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"Max the tech trying to figure out how to explode a lawgiver without killing the actor using it!"

Less CGI = good.

Agreed!  Even some stop frame animation still comes over better than certain CGI effects, and you just can't beat a good old fashioned REAL explosion!

The best example is The Thing where the original had effects that were far better than the CGI in the sequel made some 20 years later.

The first series had some interesting ideas which weren't executed particularly well, didn't do much of interest and ended abruptly.

The second series was a horrible mess.

I wouldn't say no to more because the core concept is a good one, but it'd need a complete overhaul to work well.

The second series suffered badly from the weak artwork, which at the end was the very definition of sketchy (it looked like the artist had literally run out of time).As you say the core concept is still solid, with a bit of thought and inspiration this could be great.

Recently re-read this excellent series and would love to see it return.

It had great characters and wit about it and a very interesting premise.The series did have 'kind of' an ending ,but left so many questions still open that there would be a lots more options to explore.It's always seemed a waste to me that this was so short-lived.Just a nudge to the powers that be -

Dredd: simply amazing. The scenes with the infected cit being "offered" suicide pills was bone-chilling, likewise the execution of the girl trying to surrender. You suddenly realise, as you watch events like this unfold, that everything the judges do - every lawbreaker shot, every plague victim executed - is contributing to the Sovs' overall plan. Mega City One might survive, but it's heart - never that healthy at the best of times - will have been ripped out and torn to shreds.

The question on my mind now is: what can go wrong next? Things appear to be looking up a bit: as long as the uninfected cits can be kept in the safe blocks until the virus loses its potency, then the Judges might be able to get on top of things and have something of a city left to work with.[/spoiler] Yet the sneckin' Day of Chaos isn't even here yet! What the hell is going to go wrong now??

Well put.It is chilling.There seems to be only one issue now -survival and if you impede that in any way- well, you're gone as far as the judges are now concerned.Their backs are against the wall and it's still BEFORE chaos day?!What next?

You're right 'cheap' was the wrong word to use, 'not too expensive' is closer to what I meant.District 9 is an excellent film, whilst Avatar, as SBT says, just looked like a video game or disney pic and I'd never want to see again let alone watch a sequel.

Pesky missing edit function -I was refering to the rumour mill in that story.

District 9 looked cheap but was still a great film.I'll trust John Wagner's recommendation.

From JDMN:
One (2nd-hand) tweet, post-Cannes, probably referring to The Wagner Quibble;

Robbie Collin ‏@robbiereviews

Heard some early word on the new JUDGE DREDD film from a secret Cannes market screening. Apparently it "doesn't look very expensive".

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DR & Quinch 'Mind the Oranges Marlon' 

Well that screening was for investors, so maybe they have a vested interest in whether they can see their money, rather than if the film an engaging story told well...

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All I can say is that DREDD and KILLING ME SOFTLY are the only September releases that haven't released a trailer or a teaser. And no, September isn't filled with MEGABUDGET movies. I'd also say if it's less than two months before September 21st and there isn't a trailer, be worried because the movie will probably be pushed back. Releasing your first trailer and starting your advertising with less than two months to go rarely ever happens.

Movie's done.. Finished.. It's a question of duplication for distribution and marketing now. If anything the release date is the most accurate thing Wu know about it.

Release date is Sept 7th 

Well the short Sharpe shock tactic of promoting the movie better capture the attention of the big buck cinema goers in the US otherwise this  will bomb badly.  Two to three weeks is laughable.  Cinema goers will still be discussing the big events of the summer block busters to notice this short Sharpe promo campaign.

What he says -but without the spelling mistakes 

Well the proof will ,in the end ,be in the pudding.If the film is great and does poorly at the box office, then blame can rightly be placed at those marketing it.I disagree with what they have done so far, which is almost zero, but if they come up with a great late campaign that pulls it up ,creating lots of media interest and generates good box office, then fair play to them.

I'll see it numerous times ,good or bad, just to support it and hope it gets a sequel.John Wagner's recommendation is mustard and the best PR to date.It is a pity about the vehicles, which do look terrible, lets make no bones about it -great vehicles have been the a big part of too many films to mention so would have been a big help.As they are a small part of the movie, hopefully it won't mar the film -if we see a Lawmaster 'chasing' a beaten up old van though that will really jar for me.We'll see.

Never eat cheese before bedtime 

I think there are a couple of clues in the title 

Exactly -but if they keep going it won't be long before it's 'Judge Dredd Megazine with special guest appearance by Judge Dredd'

My hope is Dredd will do a Hellboy. If it can rake in ~$70m, it'll be laughing. My hope is it doesn't do a Serenity—or worse.

Didn't Serenity have massive DVD sales, enough to warrant a sequel, but it didn't happen anyway?

Reading that article was interesting.I thought the gap between 2D and 3D wasn't that big anymore in terms of raising interest in a particular film ,but apparently it is.Also 3D ticket prices make a big difference in terms of generating revenue -I thought that was marginal ,and cancelled out largely anyway by the fact that fewer cinemas could show a 3D film.This bodes well for the Dredd film then.

Would be great to see Lenny Zero or Low Life in the Meg and even better to see ,as Radiator suggested, an extra long episode of Dredd each week.Just feeling a little short-changed at the moment ,at almost £6 ,the Judge Dredd Megazine is not doing'as it says on the tin' so to speak.Stories need to be more closely aligned to Dredds world.

There a lots of divisions within Justice Dept that could do with a higher profile eg Exorcist Division so maybe start there....

[Dredd]

Sixty-four pages and only 10 containing Dredd as a strip and two as prose.When Anderson is present or strips like the excellent  Insurrection or Koburn it's not so bad ,but the meat is really thin on the bone right now.

Dredd Simply awful.Simon Spurrier is absolutely brilliant, BUT ,just like Alan Grant just can't write Dredd
Samizdat Squad Absolutely dire.Cannot believe they have commissioned more of this dross.
HondoAs soon as I saw Hondo-cit, I thought science gone mad, greedy corporations, yakuza and genetic monsters and what do you know, it hit all the marks.In other words, nothing original.Hondo is an very interesting setting ,but it needs more depth and more characters,than constantly retreading these same themes, which have already successfully been covered in the past.

Snapshot The highlight of the prog.Thin on story but very well executed.

Which brings me back to my original point.If you are looking for an extra hit of Dredd each month , the Judge Dredd Megazine is on very thin rations right now.More stories with a closer link to Dredds world please (and for Gruds sake please reconsider and don't bring American Reaper back!)