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Overall impression: Flippin’ awesome.

Now, this turned out to be in absolutely no way what I was expecting, save for the cop that was part robot. You see, for someone who had never really found out anything about it, the name “Robocop” sounds kind of… lame. Like, perhaps, Ghostbusters, Transformers, [insert mildly threatening word]man or any other various 80’s type of story that only the most hardcore nerds really know much of anything about.

So basically, I was expecting something very far from the R-rated film that it is. Obviously, I was very, very wrong. But I’m glad I was, because that was a pretty kickass movie. Sure, it had stop-motion, but it’s not like they really had computers with which to generate images (and that ED-209 could completely tear up anything Hollywood might come up with these days (should they ever actually come up with anything)). But the plot was fantastic and really pulled you in, the script was good (apparently, since I didn’t notice any flaws–same goes for the acting), and… well geez, the story was just really, really awesome. And one of the best parts: it’s still pretty relevant and plausible (I mean, as much as a story about a robotic cop can be) today–heck, I didn’t even notice an absence of cell phones!

And, now, I missed this kind of thing: clear right and clear wrong–no moral ambiguity or anything. Criminals=bad. Robocop=good. Most normal cops (save for that one lady… and wait, did she die?)=kinda dumb and corruptible, but generally try to be good. ED-209=I guess technically kinda bad, but still awesome.

So, uhh… yeah, I loved it. Loved the emotion brought forward by the plot and acting, loved the action that it had (action, by the way, should move the plot forward, directors…), loved the characters, loved seeing that guy from That 70’s show in something other than That 70’s Show (obviously, I’m still short a few things), and, well, everything. It’s just a great movie.

…please don’t tell my sister. I’d never hear the end of it.