I have no desire to see the remake unless it's free and I can drink. PG-13, no blood, no strong language, Robocop only incapacitates people, and when Murphy becomes Robocop, he has full knowledge of what is being done to him and his past. Fuck that noise. Beneath the rough, violent and visually stunning sci-fi action setting and subject-matter, the core message of the original Robocop is two things:

1. A man's spirit can be suppressed, twisted and stifled, but only temporarily. It cannot be destroyed, and given the most basic modicum of time, the soul will reclaim the body and identity to whom it belongs. A man's body can be crushed and his mind warped and controlled, but his spirit will always, always persist until his last breath. If Murphy never loses his self-awareness or even his memories, then this idea will not be explored at all.

2. Justice will pursue you till the end of your days. It will do so even from beyond the gave if it must. There is no permanent respite for evil, even through murder of the innocent and the just. Evil is always, always destroyed through the sins it commits and the people it transgresses against, and justice will always prevail. This is still open for exploration in the remake but the trailer has Murphy dying in a random car explosion rather than a brutal execution, so the justice/revenge won't feel as necessary or fulfilling to the audience.

While the argument could be made "perhaps they'll explore new themes", no they fucking won't and you know it. Also, the action looks like something out of a mod for Black Ops II.

If you can look at that and tell me it's not utter shit on every conceivable level of action cinema, you need a job lying to people for a living. Save us, Gareth Evans, you're our only hope.

That's from the same people who put together the funniest television credit parodies I've ever seen.

I plan on watching their full remake when I get the time next weekend.