Comments on: Don't worry, he's just a prototype

Don't worry, he's just a prototype

Katemonkey — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:22:34 -0800

"The boy insisted for months that he wanted to be a robot for Halloween. His sister was a robot when she was his age. We looked at various robot images on the computer and he was most intrigued by Robocop. After I showed him the trailer, there was no convincing him otherwise. He was going to be Robocop."

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:27:41 -0800

This isn't going to be nearly as cute next year, when he dresses his daughter as Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. Seriously though. So. Fucking. Cute.

By: facetious

facetious — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:33:06 -0800

incredibly cute, and such an awesome thing to do for/with your son.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:36:42 -0800

So I decided just to make it out of crap I had in my basement. I like that.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:38:54 -0800

Come quietly or there will be... trouble.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:41:57 -0800

Awesome. Can't wait to ~~inflict this on~~ do this with my kid in a few years.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:50:56 -0800

Found out recently that Peter Weller is now doing a PhD in Italian Renaissance art history which kinda blew my mind

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:56:15 -0800

Does he still eat baby food?

By: Forktine

Forktine — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:01:46 -0800

Too cute for words. Bonus points for the kid getting to sit inside the police car, and for the photo being sent to Peter Weller.

By: msconduct

msconduct — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:07:36 -0800

very cool. if only every kid had a parent like that ...

By: malusmoriendumest

malusmoriendumest — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:08:09 -0800

Unbelievable charming, adorable and cute. This has got to be the precursor of defence agencies developing child-sized adult soldiers. Like the Neotenic Infantry from Century Rain: "...it was almost impossible to turn our weapons on them. They looked like children. We were fighting four billion years of evolution telling us we shouldn't squeeze that trigger." He's adorable! What the- ow!

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:14:48 -0800

Fearfulsymmetry, clearly you haven't been watching enough bad history channel-type shows! For a while he was hosting some ancient history thing where he'd spit out all kinds of facts in a most Robocop-like manner...educational AND hilarious!

By: Hlewagast

Hlewagast — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:26:43 -0800

Please give me some candy. You have 20 seconds to comply.

By: JaredSeth

JaredSeth — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:35:25 -0800

A few more cops came out to talk with us, joking that they were going to have to call their union because it looked like they were being replaced. "Don't worry," I said. "He's just a prototype." Snark deactivated.

By: bwg

bwg — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:35:54 -0800

If his arms were bare he'd almost look Starship Trooperish.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:41:00 -0800

Dead or alive, you're coming with me.

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:41:15 -0800

All costumes should be handmade from junk kept in your basement. It was the way of the household when I was a child (thanks, mom), and it shall be when I die. Yes, even the machines will need to go to their basements and find lame spare parts to try to convince their friends that they're TI-83's like Great Great Grandpa for Hallowe'en.

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:41:32 -0800

The picture of him sitting on the train with the wetsuit riding his legs.... THE CUTE. man I wish my son liked robots as much as me....but then he is awesome, he is (and going to be when he grows up) a "Formula 1 race car driver" (yes totally that specific)

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:45:05 -0800

I'd ~~buy~~ make that for ~~a dollar~~ $5.49 (plus $7 shipping).

By: Mister Moofoo

Mister Moofoo — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:48:01 -0800

Waiting to hear/see that Peter Weller posts that picture somewhere.

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:49:40 -0800

You know, between the great recession and the Tea Party wanting to privatize everything, we could use a RoboCop right about now. This costume couldn't have come soon enough.

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:50:40 -0800

The mom should totally sell this on Etsy. No, Ebay. It's a one-of-a-kind collectible now.

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:51:12 -0800

Detroit's finest were there to help protect a movie or TV Show that was filming on that block. While we were talking, some Hollywood-type rushed over to take a picture of the kid with his camera phone. "I'm good friends with Peter Weller, the guy who played Robocop on the movie," he said. "He's gonna get a kick out of this." The guy proceeded to e-mail the photo to Weller, so chances are the real Robocop has seen my little Robocop. Ha, that's pretty awesome.

By: Anything

Anything — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:54:36 -0800

Murphy, It's You from RoboCop: The Musical

By: palliser

palliser — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:08:41 -0800

Adorable. But people seriously need to stop referring to their son as "the boy." The faux nonchalance sets my teeth on edge.

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:10:57 -0800

I love Sweet Juniper. That dad has lots of interesting stuff going on all the time. He's the guy who takes the haunting photos of the decaying buildings in Detroit.

By: xingcat

xingcat — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:53 -0800

The series of pictures just keeps the "awwwwwws" going. Terrific!

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:21:08 -0800

Most excellent.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:22:10 -0800

This is why those stupid Target commercials make me want to kick advertising people in the teeth.

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:22:33 -0800

By: MonkeyToes

MonkeyToes — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:23:53 -0800

Thank you for this. All month, I've been talking to Boy MonkeyToes about the virtues of the homemade costume vs. storebought. He went trick-or-treating last night, dressed as Darth Vader...in his Tie Fighter (yoga ball + chicken wire + papier mache + duct tape). The boy complained a bit, but brightened up as more and more people complimented him on his cool costume. He saw these pictures and said "How about if I be Robocop for the party tomorrow night? Let's see what's in the barn!" Thanks for helping me show him that handmade is a Good Cool Thing.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:28:36 -0800

We need to check back later today/tomorrow:

"This was just sort of a test run, but it was a pretty fun and epic father-and-son adventure. I should have a movie of him in the suit done by Halloween, and today the girl and I are going to go out to do a photo shoot in her Mama-made costume. Those should be up by Friday. So stay tuned for more Halloween fun."

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:34:00 -0800

That made me smile.

By: Monster_Zero

Monster_Zero — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:36:35 -0800

This is adorable, and the movie quotes sprinkled throughout just seal the deal. I never trick-or-treated in my youth and reading stuff like this is one of the few times I actually feel like I missed something.

By: Billiken

Billiken — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:38:10 -0800

Found out recently that Peter Weller is now doing a PhD in Italian Renaissance art history which kinda blew my mind. And Dexter.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:38:54 -0800

There are people who haven't heard of RoboCop? What is the world coming to?

By: No-sword

No-sword — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:44:58 -0800

A futuristic dystopia where corruption is the rule and crime runs rampant?

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:48:59 -0800

Yeah, that was good... makes up for all the "sexy whatever" costumes being sold.... Made me want to buy a 4 year old to facilitate photo-ops. or just dress the Husky up... maybe that

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:52:49 -0800

heh... dressed up Husky office casual day

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:53:37 -0800

I don't even like kids, so much that I'm one of those assholes who craps on kid-related discussions to say how much I don't like kids (case in point) and even I thought this was adorable.

By: Casimir

Casimir — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:10:32 -0800

SON OF ROBOCOP An oedipal thriller APRIL, 1999 *beep* Hi, RoboCop? It's Sarah. Uhh yeah- soooo I'm pregnant. So yeah. Give me a call. 555-2345, in case you lost my number. Interleave opening credits with horrifying childbirth scene. APRIL, 2003 RoboCop Jr is playing trucks in the back yard of his adoptive home. The shadow of a man creeps across the scene. Servos whir as the boy looks back over his shoulder...

By: longbaugh

longbaugh — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:19:04 -0800

I used to put Pringle tubes on my boy's arms and legs and make him walk like a robot but this is super-awesome.

By: bonehead

bonehead — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:20:28 -0800

More, just posted: Kid Robocop demonstrates his excellent room-clearance techniques.

By: mikepop

mikepop — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:44:12 -0800

"Aren't you a little short to be a ~~stormtrooper~~ cyborg police officer?"

By: explosion

explosion — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:48:03 -0800

In any of the pictures where you can't see his face, he kind of looks like a giant Lego Mini-Fig of Robocop. Especially in the room-clearance pics. This is a plus, I assure you.

By: kmz

kmz — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:01:34 -0800

Awesome. Can't wait to inflict this on do this with my kid in a few years. posted by robocop is bleeding Hopefully not completely eponysterical.

By: Brocktoon

Brocktoon — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:23:02 -0800

All costumes should be handmade from junk kept in your basement No. Costumes are a source of income for my wife, and she makes costumes a helluva lot better and fantastic then something you could throw together with crap from your basement. Don't worry, you get your money's worth. This year's standouts: Murloc, Link, and Treecko. Plus, there are no basements in California!

By: numbskeleton

numbskeleton — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:48:42 -0800

But people seriously need to stop referring to their son as "the boy." The faux nonchalance sets my teeth on edge. I assume he's doing this because you don't want to advertise your 5 year old son's name on the internet and attract the nasties.

By: arnicae

arnicae — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:42:43 -0800

"Don't worry. He's just a prototype"

By: Sreiny

Sreiny — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:38:34 -0800

A futuristic dystopia where corruption is the rule and crime runs rampant? More like a futuristic dystopia where cute runs rampant.

By: bottlebrushtree

bottlebrushtree — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:57:51 -0800

The hottest thing my wife ever said was "Do you have a movie called Robocop?" to the local video store guy. I knew she was the right one, right there. This sounds like a great costume for our kid next year.

By: straight

straight — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:59:11 -0800

So I decided just to make it out of crap I had in my basement. Whereas I would have just shown him the scene where Peter Weller gets his limbs blown off one at a time and said, "That's how you become Robocop. Still interested?"

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:35:24 -0800

> Plus, there are no basements in California! What's wrong with you people?

By: Xere

Xere — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:36:09 -0800

A prototype? But I thought kids were supposed to be v2.0.

By: bwg

bwg — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:08:51 -0800

straight: "So I decided just to make it out of crap I had in my basement. Whereas I would have just shown him the scene where Peter Weller gets his limbs blown off one at a time and said, "That's how you become Robocop. Still interested?" "Well give the man a hand!"

By: kate blank

kate blank — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:42:52 -0800

I assume he's doing this because you don't want to advertise your 5 year old son's name on the internet and attract the nasties. Uh. So. The name? Of the site? Is Sweet Juniper. HIS DAUGHTER'S NAME IS JUNIPER.

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:45:57 -0800

I'm not sure that's her real name, is it?

By: palliser

palliser — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:00:37 -0800

I assume he's doing this because you don't want to advertise your 5 year old son's name on the internet and attract the nasties. "My son" or "our son" would serve the same purpose, without the ironic distance. I know "the boy" is a popular way of referring to a single son these days, I just dislike it. Also, his son is more like two, I think, judging from his size (and sweet little baby face).

By: Brocktoon

Brocktoon — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:27:41 -0800

"The boy" is what Homer Simpson calls Bart. It's, um, pretty harmless?

By: bonehead

bonehead — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:41:01 -0800

Peter Weller is a class act.