ROBOCOP A n d  Anne  Lewis 

                    Partners in Crimefighting

1. RoboCop and Anne Lewis are partners, friends, and together they uphold the law in the streets of Detroit.

2. Lets talk about the first movie, RoboCop.  RoboCop, a cyborg designed to stop crime, was resurrected without his permission. He once was a cop named Alex Murphy but was sadistically murdered by a gang of vicious criminals.

3. Anne Lewis is a though policewoman -perhaps a rookie trying to be taken seriously-  she is devoted to her job, that devotion makes her a loner…

4. They both have a high sense of duty.   If we take a closer look at the script writer Edward Neumeier went a little farther... Yes, they will become friends and partners: Lewis is a strong female character whose sex won’t interfere with her actions. She will even save the male hero in a climax scene.  She is genderless…

1.  But what if she becomes Murphy´s connection to his remaining humanity? She is the key character that would call for his soul, his identity of Alex Murphy, now altered by the machine that controls many of his functions... at this point some other feelings could be involved; here’s where Lewis’s sex matters.

1.  If RoboCop, the Cyborg, is not a sexual character anymore, would he grow any feelings for women?

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3. Well, that’s an interesting question; if this Cyborg recovers his identity-his name-his memories and his identity is male, then his feelings will probably remain intact. His “soul” could still fall in love, with the restrictions of the machine that controls part of his brain. Remember that feelings are in some way or another always restricted by our minds (our very own machines).   Writer Neumeier suggests an immediate attraction once Alex and Anne meet, a fact wouldn’t have been important if Alex hadn’t died; he was a happily married man. When they “meet” again later in the movie, note that when Lewis approaches RoboCop, she says: “ I haven’t had the chance to introduce myself..Im Anne Lewis..” RoboCop, who is walking down the hall, stops..nobody had talked to him that way. He is confused

1. When he visits the archives of the police, its Lewis´s voice reordered in his memory what makes him finally realize who he was..later, when RoboCop faced his cruel betrayal, Lewis appears in his life again to save him and they survive circumstances that would bond two people together...

 but how do a robot and a human bond?    

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