Amazon, the new owners of the entire MGM film library, are developing a new "RoboCop" TV series as a direct sequel to director Paul Verhoeven's 1987 satirical, ultra-violent feature:
"In the original film, Detroit is on the verge of collapse due to financial mismanagement and a high crime rate. The city signs a deal with the mega-corporation 'Omni Consumer Products' (Ocp) to run Detroit's police department in exchange for letting Ocp rebuild run-down sections of the city into a high-end utopia. Senior Vice President 'Dick Jones' demonstrates a new law enforcement robot, 'Ed-209'.
"However, the robot malfunctions, killing an executive. 'Bob Morton', an ambitious executive, uses the opportunity to introduce his own experimental cyborg design, 'RoboCop'. The chairman, aka 'The Old Man' is dismayed at the Ed-209 failure and approves Morton's plan, to Jones's anger.
"On patrol in the violent 'Metro West' precinct,...
"In the original film, Detroit is on the verge of collapse due to financial mismanagement and a high crime rate. The city signs a deal with the mega-corporation 'Omni Consumer Products' (Ocp) to run Detroit's police department in exchange for letting Ocp rebuild run-down sections of the city into a high-end utopia. Senior Vice President 'Dick Jones' demonstrates a new law enforcement robot, 'Ed-209'.
"However, the robot malfunctions, killing an executive. 'Bob Morton', an ambitious executive, uses the opportunity to introduce his own experimental cyborg design, 'RoboCop'. The chairman, aka 'The Old Man' is dismayed at the Ed-209 failure and approves Morton's plan, to Jones's anger.
"On patrol in the violent 'Metro West' precinct,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Annie’s Song, which kicks ass. John Denver…king of the Headbanger’s Ball. You fill up my senses, like a gnarly mosh pit…yaaaaahhhhh! Also, Raw’s got a season premiere next week, even though it never went away for the summer. In the name of Greyskull, I have the power…to screw up this review, which will happen. Okay, rub-a-dub-dub, let’s whiz in the tub…the tub of wrestling!
Match #1: The Viking Raiders def. The O.C. The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
It’s been a few weeks since The Viking Raiders and The O.C. got into it during the biggest Tag Team Turmoil Match in Raw history, costing each other a Raw Tag Team Title Match in the process. Ever since then, the...
Match #1: The Viking Raiders def. The O.C. The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
It’s been a few weeks since The Viking Raiders and The O.C. got into it during the biggest Tag Team Turmoil Match in Raw history, costing each other a Raw Tag Team Title Match in the process. Ever since then, the...
- 9/24/2019
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
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