There's apparently a very real movement to build a publicly-funded statue of the 80's dystopian sci-fi hero, effectively putting Robocop back on the mean streets of the Motor City. Donations are now being accepted at www.detroitneedsrobocop.com, in fact.
You can follow the story of this endeavor here, but it seems to have been primarily inspired by Philly's Rocky Balboa statue. And the subsequent realization that "Hey, Robocop could kick Rocky's ass - what gives?" Logic then took hold from there and the effort to build a massive statue of Peter Weller was underway.
Hopefully this is the start of a new trend, and more cities will follow Detroit's lead by proudly displaying the fictional film characters that put them on the map. A heroic sculpture of Sarah Jessica Parker in Central Park, for instance. Or a bust of Ferris Bueller outside of Wrigley. Maybe a wrought iron likeness of The Dude, head in hands forever bemoaning his urine-stained rug on a random bus stop bench somewhere the valley.
Is it too much to ask for a bronze diorama of the Boondock Saints beating the piss out of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Quincy Market? Perhaps.
(Props to M&HD pal Oscar for alerting us to this epic human interest story.)
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