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interesting observation about the story line having parallels to the death story

I would say that Dredd has had at least a couple of 'Heroic' moments. SPOILER - in the story about the little girl who ended up as a dysfunctional brain in a robot body (Robot Bonieee) he authorizes payment to get her sorted out, and then promptly knocks out the finance judge who questioned the use of funds.

And from the Megazine, two mutant children he saved after receiving a message pod from them (i don't remember the title of the tale, but it involved a mutant on a farm who had helped Dredd previously), hewent out of his way to make sure the children were alright.

judge Dwedd, my hewo!

cheers

true enough but the day he decided to do something nice it turned out a disaster... not to say he wasn't being nice but I guess he can't do that well

I would give him sooperhero status but in a anti-superhero mode. He has the superpower to prevail and remain on track with his beliefs. His most powerful super ability is his faith in his own judgement which of course he loses for a while and has to renew.

the loss of superpower and the internal search for its source is a fairly established superhero troupe to be honest.

The part of his character that is novel is "is he really a hero?"... and its ambivalent. Close to sheldipez I guess.

maybe he is just talking about his sector?

Use your imagination a bit

wood harris character makes a return (we never saw actually get killed if you think about it) and someone (maybe him) spout the "judge dredd always knows" line

I would keep the Paul Leonard-Morgan signature music style

Chopper-esque story/sub plot with a mega surf like event interwoven with a investigate story-line that also questions the   anti-democratic side of the judge system in a ineffable manner that leaves judgement on the merits/pitfalls open to thought...

kickass slo-mo visuals would be retained as a DREDD style continuity.  Some of the sky surf competitors would use slo-mo to enhance their experience of flight...

oh yeah in keeping with my obsession with the future is here now then instead of CGI skyboarders we should use these guys because sky surfing is already here...

I want this lot shoot a 1000fps swooping between the blocks

I liked the blurring between the present and the future. especially blending in the low rise shantytown stuff
to be off style that much and still make it work. The whacky citizen thing is played down and alot of comments about that. I would of like the simps to have been in there as well

overall I liked it. When it broke on me watching for the first time I thought "this is different" but it carried me.

deal with it. [geddit]

Or just turn it off.

I guess

I think people do need to appreciate the rating of this film before watching... In a way I would prefer a C+ rating meaning "not for kids challenges adults"

The slow-mo  death scenes are porn. deal with it.

All violence in film is porn; Dredd just doesn't pretend it's not and instead tries to do something else with it. By slowing it down it is requesting you to look at it rather than cutting around it.

Agreed... point I already made on the Dreddful thread

Someone else mentioned something about not liking violence to be sanitised... but as has also been argued here, the violence in 'Dredd' is 'fantasy' rather than realistic - so doesn't it then glorify the violence, rather than just showing it for what it is? I draw people's attention to the opening scene of 'Saving Private Ryan,' which is highly realistic, shows blood spraying about and whatever, but doesn't glorify it - I think I would have been happier if the violence was more along these lines - zooming in on the flaying and the like, however artistically, is a glorification.

I would turn that on its head... The glorification of violence troupe is pretty universal.

I would go as far as to paint saving prt ryan as a pro war movie that totally glorified and legitimized violence including legitimizing the inhumanity of it. Because the realism allows one to not have to question ones own motive in watching it and the narrative is completely pro war.

the war is /can be/made legitimate as long as it is given meaning and in SPR you are cuddled the whole way through by numerous little morality plays. I actually grew to detest this film on repeat viewing because it is a lie in so far as it is not really that realistic anyway and is just a vehicle for war porn


DREDD is full of violence porn it makes few excuses for it and the protagonists on either side of the law have sociopathic drives [yes DREDD too] which enable them. You have to carry the burden of enjoying the violence yourself as a viewer. there is no excuse given to you by the film makers

the affect is alienating at times.. whats your point?

The slow-mo  death scenes are porn. deal with it.

All violence in film is porn; Dredd just doesn't pretend it's not and instead tries to do something else with it. By slowing it down it is requesting you to look at it rather than cutting around it.

it's not a criticism... you point is valid.

you have to deal with it and your own reaction... there is no where to hide

deal with it. [geddit]

Its not the greatest film ever made made but it is very good. The style is the thing that is genre creating rather than just derivative. That and a excellent sound track.

oddly thou seen as authentic by DREDD fans the character and world is quite different in many regards but this just seems to work somehow.

the sci-fi aspect is really social commentary in connection with technology and was in the original comic so they got that right.

the dialogue could have been better scripted in places I think. A few opportunities missed there. The action I liked because it wasn't over the top. basically DREDD just shots everyone and throws a few off a balcony.

the violence is more about the steely calm required to unleash it than preposterous bullet time stuff. The slow-mo  death scenes are porn. deal with it.

Admirable.


For a group of people so dedicated to capitalism, they don't know how it works.

wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't a utter pile of shite.. indulging in a loss making venture because it's your passion is ok I guess  BUT

Someone else mentioned something about not liking violence to be sanitised... but as has also been argued here, the violence in 'Dredd' is 'fantasy' rather than realistic - so doesn't it then glorify the violence, rather than just showing it for what it is? I draw people's attention to the opening scene of 'Saving Private Ryan,' which is highly realistic, shows blood spraying about and whatever, but doesn't glorify it - I think I would have been happier if the violence was more along these lines - zooming in on the flaying and the like, however artistically, is a glorification.

I would turn that on its head... The glorification of violence troupe is pretty universal.

I would go as far as to paint saving prt ryan as a pro war movie that totally glorified and legitimized violence including legitimizing the inhumanity of it. Because the realism allows one to not have to question ones own motive in watching it and the narrative is completely pro war.

the war is /can be/made legitimate as long as it is given meaning and in SPR you are cuddled the whole way through by numerous little morality plays. I actually grew to detest this film on repeat viewing because it is a lie in so far as it is not really that realistic anyway and is just a vehicle for war porn


DREDD is full of violence porn it makes few excuses for it and the protagonists on either side of the law have sociopathic drives [yes DREDD too] which enable them. You have to carry the burden of enjoying the violence yourself as a viewer. there is no excuse given to you by the film makers

the affect is alienating at times.. whats your point?