RoboCop (TV series)

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Television series
German title RoboCop
Original title RoboCop: The Series
Country of production Canada
original language English
Year (s) 1994 - 1995
length 45 minutes
Episodes 22 in 1 season
genre Sci-Fi , crime thriller
production J. Miles Dale
First broadcast March 18, 1994 ( USA )
German-language
first broadcast		 December 15, 1995 on RTL
occupation

RoboCop is a Canadian science fiction series based on the RoboCop movie series and produced by Rysher Entertainment and Skyvision Entertainment . In terms of content, it is located about two years after the first RoboCop movie.

action

Alex Murphy is a 21st century patrolman who was seriously wounded while on duty. He is considered dead by the public, but the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) turned him into RoboCop , a cyborg . His memories should be erased, but Murphy can still sporadically recall incidents from his previous life. His partner at Metro South Police Headquarters is Lisa Madigan, a police officer with whom he is on patrol in Delta City to fight crime and street brutality. Other partners are Sergeant Stan Parks and the hologram Diana Powers, who like Murphy is officially dead, but lives on in Neuro-Net's cyberspace. In addition, the scientist Charlie Lipcott takes care of the artificial body of Murphys, who also befriends the orphan girl "Gadget". His opponents include Pudface Morgan, who was disfigured in a chemical accident in the face, and the OCP CEO, who created him and programmed him with unconditional loyalty.

Charisma

After only one season, the series, which started in 1994 on free American television ( Syndication ), was discontinued. The German private broadcaster RTL showed it in its German first broadcast from the end of 1995 in the late Friday evening program. It was repeated on RTL and VOX until 1998, and since then it has only been broadcast on pay TV.

this and that

  • The screenwriters Michael Miner and Edward Neumeier submitted a script for the film company Orion Pictures for the second RoboCop movie. It remained unused, but some content was incorporated into the pilot film and the series.
  • The pilot film for the series was released in Germany as RoboCop 4 Law and Order (translated: RoboCop - For Law and Order) as a VHS video cassette. It can be assumed that the number four is intended to give the impression of being a continuation of the three-part cinema series.
  • The series was shot in Canada for cost reasons. Each episode cost about $ 1.25 million.
  • In the later episodes, the credits, which shows RoboCop driving through the streets of Delta City, are musically accompanied by the song Future Of This Life , performed by Joe Walsh and Lita Ford .
  • Each episode begins with the two-line display “In the near future. Location: Detroit, Michigan "(in the original" Time: The Near Future. Place: Detroit, Michigan ").
  • Some clippings were recycled in the RoboCop - Prime Directives miniseries . Including the scene of Murphy's death from the film, as the producers did not have a direct license for the film.

Successor works

The 40-part animated series RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998 to 1999) and the four-part film series RoboCop: Prime Directives with Page Fletcher as RoboCop from 2001 are to be mentioned as follow-up works .

media

The pilot of the series has meanwhile been released on DVD by Sunfilm in Germany. The series was released on April 17, 2009.

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