Richard Stanely's "Hardware"

[markibbo]

This should be in the "Movie" forum but i can't post a new topic there so i'm doing it here........this is in a way the first (as i'm aware)adaptation of a 2000AD story into a film......as i remember it might have been a "future shock" in an 80's prog but can't be sure .......i have just been watching a trailer on youtube and the memories came flooding back.....anyone else remember this????

[Link Prime]

Got it on Blu a few years back- good, but not as good as you remembered!

[markibbo]

hhhmmmm i don't remember it being "good",your PSI circuits may need an upgrade

[Link Prime]

And the rest!
Good commentary with Richard Stanley though- would be worth picking up (no doubt cheaply) for that alone.

[Jim_Campbell]

I'm a fan. I think it looks remarkably good for a movie made with change from a million quid. The leads are frustratingly wooden but against that you've got Iggy Pop, Lemmy, and Ministry's mighty track, Stigmata. Plus, Carl McCoy. :-)

Cheers

Jim

[Link Prime]

I think it looks remarkably good for a movie made with change from a million quid.

That's undeniable Jim- some great old school effects on a very modest budget.

[markibbo]

Well i have just spent £7.59 ordering it on ebay,for a special edition ....although it wasn't stated what was special so i will wait and see if there is anything there i dis-remember from when i saw it on tv many moons ago......also if anyone out there knows the prog number of the original story please let me know as i would love to watch the movie as i perused the prog.....and iggy pop.....hhhhmmmmm not for me

[Art]

Probably the most 2000ad movie that is not Dredd.

Actually it's not too hard to imagine them sharing a world.

[Spikes]

also if anyone out there knows the prog number of the original story please let me know as i would love to watch the movie as i perused the prog

You'll be needing the 1981 Judge Dredd Annual, as that is where it first appeared.

[Jim_Campbell]

.....and iggy pop.....hhhhmmmmm not for me

There's no Iggy Pop music in the film -- he has one of the film's signature oddball cameos, appearing only as the voice of DJ Angry Bob whose line "And the good news is... there is no fucking good news" has remained something of a catchphrase of mine these past twenty-odd years...

Cheers

Jim

[shaolin_monkey]

Links to an article plus the strip itself:

http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/shok.shtml

http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/shok1.shtml

I told a friend of mine about this the other day, another fellow 2000AD fan, when he was bangining on about Hardware and how much he loved it.  I said 'Shame they ripped off that 2000AD future shocks story, eh?' and he was gobsmacked - he had no idea!  I thought everyone knew this??

[Spikes]

also if anyone out there knows the prog number of the original story please let me know as i would love to watch the movie as i perused the prog

You'll be needing the 1981 Judge Dredd Annual, as that is where it first appeared.

Just been browsing through Barney, and Shok! was indeed reprinted in the Prog (id completely forgotten). Prog 612, is the one youll need, and should be easier/cheaper to track down than the Annual. Though id imagine either will be fairly plentiful on E-bay.

[dweezil2]

Didn't the DVD come with a replica of the comic strip?
Sure my copy did.

[W. R. Logan]

Read Shok! Online:

http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=thrillviewer&choice=shok

[Judge Fudge]

Haven't watched it since was released first time around. From what I remember it wasn't bad. Oddly enough I came across it quite by accident the other day on YouTube after reading this post. Here's the link for the full movie.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZSVrosLJNw