In keeping with my series of fan theories, here’s another one I came up with.
Back in 1994, “they” had decided to make a show about Robocop. I loved the first movie, the second… was OK (just not as good as the first) and the less said about the third, the better. So why won’t I watch the show? It should be noted though that the pilot episode for the show was written by Miner and Neumeier. That’s right, the same two guys who wrote the script to the first movie wrote the script for the show’s pilot episode. That is to say, they wrote a script for the sequel, but it was rejected in favor of Frank Miller’s script (which was turned into the actual second movie), so they decided to use this rejected script for the show. So since the original writers wrote the script to this one episode, I personally consider the tv-show to be canon. Or at least the pilot episode.
Now, the show introduced a character named Diana Powers, whose brain (like Alex Murphy, aka Robocop) has been severed from her body, and put inside a machine. This time, the machine is connected to all the electricity in the entire city. As such, she can now see what people are watching on their TV-screens, she can shut down the power in any building, she can see what’s going on in front of CCTV cameras, you name it. In short, she became something of a guardian angel who watches over the city, and even helps Robocop out where needed. On top of that (what with this supposedly being the future), she can create holographic projections of herself. And there was one of the main issues with the show. The actress portraying Diana Powers would have to act in front of a blue/green screen, and she would be added into other scenes later. During a time when CGI wasn’t as perfected as it is today, you can imagine how pricey doing something like this was. No wonder then that toward the end of this series’ (one-season) run, Diana didn’t appear all that often anymore. Now, I understand why she didn’t appear on screen anymore from a behind the scenes perspective, but what’s the in-universe explanation? Think about it, there was one episode in which a man was about to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit. Robocop had evidence proving his innocence, but he was stuck in… I don’t know what it’s called, it’s one of those machines that compresses cars into smaller blocks. Anyway, he was stuck in that one machine, so he had to escape, hurry to the place where the (televised) execution was to happen, and save an innocent life. The odd thing is, with Diana, this whole thing would have been solved in five seconds. She would have stopped the machine that was crushing Robocop (or at least suggested it, but Robocop would tell her to never mind him, and to save the other guy first), and would even have cut power to the building where the execution was about to happen. But as far as we know, Diana wasn’t incapacitated (as had happened before in the show), nor did they even give us a throw-away line telling us why we won’t be seeing her in this episode. So this begs the question, what happened to her? I may have an answer to that.
One thing you have to bear in mind is that Robocop supposedly takes place in the future. I say supposedly, because there is a calendar visible in the first movie which says the year is 1986. Well, there is no line of dialog, or even a caption which says it all takes place in the future, we just assume it does because of the technologies present in the movie. It’s bit like how “Star Wars” looks futuristic, but every movie always begins with “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” So really, “Star Wars” takes place in the past, not the future, or even the present day. The same can be assumed about Robocop. Maybe the universe in which it all takes place is just a bit more advanced than ours (on the field of technology, that is). Granted, there are lines of dialog in the Robocop TV-show that suggest it does take place in the future, like how characters express how something is “so twentieth century”, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that this show takes place in the twenty-first century. I mean, I never encountered anyone who described something as typically twentieth century (on casual conversation, that is to say), and we’re actually living in the twenty-first century. Maybe, and I’m just guessing, the characters in question thought themselves as being so far ahead of everyone and everything, that even the present day (in their minds) is behind the times. In short, this show needs not take place in the future, it can easily take place during the present day.
From Robocop, let’s move on to a different character: Bibleman. To say that this character and/or show he’s associated with, is completely ridiculous, mind-numbing, and something that makes “Sharknado” look like a masterpiece, would still be the understatement of the century. Half the stuff that’s in it was added with the idea that kids like it, but without the understanding as to why they like it. It supposedly teaches kids a thing or two about the bible, but only says that it’s true and doesn’t bother to explain how or why… there are too many things wrong with the show, but I want to talk about the character of Bibleman himself.
As his name implies, he’s supposed to be some kind of bible-inspired superhero. Except neither her or the guy who created him (which is incidentally the same guy portraying him) knows what a superhero is supposed to do. For instance, he quotes the bible constantly, but hides one or two facts about the quote (like context, or even half-sentences instead of the full verse) making it seem like the quote is completely different from what is actually in the bible. He says violence is never the answer, and yet he constantly fights other people. He doesn’t try to talk to them or anything first, he’s the “shoot first ask questions later” type. He tells us we shouldn’t get angry because… because the bible says so. No other reason, the book says so, therefor it’s true. I can name at least two verses from the bible that I happen to agree with, but not just because it’s in there, but because I’ve seen it for myself. Not to mention that while (according to the bible) God himself forbids people to get angry, and yet God himself is known for giving in to his own emotions on more than one occasion. So Bibleman expects us to follow the word of a complete hypocrite? On top of it all, one of the villains at some point says that there’s “nothing wrong with speaking up, screaming your objection.” Are you sure he isn’t the hero? That’s pretty bad, when the villain is acting more like a hero than the actual hero is.
It should be noted that among Bibleman’s (many) aids, there is this one artificial intelligence called U.N.I.C.E. Something which many people have always found odd. After all, a human-made intelligence in a show that glorifies the creator of all life, isn’t that a bit blasphemous? But that’s not the strangest part. U.N.I.C.E. is supposed to be an artificial intelligence, but she acts nothing like one. She gets too emotional, which keeps her from sharing vital information, at one point even expressed concern about God loving her as well… she sounded almost too human to be an artificial intelligence. Which got me thinking, what if she was? What if she was a human, not an artificial intelligence?
Bibleman first appeared in 1995, which was one year after “Robocop The Series” ended. And even then, the dialog in Bibleman suggests he’s been active long before his first on-screen adventure (though calling it an adventure is pushing it a little). As such, it is possible that he may have been active during the events of “Robocop The Series”. With that in mind, it wouldn’t surprise me if Bibleman, believing that nobody besides God should be allowed to watch over everyone, he kidnapped Diana Powers, and even tried to convert her to his religion. Something which would not have worked, of course. She must have kept believing that her good friend Robocop would save her from this mad man that calls himself Bibleman. So in the end, Bibleman had no choice but to lobotomize Diana, and in so doing she became U.N.I.C.E. This may sound harsh, but bear in mind that, as I’ve explained before, Bibleman acts more like a villain than he does a hero. So I wouldn’t put it past him if he did lobotomize Diana.
This ought to create an interesting situation. Suppose Robocop finds out what happened to Diana, and since he is a devout Catholic (as mentioned in the second movie and hinted at in one episode of the show), how would he feel about Bibleman using the bible as an excuse for all his crimes? Additionally, being part computer, Robocop would have a better memory capacity than Bibleman to remember what is in the bible, and actually be able to point out where Bibleman is wrong with his bible-quotes. Just for the sake of seeing someone put this self-proclaimed hero in his place (and for the sake of making Bibleman INTENTIONALLY entertaining), this would be something I’d love to see.