Dredd (2012)

[Steve Green]

*cough* first *cough*

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Stupid Dredd article: http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/the-hitlist-blogpost.aspx?post=8ee992ae-b8b3-4012-9b61-7b64acd6ddef

Quite an opinionated article for something he clearly knows nothing about. What a c**t.

[Beeks]

Stupid Dredd article: http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/the-hitlist-blogpost.aspx?post=8ee992ae-b8b3-4012-9b61-7b64acd6ddef

My response to said stupid Dredd article:

Thing is, this isn't a remake. Not even 'quasi-'. The author seems to be under the impression that the 1995 movie starring Sylvester Stallone is the original incarnation of this character. If that were the case, and Stallone's 1995 train wreck were the only source material 'Dredd' had to draw upon, I would be inclined to agree that the chances of this movie being any good were slim.

In reality, however, 'Dredd' has 35 years of excellent comic book material to draw upon for inspiration, running into tens of thousands of pages. Material which, incidentally, the 1995 Stallone incarnation chose by and large to ignore, or outright contradict.

To predict that this movie will 'probably be horrible' based on Stallone's version is therefore just as ridiculous as it would have been, back in 1989, to base one's expectations of Tim Burton's 'Batman' on the 1966 version starring Adam West.

Owned

[DKCX]

Stupid Dredd article: http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/the-hitlist-blogpost.aspx?post=8ee992ae-b8b3-4012-9b61-7b64acd6ddef

My response to said stupid Dredd article:

Thing is, this isn't a remake. Not even 'quasi-'. The author seems to be under the impression that the 1995 movie starring Sylvester Stallone is the original incarnation of this character. If that were the case, and Stallone's 1995 train wreck were the only source material 'Dredd' had to draw upon, I would be inclined to agree that the chances of this movie being any good were slim.

In reality, however, 'Dredd' has 35 years of excellent comic book material to draw upon for inspiration, running into tens of thousands of pages. Material which, incidentally, the 1995 Stallone incarnation chose by and large to ignore, or outright contradict.

To predict that this movie will 'probably be horrible' based on Stallone's version is therefore just as ridiculous as it would have been, back in 1989, to base one's expectations of Tim Burton's 'Batman' on the 1966 version starring Adam West.

Owned

Owned + 1 , good reply to that ignorant bollox! 

[Stan]

I think I missed that pic in Mr Eliminator's avatar. Does anyone have the full version?

It's not very big or good quality. Think it is a magazine contents page scan.

Aaah, thanks. That would explain why I haven't seen it. He does pose with a gun quite well though.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Aaah, thanks. That would explain why I haven't seen it. He does pose with a gun quite well though.

I don't understand why they haven't released all the old magazine shots in good quality though, much nicer to look at then the scans.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

It's a actually bigger then I thought, but yeah still not great quality. Cropped out all the text and stuff a while ago so can't remember what mag, but I think it was empire.

[karlurbaninternational]

http://iconmovies.com.au/Movies/D/Dredd.aspx

[JOE SOAP]

Some clean versions in that link.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Nice!

[shaolin_monkey]

That pic of Dredd booting the door in somehow reminds me of him and Hershey pulling some 59c's in the Graveyard Shift, dunno why.

[Misanthrope]

The lighting on that second pic is gorgeous.

[Syne]

That pic of Dredd booting the door in somehow reminds me of him and Hershey pulling some 59c's in the Graveyard Shift, dunno why.

Know what you mean, that's a very Ron Smith door-kick.

[Syne]

Re. that msn article: maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy, but there does seem to be a lot of under-researched, under-thought articles being published online. I'd expect something like that on a comment thread, but not from someone who (presumably) has an editor and gets paid for writing!

[The Adventurer]

Re. that msn article: maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy, but there does seem to be a lot of under-researched, under-thought articles being published online. I'd expect something like that on a comment thread, but not from someone who (presumably) has an editor and gets paid for writing!

just goes to show just how little actual cultural penetration Judge Dredd has over here. Which is why this movie being legit good is so important.