Robocop picks up some pork rinds
and a gallon of milkWhen I first heard "Robocop" was slated for a 2010 remake, my heart didn't exactly sink. I just didn't care.

The 1987 original was a hands-down, all-time classic. It's been one of my favorite movies for *does the math* two-thirds of my life, and I think it's as fun to watch today is it was when I was a kid.

But, the brilliance of the original has been steadily ground into mush by a series of lame sequels, TV adaptations and other silliness. I just figured the remake would be more of the same irrelevant garbage.

But ... ComingSoon.Net now reports the director Daron Aronofsky and writer David Self have signed on for the remake.

Aronofsky is one of my favorite filmmakers, and is responsible for "Requiem for a Dream," one of my favorite films for *does some more math ... man my brain hurts* about a quarter of my life.

Self wrote "Road to Perdition," starring Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and Paul Newman. I didn't go ape-dookie over that movie, but I thought it at was least an above-average crime drama.

So, yeah, the "Robocop" remake might not be completely awful. What a pleasant surprise.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)