• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Why don't the bad guys just shoot RoboCop in the mouth?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Why didn't John Mcclaine call back his wife on the airphone that he talks to her with in the beginning of Die Hard 2? They lost radio contact with the planes, oh noes, just dial her back dufus, you clearly dialed her directly at the start of the movie.
 
Why couldn't Dr. Manhattan just solve every major issue in the Watchmen movie? Dude was like Superman and a half.
 
Ignis Fatuus said:
What if they had brought like a whole freaking army of eagles. Like every goddamn eagle on the planet. Each carrying a hobbit with a decoy ring.
Click to expand...

No way. Sauron knows which ring is real, and so do the wraiths.
 
Mudkips said:
I would fucking LOVE to go into a summer blockbuster where all the heroes get blown the fuck apart when they fail to stop the asteroid.
Click to expand...

I almost thought Armageddon was going to do this at one point. Bruce Willis' flashback causes him to press the button too late, or only delusionally thinks he pressed it. It really wasn't that kind of movie, though. It was one of those where there's a full minute between one second and zero, or that "a little after zero is ok."

Come to think of it, if it's a "seconds remaining" countdown, I guess you could argue "zero" was it saying there was less than one full second remaining.

Degen said:
Why couldn't Dr. Manhattan just solve every major issue in the Watchmen movie? Dude was like Superman and a half.
Click to expand...

Instead of ruling over a people he felt disconnected from as a god,
they lived united against him, while he left to go create new life himself.
I've only seen the movie, though, I know the comic ends differently.
 
Degen said:
Why couldn't Dr. Manhattan just solve every major issue in the Watchmen movie? Dude was like Superman and a half.
Click to expand...
Not sure what you mean. What issues? General world issues that we have today? The main conflict that the characters had with Ozy? What?

If it's the former, then he did what he could. He worked to create an alternative power source for humanity. Before he became completely detached from humanity, he considered himself American and lead us to victory in Vietnam. I imagine he used his powers to the best of his ability to help out humanity with an American bias.

If it's the latter then Veidt said he had been studying tachyons and used them to block Manhattan from seeing through his plans. When he became aware of what Ozy was planning to do it was too late to stop it.
 
Nightz said:
How can you not tell that Superman is Clark Kent, just without glasses?

clark-kent.jpg


Come on!
Click to expand...
The Shoveller: Don't start that *again*. Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing *doesn't* wear glasses.
Mr. Furious: He takes them off when he transforms.
The Shoveller: That doesn't make any sense, he wouldn't be able to see.
 
In the G1 series why are all humans just alright with Transformers existence yet in the movies it MUST be a secret?
 
Ducky_McGee said:
"Why don't the bad guys just shoot him in the exposed part of his face?"
Click to expand...

When I asked my friend who is a superhero/action movie fanatic, he looked like he wanted to punch me in the mouth... my only unarmored area ironically.
 
HomerSimpson-Man said:
It's the same deal with aliens in general.

Big government cover up of alien existence, duh!
Click to expand...

That blows.

I want to see Hoist and the other autobots be stunt robots in hollywood movies.

I want to see Optimus Prime be hunted down by some insane collector guy.

I want to see powerglide wow some rich chick who's taken hostage by decepticons.

:lol :lol
 
Chinner said:
when you look at the design you realise that robocops face is just his skin layered over the metal - its actually cosmetic and probably just to stop people from shitting themselves.
Click to expand...
True, part of his metal "jaw" sticks out behind the skin. Cyborgs eat bullets too.
Also, ED-209 had a similar flaw: He had a big vulnerable exhaust grille right on the front

cgiiw4.png


ed1.jpg
 
Plus Ed-209 had some stupid weakness to anti-tank shells and Stairs.

Robo just can't...run or move very fast.

He sure can stalk a wife though.
 
I watched G.I. Joe and it got me thinking about something I've noticed a lot lately:

Why are all American soldiers depicted in desert fatigues even when they are not in desert locales or the movie is not related to any of the current wars?
 
Nightz said:
How can you not tell that Superman is Clark Kent, just without glasses?

clark-kent.jpg


Come on!
Click to expand...

Cannonically there are two reasons: firstly that Superman has mild hypnotic powers and thus prevents people from noticing. The other is that the people close to him DO know, but realise that he needs the double life to stay sane so support him.

Goddamn I'm a nerd.
 
No links to tvtropes, GAF am fail. Oh and i aint posting any, because that would involve searchig for shit, and if i found stuff i would have to read it, and i wanna sleep.
 
Why does he say "Bitches leave"? I guess it's proper English, put I always had a feeling that Paul Verhoven just came up with the idea on the set, and the classic line was a product of his English as a second language.
 
Degen said:
Why couldn't Dr. Manhattan just solve every major issue in the Watchmen movie? Dude was like Superman and a half.
Click to expand...
Like most Gods he didn't give a shit.

There are bigger fish to fry in the universe than waiting on humanity and its woes.
 
Adam J. said:
Why does he say "Bitches leave"? I guess it's proper English, put I always had a feeling that Paul Verhoven just came up with the idea on the set, and the classic line was a product of his English as a second language.
Click to expand...

He says "Ladies Leave" in the TV edited version.
 
I was bored the other day and watched Terminator Salvation. What a boring, nonsensical piece of crap.

I have an issue of Superman where they explain the difference between Clark and Supe. Clark's spectacles are made from the Kryptonian glass of his spaceship. When Clark looks at people through his glasses, his super-gaze and the lenses help to hypnotize people into seeing him differently. He has a Daily Planet artist sketch him and he's nerdy and balding. A cop sees him as being taller from behind. It's incredibly stupid.
 
Sabotage said:
lol wut?

robocrackshot2a.gif
Click to expand...

We need Robocop back D:

Superman definitely is odd the way they kept up his identity. I have no idea how Hal does it since he looks about the same with mask on, even for the new Green Lantern movie.

I loved how they explained Golden Age flash hiding his identity. He wore no mask just his little Hermes helmet. But supposedly when they took his picture he vibrated while standing still since he's so damn fast and the pictures would come out blurry.
 
Why does the Hitman who is trying to stay low profile have huge shiny Hitman logos on his computer and luggage? And if you have a big barcode on the back of your head why would you go bald?

Oh, right....because it's a shitty fucking movie.
 
Degen said:
Why couldn't Dr. Manhattan just solve every major issue in the Watchmen movie? Dude was like Superman and a half.
Click to expand...
He could have if he (or the US who relied on him) had cared.
 
G-Fex said:
Watching a certain movie right now I can say that Michael Dudikoff is the world's greatest ninja only beaten by that one ninja from Revenge of the Ninja. Who is tied with the Ninja from the beginning of Ninja 3 the domination.
Click to expand...



Disagree here.
Batman IS the world's greatest ninja, followed by Dudikoff, and then everyone else.
 
K2Valor said:
Why the fuck did George Lucas come up with midichlorians?
Click to expand...

i think it was based on scientific theory, some believe that Mitochondrion was of bacterial ancestry, that fused with the cell of ancient organisms in a symbiosis to provide energy, in humans, Mitochondrion main function is to convert food i.e. glucose into energy
 
Jeff Albertson said:
Why don't bad guys just shoot James Bond instead of giving him a chance to escape with the aid of a witty line
Click to expand...

Bond and the supervillains probably went to school together. Remembered values from the cricket XI.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
2
69
2K
Major Insano replied
  • Locked
You guys broke the site on Android with desktop view
5
131
Dacvak replied
UK is bad with their surveillance, Meanwhile in S.Korea
Opinion 
1
229
YCoCg replied
I just had a magical experience in the bathroom.
27
612
poppabk replied
Why is the history of the Korean War shrouded?
23
670
Wildebeest replied
Top Bottom