Bruce Willis Will Play Robocop -- Sort Of - io9 Comments

Bruce Willis Will Play Robocop -- Sort Of

Smeagol92055 — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:31:24 PDT

@NefariousNewt: I'd pay to see Olivaw and Baley brought to the big screen... but only if Baley's character actually yells "Jehoshephat!" every 15 seconds.

Smeagol92055

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CmdrHunt — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:48:47 PDT

@Miranda Kali: LOL! Brilliantly put!

CmdrHunt

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TruPhan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:54:47 PDT

I own an original trade of the first issue and loved it. Never went back for the rest of the series, but always knew that there was something special about it and assumed that I would buy a trade of it sometime, but just never got around to it.

Anyway, I don't quite remember the story playing out like this; the surrogates weren't just "avatars," they could also autopilot and you could later catch up with its memories and sync with it, kind of like with an iPod. At least, that's how I remember it playing out, it's been a while.

TruPhan

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clonie — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:51:47 PDT

I recently read this graphic novel and really loved it. I'm interested to see how the movie turns out.

clonie

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botanicidal — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:15:33 PDT

I hope that, in the future, my avatar will not look nearly as hideous as that one of Bruce - one would think, that with the technology available, that such atrocities would not be a worry.

botanicidal

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jesustonight — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:46:55 PDT

What was the name of that computer game brucie did a while back.I think his career had taken a nose dive and he did the voice for some hell beast fighting action hero."drop one on its time to jam"

jesustonight

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XivGNP — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:50:01 PDT

The original graphic novel is really, really awesome. The way the concept's laid out, society and it's laws kinda cease to matter...when you consider it's not murder, but property damage, and you can stop becoming a victim of something like rape or assault when you can just unplug yourself. I had no idea they were making a movie, but if any recent comic deserves a cinematic adaptation it's this.

XivGNP

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RAHfanboy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:16:23 PDT

It also reminds me of the Richard Matheson story (or was it Keith Laumer's ?) about the boxing manager who had to step in for his obsolete boxerbot and fight a state-of-the-art bot himself. It was also a Twilight Zone with Lee Marvin. The episode credited Matheson, but for some reason I feel like it was Laumer's.

RAHfanboy

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shadownode — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:19:42 PDT

@Dunny0:

They didn't die out, they turned themselves into telekinetic hermaphrodites.

shadownode

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:22:52 PDT

@KiddChaos: Wasted? You must have accidentally had your safe search on.

Because if you had found what I've uploaded alone! it would not have been time wasted my friend!

92BuickLeSabre

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KiddChaos — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:16:52 PDT

@92BuickLeSabre: I just wasted the entire day at work searching for "One legged yodeling clown nun shaggers" on Google. Thanks a lot.

KiddChaos

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:40:11 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Well, I must admit, sometimes I include the yodeling anyway. The clown doesn't love it, but it drives the nun craaaaazy!

92BuickLeSabre

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Miranda Kali — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:14:37 PDT

@92BuickLeSabre:
Spoodlam! Of course! Thank you. I'd completely forgotten. Saves sooo much time...AND eliminates the need for all that yodeling.

Miranda Kali

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brianeisley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:48:35 PDT

I like this premise a lot. I especially like that the cop will be forced to sympathize with the "techno-terrorist" as he's working to stop him. (Yes, it's an old and predictable plot structure, but in this setting it'll have some great twists.)

And Bruce Willis can be pretty damn good, if he has good material to work with. Done right, this could be a really great movie.

brianeisley

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:45:10 PDT

@Miranda Kali: You're creating unnecessary prep time for yourself Miranda. Next time just use the Spoodlam (Poodle Spam). Kill two birds with one stone.

(Not to be confused with the part where you actually do kill two birds with one stone.)

92BuickLeSabre

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brianeisley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:43:45 PDT

I like this premise a lot. I especially like that Willis' character will have to learn to understand the "techno-terrorist"'s world view in order to stop him.

And Bruce Willis can be pretty damn good if he has good material to work with. Done right, this could be a really great movie.

brianeisley

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Miranda Kali — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:30:03 PDT

@92BuickLeSabre:
What? Without the poodle and Spam? Uhhhg! Now that's sick.

Miranda Kali

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Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:20:23 PDT

@Log1c: The T3 director also did "Beverly Hills Body Snatchers" but I decided not to mention it lest I shred his credibility too much...

Charlie Jane Anders

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:12:09 PDT

@KiddChaos: Does it matter? Totally hot either way.

92BuickLeSabre

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Rus — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:51:04 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Okay, now you're getting me hot.

Funny. I never realized Bruce Willis looks like that before now.

Rus

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KiddChaos — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:49:56 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Is it the clown being shagged by the nun, or the other way around?

KiddChaos

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Miranda Kali — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:29:21 PDT

@92BuickLeSabre:
Shoggoth wish they looked that good. It's the face that launched a thousand rotting vessels, filled with pustulant, screaming monkeys.

Miranda Kali

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Log1c — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:24:54 PDT

Definitely sounds pretty good, similar to 13 Monkeys almost..

Has the T3 director done anything else? Not the best street cred for sci-fi direction...

Log1c

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Dunny0 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:23:20 PDT

@NefariousNewt: Not all the Spacers did that, only the Solarians. Then they died out... Maybe.

Dunny0

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:22:49 PDT

@Miranda Kali: So you think it's kinda hot?

Seems like they got his face right, but the head is all teeny-tiny in the wrong places.

I like this idea for a movie. Kind of Matrix meets I, Robot (the movie).

(Actually, now that I think of it, that was probably the pitch: "Picture this - Bruce Willis, the Matrix, and I, Robot, is that something you might be interested in?")

92BuickLeSabre

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Tei — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:17:43 PDT

He!,..I have read a book with that argument!, but was not terrorist (or it was?) but religio, I think. And people has teleportation, so one guy started teleporting here and there, naked, ...

Tei

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NefariousNewt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:16:19 PDT

This sounds like a re-working of Asimov's "Spacers," who live in widely separated compounds on planets and do not interact physically, but by hologram, and are dependent on their robots for their care. So now, these people are the robots. Could be interesting if it's done right.

NefariousNewt

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Miranda Kali — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:10:55 PDT

Okay, the Bruce avatar is creepier than a nun on mescaline shagging a one legged clown.
It will haunt my dreams and wait, giggling in the dark recesses of my mind...FOREVER.

(seriously, though, sounds like a neat premise.)

Miranda Kali