The newest initiative that has sprung up centered around Detroit is a true testament to how interesting Twitter can really be. Putting normal individuals in the same virtual “room” as people who hold power is a strange concept. Case in point. A couple days ago, a random person from Massachusetts suggested to Mayor Dave Bing via twitter that he erect a statue of Robocop for the city. Bing actually responded by saying there were no plans to do so. Now, a funding initiative has been picked up by the Imagination Station to try and get the statue built for 50,000. Yeah, 50k. Based on their 100% success rate on previous projects, they’ll probably raise it. Supergay Detroit’s post, 10 Reasons Why A Robocop Statue is a Bad Idea hit the nail on the head, 10 times. Ask yourself a couple of questions. Of all the fake heroes in Detroit who we’ve had such high hopes for (i’m looking at you Kwame), do we really want to memorialize one that suggests the city’s crime problems are so bad that the police department has to build a robot to get them under control? A movie that didn’t even support the local economy at the time by being filmed in Dallas? I’ll give you 20 seconds to comply. Detroit, build a statue for some real heroes. Besides, a “public art” Robocop already exists (pictured) in Corktown no less, not far from the Imagination Station. Slap some perspex on that bad boy, put up a commemorative plaque and lets put this whole Robocop thing behind us. P.S. I’ll donate one dollar to the Robocop statue fund if you can find where this is and send me a picture of yourself with Robocop himself. P.S.S. Just found out this is all just a publicity stunt. Robocop revamped is planned for 2013. Shut down the internet, we can all go home now. New questions: will Robocop 2013 save Detroit from the 2012 apocalypse? Will the statue be outdated once the 2013 sleeker, sexier Robocop is developed?

The newest initiative that has sprung up centered around Detroit is a true testament to how interesting Twitter can really be. Putting normal individuals in the same virtual “room” as people who hold power is a strange concept. Case in point. A couple days ago, a random person from Massachusetts suggested to Mayor Dave Bing via twitter that he erect a statue of Robocop for the city. Bing actually responded by saying there were no plans to do so. Now, a funding initiative has been picked up by the Imagination Station to try and get the statue built for 50,000. Yeah, 50k. Based on their 100% success rate on previous projects, they’ll probably raise it.

Supergay Detroit’s post, 10 Reasons Why A Robocop Statue is a Bad Idea hit the nail on the head, 10 times.

Ask yourself a couple of questions. Of all the fake heroes in Detroit who we’ve had such high hopes for (i’m looking at you Kwame), do we really want to memorialize one that suggests the city’s crime problems are so bad that the police department has to build a robot to get them under control? A movie that didn’t even support the local economy at the time by being filmed in Dallas? I’ll give you 20 seconds to comply.

Detroit, build a statue for some real heroes. Besides, a “public art” Robocop already exists (pictured) in Corktown no less, not far from the Imagination Station. Slap some perspex on that bad boy, put up a commemorative plaque and lets put this whole Robocop thing behind us.

P.S. I’ll donate one dollar to the Robocop statue fund if you can find where this is and send me a picture of yourself with Robocop himself.

P.S.S. Just found out this is all just a publicity stunt. Robocop revamped is planned for 2013. Shut down the internet, we can all go home now. New questions: will Robocop 2013 save Detroit from the 2012 apocalypse? Will the statue be outdated once the 2013 sleeker, sexier Robocop is developed?

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