RoboCop 3 was enough of a box office disappointment (and a disappointment to fans) in 1993 that it effectively ended the film side of the franchise for twenty years, but it certainly didn’t end the entire RoboCop franchise. In fact, just one year after RoboCop 3 came and went, Skyvision Entertainment tried to bring the concept to television with RoboCop: The Series. It only lasted one season, but that’s a season of RoboCop entertainment that completists want in their collection – and thankfully, Liberation Hall is bringing every episode of the show to Blu-ray and DVD on May 10th! Amazon is already accepting pre-orders at THIS LINK.
RoboCop: The Series starred Richard Eden as RoboCop. Here’s some information on the show:
An 89-minute pilot aired in two parts in March 1994, followed by 21 one-hour episodes. Aimed at a younger audience, the series dialed back the graphic violence of the first two movies and displayed a tone similar in feel to RoboCop 3. Many of the events and plotlines seen in the films were discarded, with RoboCop: The Series acting as a reset for the once human, now cyborg police officer. The series’ theme song, “A Future to This Life,” was performed by rock legends Joe Walsh and Lita Ford. Additionally, the series included songs by the Band, Dave Edmunds, Nicky Hopkins, Iron Butterfly, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Todd Rundgren, among others.
And here’s some information on the Liberation Hall release of RoboCop: The Series:
Both the Blu-ray and DVD box sets feature the pilot film, all 21 original episodes, and bonus features. Source material for the Blu-ray was taken from original vault elements and is now formatted for 16:9 screens. The DVD is presented in its original 4:3 size as a “pillar box” (black bars on the left and right) to fit 16:9 screens. | Dolby Digital for DVD and 2.0 Stereo LPCM for Blu-ray | Closed Captioned | Color | 1994
Bonus features include:
‘Behind the Scenes’ featurette | Toy commercial | Photo gallery | Cast profiles for actors Richard Eden, Lisa Madigan, Andrea Roth, Sarah Campbell & David Gardner | ‘From Cinema to the Small Screen’ featurette | ‘The Future of Law Enforcement: The History of RoboCop’ featurette | ‘Put Down Your Weapon: The Auto 9 Gun’ featurette | ‘The Car’ featurette | ‘The Suit’ featurette
This sounds like a good release to me. I have actually never seen an episode of RoboCop: The Series and I’ve been wanting to check the show out, so I’m glad to hear the complete series is coming to disc.