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massive spider posted:The thing about Tone is that Dredd didn't have much comic book stuff the movie was all contained in one tower block, so there could be anything going on outside in mega city we don't know. Yeah I think that Urban's Judge Dredd works well with both the serious stuff and the comedy, so they could go in any number of directions in a sequel. They could have him gunning down Chopper and Democracy protestors or they could have him hassling fatties and dealing with Walter the Wobot, either extreme would work.
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I still can't believe that Judge Dredd made more money at the box office than Dredd. Dredd also had the 3.00$+ 3D surcharge too.
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Jul 30, 2013 19:58
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Devour posted:I still can't believe that Judge Dredd made more money at the box office than Dredd. Dredd also had the 3.00$+ 3D surcharge too. The fact that so many people went to see Judge Dredd is probably WHY so many people didn't go to see Dredd 3D. 
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Jul 30, 2013 20:33
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Or it's just a question of star power.
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Jul 30, 2013 20:35
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It probably was that, I mean do any of Karl Urban's movies do gangbusters when he is the star; even if they do how can he even dream of competing with the star power that is Rob Schneider?
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Jul 30, 2013 21:12
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MrMo posted:It probably was that, I mean do any of Karl Urban's movies do gangbusters when he is the star; even if they do how can he even dream of competing with the star power that is Rob Schneider? I'm not seeing the point of sarcasm here. Or do you really think Sylvester Stallone isn't a good enough explanation for why the moviegoing public went to see Judge Dredd?
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Jul 30, 2013 21:20
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I prefer movies with lesser knowns. I didn't go see Dredd specifically because of the Judge Dredd one, I thought the new one was a cash in on an upgrade Judge Dredd 3D version. But the lesser known the actors, the more the movie has to rely on story and I like good story.
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Jul 30, 2013 21:21
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KoRMaK posted:I prefer movies with lesser knowns. I didn't go see Dredd specifically because of the Judge Dredd one, I thought the new one was a cash in on an upgrade Judge Dredd 3D version. Don't get me wrong, I think Dredd is a vastly superior movie. Any sympathy I have for the 1995 film at all comes from nostalgia. However, I still think you're confusing causation and correlation here.
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Jul 30, 2013 21:23
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Don't get me wrong, I think Dredd is a vastly superior movie. Any sympathy I have for the 1995 film at all comes from nostalgia. However, I still think you're confusing causation and correlation here.
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Jul 30, 2013 21:29
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I'm not seeing the point of sarcasm here. Or do you really think Sylvester Stallone isn't a good enough explanation for why the moviegoing public went to see Judge Dredd? It's the sad truth, no sarcasm included. 
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So I did finally get to watch 'Dredd', and I liked it quite a bit. I definitely prefer the Stallone movie's depiction of Mega City One, though; it actually felt, well, futuristic. I didn't mind it as much once they were inside Peach Trees, but the opening sequence of the movie didn't feel nearly as futuristic as I think it was supposed to. Movie was still pretty kickass, though. I didn't expect it to be so gory or violent, but I'm really not complaining. I'd be more than happy to see more Dredd movies starring Karl Urban.
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Jul 31, 2013 06:46
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I thought the best part about the movie was the casting. Karl Urban is a fantastic Dredd once you stop thinking of him as Bones from Star Trek, and Lena Headey is the perfect (albeit obvious) choice for a badass female villain. Olivia Thirlby is fairly weak by comparison, but still manages to hold her own. I also really liked the effects for the Slo-Mo, it gave a sense of what it might be like to be on future-drugs while still being visually interesting.
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Xenomrph posted:So I did finally get to watch 'Dredd', and I liked it quite a bit. I definitely prefer the Stallone movie's depiction of Mega City One, though; it actually felt, well, futuristic. I didn't mind it as much once they were inside Peach Trees, but the opening sequence of the movie didn't feel nearly as futuristic as I think it was supposed to. While this is mostly due to budget constraints, I feel the movie's narrated explanation ("a new world built on the back of the old one", or some such line) feels like a much more realistic and believable future that matches the movie's tone far more than a crazy neon dystopian futurescape would have.
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This is where I realized how good an actress Lena Headey is- she's great on Game of Thrones but this is a different kind of character and attitude so she gets to show her range more. And Urban is some kind of chameleon- Red was on TV recently and I didn't recognize the guy trying to kill everyone was also Dredd, Eomer, and Leonard "Bones" McCoy.
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Jul 31, 2013 15:54
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BreakAtmo posted:The fact that so many people went to see Judge Dredd is probably WHY so many people didn't go to see Dredd 3D.
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Jul 31, 2013 16:10
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Maxwell Lord posted:This is where I realized how good an actress Lena Headey is- she's great on Game of Thrones but this is a different kind of character and attitude so she gets to show her range more. She should stick to villain roles. I think she was terrible when she was supposes to give that big inspirational speech in 300.
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Jul 31, 2013 16:17
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Vintersorg posted:gently caress Karl Urban needs to get back into this role. 
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Baron Bifford posted:It was 17 years since the Stallone film. It's ancient history. It's adorable that anyone thinks this.
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Jul 31, 2013 16:30
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I know it sticks out a lot in the minds of Dredd fans, but I don't think everyone else's memory is that long. Batman and Robin wasn't the kiss of death for Batman.
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Jul 31, 2013 16:40
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Everyone I've lent my blu-ray of Dredd to has assumed it's a remake or a sequel to the Stallone film until I explained otherwise. The well was poisoned years ago, and the marketing for the recent film did nothing to allay fears.
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Baron Bifford posted:I know it sticks out a lot in the minds of Dredd fans, but I don't think everyone else's memory is that long. Batman and Robin wasn't the kiss of death for Batman. Yeah but imagine if Batman and Robin represented the entirety of the Batman franchise to the majority of people. Or worse, if the assumption was that there was no Batman franchise, and that thenceforth anything Batman-related must be a spinoff/remake of Batman and Robin. Plus, a kiss of death ain't no thing. Just put on some wax lips.
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Baron Bifford posted:I know it sticks out a lot in the minds of Dredd fans, but I don't think everyone else's memory is that long. Batman and Robin wasn't the kiss of death for Batman. I really do see it as a kiss of death because the only way people could stomach more Batman was to totally reboot everything, which Nolan did and of course compared to what came before everyone loved it. When you have to shut down an ongoing franchise for a decade and reboot it completely thats pretty much my definition of the kiss of death, at least for Batman. Batman and Superman will always get more chances no matter how bad they gently caress up. And Batman and Robin did define Batman for a lot of people for those years. Nobody talked about the first movie anymore, it was all nipple and ice skating jokes.
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Basebf555 posted:I really do see it as a kiss of death because the only way people could stomach more Batman was to totally reboot everything, which Nolan did and of course compared to what came before everyone loved it. When you have to shut down an ongoing franchise for a decade and reboot it completely thats pretty much my definition of the kiss of death, at least for Batman. Batman and Superman will always get more chances no matter how bad they gently caress up. Also Batman Begins underperformed even the first Batman movie in gross earnings (both domestic and worldwide) despite the massive difference in ticket prices for 1989 vs. 2005 and expansion in access to overseas markets. http://www.statisticbrain.com/batman-movie-franchise-sales-statistics/ code:
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Beyond sane knolls posted:Yeah but imagine if Batman and Robin represented the entirety of the Batman franchise to the majority of people. Or worse, if the assumption was that there was no Batman franchise, and that thenceforth anything Batman-related must be a spinoff/remake of Batman and Robin. Remember that in 1989, the sum total knowledge the average person had of Batman was Adam West, and not necessarily in a kind way.
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mr. stefan posted:Remember that in 1989, the sum total knowledge the average person had of Batman was Adam West, and not necessarily in a kind way. And that's where the marketing aspect comes in. Everything they did on the marketing end for 89 was in your face about this not being your daddies Batman. Dredd had a pretty generic, kind of terrible marketing campaign that didn't really get across any of the stuff that made the film great.
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Alhazred posted:She should stick to villain roles. I think she was terrible when she was supposes to give that big inspirational speech in 300.
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Alhazred posted:She should stick to villain roles. I think she was terrible when she was supposes to give that big inspirational speech in 300. That's probably because the Spartans were just as bad as the Persians and all that talk about "democracy" and "freedom" was hollow talk when they owned and abused slaves. Xenomrph posted:She was pretty solid in the Terminator TV series, too. Word.
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I love this movie so much. I need a sequel so I have more excuses to wear this:
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Aug 1, 2013 12:43
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Owning it is surely all the reason needed to wear it. That is awesome.
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Aug 1, 2013 14:39
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I wish I had the talent to make such a thing or even just the money to get someone to do it. 
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Aug 1, 2013 14:51
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100Dachshunds posted:I love this movie so much. I need a sequel so I have more excuses to wear this: Can you share what supplies you used for the badge, helmet and outfit?
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Aug 1, 2013 15:06
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Vintersorg posted:I wish I had the talent to make such a thing or even just the money to get someone to do it. I've never done cosplay, but I'm pretty sure if I tried I'd spend months working on it and end up with something that looked like a cheap Halloween costume, not something that looks ripped right from the movie like that Judge outfit. It really is a talent.
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It's a process, haha... The best I can say here is that you can buy almost all the parts over at the Replica Prop Forum. They have a dedicated Dredd forum: http://www.therpf.com/judge-dredd-costume-group/ If you're a dude, you can buy literally everything there, piece by piece-- total will come out to around $2500/$3000. If you're a chick like me you have to make the leathers/armor yourself because nobody sells it and there are a few big differences between male/female suits. The armor is EVA foam -- the stuff grocery store cashiers stand on to alleviate the pain of standing for hours. As for the badge, I bought one that said 'DREDD' then dremeled off the letters and cut new letters from a sheet of sintra (signmakers plastic) and just glued them in. After the thing was painted it looked pretty seamless. You can learn to make all sorts of neat stuff if you put in some time and practice!
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Aug 1, 2013 15:27
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I think the best part of that pic is The Scowl  . You nailed it.
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Aug 1, 2013 15:37
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I'm loving the scowl combined with the Polite Gun Pinky. Who was your range instructor, Scud the Disposable Assassin?
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Phy posted:I'm loving the scowl combined with the Polite Gun Pinky. Who was your range instructor, Scud the Disposable Assassin? Have to keep in touch with my feminine side.
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100Dachshunds posted:As for the badge, I bought one that said 'DREDD' then dremeled off the letters and cut new letters from a sheet of sintra (signmakers plastic) and just glued them in. After the thing was painted it looked pretty seamless. If I were to make a badge for myself it'd have a surname a letter longer than "ANDERSON", which already looks sort of cramped. Wonder what judges with super long names think of having tiny letters crammed in there - sort of takes away from the effect.
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Arschlochkind posted:If I were to make a badge for myself it'd have a surname a letter longer than "ANDERSON", which already looks sort of cramped. Wonder what judges with super long names think of having tiny letters crammed in there - sort of takes away from the effect. 
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Maxwell Lord posted:This is where I realized how good an actress Lena Headey is- she's great on Game of Thrones but this is a different kind of character and attitude so she gets to show her range more. And Urban is some kind of chameleon- Red was on TV recently and I didn't recognize the guy trying to kill everyone was also Dredd, Eomer, and Leonard "Bones" McCoy. He was also the Russian master assassin in one of the Bourne Identity films.
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Beyond sane knolls posted:Yeah but imagine if Batman and Robin represented the entirety of the Batman franchise to the majority of people. Or worse, if the assumption was that there was no Batman franchise, and that thenceforth anything Batman-related must be a spinoff/remake of Batman and Robin. I don't think people necessarily thought Dredd was a sequal/remake of Dredd 95' though, so much as they thought "well they tried to do this before, and it sucked so obviously its a waste of time and the character is just bad and dumb". Imagine if a new Tank Girl movie or something came out and it was a actually good.
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