Friday, March 16, 2007
Real Men Love Robocop
Whether you know it or not, one of the greatest tragedies of the 21st century has been the lack of any sort of Robocop revival. It seems that every action franchise of the 80’s and 90’s has experienced some sort of comeback: GI Joe and the Transformers are getting their own movies, Rocky got its final chapter, and Rambo’s is on the way. But Robocop remains in a sort of nostalgia limbo: it’s too old to be relevant, and it’s not old enough to be nostalgic. It is with great affection, then, that we look back on the original Robocop (not the crap sequels), and all the things that made it so great.
Read the rest of this article on why real men like robocop.
Spin
Using the 1992 presidential election as his springboard, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon -- all presuming they're off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality.
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