For those of you old enough to remember, cast your minds back to the days of the very first Dredd strips (in B/W you recall). Right here we go...Wow that Judge outfit is so cool, I'd love to have one like it. Everybody would be so scared of me if I had...Ooh, hang on, a colour picture of it... ... ...Whu?... ... "GREEN" BOOTS!... Oh my! It's not just his boots, it's the gloves and pads as well! My tiny dreams are shattered. Why would crooks fear me if I looked like a harlequin?
You see my point? I always thought Dredd's outfit would have been better if it had been all black except for his badge and shoulder pads (which should have been gold). I still think this now, but the problem is that people seem to dislike changing established characters even when those changes would be beneficial. For example: Superman's outfit, like Batman's was based on the circus strongmen outfits of the era. Although the idea of a man wearing his pants over his tights may seem ridiculous now, at the time it was associated with great strength and superhuman feats. Because these values no longer apply, he just looks extremely embarrassing these days.
Marvel comics have a number of very old and well-established characters, and despite this fact, they never seem to have a problem experimenting with their costumes. I accept that over the years Dredds outfit has changed in design, but the colour remains the same. Why is this? If he can be given an updated Lawgiver and Lawmaster, couldn't he be given a better-coloured outfit? Surely 2K's audience cannot consist solely of fanboys (and girls) who think that you shouldn't change anything that has already been established whether good or bad...can it? Am I alone here or can we get a poll going on this?
Bestest,
Karne, unsealing Pandora's vase and looking for hope at the bottom of it.
P.S. I thought Spidey should have kept Venom's symbiotic costume. It was cool as!
which was the best childrens tv show of tooths early and golden era then?
Grange Hill
TISWAS
DR WHO
The Clangers
are on my list
agreed .the green just does not cut it,
black helmet. red flashes yes that fits with the gold coloured respirator. eagle on shoulder.buckle etc. and boots gloves all in some form of yellow. where they not this colour at some point?
im sure they where. let me look at some of my old progs. . the protective pads and gloves where yellow at some point in the early days.
im sure they where.
some one get a poll going on this.
Nah Black and green's a cool combination... too stylish and he'll turn all Hitlerite
"too stylish and he'll turn all Hitlerite"
But as Wagner has stated many times before, that's the whole point. Dredd is a facist not a circus act.
Controversial, but a change in colour could be good. Anyone know how or why 'those' colours were decided on?
The monsters under MY bed aren't scary at all. That is, as long as I feed them a little of my brane overnight...
Anyone know how or why 'those' colours were decided on?
they got a container full of art materails cheap.sadly upon opening the thing they found they only had black yellow and green colours.
it was actaully a tax dodge by maxwell the truth be known.
but with maxwells (un)timely death our galaxys greastest editor had this problem.
tharg then made an editorail decsion to use them for dredd. as he was in the prog every week. and as such they would be able to get away with it.
this fact i have heard is to be part of the hard back super extended TPO. with a free set of the said crayons attached.
any further questions?
I'm all for changing things. Gives us all a chance to bleat about how good the old thing was.
Why not green boots, who knows what colours MC1s fine citizens think are tasty.
Always liked the old SJS rig. Did it have green boots.
While we're on green can Johnny Alpha have a change of t-shirt? He's been wearing that green stripy number for ages.