Robocop Statue to be built with private funds!!!!

[Captain Craig]

Perhaps you heard a few weeks back how Detroit was looking for ways to boost it's image? One of the ideas floated was a statue of Robocop. The Mayor nixed that idea saying that was not the best use of public funds(honestly he's right). However, in the 21st century era of Facebook, Twitter and like it didn't take long for Robocop to become a reality.

The Robocop statue is a go!!

Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crimefighter of the 1987 movie, are moving ahead after a group of artists and entrepreneurs in Detroit, Michigan raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and an online fund-raising site.
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(Mayor)Bing's office is still not convinced, but a spokeswoman said the city is studying how it could accept and display a gift RoboCop statue....
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Paffendorf said the RoboCop statue could go somewhere downtown if the city approves, perhaps near the landmark fist statue honoring legendary boxer Joe Louis.

*my attempt to photoshop a pic bronze*

Now before people think this is too crazy realize Detroit would be following in something of a tradition for cities represented on the silver screen.

Philly, PA has the Rocky Statue.
Metropolis, IL has the Superman Statue.
Riverside, IA has the Monument to Captain Kirk.

I'll book my trip to Detroit just to get a pic with Robocop. I'll put it next to my pic of me and Superman and Rocky. I still need to get to Riverside.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

BOOK-EM-DANNO!

 

[Pingfah]

Great idea, definitely right not to spend public money on it, but they should definitely accept it and put it somewhere prominent.

 

[Candlelight]

Put it right outside the prison.

 

[Ethros]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

 

[Starkers]

Fantastic!

Am I right in thinking Phillidelphia has a Rocky statue?

 

[Candlelight]

Iowa needs a William Shatner statue.

 

[Captain Craig]

Fantastic!

Am I right in thinking Phillidelphia has a Rocky statue?

Iowa needs a William Shatner statue.

Did you two read the OP?
I mention the Rocky Statue and Iowa has a plaque to Captain Kirk which is of course The Shat.

 

[Gaith]

I wholly approve. Now, we need a Jim Kirk/Enterprise statue here in the Presidio - where Yoda already resides, wtf?!!

 

[Holdfast]

Robocop Statue to be built with private funds!!!!

Build Robocop with private funds, and then we're talking...

 

[Samurai8472]

Robocop Statue to be built with private funds!!!!

Build Robocop with private funds, and then we're talking...

We just have to wait for some poor schmuck to volunteer



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/quotes

 

[Bishop76]

I'm so jealous of this... we have a bronze Fonz here in Milwaukee, but I'd much rather have a Robocop...

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

isn't detroit 90% african american now? surely the citizens would want someone they can relate to?

 

[Sephiroth]

^RoboShaft

 

[Kirkman1987]

There should be a plaque with Robocop's prime directives underneath. All the better I think.

 

[od0_ital]

Why does Detroit get the statue when the movie was filmed in Dallas? Life is so unfair...

 

[Kirkman1987]

What's unfair is the fact that Robocop is getting all the love here. I suggest Detroit create Clarence Boddicker High School.

 

[Brikar99]

What's unfair is the fact that Robocop is getting all the love here. I suggest Detroit create Clarence Boddicker High School.

Their school fight song would be "Bitches, leave"

 

[Captain Craig]

isn't detroit 90% african american now? surely the citizens would want someone they can relate to?

Justice isn't a relatable attribute?

You're statement reeks of something foul.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Perhaps even better if it were a moving statue like the one near Tate Modern

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/nov/20/1

but with sound as well.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Stay out of trouble.