5:19 pm



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I loved this movie since I was a kid. Along with CONAN, Aliens, Predator, Rambo, Commando, this movie was regularly watched as I played with my toys growing up.


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RoboTrap

Sat May 24, 2008 6:02 pm



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I was born in '86, so some of my earliest memories are of watching RC1 and the old Marvel cartoon (and of course the awesome (at the time) Ultra Police toys) so I can honestly say I can't recall any part of my life when I wasn't a fan. It wasn't till middle school or so that I finally saw the R-rated version (only the TV-edit for me as a kid) and then freshman year of high school I got the Criterion DVD, which just completely knocked me back in love with the movie.

RC2 was more heavily watched during my elementary school years (hey, giant robots, right?) alongside the occasional viewing of RC3 (Jet pack? Arm-mounted missile launcher?! Count me in!) but RC1 was the only one I really remembered with any type of honest connection.

So, RoboFan for life here.


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timbot5000

Mon May 26, 2008 1:02 am



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Well in my house there's over a 1000 videos..

Another lonely day living in the middle of no where led me into the dark depths of the video cupboard to find a film to watch.. 
"robo..cop"
"Huh. this sounds like one of those bad films, so bad it has to be good!"

How I was wrong ^_^

Lizzeh laughed at me for at least two months before she fell in  love too ¬_¬


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Krossorion

Mon May 26, 2008 1:14 pm



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I know there is still nobody knows me but I wanna told you...

Here in Hungary Robocop was  a - and still that is too - really rare movie but somehow I watched it approx. when I was 5-7 and I became a total fan.

There are a lot of celebrity Heroes from comics like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Iron Man etc. But come on! Which one of them can be equal with Murphy?!

He is the BEST EVER.


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~°~Nadine~°~

Mon May 26, 2008 6:25 pm



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When I first saw Robocop, was on TV. After that I become a Robocop fan. ^_^


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Archive

Mon May 26, 2008 9:51 pm



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When I first saw Robocop, was on TV. After that I become a Robocop fan. ^_^
That was incredibly in depth. ;)

But sometimes it is like that. For me it just clicked when i saw the cover for the Robo VHS in a video store. The classic image of Robo getting out of the car got me right away and I've been a robo fan since then, even before i had seen the movie. There is something about that design that just kicks ass.

I think that shows if your a real robo fan or not. If you view all those crap cartoons and tv-series just because the robo design is so great.


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Mephisto

Mon May 26, 2008 10:45 pm



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Pretty much the same thing for me there boss.

Robo looked badass on the cover of that old VHS tape, as well as on the back of it.

When ever we would go to the grocery store when I was little, I'd beg my mom to rent RoboCop.

When RoboCop 2 came out, I was ecstatic.

When R3 came out, well.......let's not discuss that one.

I always was a big Robo fan.

Still am.


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RoboPimp

Mon May 26, 2008 11:45 pm



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My dad used to have a pretty good VHS collection...mostly horror and sci fi...he used to let me watch with him, and one day the film was Robocop. Scared the crap out of me, but I couldn't help but love it. i stopped watching Robo, but continued to watch Robocop 2 and 3 for a while. Along the way I picked up the comics, some toys and watched the cartoons.

Eventually I didn't watch the movies ever, cause my dad sold all his tapes. I generally forgot about Robocop, but then one day a few years ago I found a VHS from Robocop: the series in Rite Aide for 2 bucks. And it all started again...


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Stan The Man

Wed May 28, 2008 12:08 am



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Well, I wanted to post here before now, but I had quite a little bit to say. So.. prepare for a bit of a long-winded post.

My deal is kinda like Pimp. My family too had a massive VHS collection. Not hard to do when you got a badass VCR and full cablevision and like recording all kinds of shit.

All my life I've always been a big fan of a lot of films, but I always had a special spot for science fiction movies and all.

Eventually, I saw RoboCop.

I first saw it when I was real little. One of the things that stood out for me was the violence. I loved watching ED-209 killing Kinney and Robo blasting away all the baddies with the neat three-shot-pistol. Murphy's death shocked me, but it was still great. I just loved the way he looked, sounded, walked, everything. Loved the bad guys, the music in it, hell I loved and still do love everything about RoboCop. It was just so kickass and cool.

I also watched Robo 2, and also loved it. Even when I was younger I could kind of tell it didn't have all the same feel like the original, but I still loved all the action, the new blue Robo, RoboCAIN, and all that.

I never saw R3 or anything else relating to Robo till a lot later. Even though they were never as good, I still loved 'em because it was still Robo. And like Archive said, the cartoons and other stuff may be ass, but RoboCop still rules, and makes it worth watching.

Unfortunately, we ended up losing all our old tapes, and the RoboCop films rarely aired on TV. But I did watch any of them whenever I got the chance, and as I got older, I only liked it more and more. I started seeing the extra parts and sub-themes in it and it really fascinated me.

And the rest was just history. :wink: 

Like I said before, I like a lot films, but RoboCop was always special to me, and it still is.


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AlexMurphy

Thu May 29, 2008 2:52 am



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Can't really remember, but I probably watched the movies and cartoon as a kid. Had some of the toys too, but wasn't until a while ago (by that I mean around 5 or so years) where I picked it up again...

Pretty much around the time I got back into Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, Masters of the Universe, and a bunch of other franchises lol.


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Darkseid

Thu May 29, 2008 6:07 am



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Saw the first one when it was released on VHS (that was when videos used to cost $89.99!).  Anyways, I enjoyed the movie and always rewind to the scene of Emil's demise (as my brother and I called it, the "Toxic Waste Scene").  I was old enough to see Robocop 2 in the movie theaters and I left the theaters a little puzzled (I kept thinking, "Did I enjoy it...or did I not?").  I bought the movies on Laserdisc (because Laserdiscs were WAY cheaper than VHS back then... $15-$20 instead of $89.99 plus it was a better quality picture).  I saw Robocop 3 from a bootleg VHS (which had "Property of Orion Pictures" on the bottom of the movie).  I thought it was mediocre.  That bootleg came out a year or so before the movie was actually released.  The TV series came out in the UPN network but I became bored with it when Pudface Morgan kept showing up.

Of course, then the whole Robocop 3 promotion thing happened but I already told that story (with pictures).  

I didn't hear much about Robocop after that  until the PD mini series came out but that series was kind of mediocre at best.  

I have the first DVD set, I used to have the Critereon Collection version (but I made myself a copy), the Region 2 MGM PAL DVD of the first Robocop (I can give it away to anyone who wants it if you pay for the shipping), and the Special 2 disc version released in the U.S. recently.


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Koutetsu Kaigun

Thu May 29, 2008 6:09 am



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Darkseid,

  $89.99 in U.S. dollars?!


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Darkseid

Thu May 29, 2008 6:19 am



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Yes.  I remember one teacher rented Die Hard and left it at her desk.  When she went back to her desk to take it home, someone stole it.  She had to pay the video store $89.99!

Blank VHS used to cost from $6.99 (generic brand) to $13.99 (TDK).  Now, they're $1!


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Koutetsu Kaigun

Thu May 29, 2008 6:22 am



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Darkseid,

  I do not know which is the crazier concept, the $90 dollar price tag on a VHS or the fact that a teacher rented Die Hard for her class...


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Darkseid

Thu May 29, 2008 6:36 am



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I think it was to help the rental market but then bootlegs started to surface for $15-$20 each (Now, you could buy dvd bootlegs for only $5! My how technology went down in price compared to 10-20 years ago!).  Anyways, I remember the wholesale catalogs stating "Retail price $89.99, wholesale price $64.95!"  I wonder how stores could charge a mere $1 ($2.50 for new) rental at those $90 prices but nowadays, they charge you $2-$5 for dvd rentals when the dvds cost $15-$25?  I just don't rent from the stores anymore unless it's a free Blockbuster rental.


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Koutetsu Kaigun

Thu May 29, 2008 6:38 am



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Darkseid,

  I do not think I have ever seen prices like that in my part of the world.  I am correct in thinking that you are not from the U.S.?  Or am I thinking of another member?


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Darkseid

Thu May 29, 2008 6:42 am



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I'm from the U.S.

I think Japan has some really expensive dvds.  I mean $50-$60  (converted from Yen to US Dollars) for a Godzilla dvd?

I paid a mere $8 for the Region 2 PAL dvd of Robocop from the U.K. (after the conversion from GBP to US$).


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Koutetsu Kaigun

Thu May 29, 2008 6:45 am



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Darkseid,

  My apologies for misremembering.
  Those prices just stun me.  I remember the VHS players and DVD players being outrageously expensive, but never the cassettes.  I am either too young or my member is failing me.  :)  


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Stan The Man

Thu May 29, 2008 11:30 pm



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Whoever she rented it from probably overcharged her for the replacement, most rental places do that as a penalty if you lose their videos. Although I believe new video cassettes of some movies probably were that expensive if not close to that back then. You have to remember, VHS was the big-time media 20 years ago. Some single DVDs were almost that expensive when DVDs first came out.

BTW, KK, if you re-read Darkseid's post, he says his teacher only rented Die Hard, he didn't say she rented for the class, hehe. His teacher just happened to leave it at the desk was all.

A class with a showing of the movie Die Hard in the cirriculum? (sp?) That's a school class I'd have liked to attend. :)

Anyway, fascinating as the debate of VHS pricing is, I think we've gone perhaps a smidge off-topic. :b


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TwilightPro101

Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:29 am



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If memory serves correct I rented Batman Returns back in the day constantly and the movie itself cost about 30-40 bucks to buy directly from the video store. We got ripped off royally or at least that's what I thought back in the day. I was 10 or 11 at the time.

Can't remember all the mixed prices at this point to be honest. I'm still missing comics being 1.50 a piece instead of like 3 bucks.


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Fiwhiz

Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:47 pm



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When I was a Child I did not see many movies back in the 80s we had a TV that flickered badly and We had to rent a VCR to watch movies.One Right my Family Rented Robocop Back When it first came on VHS .. I Snuck out to the livingroom and watched it sitting on the side of the Couch were i was not seen. From That Moment on i was HOOKED.I use to play Robocop when i was a kid all the time i had the Actionfigures and Also made a helm out of a Jug lol. My Cousin and I started watching Robocop And Robocop 2 alot when we were 10-11 years old then we would go outside and play it .. Sadly We were playing Robocop 2 one day and this kid wanted to play Highlander .. At That Time I was Playing as Kane i don't know what the hell came over me this kid standing there with a plastic sword and i had a piece of plastic i hit him in the face and he was sliced bad... I was Grounded from anything Robocop for about a year after that :-( No more TMNT Robo :-( .. Then a few years later i got hooked again started collecting Toys Videos Movies and so on from the films now 20 years later i am still a huge fan. I was sick back in 2001 with Lymphoma and waiting for Robocop PD to come out i was so afraid i was going to die before the series came out .... I Wrote Julian Grant and Email at that time i had a small Fansite that was linked on www.robocop.pd.ca
he sent me a bunch of Promtional Items from the film and i got to see Robocop PD !!!! That made me beyond happy :-)

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Archive

Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:57 pm



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 .... I Wrote Julian Grant and Email at that time i had a small Fansite that was linked on www.robocop.pd.ca
he sent me a bunch of Promtional Items from the film and i got to see Robocop PD !!!! That made me beyond happy :-)

Cool story. What was your website called? is it still online?


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Fiwhiz

Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:01 pm



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Not Anymore I had it  On Angelfire :-( I have a Myspace Now Though Http://www.myspace.com/Jobymn


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Rumney

Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:12 pm



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I was about 7 and was in the video store with my dad, it would've been about 1991 or 92 as Robocop 2 had just come out on video. 

I don't know if I knew who or what Robocop was I remember leaving the video store with both films, eager to watch them. My dad never bothered looking at the age ratings (being that they were both rated 18)

I'd seen films like Aliens and Terminator etc before but this was by far the bloodiest film I'd ever seen up to that point, I think what's most disturbing is the first two people you see die are both innocent. 

I remember hiding behind a cushion as ED209 blasted away, and then again when they were shooting at Murphy (and this was the basic version, nowhere near as bloody as the director's cut I now own) Everything after that I didn't have a problem with because they're pretty much all badguys (Morton isn't really a fully fledged villain but you don't see his death anyway, just the explosion)

I watched Robocop 2 the same day I think, and it didn't have anywhere near the affect the first one did (though I was pretty grossed out by the scene where they take out Cain's brain)

By the time Robocop 3 came out and I saw it on video I already knew the violence had been trimmed compared to the others, and I didn't like that, but still thought it was OK... ish.

So yeah, I've loved Robocop since I was a kid, and I went on to love other films by the same director (especially Total Recall which I saw not long after)


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R2 Big showdown with Cain at a young age. I was astounded at how friggin awesome it looked.


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TODD-209

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I was fortunate enough to witness the beginning of RoboCop first-hand in the theater. It was the Spring/Summer of 1987, but I can't remember the exact date...I do remember I was thirteen years old at the time, though. Now I kinda considered my household fairly conservative when I was growing up, but my parents were pretty-big movie buffs as well. I just don't remember a time when they didn't take us to movies. Well anyway, along came the tv ads for RoboCop. My brothers and I were so stoked to see it. My mom and dad took us on a Friday night showing; it may even have been the opening night, but I can't be sure. Now we were all expecting this sci-fi, futuristic romp of a popcorn flick, never mind the R-rating. Needless to say, we were all kind of taken aback by the violence and the language, but like many of you have said, I was enthralled. I was always a good kid; never getting into trouble, never doing bad things really, and I used to always go to church with my mother. You could almost say I was a goody-two-shoes, if you will. But I was still fascinated by the violence and drama of RoboCop, the story of a good man that was killed then resurrected as a cyborg, who stood up for justice in a horrible, violent world. I absolutely loved it. After the shock from the gore, language, and violence wore off (lol), my parents liked it as well. We later rented it several times, and we even had a badly-taped VHS copy later that my brothers and I absolutely wore-out. I knew all the lines. I doodled pictures of RoboCop all over my school papers in the margins. I mimicked his moves and voice. I longed for a real Halloween costume I could dress-up in. I was just crazy about RoboCop as a kid.

A few years later of course the inevitable sequel came out. I saw it and liked it, yet I didn't love it like the original. But it's like someone else said; it's RoboCop. They could put him in a musical and I'd probably watch it just to see him. (lol) I even remember reading somewhere that he appeared on WCW Wrestling one time, and I freaked-out because I missed it. RoboCop in a wrestling match?! It didn't matter. It was ROBOCOP!! (lol)

RoboCop 3 came along, and it was nowhere near the caliber of movie that the original was, but I still liked it because it was Robo. I still like it to this day. I have a soft spot in my heart for bad movies. They're fascinating to watch for me for some reason. (lol) But also I can appreciate it for what it is; a cheap sequel to a masterpiece of a film. Anyway, somewhere between the films Kenner came out with the figures. A friend of mine called and told me he found them at Toys-R-Us. I freaked-out! It was such an unexpected but nice surprise, and I just had to have one. My dad, God rest his soul, was kind enough one day after work to drive by and buy me the RoboCop figure. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but hey...again, it was freaking ROBOCOP. (lol) I loved that figure anyway, never mind the horribly-inaccurate, ill-fitting helmet and huge nail-gun-looking "pistol". As a matter of fact, I would actually like to get another one some day. Last year I did actually buy some Ultra Police toys I had put-off buying for some nearly twenty years. (lol) I got many of the figures MOC and opened them. I even got a MISB Robo-1 police car that I always wanted as a kid. But unfortunately some of the blue "chrome" paint was coming off of some of the figures right out of the packaging. But anyway...

That's about it. Last year when the 20th anniversary edition DVD came out of the original film, I couldn't have been happier. Actually it's about time I watch it again...for the 4,789th time. (lol) 

I may get around to getting some of the nicer RoboCop collectibles. I used to have a McFarlane Robocop figure, but I sold it. I'd really like to get the Hot Toys figures someday, although I understand they're really expensive. For now I'm just biding my time to see what the new film's gonna be like. I'm pretty excited to see what they do with it. But honestly I hope they at least stick closely to the original design of the armor. It would be hard to beat in my book...


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Rumney

Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:21 pm



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"I even remember reading somewhere that he appeared on WCW Wrestling one time, and I freaked-out because I missed it. Robocop in a wrestling match?! It didn't matter. It was ROBOCOP!! (lol)"

Sting was locked in a cage by the badguys so Robocop (very slowly) walked down and bent the "steel" bars to let Sting out. That was about it.


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protozoan

Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:03 am



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i was 8 years old staying at my sisters. it had just come out on video and my brother in law had hired it out. my sister had gone out and i saw the box cover sitting in the lounge, i picked it up and went "coooool" he said he had watched it the night before and told me it was pretty good and he would let me watch it if i didn't tell my sister haha. on it went and off i went. never been the same since. i remember going on about it to my friends and they didn't have a clue what i was on about because obviously the movie was rated R and their parents wouldn't let them see it. but did that stop me from showing it to them? no way!! couple weeks later when me and dad were at the video shop i casually grabbed it from the restricted section and took it to the counter. dad asked what it was and i replied "oh, just some robot movie" up it went on the counter, we hired it and when i got home i rang 4 friends up to come and see ROBOCOP!!! talk about your fun afternoons, all we could do after that is run around being robocop. although i was always the most impressed with ed-209, he scared the bejeezuz out of me and i would draw him everywhere. i'm surprised watching the movie now and seeing just how messed up it is that it didn't psychologically affect me in some way haha. maybe i was just a bit naive to the violence. still, its one of the few movies i watched as a child that i can watch now and see it completely differently from an adult point of view. its timeless!!


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LouisRocks12

Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:10 am



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I saw a robocop marathon thing on T.V. when I was 8 and from then on Robo was my hero. Now I draw pictures of robocop and since my cell phone is a piece of crap, I made my own RoboCop wallpaper by taking a picture of one of my drawings...   

(I sometimes stare at it for long periods of time. It scares myself.)


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Nika Silwerra

Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:38 am



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nice new stories ! 

hey welcome here LouisRocks12! 

now I really want to see your drawings !  :)


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LouisRocks12

Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:48 pm



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how do you post a picture?


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Nika Silwerra

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:00 pm



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that is easy ... as first you have to upload the pict on a server for sharing ( like Photobucket or Imageshack and etc .. then you copy the link and add the[img] 

for example 
[img]http://Klacno/silwerra/image66.jpgl[/img] 

 :wink:


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LouisRocks12

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:42 pm



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Ha! I got it!!!!!!! 

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/runningdragon/ROBOCOPdontlookatthispictureillfind.jpg


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RoboPimp

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:44 pm



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Ha! I got it!!!!!!!

Yes, you did. YOU'RE WINNER!!!


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Archive

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:47 pm



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(oops. Triple post.)

Use the EDIT button. It is there for a reason.
The next time you double or triple post RoboCop will shoot you in the balls!


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LouisRocks12

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:58 pm



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What if I didnt have balls and that he has to protect the innocent. (even if I wasnt that innocent) Besides even if he did shoot me, I would still be awstruck because I would love to see RoboCop.


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RoboPimp

Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:06 pm



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What if I didnt have balls


Well...



I guess that's that, then.


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LouisRocks12

Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:16 pm



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What if I didnt have balls


Well...



I guess that's that, then.Grrrr..... :evil:


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Stan The Man

Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:01 am



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Hey, I don't have balls.












... I have testicles. 

:b


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RobbieValiant

Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:41 pm



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I've always known the title "Robocop". Then a few months ago, I notice Robocop 3 on Encore! Action. I give it a watch. I love it, notice Frank Miller's attatchment, and look up the previous 2. I note the R ratings. I live in a very conservative house, and to that day had seen all of 2 R rated movies in my life- Passion of the Christ and Alien. So, at the time, I run by my comic shop and pick up the Marvel adaptation of Robocop. A few weeks later, while the parents are away, I get up the nerve to watch Robo 1: Director's Cut from Encore on Demand. I love it, and that's my story.


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supes2705

Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:20 pm



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My brother got me into it, I remember the video we had of robocop 1 and 2 on the same VHS and I remember watching this about 7-8 (yeah I know really young, I used to be scared for a few years from the acid scene off the first one haha)


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RoboMurph13

Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:48 pm



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well my parents have to Robocop special edition box set vhs and i have been watching them since i was born and i loved them and now that i am older i find them to be very interesting and cool,and i wanna start a robocop collection and try to collect everything robo.


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Archive

Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:55 pm



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well my parents have to Robocop special edition box set vhs ~~ and i wanna start a robocop collection and try to collect everything robo.

Begin by buying the movies on DVD. These ain't the dark ages of VHS anymore.


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RoboMurph13

Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:00 am



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well my parents have to Robocop special edition box set vhs ~~ and i wanna start a robocop collection and try to collect everything robo.

Begin by buying the movies on DVD. These ain't the dark ages of VHS anymore.

well of course but thats how it was when i FIRST was a fan. lol thanks


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RoboTrap

Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:43 am



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This:
well my parents have to Robocop special edition box set vhs and i have been watching them since i was born and i loved them and now that i am older i find them to be very interesting and cool,and i wanna start a robocop collection and try to collect everything robo.
Should really look like this:
Well, my parents had the RoboCop special edition boxset on VHS, and I have been watching them since I was born. I loved them then, and now that I am older I find them to be very interesting and cool. I wanna start a RoboCop collection and try to collect everything Robo.
Can we begin enacting temp bans for "internet speak"? I have no prob whatsoever with the non-native English speakers mucking up some grammar and syntax, but this is just laziness, and it's painful to read through.


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Stan The Man

Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:45 am



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Painful for you, maybe, I however have seen VERY horrible typed-out incoherent garbage that's supposed to be 'messages', and this isn't nowhere close. only problem i see is capitalization, and that's not that big a deal.

Secondly, why don't you shut it and let the people who actually run this shit decide what's bannable and that's not. They'll ask if they want your input. Honestly.


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RoboPimp

Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:49 am



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Can we begin enacting temp bans for "internet speak"? I have no prob whatsoever with the non-native English speakers mucking up some grammar and syntax, but this is just laziness, and it's painful to read through.

But tehn I can no has moar 1337 haxx0rz tehn u R failz wut about teh childrenz!!!!!!!1!!!!one?


And also, when the fuck has wanna ever been grammatically acceptable? Learn teh shitz,


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RoboHell

Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:57 am



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This:
well my parents have to Robocop special edition box set vhs and i have been watching them since i was born and i loved them and now that i am older i find them to be very interesting and cool,and i wanna start a robocop collection and try to collect everything robo.
Should really look like this:
Well, my parents had the RoboCop special edition boxset on VHS, and I have been watching them since I was born. I loved them then, and now that I am older I find them to be very interesting and cool. I wanna start a RoboCop collection and try to collect everything Robo.
Can we begin enacting temp bans for "internet speak"? I have no prob whatsoever with the non-native English speakers mucking up some grammar and syntax, but this is just laziness, and it's painful to read through.

you should smoke some weed or something and calm down a little, because your really getting pissed over nothing.


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Snoopy

Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:50 am



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Bump sorry 


But the way I became a fan was threw my brother he loved RoboCop and well I got it from him (the love of RoboCop).


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Surreal

Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:35 am



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Im from Australia i first saw robocop when i was very young
My father taped it from tv and cut out the comercials i use to take that caset video with me everywhere i went on the weekends whos ever home the family and i would visit that movie came with me and i would watch it there

child hood hero
the movie has a very unique way of sucking u in

surreal


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Nika Silwerra

Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:39 pm



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Bump sorry 


But the way I became a fan was threw my brother he loved RoboCop and well I got it from him (the love of RoboCop).

he so then .. Here should be also your brother  !  :) 

My father taped it from tv and cut out the comercials 

I soo hate the commercials always when I watch it on our TV chanels ..(  damn last years they are longer and longer )  :roll:


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Surreal

Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:35 am



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hahahah thats true

i watched robo 2 last night on dvd much better
:)


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LuanaTF

Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:15 pm



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Well, I've been thinking about a non-boring way to reply to this thread for almost 2 days, and I hope I succeeded. ^^ So, here we go:

I watched Robocop (the movie) for the first time on 1994, because I had asked my dad to buy me a robot-related movie as a present. Dad saw that the box indicated "suitable for all audience" and so he bought it, and we watched it together that same day. Well... suitable for all audience? Not quite. I had panic attacks at that time and in the following years, from the violent scenes, and Robocop had to be kept pretty far away from me. I was an over-sensitive emotional kid, and I'm kind of like that still today, though I'm trying to be emotionally stronger.. So, at that time, I kept my love for the character of Robocop/Alex Murphy alive with the animated series and the TV show, which were a real 'oasis of salvation' to me: without them, I would have had to say farewell to Robo. Then a few years ago I tried watching the movies 1 and 2 again, but I was still healing from depression, so I had to give up again, and I could not even watch the 3rd movie, which was a lot lighter. These last months, now that I'm 24 and a bit stronger than I was before, I found the courage to start watching again, beginning with the series, Robocop 3 and a half of the Robocop 2 movie (I still can't watch the brain removal scenes >.<), and I was happy to realize I still loved the character deeply no matter what, and that I was finally able to laugh or be indifferent at some characters' death (emotionally indifferent I mean).

Guess I'm gonna need a little more time before I watch the first movie again, but I'm on the good way. ;) Missed it too much!

(okay, I hope I didn't bore you ^^)


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RoboHell

Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:15 am



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Damn dude....maybe you should try the edited T.V. version first.


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RoboDemise

Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:17 am



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Some Crown with a fellow Robo addict may help as well. As long as you don't fall too far down that rabbit hole.


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LuanaTF

Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:15 am



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Well, I guess I'm improving now. ^^ Just takes time and patience. It sucks to be so fragile, I can't even watch the TV news at times. :-/


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Deus Ex Robo

Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:02 am



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Damn man.

I will have to say that was the most uniquely original "how I became a RoboCop fan" story I've ever heard. So "strange" in fact that it was not boring at all.

Still can't get my mind around it in fact. 

I mean I've only been here a short while compared to most of the other members, so maybe one of them could add their two cents about the whole uniqueness factor.

You should really take RoboHell's advice on this one man, try to find an edited for tv copy. At least that way you'll be able to enjoy as much of the first film as you can.

That or try to find one of those Japanese or Australian (just pulling names out of my ass here.) versions that have already been edited down for european releases.

Ya know, like Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkBT0uke4o


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LuanaTF

Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:22 pm



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I hope I can find an edited copy of the first 2 movies, but they have to be watchable on European DVD players, because I'm in Italy. Guess I need to research a bit, but I'll take a look on eBay first.

Thank you for understanding too. I was a bit shy to write my 2 cents on this thread at first, because I know mine's a "strange" case. Thank you, really.


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RoboHell

Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:46 pm



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No worries man, most of us on here are weird in there own way...i was big mess from an early age and i'm still trying to figure out why my head
works the way it does.


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LuanaTF

Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:52 pm



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Thank you. :) I guess we're just all different and some of us are more fragile than others when it comes to graphic violence. I've always been the kind of person who "feels" others' pain, and while a moderate way is beneficial to understanding others' needs, feeling TOO MUCH means you run into emotional and psychological instability. Not fun, definitely.

Becoming stronger is a slow process, and it needs a lot of patience. I'm just glad that all of this crap didn't make me backup from a character a love so much :)

Hoping things will go fine for you too, robohell.


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Deus Ex Robo

Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:55 pm



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Personally I get along better with strange and crazy people. In fact, I admire them.

Always entertaining and always in some "rain man" way, really friggin good at either music, conversation, art, or life.

I wish I could be crazy.

(represses jealousy)


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RoboDemise

Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:55 am



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I hate to break it to you there Deusy, but you are a little nuts like the rest of us and them. You are a functional nutjob.


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LuanaTF

Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:46 am



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Oh I wish I was less "strange" though ^^'' Being over-sensible is not fun, especially when it ends up in crisis, panic attacks and depressions. It's like a prison.

I'm glad to see I'm improving though. I made an experiment today: I tried watching a small bit of Murphy's death scene, and the pictures topic on this forum, and I noticed I manage to stay a lot more detached (emotionally) than before. Sure I can't pull it for too long, but at least I can watch more portions of the movies now. :)

How to say it? Another step to freedom and strenght! ^^


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darrell89

Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:37 am



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I have been a RoboCop fan since about age four, im now going on 21.

My dad recorded me a highly edited tv version of it back when i was like 4.

The first time i watched it was blown away. i loved it, 

ever since then its been one of my all time fav movies,

 love RoboCop 2 aswell, the 3rd not so much, i like it cos i was into it when i was young...

 but even then i knew the first 2 RoboCops were where the real violence was at  :lol:

But hands down the first is the best, so many levels to it  :D


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Galaga135

Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:37 pm



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FIrst I played the NES games. I had always been aware of Robocop, but I never really saw it until recently. I love a lot of 80s movies, and this one turned out to be the best of them all! =3


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Selma

Fri May 21, 2010 6:35 pm



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Hi,

it's hard to tell, when I got through the Robocop-Fandom, because many years have passed, since I saw Robocop 1 the first time (and it was the cutted German Version). 
It must be in the Timeline between 'The 6 Million Dollar Man', 'Bionic Woman' (in German: '7 Million Dollar Woman') and 'Automan'.
It was a little bit funny, how I saw it the first time. 
My Dad bought the VHS for himself and forgot it in the Player. 
When I came back from a school-trip, I watched the 'wrong' Tape, and then... it gets me. I don't know how, but maybe 'cause of it's special charm.

I was very happy, when I notice the Robocop Movie 3 playing at the Cinema in our small City, but I was a little bit to young for it to buy a ticket. (It has a rating of 16)
Here in Germany Movies changed on Thursday. My 16th Birthtday was on a Thursday... that Thursday, they take Robocop 3 out of Program.

Today I have all movies, the TV-Series, Cartoons on DVD and I'm still loving it. But I'm angry, that I couldn't see Movie 3 in Cinema.

Sorry for my bad English. I hope it wasn't to painful to read.


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Stan The Man

Fri May 21, 2010 8:00 pm



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Nah, you're fine.

Don't feel too bad about not seeing RoboCop 3 in theater. It's not really that good, even in theater. :b


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Deus Ex Robo

Sat May 22, 2010 1:50 am



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Unless you're drunk. :mrgreen:


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Selma

Sat May 22, 2010 5:21 am



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It was a missed Chance and 1 Day... is evil  :lol:


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Nika Silwerra

Mon May 24, 2010 10:16 pm



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Unless you're drunk. :.:

Haha! Did you was trying ? 

But I'm angry, that I couldn't see Movie 3 in Cinema. 

Oh, I know the very similar feeling and still I am angry that my brother to watched all Robocop films in theater  :roll: 
That is alright ! Also now I am really thinking about if I would like to see R3 in a theater. You know, hear all the not too amazing comment to address your favorite hero. Of course I am not R3 fan or something, but I would feel a sadness for the great hero from R1.

(and it was the cutted German Version). 

I remember on this "short" version very well ! The totally first time it was just the German tv  Pro7 where I watched R1 first time ! 
But now I have to say, I hate all the stupid rules with a cutting !


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Selma

Tue May 25, 2010 8:23 pm



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Oh, I know the very similar feeling and still I am angry that my brother to watched all Robocop films in theater  :roll: 

This lucker



(and it was the cutted German Version). 

I remember on this "short" version very well ! The totally first time it was just the German tv  Pro7 where I watched R1 first time ! 
But now I have to say, I hate all the stupid rules with a cutting ![/quote]

true, true. 
It takes me many years to get the uncut versions.
Sometimes Law is evil


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Robocop fanatic

Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:54 pm



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I became  a robocop fan when one day i was watching tv and a decided to flip through all the channels and i saw a movie called ROBOCOP 3. I did not know much about robocop back then but i have heard of it so i decided to watch it. This movie was action packed a totally awsome, so i went on the computer and did some research on robocop. I found out that there was a tv series of robocop and robocop prime directives in 2001 and i found robocop 1, and robocop 2 were way better than the 3rd and i been a total fan ever since. I buy robocop collectables on ebay including a robocop watch that was a game built into it and stuff like that. ROBOCOP RULES!


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Robocop fanatic

Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:55 pm



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hi


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Nika Silwerra

Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:11 am



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So Robocop 3 was soo cool at the first time ?!  :) Btw ( I would like to know which of the Robocop films is now your most favorite, I hope that no R3 :b

Welcome here of course !


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RoboHell

Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:28 am



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Becoming a Robcop fan by watching the 3rd film is like getting hit by lightning.....it just doesn't happen.

Well i'm glad you found robo and RA...both will save your soul.


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Stan The Man

Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:46 pm



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R3 was 'totally awesome'? Bah. But he did also say he found R1 and R2 'way better' so there may still be hope for him yet. :b


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Nika Silwerra

Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:50 pm



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Hey, and as I know he said that it is the R2 what is his most favorite !
So why still the -2 Pt  ?  :roll:


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Justice

Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:38 am



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Getting into Robocop by watching Robocop 3 is just like getting into Mad Max by watching Beyond Thunderdome.

Damn unlikely... Those movies are utterly bogus compared to the first ones and the sequels.


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RoboDemise

Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:47 am



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You know what Justice that's pretty funny that you say that. I remember along time ago first seeing beyond thunderdome... That made me want to see the others. Watched the road warrior a little after that. The funny thing is I just saw 'Mad Max' for the first time about 2 years ago. I really like it and so does my son... But I think the road warrior is right up there with it. Pretty odd and ironic. Watched the entire thing in reverse.


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Stan The Man

Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:34 pm



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Old member Dash started watching RoboCop with the original Series, before progressing backwards from there, (the Series, then R3, and R2, and finally R1). Granted he originally thought the third one sucked then, but still, it wasn't unheard of that a Robo fan didn't start with the first film. I started that way, but I know not everyone has.

Hell, it's not unheard of with any franchise really. I wonder how many Terminator fans started by watching T2 first? :b


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Officer Harvey

Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:00 pm



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I saw the first movie on television ages ago and liked the concept then as a kid. My love for it didn't really fully bloom until a couple of years ago in my late teens, and it just clicked with me. RoboCop has since gone on to become my favorite movie of all time, as well as Murphy being one of my personal favorite characters.


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RoboDilz

Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:03 am



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Hi to all,

I've just found these boards looks like your having fun so I thought I would join in.
I became a huge fan after I went to see the film back in 87, I was on my own 1 young man quite lovely & 1 50cc motorbike which took me all the way to Salford Quays in Manchester UKness.
I saw it twice there on my own (how lonley and sad was I) I did have mates honest, they were in my pocket!
Anyway loved it ever since but think I'm to fat now for the suit as the middle aged spread has definitely set in!?
Unless they do a robofat suit then i'll just stick to the helmet and chin guard to hide the chins.

Dead fat or alive your eating with me!


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KidGoesWild

Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:26 am



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Getting into Robocop by watching Robocop 3 is just like getting into Mad Max by watching Beyond Thunderdome.


Or like getting into Star Wars by watching Phantom Menace. Or like getting into Batman watching Batman & Robin. Or getting into sci-fi by watching Battlefield Earth


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bucka607

Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:10 pm



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I first saw the series age 4 and was addicted since then. Icant remember which of the movies i saw first but thats how i got into it.


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Diesel_85

Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:03 pm



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Wow... well i was 5years old when i was out shopping with my mother... i went straight to the video section looking for a new present that i could harrass my poor mother into buying me.. as you do as a kid, anyway i came across Robocop.. i remember looking at it and just thinking "whoa.. this looks really cool" i mean i giant robot man... i mean that's just cool.. so i proceeded to hand it to my mother who took it, read the back... not overly paying attention... managed ti miss the giant 18 rating on the front of it... and bought the damn thing for me... a little while later i'm watching it.. she hears "you burn't the fuckin'money" comes rushing in... next thing you know i'm watching Murphy get blown to shit... seemingly un phased by it... "you can't take it away now... you've let him see it " somebody said... anyway once the movie was over i got the whole right & wrong speech... but it was worth it as i got to keep the movie... needless to say once it was over i was walking around like Robocop.. i was instantly hooked and i watched it everyday for years... and no.. this violent movie at such a young age didn't turn me into a psycho killer as some people would have you believe lol Robocop has always been and will always be my favourite movie EVER!!


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Gizmo

Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:34 am



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I became a fan of RoboCop simply by watching the original movie on VHS and the movie sequels that followed. I always liked movies with robots or cyborgs in them, and when this movie showed Robo fighting ED-209, I was hooked. I also like the continuity of not only the movie sequels, but the live-action TV series and animated series as well. RoboCop is truly a classic movie. Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs up, and so do I. Go Robo!


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ElectricSoul

Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:49 am



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remember seeing a commercial on TV for a movie i thought was called "Supercop"

"Hey! Hang on! It's Super-Cop!"

of course,only to find out it was Robocop!  :b 

i was facinated by the look of him,the whol;e bigger than life silver appearance... when it came out,the only theter playing it near me was 20 miles away,UA theaters in the Frackville mall...i begged my dad to let me see it,and he finally agreed...after getting my popcorn,i walked down the hallway to the theater (it had 3 screens in it) ,and was met by that big,huge,3-D styled cardboard standee of RoboCop,and my excitement grew...indeed,i left that theater a changed 13 year old...this was something different,something special,and 1 of the first R-rated movies i saw in the theater,so it felt like i went to see an "adult" type of movie...as soon as i left,i wanted more! i wanted the sequel right then and there...indeed,i had ideas dancing in my pubert-filled head: Lewis would get turned into the femal Robo...Dick jones would have his brain put in an ED-209...yeah,real,hollywood-type stuff,right?!  :ohdear: 

but i can say,the commercial got me interested in Robo,and the movie itself cemented my love for all things RoboCop....


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Metronet

Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:45 am



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I was 6 or 7 when I first watched R1, on VHS at a friend's house.  What the hell were they thinking?

I was scared shitless at the ED-209 boardroom, Murphy's death, and toxic Emil scenes.  But still I was able to understand the Frankenstein story and the reclamation of Murphy's identity.  That part I took in the most.

But I dared not re-watched the movie again because I absolutely dreaded Murphy's death scene. 

I was still a kid when the 1993 TV went on air.  I caught the early part of the  'Officer Missing' episode.  When I realized Robo was given flashbacks, I was immensely grateful the Show did not marginalize Murphy's humanity.  From a kid's point of view renting and watching R3 was fun, but not as fun as TV.

I thought I was ready to watch R2 and got my brother to rent it.  I totally was not ready!

Later I was able to record the heavily-edited version of R1 when it aired on TV.  It was painfully beautiful to watch.  I empathized with RoboCop/Murphy very badly. I eventually had to buy the VHS to watch full version.


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ElectricSoul

Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:08 am



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Later I was able to record the heavily-edited version of R1 when it aired on TV.  It was painfully beautiful to watch.  I empathized with RoboCop/Murphy very badly. I eventually had to buy the VHS to watch full version.

LOL!

i always got a sick facination out of watching th TV-edited version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA24ZyCxPBo

"Why Me? Why me?! Why me!? WHY ME!? WHY ME!?"

LOL!


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Metronet

Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:14 pm



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That youTube link is neat, ElectricSoul.  I think the edited version I watched was done differently.  While the swear censor was in, the bloodier or gruesome scenes were simply shortened.

But a bloodless version of R1?  Just when I thought that was impossible..

The swear censor is fun to listen to. The "Why me!?" was surely the best.  And the second best? "Ladies leave!"

Any way, there was one lull period where I wasn't that an attentive RoboCop fan; the motivation sort of died down. It was when I was listening to the end credit music of R1 one day, that brought the love back.  It was in the "Home" soundtrack where I realized how  beautifully it captures the 'paradise lost' element of Murphy's life.  It made me appreciate the many themes and layers of the film.


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ElectricSoul

Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:32 pm



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yeah,upon initial watchings,i loved it! blood! violence! limbs blown off! robots! tits! cocaine! melting people!

it had fucking EVERYTHING!!!

of course,i was 13 at the time...  :b 

years later,revisiting it,i got the more profound,deepr tones and qualities of it involving corporate greed, betrayal,life and love lost,and what makes us human - flesh or a soul?


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ChickenStu

Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:32 pm



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My Mum was a tyrant who wouldn't let me watch it as a kid. When I was about 15 I saw it at a friend's house. Saw the sequels a couple of years later.


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ChickenStu

Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:34 pm



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Later I was able to record the heavily-edited version of R1 when it aired on TV.  It was painfully beautiful to watch.  I empathized with RoboCop/Murphy very badly. I eventually had to buy the VHS to watch full version.

LOL!

i always got a sick facination out of watching th TV-edited version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA24ZyCxPBo

"Why Me? Why me?! Why me!? WHY ME!? WHY ME!?"

LOL!

This is great! "Once I even called him airhead!"


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Josh

Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:49 pm



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And that's the version I watched from the age of four until thirteen, and then I got the DVD.

I like the alternate footage and camera angles. Seeing the same scene from a different point of view always geeks me out...


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WeKilledYou

Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:29 am



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I remember seeing the movies as well as the series and cartoons on tv as a kid. I believe I also played one of the home console games as well as an arcade game at some point, and I always knew other children who had the toys and action figures. So the imagery and idea's of Robocop were firmly planted in my head from an early age. Then later on(as I got older) I rewatched the first movie un cut, and I officially fell in love with it legitimately for the first time. I haven't looked back on it since. I've just embraced the franchise.


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darrell89

Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:11 pm



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I became a Robo fan many many years ago when i was like 5 and my dad recorded me the original off of tv. Instantly i had a n obsession with it and watched it daily.


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KidGoesWild

Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:29 pm



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I believe I also played one of the home console games as well as an arcade game at some point.

Arcade games where what was hyping me up the most about R2 when it was hitting theaters (naturally I couldnt see an R rated movie at that point in theaters so I had to wait for the VHS release). Since I loved R1 I couldnt wait to see R2 and the arcade game was the only thing that sort of revealed the plot a little and the new characters and RoboCain


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WeKilledYou

Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:08 pm



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As a little kid, the only time I ever caught glimpses of any Robocop movie, were on tv. My parents(specifically my mother) were strict about me watching R rated movies or anything with violence in general. Catching glimpses of the movies, playing the games, and seeing the action figures were a big deal to me. They really planted the seeds of the imagery in my head.


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KidGoesWild

Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:56 am



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I was the only one knowing about RoboCop. I saw it in late 89 I think and no one heard about it (from my friends). It was me who spread it around but my friends were so scared and traumatized after seeing this movie that they were afraid that their parents will find out what kind of a movie they watched. At the time no one had ever imagined a brutal movie like this one. It wasnt until all the hype and promotion for R2 kicked in next year that everyone was suddenly a Robo fan and video games and posters were all over the place


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WeKilledYou

Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:41 am



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I also remember that by the time I was in Jr High School, nobody my age liked the movies. Kids liked Terminator and Star Wars, but no Robocop. I remember always stumbling upon random Robocop items and VHS tapes at yard sales and flea markets. Man I wish I would have bought some of that stuff. Not all of it was junk, and even the used things I remember finding, it would have been nice to have for the heck of it.


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ElectricSoul

Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:14 am



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i truly wish i had kept all the RoboStuff i had as a kid....most of the Kenner line....a bunch of the Toy Island shit...the NES game (only got the first movie one,though)....


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Proto

Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:14 am



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Why do you want kept all the RoboStuff he or she had as a kid?


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ElectricSoul

Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:15 am



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why wouldn't i want to? it's fucking RoboCop,man!


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cobrahunter187

Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:09 am



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When did i became a RoboFan, pretty much forever, by the time the movie was out i was born too and i remember watching it in a never ending loop, sometimes 6 times a day on a weekend but the experience that i remember from it that clearly is litterally my first FAN act.

I needed a lil surgery done at the age of 4 i guess, i dont really remember it, but what i can remember is when every kids brought plush toys, gi joes and other similar stuff you can find in a toy box, i had the robocop vhs on my hands and couldnt let it go, it was my personnal favorite and it still is, i had this surgery done and yet i couldnt let the VHS go that easily and when i got back home the first thing i did was to put that sucker in and play the VHS.

For years to come i been a robocop fan, collecting various pieces of item that had the robocop label on it, video game based on robocop too.

It represents my real first experience of being a robo fan


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Lexington

Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:07 pm



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Don't remember the first time I saw Robocop 1; it's one of those movies I grew up with, it was always "there"... (makes me wish I could blank my memory so I could watch all these 80s classics again for the first time) ...but at some point it became my favourite. It was on TV after the watershed once, I think I was about 11, and I remember it showed Murphy's hand being blown off more graphically than the usual TV cut, and how all the other kids were talking about that part next day in class like it was the best, scariest, grossest thing ever.    

I think I always looked away during that moment when I was younger, but that time I didn't and I watched the whole thing through properly. Only that particular shot (and Murphy's death scene) affected me that way... the rest of the movie is still pretty damn violent but you don't notice it so much when you're a kid, maybe. You know the bad guys are getting creamed and that's fine - they deserve it... it's the moment the good guy was getting tortured and killed that affected us kids the most. And rightly so, I guess.  

The movie has a lot more to it than just the action, obv. Something about it scared me - the idea losing everything, of your body being state property and being stuck in a machine, and the idea of a corrupt corporation/authority dawned on me first from watching this movie - but I loved it, I loved the characters, I love the way by the end Murphy "comes back" - kind of. Even the bad guys are such wonderful b*stards, you love them. Too young to appreciate all of the neat cynical humour back then, but I sure got attached to this movie.  

The guys on a blog called "Life Between Frames" said it best I think:

Paul Verhoeven does a fantastic job mixing all the elements together. As a kid I recall that RoboCop was scary in a way, as if it possessed some horrible truths about the world, and only now am I beginning to understand just how well put together and constructed it all is. 


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robocop87

Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:30 am



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Everything my older brother used to watch I would also watch,he had Robocop on VHS and I borrowed it from him and watched it and fell in love with the movie,the way they made him into a cyborg was awesome,I have the movies on dvd right now,ordering the blu ray trilogy soon,can't wait.


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god84

Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:58 pm



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i was possibly 5 at the time, my family on a friday or saturday night would rent movies from our local shops, shop was RITZ video :) if anyone in their late twenties remember it.

And i went up with my uncle and i chose Robocop, just based on the fact he looked awesome. 

My mum didnt mind me wtching movies like that at that age. 

and needless to say my sponge like 5 year old mind took in the awesomeness that was Robocop. I fell in love with the Auto9, and the 6000sux. 

One of my favorite lines is "state of the art x x bang bang" (x being the sound clarence makes)


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kinserfan11

Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:38 am



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How ? easy after i saw the trailers for R1  :D


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robodisciple

Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:49 am



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Well after i saw the first robocop lol! I really cant remember the first time i saw the first robocop because i was so young but i do remember the impression it left on me with all the robo toys and my acting like robocop when i was playing with my action figures as a kid lol!.....yep i was a loser.... :ohdear:


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Sin_Valor

Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:47 am



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I originally posted my story on http://www.robocoparchive.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=3483, but it was locked and brought me here, so you can view it there...unless you want me to post the story here. Then I'll delete this one and do just that.


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Stan The Man

Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:07 am



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I'm sure if y'all really wanted, Archive or one of the mods could repost all that stuff over here. If you were to ask nicely, that is.

Of course he could still punch you in the nuts anyway, but that's the chance you take with that jerk. :b


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Yadre

Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:31 pm



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Somehow I went past the movie in my childhood in the eighties, and  I don't really think that I would have been interested in it, due to my non-interest in robots and such. So at th age of 36, me, a female languages teacher came across this robo2014 'trailer' on Youtube, and checked the rating of the first film on RT. I didn't even know that it was directed by Verhoeven, so I thought let me give it a try. It was definitely worth it . :D


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Knight Racer

Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:54 pm



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I think I first became a fan of robocop when I saw the first movie after the second.I went to the videostore and watched the second movie not knowing what happened in the original.I remember the scene where he electrocutes himself to erase the directives.I was thinking it must be a stupid sequal because of how he acted after all the directives were installed in a robot.I didn't even know he was a cyborg.I saw the next one months or years later and I loved the story.the cartoon tv series,the other cartoon inspector gadget alpha squad,the prime directives mini series starring Danny Devito,and the live action tv series in the 90s no matter how many times he didn't target the bad guy directly for a 1 hit kill shot.I also liked the comics.


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CroRoboCop

Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:18 pm



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My father used to own a video rental and I have seen second and third movie countless times when I was a kid. I was instantly attracted to the badass Robocop and the action. I was around five at the time and havent seen the first movie until I was 11. 

When I saw the first I was blown away. It was the best of the best. Smart, intense, funny... It was everything I thought a movie should be. I loved it. I was a fan since I was a kid, but after seeing the first I was hooked for life.


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razgriz21

Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:13 am



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Well, it's a small journey.

Back in 2001, I caught Prime Directives on Sci-Fi and thought it was cheesy.

Shortly after 9/11, I rented Robocop from the library.

I was shocked to see how deep it was and not some silly shoot em up.  

Now, I own the steelbook of the first movie.

Occasionally, I watch Part 2 but to me, Robocop is the be all to end all.

Also played Robocop Vs. The Terminator on the Genesis.


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kodatarule

Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:11 pm



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A friend of mine gave me RoboCop 3 for the nes when I was 3 year old and than I heard there will be screenings of Robocop 1,2 and 3 through the hole week on TV so I watched them all.Enjoyed them ALL.The game was a great hit if it only had 20 levels or smth like mega man games ...


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Hob976

Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:26 am



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When I met my girlfriend 9 years ago, I collected anything that was silver ...Mugs, swords, light-sabers, robots, cars... anything silver.

For Christmas, she bought me this...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/ce2b9a385e61911ce77da212d3edcf02/tumblr_msoasbBkrY1shtqlxo1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5c53d4ded33beb300f47858e64d1204/tumblr_msoapwXWCn1shtqlxo1_500.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RO2Fc6yYWL4/UaeGyk-GRwI/AAAAAAAAPsg/Q_DPuLVpAKo/s1600/robocop+%25285%2529.jpg

Really, the movie is perfect as well.  Scene for scene, I think it was made perfectly.  Just a perfectly complete package.

Robocop's just been my thing ever since...


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Josh

Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:31 pm



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When I met my girlfriend 9 years ago, I collected anything that was silver ...Mugs, swords, light-sabers, robots, cars... anything silver

That's really fucking strange.

Don't worry though, you're amongst your own her friend.


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RegalSin

Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:28 pm



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I would have to say the Ramen commercial is what got me. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLMj5xOgZu0


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Rob O'Coplin

Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:13 pm



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I was about 7 or 8 years old.. yeah pretty young. My parents of all people rented Robocop and we watched it. It was pretty gory and it had some drug use (Morton and the bitches) and I was kinda surprised when my parents allowed myself and my brother who was only a year older to watch it. Back then I was a bit of a wuss, I would have nightmares if I saw anything remotely scary or traumatizing. So I was kinda freaked out by the end of the movie, especially when murphy took his helmet off. 

Anyway, after we finished watching the movie, I went to bed and couldn't sleep. After a while I finally fell asleep, thinking yeah Im gonna have a nightmare. Turns out I didn't have a nightmare.. I had a dream with Robocop in it and all I can remember from it was that he arrested someone and he jumped in mid air in celebration... I have never forgot that dream... Im 30 now.. every since then I loved the Robocop Franchise, all except for Robocop 3 and PD.. the TV Show wasn't too bad.

Yeah I know, it was kind of a weird story but that's what made me a Robocop fan.. and I always will be.


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RoboDemise

Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:19 pm



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Thank you for sharing Rob. I'm sure most of us were traumatized as young children seeing this movie, and that's the way we like it.


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Rob O'Coplin

Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:42 pm



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Funny thing is, my wife can't even watch this movie... she thinks its gross cuz of the ultra violence and she told me that she saw the part where he takes his helmet off for the first time when her parents were watching it years ago and she was just freaked out.  :lol: 

She scares easily :ohdear:


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Stan The Man

Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:49 pm



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Strange.. I always thought him taking off the helmet and revealing himself was a neat and beautiful moment, even when I was younger. And this from someone who saw Return of the Jedi after RoboCop.

Neat dream and story though Rob. Sounds pretty awesome to me. I can't say I was traumatized by RoboCop.. That really came from a variety of violent and strong flicks (I saw all that kinda shit when I was young, RoboCop, Terminator, Predator, Toy Soldiers, and so forth) - Terminator 2 probably sat with me the harshest, mainly 'cause I got it in my head all cops were the T1000.. Bah! RoboCop though always sat alright with me.. Of course I never saw the whole thing all the way 'til some time later. In fact, thinking hard about it, I'd have to say I saw all of R2 before R1.. not sure though. Memories of my childhood are fading as time goes on.. Good ol' C-R-S kickin' in.. :roll:

Speaking of your dream, RoboCop jumped? Heh... guess I'm showing my Robo-age when I hear that and think of a particular MindChamber clip... :mrgreen:


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RoboDemise

Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:31 pm



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I can't say I was traumatized by RoboCop.. 

Don't you dot dot me sheepboy lol. I know what those dots mean. Maybe traumatized was the wrong word. Hmmm... How about changed? Reborn? Those fit better. Well if you're obsessed. I feel at this point I'm there. Obsession.


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Stan The Man

Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:31 pm



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I can't say I was traumatized by RoboCop.. 

Don't you dot dot me sheepboy lol. I know what those dots mean. Maybe traumatized was the wrong word. Hmmm... How about changed? Reborn? Those fit better. Well if you're obsessed. I feel at this point I'm there. Obsession.

Well, I did get traumatized, but by a whole slew of films, not just RoboCop. Indeed RoboCop was probably a minor piece in that equation. 

But 'changed', yeah that's definitely right, I can dig that.


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Rob O'Coplin

Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:37 pm



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Strange.. I always thought him taking off the helmet and revealing himself was a neat and beautiful moment, even when I was younger. And this from someone who saw Return of the Jedi after RoboCop.

Neat dream and story though Rob. Sounds pretty awesome to me. I can't say I was traumatized by RoboCop.. That really came from a variety of violent and strong flicks (I saw all that kinda shit when I was young, RoboCop, Terminator, Predator, Toy Soldiers, and so forth) - Terminator 2 probably sat with me the harshest, mainly 'cause I got it in my head all cops were the T1000.. Bah! RoboCop though always sat alright with me.. Of course I never saw the whole thing all the way 'til some time later. In fact, thinking hard about it, I'd have to say I saw all of R2 before R1.. not sure though. Memories of my childhood are fading as time goes on.. Good ol' C-R-S kickin' in.. :roll:

Speaking of your dream, RoboCop jumped? Heh... guess I'm showing my Robo-age when I hear that and think of a particular MindChamber clip... :mrgreen:

Thanks Stan. And, yeah he jumped in mid air.. it was more like his knees went as high as his shoulders when he jumped.. it was really weird. I can already tell that the people on this forum are pretty cool. No judgment or anything, just shooting the breeze. Its a nice change of pace from other forums I've been on. I'm into Hockey as well, being Canadian, and some of the hockey forums are full of jackasses. So yeah, I think that the Archive is pretty cool.

Speaking of Terminator, the original was kinda blah to me when I saw that as a kid. T2 was pretty freaky. Damn T1000, always shape shifting into other people..  But the experience with my first viewing of Robocop was scary at the time when I was young, but I swear, after that dream I guess soon after I wasn't scared anymore. I just grew to love the movie and franchise. I can appreciate it more now that Im older, that's for sure.


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Alex J Murphy

Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:50 am



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I think I saw the movie for the first time around 94-95, so I was 4 or 5 years old. Way too young for this kind of movie. I remember my father didn't allow me to watch the Murphy death scene and maybe some others. I don't really remember because it was longtime ago. But when I was a little older, I saw this scene, and since, I'm a little "stressed" before the scene happens (which is one of my favorite), but it's ok when it's coming and I'm feeling good lol.
But I loved this movie since the first time I've been watching it, and I can't forget about it, because that's damn good ! Especially the OCP vest, don't know why (Need that stuff !)  :lol:

Brief, I love Robocop.


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Addison81

Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:58 pm



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Hey everyone I'm new here. This seems to be a great forum for ROBOCOP fans and I'm happy to join. I became a ROBOCOP fan when I saw the movie for the first time in 1988 at age 7. I closed my eyes during a lot of it but I knew I loved it.ROBOCOP is my favorite film of all time and everytime I watch it I'm amazed how great it has held up.I'm looking forward to some great discussions on here.


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Junko

Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:56 pm



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It’s kinda weird I am a huge fan of Robocop because I hate violence, gross and blood movies. 
Maybe it’s a same thing as many girls don’t like them.
So, when I saw Robocop at the first time in a movie theater, I couldn’t see the whole part when Murphy was murdered
(Actually, still I always skip that part when I see the dvd). 

After all, I went to see it 3 times in the theater. I was totally obsessed.
Then, after I read the novels(R1 & R2), I got into the story more, especially, focusing on the relationship between Robo & Lewis.
That’s when I got started to draw them by myself.:wink: 
I was still a teenager, and here are some very old and poor-quality drawings of mine(Sorry all in Japanese). 
http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w445/Junka0123/comic1.jpghttp://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w445/Junka0123/comic3.jpg
At that time, I used real pens and paper for comic, and drew in only black and white.
Digital drawing tools are definitely much more useful than hand drawing, and looks more beautiful. :wink:


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Rob O'Coplin

Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:02 pm



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It’s kinda weird I am a huge fan of Robocop because I hate violence, gross and blood movies. 
Maybe it’s a same thing as many girls don’t like them.
So, when I saw Robocop at the first time in a movie theater, I couldn’t see the whole part when Murphy was murdered
(Actually, still I always skip that part when I see the dvd). 

After all, I went to see it 3 times in the theater. I was totally obsessed.
Then, after I read the novels(R1 & R2), I got into the story more, especially, focusing on the relationship between Robo & Lewis.
That’s when I got started to draw them by myself.:wink: 
I was still a teenager, and here are some very old and poor-quality drawings of mine(Sorry all in Japanese). 
http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w445/Junka0123/comic1.jpghttp://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w445/Junka0123/comic3.jpg
At that time, I used real pens and paper for comic, and drew in only black and white.
Digital drawing tools are definitely much more useful than hand drawing, and looks more beautiful. :wink:

That's a very interesting story, man. I really like your comic. You have skills. 

I think a lot of us were freaked out by Clarence Boddicker and his gang murdering Murphy. When I was a kid, yeah it was hard to watch. I am now desensitized to the violence. Nothing really surprises me in movies anymore.


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Junko

Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:10 am



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That's a very interesting story, man. I really like your comic. You have skills. 

I think a lot of us were freaked out by Clarence Boddicker and his gang murdering Murphy. When I was a kid, yeah it was hard to watch. I am now desensitized to the violence. Nothing really surprises me in movies anymore.

Wow, you understand the comic even in Japanese and the poor drawing?
Thanks a lot! :wink: 

Hope  you also like my new comic on another thread! :)


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Rob O'Coplin

Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:15 pm



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That's a very interesting story, man. I really like your comic. You have skills. 

I think a lot of us were freaked out by Clarence Boddicker and his gang murdering Murphy. When I was a kid, yeah it was hard to watch. I am now desensitized to the violence. Nothing really surprises me in movies anymore.

Wow, you understand the comic even in Japanese and the poor drawing?
Thanks a lot! :wink: 

Hope  you also like my new comic on another thread! :)

Well, no I cant read Japanese.. I just like the drawings. Very nice.


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JMRamos87

Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:13 am



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I started out by watching the spots for the new RoboCop in cinemas. And after the day of the Philippine premiere, in which I watched it for the first time... I decided to play the classic theme in YouTube... and the rest is history. 

Now whenever I go out of the house, I would wear like Alex Murphy (before wearing the suit) and do the RoboWalk...

and always say Dead or alive, you're coming with me!

I'm also now watching several episodes of the TV series as well.

As a person recovering from behavioral disability, the new RoboCop has inspired me to do the right thing. I'm truly happy to be a fan and to be here on the archive.


THANKS ROBOCOP!!!
:robo1:


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WeKilledYou

Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:30 pm



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@Junko, I could be wrong, but after seeing your comics. They are two seperate pieces?

The scene on the left is Clarence meeting with the drug dealers in the wharehouse?

The scene on the right is Clarence throwing Bobby out of the truck?

How old were you when you drew those and how old are you now? If you don't mind me asking.


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Junko

Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:14 am



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@Junko, I could be wrong, but after seeing your comics. They are two seperate pieces?

The scene on the left is Clarence meeting with the drug dealers in the wharehouse?

The scene on the right is Clarence throwing Bobby out of the truck?

How old were you when you drew those and how old are you now? If you don't mind me asking.

Hi, WeKilledYou. :) 
Thank you for asking some questions about my old stupid comics.:wink: 
They are two seperate pieces?&#8594;Yes!
The scene on the left is Clarence meeting with the drug dealers in the wharehouse?&#8594;Yes!
The scene on the right is Clarence throwing Bobby out of the truck?&#8594;Yes!
How old were you when you drew those and how old are you now? If you don't mind me asking.&#8594; I'm not telling you. :shutup:  :lol:  :lol:&#12288;Don't ask a lady's age. :wink:

Instead of not telling my age, I put a picture of myself as my avatar for a while. :wink: 
It was the one when I traveled to Hawaii last May. Hope you enjoy imaging how old I am now. :b
Though it's too small to find it out, isn't it? :roll:


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Biosynth

Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:42 pm



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Quite a few years ago I was a member of this forum (I even still remembered my name and password!) .  It's good to be back.

I guess I'm the resident "old broad" here, haha.  I saw the original Robocop on first release in 1987.  At that point I was at college already for a couple of years.  

My friend and I instantly fell in love with all things Robocop.  And since then I've been a dedicated fan.  I've seen all the TV series as well (loved it and now have it on DVD) and Prime Directives, though I complained through a lot of it.  The new one is ok, though I still prefer the original.

What made me a fan....well, I love most things Robot and Cyborg, have for as long as I remember.  I loved the whole human aspect of the story.  Expecially, "I'm a robot, I'm a robot.....wait!  I'm a HUMAN!"  

That and the character is just so impressive.  The movements, the look, the acting, it's all really good.


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WeKilledYou

Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:21 pm



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They are two seperate pieces?&#8594;Yes!
The scene on the left is Clarence meeting with the drug dealers in the wharehouse?&#8594;Yes!
The scene on the right is Clarence throwing Bobby out of the truck?&#8594;Yes!
You have no idea how pleased I am that I was correct with my assumptions   :D

Also, your usage of smileys and exclamation points amuses me to no end.


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JimWantsAliens

Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:25 pm



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I had a house music compilation cassette (still do!) called Deep Heat 5 - Feed The Fever.  The first track was "20 Seconds To Comply" by UK rapper Silver Bullet.  I played it in my Dad's car on a long journey and he instantly recognised the voice samples, saying he'd seen the film.  He showed me a Sky TV Guide with an article on the film (there were third act pictures of Robo & Lewis, Robo & Clarence and "acid hoodlum" Emil).

When it was next on Sky Movies, he recorded it on VHS to show me the ED-209 scene, stopping it before Kinney became a bloody mess.  I pestered him constantly until he showed me the full scene, and then the full film.  I eventually got to watch it on my 10th birthday round his house with an oven pizza and bottle of Lucozade.

I always imagined what that track would look like intercut with film clips.  Years later, I got some video editing software and got to realise it.  You can watch it here http://www.youtube.com/jimwantsaliens :D


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Stan The Man

Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:13 pm



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Quite a few years ago I was a member of this forum (I even still remembered my name and password!) .  It's good to be back.

I guess I'm the resident "old broad" here, haha.  I saw the original Robocop on first release in 1987.  At that point I was at college already for a couple of years.  

So who are you? Er, were you? And good to see you back (a 'welcome' would be for the welcome topic, so there :b)


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Meriandressial

Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:26 pm



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I watched it in about 1990 or 1991, when I was 10 or 11, not sure.
It was on VHS. My mother rented it, along with Terminater.
I was 7 when it came out, so did'nt see it in the cinema.

I loved the series from the first time I saw it. :)
It's very awesome and unique.

The toxic waste scene was a bit disturbing to me, but not bad. I did'nt think of the word 'acid' in the same way, ever again.

But I missed some stuff when it was on, due to UK tv being terrible at showing good stuff.
They were so bad they missed the end of the G1 transformers series.
I don't think they even showed RoboCop: The Animated Series. 

I watched the 3 cinema films on VHS, in the time they came out.
But missed the tv series, The Animated Series, Alpha Commando, and Prime Directives when they were on.
Not that Uk tv would have got some of these, quite frankly.


I'm watching, etc, the things I missed now.
I had no idea they made comics, books, etc! I want to see those.

I got back into robocop when the absolutely awesome reboot came out. :)

I like all robocop stuff in various degrees. I like most of it.

Bad as the 3rd film was, I've had to sit through much worse crap since then.
Thor, The Rock films, Chinese Zodiac, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengence, to name a few. So many bad films!

My favourite RoboCop things are RoboCop(2014) film, RoboCop(1987). I like all of them, really.

I was so excited when the new film came out! :D

I deliberately don't notice films in the cinema, or buy dvds.
But I was so determined to see that, I went to the cinema to see it.
 Then bought the bluray dvd when it came out.
I am so glad they made that film! :D

I don't buy dvds, the dvd was a very rare exception. So I'm wary on buying things too much.
I only buy what I need, use, or play.
But I might get RoboCop(1987) on dvd. And Prime Directives if I see it.

I did'nt buy a Prime Directives 2 film set, with the first 2 films and 2 others, when I saw it. And I regret that. I should have got it.


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robojunk

Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:19 pm



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Hi.

After looking at arround here, I wanted to tell you guys a little story you might find funny, not really sure where to post.

When I was about 10, a babysitter got me and my younger sister RoboCop to watch. I decided that RoboCop was really cool, and I was going to build him. Not a replica, or a prop, or a toy. A real RoboCop. I figured I would use empty drink cans and circuits from broken toys. I couldn't cut the cans with knives borrowed from the kitchen, and the toy circuits wouldn't do anything no mater what combination I twisted the wires together in.

I ended up with Murphy, pre shooting, made from a box wearing old clothes, newspaper in arms and legs, a balloon for a head, and a kid size rubber dart shooting Auto 9. He was much bigger than I was at the time. I sat him on my desk, to guard my bedroom door. 

That thing scared the poop out of me every time I walked into the room. You know how sometimes even a close friend can scare you when you don't expect to see them? Imagine that with something twice your size, with a green head, and totally non human.

I had forgotten about that until I found this forum, so cheers guys. Also you guys are slightly crazy to like Robo enough to have a a forum about him. I think it is rubbing off on me, I really want an adult sized Auto 9 now. Just to put on the wall and look at of course, would never be so immature to spin it on my finger...


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RoboFan_93

Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:05 am



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 would never be so immature to spin it on my finger...

I don't think this is the best place for you then. Everybody needs to twirl their Auto-9 from time to time, even if they fail miserably at it.


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Stan The Man

Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:40 pm



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Also you guys are slightly crazy to like Robo enough to have a a forum about him. I think it is rubbing off on me, I really want an adult sized Auto 9 now. Just to put on the wall and look at of course, would never be so immature to spin it on my finger...

You were perfectly correct on your first point, but woefully incorrect on your last one. No self-respecting RoboCop fan with an Auto-9 would ever miss any chance to spin or pose with it.


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RoboDemise

Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:34 pm



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I am assuming junk is being sarcastic or facetious but I was forced to do this right now anyway!

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/ImpendingDemise/20150221_141623.jpeghttp://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/ImpendingDemise/20150221_141759.jpeghttp://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/ImpendingDemise/20150221_141501.jpeg


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Josh

Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:52 pm



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Public Trust for Demise for reasons!


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Zentron

Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:59 pm



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Public Trust for Demise for reasons!I concur, thus, present RD with his 100+PT


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RoboDemise

Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:43 am



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Public Trust for Demise for reasons!I concur, thus, present RD with his 100+PT

I thank you zen but you really gave me 101 because earlier I was at 100 and somebody gave me a negative... Been checking the forum quite a bit today. :?


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Stan The Man

Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:43 am



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Fucking love it Demise! :D Love the hoodie and shirt (and gun, that goes without saying though, shit in fact, it all goes without saying, what-the-hell-ever).

Really need to get some swag of my own.. of course I really need to not be poverty stricken first.. Bah. Anyway! Bottom line, good shit and well-deserved PT award to go with it. Nicely done, you fucken nut. ;) Though I must admit I'm a bit disappointed in a way that you actually have achieved 100PTs.. Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers.


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RoboFan_93

Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:22 pm



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Demise, get ready, another PT is coming your way soon!!


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AceAlive1

Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:41 am



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i saw an early home video copy of robocop. that was back when you could see it in theaters and then hit the swap meet and find a perfect copy for $5.


5 year old me was hooked.


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Moon-Vixen

Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:26 pm



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First - I have no idea how to make my own signature, so - I'm sorry for my english!

Well, I'm new here, so maybe I write something about me and Robo ^^
I'm a 26 year old girl from Poland, the first time I saw this movie I was aged 7-8, I can not remember exactly... I did not understand this movie quite well, but I liked the main character (and I like to this day), i admired his bravery and I was sad for what happened to him. As a little girl I keep a notebook with all the newspaper clippings, I drew tons of fan arts "to the drawer". But in time my enthusiasm has weakened, I did not personally know anyone who would like Robo like me. Then, where I lived, everyone likes Star Wars and I liked them too, I read books, comics, etc. ... I hid Robo deep for myself. But as a fan, nothing has disappointed me like Star Wars since the time that bought them Disney :/ Robo from 2014 was not that bad, thanks to it, the world reminded a little about the old, good RoboCop ;) Since then, I have been living on the subject, but I have no way to share my thoughts. In Poland there are not many comic books in polish or at all they can not be bought. Buying abroad is very expensive and risky.

I have known this forum for a long time and often come here but I never knew what to write, my english is soo bad, so I did not set up an account. For now. But I hope to change that ;)


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RoboFan_93

Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:10 pm



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Welcome aboard, Moon-Vixen! 

I tend to visit Poland from time to time (my brother's wife is Polish and they live in Wyszkow) and it's a great country. Trust me, you guys have MUCH more comics (and movies) than we in Bulgaria ever had. I drool every time I go in one of your bookstores! 

I'm pretty sure that just like you, a lot of us didn't exactly "understand" RoboCop, but just thought it looked amazing. I know I sure did (I was 3 when I saw it for the first time, my dad borrowed R1 and R2 on VHS from a cousin of my mom's).


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Victorboris1

Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:07 pm



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I don't know how old I was, but it was thanks to the first movie. When I saw the scene when Robo's leg first opens itself to reveal the handgun, that just blew me away, it was so fucking cool.


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Robomania

Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:07 am



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I didn't see it when it was first out  but I caught some of the 2nd movie on TV and quickly took to it, so went out and bought all the movies.  This may have been in 95, the Series was airing at the time so I watched that too.


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kinserfan11

Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:49 am



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I went to go see it in Theaters in 1987 and when the first action figures came out in stores bought Kenner Cap Firing Robocop and ED 209 !


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OcpCommunications

Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:42 am



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Hello there fellow RoboFans. It has been a long time since I have been around this forum and these halls. Far too long...

Anyway, I fell in love with RoboCop as a kid, as soon as I was first introduced to the character through a VHS copy of RoboCop 3 I rented from a rental store. I used to wear that tape out. Nowadays, I find the film to be cringe inducingly awful and I wouldn't want to watch it over and over again because the experience would be absolute torture, but back then I couldn't get enough of it. I even had my dad buy me the talking RoboCop 3 toy from KB Toys. And I still have the toy by the way. It is one of the few things I still like about RoboCop 3 including the jet pack scene. 

It wasn't until years later when I saw the first film on DVD, the second on cable and all three again on DVD when I got the trilogy box set from my parents. I was already hooked on the character by that point, but once I had the DVD set, I was hooked for life. RoboCop is still my favorite character of all time and I owe that passion to RoboCop 3. As much as I despise the majority of the film, I still have that small speck of appreciation for it, because it opened the door to the world of RoboCop to my young eyes.

