[Alex Murphy]

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.

[EEGator]

Is ED-209 next?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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

[PapaNew]

Hey Murphy, is that you?

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

[Mr. Jeeves]

Well, what is Detroit supposed to be proud of? GM? :)

[tpmintx]

We have the OCP headquarters here in Dallas:

That's better than some old bronze statue!

[Mr. K]

Robocop was rated “X”??

[headsonpikes]

Perfect!

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

[a fool in paradise]

Maybe they could have a bronzed Han Solo to go with it.

[MotorCityBuck]

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

[katana]

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.

[freedomlover]

Call me when they build a 10 foot Laura Croft.

[Alex Murphy]

Peter Weller speaks to the citizens of Detroit about the statue

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Pilsner]

[montag813]

What does the “unrated” version have that the theatrical release doesn’t?

[cripplecreek]

There is actually some beautiful sculpture in Detroit.

Spirit of Detroit is just one example.



The Joe Louis Monument is pretty decent as "modern art" goes.



The underground railroad monument is pretty cool.



The civil war sailors and soldiers monument is great too.



Lots of great sports statues in Detroit too. Ty Cobb, Bobby Orr, Ernie Harwell.

[V_TWIN]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3128312320/h40909135/

[BO Stinkss]

I saw the R rated version when it first came out. I like a good “shoot-em-up” but this movie was disturbing. They introduce you to the main character, get you to like him, then they slowly and graphically mutilate him. Nauseating.

[Gay State Conservative]

There are a number of pretty impressive monuments in Central Park in NYC.One of these days I’m gonna take a couple of hours and look at all of them at some length.

[WayneS]

Robocop was rated X?

I did not know that.