OCP Peddles a Killing Machine With a Conscience

Intensivists often hear this: "I know my dad wouldn't want this, but I just can't bring myself to do it." Advance directives or a living will do not necessarily mean you will get the end-of-life care that you want. This is because withdrawing life support depends on your decision-makers, usually your loved ones, understanding and believing that you are past the point of no return. It depends on accepting death.Mandela fought for freedom all of his life, and the world does not want to lose him. Now all we can hope for is that he is.fortable, and getting the care that he would want. If and when the day.es that he has fought long enough, it will be OK to let him be free.

Our first real look at José Padilha's remake of RoboCop in motion features Samuel L. Jackson as a loud, opinionated television personality, on a stage emblazoned with American flags. This guy Pat Novak, whom Jackson describes as "Rush Sharpton," is talking about the use of drones in military service oversees. Indeed, in news footage of an operation in Tehran, we see ED-209 'bots patrolling war-torn streets, with smaller 208s backing them up.Pat Novak hopes that these drones, which don't get angry, can be used to patrol American neighborhoods. But because drones can't be accountable for decision-making, there's legislation against using them on US soil. Enter OCP, which finds a way to bring a human consciousness into a drone, and in so doing creates the ability to make money by selling super-expensive human/drone hybrids. Enter RoboCop.

Already, you can tell that this is a very different film from Paul Verhoven's weird, raw satire released in 1987. Director José Padilha took the stage after that footage to discuss his new movie, including some talk about the future threat of drones and robotics technology used in war and law enforcement, as he described a remake that may have much less to do with the original than we had expected.While Peter Weller's original depiction was of a cop noted in the books as killed in the line of duty, this incarnation, played by Joel Kinnaman, doesn't die at all. This Murphy is critically wounded through what seems like a car bomb.