dredd...

[VinceFox]

[Halb]

After the last one, which was a complete bag of wk, it is difficult to get excited.
No doubt we'll get another Hollywood 're-envisioning' of the story 'because some elements don't work.'

[VinceFox]

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.


don't think the casting is even close to being right.

[TheHeretic]

Hopefully it will be darker, and more 'batman-esque' than the Stallone version. He took his helmet off... His frikkin helmet! Boooo. A Dredd film done right could be utterly butterly. I'm still harboring hopes of a 'Judgement on Gotham' film!

[TheHeretic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWoJgDk60Y

[SWoll]

VinceFox said:

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.


don't think the casting is even close to being right.

Dont see a problem with Karl Urban myself. Why the negativity? Any other suggestions?

[VinceFox]

SWoll said:

VinceFox said:

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.


don't think the casting is even close to being right.

Dont see a problem with Karl Urban myself. Why the negativity? Any other suggestions?

too young, too slim, too pretty.


i'm going to eat st for this, but statham would have been a better choice.

[Halb]

VinceFox said:

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.
don't think the casting is even close to being right.

I don't know anything about it...and I am not sure I want to!!

TheHeretic said:

Hopefully it will be darker, and more 'batman-esque' than the Stallone version. He took his helmet off... His frikkin helmet! Boooo. A Dredd film done right could be utterly butterly. I'm still harboring hopes of a 'Judgement on Gotham' film!

Exactly, the standard knee-jerk reaction of the uncreative suit in Hollywood would be, 'but you can't have the hero not remove his helmet for the whole film.'
Of course you can! Just write it right, shoot it right, direct it right and a creative director and writer can work wonders!
Another classic example of taking a world famous character and then immediately doing away with the one iconic image he is renown for!

[Pixel Pusher]

VinceFox said:

don't think the casting is even close to being right.

Mind you, it's not like they've got a tough act to follow.

I remember Fergee, (the self titled, king of the Undercity) in the books as being some big lunk who gave Dredd a bit of a hiding.

Not this prick.

[DrTre]

Halb said:

Exactly, the standard knee-jerk reaction of the uncreative suit in Hollywood would be, 'but you can't have the hero not remove his helmet for the whole film.'
Of course you can! Just write it right, shoot it right, direct it right and a creative director and writer can work wonders!
Another classic example of taking a world famous character and then immediately doing away with the one iconic image he is renown for!

Thought the story was Stallone didn't want to be in it unless he was allowed to take the helmet off?

Hope this is as good as it could be.

JD did have one redeeming feature: Diane Lane.

[SWoll]

VinceFox said:

SWoll said:

VinceFox said:

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.


don't think the casting is even close to being right.

Dont see a problem with Karl Urban myself. Why the negativity? Any other suggestions?

too young, too slim, too pretty.


i'm going to eat st for this, but statham would have been a better choice.

Too short, cant act, bad accent.

I think KU is a decent choice personally. Hes 40, so a good age for the role IMO, hes not a muscleman but is a decent size and when youre only going to see his chin I dont think him being pretty is much of a problem TBH.

[Oakey]

And Armand Assante was a pretty good villain, and don't forget the ABC robot, that'll be CGI these days.

[FourWheelDrift]

R rated so not a Hollywood comedy, at least.

Photos here

http://www.denofgeek.com/pictures/5533/new-picture...
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dredd/21594/brand-...

If anything his helmet looks too big, or he doesn't fill it properly. Looks a little odd either way.

[Famous Graham]

SWoll said:

VinceFox said:

SWoll said:

VinceFox said:

i'm a bit worried about this one, halb.


don't think the casting is even close to being right.

Dont see a problem with Karl Urban myself. Why the negativity? Any other suggestions?

too young, too slim, too pretty.


i'm going to eat st for this, but statham would have been a better choice.

Too short, cant act, bad accent.

I think KU is a decent choice personally. Hes 40, so a good age for the role IMO, hes not a muscleman but is a decent size and when youre only going to see his chin I dont think him being pretty is much of a problem TBH.

Besides, Dredd wasn't particularly musclebound anyway. Ezquerra (*the* chin on that man ) and Bisley had him toned but not over the top. Some other artists had him as downright wirey.

[Famous Graham]

FourWheelDrift said:

R rated so not a Hollywood comedy, at least.

Photos here

http://www.denofgeek.com/pictures/5533/new-picture...
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dredd/21594/brand-...

If anything his helmet looks too big, or he doesn't fill it properly.

Urgh, that uniform looks terrible. Looks more like body armour than a suit with pads. I know that makes sense from a rational point of view, but not canon.

[Rick_1138]

I'm actually looking forward to this, I liked the 95 film, well bits of it, the story was good, mega city looked amazing, the costume was good and the lawmaster was cool, and the ABC robot!!!,

However Stallone wasn't the best and the helmet coming off was unforgivable, I feel this is a more down to earth grimy version akin to the original 70's and 80's pulp novels, which I am reading in the collected versions ATM.

Bring on September.

[Zaxxon]

FourWheelDrift said:

R rated so not a Hollywood comedy, at least.

Photos here

http://www.denofgeek.com/pictures/5533/new-picture...
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dredd/21594/brand-...

If anything his helmet looks too big, or he doesn't fill it properly. Looks a little odd either way.

Looks like Dark Helmet from Spaceballs.

[FourWheelDrift]

[Rick_1138]

FourWheelDrift said:

Hahaha I love that film.

...HOT!!.....toooo hot!!

[Halb]

Famous Graham said:

Besides, Dredd wasn't particularly musclebound anyway. Ezquerra (*the* chin on that man ) and Bisley had him toned but not over the top. Some other artists had him as downright wirey.

I always thought Rutger Hauer was a good physical match for Dredd. Some of those old stories he looks like a spindle spider.

This guy has the jaw, easy.