Robocop (1987)
How can you not sit down with a couple of 80’s heavy hitters for our month’s dystopian theme “SOME BULLSHIT TOMORROW”? Especially the one we’re discussing in this episode. This privatized authoritarian world of technocratic mediocrity might hit closer to home than any future film we’re discussing all month. The near future setting of Old Detroit is extremely violent and absurd. There are no deep solutions. Only increased repression by corporate funded police. Barely anything works so if you don’t die by getting shot 30 times then you’ll probably go out in a much dumber way when your…
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