The Iceberg Lounge aka GeneralZodLives's Phantom Zone

[Snake Plissken]

BBTS finally got off their *** and shipped my Matrix finally.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Sideshow waited a week to send me my Black Canary PF replacement. Now it's going to arrive when I'm in San Diego so I won't have any idea if it's in good shape or not until I can open it the next week.

 

[Pro Design]

Received my DX13 T-800 in the mail today, and went straight to the weathering the outfit. I think I finally have a complete (and unhealthy) Terminator collection!

dam rook that's badazz!!!

 

[Pro Design]

BBTS finally got off their *** and shipped my Matrix finally.

they seem so dam slow so much of time on orders... plus now they are charging tax to FL for some reason... so i avoid them.

 

[Snake Plissken]

they seem so dam slow so much of time on orders... plus now they are charging tax to FL for some reason... so i avoid them.

It's touch and go with them. It will be either same day, or days after. I went with them since they discounted Matrix by $20.

 

[Pro Design]

It's touch and go with them. It will be either same day, or days after. I went with them since they discounted Matrix by $20.

not too shabby...
i've always gone back and forth on that figure... get close to pulling the trigger then end up walking away! some better weathering would go miles on that thing!

 

[Jameson Rook]

Great weathering there!



"You may pre-order when ready."

dam rook that's badazz!!!

Thanks guys!

Btw I'm watching Robocop since today is the 30th anniversary. It's amazing how this film works on so many levels despite the cast and crew being miserable.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I was thinking of watching Robocop tonight too. It's been awhile since I watched the entire thing straight through. For awhile, it was on tv so I'd catch it in progress and finish it, but I wasn't paying attention to when it'd be on so I always missed the first third.

 

[Pro Design]

yeah it never gets old! i picked up the director's cut bluray several months back for super cheap... think it was $5. love that flick!

 

[Snake Plissken]

Thanks guys!

Btw I'm watching Robocop since today is the 30th anniversary. It's amazing how this film works on so many levels despite the cast and crew being miserable.

I remember watching the making of and they were playing with golf carts at the steel mill

 

[GeneralZodLives]

One of my friends had it on laser disc way back in the day. We damn near burned it out.

 

[Snake Plissken]

It's such a perfect film. The funny satire on the Media, which seems pretty real nowadays, the effects, the performances. Everything, it's just flawless.

Clarence Boddicker is hilariously underrated as a villain. I always thought he was one of the "scariest" bad guys in films since he's just a regular guy. He just wants money and women, and killing is just second nature to him. He's a pure psychopath.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I know it's too much to ask--especially considering I feel lucky to have gotten any new Robocop figures from HT at all--but it is a ******* travesty that we haven't gotten Boddicker and Cain figures.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Boddicker would be so easy. Just tailor up his militia outfit and give him some guns.

EX is a spare headsculpt for him to tongue the grenade pin

Threezero's Cain is NEVER coming out.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

It's such a perfect film. The funny satire on the Media, which seems pretty real nowadays, the effects, the performances. Everything, it's just flawless.

Clarence Boddicker is hilariously underrated as a villain. I always thought he was one of the "scariest" bad guys in films since he's just a regular guy. He just wants money and women, and killing is just second nature to him. He's a pure psychopath.

I'm one of those insufferable artsy twats who habitually watches Mexican Surrealism, Russian arthouse, etc - and Robocop remains firmly my favourite film. As you say, it's structurally perfect. The only thing that dates it even slightly is the odd-looking puppet of Richard Jones falling out of the window at the very end.

 

[Jameson Rook]

I was thinking of watching Robocop tonight too. It's been awhile since I watched the entire thing straight through. For awhile, it was on tv so I'd catch it in progress and finish it, but I wasn't paying attention to when it'd be on so I always missed the first third.

yeah it never gets old! i picked up the director's cut bluray several months back for super cheap... think it was $5. love that flick!

I remember watching the making of and they were playing with golf carts at the steel mill

Just finished it. The remastered blu ray is leaps and bounds better than the Trilogy or 2006 release, you can clearly see the flaws on the suit.

I too think the film never gets old and along with Predator that just turned 30 last month, are among films that every man must own. I make it a ritual to rewatch Robocop at least once a year and that never gets old, at least for me. It's just too bad that nothing that came after the 1987 film were any good, and I remember the TV show being almost cringe worthy.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I'm one of those insufferable artsy twats who habitually watches Mexican Surrealism, Russian arthouse, etc - and Robocop remains firmly my favourite film. As you say, it's structurally perfect. The only thing that dates it even slightly is the odd-looking puppet of Richard Jones falling out of the window at the very end.

The slow burn of him accepting that he used to be a person is perfectly done. There's no one instance that makes him more human than machine. The "Murphy" line at the end and the Robocop title followed by the main them has always been a "**** YEAH!" moment for me.

To the remake's credit, at least it tried something different. They went the other way with it, him coming to terms with being a cyborg.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I have that remastered Robocop blu ray and it does look fantastic.

 

[Jameson Rook]

The slow burn of him accepting that he used to be a person is perfectly done. There's no one instance that makes him more human than machine. The "Murphy" line at the end and the Robocop title followed by the main them has always been a "**** YEAH!" moment for me.

To the remake's credit, at least it tried something different. They went the other way with it, him coming to terms with being a cyborg.

I'm not gonna say the remake is all that great, but at least it TRIED stuff. The 87 film was a robot becoming human, while the remake was about a human becoming a robot. I'm not gonna buy toys of the remake or anything, but I enjoyed it. Think of it as an "what if" story.

 

[Jameson Rook]

I have that remastered Robocop blu ray and it does look fantastic.

Check out the Directive 4 shutdown scene, you can totally see the fabric undersuit on his armpits.