RoboCop (1987)

This is a hard one for three reasons. 1) About half of the people in the movie die, which leaves precious few people's futures up for conjuncture. 2) There are two sequels. 3) The movie, released in 1987, is supposed to take place in the near future from what I can tell. Of course, the technology in the movie (GPS, robotic greeting realtors, etc.) dates to at least the 1990s - except for that part about rebirthing dead men inside robots, which won't be finalized for at least three more years (search the message boards) - so I am going to place this movie at 1990 and call it a day. As for the other two problems: 1) I will speculate about those still living at the end of the movie (and of course RoboCop himself) and 2) I, like the rest of America, will ignore RoboCop 2 and 3. On to the epilogue!

RoboCop (Officer Murphy): RoboCop, having brutally murdered all those responsible for his death, serves on the force for 15 more years, cleaning up the streets of Detroit like an unemotional, monotone version of Batman. Oh wait, that is just like Batman. RoboCop nonetheless develops a reputation as a good cop, following his three prime directives with sterling and robotic efficiency until one day in 2001, RoboCop, growing increasingly cocksure following years of pristine service, mistakenly shoots a young girl in the chest. In testimony before a grand jury, he would claim the girl was a cyborg like himself, a later day RoboVillian, whose objective was to implant herself into society and corrupt it from within before eventually spawning into other RoboVillians to take over the world, starting with Ford Motor Company. No one believes him. Though cleared of all charges, RoboCop is forced into early retirement. He buys a farm in Indiana where he grows corn with his wife, a John Deere baler. They have four kids, all tractors.

Officer Anne Lewis: After assisting RoboCop with some more "target practice," Lewis falls deeply in love with RoboCop. Remember, she had a deep attachment with Officer Murphy, slowly cultivated while they were partners for well over one afternoon. Lewis's love burns unrequited while RoboCop develops a relationship with a Frigidaire. Unable to work in the same city with a man who doesn't love her, Lewis moves to Chicago, where she falls in love with a toaster. The two date for a few years, but Lewis remains unsettled. She moves to Washington in 1997 to work in the Clinton administration as part of the President's Physical Fitness Challenge. Unfortunately, after years of failed relationships, she turns to food and balloons to 250 pounds. This sparks a romantic interest from the President, and the two have an off-again, on-again affair for a few months. Lewis moves to California in 2001 and becomes a bodyguard for child actors.

The armed robber who shouted "f*** me" over and over while shooting RoboCop for a solid 10 seconds without getting the hint that it wasn't working: Served a 10-year sentence. He now writes for Gossip Girl.

The Old Man: After hearing that everyone at CDC refers to him as the Old Man, he rededicates his life to fitness and taking better care of himself. Only 38 years old, he stays out of the sun, eats healthier, and dyes his prematurely-grey hair black. He has outlived all the members of his board, half of whom die in the tragic meeting where a new generation of robot, RoboMom, had been introduced. She, of course, lost control and beat 10 men to death with a rolling pin before being subdued. As his is policy, the Old Man does not fire those responsible for deaths in his board room but rather admonishes them for wasting money and encourages them to try again.

Dick Jones, Clarence Boddicker, Bob Morton, Johnson, Emil, Leon Cash, half the Detroit Police Department, and countless other criminals: Still dead.