#Robocop reboot

[t-annuki]

Oh yeah, another fanart

[mk-wizard]

Top 10 Media that deserve a reboot

Now, this list might be controversial to some, but hear me out. As an artist and storyteller, I don't believe in bad ideas. Just badly executed ideas. I am going to list 10 media that I do believe had potential, still have potential and had great plot ideas as well as characters behind them, but could have been better. In fact, I believe they deserve another chance because the medias themselves were not bad. They were just done bad, but as the remake of Resident 2, 3 and 4 have shown us, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Note that there are also spoilers ahead and I will not include the Acolyte on this list because it still ongoing and I will not list a media that isn't finished yet. That isn't fair.

1- The Mummy (2017) - This adaptation of the Mummy had potential as it was frightening, it had a good plot and the idea of it being the doorway to a bigger universe was good buildup. Also, this take on the Mummy was the stuff of nightmares in all the right ways. I mean, even visually, she was frightening especially with those trademark eyes. I loved that. However, I find they did too much, too fast with hinting at a bigger universe and should have focused solely on the Mummy. With that said, if you just fix that and clean up the other mistakes, it could succeed where the first try failed. Maybe even succeed at finally opening up the door to that bigger monster universe we never got to see.

2- The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy - I have not given up on Star Wars nor shall I because it still giving us new stuff that is that is good or at the very least, has good potential such as the Clone Wars, Rebels, Andor and The Bad Batch. In fact, even the sequel trilogy itself had potential, but it's biggest mistake in my opinion was that it chose the wrong character to be the hero. It should have Finn not Rey. In fact, I think Rey should have gone down the path of the Sith with Kylo Ren being a red herring big bad. It's second biggest mistake is was the choppy storytelling. The three films did not feel cohesive and the lack of respect for legacy characters was not very nice. I would not have killed off Han, split up Han and Leia, and so on. It needs a reboot with some tweaking.

3- Spider-Man 3 (the Raimi films) - This one makes me sad because it was not bad, but the forced inclusion of Venom really did leave a mark on it (no pun intended). Even Sam Raimi knew that including him in the film was a bad idea, but his hand was forced. In all fairness, the characters acting out of character didn't help either especially when Peter kissed another girl for publicity. Peter Parker would never do that especially when intending to marry Mary Jane. If this film was rebooted the way Raimi really wanted it to be, it would not only be great, but give this series the jumpstart to continue onto the plans he had for his Spider-Man film series.

4- Marvel's Spider-Man (2017 cartoon) - I have another article that explores in detail everything wrong with this cartoon, so to keep it brief, it introduced many great fresh ideas that I loved such as turning Harry Osborne into a hero, making Doc Conners into a bad guy from the get-go, the first cartoon introduction of Miles Morales, great story arc ideas and more. However, I find that the story's downfall is that was too watered down and kid friendly. This cartoon should have been aimed at older teens, Peter Parker should have been the focus and the ONLY Spider with crossovers being put to a minimum, taking its time with the storytelling, less humor, more grit and seriousness, making Doc Ock into an adult, and eliminating that gifted school altogether. Spider-Man needs his own cartoon more than ever, but one where he is shown as a hero not a clown.

5- The Walking Dead TV Series - I have great memories about this show and I was cool with it not following the comic. In some ways, that was its strength, but after season 3, the show lost its way. It stopped being emotion driven, the human element was gone and character development as well as relationship development was gone. Not to mention, the seasonal rot (pardon the pun) began to show. I think this show's greatest downfall was that it went on for too long and should have stopped while it was ahead. With that said, it deserves a reboot where it can retold and remain polished and well written from beginning to end.

6- The Incredibles 2 - I love the Incredibles in general. However, the sequel... it's a mixed bag. I like that the story was continuing, I liked Screen Slaver and I liked that the world was being explored further, but I did not like that it was just a sub-par retelling of the first film while featuring Elastigirl instead of Mr. Incredible. Don't get me wrong, I love Elastigirl/Helen Parr, but I think the way the Incredibles should have continued (as mentioned in another article I wrote once) was as a TV series where the characters age and develop. I mean, who wouldn't love a family sitcom-superhero TV series? Continuing the story is a must, but with new plots and having the story actually progress.

7- Every Pirates of the Caribbean film after the first - Like the Incredibles, the first film was perfect and having the story continue was a genius idea, but it should have continued as a TV series. I love Davey Jones and Jack having his own adventures, but I did not like how the character unlikable especially Jack Sparrow. I admit he is a pirate at the of the day, but he was one with a good heart. By the end of the series, he was a horrible person and I didn't like that. In many ways, I wasn't even sure if I liked any of the characters with how they became in the end. Moreover, Barbossa should have remained dead. Period. That doesn't mean this franchise doesn't deserve a reboot. It does and the characters should have developed in a way that makes them likeable. Maybe even have Jack grow up a little. There are so many things you can do with pirates.

8- Every Robocop media that came after the first film - Hear me out please with this one. I find that all of the sequel media of Robocop had great idea and concepts that could have worked, and still would work. Even the remake had some good points. The problem is, all of them could have been better. Even the video game was a lot of fun, but from a storytelling point of view, it too had the same problem all of the other media did. The plot was not progressing and Robocop/Alex Murphy would keep regressing as a character back into acting like a robot. Robocop needs a reboot sequel where the story actually goes on and all the progress he made as a man in the first film gets carried over to the next chapter. A good example are the comics, but even them too... they fall into the trap of the story being stuck. I want to see a sequel where the world of Robocop actually moves on and where things happen beyond Robocop just saving the day. Most importantly, I would reboot the sequel media as an episodic TV series. Not a film. Alex Murphy's journey is too complex and long to be told in just one or two movies.

9- Batman Beyond - I can't say there was much wrong with this series. I think it was pretty flawless and Terry McGinnis did indeed come into his own as the next Batman. My only complaint about it is how it ended. Terry McGinnis does not need to be the convoluted genetically modified son of Bruce Wayne. It defeats the whole purpose of him being his own Batman and own man in general. I think Terry should remain unrelated to Bruce and for their bond to just spiritually be foster father and foster son. It was just fine like that. If I also had to find another thing wrong with this series is that... it ended too suddenly and too soon. I would love to see Terry don the Batman identity again. He was cool and I miss him. Plus, there is still so many things that remained unresolved.

10 - Spider-Man: One More Day - It is quite obvious what went wrong with this storyline. It not only retconned Peter and MJ's marriage and family, it retconned their adulthood and character development. After that, the story of Spider-Man in the comics has just never been the same. While presenting a story where Aunt May was dying and Peter was faced with the choice of saving her at the cost of erasing his new life or keeping his new life while accepting Aunt May passing on was a good idea... having Peter choose to save Aunt May and give up his new life he worked so hard to build was a mistake. Rather than retconning this comic, I think rebooting it with a much better message would fix everything for Spider-Man and the Spider-Man community in general. Just when Spider-Man is about to make the deal with Mephisto, Aunt May herself catches wind of what Peter is going to do and, like in the video games, stops him from making the selfish decision of only saving her. She explains to Peter while getting ill is not ideal, she is old to begin with and even then, got to experience many wonderful things and got to see him grow up and get married. Plus, erasing his life with MJ wouldn't just negatively impact his life, but also MJ's and the lives all those he touched around him. Aunt May would convince Peter that her life alone is not more important the many lives that would get changed without consent. She has accepted that her time has come and that both Peter and MJ must accept it too with grace and not let any devil tempt them to do otherwise. In the end, Peter and MJ turn down Mephisto's deal which does result in a fight which Spider-Man wins with help. It also ends with Aunt May succumbing to her illness and dying, but her soul is at peace and as much as everyone is heartbroken by her passing, Peter and MJ see all the friends surrounding them in their time of mourning and accept that allowing this to happen was the right thing to do. Aunt May was important to them, but so is everyone else who is still here with them, everything they made together and everything that is going to happen after. It also ends with MJ discovering that she is pregnant which drives the point home all the more.

And that's my list. What do you think?

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Sean and I were just talking about Tom Hardy's magical accent of nothing and everything.

DIRECTOR: Hey Tom Hardy here is some weird shit we're gonna put on your face to hide your beautiful little kissy lips pretty boy mouth

TOM HARDY, ENTIRELY NOT LISTENING BECAUSE HE'S BUSY FORMULATING AN ACCENT NO HUMAN BEING ON EARTH HAS EVER FUCKING HAD: Sure boss

[everythingaboutlife]

RoboCop: The Cyborg Law Enforcer's Journey to Global Fame

Introduction RoboCop, the iconic cyborg law enforcer, has captivated audiences since its debut in 1987. This article explores the origins of RoboCop. It shares the founders’ story and three famous anecdotes. The article highlights its global presence. It also discusses three popular marketing stories and three viral moments on social media. Finally, it reveals its net worth and overall…

[neetozma]

The Fourth Month of NEET Ozma

NEET Ozma continues into its fourth and final month of regularly scheduled updates.

NEET Ozma is a media criticism / analysis site where the contributors are exclusively transfeminine people, created to try and solve a problem of transfem people being underrepresented in the media crit landscape.

Month 1 Month 2 Month 3

Ultimate Spider-Man: Not Quite Ultimate Sequel - Feb 3rd SabrinaTVBand writes about Treyarch's follow-up to Spider-Man 2, based on Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley's seminal aughts classic.

What Ties an Oil Refinery, a Hurricane, and the Father of Cyberpunk Together: NORCO's Southern Gothic Sci-Fi - Feb 5th Null Convention writes about an indie game that does cyberpunk better than a lot of seminal cyberpunk fiction.

The Leaf Tilde Interview - Feb 6th SabrinaTVBand interviews noted forced feminization eroticist Leaf~.

SabrinaTVBand's Comic Reviews vol 1 - Feb 10th A collection of comic reviews SabrinaTVBand has written; Wonder Woman: Earth One, Iron Man: Hypervelocity, RoboCop vs The Terminator, The Eltingville Club, Empowered, Marshal Law, and Wanted are featured here.

A Defense of Saints Row: Dark Elf Sim - Feb 13th SabrinaTVBand writes about the unfairly maligned 2022 reboot of Saints Row.

The Kallie Interview - Feb 17th SabrinaTVBand interviews noted mind control eroticist Kallie.

Momentum in Sonic Adventure 2's Story - Feb 19th Wannabe Cat talks about the propulsive storytelling of Sonic Adventure 2.

The Definitive Runaways Resource - Feb 24th SabrinaTVBand reviews Queens of Noise, the best resource that currently exists on the history of seminal all-female rock band The Runaways.

[hollywoodoutbreak]

RoboCop 2014 revisits a sci-fi icon, but does it deserve a second chance? Remember the original RoboCop? Man, that thing landed in 1987, and it wasn't just, like, a movie. No, it was a total cultural lightning bolt. Paul Verhoeven directed it, and Peter Weller played this cop – gets murdered, right? – then comes back as a part-robot, crime-fighting officer. He's taking on the bad guys in Detroit. This movie had everything: intense action, really sharp satirical humor, a whole crew of memorable villains. And don't even get me started on Basil Poledouris's score; that was pretty much its own character. Seriously, it's sitting at a phenomenal 92% on Rotten Tomatoes even now. Still holds up.

So, when the news dropped in 2005 that RoboCop was getting a reboot, a lot of us probably asked: Why? Why touch something so beloved? It's a question we've asked countless times in Hollywood, right? Over a decade after its announcement, the 2014 version finally hit the big screen. This remake seemed to have a lot going for it on paper, boasting a stellar cast: Joel Kinnaman (from The Suicide Squad and For All Mankind) donned the iconic suit, joined by Oscar winner Gary Oldman, along with beloved, Academy-nominated talents like Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and the late Michael K. Williams.

Now, while the 2014 film found global success and was a box office hit around the world, it met with a somewhat lukewarm reception here in the U.S. domestically. But here’s the cool part: over a decade after its theatrical release, it’s currently experiencing a genuine renaissance, finding a whole new audience on streaming platforms!

Joel Kinnaman, the man behind the new visor, recently reflected on the making of the film. He talked about how truly awe-inspiring the entire experience was, and how much he valued working with director José Padilha. Kinnaman specifically highlighted the incredible enthusiasm and collaborative atmosphere Padilha fostered on set.

Kinnaman's words really paint a picture of a passionate set where everyone was invested in making something special. Perhaps that collective effort is exactly why the 2014 RoboCop is finally finding its stride with new viewers.

So, now that it's streaming, does this RoboCop really deserve a second chance from audiences? You tell us!

The 2014 RoboCop is available on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, digital platforms, and streaming on Prime Video, Pluto TV, and Tubi.

[theguywithaplan]

List of Films Turning 10 Years Old in 2024

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

American Sniper

Annie (the remake starring Jamie Foxx)

As Above, So Below

The Babadook (we stan a gay icon)

Batman: Assault on Arkham (a direct continuation of the Batman: Arkham games)

Big Eyes

Big Hero 6

Birdman (won the Best Picture Oscar for this year)

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

Boyhood (filmed over the course of 12 years)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Chef

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

Dear White People (the basis for the TV series on Netflix, and made by the same guy)

Dracula Untold (this was Universal’s second attempt at launching the Dark Universe)

The Drop (a crime drama starring Tom Hardy)

Edge of Tomorrow/Live Die Repeat

The Equalizer

Exodus: Gods and Kings (a biblical epic directed by Ridley Scott)

The Expendables 3

The Fault in Our Stars

Foxcatcher

Fury (the war movie with Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf)

Get on Up (the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman)

Godzilla (the 1st film in the MonsterVerse)

Gone Girl

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1

The Guest

Hercules (the one starring The Rock)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (did you guys know the working title for this movie was “The Hobbit: There and Back Again”?)

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

If I Stay

The Imitation Game (the movie where Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing)

Inherent Vice

Interstellar

The Interview (the movie that almost caused World War 3)

Into the Woods

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jodorowsky's Dune (a documentary about the Dune movie that we never got)

Joe (one of Nic Cage's best movies)

John Wick (the 1st one)

Kill the Messenger

Left Behind (one of Nic Cage's worst movies)

The Lego Movie

Life After Beth

Lucy ((the “humans only use 10% of their brain” movie. Which has since been proven false. Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains/ )

Maleficent

The Maze Runner

A Million Ways to Die in the Weset

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Muppets Most Wanted

Need for Speed (Aaron Paul's first project after "Breaking Bad" ended)

Neighbors

Night of the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (the third one. Also one of Robin Williams’ last movies)

Nightcrawler

Noah (a biblical epic directed by Darren Aronofsky)

Non-Stop

The Nut Job

Obvious Child

Oculus (one of the 1st projects from Mike Flanagan)

Ouija

Paddington

Penguins of Madagascar

The Purge: Anarchy

The Raid 2

RoboCop (the reboot that was actually decent)

Selma

Sharknado 2

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Son of Batman

St. Vincent

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the one produced by Michael Bay. It’s also the one where the Turtles look like aliens)

The Theory of Everything (the movie where Eddie Redmayne plays Stephen Hawking)

Third Person

300: Rise of an Empire

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Tusk

22 Jump Street

Veronica Mars (the film continuation of the TV show)

A Walk Among the Tombstones

What If? (a rom-com starring Daniel Radcliffe)

What We Do in the Shadows (the film that was the basis for the TV show)

When Marnie Was There

Whiplash

X-Men: Days of Future Past

[divinecomedyproductions]

RWBY Saints of Remnant Notes: Should the SDC and Jacques be bad guys? Or one of the few Good Guys amongst corruption in Atlas?

DISCLAIMER: This post contains is a radically reimagined Jacques Schnee and SDC in a positive light in a heavily reimagined RWBY AU and has cliche tropes such as "dead mom" which I intend to complement with as "dead dad" of another family, if Canon Jack and SDC has given you a permanent bad taste in your mouth along with Canon Adam Taurus, I understand, this is an AU, just please do not come in with bad faith and ignore me instead.

Said AU is connected to The Emperor-Verse

I'm writing down notes and my gut just wants to make Jacques redeemable, but given how much damaged he has done to others, both his family and an entire people, that seems to heavy of a task without him ending up dead. But that was when I rebooted it by the end of V3.

But making this a hard reboot from the beginning then it hit me, and you do not have to agree with this at all...

What if instead of the SDC and Mr. Schnee being part of Atlasian corruption...

They along with James and the Atlas Military/Academy are the only few good individuals and institutions in Atlas, and both are paying the price for it from their upper class peers?

What if instead of Jacques being this opportunistic conman, he is Nicholas' biological son, and a former huntsmen in his youth who was on the same team as James Ironwood who served as his leader and who Weiss and Winter fondly call “Uncle Jim”, basically to them what Qrow is to Yang and Ruby

Jacques stuck to his father's principles and has managed to uphold The Schnee Dust Company as one of the few ethical businesses in regards to the Faunus, as well as providing support to other ethical businesses in the northern kingdom, mostly forming genuine friendships with their owners, and refused to outsource labor and resources when everyone else in Atlas did.

But as a result, James and Jacques are being ganged up on left and right by the upper class.

The only reason the Atlas establishment has tolerated Jack and his company for so long because the Kingdom was heavily dependent on them along with other companies for Dust and other goods and products, until recently with a growing unethical conglomerate run by Dr. Gray(Watts) with his mega-corporation GigaWatts Incorporated(Think OCP from Robocop and Lexcorp from DC), and plans on getting rid of the SDC and becoming the kingdoms new source of manufactured goods, tech, and labor, including dust mining and GWI is known for unethical use for Faunus labor in both the mines and factories.

Though I might just toss the Faunus Racism thing given how much of a mess it is and rework the WF for something else and have Atlas Upper Class replacing well-paying jobs with robots to keep the lower classes underpaid, or I could try something with both, need input on that.

Buy anyway, The SDC used to be big, but not in a megacorporation way. The SDC was one of the top four successful companies in Remnant back in the day(because 4 is the magic number in RWBY), and as I said before, Jack had made partnerships with other businesses both in his homeland and a few in other kingdoms during trips with his family, but its very few and Jack had made genuine friendships with the owners. He never stripped the human element out of his business.

You could say GWI is a large-scale "Evil Queen" figure

While the SDC is a large-scale "Snow White" figure, in more ways than one, but that's once again another story for another day.

Now GWI is overshadowing them at an accelerated rate with hundreds of Atlasian corporate companies joining it in exchange for Watt’s technology as well as Atlas Military’s higher ups hiring Watts to develop their military technology and last but not least outsourcing Dust Mining to the likes of Vaccou and Jacques and James are the only few who suspect Watts’ whole campaign being a “snake oil” tactic for something insidious as Arthur has all of the upper class eating out of the palm of his hand.

Meanwhile the likes of the White Fang and other kingdoms see Jack, SDC, James and The Atlas Military as just a bunch of rich pricks due to being part of the upper class(millionaires though, not billionaires, and even that’s dwindling now), seeing Jack and Jim as "one of them"

and understandably so mind you, given the rest of Atlas’ actions, but also because the current leader Rina Kumokage is lumping them in deliberately to distract the other members and branches(North, West, and South to be exact) of her own selfish and twisted intentions for the White Fang among other things

Though the White Fang itself seems to be in the hands of corrupt individuals in their neck of the woods. With the likes of Blake and Adam seeking to root it out, Adam being a little too aggressive in his means while Blake seeks outside help, which has strained their brother-sister relationship.

Spoiler alert, the corruption of The White Fang is not from Adam but a new character, Adam isn't the bad guy or a psychopath.

In this AU Adam is more like a cross between Fall of Cybertron Grimlock and Zuko, but he's another post for another day.

But anyway, the persecution of the SDC by the rest of the Atlasian upper class has gotten so bad, radical anti-Faunus militia Kriegsratten Korps aka “The Rats”(they allude to the Rats in The Nutcracker and mixed with Wolfenstein Nazis) and most likely be members of the Atlas Military throughout the ranks supplied with tech from GWI even secretly supported the corrupt council and big business, start attacking the SDC mines killing Schnee family members for being “faunus lickers”, one of them being Jack’s wife Anastasia(both alluding to the Russian Princess, and Snegurochka a Russian fairy tale character) while James struggles to provide the mines and family security while being undermined by higher-ups. 

Yes I know dead mom is cliche but I plan on complementing(is that the right word?) it with Blake losing her own father Ghira and leaving her mother, Noire(aka Kali), widowed. And I have a reason for that later on down the road.

Also Jacques isn't a monster, he just isn't a perfect parent and seems cold on the surface, but its mostly due the burden he bares of being a single parent, and upholding a noble family legacy, giving Faunus descent and honest work, and holding out with other businesses he’s made partnerships with. Their something of a resistance group against GWI.

All with countless of peers trying to sabotage him and James to the point its claimed his family and lover, all of which is straining his relationship with his daughters and his former teammates, James in particular. Plus losing his father at an early age and the board of directors forcing him to become CEO caused him to develop anxiety issues with only his mother and girlfriend and later on wife and children keeping him sane.

James and Jacques together allude to “Atlas” with a great burden weighing down on their shoulders they struggle to hold it up

He's a bit too harsh on Weiss with her huntress training(ie the White Trailer) but in order to defend herself against assassins, and sends her off to Vale in hopes she would be safer there(relatively speaking.) 

But the way he does it comes off to Weiss as her father not caring about her other than making her a trophy for his own reputation and being out of his way otherwise, and HOO-BOY don't get me started with how pissed Winter is with him.

Like I said, if all of this you can't vibe with because its supposed to be Jacques and Canon Jacques along with Canon Adam has put a permanent bad taste in your mouth, thats fine, I feel the same about other characters in other stories. No judgement.

I plan on making a post to dive deeper into Jack, but I will say he's primarily Jack Frost, but his secondary allusion to "The Nutcracker"

I'm also recycling this concept for my own original works, not sure what exactly, but something.

[t-annuki]

So,last night I've watched Robocop (2014) for the first time and just wanna say: Neill, I'm waiting for the reboot hurry up.

Edit: nevermind, I remembered that they cancelled the reboot so we only have Robocop: Rouge City

[fakesurprise]

Concept: a TV quiz show where the only adaptations used are the worst ones for any franchise. The guests do not know this going on. "Avatar? The only canon avatar we're using is M Night Shyamalan." Then use the Robocop reboot etc. for the same result.

[mk-wizard]

RoboCop SHOULD Return

I was thinking of making a long post as to why RoboCop should still get a reboot despite its last reboot being a dud, but really I can summarize it in three good reasons.

Number one, you should not give up just because you failed once.

Number two, all the other heroes have been adapted multiple times and struck gold multiple times when the creators understood them and respected the lore. RoboCop deserves that chance too.

Number three, all of the issues that RoboCop satirized and symbolized are still relevant today. Maybe even more so with the technology has evolved. I say, let's give it a chance. I think it could be great, fun and a great chance to expand the lore.

[biblempreg]

they should reboot succession but this time waystar has a robocop program

[lukesshowcaseplace]

HE IS A ROBERT

HE IS A COP

HE IS A ROBERT COOOOOOOOOOOP

Yes, i HAD to make an epic-looking version of Robert Cop (mostly based on the classic and reboot versions of RoboCop with some neat additions). Thank you for fueling me once again, Vargskelethor 👍

[blackarachnya]

This is a bit random, but I was wondering what your thoughts on MK1 and the reboot as a whole? Do you find it to be an upgrade from the previous one(s)?

gameplay wise i think it has the potential to be the best mk yet there is some crazy shit you can do with kameos i loved seeing what people were doing with frost especially. i am a moderate mk11 apologist i didnt mind the gameplay flow the way a lot of people did but mk1 is unarguably such a massive improvement its not even funny. still not that thrilled that fatal blow is back at all but at least they removed basically everything that made it such a scrubby mechanic in 11. i dont want to ever see wakeup rolls or breakaway ever again on my life amen.

as for the story tbh idrk, some of the changes i think are fine and even good(mileena and kitana being actual sisters), while others i dont really like, i think the tarkatans being diseased instead of an actual race of outworlders is a bit silly but im not that up in arms over it, new baraka looks great so i forgive it

actually tbh baraka is the only redesign that im 100% on board with, barring a couple of exceptions nearly everyone else ranges from just ok to pretty bland imo. nrs is still struggling with really boring costume design for their main appearances *BUT* nearly every character with a boring default outfit in mk11 had at least one really good alt skin so im really looking forward to those

anyway none of this matters because robocop isnt in the game so it sucks. 1/10

[thebackupmovie]

The Backup: A Rust Belt Retrofuture

The problem with creating stories about AI is that the technology is advancing so quickly, anything we create feels painfully quaint by the time it’s complete. The Backup solves that problem not by racing against the present, but rebooting the past, like a remake of a sci-fi classic that never existed. It creates an alternate history where space travel is common and advanced AI has existed for decades. A world which, despite its divergence from our own, can sometimes seem all too familiar.

While shot on digital, The Backup has the look of classic analog 80s-90s cinema like Robocop or Total Recall, with the grainy, slightly washed-out look typical of Eastman Kodak 5247 film stock. Both its digital and practical FX embrace the aesthetics and imperfections of pre-CGI FX - bluescreen lines, miniatures, matte paintings. Even when using CGI, effects are shot as if they're physical props, with no impossible camera moves or weightless CGI gloss. Striving for a retro “DVD transfer” look, The Backup’s budget stays sensible while creating a unique style compared to the 8k high-definition sameness of modern movies.

Huxley, New York, the megacity in which The Backup takes place, is not a shining spotless utopia like Star Trek or a neon-soaked techno-dystopia like Blade Runner. Instead, it embodies a retrofuture vision we call Rust Belt Cyberpunk. Imagine a working-class urban landscape like the Buffalo, NY of the 1980s, somewhat stuck in its past, but seasoned with the advanced (although retro-styled) technology of a world that is already on its way to colonizing the solar system. Rust Belt Cyberpunk creates a grounded sci-fi setting without the need for expensive, fantastical sets.

This retrofuturist visual style isn’t just a design choice. It reflects the world of The Backup itself: a society where innovation outpaces adoption, and progress is something people remember more than pursue. Advanced tech exists, but old habits die hard. American culture clings to obsolete systems and lags behind its own capabilities. That tension between what the world could be and what it stubbornly remains runs through the heart of The Backup.

[thedashdouble]

WRC Gets a New Home After EA Exit—Nacon Promises Full Reboot of the Rally Series

The World Rally Championship (WRC) franchise is back on track—and it’s heading to Nacon. Yes, that Nacon. The one behind RoboCop: Rogue City, a game that made walking in slow motion look awesome again. But now, the publisher is trading Detroit for dirt roads, signing a six-year deal to officially bring WRC games to life from 2027 through 2032. So, what happened? Why is EA suddenly out of the…