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Dr. Peter Weller

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2004 total appearances

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History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Especially when it jumps out of the thing. It jumps on your face. No one would do that. So that's the beautiful thing about RoboCop. It's not about army. It's not about society. That's the stories in it. And all those ideas in it about trickle-down economics and privatization of this and militarization of whatever. Just for power. But it's not about that. That's what people want.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Especially when it jumps out of the thing. It jumps on your face. No one would do that. So that's the beautiful thing about RoboCop. It's not about army. It's not about society. That's the stories in it. And all those ideas in it about trickle-down economics and privatization of this and militarization of whatever. Just for power. But it's not about that. That's what people want.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It's about rebirth. You know, it's about finding, it's about resurrection, man. It's a theme that goes all the way back to the Egyptians.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It's about rebirth. You know, it's about finding, it's about resurrection, man. It's a theme that goes all the way back to the Egyptians.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It's about rebirth. You know, it's about finding, it's about resurrection, man. It's a theme that goes all the way back to the Egyptians.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And so I ask that all the time. I stand in classes and somebody will ask me about Robocop. You know, I got to give a thing for the LA Breakfast Club. Uh-huh. So, okay, what's the theme of this film? Uh-huh. Once in a blue moon, somebody will say, rebirth. And I say, thank you. And everybody goes, oh, how? Oh, yeah, it is. Yeah, because of what?

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And so I ask that all the time. I stand in classes and somebody will ask me about Robocop. You know, I got to give a thing for the LA Breakfast Club. Uh-huh. So, okay, what's the theme of this film? Uh-huh. Once in a blue moon, somebody will say, rebirth. And I say, thank you. And everybody goes, oh, how? Oh, yeah, it is. Yeah, because of what?

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And so I ask that all the time. I stand in classes and somebody will ask me about Robocop. You know, I got to give a thing for the LA Breakfast Club. Uh-huh. So, okay, what's the theme of this film? Uh-huh. Once in a blue moon, somebody will say, rebirth. And I say, thank you. And everybody goes, oh, how? Oh, yeah, it is. Yeah, because of what?

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Because of metaphysics, not because of any physical world. The beauty part of story is, as Casey's husband, who's an extraordinary writer, Dan, the beauty part is that you can encase a metaphysical or spiritual something and bury it in an incredibly entertaining plot arc, you've got lightning in a bottle, man. Because people won't even know why they love it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Because of metaphysics, not because of any physical world. The beauty part of story is, as Casey's husband, who's an extraordinary writer, Dan, the beauty part is that you can encase a metaphysical or spiritual something and bury it in an incredibly entertaining plot arc, you've got lightning in a bottle, man. Because people won't even know why they love it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Because of metaphysics, not because of any physical world. The beauty part of story is, as Casey's husband, who's an extraordinary writer, Dan, the beauty part is that you can encase a metaphysical or spiritual something and bury it in an incredibly entertaining plot arc, you've got lightning in a bottle, man. Because people won't even know why they love it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And I venture to say, thanks to Paul Verhoeven's imagery that he puts in there, thanks to his drive of it, if you gave that to an average American action director, that movie would not be that movie. In spite of Ed Neumeier's and Mike Miner's gifts, in spite of whatever us actors lent to it, it would not be that movie without Paul. Without that vision of resurrection driving it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And I venture to say, thanks to Paul Verhoeven's imagery that he puts in there, thanks to his drive of it, if you gave that to an average American action director, that movie would not be that movie. In spite of Ed Neumeier's and Mike Miner's gifts, in spite of whatever us actors lent to it, it would not be that movie without Paul. Without that vision of resurrection driving it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

And I venture to say, thanks to Paul Verhoeven's imagery that he puts in there, thanks to his drive of it, if you gave that to an average American action director, that movie would not be that movie. In spite of Ed Neumeier's and Mike Miner's gifts, in spite of whatever us actors lent to it, it would not be that movie without Paul. Without that vision of resurrection driving it.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Right? It would be a nice action movie and funny and kind of cool and about America.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Right? It would be a nice action movie and funny and kind of cool and about America.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

Right? It would be a nice action movie and funny and kind of cool and about America.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It is the soul of the movie.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It is the soul of the movie.

History For Weirdos
Episode 150: Art, Ancient Rome, and Androids - The Weird World of Dr Peter Weller

It is the soul of the movie.