Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
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Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
I'm coming at the movie knowing very very little about the comic books.
But the other thing is, I had a friend who was real into the Judge Dredd comics, and really was sour on the Stallone version. I never got ask him exactly why, because he passed away, but I now wish we had had that conversation.
Oh, and hi everybody. I haven't posted on here in quite a while. It's almost interesting to see what's new.
But the other thing is, I had a friend who was real into the Judge Dredd comics, and really was sour on the Stallone version. I never got ask him exactly why, because he passed away, but I now wish we had had that conversation.
Oh, and hi everybody. I haven't posted on here in quite a while. It's almost interesting to see what's new.
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
I like the movie as well. Seen it maybe 4-5 times
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
I've seen it twice so far. It's on Prime Video here right now. I've considered watching it again but haven't found the time to do it.
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
It seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11:30 pm I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.
I thought.
I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.
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Agreed. And good question.Oxmyx wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:13:45 amIt seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11:30 pm I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.
I thought.
I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
Good points, I have never read the comics either. We will await answers!Oxmyx wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:13:45 amIt seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11:30 pm I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.
I thought.
I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.
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Re: Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?
It's a good action/sci-fi movie but not much else. Overall it's a more an action/sci-fi movie that has owes a lot of it's story of Dredd and Anderson fighting through a skyscraper filled with crooks to the film The Raid and even Die Hard 1 than anything else.
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