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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Skizz vs. Storm Warning Rd 4 Heat 23
« on: 21 July, 2022, 09:03:41 AM »
Skizz.
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General / Re: Sideshow Vote II: You want to complain! Look at these shoes.
« on: 20 July, 2022, 07:33:08 AM »
Is this the right room for an argument?
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General / Re: Sideshow Vote II: I should have made it in America
« on: 20 July, 2022, 04:45:16 AM »
I still groan when I hear people trying to explain Judge Dredd with meaningless lines like "the city itself is a character!" I remember watching a state-side interview (in a boat?) with two of the Rebellion crew. When they trotted out that line, the interviewer naturally asked what they meant and they had no idea how to articulate it. It's just an unhelpful, meaningless catchphrase. I don't think that helps sell it or gets the idea across what it's about.
Another thing against 2000AD making waves is a lot of its ideas have already been stolen or done in similar ways. If you made a "Strontium Dog" tv series, people would say "Western in space? Firefly did that already!" Blue-skinned Rogue Trooper? "You're copying Avatar!" etc. I know 2000AD, especially in the early years, can be derivative, formulaic, built on tropes, etc, but at 45 it has done a lot that younger audiences won't know of.
Thirdly, wasted movie opportunities. If the Urban movie had less violence and language (and 3D), it would have got a wider audience, which would have given a bigger potential market for the comic. Reading Dredd on the page doesn't give me the idea I'm reading an R-rated 'slay-ride". I'm sure Disney are making Spiderman etc movies open to the widest audience possible.
Another thing against 2000AD making waves is a lot of its ideas have already been stolen or done in similar ways. If you made a "Strontium Dog" tv series, people would say "Western in space? Firefly did that already!" Blue-skinned Rogue Trooper? "You're copying Avatar!" etc. I know 2000AD, especially in the early years, can be derivative, formulaic, built on tropes, etc, but at 45 it has done a lot that younger audiences won't know of.
Thirdly, wasted movie opportunities. If the Urban movie had less violence and language (and 3D), it would have got a wider audience, which would have given a bigger potential market for the comic. Reading Dredd on the page doesn't give me the idea I'm reading an R-rated 'slay-ride". I'm sure Disney are making Spiderman etc movies open to the widest audience possible.
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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - DreadNoughts vs. Kingdom Rd 4 Heat 18
« on: 20 July, 2022, 04:27:20 AM »
Kingdom is wicked to the power of sick, though I am still waiting for a character called Ronnie Barker to show up.
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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Brass Sun vs. Cursed Earth Koburn Rd 4 Heat 17
« on: 20 July, 2022, 04:26:01 AM »
Cursed Earth Koburn
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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Thistlebone vs. Chopper Rd 4 Heat 20
« on: 20 July, 2022, 04:25:04 AM »
Chopper.
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News / Re: New 2000AD Audios
« on: 20 July, 2022, 04:23:06 AM »
Okay, for anyone who's heard the Slaine audio... how do they pronounce "Slaine"?
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Announcements / Re: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 41 - coming Feb 2023
« on: 16 July, 2022, 11:29:18 AM »
Blether away!
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Announcements / Re: Rebellion 2023 offerings.
« on: 16 July, 2022, 11:27:32 AM »Only one Judge Dredd Case File all year? There were only 2 in 2022 as well.
I hope this list is incomplete, or we'll never catch up to the present at this rate!
The list is incomplete. We’ve only got info for 2023 up to about June or July.
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News / Re: New 2000AD Audios
« on: 14 July, 2022, 01:16:04 AM »
Finally, a Rogue Trooper audio.
Now I might be in...
Now I might be in...
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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Hope vs. VCs Rd 4 Heat 11
« on: 12 July, 2022, 11:29:59 AM »
Message from Tharg: be very careful about voting against any strips where one of the main characters is called Smith.
The VCs.
The VCs.
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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Ant Wars vs. Strontium Dog Rd 4 Heat 10
« on: 12 July, 2022, 02:37:06 AM »Big shout out for Ant Wars - just because it really is an entertaining slice of early 2K.
We're really getting into the troublesome point of having to pick between genuine favourites.
But yeah, stomp on the ants.
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Announcements / The 10,000 Disasters of Dort - coming May 2023
« on: 12 July, 2022, 02:33:32 AM »
The 10,000 Disasters of Dort - Paperback, 4th May 2023
By Mike Butterworth
Art: Jose Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz
"The aliens from Dort of lost their world and now they want Earth!
It is the year 2000. In fifty years' time the planet Dort will collide with its sun and be destroyed. Ratta, the dictator of Dort has chosen Earth as a new home for his people. But first he is creating ten thousand disasters to wipe out all human life!
Only Britain's best scientist, Professor Mike Dauntless, has the mind and spirit to stop Ratta from destroying humankind."
By Mike Butterworth
Art: Jose Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz
"The aliens from Dort of lost their world and now they want Earth!
It is the year 2000. In fifty years' time the planet Dort will collide with its sun and be destroyed. Ratta, the dictator of Dort has chosen Earth as a new home for his people. But first he is creating ten thousand disasters to wipe out all human life!
Only Britain's best scientist, Professor Mike Dauntless, has the mind and spirit to stop Ratta from destroying humankind."
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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2023
« on: 12 July, 2022, 02:32:25 AM »
The 10,000 Disasters of Dort - Paperback, 4th May 2023
By Mike Butterworth
Art: Jose Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz
"The aliens from Dort of lost their world and now they want Earth!
It is the year 2000. In fifty years' time the planet Dort will collide with its sun and be destroyed. Ratta, the dictator of Dort has chosen Earth as a new home for his people. But first he is creating ten thousand disasters to wipe out all human life!
Only Britain's best scientist, Professor Mike Dauntless, has the mind and spirit to stop Ratta from destroying humankind."
By Mike Butterworth
Art: Jose Gonzalez, Jose Ortiz
"The aliens from Dort of lost their world and now they want Earth!
It is the year 2000. In fifty years' time the planet Dort will collide with its sun and be destroyed. Ratta, the dictator of Dort has chosen Earth as a new home for his people. But first he is creating ten thousand disasters to wipe out all human life!
Only Britain's best scientist, Professor Mike Dauntless, has the mind and spirit to stop Ratta from destroying humankind."
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General / Re: Sideshow Vote II: Simply the best – The octet
« on: 11 July, 2022, 01:05:00 PM »
Bad Company - the original.