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Beemer Dan
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Celebrate Dystopia!!!
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DerGolgo
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Well, from what I understand, most of Detroit is pretty much in worse shape than Old Detroit, right?
So, even if someone did notice and complain that an enthusiast of some manner erects a 60 ft statue of Officer Murphy in a visible public space, would the city of Detroit actually have the money to do something about it? They are cutting cop patrols and garbage collection, aren't they? How much does it cost to remove 50 tons of old auto-plant structural steel welded into the shape of a retro-futuristic lawman?
Heck, if the city supported it, I'm sure somewhere, they'd be able to find investors and convince the copyright holders to allow the creation of RoboCop FunLand, with rides and a stunt show and a huge statue that spins it's gun on it's finger. They could have ED-209's playland to keep the kids busy, and turbine-powered Oldsmobiles racing through an abandoned steel mill...could be like the Disneyland of the rust belt.
So, even if someone did notice and complain that an enthusiast of some manner erects a 60 ft statue of Officer Murphy in a visible public space, would the city of Detroit actually have the money to do something about it? They are cutting cop patrols and garbage collection, aren't they? How much does it cost to remove 50 tons of old auto-plant structural steel welded into the shape of a retro-futuristic lawman?
Heck, if the city supported it, I'm sure somewhere, they'd be able to find investors and convince the copyright holders to allow the creation of RoboCop FunLand, with rides and a stunt show and a huge statue that spins it's gun on it's finger. They could have ED-209's playland to keep the kids busy, and turbine-powered Oldsmobiles racing through an abandoned steel mill...could be like the Disneyland of the rust belt.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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JoJoLesh
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I don’t know what to say, but I feel like I should say something.
I’ve seen my home torn apart by its own forces. I’ve seen everyone turn a blind eye to it. We did this to ourselves; I am not placing the blame on anyone else.
It is just hard to see it as everyone else does. When you are there it just is. It is not bad, it just is…home.
I am an unwilling expatriate. Detroit will always be my home. No matter where I move I will always be “Imported from Detroit”
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I’ve seen my home torn apart by its own forces. I’ve seen everyone turn a blind eye to it. We did this to ourselves; I am not placing the blame on anyone else.
It is just hard to see it as everyone else does. When you are there it just is. It is not bad, it just is…home.
I am an unwilling expatriate. Detroit will always be my home. No matter where I move I will always be “Imported from Detroit”
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JoJoLesh
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Sorry, didnt mean to be a downer -
Another reason to turn down a statue of Robocop:
The po-po are not seen as a “Force for Good”.
(Maybe not the best news site, but what happened, happened.)
17 is just how many they caught, or decided to catch. I personally have the theroy that they hung 17 "little fish" or guys that were on the outs to make it LOOK like they were cleaning things up.
Things have not really improved. They are still just as corrupt. The ones that aren’t on the take, are just ineffectual. It has always been a “Keep yourself safe” sort of town. So you put up a huge statue of Robocop. What do you accomplish? Scarring the crap out of people, “good” and “bad”.
"Oh Shit!! Look at that Cop. What do you think he wants!?"
Another reason to turn down a statue of Robocop:
The po-po are not seen as a “Force for Good”.
http://www.newsandletters.org/Issues/20 ... July03.htm“The corruption, criminal activity and coverups of wrongdoing were so widespread in the Detroit Police Department that the people, including City Council members, called for a federal investigation into the department about a year ago. This month the federal investigators submitted a report that, among other things, called for the indictment of 17 police officers assigned to southwest Detroit on charges of shaking down precinct prostitutes and drug dealers, theft of huge sums of money and drugs from drug dealers, systematic coverup of officer abuses and criminal activity, including the planting of evidence, making false arrests and giving false testimony in court.”
(Maybe not the best news site, but what happened, happened.)
17 is just how many they caught, or decided to catch. I personally have the theroy that they hung 17 "little fish" or guys that were on the outs to make it LOOK like they were cleaning things up.
Things have not really improved. They are still just as corrupt. The ones that aren’t on the take, are just ineffectual. It has always been a “Keep yourself safe” sort of town. So you put up a huge statue of Robocop. What do you accomplish? Scarring the crap out of people, “good” and “bad”.
"Oh Shit!! Look at that Cop. What do you think he wants!?"
"Be careful that in casting out your devils, you do not cast out the best thing within you – Nietzsche
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DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
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Well, hullo there:
http://www.switched.com/2011/02/16/detr ... ses-50000/
http://www.switched.com/2011/02/16/detr ... ses-50000/
Caleb Johnson on Switched.com wrote:Barely a week after Detroit's mayor tweeted that a RoboCop statue wouldn't be erected in the city, the Detroit Free-Press is reporting that a group of artists and fans who supported the idea have raised more than $50,000 toward its construction.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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JoJoLesh
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*facepalm*
Detroit, I both love and hate you.
Re-animated corpse turned killing machine, is not something we had.
Pete Weller can go eat a bag of dicks, hes probabaly never even been to Detroit.
Detroit, I both love and hate you.
How could it be an emblem of what is good about Det!? There are many great things about the Motor City. Perseverance, Ingenuity, the Blending of cultures, a major city that still retains that neighborhood feel (in Hamtramck I knew every family for 3 block around, and could walk in for dinner at most)...ALL things to celebrate.Peter Weller (some fuck wad / the guy that played R-cop) ... understands people who say that Detroit has more pressing issues to deal with, but he also sees that it's an emblem of what's great about Detroit, too.
Re-animated corpse turned killing machine, is not something we had.
Pete Weller can go eat a bag of dicks, hes probabaly never even been to Detroit.
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Beemer Dan
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They did a bunch of filming on Robocop movies in the shittier parts of Denver, Colorado when I was living there. For better or for ill, those beautiful and apocolyptic places in the city have been leveled and reborn as cheesy sportsbars, stadiums and overpriced retail... a theme park for suburban morons to revel in. Myself, I'd rather live in a city of rusted metal than shiny plastic, but I'm guessing even the most beautiful of rusted metal gets depressing after a bit eh?
I agree that Detroit has much bigger things to put time and money into than a statue of a fictional robot, but being a fan of the movies I think it would be pretty cool.
I agree that Detroit has much bigger things to put time and money into than a statue of a fictional robot, but being a fan of the movies I think it would be pretty cool.
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DerGolgo
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Peter Weller weighs in:
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If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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rolly
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DerGolgo
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Also, it would actually be in Vancouver and you only tell people it's in Toronto.rolly wrote:The Robocop TV series was filmed in Toronto, we should get one too, but it would be made of plastic and cardboard instead of bronze.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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rolly
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Eh, what? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop:_The_SeriesDerGolgo wrote:Also, it would actually be in Vancouver and you only tell people it's in Toronto.rolly wrote:The Robocop TV series was filmed in Toronto, we should get one too, but it would be made of plastic and cardboard instead of bronze.
Vancouver can have a statues of Richard Dean Anderson and those X-files people but this one is ours! Not that it's nothing to brag about Really, it's kind embarrasing, actually. And don't mention Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, we're trying really hard to forget that one
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Beemer Dan
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Peter Weller is a badass! With any luck we'll get a statue of him as Buckaroo Banzai somewhere too.
Oh, and Rolly, they filmed Battlestar Galactica in Canada too. It was in Vancouver but just be like us Unitedstatesians and claim the whole damn country! Hell, we call Hawaiian stuff ours! Even Alaska!
Not New Jersey tho. Even Portland thinks Jersey is weird.
Oh, and Rolly, they filmed Battlestar Galactica in Canada too. It was in Vancouver but just be like us Unitedstatesians and claim the whole damn country! Hell, we call Hawaiian stuff ours! Even Alaska!
Not New Jersey tho. Even Portland thinks Jersey is weird.
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