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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
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From jalopnik.com
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Detroit may be on the way back from ruin and perdition thanks to Eminem and Chrysler, but Detroit Mayor Dave Bing isn't above considering good ideas no matter their source.
When one Twitterer suggested Detroit follow Philadelphia by erecting a statue of its most famous movie star, Bing replied with this tweet:
"There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion."
He is above actually implementing the ideas, but not above considering them. Which, frankly, is a shame. We'd totally love to see a Robocop statue atop the Renaissance Center. I mean, how cool would that be? |
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Doddsino
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Dude...who WOULDN'T want a statue of RoboCop? Would you rather have one of Axel Foley?
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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It should be RoboCop standing with The Old Man, like the Walt/Mickey statue.
Or how about Ted Nugent? He's the Motor City Madman!
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JoshWoodzy
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Yeah, I'd rather see Ted Nugent holding a musket and wearing a coonskin cap with a dead animal draped over his back than RoboCop, honestly.
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
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Ted Nugent and Robocop high fiving. Ultimate.
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
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It should be a statue of Robocop driving in his police car with Ted Nugent standing on top with a bow and arrow aimed skyward and Axel Foley putting a banana in the car's tailpipe.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
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^ that would be an awesome statue
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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What about a statue of Robocop crushing Eminem and the ICP with a Sherman tank? Ted Nuget would be manning the 50 cal, and it would fire real bullets in to the sky, for perpetuity, kind of like an eternal flame.
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SNESGuy
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Jack Slater
Title: Friendly Felon
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The most hilarious part of this whole story is the idea that "Detroit may be on the way back from ruin and perdition."
That would take gentrification of a Marshall Plan-like scale.
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
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Dammit, they totally should erect a monument to Robocop!
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Shut up, Dorn
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You know what pisses me off? That the whole world believes that Detroit always "needs to be on the way up" or "is deeply affected by the economic downturn". Fuck! And fuck everybody for thinking that! Detroit is a nice city if you know where to go (and has very shady areas, as well. Just like any other major city). The metro area is where all the white people flew to, and it's quite a terrific place.
Second of all, they totally should erect a Robocop statue, but not in Detroit. The thing is about this is that the film was actually never filmed in Detroit, it was filmed in and around Dallas.
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Drew Linky
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| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
| Second of all, they totally should erect a Robocop statue, but not in Detroit. The thing is about this is that the film was actually never filmed in Detroit, it was filmed in and around Dallas. |
Fuck Dallas.
That is all.
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SNESGuy
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| Drew Linky wrote: |
| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
| Second of all, they totally should erect a Robocop statue, but not in Detroit. The thing is about this is that the film was actually never filmed in Detroit, it was filmed in and around Dallas. |
Fuck Dallas.
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I concur
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Jack Slater
Title: Friendly Felon
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| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
The metro area is where all the white people flew to, and it's quite a terrific place.
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Just a non sequitur, I'm sure.
So I was wrong, and massive gentrification has already taken place?
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
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Hey if Detroit doesn't want the statue of Robocop, I'll take it for my living room.
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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Robocop statue saved by OCP???
(From Kotaku.com)
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| If you didn't hear, the tweet turned fundraiser for a full-size bronze statue of Robocop may become reality now that $50,000-plus has been raised for the project. That makes me all warm and fuzzy. The best part of this story is that the real-life Omni Consumer Products was responsible for a big part of that donation. |
OCP is a company that make real life version of made up movie products. They have some cool stuff:
http://omniconsumerproductscorporation.com/
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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Cool I can finally get some Sex Panther!
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Knyte
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I just think it's awesome that not only in the movie, but in real like, OCP funded building a Robocop.
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