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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2008 20:25:36 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 23, 2008 20:28:24 GMT
I'd like a good Judge Dredd film, other than robocop!
Someone on the tooth boards suggested Ron Perelman for Dredd. Now I'd get behind that.
Andy
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Post by legios on Dec 23, 2008 21:16:12 GMT
Pinch of salt duly taken. I wouldn't mind seeing a decent attempt at a Dredd film(as opposed to the attempt we have already had...) but it'll be a while before this can be treated as anything more than an aspiration/vapourware.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2009 12:11:41 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 21, 2012 9:42:20 GMT
replaced with HD version.
Andy
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Post by Hero on Jun 21, 2012 15:12:55 GMT
Could be good.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 21, 2012 18:40:42 GMT
Hmmm. I'm not seeing any 'also in 2D' description there. I am concerned.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 21, 2012 18:49:03 GMT
I am not hopeful of a lot of 2D showings, so will grimace and bear it and see it in 3D.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 21, 2012 18:56:21 GMT
I never give my patronage to 3D-only films. If a film company can't be arsed to release a film in 2D, then I can't be arsed to see it.
Crap trailer anyway. I'm not sure it was meant to be funny. Can't judge a final completed film from a trailer anyway, I have learned!
It also looks very, very similar to The Raid.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 21, 2012 19:44:15 GMT
Not really feeling that trailer to be honest. Ralph is bang on about it resembling The Raid, but without that films saving grace of unusual looking fight choreography.
Hmm. I shall wait to see if there are any 2D showings and then decide how I feel. If there aren't any 2D screenings then it will be a moot point as I won't be able to see it anyway.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 21, 2012 19:56:49 GMT
Let's all remember that Dredd was shot in 2010 so technically The Raid looks similar to it.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 21, 2012 20:10:52 GMT
Oh, I am fully aware of that, but it's still the reaction I got from it.
Can't see what the internet is raving about in that trailer. Looks like a very cheap straight-to-DVD-generic action flick with a dude in a silly helmet who can't talk properly. Honestly, I guffawed when he first spoke.
BUT!
I have seen a few films this year that had awful and misrepresentative trailers for films I really liked, ie War Horse: hated the trailer, really enjoyed the film.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 21, 2012 20:20:15 GMT
Indeed. One thing that going to the cinema more has taut me is that it isn't always that the trailers lie... It is more like they sometimes have a serious concussion and aren't quite on the same planet as the actual film. ("Silent House" is a good example there). I shall await the actual film and see what it is like - after all, with the Unlimited Card at my side the only thing that is likely to lead to me not seeing it would be a lack of showings.
Karl
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Post by Benn on Jun 23, 2012 8:41:00 GMT
I think I actually prefer the aesthetic of the Stallone movie. This doesn't scream Mega-City One at me... Apart from that, it's so far, so very generic action film.
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Post by blueshift on Aug 27, 2012 7:48:08 GMT
I didn't realise there was a new Judge Dredd film coming out!
...and the trailer makes it look suspiciously similar to The Raid: Redemption!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2012 9:48:35 GMT
The Raid was made first, but yes it looks like exactly the same film which I feel may hurt its chances.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Aug 27, 2012 9:59:41 GMT
The Raid was made first, but yes it looks like exactly the same film which I feel may hurt its chances. -Ralph Well yes, that's what I mean. I guess really restricting the setting is one way of doing a cheap-ish Dredd film though |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2012 10:21:47 GMT
It's a clever idea, but my reaction on seeing the trailer was to think: "Oh, it's The Raid again" and shrugged my shoulders and I've read Dredd on and off since the 80's. I wonder how general audiences are reacting to it!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2012 9:12:40 GMT
Off to see it today. In the meantime a new Weird Without End insipired by the film and the greatest panel in comic book history.  Andy |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 7, 2012 11:01:45 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2012 16:31:23 GMT
Saw it, loved it.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2012 16:38:27 GMT
Can't be arsed with it. Distributers can fuck off with their 3D release strategy.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2012 16:45:18 GMT
First time since they brought the gimmick back that I went to a 3D film.
Great stuff.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2012 17:04:20 GMT
Between the trailer and the lack of 2D showings locally I completely lost interest.
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 7, 2012 19:06:56 GMT
Ooh! There's a 2D showing in Glasgow we could g- oh wait.
Never mind.
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Post by Marc Graham on Sept 7, 2012 19:31:53 GMT
Glad there is a 2d showing in Derry, because my last 3d experience was awful. Glasses on top of glasses is generally a poor experience, in my book 3d just doesn't work well.
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Post by legios on Sept 7, 2012 20:07:33 GMT
Due to my known isues with 3D the only showing available to me in Scotland is the one in Glasgow, and it doesn't really suit my work etc schedule - unless it hangs on until the public holiday next weekend, which I strongly doubt, and I can fit it in around other things.
I am mostly resigned to renting it when it comes out on DVD. Ah well, I will be able to watch a couple of Street Judges deal with crime in the Megacity Sprawl whilst sprawled on my own couch.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2012 9:26:27 GMT
I will never see it. I'm not paying for a DVD to watch a film that should have been released properly in the cinema. I shall grab some Dredd audiobooks instead and keep enjoying 2000AD for my fix of The Law!
3D can fuck off. If it was that important to how films should be seen it would only be released in all media formats in 3D but oh wait there is always a 2D DVD. FUCK OFF!
Oh no! I am walking down the street! People are walking towards me in different planes! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DDDDDDDDDDDDD!
FUCK OFF!
This has been your regularly scheduled quarterly anti-3D rant. I now return you to your Dredd movie appreciation thread. Ahem.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2012 4:52:53 GMT
I've now seen Dredd twice in the cinema, in spite of my aversion to 3D.
3D nay-sayers are entirely correct to be scornful, as the 3D aspect really doesn't add anything to the movie. However, it's also not obtrusive or headache-inducing.
Moreover...
THIS FILM IS MUCKING BRILLIANT!
Speaking as a long term Dredd fan (I've been reading the lawman's adventures off and on since I was 10) I can honestly say this captured the character very well indeed.
Granted, it's not perfect. I have reservations about the look of Mega City 1, and I don't appreciate how real, gen-u-wine, make-yer-mother-blush swears have been used instead of the expected drokks and stomms. It could also have used a bit more punch in the pacing department. But those are about my only complaints, and they're easy to overlook.
Bottom line: THIS IS A COMIC BOOK MOVIE DONE RIGHT, a feat that's all the more laudable for having been accomplished on exactly HALF the budget of the diabolical Stallone Dredd. It's uncompromisingly brutal, loaded with excellent character moments and - 99% of the time - treats Dredd and Anderson respecrfully in a manner faithful to their comic book portrayals.
Haters gonna hate on this movie, sure, but I refuse to hear a bad word said about a movie that gives me Olivia Thirlby in a Judge's uniform.
Also - it ain't The Raid. And even if it WAS, it'd be made immediately better for having Dredd in it.
See my point? Good. Now SUCK ON IT!
Ay thankyaw.
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Post by Marc Graham on Sept 9, 2012 19:12:59 GMT
Saw the film today, it was okay, some good acting, not a hugely fascinating plot and there wasn't enough going on for me. Also showing shiny things in ultra-slow motion was boring 5 minutes into the film by the end I wanted to punch the director.
Not a terrible film, but not that good either.
Marc.
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