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Get A Closer Look At The 'ROBOCOP' Costume

Actor Joel Kinnaman is suited up as 'ROBOCOP' on the set of the film.

It seems the papparazzi are out in full force on the ROBOCOP set, doing everything and anything to catch a glimpse of actor Joel Kinnaman suited up as Murphy, a cop who is fatally injured and undergoes a surgical procedure that leaves "him half man, half machine and all cop."

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This isn't the first time we've seen images of the actor in full costume, and many have had complaints about the structure and color of the new suit. It's clear that the combination of matte and shiny black is a big digression from the classic metallic Robocop outfit we saw in the first three movies as well as in the comics. Is it really that bad though? We got a closer look at the actor's costume below and we'll let you be the judge. What do you think of the new, more modern Robocop? Do you like what you see, or are you one of the many who thinks they shouldn't have tampered with the original? Let us know in the comments.

ROBOCOP is set to hit theaters across the United States on August 9th, 2013 and will star actor Joel Kinnaman as Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson as Pat Novak, Gary Oldman as Dr. Robert Norton and Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellars. The film is being directed by Jose Padilha and is being produced by Columbia Pitcures, MGM and Strike Entertainment and is said to follow ROBOCOP 2.

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Edited By mrzero1982pt2

I never thought i would say this but... He looks like Cyclops/Dark Phoenix from AVX

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Hi Cyclops

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it looks a little better than when it debuted but that one flrsh hand gtta go also this made me lol :

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This will not rape my childhood.

My childhood had an X-Rated Robocop with extra gore, blood, and guts.

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get him some robot hands plz!!

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Edited By nappystr8

I don't care what anyone says, I think the new look is terrific.

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As a religious person, I can tell you that God doesn't hate robots, in fact, he loves them!!

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@MooseyMcMan said:

@SnakeEyes327: Original RoboCop still looks futuristic to me!

The 80's Robocop is the equivalent of a DeLorean on two legs....I think we can expect the movement to be along the lines of Iron Man. A bit mechanical, but not stiff like the 80's version.

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It's looking good without the stupid banners the people have.

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Edited By monkeyonurback_

dat hand...

but..i thought we agreed on full body prosthesis? o,o

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@Maki_P: I can agree with that. But, then, I think a lot of that will come down to movement and acting.

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What the protestors fail to recognize is that robots hate god as well.

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Edited By MooseyMcMan

@SnakeEyes327: Original RoboCop still looks futuristic to me!

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Edited By oldstevens

@MooseyMcMan:

Actually I was going to say the Crysis suit from, well Crysis. It's an interesting take on the outfit personally speaking.

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While this design doesn't look liek Robocop to me, I'm willing to gave it the benefit of the doubt. I agree that this doesn't look like the original, but rather something out of Mass Effect or the Iron Man movies, but I want to see it in motion. See, the key point of the original Robocop was that he was pretty much a quadriplegin encased in an armored shell, he moved slowly and mechanicly because every neural signal had to be translated into something the machine could comprehend, and the reverse was also true, every sensory signal had to be translated for his brain to process. If this part is respected I can work around the design but, if I see even a hint of the Wachowski brothers in how he moves the entire movie won't be any good to me.

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Edited By TheMadMonkey

If modern post-production computer technology can turn Chris Evans into a 90-pound weakling, then I'm sure Robocop will be given a few tweaks here and there to make him look less monochromatic. Therefore, the bare hand can't be a blatant design flaw.

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Edited By The Black Hood

Is this the new Rob Leifeld "Marvel Now" Cyclops costume? He looks XTREME.

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@Kal'smahboi: I agree with ya

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@MooseyMcMan said:

That outfit looks more like something from Mass Effect than RoboCop.

Not liking it. As a RoboCop thing, I mean. If these were shots from a Mass Effect movie, then sure. But I just don't see why they had to change the design so much.

Because the design from the 80's is what they thought "futuristic" would look like. That design doesn't play in today's time because that's not what we generally think of when we think of bleeding edge tech. We picture designs like Iron Man or the Mas Effect N7 armor. And this design shows it. Stop thinking about "well why did they have to change the design" and start wondering "well what was the original design trying to sell". As for the suit itself, the chest bothers me. It look cheep, but I like the overall look of it I guess.

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Still looks like a damned Silverhawk.

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THAT IS NOT ROBOCOP!!!

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I'm really hoping they plan on replacing the fleshy hand in post and its just out for practical reasons. I can get over them painting Robocop's helmet black and pairing it with Nolan's Batsuit, but the asymmetrical hand thing will drive me nuts.

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Wow,(as a christian) nobody ever told me that God hates robots....i learned something new today

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He just doesn't give off the aura of being a cyborg to me. This looks more like a futuristic cop get up suited to a police force featured in any one of Philip K. Dick's science fiction dystopian novels or any sci-fi movie of the past. And that gun...wait a minute...its...its...

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Wanna hold off on the whinning until after the movie comes out? I personally think this is a huge improvement.

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I wonder what they are going to do with the gloveless hand?

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too emulate IRON MAN or THE DARK KNIGHT

I prefer the old fersi ...

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@ssejllenrad said:

Lots of whinners. Why am I not surprised? This day and age, people seem to get upset by anything. The movie hasn't even been released yet and lots of people are already b*tching about. Sigh....

Argh!!! It looks too much better than the original!!!!

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Looks like crap. And the whole protesting against robots looks like crap. This movie should die.

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Iron man / Cyclops/Dredd  mix.
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@jorgecabrera: 
LOL
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@Kal'smahboi said:

I still think it looks like they painted Superman's New 52 costume black.

Ok. Now you just made me want a Superman costume that looks like that. Hehe!

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Lots of whinners. Why am I not surprised? This day and age, people seem to get upset by anything. The movie hasn't even been released yet and lots of people are already b*tching about. Sigh....

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Good to see Michael Keaton enjoying himself. New costume still looks shitty.

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Those shots where you can see the chest front on, make the costume look very cheap. I also don't get the one human hand. I mean from a purely logical standpoint, the hand is a very fragile piece of anatomy. While it's true current robotic technology can't replicate the both the fine, delicate movements and the grip strength of the human hand, but it's SUPER easy to break the grip of a human at the thumb.

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Helmet looks decent, suit not so much.

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@Crash_Recovery: Maybe, but I still think this looks more like a dude in a High-Tec suit than a cyborg

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Why are the hands human-like?

and what's up with american media hating robots?

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There was a battery commercial in the early 90's that had a black robocop ripoff and it still looked better than this ...

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not liking the suit at all.

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Doesn't look like Robocop at all. It's more like a guy in a suit. Also what's with the "God Hates Robots" thing? That's cliche and stupid

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Ugh no not working for me.

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It's all smoke and mirrors it's really a cyclops movie.

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I preferred the original, but this doesn't look bad. That being said, I wonder in-universe why they've made it black? Because that could look villainous really, really easily.

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Without some kind of accents or logo or badge, he looks like some kind of superhero prototype that never became official.

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@elayem98 said:

@jesse10022 said:

People need to let go of the past. It looks WAY BETTER than the clunky original and you damn well know it whether you want to admit it or not.

yeah the old armour looks way too silly, it would make the movie bomb at the box office

@Dernman said:

I think it should have been a combination of the old and new costumes. Right now he doesn't look like a RoboCop but more like a guy in armor.

Both right, also need me some chrome.

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An important point you all seem to be missing is that the suit will undoubtedly be significantly touched-up with CG in post. Related to that, his hand is probably only uncovered because it would be awkward to hold & manoeuvre the gun properly with big chunky robot gloves on.

Other than that... he looks like a VR Trooper. http://www.comicvine.com/vr-troopers/65-58227/images/

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Was the paparazzi dude literally hanging out in a tree when he took these pictures?

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I could care less if the character design resembles the original Robocop. That wouldn't make a heck of a lot of sense in my mind, since the original design was influenced heavily by 80s asthetics. Additionally, the armor was bulky and very hard to move in, which required a dance instructor just to teach the actor how to move in it.

I'm not saying any of this as a slight against the original Robocop.

What I'm saying is, sure this movie can't be judged truly on its own merit since it's a remake. But, at the same time, the character design also shouldn't be a copy of the original. Specifically, they should make good use of the advances we've made in technology to make it more maneuverable. I'd love to see a little more color in the armor rather than matte and gloss blacks, but who's to say that this is the way it looks throughout the whole film. Besides, things often look different on film than in stills.

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Robo Scott ? :P

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