Saturday, August 26, 2023

DAILY CALL SHEET: AUGUST 26, 2023

The Demolitionist (1995) What if the powers that be decided to make a female version of Robocop, but all they had to work with was some pocket change, a few scraps of latex, and one of the ladies from Baywatch? Well, not to worry as that seemingly imponderable question has already been answered.  To be sure, you may not like said answer,  but at least there is one. Cameo aficionados will have fun spotting the likes of Tom Savini, Greg Nicotero, Bruce Campbell, and Reggie Bannister, but that may just make you wistful wondering what a movie starring Ash and Reg would have been like. If only somebody would have answered that question instead.

TIL: In the original Robocop 2, it's suggested that Murphy's sense of duty springing from his devout Catholicism is the only reason he's able to survive the horrors of the Cyborg transformation while all the other Godless heathens used as test subjects end up committing suicide. This is likely because Christianity teaches it's possible for unavoidable suffering to be offered up for the good of others rather than wasted in despair.


Freeze Frames #013: "True villains are extremely photogenic." - Wallace Stevens

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