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I think it's time to declare this sudden and unfortunate out-break of  egg-punnery officially
ova*.


*Pardon my french, but an oeuf is an oeuf!

/coat.

[Columbo impersonation] When you get older y'might not mind so much[/Columbo impersonation]
Also from the DVD extras I found out that Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school; this is the most amazing cultural fact I know.

My Dad asked me what do they put in food that makes it organic.

... had my first audition for a musical theatre company on Monday. Haven't heard from them yet, but fingers crossed...

Well done you, and best of luck!

Tragic tale; couldn't help chuckling though.

I'm with Fr Ted on this one;
"They ALL have lovely bottoms!"

there is no set in stone standard of how Dredd should look or act

I have to agree on 'look'* but I do think how he 'acts' shouldn't deviate too much from the character established: otherwise what's the point?



*the almost anarchically different approach of each individual artist is one facet of the strip I've always enjoyed .

Me with the leather jacket & 'tash.

I do acting.

So what if there are other fan films out there?  The more the merrier, I say.  Whether or not they turn out cinema-quality I'm going to watch them all, and fair play to everyone who's giving it a shot.

^this^

Wow! Ta, Sauchie!

What was the name of that british kids sci-fi show where the Grandad was a punk-rocker (cos it was the future)?

Glad you're enjoying the debate, Dr.
(me too, contrary standpoints are often the most informative).
But you must admit that all of your arguments are handicapped to a certain degree by the fact you didn't watch it!
As for being offended, well we're all offended by different things so it's difficult to talk about in any meaningful way; to my mind, the film stuck so very closely to the spirit of the strip in action and characterisation that I find myself wondering if it is simply the medium that offends;
I wonder is it that a splash of black ink and an "AAAAAARGH!" is just more tolerable in an abstract 2d panel of your childhood and only becomes 'offensive' when depicted in realistic colour, bone-crunching sound and actual movement?

After all, Dredd has been killing and maiming folk, week-in, week-out in a variety of spectacular ways, pretty much since his inception; even the family-fun scenarios you suggest in your original post all involved violent death at some stage, for certain individuals.

I guess what I'm asking is, if darkness, and violence and death leave such a bad taste in your mouth then what on earth do you think you've been reading all these years? Or is it that such violent situations simply lose their offensiveness to you when depicted in the funny papers, and ,if so, then regardless of how cerebral you dont find it-  this film  seems to have taught you something.

*raises vulcan eyebrow*
Fascinating.

1. Bob Molesworth: Mongol
2. LARF1:  Sov Mechanismo
3. chris-askham: Hammerstein

Honorable Mention-  Colin_YNWA: Snow-Jaws