Judge Dredd
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The first trailer for the new movie is up. I don't have much in the way of familiarity with the source material so I'm not really entirely sure what I'm looking at here. Kind of interested to hear what the fans think of it all.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/21/full-trailer-for-the-new-judge-dredd-movie/
So, uh... does it look good?
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/21/full-trailer-for-the-new-judge-dredd-movie/
So, uh... does it look good?
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like:
- keeps his helmet on
- use of the lawgiver's modes, looks cool
- pretty gritty looking, interesting to see a less shiny version of the world than the last movie
things I dislike:
- redesign of Megacity 1 into a bunch of big square towers. The halls of justice are just another square building with a neon sign??
- the uniform redesign. I guess they're trying to imagine it as more realistic but imo they went straight into 'unremarkable' territory. lawmaster also kinda hmm..
- the transformers/generic modern action movie whippiptywhippitywhippity sound as the lawmasters ride in
- trailer's inception bwaaaawm..
I guess those last two sound pretty minor but I just hope it doesn't try to copy too much from other sources and has some clout of its own. I guess as a Dredd fan my reaction is cautious optimism, definitely not 'Hells yeah!!'
edit: although gotta say the gunfighty bits look nice and meaty..
Its hard to say from a trailer, but it looks better than the Sylvester crap.
What is up with his bike, they basically did his bike in Batman Dark Knight, why didnt they just copy that with some adjustements.
because he's part of the inspiration for Judge Dredd
This looks fucking awesome
Raid Redemption? Yes I thought so as well.
And Yes he does look small.
Copy right sir. You know what fans do to people who copy shit from one place to another and make few adjustments thinking of their selves as if they made a smart move right?
aesir: exactly! space is in short supply, there's only a finite area of build-able space inside the megacity walls so they built miles upwards into the sky (in all kinds of cool domed and angular architecture) Why remove such a cool aspect of the universe..
this is megacity one:
edit:
was digging around, it looks like this might be a bit of very early concept art for the movie (possibly):
now *that* is the silhouette of a Judge! I don't mind them adding a bit of body armour to the whole ensemble as it does make sense, but the redesign looks downright plain in comparison to the source
These fan made suits are better IMO.
It doesn't look like a hive city, which is what it should be.
I dislike the motorcycle design.
I dislike the uniform.
The story however is a good one and fits within the mythos...having a woman villain in a male dominated law-based world is something for the Tropes thread though.
hmm, maybe I misunderstood his straightforward post. =\ I thought he meant that they made the bike in Batman Dark Knight, why not copy that for this movie and make adjustments. :poly122:
The production for Dredd even got to see one of those suits up close, as they invited the team at Judge Minty to show them, so they could could see what works when you do a faithful comic to reality translation of a judge's uniform.
I am disappointed by the look of Mega City One in the trailer, so I just going to have to hope Urban does Dredd justice in his actions. With so much taking place in Mama's tower, I hope I can forget about MC1 being wrong beyond those walls.
Urban has too much a kissy babyface and he just can't look angry. He kind of looks like a sad toddler that got his candy stolen:
That is basically what I meant. I remember when they made the previous Judge Dredd movie their reason for the bike looking like it did was because they couldnt get the big fat tires to work. Batman made it work and looks most similar to his Lawmaster. Just need to add a new chassis on to the Bat bike.
I dont know about copyrights and whatever. Batman copied the fat tires from Dredd so its all even. I didnt think ideas like that were even copyrightable, change it enough its fine surely.
I like this Dredd.
geezeer playing looks a bit small though
Oh god you just made me remember Rob Schneider was in Judge Dredd... son of a bitch... I had almost forgot.
This is how I'd like dredd to look. Old, beat up and badass.
But the thing is. The Helmet and the chin are Dredd's main characteristic. Its what make Dredd, Dredd. He's a big guy. You have to admit that this actor just doesn't look right in the helmet. If I knew nothing about Dredd I might think it looks alright, but then I might not be interested in the movie if I wasn't a fan of Dredd. This film should cater to fans.
BTW, there is nothing wrong with Retro. Everything else in the world is trying to be retro. I wish Movies were brave enough to be more like the movies they constantly remake. Conan remake was terrible...
EDIT: actually. The Dalek design wasn't even updated, all they did was make them fly.
agreed. this sort of reminded me of space balls
either smaller helmet to compensate for the smaller actor or needs a beefy actor like dwayne johnson
Except that wasn't a remake of the Schwarzenegger Conan, it was based on the original novels and followed them more closely.
+1 for Perlman as Dredd next time.
Things right in the movie:
Vehicle design and environments
Costume design
Over the top 90's macho-ness (Cartoon action)
Lawgiver having different functions
ABC Warrior
Angel Family
Max Von Sydow
Things wrong with that movie:
Lawmasters shouldn't fly
Stallone should have kept the helmet on
Rob Schneider
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Actually, when I first heard about the new version. I was kinda expecting/hoping for an even more "fantastical" movie. With mutants and especially Judge Death. This new version looks like another fantasy concept were the movie makers are trying to make it more "realistic" so that the audience can relate to it. I hate it when they do that!
Really dont get why its flopping in the US, just a damn good action film in a gritty dystopian future.
As a long time fan i have very few complaints.
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The visuals also stood out, the entire motif of broken world and drugs being the only moment of happiness, with the movements of colorful visuals and the rest of the drape feeling (without really muting the colors BTW) made it stand out some bit when compared to it's angtsy counter-parts (even Batman used the Cyan suppression Hues with Oranges to make things pop).
I find it strange people are able to makes excuses for Transformers when it butchers everything from storyline, characters, CGI to cunty shots, yet the new Judge Dredd does something abit different while still coming ontop in the 'movie' department in terms of characters and story gets knuckled down on.
It's like having a game that is sound mechanically, yet you shit on just because they graphics don't have Tesselation and the Specular's don't support a Fresnel.
Dredd acted like Dredd, kept the helmet on, and there were some pretty cool action scenes. Plus using the slo-mo plot device made for some very cool looking scenes.
I've also been hearing a lot of comparisons to the indonesian action film The Raid. Fairly similar premise and setting I suppose. Both great action films though.
saw it last week and thought it was fucking awesome. really cool lighting and sets, given it was made for like 45 mill its pretty rad!