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Frustrating, yes. I hope Universal don't just squat on the rights without at least some interest in attempting to build a franchise. For me the big positive to having Marvel's universe owned by so many studios is that you simply get more movies out of the normally slow and risk-averse studio system this way.

The cover brought this beauty to forefront of my mind.
Don't you just love a bit of vintage Higgins.




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That beautiful 80s block-shadow on the corner sash!

[Will It Add To The Box-Office...?]

Yes but Will It Add To The Box-Office...?

[Piston Broke]

Good lord I have a new one.

Twenty years after the ABC Warriors enter a pub called The Piston Broke (Khronicles of Khaos) the penny finally drops as to why Pat insisted on drawing attention to the establishment's name.

I always thought it an odd name, but I should have worked it out at the time - I was a student after all!

Cancel the wake - it's been saved!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/7817677/Almighty-Johnsons-get-third-season

Now THAT was unexpected. 

Here's my two Pacific pesos:

http://jetsimian.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/ill-be-judge-of-that.html

An early session with around twenty other bods in the theatre (though the 'gold class' seats were all occupied - it was a cheap night). Last I checked the movie was in at number 5 on the NZ BO.

A good night, though. I'm surprised by how much the movie has 'sunk in' over the past few days...

Well, it opens in NZ tonight! I'm not sure if anyone's posted reviews yet from the homeland of Mr Urban, so here goes:

New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10838170 (4/5 stars)

Plus earlier interview, with cover tag-line "I am the JAW!!" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/movies/news/article.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10836679

Stuff Auckland (there'll probably be a more full review this weekend): http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/whats-on/film/7747461/Film-review-Dredd (2.5/5 - boo!)

And today's interview with Urban, feature tag-line "Dawn of the Dredd": http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/7764916/Kiwi-actors-dawn-of-the-Dredd

Hoping to do my bit for the Kiwi box office this weekend...

TheOneRing.net is reporting that The Hobbit's trailer is playing with Dredd 3D in its 3D format

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/09/21/62113-hobbit-trailer-playing-with-dredd-3-d/

(They also give a kind word to Derdd as "well worth the ticket price")

Hopefully that mght add a few numers State-side.

Of COURSE he's awesome, he's from Southland! 

My only concern is that he'll be forever chosen for 'genre' roles after this, ST and LotR. Or action roles (yes yes, I know action is a genre!) because he's also very good at playing it straight. Or not. His first NZ TV role was as gay ambulance officer Jamie Forrest in Shortland Street back in, er, 1992, when roles like that were pretty thin on the ground here.

Also, if you want to see him as quite a different kind of cop, I seriously recommend the movie Out of the Blue, a dramatisation of the Aramoana Massacre of 1990.

In short, yes He Is The Law and as a fanboy it gives me no end of joy to see him cast in such a great role, but he was cool even before this stuff too, so good on him!

ABC Warriors - pleased to see that Langley is starting to make his narrative artwork more accessible.  It's normally stunning as cover work but hard going otherwise. 

Oh good! have to say, Langley's approach to narrative (and the aforementioned uncanny valley folk) is the problem I've had with his version of ABC to date. Looking forward to it!

[want]

I want that top one.

Not if (as pictured) it removes my feet I don't 

As bummed as I am that nobody's commenting on the AWESOME SomethingAwful review yet, I think in this case it's fitting that WhatCulture's initials are WC.

Whoah. SomethingAwful.com gives it 48/50

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/current-movie-reviews/dredd-words-oogieloves.php

With an impressive final comment:

Director Pete Travis has constructed a brilliantly layered, hard-hitting and interesting sci-fi action film that I wish anybody working at Marvel Films had the sheer audacity to even attempt.

True. I still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of it! 

"Bloody rabbits"

I hope this is the right place fo this, but here's a 'local' reaction article to the box office news:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/7654416/Karl-Urban-tops-UK-box-office