Dredd (2012)

[Steve Green]

It's likely that they were flipped to read better in the trailer.

It's unlikely that they would be like that in the film - although the 95 film does it on at least one shot of the street and the type is obviously also reversed.

[SuperSurfer]

I like the "Synth-caf 2 go" sign in those http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/post.php?p=6063 pics.

I've avoided reading anything about the script, including the synopsis. I would say there is a spoiler in those photos.

Looking again at the cityscape pics it seems that the city blocks were added to the existing city. I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

[SKD]

It's likely that they were flipped to read better in the trailer.

It's unlikely that they would be like that in the film - although the 95 film does it on at least one shot of the street and the type is obviously also reversed.

These 'flipped' images were in the exclusive clip, which I had taken to be out of the actual movie. As I said though, you need a pause button and a keen eye to spot em.

Stew.

[radiator]

I think someone mentioned that the 'clip' was actually edited together from different scenes. I'm pretty sure that the judge who appears to be firing hi ex (the same shot as in the trailer) isn't even Dredd.

[SKD]

I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

I wonder if the idea of the undercity had come from Mary King's Close, a section of streets that was built over by Edinburgh's City Chamber on the Royal Mile. You can go on tours now of these underground 17th century streets. Old New York doesn't seem so bonkers after all.

I think someone mentioned that the 'clip' was actually edited together from different scenes. I'm pretty sure that the judge who appears to be firing hi ex (the same shot as in the trailer) isn't even Dredd.

Ah! that explains it then.

Stew. 

[IndigoPrime]

the only thing the '95 version got right were the shoulder pads and the knee pads

Except the eagle isn't actually that close—the top bit kind of is, but the rest is just slats—there's no body, no defined 'wings', no legs and no tail. The knee-pads were better, but then that's not saying much. Still, things could have been worse:

Looking again at the cityscape pics it seems that the city blocks were added to the existing city. I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

The thing is, the film works for scale purposes. You look at a cityscape, but then you realise the blocks are dwarfing skyscrapers. Without that moment, it'd be harder to present a sense of scale to the city, and get across to newcomers just how massive the city blocks are.

[Judge_T]

I like the "Synth-caf 2 go" sign in those http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/post.php?p=6063 pics.

I've avoided reading anything about the script, including the synopsis. I would say there is a spoiler in those photos.

Looking again at the cityscape pics it seems that the city blocks were added to the existing city. I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

I always liked the knod to Dredd in the cartoon Futurama.  Where they had "New New York" built overtop "Old New York".

[CYCLOPZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNiJY9tDiPE

This is a public information bulletin with the message Say NO to Slo-Mo!

i think the guy in the video said yes 2 it lol

This 'Trailler Review' Gets funnier with  repeat viewing. I imagine he is the illegitimate offspring of Bobcat Goldthwait. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT9yEHOjYjU

[CraveNoir]

On that flipped shot...
In the trailer the shot of him firing what then appears to be an Incendiary round is (as we all know) flipped, but so is the next shot of the missile moving right to left across the block which you can tell from the ground far below. This ties it to the third shot which is impossibe to tell if it's flipped or not but looks like it comes from a different part of the scene (and is strangely composed), and then the fourth of the perps scrambling which is non-flipped judging by the writing.

In the redband there's a shot with Dredd and Anderson where he's flipped but she isn't...

Has anyone mentioned the redband doubling up the shot where the lawgiver is on rapid fire?
The first shot is flipped and the background's altered.

[Hoagy]

I think Giant is going to be a bit of a scene stealer.

[radiator]

?

Giant isn't in the film.

[Hoagy]

Don't spoil it for me. I wasn't intending to misinform anybody.

[Bubba Zebill]

I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

I wonder if the idea of the undercity had come from Mary King's Close, a section of streets that was built over by Edinburgh's City Chamber on the Royal Mile. You can go on tours now of these underground 17th century streets. Old New York doesn't seem so bonkers after all.

I think someone mentioned that the 'clip' was actually edited together from different scenes. I'm pretty sure that the judge who appears to be firing hi ex (the same shot as in the trailer) isn't even Dredd.

Ah! that explains it then.

Stew.

It would be great if somebody could ask John Wagner if Mary Kings Close was the inspiration...I've always thought there may be a connection. I've been down there and would recommend the tour to anyone visiting Edinburgh. Auld Reekie also had the tallest buildings in the world (at the time) - between 9 and 13 floors I think...so it had its blocks too!

[Kowalsky (formerly JudgeGumpty)]

Rotten Tomatoes currently have DREDD at 100% in their movie "TOMATOMETER" 95% want to see it polled from some 3.650 votes.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dredd_3d/

[Bubba Zebill]

the only thing the '95 version got right were the shoulder pads and the knee pads

Except the eagle isn't actually that close—the top bit kind of is, but the rest is just slats—there's no body, no defined 'wings', no legs and no tail. The knee-pads were better, but then that's not saying much. Still, things could have been worse:

Looking again at the cityscape pics it seems that the city blocks were added to the existing city. I always liked the (totally bonkers) concept that NYC was concreted over and then they started again with MC1.

The thing is, the film works for scale purposes. You look at a cityscape, but then you realise the blocks are dwarfing skyscrapers. Without that moment, it'd be harder to present a sense of scale to the city, and get across to newcomers just how massive the city blocks are.

Is that 'Tom of Mega City'?