RoboCop is the 47th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Ian Weinreich, Dan Murrell and Andy Signore. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 1987 science-fiction film RoboCop. The video was published on January 28, 2014, to coincide with the theatrical release of the reboot RoboCop (2014). It is 3 minutes and 45 seconds long. It has been viewed over 5.9 million times.
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"It's a city crying out for a savior, and they'll get one in RoboCop, a blatant Jesus metaphor who's killed, gets resurrected, and walks on water, but instead of dying for our sins, this Jesus shoots rapists in the dick." ~ Honest Trailers - RoboCop
Script[]
This trailer is rated R for RoboCop, 'cause that's how you make a f*cking RoboCop movie.
It's been more than 20 years since RoboCop appeared on the big screen, and now he's back (plays clips from the reboot), with a flip-up visor, different origin, a... human hand (?), and a PG-13 rating?! Screw that! Instead, revisit the original masterpiece that is...
RoboCop
Journey to a futuristic Detroit, that's become a bankrupt, crime-ridden hellhole; basically, present-day Detroit. It's a city crying out for a savior, and they'll get one in RoboCop, a blatant Jesus metaphor who's killed, gets resurrected, and walks on water, but instead of dying for our sins, this Jesus shoots rapists in the dick. (shows RoboCop shooting an attempted rapist in the crotch)
Meet his gum-chewing partner, Lewis, a terrible cop who never waits for backup, runs like a girl, and can't resist male nudity.
Cox: (as Lewis aims her pistol at him) Mind if I... zip this up?
Lewis: (stares down at Cox's crotch)
Together, they'll take down Old Detroit's biggest bad guys: Clarence Boddicker, a drug lord who's got a real way with the ladies...
Boddicker: (to Barbara) Maybe you could, uh... fit me in?
...Omni Consumer Products, an evil corporation that does everything except make consumer products; ED-209, a heavily-armed killing machine who loses to a flight of stairs (shows ED-209 "squealing" after tripping down some stairs); and... glass. (montage of characters being knocked through glass)
Robo-suit up for the ultimate awesome 80's movie, full of... big hair, cocaine, goons, Cold War paranoia, and a no-nonsense Black police captain.
Reed: (to a bail bondsman) Now, get out of my police station, and take laughing boy with you!
So return to a time when action movies were made for adults, but marketed to children...
RoboCop Toy Commercial Announcer: RoboCop and evil ED-260 face off with rapid repeat cap-firing!
...featuring some of film's best one-liners...
Murphy: Dead or alive, you're coming with me.
RoboCop: Your move, creep.
Bixby Snyder: I'd buy that for a dollar!
Boddicker: Bitches, leave.
...and the MOST... BLOOD SQUIBS... EVER! (montage of copious blood splatter whenever characters get shot) I guarantee you won't see that in the remake.
Starring: Daft Punk (Peter Weller as Alex Murphy/RoboCop); Bruce Jenner (shows RoboCop with his visor removed); Tough Lady Cop (Nancy Allen as Anne Lewis); Old '80s Businessman (Ronny Cox as Dick Jones); Even Older '80s Businessman (Daniel O'Herlihy as "The Old Man"); Jordan Belfort (Miguel Ferrer as Bob Morton); That '70s Drug Lord (Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker); Fox News (Mario Machado as Casey Wong and Leeza Gibbons as Jess Perkins); and Lindsay Lohan (Paul McCrane as Emil M. Antonowsky).
Antonowsky: (after being disfigured by toxic waste) Help me... / (wails in pain)
RoboCop
RoboCop is the last movie that needs a freaking remake; what are they going to do next, Die Hard? Oh no... I've said too much!
Trivia[]
- Screen Junkies have produced Honest Trailers for several other awesome 1980s action movies including Predator, Die Hard and Aliens. See list of Honest Trailers for more.
- An Honest Trailer Commentary for this episode was recorded and was available on the Screen Junkies Plus until the website/app was discontinued. Screen Junkies don't currently have any way of releasing the video.
Reception []
Honest Trailers - Robocop has an 98.8% approval rating from YouTube viewers. IndieWrire described the Honest Trailer "nice trip down memory lane" and said "from the one liners, to the glorious days when R-rated movies were marketed to kids, the video is solid look back what they call a "masterpiece." Geek Tyrant remarked that the Honest Trailer "points out how awesome the original film is and all of the amazingly bloody cool things that we won't see in the remake." Uproxx showed great appreciation for the Honest Trailer's strong opening line (“This trailer is rated R for RoboCop, because that’s how you make a f**king RoboCop movie"), but was less enthusiastic about the rest of the trailer which they described as "yadda yadda you know the rest."
Production credits[]
Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - RoboCop
Directed by Andy Signore
Series Created by Andy Signore & Brett Weiner
Episode Written by Spencer Gilbert, Ian Weinreich, Dan Murrell and Andy Signore
Edited by Dan Murrell
Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey
RoboCop Theme by Sean Motley
External links []
- Honest Trailer Reminds Us Why ‘RoboCop’ Movies Should Never Be PG-13 - Uproxx article
- Watch: Honest Trailer For ‘RoboCop’ Celebrates The Original Masterpiece - IndieWire article
- Honest Trailer for the Original 1987 ROBOCOP - Geek Tyrant article