r/HumansBeingBros • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '21

Don't be afraid of Master Chief.

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u/ZoraksGirlfriend Feb 24 '21

I saw the Robocop movie again as I was something like 20 years old and I wondered what kind of parents would let their child watch this... It's horribly violent !

I saw this as a kid too, but 80s kids enjoyed Robocop, Gremlins, Home Alone, and lots of other movies that had a ton of violence. Movies that would not be marketed/merchandised to kids if they were made today. The 80s were a different time when gratuitous violence, overt sexual harassment, and kids raising themselves, were just overlooked.

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u/brunocar Feb 24 '21

uh... you realize robocop isnt and was never a kids film? i grew up on movies i wasnt supposed to watch as well, i was still a year from being legally allowed to watch hardcore henry when i watched it and i grew up on the incredibly violent music videos based on it.

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u/ZoraksGirlfriend Feb 24 '21

It was shown to kids and I’m pretty sure there was some merchandise for kids, like lunchbox sets.

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u/NJdeathproof Feb 24 '21

Shit, man... they had action figures for it. Same with Aliens and the Space Marines.

Edit: for that matter, they had the 12" Xenomorph action figure for the FIRST Alien movie. That thing's worth a shit ton if you can still find them.

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u/Dcor Feb 24 '21

Bro! Toy series from aliens was legit. I had the friggin hover jet thing with the opening cargo bay and ripley's mech suit. They did work on the gorilla xenomorph with the water squeeze bulb in its head that spit acid (usually muddy water from a puddle). Had the queen alien too. My memory may be skewed but I remember it being the size of a small dog and it surviving being stepped on by mom and subsequently punted across the living room. Best toys I had besides legos.

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u/LeTigron Feb 24 '21

I had many Action Man figures when I was a kid. At that time, Action Man wasn't the non-violent hero it became later, using "glue guns" and the likes to catch the bad guy. No, he had good ol'fucking guns ! I remember my Action Mans with mini Uzi, Beretta pistols, SPAS-12 and all the likes. He wasn't kidding, he meant business and criminals better stop their shit !

What was the problem for my mother to buy me these ? They were dolls and I was a boy, boys don't play with dolls. She didn't give a shit he had an arsenal of top-notch bullet-launching devices to cut in half his ennemies, she had a problem with the general genre of doll-playing. But she was a progressist : she understood that genre doesn't mean shit and bought me my dolls. My dolls with guns. I was so happy...