Total Recall is on soon (spoilers, but who *hasn't* seen this movie?)

[danny la rouge]

I would have thought the politics of it would have appealed to you.

I don't remember any politics. I just remember Robots.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I don't remember any politics. I just remember Robots.

It's all about how disastrous it would be to privatised the police.

 

[danny la rouge]

It's all about how disastrous it would be to privatised the police.

Ah, I see.

I thought it was all about bangs and whizzes.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Ah, I see.

I thought it was all about bangs and whizzes.

It's quite clever though, as with all its violence and brutality it could easily appeal to the sort of people who want to privatise everything. And yet it's really satirising that viewpoint.

Verhoeven's only one of very few people who can pull this off, along with Jonathan Swift and Sacha Baron Cohen.

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm afraid I just don't really like the genre. Or, indeed, action movies.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'm afraid I just don't really like the genre. Or, indeed, action movies.

Could you not see that Robocop was intended to be satirical?

 

[danny la rouge]

Could you not see that Robocop was intended to be satirical?

It was a very long time ago, but probably.

 

[8den]

I don't remember any politics. I just remember Robots.

For a refresher try the

 

[danny la rouge]

For a refresher try the

Ah, yes. Now I remember; I didn't like it.