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Saw this comment posted at Screen Rant

"I have seen a sneak preview of this film and rest assured it is INCREDIBLE. The violence is grisly and absurd, the 'slo-mo' effects are not overused but ARE gorgeous and truly astonishing to see in native 3D (not post-converted). Urban's DREDD is likeable but stoic, and the action set pieces do not disappoint. Forget about trying to figure out how much this movie has in common with Stallone's film (answer: nothing... like comparing Adam West's Batman to Nolan's), or trying to decipher the script's quality from this brief trailer. Just go see it and grin the entire time."

Just thought I'd quote this again since its the closest thing we've seen to an impartial review so far.

Anyone else wondering if that helmet has a HUD? Might help to explain the red cross eyeblocker.

D.R Had the same idea



The other one's a Drone cam.

Is this a Judges visor cam?

This would answer the question of peripheral vision problems with those helmets.

Cannon was tappin' it too.

Tappin it good too, Judging by that grin.

It just occurred to me even though I think it has been mentioned earlier that this is bare human skin rippling like clothing.

This could be a body about to explode in super slow motion.

[I would NOT be dismissing their observations just because it annoys you]

Dismissing your critics as morons/liars/sheep isn't a good way of proving your point of view. In fact it just makes you look like an irrational fan who refuses to see any argument but their own as valid.

I agree with this as a general principle, but this:

The Raid got good buzz, and was a bit of a sleeper hit in the sort of circles that are going to be watching Dredd in cinemas. I would NOT be dismissing their observations just because it annoys you.

misses the point in that the 'observation' that "Dredd is a ripoff of The Raid" is at best facile (it has coincidental similarities. so what?) and at worst  ::)malicious (it's clearly not plagarism). Try and make them see the error of their ways, sure, but lets not pretend they're offering some kind of profound critical insight.

And I ESPECIALLY would not assume they are excited about this Trailer as most of us are and are just hidding their excited me due to some kind of herd mentality.

That's a completely mental assumption with no basis on anything real.

Tend to agree with you there.

I did not dismiss anyone's comments, most of the negativity comes from lack of awareness, just pointing out the thought processes of a good section of commenters on sites such as aicn. But to say that there is not some element of herd mentality is wrong in my opinion. Sense of humour is sometimes hard  to come across in a post but,  my previous comment was in fact SATIRE.

[The violence is grisly and absurd]

I've been thinking about this, and apart from the obvious in Jokes that we've been seeing in the background of shots, What Cinematographer Dod Mantle said about this film being a comment on violent films is dawning on me as being the crux of the satire.

This comment from a possible attendee at the preview screening the other night seems to confirm this:

'I have seen a sneak preview of this film and rest assured it is INCREDIBLE. The violence is grisly and absurd'  http://screenrant.com/dredd-trailer-sandy-181254/

I had the same feeling after reading the script a couple years ago, i.e ' The violence is way over the top - How're they going to get away with this and still be taken seriously?'

The Slo-Mo Drug is obviously a piss take of the Bay Richie Snyder trend of over using the effect. This has of course all been said before.

So I'm guessing Alex Garland was fairly tongue in cheek with a lot of the things he put into the script in the first place. On the surface it is itself one of those films, but any half thinking person will get the joke.

There's your Satire.

Just had a brilliant laugh. Two Mormons came to the door and I had an interesting chat with them for over 10 minutes about God and the world. At the end, to their amazement I invited them in but to watch the trailer 

Spread the word folks, God is now on our side 

That's Hilarious!

'You've shown me your god, Now meet mine'

I honestly think that Dredd is going to turn out to be a sleeper hit and Judging by most of the comments I'm seeing elsewhere, people are saying things like ' I guess I like the trailer but I still don't know what to think'.
I translate this as:

'Holy F*ck! that trailer was the shit! (meaning good), I just thought I'd come hear to make a stupid comment about Stallone's the only real Dredd and LAAAAAAAWWW, and this new Remake will suck monkey Balls, But that trailer was so damn good it has me scared and confused. This  isn't The Dark Knight or the Avengers so  I'm afraid of what my fellow Nolan Wheden disciples will say if I do anything but pretend I don't like it.'


Btw, I've seen The Raid and loved it, but its definitely not the Alpha and Omega of all Action movies out there, and in my opinion, to use my adopted phrase of the day, Dredd will SHIT ALL OVER IT!

I'm still the lone voice on Spill.com. The sites for the young-uns really, but that's the demographic this film should be trying to capture.



http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/dredd-trailer-arrives

I always wanted Clinton Eastwood as Dredd, but that's impossible now.

Looks like Urban had the same idea, it looks like he's playing Dredd as Clinton Eastwood, which for me is Perfection.

Wow . That trailer shits all over everything I've seen this year !!!

Apparently this is the music from the 10 second trailer..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2XmLcnYSwQ

That music seems to work with the images, playing that gif looped on half screen.

And Playing Drokk also seems to work...

Just amusing myself as I do my work, Getting ready for the  real Trailer to appear.

Apparently this is the music from the 10 second trailer..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2XmLcnYSwQ

That music seems to work with the images, playing that gif looped on half screen.