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I have no real interest in seeing Bizarro Dredd on screen.

But Supersurf?!!? Oh by grud, yes please! 

That might actually make the 3D somewhat bearable 

More footage on Bleeding Cool, including some audio (and terrible music)!

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/11/more-dredd-footage-shows-fx-beforeandafter

If spoilers are to be discussed please let me know so I can leave this thread and never return 

DO NOT WATCH THE TRAILER!

Oops, what should I do??

Go see the film, then watch the trailer! 

Your mom certainly isn't currently 10% of her 2008 levels.

Wow.


Anyway...just thought I outta mention that anyone who digs The Unwritten would no doubt also be a fan of Carey & Gross' previous Vertigo series; 'Lucifer'. The best Yankee comic of the early noughties I reckon!

I'd love to read it. Can't quite afford 11 volumes of a new series right now sadly. Kinda hope Vertigo will do with a lot of their older series what they're currently doing with 100 Bullets and start collecting stuff in omnibus paperbacks that collect 20+ issues.

Dredd (2012) to Judge Dredd is what Batman Begins is to Batman & Robin.

If they can figure out what The Amazing Spider-Man is in terms of prequel/reboot/whatever (I sure don't know), they can sure as hell understand what Dredd is.

Saw this tonight. Quite good. DO NOT WATCH THE TRAILER!

Went for the double bill of The Grey too. Also good in a B-movie sort of way.

I thought Thor was pretty decent. The middle section was a bit crap though. Wish they'd spent less time setting up The Avengers and more time with the witty scenes of Thor attempting to cope with Earth lifestyle and customs.

Captain America was ok. I don't really remember what the actual bad guy plot was though. The first hour or so was rather good. Same with Iron Man. Iron Man 2 was consistently bad, however.

Trailer looks good. They do look a bit naff when they're all standing next to each other. Hopefully there'll be lots of witty banter.

It can be pretty difficult getting an 18 rating these days. Most of the 18 rated films of the 80s have since been reclassified to lower ratings on DVD.

I don't really care about the rating. People place far too much emphasis on it, particularly the US version which, if you've ever seen the doc This Film is Not Yet Rated, is pretty random. The UK board is much fairer and accurate.

I expect Dredd to have a similar 'feel' and tone to stuff like 28 Days Later mixed with District 9. If that's a high rating, so be it. If it's lower, that's fine too. As long as it's good.

I'll admit I found Promethea hardgoing. Incredibly impressive and admirable in respect to Moore's stated aims with the series but personally I'm not particularly interested in the subject. I think I got to Book 4. It remains the only Moore series I've never finished.

I really liked Tom Strong too. It's maybe not the most consistent but when it works, it bloody well soars.

Gene Ha recently stated he signed exclusive to DC and expected to be doing more Top Ten but sadly DC don't seem interested without Moore's involvement. A shame as I'd love to read more.

Watchmen was originally conceived to specifically use those characters when they were folded into the DC line proper (one presumes as an alternate Earth story, before Crisis On Infinite Earths came along and made that approach unworkable), and Moore creating an entirely new cast and then telling a story that he'd never have been able/allowed to tell with characters like Blue Beetle and Captain Atom just highlights how good he is at what he does, which I suspect is where a great deal of the venom aimed in his direction really flows from.

As I understand it, Moore had conceived of Watchmen's story first, then DC (or someone from DC, possibly Dick Giordano) suggested using the Charlton characters. When they saw Moore's outline and saw what he wanted to do with the characters, they got cold feet (they did, after all, want to fold these characters into the DCU) and so Moore used them more as a template or jumping off point.

I agree with all your points. I went to San Diego Comic-Con a few years ago and was in the audience for the Watchmen film panel. The cast, the crew, Dave Gibbons and however the hell many people they can pack into that giant Hall H. On a few seperate occasions throughout the panel, the moderator mocked Moore and made snide comments about his refusing the Hollywood paycheque and essentially dismissed him as an idot for having principles and wishing to maintain his integrity. The audience laughed and applauded this guy.

There's a problem in comics and it runs a hell of a lot deeper than DC. I can understand them: they want money and marketshare. Some of the weird, seething anger directed at Moore for having the audacity to have principles and desperate attempts to undermine his reputation by spreading distorted facts and wild generalisations are far more disturbing.

Also Top Ten is awesome. Whoever said it was crap above is completely mad and wrong 

The Watchmen/Charlton argument is dumb and grasping at straws. I'm shocked to see actual creators using this argument to justify what they're doing.

It's like claiming Neil Gaiman's Sandman owes everything to the earlier incarnation of the character and it's success is entirely the result of being based on some obscure, two-dimensional nothing series. Nuts!!

The only persons reasons I respected for doing this are Brian Azzarello who essentially said "I'll fucking show you naysayers"  I like that attitude and can respect it, though I remain skeptical. JMS had the absolute most pathetic defense possible.

I'm buying it in trades and really love it. The Moby Dick issues in particular were spectacular. The Unwritten is a great example of a story that fits comics perfectly and does it better than any other medium.

I believe the next trade collects ten issues so I'm most definitely looking forward to that!

What next!? Bringing Johnny Alpha back from the dead?!

Gaiman has stated before that he wants to finish his Miracleman arc.

Yeah but since when did creator intentions mean anything?

Looking forward to Marvelman vs The Mask, though.

Well it's the main reason Marvel got into this legal clusterfuck. In fact, Gaiman is the one who convinced Marvel to do it by his account. They've always wanted their own Watchmen: now they've got it. A superhero epic written by Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman?

Of course, after that, I'm sure he probably will be incorporated into the normal Marvel universe. I won't really care then. The Moore reprints and Gaiman's final arc is all I want and will be more than happy with.

P.S. The Mash is Dark Horse by the way