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massive spider posted: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". It's just anecdotal but my friend, when I first mentioned the title, did in fact immediately assume it was 'a sequel to the lovely Stallone movie'.
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I didn't think it was a sequel, but as a dumb American all I knew of the character at the time was the Stallone movie. Remembering how much like an episode of the power rangers it was, I assumed that this film would have the same feel (though I hadn't even seen any trailers for the new one) and I had no interest in a kiddie action flick. Then I got wind of the word of mouth, bought the Blu-ray and... now I have all the British case files, a movie accurate costume, and am painting my motorcycle to look like a Lawmaster. So I'm definitely one of the ones who completely missed the theatrical run, due to associations with the Stallone flick.
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100Dachshunds posted:Then I got wind of the word of mouth, bought the Blu-ray and... now I have all the British case files, a movie accurate costume, and am painting my motorcycle to look like a Lawmaster. You also need to pick up Judge Dredd: America. There's a mountain of Dredd, and that's the peak. (I'd suggest The Pit as well, but that should be in Case Files 24 next year.)
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HTJ posted:When the source material is a comic (or any other form of media) that has had to meet a regular publication schedule for decades, a lot of it will naturally be complete poo poo and any sane film-maker or fan should disregard huge swathes of it. This. I love the comic books, they're one of my favorite series but aside from a select few storylines (Democracy, America and Apocalypse War MAYBE) it's a completely different tone from Dredd. The stories aren't necessarily bad, Necropolis is fantastic but you wanting to have a comic book you like on a big screen does not mean it will work. Also, Death was not planned for any sequels. No sequels were planned. Democracy and then Death were considered for possible sequels. Big difference.
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I'd like to see a Dredd game set in a GTA-ish engine where you get to see a lot more of the MC1 universe through missions based on issues from the comics. Does anyone reading this want to help with 3D assets? I'll have the engine covered.
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I'll make the wiki! BUt for real, a Sleeping Dogs-esque undercover Judge story would be cool.
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Improbable Lobster posted:I'll make the wiki! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Trifecta-Al-Ewing/dp/178108145X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375612090&sr=8-1&keywords=trifecta You're welcome.
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Trifecta isn't as good though if you're not familiar with Jack Point and Dirty Frank. It's also not really a Sleeping Dogs-esque story though I wouldn't mind a game set in the world of the Wally Squad. Maybe one of these would be a better choice to start with. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Low-Life-Pa...low+life+2000ad http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mega-City-Undercover-Andy-Diggle/dp/1905437528/ref=pd_cp_b_1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenny-Zero-Perps-Mega-City-One/dp/1907519769/ref=pd_sim_b_1
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KoRMaK posted:I'd like to see a Dredd game set in a GTA-ish engine where you get to see a lot more of the MC1 universe through missions based on issues from the comics. Improbable Lobster posted:I'll make the wiki! "When a lawbreaker enters society, society begins to correct itself. Let me use this example: Imagine four perps on the edge of a cliff. Say sugar smuggled by the perp nearest the cliff is shipped to the back of the line of perps and ties him to the partners of the first perp. The formerly first perp implicates the second, the second implicates the third, and the fourth is shoved off the cliff. Law works the same way." Judge Dwedd, pwease! He had a famiwy!
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Arschlochkind posted:"When a lawbreaker enters society, society begins to correct itself. Let me use this example: Imagine four perps on the edge of a cliff. Say sugar smuggled by the perp nearest the cliff is shipped to the back of the line of perps and ties him to the partners of the first perp. The formerly first perp implicates the second, the second implicates the third, and the fourth is shoved off the cliff. gently caress, mods please rename me to Call-Me-Goatse, thanks. (I'm referring to the Walter written speech. I don't get how that anecdote ties anything to anyone. KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Now I really want to see Judge Dredd visits ToonTown.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Now I really want to see Judge Dredd visits ToonTown. Didn't we get pretty close to that with the Burger Wars?
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This isn't strictly Dredd related but the Guardian has a short video on 2000AD. It doesn't focus on Dredd in the slightest but 2000AD is a damned cool comic and it's worth a watch.
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Wade Wilson posted:Didn't we get pretty close to that with the Burger Wars? A comic so funny it was banned by Mcdonalds?
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Xenomrph posted:Yeah, if I were to make a badge, I'd likely make up a name. I don't think my actual last name would fit on the badge. Dellamarggio There's a badge generator that can make any style badge you want (Dark Judges, Sov-Block,etc) here, but I think it looks fine. You can also adjust the spacing if you want the letters to appear less crowded. Granted, it's not a physical badge, but it still looks cool.
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DrWorm posted:There's a badge generator that can make any style badge you want (Dark Judges, Sov-Block,etc) here, but I think it looks fine. You can also adjust the spacing if you want the letters to appear less crowded. Back in the 80s 2000AD used to print reader art submissions. Some wag sent in a picture of a Judge Cholmondley-Featherstonehaugh, whose badge extended about two feet out from his chest.
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Jedit posted:Back in the 80s 2000AD used to print reader art submissions. Some wag sent in a picture of a Judge Cholmondley-Featherstonehaugh, whose badge extended about two feet out from his chest. Incorrect Pronunciation - 6 months! /all lower class citizens are in the cubes
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Finally watched DREDD on Netflix last night for the first time. It's the most bleakly beautiful movie I've seen in a while.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:It's the most bleakly beautiful movie I've seen in a while. Perhaps the most apt description of Stallone in a codpiece ever written.
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Checked it out last night, was very dissapointed. Felt like it could have been any action movie with no need for Dredd to be in it. MegaCity One looked, I dunno, just like a bigger LA with big stupid tower blocks. And there was no satire. No dark humour. And Gorgo Lannister was loving dreadful. Karl Urban did the best he could though. I was really pleased that he had the stones not to remove the helmet at all.
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etalian posted:Bump for Dredd being back on Netflix Watch Now. Also on Amazon Prime! I just watched it last night and I loved it. I wanted to just catch the intro before I went to bed and then watch the whole thing today, but nope, was up til 2 am gettin' my Dredd on. The action setpeices were top-notch.
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Nilbop posted:Checked it out last night, was very dissapointed. Felt like it could have been any action movie with no need for Dredd to be in it. MegaCity One looked, I dunno, just like a bigger LA with big stupid tower blocks. And there was no satire. No dark humour. And Gorgo Lannister was loving dreadful. No dark humour? I couldn't disagree more. I also thought MegaCity One looked loving awesome, especially for the budget.
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Basebf555 posted:No dark humour? I couldn't disagree more. I seriously can't think of a single joke beyond the Chinese guy getting squashed by the door.
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Nilbop posted:I seriously can't think of a single joke beyond the Chinese guy getting squashed by the door. There aren't a lot of jokes in the movie I guess, just darkly humorous situations. When I think of dark humor in movies I don't think jokes. There aren't a lot of "jokes" in Cohen brothers movies either.
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Nilbop posted:Checked it out last night, was very dissapointed. Felt like it could have been any action movie with no need for Dredd to be in it. MegaCity One looked, I dunno, just like a bigger LA with big stupid tower blocks. And there was no satire. No dark humour. And Gorgo Lannister was loving dreadful. Don't know how you could think anything here. Lena Headey was fantastic here. Megacity being pretty much a huge present day slum with automated base labor is a great representation of the limited progress in this dystopia. The humor was awesome and really understated with things like the clean up robots "cafeteria will reopen in 30 minutes" and "drug addict, will debase self for credits". And the satire is pretty blatant. Dredd even tortures Mama needlessly with the slow-mo before killing her the same as she killed the others, most of the "criminals" are victims of overwhelming poverty and as coerced into crime by circumstance, and Anderson is veiled as "heroic" with a bullshit appreciation of mental torture superiority over physical torture. Things like that and 96% unemployment are the grand joke of it all. I'd suggest checking out the Dredd thread where people discuss all this stuff in depth.
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The humor wasn't Adam Sandler telegraphed, but if you're taking stuff like the corpse zamboni at face value then I don't know what to tell you man.
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:I'd suggest checking out the Dredd thread where people discuss all this stuff in depth. This is the Dredd thread!
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marktheando posted:This is the Dredd thread! I assume he means theres one in the comics forum too. But as far as I know the comic doesn't really have jokes either. Its satire but you have to be able to intepret that to find it funny I guess.
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marktheando posted:This is the Dredd thread! Hah, whoops. Thought I was in the netflix thread. Guess that makes it easier then for people to go back and read through everything already analyzed.
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My buddies and I zoned out about 20 minutes into it, maybe I'll give it another look on my own. But ...moths posted:The humor wasn't Adam Sandler telegraphed, but if you're taking stuff like the corpse zamboni at face value then I don't know what to tell you man. ...corpse zamboni?
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Basebf555 posted:I assume he means theres one in the comics forum too. But as far as I know the comic doesn't really have jokes either. Its satire but you have to be able to intepret that to find it funny I guess. Both the comic and the movie have jokes. "Drug bust. Perps were... uncooperative."
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Nilbop posted:My buddies and I zoned out about 20 minutes into it, maybe I'll give it another look on my own. But ... Towards the beginning of the movie when he's chasing the guy through the plaza? There's a scene with a street sweeper towing a bunch of corpses for recycling while mopping the floor. I got a good laugh out of the PA system saying "the food court will be closed for 30 minutes, sorry for the inconvience" while that happened.
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Don't know how you could think anything here. Lena Headey was fantastic here. Megacity being pretty much a huge present day slum with automated base labor is a great representation of the limited progress in this dystopia. The humor was awesome and really understated with things like the clean up robots "cafeteria will reopen in 30 minutes" and "drug addict, will debase self for credits". And the satire is pretty blatant. Dredd even tortures Mama needlessly with the slow-mo before killing her the same as she killed the others, most of the "criminals" are victims of overwhelming poverty and as coerced into crime by circumstance, and Anderson is veiled as "heroic" with a bullshit appreciation of mental torture superiority over physical torture. Things like that and 96% unemployment are the grand joke of it all. There are some satirical elements but not enough for my liking. They felt more like afterthoughts, and the overall movie was Dredd taking down an irredeemably evil villain. Have you seen the Under Siege movies? That's what Dredd felt like. That's not to say I didn't like the movie; it was fine, but I don't think it distinguished itself enough. There's just so much crazy weirdness in the comics that I felt was missing. I don't know how much suffering Anderson inflicted on Kay with her telepathic attack. He certainly seemed to have fully recovered when he was preparing to execute Anderson with her own weapon. That's certainly better than Dredd hospitalizing him with physical torture. Just what do you know about telepathic interrogation, anyway? There was a lot of misery in that tower block but Mama was a predator who exacerbated it. She skins people and puts their corpses on public display. She openly threatens to murder people and their families if they get in her way. A lot of people die in the crossfire when she attacks Dredd with those miniguns. And then she threatens to blow up the whole block to get Dredd to back off. Mama is one of the most repugnant villains I've seen in a while and it was satisfying to see Dredd defeat her. I don't know what to think of her henchmen. The movie doesn't explore them. They are all just nameless mooks with guns. I could fill in the blanks with my own beliefs about criminality, but I wouldn't be able to validate them.
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Baron Bifford posted:I don't know how much suffering Anderson inflicted on Kay with her telepathic attack. He certainly seemed to have fully recovered when he was preparing to execute Anderson with her own weapon. That's certainly better than Dredd hospitalizing him with physical torture. Just what do you know about telepathic interrogation, anyway? Dude pissed himself and looked like he was a whimpering mess afterwards. Torture is still torture.
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Problem I'm seeing is that I don't think any theatrical version of Dredd could fit in with what you want Baron because it be sorta impossible to do because comics don't translate well to the cinema. You've seemed to have decided this is a generic action flick and no one is going to convince you otherwise, so where is the discussion ever going to go?
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