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Detroit Bronzes Giant RoboCop Statue
BangStyle ^ | May 17, 2013 | Danny De Maio

Posted on 07/11/2013 11:08:55 AM PDT by Alex Murphy

Whoever thought a film that was rated “X” would inspire a city so much that it would feel the need to build a statue in its honor? As much as I’m a fan of the original Robocop (and am eagerly awaiting the upcoming reboot), I never in a million years would have believed that things would get so dire in Detroit that the city would go to a fictional character for hope. Needless to say, this is what has happened in one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.

Two years ago there was a grassroots initiative to have Detroit mayor Dave Bing fund a bronze statue of the pop culture icon, but the city wouldn’t fund it. However, through a Kickstarter campaign (I feel like this thing is growing in popularity by the week) the funding for the $60,000 statue came through and now the project has come to fruition. Two years of planning, constructing, scanning, and fabrication has finally led to the nearly finished project that will sit in the city of Detroit.

In case you’re not aware of the controversy that the first Robocop film conjured up, allow me to give you the cliff notes. When the first cut was sent to the MPAA for a rating, the violence was so over the top that it was slapped with a firm “X” rating (this is before the NC-17 that we have now). Today, you can buy the unrated version of the film, but anyone that has seen the “R” rated version of the film knows how gory it is. We’re talking close-ups of blown-off hands, bullet-riddled bodies, and a toxic liquid spill that produces some disturbing results, even if it does happen to one of the villains.

At 10-feet tall, the massive RoboCop statue is about to be bronzed before finding its resting place by 2014 in a city that is in need of some hope. Despite my surprise, I think this is awesome and hopefully it is a way to begin turning a once-great city back to prosperity.


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Two years ago there was a grassroots initiative to have Detroit mayor Dave Bing fund a bronze statue of the pop culture icon, but the city wouldn’t fund it. However, through a Kickstarter campaign (I feel like this thing is growing in popularity by the week) the funding for the $60,000 statue came through and now the project has come to fruition. Two years of planning, constructing, scanning, and fabrication has finally led to the nearly finished project that will sit in the city of Detroit.

1 posted on 07/11/2013 11:08:55 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

Is ED-209 next?


2 posted on 07/11/2013 11:10:36 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Alex Murphy

Hey, Philly had their ‘Rocky’ bronze statue so why shouldn’t Detroit have their own good guy?


3 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:55 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I will not comply.)
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To: Alex Murphy
Hey Murphy, is that you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz3vF_G70Ec

4 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:08 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Alex Murphy
Well, what is Detroit supposed to be proud of? GM? :)
5 posted on 07/11/2013 11:14:10 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Alex Murphy
We have the OCP headquarters here in Dallas:

That's better than some old bronze statue!

6 posted on 07/11/2013 11:15:26 AM PDT by tpmintx (Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
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To: Alex Murphy

Robocop was rated “X”??


7 posted on 07/11/2013 11:15:27 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: Alex Murphy

Perfect!

After all, metaphorically, Robocop is Detroit’s only hope.


8 posted on 07/11/2013 11:15:35 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Alex Murphy; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Maybe they could have a bronzed Han Solo to go with it.


9 posted on 07/11/2013 11:16:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Alex Murphy

The overpass @75 & Davison in Highland Park would be a good fit. Good as any place for a cleanup.


10 posted on 07/11/2013 11:16:29 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Mr. K

Originally, until the violence was cut.


11 posted on 07/11/2013 11:16:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Mr. K

A lot of it was shot in closed steel mills here in Pittsburgh. Is that why Detroit is placing the statue?


12 posted on 07/11/2013 11:17:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Alex Murphy
For what it's worth there's a nice statue of Superman in Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Kal-El was born in the imaginations of a couple nice Jewish boys in Cleveland in 1933.


13 posted on 07/11/2013 11:18:00 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Alex Murphy

Call me when they build a 10 foot Laura Croft.


14 posted on 07/11/2013 11:19:06 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Mr. Jeeves

fitting. detroit is proud of a fictitious character in a movie that portrayed their city as a lawless, bankrupt, dangerous dystopia.

30 years later, they don’t have a real robocop, but they sure turned their city into a dangerous, broke hellhole.


15 posted on 07/11/2013 11:19:52 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: All
Peter Weller speaks to the citizens of Detroit about the statue
16 posted on 07/11/2013 11:19:59 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("...Someone handed the keys to the Forum to the OPC and its sympathizers...")
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To: freedomlover

can’t do it. it’ll poke your eyes out.


17 posted on 07/11/2013 11:21:32 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: freedomlover

She’d be a ZZZ cup...


18 posted on 07/11/2013 11:22:19 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: max americana

Ping.


19 posted on 07/11/2013 11:23:07 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Alex Murphy

20 posted on 07/11/2013 11:25:37 AM PDT by Pilsner
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