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The transition from the pastel hues and synth-beat party-hard Eighties
into the somewhat darker and more serious future of the Nineties was not
met with great enthusiasm by all. The 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic, Robocop,
presented a greed-fueled future where corrupt corporate executives
ruled over urban decay, demoralized citizens, and a collapsed economy.
Technology served up flawed terror like the Enforcement Droid Series 209
machine-gun-toting robot, ready to incinerate you for illegal parking. Robocop, a Ford Taurus, and some sweet targeting saved us all so we never quite reached that movie version of the future.
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