Dredd Suggestions

[vzzbux]

Tharg is real.

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[Gavin_Leahy_Block]

If Tharg isn't real then who edits 2000ad?

[JOE SOAP]

If Tharg isn't real then who edits 2000ad?

Starlord & Max the Computer.

[hlm2]

if dredd is close to dying maybe they'll make him a stooky user!

[hlm2]

Tharg is not a film director, he's also not real.

Prove that Tharg is not real

[James Stacey]

if dredd is close to dying maybe they'll make him a stooky user!

Can't remember which story it was but there was a rumour in the Justice Department that certain senior judges were permitted Stooky. The general consensus was that Dredd would never take it though.

[The Legendary Shark]

Can't remember which story it was but there was a rumour in the Justice Department that certain senior judges were permitted Stooky. The general consensus was that Dredd would never take it though.

Maybe they give him secret injections during his medicals...

[Colin YNWA]

Can't remember which story it was but there was a rumour in the Justice Department that certain senior judges were permitted Stooky. The general consensus was that Dredd would never take it though.

Maybe they give him secret injections during his medicals...

This was an option I always thought they had open to them as a get out. Drop him into vat of special Stooky juice and see how he comes out. I don't think they'll have the Justice Department inject him which I think they would try if it wasn't an impractical solution. As soon as Dredd found out he'd want it stopping as stooky glanding is illegal and its a hard thing to mask and would therefore only be a short term solution at best.

Its all a bit like when Russel T Davis dismissed the worries and specualation from fans about what happens to Doctor Who after this 12 regeneration when he said something along the lines of 'He'll find the crystal of zarg and that'll give him 12 more. In sic fi this sort of thing isn't really a problem.

That said a bit of me thinks they might 'kill off' the original Dredd as and when Wagner retires and introduce a new clone or some such?

[mygrimmbrother]

'Course it is possible that a judicial civil war is on the cards as Joe keeps pushing reform as per Fargo's request: Dredd, Hershey and the young 'uns versus the old guard while the city burns, it'd be a fun way to go if it has to be 'epic'.

CIVIL WAR! CIVIL WAR! CIVIL WAR!

This needs to happen. Best. Epic. Ever.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

'Course it is possible that a judicial civil war is on the cards as Joe keeps pushing reform as per Fargo's request: Dredd, Hershey and the young 'uns versus the old guard while the city burns, it'd be a fun way to go if it has to be 'epic'.

CIVIL WAR! CIVIL WAR! CIVIL WAR!

This needs to happen. Best. Epic. Ever.

& the ultimate logical extrapolation of the events set in motion in Insurrection.

Gwan Thargbebe, you know it makes sense.

[Mike Gloady]

Don't get me wrong, I love Joe Dredd.  I don't want him to die.  But since we're doing the whole "ageing in real time" thingy then it sort of stands to reason that he will.  Eventually.

Before that happens though, what with it being the uberfuture, there's nothing to say that drugs and rejuve treatments can't mean another 5-10 years of service, albeit in a less active role.  Then he should be killed.  Outright and irrevocably.  My personal choice would be a heroic death - not saving the world from the latest comedy alien nemesis or Judge Death's mum, but taking a bullet intended for a citizen or a colleague.  That would be entirely in character and not diminish him in the slightest.

Then Rico, Giant and all the others continue in a Taggart way.  Rico obviously taking the lead and, maybe, the badge.  If it's done by a writer/writers who know the character (i.e. not Millar) and can write him in their sleep (the OBVIOUS choice would be Wagner, maybe as his swansong?) then I've every confidence Joe's last tale could be his best.

[pauljholden]

Why not just pause the year - or at least never refer to it again, is there really any need for the entire thing to run in "real" time ? That way you never have to worry about Dredd and you can still tap into that continuity if you want to...

-pj

[JayzusB.Christ]

Wouldn't be up for that myself - the real-time thing is part of what makes Dredd unique.  Tharg and John will sort it out. They just will.

[DavidXBrunt]

That would be one way of dealing with it but I think you'd lose more than you gained.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

How about extending the lifespan of the strip by adopting decompressed storytelling? That way we could get a mega-epic out of Dredd extricating a wedgie.