What is your favorite alternative take on the Dredd-verse:
- The Fall of Deadworld
- Megatropolis
- Dredd Movie (from the meg)
- Angelic
Oh man you are stretching my noggin this morning. I have it down to Fall and Megatropolis. I guess I go
Megatropolis
as we know were Fall is heading while Megatropolis is more open.
The Fall of Deadworld
Megatropolis. By several country miles.
Megatropolis is an instant classic. I do enjoy all the others though.
Angelic for me.
the fall of deadworld
Quote from: broodblik on 18 April, 2022, 06:01:57 AM
What is your favorite alternative take on the Dredd-verse:
- The Fall of Deadworld
- Megatropolis
- Dredd Movie (from the meg)
- Angelic
That's not an easy question to answer. Movie adaptations are always going to be a difficult beast to wrangle - compromises have already been made (find me an example otherwise) in converting something from the comic format to the movie format. Now it's supposed to be shifted back into the comic format. That's compromise squared, mofos!
Given that as a caveat, I thought Dredd [2012 movie meg spin-off version] and Anderson [ditto] did the best job they could - and it was ultimately braver and worthier than the relatively unsupported Lawman of the Future. Mind you - that might just be Stallone-itis coloring my opinion.
So, long story short - the Dredd adaptation is the weakest of the four you listed - but it's still good, and there's no blame attached.
Figuring out an order for the other three is tricksy, my precious - they're all so effing good, but doing their own thing. Megatropolis was the biggest apple carter for me - I thought it was going to be pish but it's astoundingly good. Angelic turns everything up to eleven on the anti-hero dial, and makes the idea of reboots seem like a positive when it's usually a negative. The Fall of Deadworld opens up a can of undead worms on what had become a stale corner of the Dredd mythos.
I love all three of those, but I can't rank them for your today.
Okay, I'll use science fact...
Lowest score wins:
Followability - wait, who's that again?
1 Megatropolis
2 Dredd Movie (from the meg)
3 Angelic
4 The Fall of Deadworld
Consistavision - creative team be exclusive.
1e The Fall of Deadworld
1e Megatropolis
1e Angelic
2 Dredd Movie (from the meg)
Artwerk - this art be always not "wait, waz happen now?"
1 Megatropolis
2 The Fall of Deadworld
3 Dredd Movie (from the meg)
4 Angelic
Embroilotion - engagement beats comparison.
1 Megatropolis
2 Angelic
3 The Fall of Deadworld
4 Dredd Movie (from the meg)
FINAL SCORES
4 - 1st place Megatropolis
10 - 2nd place [tie] Angelic
10 - 2nd place [tie] The Fall of Deadworld
11 - 4th place Dredd Movie (from the meg)
Now that's a rankign system we should all buy into Funt Solo.
Not a popular opinion round here, but I didn't enjoy Megatropolis much. The lovely noir setting is very different, but a lot of character names being thrown about as Easter eggs to fans that quite frankly detracts from things. As a non-Meg reader I bought the collected edition based off the parise here and was hugely disappointed.
I really like Deadworld, but it's starting to fall into the same trap as above. Much happier reading this when it's running it's own plot and not giving us pastiches and elseworlds version of 'regular universe' characters. The one that's most impressed me has been Angelic - it's a proper reinvention, a different take on existing characters that's got a lot of thought behind it. However using Funts science ranking below, Deadworld pips it.
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It's Deadworld for me. I didn't even realise that Angelic was an alternate universe job till Mean appeared with a new origin story.
So we ended with a stalemate and my last gasp pass in injury time to score under the poles swing it in the favor of.....
Voting closed the winner:
Megatropolis