Upped the rating after rewatching it because of how unwoke it is...
Rewatching a lot of classics really sends you into a whirlwind of nostalgia.
Some of them don't hold up quite as well, while others hold up much better than expected.
The first two RoboCop films are timeless. The second one less so than the first, but it's still an adequate sequel and I don't think there's much you could have asked for from this one.
One big thing I noticed is that RoboCop performs more heroically in this one than in the first one. The first one has more thriller/horror elements and RoboCop for the longest -- while carrying out duties as a cop -- isn't really Murphy until the late half of the film. And even then, he's the underdog, butchered, battered, and fractured.
The second one shows RoboCop being a little more heroic and action-hero-y. Other than him being dismantled, he was pretty much always on the offensive and charging into the fight, and had good sense about his surroundings and his enemy. He was a lot more resourceful, too.
I don't really know how to feel about the suit change. In RoboCop 1 he was basically gunmetal silver. In the sequel he had that cool blue tint.
I think he looked a little more tank-like in the sequel, but he looked more intimidating in the first one.
Even behind the scenes the suit in the first one was so well done he literally looked... real:
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In the sequel he still looked cool, but it also had a lighter tone to it:
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Overall, though, I loved this film. And it holds up incredibly well, despite the stop motion sequences being dated. RoboCain looks fearsome, though. I don't think he sounded as fearsome as ED-209. But man, the spotlights and that samurai-style metal helmet was so menacing.
Compared to all the woke shenanigans of today's films, with their awful and poorly done CGI blood, tame body counts, small sets, and green screen galore (not to mention the emasculation of male heroes in Hollywood films, the feminist agenda, and all the diversity quotas), this film was such a breath of fresh air compared to all that tripe I had to go back and amp up the IMDB rating from a 7 out of 10 to an 8 out of 10.