Poll: Is Robo... ?

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Over on the RoboCop Archive board, there's been some fun conversation as,
somehow, a thread about Johan's fan-made ROBOCOP 2 trailer transformed into
discussing how comic books (the source material of "The Matrix") are
empowerment fantasies.

Well, what about ROBOCOP? Is the concept about empowerment? It is about a
man inside a lethal, dangerous cyborg. The fact that Murphy doesn't like who
he is is what makes me say "No", but I used to parade around in a toy
Robohelmet. My memories of that are as foggy as Glasgow in rainy season, but
it is very possible that as a child, I thought it would be cool to be Robo.

Look at the first movie. And squint a little. Is it a male-empowerment
fantasy... ?

--Kevin Riley

[Aberration]

> Look at the first movie. And squint a little. Is it a male-empowerment
> fantasy... ?

Gotta keep this short, I have a TON of work to do. But essentially, my
answer is no. I don't consider it a "fantasy" because I didn't really
envy Alex Murphy for what happened to him. On the other hand, Superman
is definitely a male-empowerment icon, at least the original version.
The meek, pushed-upon boy who can instantly change clothes into a
powerful, sexually appealing man. Of course, there WAS that article
posted to the group a couple of months ago about the phallic references
in RoboCop, who knows?

--Aberration

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