TV/Movies Megathread

[Barrister]

Incidentally, I have this indelible memory of watching Robocop during a school trip, and being deeply traumatized by the "you have 20 seconds to comply" scene. Still don't know whose idea was to show that film to a bunch of 10 year olds, but it was the higlight of the trip 

Even before this little discussion, I really wanted to show RoboCop to my 11 (soon to be 12) year old - I think he'd find it a blast.

It'd probably be too much for my 8 and 9 year olds though.

[Habbaku]

I think I watched it for the first time at around 8 or 9 and ED-209 was terrifying. 

[Eddie Teach]

I don't think I've ever seen it. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

You can't appreciate Deadpool (the movies) without an appreciation of Robocop.

[grumbler]

I think that Verhoeven explains his movies pretty well, and I think that he is being honest about it.  I'm not sure why people argue that he is lying.  You can certainly make the argument that you think that the movies are bad, but I think that the whole "he just claims that his movies are satire to ex-post-facto excuse the fact that they are just bad" argument has no legs.  Contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism is still just contrarianism.

[The Larch]

Incidentally, I have this indelible memory of watching Robocop during a school trip, and being deeply traumatized by the "you have 20 seconds to comply" scene. Still don't know whose idea was to show that film to a bunch of 10 year olds, but it was the higlight of the trip 

Even before this little discussion, I really wanted to show RoboCop to my 11 (soon to be 12) year old - I think he'd find it a blast.

It'd probably be too much for my 8 and 9 year olds though.

The scene where the bad guy basically melts in acid might be a bit too much for them. 

[Barrister]

Incidentally, I have this indelible memory of watching Robocop during a school trip, and being deeply traumatized by the "you have 20 seconds to comply" scene. Still don't know whose idea was to show that film to a bunch of 10 year olds, but it was the higlight of the trip 

Even before this little discussion, I really wanted to show RoboCop to my 11 (soon to be 12) year old - I think he'd find it a blast.

It'd probably be too much for my 8 and 9 year olds though.

The scene where the bad guy basically melts in acid might be a bit too much for them. 

I'd be more afraid of the scene where Murphy 'dies' in a quite graphic fashion.

[The Larch]

Incidentally, I have this indelible memory of watching Robocop during a school trip, and being deeply traumatized by the "you have 20 seconds to comply" scene. Still don't know whose idea was to show that film to a bunch of 10 year olds, but it was the higlight of the trip 

Even before this little discussion, I really wanted to show RoboCop to my 11 (soon to be 12) year old - I think he'd find it a blast.

It'd probably be too much for my 8 and 9 year olds though.

The scene where the bad guy basically melts in acid might be a bit too much for them. 

I'd be more afraid of the scene where Murphy 'dies' in a quite graphic fashion.

That's quite gruesome too, even if it's basically a crucifixion scene. 

[Tamas]

Incidentally, I have this indelible memory of watching Robocop during a school trip, and being deeply traumatized by the "you have 20 seconds to comply" scene. Still don't know whose idea was to show that film to a bunch of 10 year olds, but it was the higlight of the trip 

Even before this little discussion, I really wanted to show RoboCop to my 11 (soon to be 12) year old - I think he'd find it a blast.

It'd probably be too much for my 8 and 9 year olds though.

The scene where the bad guy basically melts in acid might be a bit too much for them. 

I'd be more afraid of the scene where Murphy 'dies' in a quite graphic fashion.

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Negative. I was somewhere 8-11 when I first saw it, I didn't bat an eyelid at Murphy dying but the acid death scarred me for life.

[Syt]

I didn't watch Robocop at that age, but I did see Aliens at a friends'. That was fine, except the Bishop getting torn apart at the end. Still find it a bit gross, though I've seen movies with much worse since then.

[FunkMonk]

The most obscene part of Robocop was when that guy said, "Bitches, leave."

Very obscene to my ears 

[Barrister]

The most obscene part of Robocop was when that guy said, "Bitches, leave."

Very obscene to my ears 

True - having to explain who those ladies were might prove awkward.


It somehow happened that I started watching The Good Place with my two youngest boys before bed.  It's a tad more adult than what they usually watch, in that there are references to sex and drinking, but I thought it was probably safe enough.

But then I found out that while we were doing that, my oldest has been watching Grey's Anatomy with my wife, which is way more sexually explicit!



And, that guy?!?  Both the character Clarence Bodeker, and the actor Kurtwood Smith, ought to be well known around here!

[Eddie Teach]

You missed the opportunity to call him a dumbass.

[FunkMonk]

Red Foreman desires bitches. Clarence Bodecker gets rid of them. Big difference, bud.

[Eddie Teach]

Red Foreman desires bitches.

Did we see any evidence of this?