FIRST LAWMASTER PIC FROM DREDD!

[Cthulouis]

I wonder if this has been designed to look like the centre of a judge helmet from the front: the "tick" on the bottom half being one half of the nose piece, the bulky bit at the top being the lead in to the respirator.

[Steve Green]

Yeah, I guess so.

Not a fan of that in the comic either, really.

E.g. Manta tanks.

[doggettX]

I like it and I guess I'm in the minority here, but I wish the back was built up a bit more to match the front.

I alo assume thats a stunt driver and not Dredd. The shoulder pad looks good though. 

[JOE SOAP]

I wonder if this has been designed to look like the centre of a judge helmet from the front: the "tick" on the bottom half being one half of the nose piece, the bulky bit at the top being the lead in to the respirator.

They are trying to give it cohesion and that's fine, it's just the bulk at the top is incongruent with the small handlebars and the back of the bike otherwise it's fine.

[Peter Wolf]

It does seem like a weird compromise between sitting back like a harley, but the design seems to emphasise that it would be better to be crouched forward.

With the handlebars in that position it looks similar to a Harley except you cant lean back when you ride it and the handlebars look to far back to lean or lie forwards like you would on a racing bike and apart from the longer wheelbase it looks like it is built for speed yet you would not be able to ride that bike at high speed very well at all.

Its a bit of an odd arrangement which is the main reason for my dislike of it rather than the design of it in general.If it was designed with the riding position of a racing bike then i would be a lot happier with it as the fairing isnt all that bad [although i dont like the fact there is no space inside the fairing] as the design does kind of work once you get used to it as it does work as a piece of futuristic design.

The handlebars extending out of a hole in the top of the fairing is a No No from a design point of view as it makes me think that there should be a coin slot on the side of the bike.

[SmallBlueThing]

No, no, no.

It's a motorbike with a box shoved on the front, ridden by a wrestler from 1975. Oh good grud.

SBT

[JOE SOAP]

No hyperbolic exaggerations please.

[radiator]

It does seem like a weird compromise between sitting back like a harley, but the design seems to emphasise that it would be better to be crouched forward.

The more I look at it, the more I think that in the movie Dredd won't actually ride the bike sitting upright like that - perhaps there are some other handlebars that we can't see in this shot? It would look a lot cooler and sleeker if he were riding it Tron-style.

As for the other comments about the design; context, people, context. Any prop would look a bit ropey if shot in that unflattering way - I'm sure in the film it will look shit hot.

[Steve Green]

1976?

[DKCX]

hhmm...kinda agree with others, too much going on in the front end...but I'm starting to believe the "Gritty" Mega City 1 Urban Nightmare setting.
Thought it would end being a type of TRON type bike that the driver could bend forward for high speed pursuits.
Hope it looks better from the front. Uniform looks great to me despite the bulkiness prob due to stunt padding.
Security asleep on the job again.....well done IMG for protecting your property...I'm afraid others will definately slant the film after this shot.

[JOE SOAP]

perhaps there are some other handlebars that we can't see in this shot?

Crypto-handlebars, whoever would have thunk it?

I like it, a lot better than the Stallone scooters.

[willthemightyW]

I don't hate it, I don't love it. It looks good, you wouldn't sit down and watch the movie knowing nothing of the comics and say 'wow that looks really out of place and stupid'. But it doesn't have some of the distinctive features that most artists gave the lawmaster. And after reading the first few pages of the script, given the description of the bike included, I expected it to be more 'fat wheeled'. That is possibly the thing about it that dissapoints me the most but hey, I don't mind too much. It looks good.

[Beeks]

Looking at it a few times now and I think I would be quite happy with it if it had big chunky handlebars

[Steve Green]

It does seem like a weird compromise between sitting back like a harley, but the design seems to emphasise that it would be better to be crouched forward.

The more I look at it, the more I think that in the movie Dredd won't actually ride the bike sitting upright like that - perhaps there are some other handlebars that we can't see in this shot? It would look a lot cooler and sleeker if he were riding it Tron-style.

As for the other comments about the design; context, people, context. Any prop would look a bit ropey if shot in that unflattering way - I'm sure in the film it will look shit hot.

There's only so much they can do with it to make it look good. I'm just glad the majority of the film is indoors, judging by what the vehicles are looking like.

[DKCX]

http://twitpic.com/3rzuup
Another shot from the set just of the 3D VT setup.