Robocop

Episode 182: RoboCop (1987)

Theme: Mini Month of Cop Movies
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis dive into RoboCop — a movie marriage of That ’70s Show meets The Toxic Avenger with a sprinkle of Beverly Hills Cop, a dash of Short Circuit, and the warm creamy embrace of a Gerber Baby Food commercial. Paul Verhoeven gives us fascism-for-liberals, hyperviolence-for-everyone, and satire so sharp it could cut through an OCP boardroom. Murphy becomes metal, Detroit becomes a warzone, and ED-209 becomes the world’s most expensive toddler.

Join your two favorite “dead or alive, we’re watching this movie” podcasters as they unload:

• RoboCop’s pitch-perfect design — part man, part machine, all Weller.

• Clarence Boddicker’s chaos-goblin energy from coat to glasses to “Can you fly, Bobby?”

• The OCP boardroom demo: a $20 million robot, one terrified junior exec, zero safety protocols.

• Murphy’s memories returning just in time to ruin everyone’s night.

• The steel mill showdown: toxic waste, fruit-salad explosions, and one legendary throat spike.

From stop-motion dinosaurs to exploding 6000 SUXes to the worst labor dispute solution in history, Oz and Curtis revisit an ’80s classic that’s equal parts satire, splatter, and sincere sci-fi brilliance.

Final Verdict

Oz — 1 Dollar (He’d buy that for it)
Curtis — 4 Directives
Both — Still wondering how Dick Jones fell 40 stories with arms three times longer than humanly possible.