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General / Re: Should Dredd ever be killed off?
« on: 16 May, 2016, 12:06:38 PM »
As things are at the moment, is it still possible, in a weekly Prog, to run a story about either an idiotic fuiture fad or a bizarre future crime in MC1, then have Dredd turn up at the end to make an arrest + say something pithy?
I do think you could kill Dredd and not lose this basic premise, although I can't see a good long-term reason for doing so. Unless you just flat-out ended the series.
Or is it vital to the strip to remind readers every episode that the Justice Dept in MC-1 is fundamentally too small and ill-equipped to deal with routine crime-busting?
I worry that if the overarching narrative goes too far in the direction, we can perhaps never again have a 'normal' Dredd epsiode, as served the Prog so well for 2,000 progs...
Basically, this is your age-old geek debate about continuity vs story engine.
I do think you could kill Dredd and not lose this basic premise, although I can't see a good long-term reason for doing so. Unless you just flat-out ended the series.
Or is it vital to the strip to remind readers every episode that the Justice Dept in MC-1 is fundamentally too small and ill-equipped to deal with routine crime-busting?
I worry that if the overarching narrative goes too far in the direction, we can perhaps never again have a 'normal' Dredd epsiode, as served the Prog so well for 2,000 progs...
Basically, this is your age-old geek debate about continuity vs story engine.
