RoboCop: The Animated Series greater range of movement than in the films. The Old Detroit of the series is also considerably more technologically advanced: lasers replace handguns and robots are commonplace, Dr. Tyler (who appears in the original film) is the creator of the RoboCop Program, not Bob Morton, and also serves as one of Murphy's confidants as well as his caregiver, along with Dr. Roosevelt. Clarence Boddicker and his gang, the men responsible for Alex's Murphy's death prior to him becoming RoboCop, died in the film. Here they remain at large and battle RoboCop again in "Menace of the Mind". In 1991, three
RoboCop 3 rates the film as 2½ stars, stating, "The best one could hope for is a movie that's not an ordeal to sit through, and on that level, "RoboCop 3" certainly excels. When placed side-by-side with the original, the film doesn't quite hold up. But, at the very least, "RoboCop 3" works as a popcorn movie—something part two couldn't even manage." Other points of criticism in this movie include curtailing the graphic violence of the first two films (deliberately done in order to be more family friendly), less humor, and the absence of Peter Weller in the title role. RoboCop 3