Dredd

[Mabs]

what it needs is the Angel gang, and the ABC warriors.. oh wait

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

what it needs is the Angel gang, and the ABC warriors.. oh wait

Judge Death.

"Gaze into the face of Death."
"Gaze into the fist of Dredd."

The good stuff is handed to them on a plate. Its like the filmakers are played by the German soldiers in Where Eagles Dare. How hard can you miss the mark.

 

[Mabs]

ive said it before: things like Dredd, and graphic novels etc in general, would imo be far better as a really dark gritty animated film than a live action one

 

[Lamp]

lol that looks bloody awful. His helmet is way too big. The old hero+rookie enter the bad guy's lair routine? Pff.

Should have been made 25 years ago. No one gives Schwarzenegger a Raw Deal. This is how you do a trailer:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1PSyCxb7g

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

lol that looks bloody awful. His helmet is way too big. The old hero+rookie enter the bad guy's lair routine? Pff.

Should have been made 25 years ago. No one gives Schwarzenegger a Raw Deal. This is how you do a trailer:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1PSyCxb7g

The guy with the machinegun shooting at the floor is a classic bit of actor aiming

 

[DaGaffer]

To be fair, Lawmasters are on wheels. Big effing WIDE wheels.
There's not enough shoulder-pads, not enough yellow and not enough red.

All I saw was "The Raid" with guns and bigger budget.

*ahem* https://forums.freddyshouse.com/threads/dread.248660/#post-3884373 Maybe these threads need merging...

Judge Death.

"Gaze into the face of Death."
"Gaze into the fist of Dredd."

Get it right "Gaze into the face of Fear"

 

[Tom]

Meh. Someone should make a decent Dan Dare film.

 

[BloodOmen]

I searched for Dredd, not imbecilic spelling.

THE NERD RAGE IS STRONG DO NOT STAND IN MY WAY.

Sec, need to get my breath back.

Ok better now. AFK. Getting beer.

Cheeky fuck, its called a typo.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

*ahem* https://forums.freddyshouse.com/threads/dread.248660/#post-3884373 Maybe these threads need merging...



Get it right "Gaze into the face of Fear"
View attachment 9386

rofl I stand corrected by your superior geekiness

 

[Overdriven]

Stalone's version will still be better. Will probably still see it though.

 

[Deebs]

Threads merged and typo fixed.

 

[Job]

Er it looks pretty good to me, except for the Robocop overtones, it can't on any level be any worse than Stallones, with that freakin comedy sidekick, who he should have shot in the first frame.
I 'm giving it a chance.
This is a movie for the times.

 

[Bigmac]

Looks shit.

 

[Ch3tan]

I quite like the trailer, looks much much better than stallones comedy effort.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Er it looks pretty good to me, except for the Robocop overtones, it can't on any level be any worse than Stallones, with that freakin comedy sidekick, who he should have shot in the first frame.
I 'm giving it a chance.
This is a movie for the times.

And where do you think Paul Verhoeven got the inspiration for Robocop?

 

[Scouse]

So. Anybody seen it yet?

I wanted to go on opening night but the missus wasn't very well and the weekend was otherwise chock-full.

 

[old.user4556]

Trailer looks awesome.

Bet it sucks (sadly).

 

[Scouse]

Trailer looks awesome.

Bet it sucks (sadly).

Mark Kermode reviewed it on Radio 5 and said it was orders of magnitude better than the Stallone effort.

In fact - the thing he said was most wrong was that it was unfortunate to be released not long after a film called The Raid - which is effectively the same film done better. But as I've not watched The Raid - and fully intend to avoid watching it until after I've seen Dreddy kick some booty I'm expecting to enjoy it

 

[Mabs]

mate is reporting its quite good, not sure if i will get around to seeing it, i can count the number of films ive seen in a cinema in the last 5 years on the fingers of a convicted arab shoplifter

 

[DaGaffer]

Really enjoyed it but its a shame they didn't have a bigger budget. The Big Meg didn't really work for me, especially the vehicles and weapons. Karl Urban was great though.

 

[ECA]

I, like everyone else, was expecting this to be TOTAL SHIT.

It's been out for a week or so now and it's still on 91% rottentomatoes and 88% audience approval.

 

[Billargh]

I fucking loved it, Karl Urban's Dredd shits all over Stallone's.

 

[Scouse]

Thought it was OK but not brilliant.

Spoiler

Yes, it's a nice take on a day in Dreddy's life and yes, Anderson steals the show (like she always did in the comic) but I think they missed a few tricks.

1) The middle section action is "meh". Probably because they didn't really build up a series of obstacles that needed to be overcome - shit happened, they moved on. Meh.
2) Big bad isn't bigged up enough. She needs a meatier part for us to hate her. There's a "take over the city" line but she's quite plainly not got the smarts to do it.
3) It's an 18? Seriously? It's more like a 15 tbfh. I could have done with a fair bit more violence myself (this is just an aesthetic point tho).
4) The important one: Dredd. He's a legend in Megacity 1. Yet they don't ham it up at all. It needed a scene where the bad guys went from realising that it wasn't "just" two judges attacking - one of them was Dredd himself. In the comic the perps know him by reputation. Not a single baddie even swallowed hard.

Urban was OK. Anderson was OK. Baddies were OK. Action was OK. Film was OK.

If you like Dreddy in any way - go watch it. I agree that this one shits over Stallone's - in all ways but one: I'd like for them to have kept the eagle on his shoulder. Symbolism matters in films like these.

 

[old.Tohtori]

If Scouse likes it, i have to see it

 

[Zenith.UK]

I stand by my earlier comment of not enough yellow.

 

[Scouse]

I stand by my earlier comment of not enough yellow.

I second your comment. Yellow Eagles, green kneepads and boots and red on the lawgiver definitely needed.

Colour doesn't kill atmosphere...

 

[DaGaffer]

I second your comment. Yellow Eagles, green kneepads and boots and red on the lawgiver definitely needed.

Colour doesn't kill atmosphere...

Set design in general was the worst thing about the film. Its quite interesting that they slavishly copied the helmet design (in reality you'd go cross-eyed wearing that thing) and Urban's head looked a bit lost in it, but made the rest of the uniform more "realistic". I agree that I'd have preferred the uniform to be a bit closer the Ezquerra original.

Wasn't much impressed with the Lawmaster either.

Ah well, if it does the business (and it deserves to overall), maybe the sequel will have a bigger budget to play with.

 

[Scouse]

Ah well, if it does the business (and it deserves to overall), maybe the sequel will have a bigger budget to play with.

That's what I'm hoping for. A bigger budget and better-story sequel.

You can get around the riot-uniform shortcoming by making the standard uniform a "dress uniform" affair. Lawmaster needs (a lot of) work. As does the look of MC1 IMO. Jo-berg with a few skyscrapers doesn't cut it for me.

But still - there's a golden nugget of great in there. Just needs digging out and polishing.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Now the question is which Judge Dredd story would you make into a feature film?
Block War is a bit too "easy", Apocalypse War is a bit tough, and we've already had the Angel Gang in the Stallone version (and a nod to ABC Warriors).
I quite like the idea of either Chopper or Judgement Day. Chopper for introducing The Judda and showing that Dredd doesn't always get his man. The bonus of going with Judgement Day is getting Johnny Alpha from Strontium Dog in there as well.

The original Dredd film had a decent stab at visualising MC1. Dredd is a bit "flat".
These stratoscrapers are supposed to be a mile high FFS!

 

[Mabs]

Now the question is which Judge Dredd story would you make into a feature film?
Block War is a bit too "easy", Apocalypse War is a bit tough, and we've already had the Angel Gang in the Stallone version (and a nod to ABC Warriors).
I quite like the idea of either Chopper or Judgement Day. Chopper for introducing The Judda and showing that Dredd doesn't always get his man. The bonus of going with Judgement Day is getting Johnny Alpha from Strontium Dog in there as well.

The original Dredd film had a decent stab at visualising MC1. Dredd is a bit "flat".
These stratoscrapers are supposed to be a mile high FFS!

Judgement on Gotham , clearly