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Dr Lizardo3/28/2020 1:51:47 pm PDT

re: #157 Targetpractice

The other big chance of the early 80s was the establishment of the PG-13 rating, which Hollywood initially chafed under because they’d been playing fast and loose with the indistinct line between PG and R since the establishment of ratings. Then they realized just how nebulous the line between PG-13 and R is and have been dancing on it ever since. Hence why none of the big R-rated films of the 80s could ever get made today, and why their “remakes/reboots” today seem so damned tame by comparison.

Look at the recent reboot of RoboCop, the 2014 version. It’s OK….but it doesn’t hold a candle to the 1987 original, which was one of the most visceral films I’d ever seen at that time. Of course, it helped that the original RoboCop had some truly amazing actors all the way up and down the line, from the main cast to supporting actors, and that Paul Verhoeven expertly walked that very fine line between action/sci-fi/bodyhorror and a ruthlessly satirical indictment of corporate America.

Yeah…..hard to imagine something like that today. The 2014 remake was all right - and it was also entirely unnecessary.