make it have speakers with quotes from the movie and Ill lay down a couple of bucks aswel

"Stay out of trouble."
"Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law."

XD

storm8ring3r

Germany227 Posts

February 20 2011 17:25 GMT

#22

I think it will draw tourists but also that it will be vandalized

SilverLeagueElite

United States626 Posts

February 20 2011 17:34 GMT

#23

On February 21 2011 02:04 PassiveAce wrote:

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If its not in their city I don't think they get to decide what statues to put up. What if Boston raised the money to put up a statue of the Red Sox in New York City? Would it be allowed to go up?

Edit: Sorry for Double Post.

I personally doubt the donors would have donated if the statue wasn't in Detroit. And it seems the people of Detroit are OK with this so I'm not sure what your point is. I'd image they secured permissions to build it before they started accepting donations.

NexUmbra

Scotland3776 Posts

February 20 2011 17:39 GMT

#24

On February 21 2011 01:31 Ferrose wrote:
Hey, maybe the statue can help rally the citizens, and maybe Detroit can stop being a hellhole for once.

Kinda sad though, isn't it? People raise all that money for a Robocop statue, but why not raise 50k that quickly to help the DPS? : /

What does DPS mean?? I only know it as Damage Per Second XD

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 20 2011 17:43 GMT

#25

On February 21 2011 02:34 SilverLeagueElite wrote:

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Actually, they did start collecting donations before it was ok'ed. Mayor Bing has already said there are no plans to build the statue.
My point was that just because its private money doesn't mean they can put up a statue in a city that they don't live in =/. After all, They aren't the ones who will be looking at it, we will.

also: the people of Detroit are not necessarily in favor of it, there is a lively debate going on in our city right now.

Lucumo

6850 Posts

February 20 2011 17:43 GMT

#26

On February 21 2011 01:55 Kickboxer wrote:
This just might be the best idea in the contemporary history of urban planning. When was the last time something this badass was built?

2009?
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DreamChaser

1649 Posts

February 20 2011 17:44 GMT

#27

Greatest idea ever.

SilverLeagueElite

United States626 Posts

February 20 2011 18:03 GMT

#28

On February 21 2011 02:43 PassiveAce wrote:

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That being the case, I can imagine how local people see it as being an eye sore. Not everyone is a fan of sci-fi heroes.

fbs

United Kingdom2476 Posts

February 20 2011 18:10 GMT

#29

Value for money

Azzur

Australia6259 Posts

February 20 2011 18:13 GMT

#30

I read the post title and though "what a great idea!"

Zooper31

United States5710 Posts

February 20 2011 18:14 GMT

#31

Public schools get enough money as it is, they need to just spend it correctly and up the teacher pay alot. Also I think it's pretty retarded that they raised $50,000 in a week to erect a statue of Robocop before it's even OK'd to be put up. What happens if it gets denied? If it does goes up thats the most awesome thing I've seen. Apart from the 5story gundam in Japan lol.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

February 20 2011 18:15 GMT

#32

On February 21 2011 02:39 NexUmbra wrote:

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What does DPS mean?? I only know it as Damage Per Second XD

Detroit Public School's

Blackhawk13

United States442 Posts

February 20 2011 18:38 GMT

#33

The money could go to much better uses but whatever

Mooncowtime

United States315 Posts

February 20 2011 18:53 GMT

#34

Best idea ever.....cant wait to see it

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

February 20 2011 19:04 GMT

#35

Saw a bit in the article that talked about if 'crazy' people were crazy enough to throw some money for something outlandish like this- that they're capable of doing grander things; interesting reasoning. Only time will tell if something will come out of this.

LeSioN

United States325 Posts

February 20 2011 19:15 GMT

#36

the money could NOT go to better uses. throwing 50,000 grand at some random thing in detroit will not help anything. detroit isnt a hell hole because we need an extra 50k. its a hell hole because crime has rotted the city out to the core. generally in major citys this is offset by artsy types and yupies embracing this as "character" untill once again the run down turns into the place to be. but detroit has a very small urban culture. something like this robocop would defenitely add some much needed lightheartedness and artsy-ness to are our so serious post apocolyptic car manufacturing wasteland. imho the only good things in detroit are; heilderburg project, funknight, and demf/hoedown. we need more of this type of culture if we want to ever rebuild detroit. these kinds of things attract the sort of people that can revive a run down neighborhood into a cool neighborhood.

edit- i forgot, i believe the proposed site for this statue is in front of the old train station. pretty much a mecca for aspiring artists in michigan.

Dingotrold

Denmark622 Posts

February 20 2011 19:17 GMT

#37

Your move, creep.

BenKen

United States860 Posts

February 20 2011 19:24 GMT

#38

I've only spent a fleeting amount of time in Detroit, but it sure seemed to be every bit the hellhole everyone makes it out to be. As trite as it sounds, Detroit having a Robocop statue actually does make me feel a little better about the city. Sure, you're not solving any problems with that money, but a small morale/image boost for the city is a nice thing to have too. Plus it's not taxpayer money anyway.

So yeah, what the hell. Build the shit.

iPlaY.NettleS

Australia4329 Posts

February 23 2011 06:46 GMT

#39

On February 21 2011 01:25 PassiveAce wrote:
But i still think the money would be better spent in the Detroit Public School system. What do you guys think?

Yeah , im sure 50,000 will help Detroit ALOT.....
Maybe instead of bailing out the banksters with 700Billion if that money had been invested in world class R&D and manufacturing facilities in Detroit?

50,000 for a statue is irrelevant.