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Robocop

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A dystopian near-future film that doesn't specify its year but allows audiences to understand it's an extrapolation of contemporary trends

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"Synthwave, purple lasers, neon grids, digital sunsets, chrome DeLoreans, shoulder pads, Robocop pistol, Tron bikes Fucking ENOUGH! CUT IT OUT!!!"
Enough of the 80s soy nostalgia · u/mtdoom333 · ↑152 · 2023-06-30
"If you put something like this in Robocop it would be on the nose and the audience would throw their hands up and say it could never happen, but somehow, a measure intended to enforce police accountability has instead allowed Netflix to profit off the footage of people getting murdered."
"Robocop doesn't name a year; savvy audiences understand it's a near future extrapolation of the contemporary world. This kind of thing used to be par for the course. "Dystopian near future extrapolation of contemporary social trends.""
"Robocop and Starship Troopers, for instance, are very sincere, basic Hollywood movies structurely. But it's when the characters are too sincere, played too straight where it truly satirical and most of all, funny."
The Substance is another reminder why Verhoeven is the greatest · u/returnofthecoom · ↑36 · 2024-10-19
"I also think starship troopers is better than robocop and I like how it starts as a generic 80s sci-fi film then turns really gory and bleak during the 3rd act"
"I also think starship troopers is better than robocop"
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