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RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives is a Canadian cyberpunk TV miniseries released in 2001. It is a spin-off from the RoboCop franchise. The series, created by Fireworks Entertainment, consists of four feature-length episodes: Dark Justice, Meltdown, Resurrection and Crash and Burn. All four episodes have been released on DVD. Page Fletcher stars as Officer Alex Murphy / RoboCop.
Fireworks Entertainment stated that they wanted to make use of the TV rights to RoboCop before they expired, and thus ordered that Prime Directives be made, selecting Julian Grant to direct. Grant had a reputation for finishing projects ahead of schedule and under budget. He, in turn, picked Joseph O'Brien and Brad Abraham to write the series. Richard Eden, who played the role of RoboCop during the 1994 television series, was approached to reprise the role for this series, but negotiations broke down for an unspecified reason.
The previous incarnation of RoboCop was the family-friendly TV series from 1994. Grant had no interest in perpetuating this approach, and returned RoboCop to his dark, violent roots. Although Prime Directives takes place ten years after the original film, the production was not permitted to use clips from the feature films. MGM had licensed shots of Murphy's death scene from the original film for the television show to use. The creators of Prime Directives took the clip of the TV show that used the footage, recolored the shots blue, and used them in the third film in the series, Resurrection. In other words, they used a clip from the TV show that contained a clip from the movie.
Prior to being cast, Fletcher had not seen the RoboCop films, and no effort was made to mimic Peter Weller's original movements. Fletcher instead worked out a RoboCop movement system for himself that he felt was appropriate for where the character was, physically and emotionally.
Prime Directives takes place ten years after RoboCop. This series is largely considered an alternative reality to the films[citation needed] as major events of the second and third films and the television series are almost completely ignored. In contrast to the events shown in the films, Delta City is developed and OCP is not dissolved. In the theatrical movie series, Murphy is publicly revealed to have been converted into RoboCop and openly uses his legally deceased name, whereas in this series, Murphy's identity remains secret until the fourth episode, in which he is legally recognized as Police Commander Alex Murphy, formerly known as Robocop Model 01.
O'Brien stated, "there's nothing in PD that significantly contradicts those other versions. The reasoning behind setting our story ten years later was to just give ourselves some distance, creatively and temporally, to tell our tale, and not out of any disrespect for those earlier incarnations, nor the people responsible for them".
In regards to the character of Anne Lewis, O'Brien went on to say: "As far as we were concerned Anne Lewis is dead. Whether this happened in RoboCop 3 or not we leave to the discretion of the individual viewer."
Ten years after the events of RoboCop, RoboCop has become outdated and tired. Delta City (formerly Detroit) is now considered the safest place on Earth, and he is no longer viewed as particularly necessary.
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RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives is a Canadian cyberpunk TV miniseries released in 2001. It is a spin-off from the RoboCop franchise. The series, created by Fireworks Entertainment, consists of four feature-length episodes: Dark Justice, Meltdown, Resurrection and Crash and Burn. All four episodes have been released on DVD. Page Fletcher stars as Officer Alex Murphy / RoboCop.
Fireworks Entertainment stated that they wanted to make use of the TV rights to RoboCop before they expired, and thus ordered that Prime Directives be made, selecting Julian Grant to direct. Grant had a reputation for finishing projects ahead of schedule and under budget. He, in turn, picked Joseph O'Brien and Brad Abraham to write the series. Richard Eden, who played the role of RoboCop during the 1994 television series, was approached to reprise the role for this series, but negotiations broke down for an unspecified reason.
The previous incarnation of RoboCop was the family-friendly TV series from 1994. Grant had no interest in perpetuating this approach, and returned RoboCop to his dark, violent roots. Although Prime Directives takes place ten years after the original film, the production was not permitted to use clips from the feature films. MGM had licensed shots of Murphy's death scene from the original film for the television show to use. The creators of Prime Directives took the clip of the TV show that used the footage, recolored the shots blue, and used them in the third film in the series, Resurrection. In other words, they used a clip from the TV show that contained a clip from the movie.
Prior to being cast, Fletcher had not seen the RoboCop films, and no effort was made to mimic Peter Weller's original movements. Fletcher instead worked out a RoboCop movement system for himself that he felt was appropriate for where the character was, physically and emotionally.
Prime Directives takes place ten years after RoboCop. This series is largely considered an alternative reality to the films[citation needed] as major events of the second and third films and the television series are almost completely ignored. In contrast to the events shown in the films, Delta City is developed and OCP is not dissolved. In the theatrical movie series, Murphy is publicly revealed to have been converted into RoboCop and openly uses his legally deceased name, whereas in this series, Murphy's identity remains secret until the fourth episode, in which he is legally recognized as Police Commander Alex Murphy, formerly known as Robocop Model 01.
O'Brien stated, "there's nothing in PD that significantly contradicts those other versions. The reasoning behind setting our story ten years later was to just give ourselves some distance, creatively and temporally, to tell our tale, and not out of any disrespect for those earlier incarnations, nor the people responsible for them".
In regards to the character of Anne Lewis, O'Brien went on to say: "As far as we were concerned Anne Lewis is dead. Whether this happened in RoboCop 3 or not we leave to the discretion of the individual viewer."
Ten years after the events of RoboCop, RoboCop has become outdated and tired. Delta City (formerly Detroit) is now considered the safest place on Earth, and he is no longer viewed as particularly necessary.