Robocop (1987) vs. Robocop (2014)

https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences

There is something very peculiar about both versions. 

https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot/

https://ew.com/article/2014/02/13/robocop-remake-vs-original-verhoeven/

 https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterDesigns/comments/1806n5k/robocop_1987_vs_robocop_2014/#:~:text=The%202014%20version%20is%20just,looks%20more%20like%20an%20assassin.

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/RoboCop_(1987)

https://www.criterion.com/films/542-robocop

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics Robocop (2014) depicts an AI & robotic takeover of Iran. 

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/swarms-of-ai-killer-robots-are-the-future-of-war-if-that-sounds-scary-it-should_partner There might be a point when AI resons, that if it's alright to kill some people, then why not all humans?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

The RoboCop intersection

 https://www.joblo.com/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014-face-off

Both movies provide an interesting depiction on the man and machine theme.

https://the-take.com/watch/what-are-the-major-differences-between-arobocopa-and-its-2014-remake

A portion of the man is placed inside a robotic structure, so he would also be a cyborg.

https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot

https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences

https://rustysoapbox.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop  

A.I. drones and RoboCop

 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2278852-drones-may-have-attacked-humans-fully-autonomously-for-the-first-time

https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/was-a-flying-killer-robot-used-in-libya-quite-possibly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d28APIfwSI

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9629801/Fully-autonomous-drones-hunted-attacked-humans-time.html

There might be a little problem when A.I. is occasionally programmed to hunt and kill certain people.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217171-autonomous-killer-drones-set-to-be-used-by-turkey-in-syria/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2212982-the-us-army-is-developing-ai-missiles-that-find-their-own-targets/

https://www.amacad.org/publication/ethics-morality-robotic-warfare-assessing-debate-over-autonomous-weapons

The 2014 and 2017 movies titled, Drone depict how drone pilots find it more and more difficult to do their tasks. Drone_(2014_film)#Premise , Drone_(2017_film)#Plot , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_drones

Human emotions keep getting in the way, where as autonomous units simply hunt and kill the human targets. However, at a certain point, what if the A.I. decides to attack all humans? 

When RoboCop was released in 1987, people got to see an intense depiction of a severely injured man that was revived and rebuilt into a robotic body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Plot

The movie was set in Detroit but was mostly filmed in Dallas. https://www.dallasfilmcommission.com/robocop-dallas-locations-then-now , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Filming , https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/Robocop-1987.php , http://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2019/05/robocop-1987.html

Then in 2016, Dallas became the first city to use robotics to kill a person.

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/08/use-robot-kill-dallas-suspect-first-experts-say

"Peter Singer, a strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation who writes about the technology of warfare, said he believed this was a first. “There may be some story that comes along, but I’d think I’d have heard of it,” he said.

Others concurred. “As far as I know, it appears to be the first intentional use of a lethally armed robot by the police in the United States,” said Elizabeth Joh, law professor at the University of California at Davis." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/08/police-bomb-robot-explosive-killed-suspect-dallas  

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-crime-idUSKBN1FK35W

Eventually, fully autonomous robotics would be used in similar situations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers#Use_of_a_police_robot_to_kill_Johnson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dallas-police-used-a-robot-to-kill-what-does-that-mean-for-the-future-of-police-robots/2016/07/20/32ee114e-4a84-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article-topic/artificial-intelligence

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drones 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drone+warfare

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

RoboCop: Exoskeleton and Bionics, etc.

http://www.robocop.com/site
This version provides other interesting perspectives not covered in the first version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot
Both versions are about a person becoming a Cyborg.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234721
His head & especially his brain are the key human remnants transplanted onto a bionic or robotic body.
http://screenrant.com/robocop-2014-movie-remake-vs-original,
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/robocop-2014

Dr. Jack_E._Steele was a pioneer in human & machine interface research.
http://www.healthguideinfo.com/prosthetics-bionics/p9070

In the 1970s, author Martin_Caidin wrote about how bionic or robotic limbs & other mechanical parts could help to rebuild a crippled person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(novel)#Plot_summary

In this case, most of the body might not be damaged, but it could be 50-50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man_bionic_hardware,
http://bionics.soe.ucsc.edu/research/exoskeleton_index.html

In this scenario, 80% or even 90% of the original body was damaged beyond repair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(character)#Body_structure

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2014/04/the-3d-printed-heart-scientists-soon.html

The BIG...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_robotics#Projected_robotics_timeline
and the small.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanorobot#Approaches

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Iran’s president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash

https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48

Well, the crash and death of Ebrahim_Raisi has certainly added something to the mix.

 https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-it-was-unable-provide-iran-assistance-after-helicopter-cash-2024-05-20/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/world/iran-president-crash

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/did-irans-president-end-four-101525639.html

https://www.ft.com/content/6b09b0a7-68f0-4e5b-8353-f69fc9193ceb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi#Potential_successor_as_Supreme_Leader

https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47321#:~:text=Since%20the%201979%20Iranian%20Revolution,United%20States%20and%20its%20interests.

Curious people might want to take a look at RoboCop_(2014_film). The movie doesn't clearly explain, but something has happened in Iran. A lot of Sci-Fi movies provide future glimpses of potential scenarios.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/addressing-irans-evolving-threats-to-us-interests 

Could someday something thing big enough for the Western Military & very advanced robotics have to take over Iran? https://quincyinst.org/2024/02/03/beware-the-iran-pearl-harbor-moment

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Tehran , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk94MJS_Sc

https://www.e-ir.info/2014/02/24/robocop-and-iran Its just part of a movie, for now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/RoboCop2014

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/28/hear-me-out-why-2014-robocop-isnt-a-bad-movie 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics The movie, RoboCop_(2014) opens with a robotic takeover of Iran. While using killer-robots to invade various regions or countries might be tempting, it could set a disturbing president.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran

Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue

 https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit-finally-has-a-robocop-statue/ 

It took quite a while to get a RoboCop_statue in Detroit. 

https://www.michiganpublic.org/offbeat/2012-04-04/your-move-creep-the-robocop-statue-will-rise-in-detroit 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop+statue

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Detroit

Why Zack Snyder Would Be Perfect To Direct A RoboCop Reboot Movie

 https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop

Could a 3rd version of the movie work? Essentially, it would be a retelling of the same story, but from another perspective.

https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop-rogue-city-peter-weller-is-back-in-new-robocop-game

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

RoboCop statue stands in Eastern Market 15 years after viral tweet

 https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2025/12/03/robocop-statue-stands-detroits-eastern-market/87591003007/  

https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/robocop-26514744/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop+statue

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

RoboCop statue rises in Detroit

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/robocop-statute-detroit   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop#Development

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop+statue

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop

U.S. intelligence detected Iranian plot against Trump

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-plot-against-trump-detected

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cml2w8knjryo

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/17/iran-blasts-us-accusations-of-trump-assassination

The 2014 version of RoboCop depicts something has happened which requires a bunch of robotics and troops to be sent into Iran.

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Tehran

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.+drones+and+RoboCop

Neuralink and its implanted brain chips for people

https://news.med.miami.edu/paralyzed-veteran-surgically-implanted-with-neuralink-device-at-the-miami-project-to-cure-paralysis/ 

Neuralink: The Future of Brain Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO7sdbTkIrA

https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29 

https://neuralink.com/updates/a-year-of-telepathy 

https://www.telecoms.com/digital-ecosystem/bluetooth-powered-neuralink-completes-first-human-implant

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-neuralink-has-implanted-its-first-chip-in-a-human-brain-whats-next/ 

https://www.captechu.edu/blog/neuralinks-brain-chip-how-it-works-and-what-it-means  

Neuralink Isn't Telling Us Something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DnA0H6jAX8

https://neuralink.com/technology  

There is a point in RoboCop_(2014_film) and Upgrade_(2018 film) in which the brain of the protagonist is taken over by an implanted device. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade_(2018 film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Neuralink 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Bluetooth

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Neuralink+has+implanted+a+brain+chip+in+a+human+for+the+first+time 

Humans, Robotics and Bionics

Key theme, a more or less intact human head & brain is transferred onto a robotic body.
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/robocop
Thus, this could be considered as bionics, as well as robotics.

Key theme, certain robots are constructed to replicate humans, but with super strength.
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/blade-runner
Some of them don't realize that they are A.I. machines.

In this exciting TV series the robots know that they aren't human.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/11/almost-human-tv-series.html
However, perhaps at some point in the series, there might be one that has been programmed to not really know what it is.

http://www.livescience.com/42171-darpa-robotics-challenge-winner.html ,
http://www.livescience.com/topics/military-spy-tech ,
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/news-as-cyberpunk/rise-of-the-robots

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/12/digital-transcendence.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=RoboCop