Robocop vs. The Terminator

When I was a little kid, one of the biggest WTF moments of my young life was playing through a rented Sega Genesis copy of Robocop vs. The Terminator, a game so violently ahead of its time that my mom wouldn't let me play it. (My dad, being the sly devil he was, bought me the toned-down-yet-still-awesome GameBoy version to play in privacy) Here's a pretty comprehensive recounting of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkXTt4LMuk

Nostalgia aside, I think the concept still holds up as one of the more motivated pairings in crossovers. Freddy vs. Jason was conceptually linked only in that both characters murder nude teenagers; the subsequent Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash of the Evil Dead franchise made it only so far as a comic book series, and thank goodness. The AVP films turned two of sci-fi's creepier monsters into an overlong, overly-boring episode of Celebrity Deathmatch. The financial successes of these films almost spawned off new crossovers that would make even less sense (Leatherface vs. Michael Myers, Chucky vs. The Leprechaun were both in the early stages of development after a mondo-opening weekend for FvJ), and that would ultimately mean nothing but cash.

I think there's an interesting story to be told with these two characters and these universes, though. Both take place within worlds overtaken by corporations (though in The Terminator and its sequels, we see more so the before-and-after and not much of that story) in which human reliance on technology has taken over (the prophetic 24/7 media of Robocop and the rise of Cyberdine in the Terminator franchise). Apparently, there's a TPB of a comic series from the early '90s; I'll be very interested to check that out.

In the meantime, enjoy the video!

THINGS I DID WHILE BLOGGING:

1. Looked up plans for a Child's Play remake. Still not clear on what's going on there.
2. Tried to find a cheap copy of the TPB; not happening.
3. Avoided watching Vertigo.
4. Restarted Vertigo.