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[Luna-1]

Those stories suck

Luna-1 is entirely justified by The Oxygen Board (Prog 57).

Sauchie- I had you pegged as a bit anarchist!

I understand your position, but if I held your view, personally I would refuse to take part and just not vote-

An anarchist who votes?

Of course- yes. There are many shades of anarchism. You cannot build based on mutual aid without some sort of participation in society. An anarchist works on empowerment from the bottom up- starting with yourself. Taking responsibility for your own political life, instead of leaving it for others to decide. Not all anarchists vote as I have said. Anarchism is not one whole ideology and no anarchist I know follows any anarchist ideology wholly and completely.

Which, for me, is when things start to float more towards Libertarianism or Minarchism; I'd consider Anarchy to fundamentally concern abolition of statehood -before all else- and in the current context, the Yes & No vote represent the total opposite of, but that's a digression.

I've no runner in this race, but considering the variables, it's hard to make a wholly convincing argument for a Yes vote because it's ultimately a leap of faith: you can only ever know the outcome by doing it, whereas a No vote can only ever promise more of the same, so it will come down to whether the individual voter likes to gamble in the booth, or not.

Sauchie- I had you pegged as a bit anarchist!

I understand your position, but if I held your view, personally I would refuse to take part and just not vote-

An anarchist who votes?

[IDW]

I have suggested a couple of times that one way of going about adapting Judge Death would be to blend the storylines of both The Day the Law Died and Judge Death/Judge Death Lives - with an 'insane Chief Judge'/'Hall of Justice coup' plot

IDW beat them to it.

[That Scotland should lose its greatest cultural icon - Shuey the cook from Crossroads - at this crucial juncture in our history is surely an omen of some kind.]

Another 'Great Escape' Actor gone.

That Scotland should lose its greatest cultural icon - Shuey the cook from Crossroads - at this crucial juncture in our history is surely an omen of some kind.

Clue's in the film title.

[Scotland Should Declare Its Independence From Alex Salmond]

http://www.gregpalast.com/scotland-should-declare-its-independence-from-alex-salmond/

Scotland Should Declare Its Independence From Alex Salmond

By Greg Palast for Reader Supported News
Sunday, 14. September 2014

I mean, what's the bloody point? Why pretend to declare your independence only to chain yourself to a coin with a British snout on it and simultaneously beg to become a colony of Angela Merkel's Fifth Reich, aka the European Union?

I realize that, as an American and an economist, I carry into this debate a double dollop of disrespect from Scottish readers. But, with thousands of miles of salt water separating me equally from London and Edinburgh, I think I can see clearly what you miss from having your head inside the fish bowl.

There are two overwhelming and undeniable advantages for Scotland to declare its sovereign independence: to end both Scotland's damaging enchainment to the British pound and the debilitating tyranny of European Union membership.

Yet, weirdly, inexplicably and inexcusably, Alex Salmond promises to throw away the two most valuable benefits of national self-determination.

First, the pound. In all the hoo-hah over whether Scotland can keep the coin with the Queen's schnozzola on it, no one seems to have asked, Why in the world would Scotland want this foreign coinage?

The Bank of England's singular task at this moment is to figure out how to counteract the disastrous macroeconomic consequences of George Osborne's austerity fixations and the bleating demands of City bankers. The only time when the Bank of England gives any consideration to Scotland's economy is when a BOE governor checks the little gauge which tells them how much of Scotland's oil they have left to spend.

Why should the interest rates, exchange rates and monetary supply of a resource nation like Scotland be subject to the needs and whimsies of the rusting realm to your south? According to the well-accepted theory of Optimum Currency Areas, Scotland would be best off adopting the Canadian dollar, also a damp, salmon-choked oil exporter or, better yet, the Vietnamese dong.

No nation controls its economic destiny until it controls its currency--a concept easier to understand if you read it in Greek.

And Scotland's own coin, backed by taxing power over its oil extractors, would undoubtedly be stronger than sterling and more flexible alone. Control over its own currency will enable Scotland to cut interest rates when local manufacturing falters while the Bank of England is raising rates to fight a speculative bubble in The City.

To give you a head start, my daughter has designed your new currency (above).

Second, why this pathological need to remain subjugated by the European Union? Is there some extraordinarily wise legislation crafted by the solons of the European Parliament? Does Scotland need the guiding hand of Angela Merkel, Marie LePen and the Italian premier du jour? Does Scotland fear a sudden shortage of Bulgarian plumbers?

The USA trades with Europe without giving Lithuania veto power over trade terms. And as Swiss nationals will tell you, a lack of an EU passport will not cause you to be strip-searched on your way to the Costa del Sol. Disadvantages of EU membership: loss of control over terms of trade, and policies of industrial regulation, immigration and environmental control. And sorry, Mr. Salmond, you will indeed have to join the euro, at which point, Germany's finance minister will draft your budgets.

So that is my question to my friends north of Hadrian's wall. Why demand your independence from Britain only to insist on keeping your shackles? If you too find attachment to your chains nonsensical, then shouldn't your first referendum be a vote to declare Scottish independence from Alex Salmond?

[canon]

2000AD has shown us that the concept of canon is somwhere between what suits best for current stories and what the incumbent writers care to remember. For readers it's the bits you like best.

Confused as to why we haven't gotten another series of Year One, when it was so well received, and a freakin' brilliant read.

Tharg's been busy writing its sequel, the Anderson series.

We'll still call England and Wales the UK but it will be through habit rather than anything else.

...and Northern Ireland.

If ever there was an artist I'd love to see tackle 2000AD, it would be Risso.

Should be inevitable really, shouldn't it?

[style]

I didn't say it would be cheap, I just think shooting a sequel set in Mega City 1 has to be much more expensive. Next to a contained block-environment a wasteland (even with all the wonders of the Cursed Earth) has to be the next best option on a budget.

It can be if they were making something akin to A Boy and His Dog, but apparently -being a Judge Dredd story- it wouldn't just be set in The Cursed Earth. The outline we heard was to set half the film in Mega-City 1 and the other in The Cursed Earth. More varied locations can mean more expense in terms of scheduling, transport, infrastructure, sets, FX and equipment - which is partly why Dredd was set in one style of environment, not just one building or set. They could re-utilise/re-tool sets and FX for a film set entirely in Mega-City 1 but Cursed Earth scenes require new and different approaches in addition to established cityscapes and sets.

It all depends on the content and size of the story and if the story employs the flashback format employed in Origins rather than expository dialogue scenes in radioactive ruins.

Unless it's a small crewed short or student film, shooting a sci-fi film in a desert is no cheaper than shooting in a studio, and with Dredd, it's not as if The Cursed Earth is just a desert - there's still a certain expectation of spectacle and spectacle costs. Unless it's an adaptation of The Dead Man.

Do people really not know the difference between a 'prequel' and 'a film that might have a few flashback scenes'?

No; I just don't think they've ever read 'Origins'.

Set Video

Best not think about that final imagery of a man with a spear in his side who looks like he's been crucified by a mob and who saves the faithful with his blood, though.

He's the Man of Steel/Khan/Spider-Man?