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Con: The judge dread costume always looked silly (but hey, at least it isn't spandex. Looking at you, X-Men and Superman and 100 others).
Indifferent: I don't know jack about Judge Dredd.
So, I give the movie a rating of "Meh" until I see a trailer.
He was also the mercenary in a Bourne movie, Eomer in the LOTR trilogy, and Necron commander in Chronicles of Riddick.
I like him but those stills do nothing for me at all. Then again I always thought the Judge Dredd comic pics I've seen (limited) were utterly stupid.
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Con: The judge dread costume always looked silly (but hey, at least it isn't spandex. Looking at you, X-Men and Superman and 100 others).
Indifferent: I don't know jack about Judge Dredd.
So, I give the movie a rating of "Meh" until I see a trailer.
He was also the mercenary in a Bourne movie, Eomer in the LOTR trilogy, and Necron commander in Chronicles of Riddick.
I like him but those stills do nothing for me at all. Then again I always thought the Judge Dredd comic pics I've seen (limited) were utterly stupid.
You forgot him in Doom too. But then again, it was an understandable thing to forget.
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Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Well he got a similar reaction when he was first noted as playing Bones in Star Trek.
Really? Did Dr McCoy have an unfortunately phallic silhouette too?
No, but McCoy was a D*ck.
Given a choice between this and the hobbit, I know which one I'd pay money to see (and it doesn't involve short hairy footed folk, wizards and singing dwarves).
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
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alarmingrick wrote:You forgot him in Doom too. But then again, it was an understandable thing to forget.
I actually thought Doom was a pretty fun action movie, as long as you didn't expect it to, you know, have anything to do with Doom.
Your nuts. EVERYTHING in that movie was total gak. And I mean everything.
CT GAMER wrote:I'm amazed we can soundly pass judgement on a movie based upon a few still pics.
+1000 internets points to all of you.
Agreed. Sometimes the internet really annoys me. Its the Heath Ledger as joker thing all over again.How many people tasted foot after that one came out?
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Well, the images, or rather their "redesign" of the Judge uniforms, do speak for themselves, and make it look like some kind of cheap fan-film rather than a professional production like the first movie. And the lead actor's body is obviously not even remotely close to the comic Dredd, which makes me think his name was picked because people liked him in a completely different movie with a completely different theme, where he played a completely different personality.
As silly as the first movie was, I think that for me it will remain superior to this rehash. At least they've stayed close to the comic design and Dredd's appearance.
As for the Heath Ledger thing, I actually maintain that he wasn't the Joker for me. He was a different kind of Joker. He certainly succeeded in this role. Maybe Urban will also do a good version of a different Dredd - but just like with the Joker, it's not going to be the one from the comics.
Lynata wrote:Maybe Urban will also do a good version of a different Dredd - but just like with the Joker, it's not going to be the one from the comics.
And I would argue that you have absolutely know way of knowing that at this time.
I understand the need for some to be distanced hipsters who want everyone to know how something just isn't cool enough to waste their time on, but lets actually see some live footage first...
CT GAMER wrote:And I would argue that you have absolutely know way of knowing that at this time.
Well, we have the photos, so there's no need to watch the movie to discern whether he or Stallone look better in the role as Dredd. Same for the uniforms.
If you're looking forward to this, by all means, don't let others persuade you from watching it. We all have our own opinions and preferences, which is why I think one shouldn't place too much emphasis on "reviews" written by other random people. But an internet discussion where only positive opinions are admitted would be pretty lame, wouldn't it?
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Pacific wrote:I'm really excited about this. I'm a massive fan of 2000AD, and the last film was such a wasted opportunity. Yes, I guess it was fun in a blockbuster kind of way, but any true fan of the comic books will know that it missed the mark.
The 'R' rating is a step in the right direction, the real question for me will be whether it catches the 'soul' of the comic book - i.e. the mix between the dark sense of humour/satire and the violence. I think it's really important that they get some strong characterisation with the main protagonists as well - the feeling of connection, the powerful stories that have existed in the comic book, I think have been through connection by the reader to the characters around Dredd - not the man himself, who really is something of an automaton.
So, if they can get that right (and by all accounts the guy making the film is really into it) then hopefully we will have a real 2000AD and Judge Dredd movie, something that the Stallone movie most certainly wasn't.
Interestingly enough, I wonder how many posters on Dakka realise how instrumental 2000AD/Judge Dredd was to the formation of Games Workshop, and 40k? There were so many similarities in the style of how Rogue Trader was written, and the entire grim-dark setting could almost have been lifted straight from 2000AD. Rick Priestly and a lot of the other guys in those days were big fans of the comic (and in fact some of the BL writers, such as Dan Abnett - who has been so instrumental in fleshing out the 40k universe - used to write for the comic).
Didn't GW release a Judge dredd wargame?
Also these look fantastic but once they anounce that the dark judges are in it then call me...
warpcrafter wrote:As long as Rob Schneider isn't in it, I'm happy.
Great, you probably just ensured him at least a cameo!
Cameos are one thing. I wont care so much if he gets bumped in a crowed hallway or something. Just no real spots in the movie. Personally, I think hes the main reason that movie had so much suck. If you hold your hand up over the side of the screen hes on, and say "LALALALALALALAAAAA" when he says his lines, that Stallone movie was pretty decent
Bakerofish wrote:the smiling Judge in the first picture just kills it for me
He is just happy he stands next to Dredd.
Dredd's not anywhere in the first picture.
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Pacific wrote:I'm really excited about this. I'm a massive fan of 2000AD, and the last film was such a wasted opportunity. Yes, I guess it was fun in a blockbuster kind of way, but any true fan of the comic books will know that it missed the mark.
The 'R' rating is a step in the right direction, the real question for me will be whether it catches the 'soul' of the comic book - i.e. the mix between the dark sense of humour/satire and the violence. I think it's really important that they get some strong characterisation with the main protagonists as well - the feeling of connection, the powerful stories that have existed in the comic book, I think have been through connection by the reader to the characters around Dredd - not the man himself, who really is something of an automaton.
So, if they can get that right (and by all accounts the guy making the film is really into it) then hopefully we will have a real 2000AD and Judge Dredd movie, something that the Stallone movie most certainly wasn't.
Interestingly enough, I wonder how many posters on Dakka realise how instrumental 2000AD/Judge Dredd was to the formation of Games Workshop, and 40k? There were so many similarities in the style of how Rogue Trader was written, and the entire grim-dark setting could almost have been lifted straight from 2000AD. Rick Priestly and a lot of the other guys in those days were big fans of the comic (and in fact some of the BL writers, such as Dan Abnett - who has been so instrumental in fleshing out the 40k universe - used to write for the comic).
Didn't GW release a Judge dredd wargame?
Also these look fantastic but once they anounce that the dark judges are in it then call me...
There was an RPG and skirmish game. Mongoose have an RPG and figures out at the moment, figures have a kind of comic book style to them. I have a few Judges from the range, unpainted at the moment.
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Polonius wrote:Also, GW products aren't movies. They can't be "spoiled."
I suppose the surprise can be spoiled, but still, nobody is paying for the surprise.
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I was worried about this when I saw the Lawmaster. That was months and months ago. Any misgivings I had have been put to rest by the trailer. I am really looking forward to this and, as some of you might have guessed, I'm a pretty big fan of Old Stony Face.
No lantern-jawed Stallone slurring "I AM DAW LAWWWW"=No thanks.
Just kidding. I'll probably see it even if it's terrible. Hell, especially if it's terrible, because even terrible action and horror movies are fun. Unless they're Dungeon Siege.
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