Podcasts about officer alex murphy

Send us a textSPECIAL NOTE: SEASON 15 OF THE GOOD, THE POD AND THE UGLY CELEBRATES THE USE OF THE PRACTICAL AND DIGITAL EFFECT KNOWN AS THE SQUIB. IRL GUN VIOLENCE IS INTOLERABLE AND RENOUNCED BUT... CINEMATIC VIOLENCE WILL BE CELEBRATED IN A WAY THAT WILL DISTURB SOME LISTENERS.   TGTPTU books its final perp in the 20-movie-long shooting spree of Season 15 – Squib Games with—dead or alive, you're coming with me—ROBOCOP (1987), a pod favorite.   Like last week's film Walker (played by Ed Harris and not Peter Weller), this week's movie concerns a man caught up in the machinery of his time, except Officer Alex Murphy (played by Peter Weller and not Ed Harris) is a character at least moderately sympathetic, despite his chosen profession. Similarly but instead of returning to the past to satire the violence of American imperialism, this week's feature directed by Paul Verhoeven (his first American film) occurs in the Reagan-esque future of the 1990s to satire the violence of American corporatism. And while the commonalities between this season's final pairing continue, the word count for these show notes is limited.   Jack is out this week. Filling his guest host spot is pod regular Erik W. Van Der Wolf from the Blood and Popcorn podcast.    This ep—while host Ken reveals the origin of his large-frame eyeglasses fetish, host Thomas introduces his replacement for regulating future seasons' discussions, and host Ryan does research and independently comes to the wrong conclusion that RoboCop's action scenes aren't very good—guest Erik weighs in on matters of substance and industry with a slide deck and laser light/hologram show and talking points on how modern filmmaking trends might get in the way of the “lightning in a bottle” confluence of unexpected events that creates an amazing film like Verhoeven's RoboCop and likely prevents another good RoboCop today, a problem not just of franchises but of the modern movie condition of IP and rebootquels. The 3D animation between slides is remarkable; the interactive hologram of Erik as a helmetless RoboCop, Ken as Cain, Ryan as the jetpack, and Thomas as the toxic sludge kill are all mind-blowing. Unfortunate that this is an audio medium. And there are licensing issues. And lawyers.   A special thanks segment and a limited version of our end-of-season film rankings conclude the episode. Also, Season 16's director is announced.  I'd buy that for a dollar!   (The revivified, cybernetic remains of SF legend Harlan Ellison approach with hand extended to accept your dollar.)    ((Post-postscript: There will be two more eps released this season (and calendar year) as i. sometimes you've got to sing for your dinner and ii. our three unwise men will finally be putting the Christ back into Christmas with 2025's Winter Holidays episode.))   THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.comFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTUInstagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0Bluesky: @goodpodugly.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-gLetterboxd (follow us!):Podcast: goodpoduglyKen: Ken KoralRyan: Ryan Tobias

Send us a textOn the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are locked, loaded, and ready to take down some crime. We watched the 1987 film from Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop.On the one hand, Officer Alex Murphy got literally shot to pieces by a bunch of murderous thugs. On the other hand, he ended up becoming an unstoppable justice machine.Most people would say that's a terrible trade-off, but who among us hasn't dreamt of being invulnerable and badass? Who hasn't wanted to be draped in chrome?I posit that becoming RoboCop wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Get rid of the memory suppression and he's pretty much a superhero. That isn't too bad.(Recorded on February 03, 2025)Links to Stuff We Mentioned:RoboCop - The Movie Database (TMDB)RoboCop trailer - YouTubePaul Verhoeven — The Movie Database (TMDB)Peter Weller — The Movie Database (TMDB)Nancy Allen — The Movie Database (TMDB)Kurtwood Smith — The Movie Database (TMDB)That '70s Show (TV Series 1998–2006) — The Movie Database (TMDB)Pulp Fiction (1994) — The Movie Database (TMDB)RoboCop 2 (1990) — The Movie Database (TMDB)RoboCop 3 (1993) — The Movie Database (TMDB)RoboCop (2014) — The Movie Database (TMDB)Miguel Ferrer — The Movie Database (TMDB)Joker's Face | Batman Wiki - FandomThe Heat (2013) — The Movie Database (TMDB)Follow Us:Give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!Sean's Letterboxd profile!Steven's Letterboxd profile!Our Buzzsprout site!Our Instagram profile!Support the show

In this episode, Phoebe Judge of Criminal interviews Officer Alex Murphy, a police officer in Detroit who becomes one of the most famous cops of all time. This episode is an homage/parody of Criminal, one of the best true crime podcasts--or just podcasts--out there, but set in an alternate future of Detroit. Go to thisiscriminal.com or iTunes to listen to more Criminal. Big thanks to our voice cast. Justin Rupple, who played Officer Murphy is literally one of the best impressionists in the world. If you don’t know his name yet, you will. You can follow Justin Rupple on Twitter @therupple and Instagram @therupple and Facebook. And huge, gigantic thanks to Angela Sonner for her fantastic impression of Phoebe Judge.  (Spec Media is a parody podcast and we are unaffiliated with any outside podcasts or media properties.) Be sure to follow us on Twitter or Facebook @SpecMediaPod and visit our website:  www.SpecMediaPodcast.com    

Murphys LawCigar Nerds Podcast Episode 73: Murphy’s Law. This week we’re heading to Old Detroit and celebrating 30 years of Robocop. 30 years ago this week Officer Alex Murphy was murdered by the dad from that  70’s show and rebuild by OCP to be the future of law enforcement. A six million dollar man for […]

This week Gidgit and Angry roam the dystopian streets of Old Detroit watching as the fallen Officer Alex Murphy is resurrected into the future of Law Enforcement- RoboCop! … Read more

Clarence Boddicker couldn't kill Officer Alex Murphy--the policeman rose again as the unstoppable Robocop. But what Boddicker started director Fred Dekker finished with Robocop 3. With a new man in the robosuit, a robot ninja, and a jetpack, the third Robocop film was both a critical and box office failure that would end the original franchise, save for some television projects, and doom Murphy to 21 years of obsolescence. But can the film, written by comic cult icon Frank Miller, be as bad as its reputation? Listen to Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob's review to find out!

Clarence Boddicker couldn't kill Officer Alex Murphy--the policeman rose again as the unstoppable Robocop. But what Boddicker started director Fred Dekker finished with Robocop 3. With a new man in the robosuit, a robot ninja, and a jetpack, the third Robocop film was both a critical and box office failure that would end the original franchise, save for some television projects, and doom Murphy to 21 years of obsolescence. But can the film, written by comic cult icon Frank Miller, be as bad as its reputation? Listen to Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob's review to find out!

Clarence Boddicker couldn't kill Officer Alex Murphy--the policeman rose again as the unstoppable Robocop. But what Boddicker started director Fred Dekker finished with Robocop 3. With a new man in the robosuit, a robot ninja, and a jetpack, the third Robocop film was both a critical and box office failure that would end the original franchise, save for some television projects, and doom Murphy to 21 years of obsolescence. But can the film, written by comic cult icon Frank Miller, be as bad as its reputation? Listen to Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob's review to find out!