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Robocop: The B&W Edition

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With the idea to make a black and white version of Robocop i was doing some test also with that panavision widescreen
And man, it looks fantastic!
NOW i can do the edit i want and that was meant to be in the first place
No more bullshit about that color suit, and with that black and white stuff i can do anything i want
BUT, i want to work on it NOW.
The running time i have in mind is about a 90 minutes cut with of course the action and (human) Cain cuts of Robocop 2

Updates are coming up
 

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Sounds cool, so what are your plans for the remake? And are you keeping the Robocop name for both?
 

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The name stays the same, i think ROBOCOP is good enough, but the most important thing is that i can put my first idea's in the original cut and that was not possible in the first edition
Cuts and all kind of things in the next update
 

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At the moment i am working on a workprint that runs now about ( i think ) 80-85 minutes of this black and white edition when i am ready
I must cut some things together but as a whole this cut it is a full action packed edit
There are some inserts needed, because of the cropping to 2.35.1 but this is clearly a better cut then the earlier Extreme edition




Cuts and added scenes for now what makes the difference with the Extreme Edition


Black and White - 2.35.1 widescreen


Alternative opening.


- Murphy taken to the hospital (Same as Extreme Edition but now with no credits and other music overdub)
- Newsbreak is trimmed to some important things all the funny stuff is cut out
- Like the extreme edition is Murphy a loner, so all scenes of the Wife and Son is cut and he is working already in that police station this with some extra scenes
- There are many many little trims in scenes in the whole movie
- The Dead of Murphy in the shooting is a little bit trimmed ( of course the so called director's cut)
- There are a few more scenes in the build up of the Robocop
- There is no acquaintance between Murphy and Lewis, they already know each other
- After Lewis has the suspicion that Murphy is the Robocop, the scene where he has some flashbacks to the shooting then we have a newsbreak with the introduction of Cain
- From that point we are in the Robocop 2 footage and i switch then to R1 with the scenes of Jones and Morton also with the killing of Morton
- Also a lot of trims in scenes of the R2 footage and after Cain is caught we are back in R1 When Emil recognize the Robocop as Murphy by the gasstation
- From that point he reminds what Lewis has told him and then he goes after Boddicker and his gang


I am at the moment on this part.


But this black and white edition works great, and these where my first idea's when i was thinking of a Robocop cut
This works so great to me that i am in doubt if i wanna put this in a double feature with the remake


Any suggestions to put this in a DF or release only this one?:sad:
 

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Just release this one by itself, in my opinion. It's short but who cares? It's two movies combined like Possession, Abducted and Lone Wolf so I think it should be on its own. Great cutlist!
 

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You right, i release this as Robocop the b&w edition
I use my earlier front cover like in the future projects thread
I think i work the rest of the week on this project but updates are soon enough

Thanks!
 

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The first idea was to cut the Cain robo in this edit
 But because of some characters is that not possible
 So i put the Cain robo back in
 At the moment i have footage around the 85 minutes but of course this cut
 is gonna be longer, how long i don't know i hope to stay under the two hours
 

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After a long look at the robocop 2 footage i decided to make a short cut of this black and white edition.
It simply does not work to end with robocop 1 after the fight with the Cain robo
One reason is that Dick Jones is suddenly a long time out of the picture and there are many things that doesn't fit
The only solution is to make it back to back and that is not gonna happen 
I did that already with the extreme edition
The way it is now is (i think) the best
I have a workprint with segments of Robo 2 in one cut of the first Robocop with only Cain as human
So there is no Cain Robo
I think a DF of these movies is also a solution but not for now
The quality looks great in B&W and the 2.35.1 is suceeded and what we have now is a over the top action cut

This version runs 1 hour and 25 minutes and i could be that i make it a little bit longer
I must be filled with music and credits and i think next week this is ready
 

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This edit is done

It runs 84 minutes.

I see this more as a alternative Robocop cut not a 2 in 1 combo
But call it what you like, it's finished
I think it's succeeded to get a full action packed edit with some footage of Robocop 2

The release is in the beginning of May


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