The reasons why Hollywood now mainly makes films like this one:

If you like 'Robocop '14 and most of the blockbusters Hollywood churns out at the moment, you might as well stop reading this post; the following most likely won’t interest you.

Still here? All right then…

I had been wondering for some time why pretty much all of the big budget studio tentpoles have stopped to provide a thrilling experience for me. For a while I thought: Well, I’m just getting old; I’m becoming more and more cynical and I’m also not as easily excitable anymore as I used to be. In a word, I’m turning into the typical grumpy old geezer who complains how everything used to be so much better in the past and that we don't get gritty, thrilling action films like the original 'Robocop' anymore.

But, being a film geek, through reading and watching hundreds of interviews over the years with studio heads, directors, producers and screenwriters as well as watching making-ofs and documentaries and reading countless articles about all things Hollywood, a very clear picture started to emerge, as to why so many of those blockbusters have become so formulaic - and that in fact we DON'T GET films like the original Robocop anymore: and that it's for very specific reasons, why Robocop '14 turned out the way it did.

If you're interested in those topics, you can read it here for yourself (but be warned: it's a lengthy read and it could make you angry):

http://www.the-fanboy-perspective.com/a-rant-against-modern-tentpole-film-making.html


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