Robocop: Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

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Robocop walks past a frosted window then shows a spike extending from his fist to a worried looking man. For home cinemas first a Laserdisc and the a DVD from Criterion containing the DC were released. Both releases are long since out of print - but fortunately the DC has been released on several DVD as well as on Blu-ray by now.

unlike anything anybody had ever seen before, and, really, unlike anything anybody would ever see again.The audacious filmmaking of Robert Eggers is always a gift for fans, and we can promise that his Nosferatu is planning quite the Christmas feast,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski stated. Update (December 1, 2019):I mistakenly stated that Arrow carried over everything from the MGM disc. This edition is missing a handful of production featurettes from the time of shooting, and a 37-minute making-of documentary. Though it's a shame that the featurettes aren't here the content of the making-of is pretty much covered in the other features that Arrow have included. Closing RoboCop: Creating A Legend, Villains of Old Detroit, Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew Tiffany Haddish Plans To "Get Help" After Her Most Recent DUI Arrest, Her Second In Less Than 2 Years: "This Will Never Happen Again"

As you would hope, detail is better rendered now. Edges are smoother and more clearly delineated. Costumes reveal more texture, as do wounds. There is more depth to the image because it is sharper and less cluttered with artefacts. Robocop striding out of the inferno at the gas station and the entire sequence in the drug factory certainly seem to exhibit more dimensionality than before. Looking out across the main hall in the precinct house also shows a considerable gain in depth, and fine detail retained in the furthermost recesses of the image. And the fantastic Forbidden Planet-like views up and down the glass and chrome elevator shafts in the OCP building. Casting Old Detroit, an interview with casting director Julie Selzer on how the film's ensemble cast was assembled Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for the Theatrical Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director’s Cut)

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In the TV we see Clarence and his men, then Murphy on the ground, then Clarence again, stepping to the side.

life in the streets, where real cops risk their lives to protect a struggling populace that, to the The censorship of the ED-209 scene torpedoes Verhoevens initial intention. the scene was deliberately planned as comically exaggerated to get some laughs out of the audience with the "Somebody want to call a paramedic?" line - the dark humor is watered down in the edited version, as Verhoeven criticizes himself in the audio commentary. During Murphys execution an interesting dolly camera pan was cut along with the gory head shot where an elaborate Peter Weller dummy designed by SFX expert Rob Bottin had been used.

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Robocop is coming to 4K to follow his prime directives in jawdropping clarity. The special edition release from Arrow Video is coming to the 4K format for the first time. Best of all this release includes both the director’s cut and theatrical cut. RoboCop: Creating a Legend, Villains of Old Detroit and Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew The most interesting inclusion here would probably be the television version of the film, presented here in its entirety. It runs about 95-minutes and cuts out most of the graphic violence, even using alternate angles and shots to hide the violence. The foul language is also dubbed out (badly) and it’s about as effective as you would expect. It’s been sourced from a video and is presented in 1.33:1 (naturally) but it doesn’t look too bad all things considered.