Released in 1987, RoboCop is set in a futuristic Detroit plagued by financial ruin and economic decay. In 2012, Forbes named it the most dangerous U.S. city, and crowned it most miserable in 2013.

RoboCop is thus the perfect symbol for Detroit, reflecting both the city’s persistent will to revive itself and the dangers inherent in doing so. Correction , March 8, 2011: This article ...

Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop, on the other hand, first shown in 1986, was considerably more prescient in its depiction of urban America. It’s set in a near-future Detroit, a city on the verge of collapse ...

In the futuristic 1987 film Robocop it was depicted as a crime-ridden city left in ruins after years of financial decline.. The film's writer Ed Neumeirer scribbled 'the future left Detroit behind ...

Trash Express At a city-owned beach in Detroit, a man-less vehicle can be seen roaming over the sands as it picks up flotsam ...

Detroit's long-delayed bronze statue of RoboCop is almost done. We've almost invented actual robot cops in the nine years it's taken to complete the statue.

Last week, Detroit's RoboCop statue reached its goal of $50,000 in fully crowd-sourced funding. We talked with the brains behind the Detroit Needs A RoboCop fundraiser, and got an early sneak peek ...

Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, and Joel Kinnaman star in the reboot of the hit action franchise, 'RoboCop.' ...

Yes, Detroit, You Can Have A Robocop Statue. Published Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:45:01 -0600 by Rich Johnston | Comments. Where the mayor of Detroit feared to tread, Kickstarter has filled a gap.

Bing tweeted back, saying there were no plans in Detroit for a statue of RoboCop. But Detroiters Brandon Walley, a filmmaker, and Jerry Paffendorf, co-founder and CEO at Loveland Technologies, ran ...