Being an 80's baby, lately I've been on kind of an old school kick (for me anyways). Been watching a lot of movies I always knew about (and so did every other kid who grew up in my time) but never saw, basically R rated movies that came out when I was a kid. Like a few months ago, I watched every Friday the 13th, from 1 to 9, in order within like a 2 week span. I'd seen bits and pieces as a kid, like when I'd stay up late when my parents weren't home and one would be on tv, and I understood who Jason was, but it was pretty cool to see the progression of Jason's character and the continuity of the story line (no matter how weak and shallow it was), like how Jason didn't become superhuman until part 6. But anyways, on to my latest watch.
I watched the original Robocop. How this movie spawned 2 sequels and a coming remake, as well as a toy line, video games, kids cartoon, etc. I will never know. According to wikipedia it was considered one of the best films of 1987, are you kidding me!? This movie was terrible. One of the most memorable scenes in the movie, how can you even take this thing seriously, and it's even over the top by today's standards 25 years later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9IscZMYYw0Anyways, it's kind of baffling how gory, violent R rated movies like this (and it actually had an X rating originally, but after 11 tries was brought down to an R rating) were then in turn turned into a kids franchise spawning cartoons and toy lines and referenced on kids shows (like Saved By the Bell). Crazy.