Thinking about “why make another Robocop movie” The answer I already had was simple, Just like Gildorf writes: “Mo’ money, Mo’ money, Mo’ money…” (Or something to that effect).
But having asked myself that question again (when reading the review), I’m left thinking about 1984 and the attempts to rewrite history there and comparing to the attempt to rewrite history here, because that’s what this is isn’t it?
There’s nothing wrong with telling an old tale in a new way, but the original Robocop was satire, the Robocop was an excuse to satirize corporate greed and ethical blindness and the economic collapse of Detroit all with the fear of nuclear annihilation in the background. Seems to me that telling the Robocop story as a struggle for identity is relevant, but misses the point of having a man put in that position in the first place, like its a given that corporations and CEO’s are beyond satire now?
Or is that the point of this rewriting of history?
