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Thanks for the word of confidence guys. I know crap when I see it(or read it rather) but I can appreciate good, entertaining crap as well. It's just from a n00bs perspective, judging(no pun intended) from what I've heard about the Morrison/Millar runs, it seems as if their work was as much mockery of Dredd as the 95 film.

But hey, if the artwork isn't as bad as whats in half of Heavy Metal Dredd then I think I'll be fine.

Jesus, you people talk of Grant Morrison and Mark Millar as if they were the Uwe Boll and Micheal Bay of comic writers. Hopefully I can read this stuff with a bit of an open mind when I get to case files 19, eventually.

Bit quite in here, oh well.

Dredd oficially debuts in Holland today but this will be my third viewing after my two sneak peaks last weekend 

You know looking at that pic again it seems the crowd around him don't look all that impressed either, maybe not even aware that he's there.

More shots here. http://www.blogto.com/film/2012/10/photos_of_the_new_robocop_being_filmed_in_toronto/

Yeah looks too much like a man in a suit and not enough like a robot.
Maybe they should call it maninsuitocop

Looks more like something out of the Metal Gear Solid.

I love martial arts flicks! Or used to before they got too obsessed with copying the Matrix.

If the Raid is anything to the effect or Enter the Dragon or Once Upon A Time in China then I'm all for it, but if it's just another crappy bullet-time affair then I am not interested.

Also, having seen the Dredd film now, I can see even more similarities, which is upsetting to say the least!

You mean they are not limited to a big building? Damn...

I myself would like to check out the Raid IF it promises to offer more then just high action and "chop socky sequences" which from the sound of things it doesn't. Dredd as a film offers much more.

Damn, good thing I signed up only recently. Would hate to have come here right in the middle of the War of the Trolls.

Since my account is not yet valid enough for me to post in the film discussion forum, I would like to adress a minor criticism I keep reading about in one of the review threads, that being that Dredd lacks any standout action sequences.

I think that is a load of shit. Putting some mindless action scene in Dredd would only imply that the film is trying to make up for plot substance and characterization, two things Dredd hardly suffers from and quite frankly if a high powered gattling gun tearing a whole block floor apart along with it's denizens is not action enough for you then your probably better off watching the latest Expendables flick. Because lets face it, all we really wan't to see from Dredd is him wasting a bunch of perps and that is exactly what we got. I think the action scenes in Dredd were good enough and if anything the film is treating it's intended demographic with respect by not including pointlessly epic action sequences that do nothing but waset time that could have better gone to said plot substance and characterization for the sake of appealing to thick audiences.

That is all.

Indeed, total Dirty Harry moment.

I know, my fuck up. Sometimes I can't tell when someones being sarcastic.

And I would agree that the age certificate here in Holland is a little irresponsible as it gives noisy little pre-teen shitheads an excuse to sit through good films, adult or not.

Shit, I mean next week, Dredd debuts NEXT WEEK! My kingdom for an edit button!

And quite frankly I think Britian is too concerned with whats up the queens arse to give a flying fuck about whats going on here but I am not interested in getting into political bigotry on a thread discussing an awesome film. I just live in Holland and life here is just fine. Why should I give a shit about what you find "remarkably irresponsible"?

Just so you know I stopped going on youtube to avoid making comments like this.

Funnily enough I'm trying to convince my old man to see it with me when it comes out next month, might go next weekend. I would have said try taking the kids befor it occured to me it would be a bit strange trying to sneek two minors into an 18+ film  . Weirdly enough Dredd is certified 16+ in Holland as that is the highest age limit for adult films here.

Won't that just go back to the old methods of due prosess which the Judges ruled out because it didn't work anyway?

Well I just got back from my second screening and found a few more things I liked about the film:

1) I like how Dredd sounds a bit like Robocop when he's not speaking in gravel tone.

2) When Judge Lex [spoiler]has Dredd cornered and Dredd baits him into stalling time long enough for Anderson to sneak up at shoot him[/spoiler], that bit soooo reminded me of "When you wan't to shoot, shoot! Don't talk" from The Good The Bad & The Ugly.

I thought the scene of the bullet tearing through that guys mouth/ face was both repulsive and beautiful at the same time!

That scene was indeed pleasantly brutal but for me the best 3D scenes(becides the Anderson bit) were Ma Ma playing in the bath and [spoiler]her slow-mo influenced plunge to death near the end which pretty much symbolised her downfall from a drug lord block owner to just another dead perp on her way to recyk[/spoiler].

One question about the bent Judges though: Judge Lex [spoiler]is a 20 year veteren as he states to Dredd in the film, does that mean he served longer then Dredd? Because if I remember correctly when the comic started Dredd was in service for about 15 years, maybe less[/spoiler].

Again, damn good film and hope to see the DVD out soon.