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Hey Ratty! Where's the pictures? I wanna see THE MAN's CHIN!

No. This one is beyond any of our control obviously. But we WILL influence whether they get to make another one if they F it up... by not buying tickets to see it! When is it supposed to be coming out? 2012? I doubt we'll see any images from it this year anyway.

I guess we should remember that unlike the previous effort (or lack of it), this time there appears to be a lot more consultation done with those in the know. I doubt Jock, Wagner or Urban would want to be involved with something which wavers too much from the original...

I'm starting to wonder about the helmet now... I'm thinking if anything changes with the helmet, it will be the X bit across the nose which gets deleted! And the pull down respirator/badge on the helmet... that is sure to go... or be given the morphing robotic treatment.

They need to get some pictures out fast before a block war breaks out!

Maybe when we see the helmet, we'll be wishing he kept it OFF for the entire movie!

I'm wondering if the eagle shoulder pad is the thing they'll change, or even get rid of... and the gloves and pads I'm thinking will be black. He might be keeping the helmet on, but I'd be interested to see what changes they'd make there.

Just ONE small photo of the uniform!!! Is that too much to ask for? It would put us all out of our misery... except of course those out there who just don't want to know until they're eating their popcorn and the lights are dimmed...  and have their 3D glasses on!

Which side of the planet are you on Mr 9.8?

Well, after watching the Attack of the Show Interview, I've changed my tune about Urban. Just looking at that fight scene with Willis has me thinking he could actually make a great Dredd! Perhaps with a modest budget, the movie may turn out better than a full on Hollywood job in a funny sort of way. I guess they HAVE TO make it work! The fact anyone is giving Dredd another go after the last disappointment suggests they are serious about getting it right. And Urban certainly appears to want it to be done properly.

Yeah but they didn't have the Dreddcodpiece too!!

 

yeah well, some Anderson nudity would certainly boost ticket sales! Particularly in 3D!!!

the Dreddcodpiece! As to the 3D thing.... it's as if the script has been written around the whole fact it is being filmed in 3D... with that slo mo and all. I'm sure it will look amazing, but it appears the story has been strung around the 3D effect.

I was a victim of the 90's thrill sucker invasion and didn't pick up a prog again until 2002. Dredd had become 'real and gritty'... and not as much fun in my opinion. I mean, I cant see Dredd ever going off planet again to different worlds. That off world jigsaw disease was far more imaginative than anything we have seen this century! In a few years this so called realistic sci-fi will look like boring old crap!

yeah, the script is fairly mediocre really... more like an episode from a tv series than an actual movie.

Well I keep hearing these comparisons to Shaun of the Dead, and District 9. I really enjoyed Shaun.... thought District 9 was a pile of crud though. However, apart from similar budgets, Dredd will have nothing original with a wide appeal like say Shaun did. It pains me to say it, but Dirty Harry in a Batman suit won't make loads of money. It needed Death in it to have some chance of making a dent on the box office. I really would like to think I'll be eating my words in a year or so, but I have a bad feeling about this. The script may have some realism to it.... a day in the life of.... but it is just too bland!

Ducking for cover....

.....after seeing those meat head wrestlers, I'm now really glad what's-his-name is playing dredd.

Yeah... I'm still unsure about him as Dredd. He will probably pass as a particular rendition of Dredd, but to me he isn't meaty enough to be a Jock type of Dredd.