Dredd:Blu Ray review

[Stan]

I'm still waiting for the next gimmick before I upgrade from DVD.

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Oooo, a whole ten minutes running time. Something tells me I won't be watching The Hobbit in this format.

[radiator]

Mind you, they keep saying the same thing about Firefly/Serenity, and I'm still waiting for that sequel... :-(

As I understand it, thanks to good DVD sales a Serenity 2 would be feasible now.... were it not for the fact that everyone involved is now busy with other projects.

Also worth noting that DVD sales and overall revenue from the home video market will only continue to fall in the coming years.

I think I've made my peace with the fact that there's never going to be a Dredd 2. 

It would be nice though, for the filmmakers to get the credit they deserve, and for the film to eventually make a tidy profit.

[Goaty]

I knew you are the fan of Stallone's Judge Dredd, Radiator!

[JOE SOAP]

I keep reading that it was Taken's DVD sales that green-lighted the sequel after unimpressive cinema box office.

Or rather its US box-office gross of $145 million and total worldwide gross of $223,882,072. It only cost $25 million to make. Cha-Ching.

Mind you, they keep saying the same thing about Firefly/Serenity, and I'm still waiting for that sequel... :-(

Serenity initially only made about $10 million in USDVD sales, good, but not so hot when compared to aother box-office dud, the Punisher, which earned $60 million in DVD and pushed it into sloppy-seconds.

Serenity presumably managed to break-even with steady sales over the years but it was never enough of a draw for sequelitis, much to the regret of many (or not).

[Stan]

If I recall correctly they killed half the cast anyway.

[Fisticuffs]

Yeah, it was pretty evident from the plot that Serenity was the final 'hurrah' and nobody expected to get a sequel. Still, I love it! (and Firefly).

[Goaty]

If I recall correctly they killed half the cast anyway.

Three.

[Stan]

Plus it probably didn't help that fans were suggesting people watch the series first..while Serenity was still in cinemas.

[Jim_Campbell]

Mind you, Joss Whedon's had a pretty quiet year -- he could probably do with a hit.

Cheers

Jim

[JOE SOAP]

He has a new project - Obscurity.

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

I have still got high hopes a sequel will happen. They must be doing quite well on the home video front to top the charts both on UK and US Amazon, and that was before it was out, plus it's got the rest of the world. Plus now with a much bigger fan base and the shadow of 95' eradicated, you can pretty much guarantee that a sequel would open better then this one.

[radiator]

I wouldn't hold your breath - DVD sales have saved many series that 'underperformed' (ie broke even or only made a small profit) theatrically, but its really rare for a film that tanked as badly as Dredd did to get a sequel under any circumstances. It really did absolutely appallingly at the box office no matter how you look at it - and must have made a huge loss for its distributors.

The sequel to Kick-Ass seemed very touch and go (and was only given the go-ahead two years later thanks to dvd sales) as the first one 'underperformed' - and it made three times what Dredd did at the cinema.

[JOE SOAP]

Dredd gets released in Hungarian theatres today, or yesterday.

[JOE SOAP]

Gues what's the No. 1 film download on iTunes:


http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/movies/

[radiator]

They should just release the damn thing in cinemas again! Think the word of mouth has finally sunk in and it'd probably do quite well now.