The original Robocop, released back in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, was not only one of the best science fiction films of the last three decades--"a brilliant comedy operating in the guise of an ultraviolent action movie," as Tom Scocca described it on Gawker --but it was also a Christian allegory. At least according to Paul Verhoeven himself who, in a 2010 interview, referred to his resurrected robot hero as "the American Jesus." Let's discuss.
The original Robocop, released back in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, was not only one of the best science fiction films of the last three decades--"a brilliant comedy operating in the guise of an ultraviolent action movie," as Tom Scocca described it on Gawker --but it was also a Christian allegory. At least according to Paul Verhoeven himself who, in a 2010 interview, referred to his resurrected robot hero as "the American Jesus." Let's discuss.
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