Combining the Robocop and Terminator saga has interesting time-line implications. Namely, while the Robocop films steered away from giving the year when they took place, the Terminator series revolved around the years 1984 (events of first film) and 1997 (when the nuclear catastrophe took place). If one accepts Robocop as part of that world, his adventures would have to take place before 1997 (Judgment Day). Although, Robocop apparently took place in 2035, so the Terminators could not have gone back in time. But Robocop: Prime Directives says that (on Alex & Ellen Murphy's tombstones) that RC:PD took place in 2000. So the Robocop films took place in a futuristic present time.
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