JC
James Cooray Smith
@cooraysmith.bsky.social
Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Bit Desi. Uxorious. Tired. You won’t know me from DWM & that. Once had a hit tweet about a scumbag / maggot who taped over Taggart. Now has a Doctor Who Deep Dive Newsletter.
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Robocop is American Jesus. He sacrifices his life and comes back as a gun.
And Verhoeven had him literally walking on water. I’m sure he said it was an explicit choice too.
This is completely intentional.
Hahah. Yeah. Whereas to a European, that’s hell. Borrowing Dredd wholesale, swapping the plates, and adding a Euro auteur director, thinking you’re creating the ultimate mirror to America’s corporate corruption… and a certain chunk of the audience just whooping and shooting their ED209s in the air.
*excited Paul Verhoeven noises*
JC
James Cooray Smith
@cooraysmith.bsky.social
Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Bit Desi. Uxorious. Tired. You won’t know me from DWM & that. Once had a hit tweet about a scumbag / maggot who taped over Taggart. Now has a Doctor Who Deep Dive Newsletter.
buttondown.email/cooray_smith
2.3k followers446 following15.8k posts