Episode 50: RoboCop

This week on Remainders, we celebrate our 50th episode in style
with the 1987 satirical classic, RoboCop. The story of Alex
Murphy, a Detroit cop who is executed only to be remade by
corporate America as the ultimate police enforcer. Paul
Verhoeven’s action movie could be viewed as just a seminal piece
of 80s action filmmaking, but that would still be selling it
short. RoboCop builds upon ideas of capitalism, creeping fascism,
and media propaganda in a way that very few movies can manage.
I’d buy that for a dollar!


Other topics include Darren’s work at the When We Were Young
festival, Halloween movies, the Music Box Theatre’s 24-hour
horror festival, 1980’s Alligator and other creature features,
Scorsese and first impressions of Killers of the Flower Moon, and
upcoming TLB and Plain White T’s shows.


Songs of the Week


Wishes by Beach House


Looking For The Magic by The Dwight Twilley Band


Remainders Podcast Jukebox Playlist


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