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Thats great, I'm really impressed Radiator.

Well whether they were touched up photos or just heavily photo referenced the Dermot Power pics are obvious acrylic paintings and have little to no digital PhotoShop manipulation judging by these examples.

The promotional guys really haven't put a foot wrong! 

May print out and frame this.

Don't be too hasty. Just wait until we start bitching about the sequel campaign.

Now translate the cover of issue 23.

Another unofficial good word about Dredd on empire Forum.

'Went to a press screening of this a few weeks ago. it was pretty good and a definite 18 movie which is refreshing. If you like seeing what someone looks like when a bullet hits them in bullet time slo mo with all the appropriate teeth and brains on show then this is for you!'

http://www.empireonline.com/forum/tm.asp?m=3471084&mpage=1&key=&NID=34795#3472406

You'd think that by the time he reached design #3 they'd have realised it wasn't a joke and shown him the door.

NICE

Well I speak to people that I know about the up coming Dredd film, and although they show a passing interest I find that they are much more interested in mediocre product such as Total Recall or Spiderman. It seems as a sweeping generalisation movie audiences  like to be spoon fed the same old nonsense these days. Or perhaps they've been beaten into submission by the years of Hollywood pumping out this inoffensive cookie cutter crap.

How do you convey to the general population that a Judge Dredd franchise could encompass everything they love about popular sci-fi storytelling from Blade Runner to District 9 and more?

Interestingly when I recommend the same people go to read the original Watchmen or Dark knight graphic novels they show the same lack of interest, but lap up the movie adaptations like Umpty Chew.

I think the success of the film will come through word of mouth but It'll be interesting to see whether that success will come before it's released on DVD.

[FIRST PLACE]

Since it's been semi-confirmed that Dredd 2 would be set in the Cursed Earth and feature am 'Origins'-esque storyline, I'd like to see Dredd and his team (including Anderson and Giant) under attack from a mutant army lead by the Angel Gang.

Yes it would be a shame to have a story set in the Cursed Earth which didn't involve the Angel gang in some way.

Also I think the art contest winner has a good take on the Dark Judges.

FIRST PLACE


THEY ARE HERE

THEY ARE HERE

Bond has a Lawgiver!

I keep on comparing Dredd with Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy - but only because of Nolan's mastery of the sci fi anti hero genre in the 1st 2 films of his trilogy. Nolan explore's the varying characters' motivations that they're coming from, and their differing moralities. Batman a right wing masked hero, Joker the anarchic almost nihilistic pyschotic and anti-establishment, and two-face a guy who had set morals but became warped and twisted throught TDK until he became obsessively focused on revenge and the role of fate. If I can compare that to a potential Dredd sequel; Fargo could set the tone as the ultimate moral progenitor of Justice perhaps sacrificing his life of liberty for justice, Dredd and Rico can be shown to come from his DNA but one is a right wing morally Just Judge, and Rico is like the other half of the same coin, he has wandered off the path of justice set out to him due to fate and his subsequent criminal decisions. Rico could therefore playout like Dent/Two Face in TDKR finally turning up at the end of the movie disfigured after his stay on Titan, and seeking revenge.

The Realism and drama of the Batman films work for that franchise but its just not something that I want to see in Dredd. There's a danger that you can be caught up in the dramatic self importance of your story and its characters, to be honest the Nolan approach just bores me after a while.

The films that endure for me are the ones that can tell a good story whilst simultaneously entertaining us with great action, such as Raiders of The Lost Ark, which I don't think has been surpassed by any block buster since its release.

I think the makers of Dredd are correct in their original approach to the character. If there's one thing you can say about the Judge Dredd comics is that there is always a good balance of character and exciting plot.

Maybe Nolan can learn a thing or two about story telling.

To be honest I would much rather see Urban taking the roles of any other Bloodline characters. Not only would it give him more to do outside of the difficult Dredd role, it would make more sense and is consistent with the approach taken in the comics. I'm sure Dredd's clone brothers are supposed to be indistinguishable from him except for age.

http://youtu.be/bPQ6JvwteOM Game book Promo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SxnU2Ryq8&t=7m15s

Swierczynski on IDW Panel at SDCC.

The Ballz on these guys.

Here's some more from CBR



http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=39757 <-- the article

And What the hell is this?

These images look to be done by people way too familiar with the '95  version with no knowledge of Bolland and McMahon's work. I hope this Judge Dredd meets the Jetsons look does not find its way inside the the covers. Its great that they're making an effort to translate Dredd for the US, but so far  I'm unconvinced. Judge Dredd is not some throw away luncheon meat product to be flippantly thrown out into the American market grinder.

Hope I'm wrong though.