Sci-fi fans won't take no for an answer: A statue of RoboCop must be erected in Detroit.*Come on Mayor Bing. How cool would a RoboCop statue look in South Detroit with a plaque saying, "Your move creep"? So cool in fact that I'm going to lobby San Francisco to build a statue of Dirty Harry with a plaque simply saying "punk". Think of the possibilities in other cites? What about a Scarface statue in Miami? Or a Forrest Gump statue in Louisianan? An Andy Dufresne statue in Maine? Philly already jumped on this concept and Detroit and other cities should also think about it.
What started as a single suggestion for the statue on Mayor Dave Bing's Twitter account Monday ballooned into an international cyberspace debate Tuesday about the merits of immortalizing the 1987 science-fiction classic based on the city with a statue. Local supporters are planning petitions and protests.
"There are not any plans to erect a statue of RoboCop," Bing wrote on his Twitter account. "Thank you for your suggestion."
* You're damn right I'm only talking about this subject to get a rise out of RJBO.
(Detroit Free Press)
I'd prefer a statue of Sean Connery's Mason character from "The Rock" with the "Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen," quote.
ReplyDelete@Kris: Oh, that's even better. I completely forgot about that quote.
ReplyDeleteRome brought up the city of Detroit settling for an Axel Foley statue. That might even be too expensive. I think they can afford a statue of Inspector Todd, though.
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