Robocop (1987) Robocop

Maybe I am making a pattern here? Next I'll try find a movie from 1988.

Anyway, as I have been doing these character/movie analysis things lately. I shall now pick my favorite movie ever. And my favorite character from it.
Now, everyone else seems to love Clarence. Oh, I do. But Robocop. Is my man. Robot...Ur, thing.



So anyway, I saw this movie when I was one of those little people who eat cookies and shout a lot. It blew me away. Robocop became my hero. The other girls in the playground had Barbie, fuck that, I had Robocop. I really have loved this movie for a long time now, the first one was great, the second one was alright, and the third one I refuse to the comment on. Whenever I have, I swear I have been near to vomiting.
Robocop used to be copper, Alex J Murphy, who has basically just started the job in a new town. Here, he meets Anne Louis. She's cool. Everything in this film is cool. This film only gets praise from me. That and me pointing my phone at the screen to take a photo of the bloke's face after he sees his mate covered in toxic. Because that was fucking funny. Anyway, back to Robocop.

Robocop is a badass, law-enforcing, metal son-of-a-WHA!? who beats anything evil in sight.
I mean. Beat. He owns Clarence. He doesn't just own him. But on some youtube videos he chucks him through a window about 100 times. Aha, they should have made it like that in the film. Just to emphasize how fucking kick ass Robocop is.


Robocop does have a nice side though!

But that's all I can say on the matter...
Moving on.

He could destroy Terminator using just his feet, and then drink a pint of baby food, before you could say "OH MY FUCKING GOD! TWO ROBOTS FIGHTING! WHERE'S MEGAN FOX, I'M GOING TO VIDEO THIS AND MAKE IT INTO TRANSFORMERS! YYEAAAAAHHHHH." Well that's quite a mouth full, but hey, try destroying a robot with just your feet. It's tough okay.
SO that closes that little argument.
Anyway, I may update this daily or something. Give something do if I have a few minutes off from my busy schedule. HAR HAR HAR.

Oh, also.

This is something I want.

The Hitcher (1986) John Ryder

Now, let me get this straight. This man. Is my favorite movie baddie ever. He's sly, somehow sexy, psychopathic, and very...well...It's Rutger Hauer in the 80s, need I say more?

So anyway, in this first ever blog post to do with film, I'm going to analyze the character of John Ryder. I warn you, I haven't seen the modern version of the movie, so I am only basing my ideas off of the well-portrayed by Rutger psychopath that appears in the 80s version of the movie.

John Ryder

Am I obsessed with this fictional character? Or just bored? Or are the deep VNV Nation lyrics getting to me?
I don't know. But anyway, let me begin.

People have always said I have gone into far too much detail and thought about little things, but I couldn't care a fuck.

Motivation

John Ryder is an interesting character to say the least. Going into watching The Hitcher (1986) you get the feeling of a typical slasher movie (common of that time in Horror) - In fact the movie harbors the factors of a typical Slasher movie. A psycho, prey, a pretty girl, and some extremely stupid police officers. But as soon as this movies psychopath begins to talk, I think the audience kind of realizes that this killer isn't just a boring slasher with no opinions. In fact John Ryder breaks conformity among the slasher baddies. It may Rutger hauer's legendary acting skills, but either way this character is extremely intriguing for someone who has a bored open mind like myself.

"Because I cut off his legs...
and his arms...
and his head.
And I'm gonna do
the same to you. "
Everything is normal, a bit surreal for the protagonist Jim Halsey, who bless, is well portrayed by C. Thomas Howell.
(Goddamn it I am full of praise!)
But anyway, as soon as this line pops up and Jim stares at Ryder in horror, Ryder flips out his trusty knife (trusty knife? is that too cute for a serial killer?) and begins to torture the poor boy.

Now, not in a "I'm gonna cut off your ear kinda way." But more a kind of torture way...Like pouring salt into someones cut, or scratching chalk down a board, or watching Glee...




Ryder fucks with Jim's head. At the point I was talking about earlier, with the knife. He rubs the knife mainly all over him, telling him this.
"You want to know what happens
to an eyeball when it gets punctured?
You got any idea how much blood jets out
of a guy's neck...
when his throat's been slit? "

Then it goes on...

"What do you want?
I want you to stop me.
You got the knife.
You'll stick me with it
before I can do anything.
That's right. So what have you
got to lose? Stop me.
Crying isn't gonna help.
Keep driving!
Please. I'll do anything." (The kids got balls, fair play, would you say that after having a closed knife jabbed into your crotch by some guy who likes touching your face?)

So anyway, carrying on...

"Say four words:
Say...
''I want to die.''
Say what?
''I want to die.''
Say it."
This is what I was getting to. In the movie, Ryder says this to Jim. When Jim shocked replies with "say what?" as if to say he's never considered it, Ryder gives a look to floor. The camera staying focused on Rutger's character, shows us some sort of misery there within his character. He tells Jim he wants him to stop him, he tests him, gives him ways out of being killed.
He gives him the keys to a truck, to get out before the place blows up.
He kills guards in prison so Jim can get out.
He gives him the bullets to his gun.
he has perfect opportunities in which he could kill him. But he doesn't at these points.
Ryder wants to die. But first in my peverted mind, he probably wants to do Jim.
Na jk.




Style
He's one stylish pup is that Ryder.

He wears a long trench coat, with what I can tell to be a suit or something under-neigh, a shirt and trousers. Worn out, and battered. The air of mystery around him is emphasized by what he wears.
My theory, BAM, could be that perhaps he was once just a normal bloke.
NOW. HEAR ME OUT.

Perhaps he was a salesman or something pretty average, gone mad, at a younger age. he has knowledge of the world, and seems to have some sort of beliefs, he's well-educated I'd think, he puts coins on Jim's face, which is what some do to the dead. Now, i didn't know this before watching the film. So either I'm thick, Ryder watches a lot of movies, or he's educated.

Also, at one point he is in a family car with kid(s) he seems to play with them and the parents trust him and it's all happy, therefore showing he can be manipulative and knows the way in which people want others to act around them.
He's also pretty fit. But this is just me swooning. Tell me to shut the fuck up, men.



John Ryder is a character fed up with life, he doesn't care anymore, for anyone or anything. he only tries to kill Jim when he knows there is a chance he himself could die.
He kills others to see if they stop him, and as a general release and perhaps to take out anger. He's almost a source of knowledge for Jim throughout the film.
"The gun is empty." - Jim you silly fool, listen to the man, he's got it going on.

One part of me says, the whole movie is based around Ryder trying to kill himself, but thinking at the same time 'Ah, well, if it doesn't go to plan I can just kill this kid. And then some other kid will show...And so on..."
Another part of me just wanted him and Jim to just "fuck and get it over with."



To those who will say, I know I am a bit of a freak in how much I get into things but I like letting my imagination play on characters from films, and I hope other people will read this and share their ideas. If I missed anything out that I wanted to put but forgot, I'll edit the post later.

Thanks if your read this. (:

P.s - I won't watch the newer Hitcher movie because I don't want to have to cry myself to sleep through disappointment. Also, Sean Bean is pretty damn cool...But Rutger wins it on this one.