Oh my goodness, this is awful stuff. Robocop does not appear to survive the translation to TV. Nor does it survive the crappy writing or an apparently shoestring budget. This is a Bad Idea.
From Robocop I expect:
1) gruesome TV-unfriendly violence; 2) expensive effects; 3) smart, entertaining, subversive writing; 4) plausible near-future technology.
Sadly this show had none of that. What's REALLY disappointing, is how the technology in the old 1987 movie looks MORE futuristic than the stuff in this show made in 2000. I mean, come ON.. even with a TV budget. And that idiotic laughing villain with the $.99 Halloween mask?
I'll think of it like Star Trek 5: "it never happened".
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From Robocop I expect:
1) gruesome TV-unfriendly violence; 2) expensive effects; 3) smart, entertaining, subversive writing; 4) plausible near-future technology.
Sadly this show had none of that. What's REALLY disappointing, is how the technology in the old 1987 movie looks MORE futuristic than the stuff in this show made in 2000. I mean, come ON.. even with a TV budget. And that idiotic laughing villain with the $.99 Halloween mask?
I'll think of it like Star Trek 5: "it never happened".
*/5