Robocop 2 has the best scene in anything to do with Robocop ever.
All of the failed Robocop predecessors.
Also, the scene where they are filling his head with 6 trillion directives. Robocop is an analogy for society in that scene, one man tasked with being everything to everybody and lacking the autonomy to do any of it. He becomes paralyzed by all the rules in a situation that clearly needs decisive action absent oversight to garner any worthwhile results.
One can say 'well not all cops can be trusted'. True enough. But Murphy CAN be trusted because that's how he's written. He is a superhero archetype, and we shouldn't be expecting them to be as crippled by self doubt, or carry the burden of doubt others have, as we are.
There is a statement in there about breaking the law to protect innocents and make the world a safer place. Frank Miller's philosophical beliefs are on display here. Makes me wonder if his favorite part of 300 is when Leonidas defies the rules of the Carnea to go on his little field trip, and not the bombastic heroics of dying for what one believes in.
Very much in the vein of the Arthurian hero Perceval, and I'm cool with that.
