author: Martin Nic
RoboCop is Terminator's Official Prequel?
Links between different movies are nothing new. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that Robocop and Terminator are connected.
In the history of science fiction cinema, you can find films that have gained a cult following. Without a doubt, we include among them Terminator i RoboCop - titles that have an unexpected amount in common.
All thanks to the comic book crossover, which is included in the canon of stories about a robot from the futurewhose task is to kill the mother of the future leader of the revolution. We are talking about the story drawn by Frank Miller and Walter Simonson RoboCop vs The Terminator.
What do we learn from the comic itself? The story depicts the genesis of Skynet, which is closely linked, as you might guess, to RoboCop, or more precisely, to Alex Murphy. Murphy's human mind at some point merges with Skynet, creating a chain reaction, making the artificial intelligence fully conscious.
Similar to the events familiar to fans of Terminator, Skynet was not very peaceful towards humanity and decided to eliminate it. Moreover, the figure of the "robotic policeman" became the blueprint for the first killer machine, which means that his existence confirms that RoboCop is a prequel to The Terminator.
It must be said that the two series fit perfectly together in terms of the message of the story. RoboCop took a very strong anti-corporate stance with a message that spoke of the dangers of allowing large corporations to act with impunity. When paired with Terminator the message became clearer, for it was in this film that humanity created its own tool of destruction.
