- The computer used by the RoboCop to check criminal records is actually a Northern Telecom telephone exchange device.
- When the RoboCop captured Leo in the ballroom, there was a man with exaggerated movements that the film's director Paul Van Hoeven starred in.
- In the shooting of the kidnapping, the former city council member is holding the mayor as a hostage. When the RoboCop passed by, the "infrared thermal imaging mode" was actually performed by a real person, and the naked male actors were painted all over. Fluorescent and black pigments. Director Paul Van Hoeven later stated that he thought the technology was far cheaper than buying a genuine infrared spectroscopic camera.
- The Robocop was originally classified as Class X for being too bloody and violent. Later, many of the cut pictures are still visible in the LD version.
- The entrance of the OCP company in the film is actually the main entrance of the Dallas City Hall, and the entire building is a skyscraper.
- The kidnapping section in the film is adapted from a real story of a former city council member who hijacked the Mayor City. The former San Francisco inspector,participated in the idea of adapting the script.
- The screenwriterconceived the film " Roboman " after passing by the filming scene of the film "Blade Runner".
- The clothes were too hot and too heavy. Peter Willer lost almost 3 pounds a day due to excessive water loss, and eventually installed an air conditioner in his clothes.
- In the movie theater's promotional film, the background music used is from the appearance of the Terminator in the film "The Terminator", which is also about a robot transformed from a human.
- According to Paul Van Hoeven, a large part of the film was inspired by the bombing of the American Challenger.
- The film’s No. 1 protagonist, Peter Willer, was selected because director Paul Van Hoeven took a fancy to his expressive lips.
- When filming ED-209 for the first time in the scene of shooting employees at the conference table, the director deliberately let this shot last a few seconds or more, and postponed it on the blood-red bullets, overwhelming the future. Detroit's snow-white model, in order to create a ridiculous comedy effect.
- Although the scene of the film was set in Detroit, Michigan, it was actually shot in Dallas, Texas.
RoboCop behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Kaplan: Well, I'll tell you what we should do. We should strike. Fuck 'em!
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Bob Morton: Let's get out of here. Listen, Reed.
Sgt. Reed: Yeah.
Bob Morton: Try and keep one thing in mind. This project doesn't concern cops. It's classified. It's OCP. Got it, mister?
Sgt. Reed: Yeah, I got it.