Detroit - When reality mirrors fiction

[Muck]

RoboCop is coming to Detroit

A statue of a robotic cyborg from a movie set in Detroit's future is one step closer to having a present-day home.

Hollywood robot statue designer Fred Barton's life-sized model of RoboCop is being scanned at a studio in Canada so it can be cast in bronze with otherworldly proportions.

"The statue's definitely coming," said Jerry Paffendorf, who spearheaded the controversial 2011 campaign to raise money and find a home in Detroit for the statue.

"The only thing that's up in the air is the timeline and where it's going to go."

MGM is "quite entertained and interested" and has officially licensed the project, Paffendorf said.

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The half-man, half-cyborg character was made famous through a 1987 movie set in a futuristic, crime-ridden Detroit. Critics said the statue would only highlight the city's current problems.

 

[Deety]

I was sure this would be about zombies.

 

[buxfan4life]

RoboCop is coming to Detroit

The half-man, half-cyborg character was made famous through a 1987 movie set in a futuristic, crime-ridden Detroit. Critics said the statue would only highlight the city's current problems.

So, what the critics are actually saying is that the original movie was prophetic in portraying a "future" Detroit that is a run down, crime ridden area? You don't say.......

 

[Deety]

If only Detroit were more centrally located. Ohio could easily conquer it, raze it, and put up a gas station for Buckeyes going to The Game.

 

[Muck]

If only Detroit were more centrally located. Ohio could easily conquer it, raze it, and put up a gas station for Buckeyes going to The Game.

I've been to enough third world shit holes, why would I want to drive through one every other year?

 

[colobuck79]

Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.....

 

[BayBuck]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cL1HisrNc"]Robocop - I'd Buy That For a Dollar - YouTube[/ame]