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TV Series spin off can cover everything, it'll jar with the movie continuity of course but you can't have everything...

Isn't this the Conservatory of Dredd...?

Repeat subscribers already get presents, most in the UK subscribe surely???

Rebellion are a profit making company, enticing and encouraging new readers is key.

I have Twitter on my phone so I guess my opinion might be a little different to those that can't access it at all at work. That said, I am busy at work so I have missed the giveaways so far... So maybe my view is no different to what it would be if I had no access at work...

Plus - there is a competition already on the Forum that isn't on Twitter or Facebook http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,35279.0.html

Of course... I want free stuff too and would be very happy to get it through the Forum or however.

Greetings!

Over on the Play Dredd Forum I'm offering up a new game starting on 26th February.

Anyone interested in checking it out are more than welcome.  There are rules involved in such a thing but they'll be easy to follow.  Lurkers always welcome but more fun if people join in the action.

I'm offering two suggestions for plot, a poll is up for people to decide what they would prefer (I will go with majority of signed up members of Play Dredd in the case of any tie).

http://playdredd.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pbfplayers&thread=123&page=1

This is from the 35th Birthday competition. My offering to celebrate 2000AD's birthday on behalf of Play Dredd.

All welcome to join the fun or just lurk.

I can totally understand the 'Do it like the comic or don't bother' but there are aspects of Death which would look a bit hokey on film (even more so in the DNA world)

Yes, I agree with that. Not many are saying that Nolan shouldn't make any more Batman films because he deviates from the source material (no aliens, nothing supernatural, no Robin or Batgirl etc etc). It's perfectly possible to remain faithful to the spirit of the comics while doing your own thing with it - the 'like the comics or nothing' brigade seem quite naive/blinkered to me.

Could possibly have subliminal flashes of something closer to the comic death when he takes someone over...

Yeah, I thought perhaps something similar to how the Scarecrow gas works visually in Batman Begins - the character of Death psychically projects an image which looks closer to the comic version of the character. They could do some really cool Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin style visuals with it.

I've said many times... earlier in this thread I am sure as well as today...  I don't particularly want Judge Death...  You are preaching to the choir not convincing me.  You don't seem to be reading the full intent of my posts.

Same here - personally I think there's far more interesting avenues to explore than the Judge Death storyline, but

a) He's by far Dredd's most famous villain - he's basically Joker to Dredd's Batman for better or worse.

b) That seems to be the direction they're going in, so I'm just specualting as to how they might do it.

Well put throughout, Radiator.

And your final point is exactly why I post about the possibility of Death being in. My preference would be - don't use Judge Death in Judge Dredd.  However Judge Death as a spin off, never used in the Dredd titles, that works.  They can do it anywhere between Gritty and Wacky.

Not even during my record breaking THREE consecutive bouts of tonsilitis last year, which were also coincidentally during my two weeks holiday...

It may be different in your jurisdiction, and more importantly the practices in your specific job, but here (RoI) if you get illness certified by a doctor sick days during your annual leave do not count against your statutory leave entitlement.  Just mentioning it because the situation sounds really shite...

It is indeed the same for over in Great Britain, I assume same in NI for any interested, but there are some different rules here and there throughout the UK.

Of course many employers have rules regarding sickness absence that make people prefer not to say they were sick will off.

Can see those working.

Of course the best way to go might be original! Write stories that simply fit the character and setting. That is easy.

A film version would clearly have to drop something... No film adaptation is likely to ever be completely loyal to source.  But the basics need to be there or it is pointless.  So yeah, uniform isn't essential.  But a possesiony spirit thing is.  But spirits don't fit into 'gritty realism' in the first place for most people.

Judge Dredd is a niche market anyway. Having Judge Death is only going to appeal to 2000ad fans, a general audience would find it a bit too avant garde if not downright silly for Dredd to be chasing apparitions for two hours. Like I've said, Radiator's was the best idea - conflate the characters Judge Cal and Judge Death into one. Add in the themes of power, madness and mass murder, something a general audience can believe in.

I've said many times... earlier in this thread I am sure as well as today...  I don't particularly want Judge Death...  You are preaching to the choir not convincing me.  You don't seem to be reading the full intent of my posts.

I'm being cautionary saying 'not before 3' not saying 'Oh boy I want Death in 3!!!' - Can't see how that meaning could even be read into what I've said.

Eagerly anticipating new Lego Pics!!!

If they think they won't make it. Simple.  I'm not saying they have to do it, just that if they don't respect the source material simply don't use the character.

I don't particularly want a film with Judge Death in.  I want it less if it isn't done right.

It's too over the top for the big screen BatKing.

Why? Things like Suckerpunch get made.

And many other films...

I just hope that if that's what they do, they don't start piling on the villains a la Spiderman.. That ruins it.

Fully agree, that is exactly why I wouldn't want it in the next film. Just some naughty Cits or Mutants or Rico, etc.

I'd rather see a film version of Cursed Earth to Judge Death (unless it was a spin off and they can do Death fully hardcore Deathy).  Obviously a Cursed Earth film would have almost none of the comic version in - or it would be 26 films long...  But plot that would work:
Bio-plague released in Mega City 2 by terrorists.
Dredd leads a rescue mission.
Spikes Harvey Rotten (who was in Film 2... lol) is recruited as a guide.
Meet Tweak - Alien Slavers.
Attacked by wardroids from Judges Vs President.

An undead dimension hopper? It would be like Dredd meets Dr Who meets flesheating zombies. Good on paper, difficult to pull off on the big screen without it looking like a Mel Brooks production.

But that is what he is.  Do, or do not.  No point rewriting Death as anything else.  If they don't think it will work I'd rather they never touched on Judge Death at all.

That would make a film that has lots of elements from the original but remains possible in a real world, so long as it has homicidal robots & aliens.

Over on the Play Dredd Forum I'm offering up a new game starting on 26th February.

Anyone interested in checking it out are more than welcome.  There are rules involved in such a thing but they'll be easy to follow.  Lurkers always welcome but more fun if people join in the action.

I'm offering two suggestions for plot, a poll is up for people to decide what they would prefer (I will go with majority of signed up members of Play Dredd in the case of any tie).

http://playdredd.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pbfplayers&thread=123&page=1

No reason this film can't go for gritty realism and a later one have an undead dimension hopper in it.

If Death ever is in a sequel I want him to be as per the comic.  An undead dimension hopping nutter.  I don't want to see him in the first sequel, Dredd 3 or later.

Two or mor films after bring him back with his buddies - or (getting way ahead of myself) a Judge Death spin off.

Tis true, anyone with decent scripting skillage could indeed do a Flash game...  No skill here, not offering...