Robocop or The Crow? - Page 2

*DarkFell* · 05-02-2022, 04:50 PM

Both of them are good movies, but I'm going with Robocop on this one. At least the third RC movie was watchable even though the original actor didn't reprise his role. I still haven't seen the third Crow movie.

Robocop had more character. A fallen cop gets another chance to make Detroit city life somewhat better, whereas all three men that were resurrected by a crow were out for revenge.

~~Leo656~~ · 05-02-2022, 05:01 PM

Robocop spends most of his time in the first movie getting revenge too, though. He initially does a little bit of generic "clean up the city" stuff, but as soon as he starts having flashbacks to who he used to be, he becomes pretty sole-minded about Getting Even with everyone responsible.

Just saying. I know what you mean but the first Robocop is definitely a Revenge Movie. In fact, plot-wise it's very, very similar to The Crow in that regard. The more you think about some of the specific beats you start to realize that it's the same basic plot done with completely different trappings.

The biggest difference from a story perspective is simply that when we meet Eric, he's already dead, and his entire story from when he was still alive is all flashback, whereas we get to spend a few minutes with Murphy first before we see him get killed and we watch his murder in real time. From there, the two stories are very much the same... flashbacks to being alive, flashbacks to being murdered, going around killing all the bad guys, sudden complication right before killing the Final Boss, etc. etc.

At a glance, they don't really seem all that similar. But when you really dig in, they are in fact VERY similar. And that's neat.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-02-2022, 06:02 PM

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View Poll Results: Robocop or The Crow?
Robocop	7	77.78%
The Crow	2	22.22%
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05-02-2022, 06:02 PM	#23
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05-02-2022, 05:01 PM	#22
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Robocop spends most of his time in the first movie getting revenge too, though. He initially does a little bit of generic "clean up the city" stuff, but as soon as he starts having flashbacks to who he used to be, he becomes pretty sole-minded about Getting Even with everyone responsible. Just saying. I know what you mean but the first Robocop is definitely a Revenge Movie. In fact, plot-wise it's very, very similar to The Crow in that regard. The more you think about some of the specific beats you start to realize that it's the same basic plot done with completely different trappings. The biggest difference from a story perspective is simply that when we meet Eric, he's already dead, and his entire story from when he was still alive is all flashback, whereas we get to spend a few minutes with Murphy first before we see him get killed and we watch his murder in real time. From there, the two stories are very much the same... flashbacks to being alive, flashbacks to being murdered, going around killing all the bad guys, sudden complication right before killing the Final Boss, etc. etc. At a glance, they don't really seem all that similar. But when you really dig in, they are in fact VERY similar. And that's neat.