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On the cusp of HD, RoboCop gets re-released as a 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition DVD that portends rapid obsolescence but you shouldn’t let that dissuade you from purchasing this standard def DVD to tide you over until the HD format war has ended. However, it appears that there is a “glitch” more severe than a malfunctioning ED-209 reveal on Canadian versions of disc 2 with a duplication of disc 1 onto disc 2 and the first copy I purchased here in the US had an authoring glitch that would not allow me to lift the DTS or alternate audio tracks on Disc 2. I can already hear the Ragged Man yelling “You call this a glitch!? ” If you hold the legendary Criterion release featuring the “Extended Gash” you will be satisfied to know that the upgrade is well worth getting, though you will probably want to fill on to your modern Criterion disc for some of the extras that didn’t fabricate the migration over to the novel 20th Anniversary disc.
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Disc 1 features the current theatrical cleave in anamorphic 1:85:1 widescreen (The Criterion release was presented in 1:66:1 which is Paul Verhoeven’s “preferred” aspect ratio) and Dolby 5.1 and DTS sound but the trusty treat on this disc is the estimable documentary “Flesh & Steel: The Making of RoboCop” featuring interviews with Paul Verhoeven, Jon Davison, Ed Neumeier, Basil Poledouris, and Peter Weller. There’s also a couple of 8-minute 1987 featurettes: “Shooting RoboCop” featuring Miguel Ferrer in character as Bob Morton introducing RoboCop like an OCP publicity gimmick and “Making RoboCop” with a behind-the-scenes seek at the production and interviews from help in the day. “The Boardroom” is a storyboard-to-film comparison of ED-209 accompanied with Phil Tippet commentary, 4 deleted scenes and the theatrical trailer with music from, appropriately enough, “The Terminator,” another cyborg sci-fi wreck from Orion Pictures.
Disc 2 features the “Extended Gash” in anamorphic widescreen 1:85:1 and Dolby 5.1 and DTS sound which is a phenomenal enhancement over the traditional Dolby surround mix on the Criterion release and restores :23 seconds of graphically violent shots of ED-209 gunning Mr. Kinny into hamburger in the OCP executive board room, Murphy’s hand getting blown-off and his stump spurting blood, and Clarence Boddicker’s jugular squirting blood after Robo stabs him in the throat which were edited from the theatrical version to garner an R-rating and have been seamlessly restored befriend into the film. Why they couldn’t fair manufacture this a seamless-branching feature on the same disc as the theatrical version like the Commando Director’s Sever DVD and place all of the bonus features on the second disc is puzzling though. Disc 2 also features another outstanding featurette: “Villains of Stale Detroit” with recent interviews with Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, and Ray Wise and is a terrific follow up after watching the film. “Special Effects: Then and Now” talks about the advances in digital compositing versus the in-camera matte shots and stop-motion animation employed on creating ED-209. “RoboCop: Creating a Chronicle” features interviews with Peter Weller, Paul Verhoeven, Bewitch Botin, et al. about designing and engineering the suit and took between 10-11 hours each day to fit Peter Weller into before shooting.
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As Murphy’s Law would have it, ironically, I ended up having to return my first copy to the store I purchased it from because I was not able to catch the DTS track on disc 2. The department manager and I tested this on different players and on another copy and confirmed the jam. Since originally writing this review I have recently obtained another copy from a different retailer and it did not have any of the problems selecting the audio tracks so I must have got one from a dreadful batch and hopefully it is fairly isolated. This is also going to be released on Blu-Ray but too poor it won’t be a combo disc. I’d hold that for a dollar.
This review is for the Blu-Ray edition. You know about the movie, so I won’t rehash the station.
As a Blu-Ray disc, this is mediocre at best. This is no posterboy for the next-gen format. The quality of the transfer is not very sterling. Lots of grain and not as keen and spruce as you might put a question to for Blu-Ray. Section of it has to do with the movie inaugurate 20 years frail, but this edition was clearly not done with TLC. It’s a barebones transfer of the movie.
There are **NO** special features. The Special Features menu has two options: the Robocop trailer and Resume Movie. I don’t count trailers as special features. Why even set aside this on the menu? Sort of funny.
No audio commentary, nada. WB didn’t even include any of the features it already build on the 2 disc 20th Anniversary DVD. They could’ve objective thrown it on here, like most other studios do by putting standard def extras onto Blu-Ray or HD DVD. If you already believe the DVD version, I’d say skip this.
Buy this edition only if it’s portion of the Occupy 1 Accumulate 1 sale (I did) or if you must possess this fraction of 80’s cultural memorabilia.
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