Robocop Versus The Terminator

[Engage]

Hey guys, I really love Robocop(1987) and Terminator(1984). They're both similar in a lot of ways:

-Both are tech-noir
-Released in mid 1980's
-Strong science fiction theme
-Cult followings


But can anyone give me a sense of ways in which they're different?

[MrStayPuft]

Robocop is a man put inside a robotic 'armor' but still has human emotions and memories. Terminator is a pure cyborg killing machine with synthetic humanoid looks to blend in

Different directors, obviously

RoboCop has more of a satirical slant, while Terminator is a straight up sci-fi, action/horror film

Both make use of stop motion (ED-209 and T-800 endoskeleton)

[Theend]

Originally Posted by Engage

Hey guys, I really love Robocop(1987) and Terminator(1984). They're both similar in a lot of ways:

-Both are tech-noir
-Released in mid 1980's
-Strong science fiction theme
-Cult followings


But can anyone give me a sense of ways in which they're different?

Are you serious?

[I KEEL YOU]

Holy crap. I picked up my computer and was about to throw it out of the window when I at the last second saw that your thread wasn't about a new remake/fusion "Robocop Vs The Terminator" movie. Don't scare people like that again.

[Engage]

Originally Posted by MrStayPuft

Robocop is a man put inside a robotic 'armor' but still has human emotions and memories. Terminator is a pure cyborg killing machine with synthetic humanoid looks to blend in

Different directors, obviously

RoboCop has more of a satirical slant, while Terminator is a straight up sci-fi, action/horror film

Both make use of stop motion (ED-209 and T-800 endoskeleton)

But do you think both movies have very different styles?

[K1NG J0RDAN]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Holy crap. I picked up my computer and was about to throw it out of the window when I at the last second saw that your thread wasn't about a new remake/fusion "Robocop Vs The Terminator" movie. Don't scare people like that again.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Holy crap. I picked up my computer and was about to throw it out of the window when I at the last second saw that your thread wasn't about a new remake/fusion "Robocop Vs The Terminator" movie. Don't scare people like that again.

There's dozens of cool unmade movies in comic and game form!
There's also this:

[mastadge]

Sounds like Engage is a student looking for help on an essay.

Yes, they're completely different.

One's a horror film about a woman running from an unstoppable monster, which stands out in that the monster is a product of Cameron's technophobia, so the thing plays as sci-fi rather than a creature feature.

The other's a goofy satire of corporate culture and a whose central cyborg is a Christ metaphor, not a monster.

[defile959]

What a blast from the past! I saw the title to this thread and was just thinking "Wasn't that a video game a looong time ago??"

[Tronald Dump]

Originally Posted by MrStayPuft

RoboCop has more of a satirical slant, while Terminator is a straight up sci-fi, action/horror film

Precisely this.

[bluearth]

Terminator VS RoboCop | DEATH BATTLE! | ScrewAttack! - YouTube

[Bruce Campbell]

In a fight Robocop would win but then Skynet would just send another Terminator back for another go.

[Packerfan75]

I've posed this question to people before. Should Robocop be considered a superhero?
I think he should but I don't think he's ever thought of or portrayed that way. But I feel he fits the description, especially with his abilities.

[SpiderBaby]

Robocop is more like the fascist characteristics of Judge Dredd.

And with Robocop being a 'superhero', he is as much as Iron Man and Batman is.

[Astro Zombie]

Trick question; Dredd wins.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Trick question; Dredd wins.

He's just a dude in a helmet.

[L-Rouge]

aesthetic, colour scheme, ambition. Robocop is very much satire, it seems to play with social conventions of America. Starship Troopers is in similar vein.

they both have awesome music compsoers

Basil Poledoris - Brad Feidel.

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by Engage

But can anyone give me a sense of ways in which they're different?

Robocop ripped off Judge Dredd whereas Terminator ripped off Westworld.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Trick question; Dredd wins.

RoboCop vs. Terminator as a concept is fine for comic books, video games and mash ups, but a actual official film would never work.

[Engage]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

There's dozens of cool unmade movies in comic and game form!
There's also this:

Uhhh clearly not what I was after...?