Just curious but why even care if the theatrical is released for this film? Are there those of you out there who would actually watch it over the director's cut, especially when the two are so similar other than some extra gore?

My wife had only ever seen the horribly butchered UK tv version. Last night I let her watch the Unrated version. My, my, my...She loved it. Was like watching a totally new film to her,(well it would be, considering the tv hack job), and now sees it as an immediate classic. But then I did also tell her that after all, "It IS fucking Robocop!!"

yea, i was over in quebec and picked it up, i guess im just gunna have to return it this week.

i doubled checked again last night, i wouldnt have care so much but robo is one of my all time favs, maybe if i went to buffalo or past niagera i could get a good copy.

without the theatrical cut in this set you would not have any of the commentaries. the extended does not include any. i plan on watching the theatrical only just for the commentaries.

An instant classic after only 20 years. Great. LOL!

The guy who plays "Creep," the rapist who gets his jewels shot is my third cousin. He was also in Showgirls and went on to play Hank the bartender for six years on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I only met him once, at my great-grandmother's funeral and he told me about this movie he'd just filmed, which wouldn't be coming out for several more months. He told me the name of it was Robocop and I thought -- by the name alone -- this was gonna be some really stupid, low budget, sci-fi cheese. When it finally came out, I only went to see it because he was in it, and I was totally blown away and it's been one of my favorite movies ever since.

I can't say the same about "Showgirls" however.

So it's been a week now. Has there been an update on the Canadia fuck up? An official word on what happened and whatnot?

Because the screw up was with the 2nd disc, I have a feeling it will be a while before enough people complain for them to make it worth their while to do anything about it.

You'd be better off ordering it up from the States as many have done.

Just ordered it from Amazon.com. It isn't even available in stores here in Montreal so i guess they were all recalled before being on shelves but i don't want to wait till they get corrected shipments (if ever!)

So it cost me 22$ american with shipping. So i guess i paid 10$ more than i would of if i bought it in stores but it's well worth the extra money since i love steelbooks and Robocop!

So, Amazon's price dropped from $15.99 to $14.99. I just called, and they apparently do have a 30-day price drop guarantee of sorts. I'll get $1 back to my credit card.

Just a heads-up for anyone who ordered last week...

You'll probably get it pretty quick too. My confirmation email from them said to expect it by Sept. 11 and I got it yesterday after ordering it last Thursday. So two business days is pretty impressive considering it came from Kentucky.

They could've put the commentary on the uncut version. That's the way it is on the uncut disc in the trilogy pack. IMO, there was no reason to include the theatrical cut on an extra disc in this release unless you really have an aversion to a few extra seconds of gore.

The commentary was recorded while they were watching the theatrical cut. They even mention it in the commentary track itself. It makes sense to have the track on the theatrical version. Plus, it is nice to have both versions for historical purposes.

I'm not sure if this has been posted or not about the US version but I found this little blurb about the Robocop DVD on the Digital Bits site...
So the US version is also defective??? Can people confirm if this is true or not?

My copy has no defect. I got my copy from Amazon.

My copy is fine. Got mine from DVD Empire

Well, they certainly could have put both versions on a single disc with seemless branching.

No problem with my copy. I purchased it from Deepdiscount.

You can't expect anyone to fit so much extra content, including DTS, 5.1, and the original 4.0 track onto one disc without compromising the quality of the picture.

Besides, I don't understand your point considering that the set is reasonably priced (15 bucks on amazon, for example) and it comes in an awesome steelbook case.

considering the great price for the standard DVD, I'm afraid to see what MGM/Fox is going to price the BluRay disc.

I bought my copy from BB and have noticed no defects with the DTS track. Haven't tried the commentary, though.

Listened to the commentary on my copy without any problems.

I never said that the bonus content had to be on the same disc, just that the two movies could share a disc. Seems a pain to have to swap discs to see the differences in the extended scenes. I would have put both movies (via seemless branching) on one disc along with the current audio options and let the bonus content breathe by itself on the second disc.

I have to agree there. It's annoying because if I do want to watch all the special features I have to switch discs whereas they could've had disc two for extras only and seamless branching on disc one.

I hate to bump this thread but are both trailers ported over to this new release or just one, as I would really like to know.

Another question I have is the location card for the police station burnt in or player generated.

Can someone help me out here, How does it compare to the Criterion? Is everything ported over and the Criterion obsolete, or is still a keeper?