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"RoboCop explores larger themes regarding the media and human nature in addition to being a big budget action film; the philosopher Steven Best wrote an essay on some of this content."
"In the Criterion Edition DVD commentary track, executive producer Jon Davison and writer Edward Neumeier both point to the decay of American industry from the 1970s through the early 1980s. The abandoned Rust Belt-style factories that RoboCop and Clarence Boddicker's gang use as hideouts demonstrate this theme. Massive unemployment is prevalent, being reported frequently on the news, as is poverty and the crime that results from economic hardship."
"RoboCop explores larger themes regarding the media and human nature in addition to being a big budget action film; the philosopher Steven Best wrote an essay on some of this content."
"In the Criterion Edition DVD commentary track, executive producer Jon Davison and writer Edward Neumeier both point to the decay of American industry from the 1970s through the early 1980s. The abandoned Rust Belt-style factories that RoboCop and Clarence Boddicker's gang use as hideouts demonstrate this theme. Massive unemployment is prevalent, being reported frequently on the news, as is poverty and the crime that results from economic hardship."
"One of the Taurus's competitors at the time, the Pontiac 6000, is parodied in the movie as the '6000 SUX.' The 6000 SUX itself was based on a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass with extensive bodywork. Commercials advertise the SUX as 'an American tradition' with a fuel efficiency of 8.2 miles per gallon."
"The story satirizes Reaganomics and the consumerism of the eighties era, with OCP presented as a massive corporate hulk that controls citizens' lives on all levels of society. Almost no distinction is made between the conduct of top level executives and street criminals, as both are seen occupied with drugs, corrupting society and talking the same catch phrases while conducting their shady affairs ('good business is where you find it')."
"Although both Neumeier and Verhoeven have declared themselves staunchly on the political left, Neumeier recalls on the audio commentary to Starship Troopers that many of his leftist friends wrongly perceived RoboCop as a fascist movie. However, on the 20th Anniversary DVD, producer Jon Davison referred to the film's message as 'fascism for liberals' - a politically liberal film done in the most violent way possible."
Alright, alright, I know. Wikipedia isn't reliable. So let's try some International Movie Database.
"The scientist who introduces ED-209 in the beginning has name tag called McNamara, a nod to Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy Administration. Production designer William Sandell based the ED-209 design on the BELL UH-1H-HUEY chopper used during the Vietnam war."
"The sound of Bob Morton's doorbell is the same as the one in the writer's house in A Clockwork Orange (1971)."
"The repeated line 'I'd buy that for a dollar!' comes from Cyril Kornbluth's short story 'The Marching Morons', which presents a similarly cynical view of an over-commercialized future that's desensitized to violence and war. A radio game show in that short story uses the line 'I'd buy that for a quarter' as its signature phrase."
It takes all of five minutes in front of a computer to find this stuff.
When did this come out? The mid-80s? Gee, you think maybe it could have served as a warning for the city of Detroit? Maybe not enough people "read into it."
"The story satirizes Reaganomics and the consumerism of the eighties era, with OCP presented as a massive corporate hulk that controls citizens' lives on all levels of society. Almost no distinction is made between the conduct of top level executives and street criminals, as both are seen occupied with drugs, corrupting society and talking the same catch phrases while conducting their shady affairs ('good business is where you find it')."
"Although both Neumeier and Verhoeven have declared themselves staunchly on the political left, Neumeier recalls on the audio commentary to Starship Troopers that many of his leftist friends wrongly perceived RoboCop as a fascist movie. However, on the 20th Anniversary DVD, producer Jon Davison referred to the film's message as 'fascism for liberals' - a politically liberal film done in the most violent way possible."
Alright, alright, I know. Wikipedia isn't reliable. So let's try some International Movie Database.
"The scientist who introduces ED-209 in the beginning has name tag called McNamara, a nod to Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy Administration. Production designer William Sandell based the ED-209 design on the BELL UH-1H-HUEY chopper used during the Vietnam war."
"The sound of Bob Morton's doorbell is the same as the one in the writer's house in A Clockwork Orange (1971)."
"The repeated line 'I'd buy that for a dollar!' comes from Cyril Kornbluth's short story 'The Marching Morons', which presents a similarly cynical view of an over-commercialized future that's desensitized to violence and war. A radio game show in that short story uses the line 'I'd buy that for a quarter' as its signature phrase."
It takes all of five minutes in front of a computer to find this stuff.
When did this come out? The mid-80s? Gee, you think maybe it could have served as a warning for the city of Detroit? Maybe not enough people "read into it."
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