This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
It was all so different from living in Holland, Verhoeven recalled.
RoboCopsuse of television clips, meanwhile, was extremely unusual in sci-fi cinema back in 1987.
Theres crass comedy courtesy of Bixby Snyder, whose occasional cries of Id buy that for a dollar!
), which turns the horrifying prospect of nuclear Armageddon into an evenings cheery entertainment.
The American automotive industry looms large throughoutRoboCop.
I had a guaranteed military sale with ED-209!
Who cares if it worked or not?
OCPs Dick Jones (Ronnie Cox) rages in one key exchange.
Quaid is a physically imposing yet credulous man whos easily swayed by the soothing jingles of advertising.
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I stopped after two chapters because it was so boring, the director said.
It really is a bad book.
When the soldiers look at the camera and say, Im doing my part!
thats from Riefenstahl, Verhoeven toldEntertainment Weeklyback in 1997.
RoboCoppresents a media-saturated future that directly reflected 80s America, where television reigned supreme.
As Verhoeven once put it, War makes fascists of us all a sentiment that still holds true today.
But lately, they have come to the surface its this ultra right-wing direction, isnt it?
EspeciallyStarship Troopers, thats pointing out a fascist utopia, in fact.
Im not saying the United States is moving in that direction completely, but feels a bit that way.
