Showin' my Son Judge Dredd soon, whaddy think? by chrisisall

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Showin' my Son Judge Dredd soon, whaddy think?

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Saturday, April 17, 2010 03:42
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Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:59 PM

I personally have a lot of fun with the flick, and I believe my Son will enjoy it.

But first, I felt a need to hear the hate for this innocent little romp spill out from the Browncoat peanut gallery...

The LAW Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:41 PM

FREMDFIRMA

LMAO, actually stallone did a good, albeit hammy job of it, my primary reaction to Dredd was a strong desire to feed his constipated arse a half dozen bran muffins...

-F

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:51 PM

CLJOHNSTON108

I still love the part where they escape out the flame chute, and Rob Schneider is so excited to be alive, then he looks over at Stallone: "Oh... and so are you."

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:01 PM

CHRISISALL

"Eat HIM! He works out! I've had gonorrhea!"

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:18 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

I think you know the answer already Chris, but who am I to ruin a fun parade.

Go ahead, have fun with your son, provided he's 10 and up, I think he'll have a blast!

Gotta say that my fav villian was Armand Assante, an underrated character actor (who BTW lives in upstate NY), boy did he have fun.

"I am the LAW!"

Diane Lane made for a swell-looking judge I must say. Judge Dredd and Demolition Man are two of my fav guilty pleasures - Bring on the Ham cause I gots the cheese.

LMAOisall

SGG

Tawabawho?

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:25 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

You're too much Frem.

Now I got a picture in my head of you stuffing muffins down Dredd's throat and him running off to the porcelin thrown all the while yelling back at you - "Damn you to hell, Frem, now look what you've done."

He's sprinting to the john spitting up bits of muffin at one end and holding his hand over the other end farting and cussin' up a shitstorm.

LOL................you see what ya gone did Frem

Excuse me, I gotta go pee.

:-))

SGG

Tawabawho?

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:38 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Judge Dredd and Demolition Man are two of my fav guilty pleasures - Bring on the Ham cause I gots the cheese.

Two sides of a wacky ultra-Liberal/ultra-Conservative nightmare Sci-Fi coin, IMO.
Both more fun than the Law should allow.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 5:29 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

LMAO, actually stallone did a good, albeit hammy job of it

"Does that come with a fork, handsome?"

Awesome.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 7:02 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Yer gonna need one heck of a fork there Chris!

Not just
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeHam

Not even
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HamAndCheese

Nope, Judge Dredd goes straight to
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HamToHamCombat

Not that this is a bad thing, considering it's based on a really over the top melodramatic comic book, and they mostly did keep that grungy-wacky comic book "feel" to it, not quite as well as Tank Girl did, but close, yanno ?

Sure, Stallone has a limited range, but that's what made him PERFECT for Dredd!

-F

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 8:58 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Oh, since it was in mind, as I am poppin on in between rounds - one place we were serving a court order to didn't wanna open the door....

So I slammed the bottom of my fist against the wall a couple times and yelled "Hell-OOOOooo, Cursed Earth Pizza!", and when they cracked the door open to tell me to shut up, winged it right through the crack before they could slam it shut.

My parter turns to me, completely deadpan and goes "so that was an extra cheese special ?".

We did get what we came for, too, heh.

-F

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:16 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

You got that right. The future looks completely choatic in Dredd, could it be that the premonition in Ghostbusters comes true?

"The end of the world, biblical stuff, cats and dogs sleeping together."

Imagine in the not-too-distant future folks from the Red and Blue camps decide to go completely batshit crazy by sleeping together; you know, to create the more perfect union, thereby populating the world with (God help us) ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE LIBERALS! Oh the humanity!

But yeah, I get it. Law and order.

SGG

Tawabawho?

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:38 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Well y'know it has it's faults but what blockbuster film doesn't? Ok so SERENITY is flawless but what else?!?!!?
The film looks great! It's of the era that constructed these dystopian sets from scratch in the vein of Anton Fursts (RIP) wonderful Batman set. And these old sets tend to give you more of a sense of an actual alternate world out there on screen. So that's good and I reckon Sonisall will enjoy that alot.

Plus isn't there a pretty nifty robot thing in there somewheres? It's been a while I must admit since I saw it.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:40 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

Quote:

"The end of the world, biblical stuff, cats and dogs sleeping together."

Ha,ha! Love that line. I quote it frequently when I'm trying to get my point across to my girlfriend and I find her plan at odds with the natural order of things.

:D

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:34 AM

LWAVES

I really can't remember much about this movie except that I didn't like it and was one of those movies where I thought I'd wasted my money.
Stallone fit the role perfectly though and Diane Lane is always hot. As for Rob Schneider I think the less said about him the better. I just don't find the guy funny at all, I know some do, but I don't.
Plus I seem to remember a scene where Schneider and Stallone are flying through the air (on his bike?) and it looked like a really bad composite against the backdrop of the city. And they were high up and going fairly fast but there was no wind and no hair/clothes movement. I may be wrong on this but it's how I remember it.

Being a kid he'll probably like it but personally I would introduce him to the comics and ignore the film.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:54 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Plus isn't there a pretty nifty robot thing in there somewheres? It's been a while I must admit since I saw it.

Yep, which is a deliberate shoutout to another comic book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Warriors

-F

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:59 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Quote:
Yep, which is a deliberate shoutout to another comic book.

Aw thanks for the link Frem :D

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 3:47 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

I personally have a lot of fun with the flick, and I believe my Son will enjoy it.

But first, I felt a need to hear the hate for this innocent little romp spill out from the Browncoat peanut gallery...

The LAW Chrisisall

What ever you do , be sure to apologize for what he is about to see, and reassure him that you had NOTHING to do w/ the making of that movie.

You DIDN'T have anything to do with it, did you ?

Did YOU?

Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:06 AM

IMNOTHERE

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
But first, I felt a need to hear the hate for this innocent little romp spill out from the Browncoat peanut gallery...

I think, like 99% of comic book adaptations, its a good popcorn flick provided you've never looked at the original.

Now, I'm not a major 2000AD nut, but even I regard Judge Dredd taking his helmet off as sacrilege. Plus, the whole "Dredd gets accused of a crime he did not commit" plot is a bit "movies by numbers". He should be riding around doing his usual job and leaving us to ponder the morality of it all.

I'd rate Demolition Man as the better satire - and I'm completely agnostic as to whether the target is Liberalism or Conservatism. As a wise man once says, Capitalism is the exploitation of man by his fellow man; Socialism is the other way round

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:38 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

You DIDN'T have anything to do with it, did you ?

Did YOU?

I approved Stallone for the part, but that's all, I swear.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:41 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

The film looks great! It's of the era that constructed these dystopian sets from scratch in the vein of Anton Fursts (RIP) wonderful Batman set. And these old sets tend to give you more of a sense of an actual alternate world out there on screen. So that's good and I reckon Sonisall will enjoy that alot.

My sedments xactly.

Quote:

Plus isn't there a pretty nifty robot thing in there somewheres? It's been a while I must admit since I saw it.

WAAAAAAAR...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:55 AM

WINDIE

I enjoyed the film, just take it for what it is and remove the grey matter upstairs and enjoy the ride.

Too many people get worked up over simple things.

I bet your young un will enjoy it, mine did quite a few years ago.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:49 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by windie:

I bet your young un will enjoy it, mine did quite a few years ago.

How old was he at the time? Mine's 11 now.

Man, I can't wait for that Alan Sylvestri magic- truly the best part of the movie for me!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 12, 2010 7:18 AM

WINDIE

Just a tad older at 13.

I think 11 should be fine, nothing like a good sit down with a good film and the offspring under your wing.

I don't care what the so called critics thought of the film and whilst I disagree with the way hollywood altered things, a mind in neutral so called blockbuster and a bucket of pop corn way to spend an aftrnoon can not be beaten.

Hope your young'un enjoys it.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Monday, April 12, 2010 7:22 AM

CHRISISALL

Thanks Windie, I'll let ya know!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:06 PM

CHRISISALL

Verdict: Pretty good movie, the FX were really good for the time, almost as good as Star Wars, but too many people got shot. The robot was cool. "Can we swing by a cash machine?" at the end was hilarious.
Bottom line, very re-watchable.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 16, 2010 4:34 AM

WINDIE

Have to agree as well, haven't watched it for a while so I will put it on my pile ready for the next time I get a little me time.

Glad you enjoyed it, just started Briscoe County again so I have plenty to watch in the wee small hours.

Why have they taken the sky from ME

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Friday, April 16, 2010 7:26 AM

SUASOR

The original budget got cut, so they could not afford to show the motorcycles as realistically (via FX) as they were in the original comix. Really only mattered to the fanboys for the comix, but that was used as an explanation for why the film did not perform as big as expected.

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Friday, April 16, 2010 9:02 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by windie:
just started Brisco County again

Time NOT wasted!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 16, 2010 9:04 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Suasor:
The original budget got cut, so they could not afford to show the motorcycles as realistically (via FX) as they were in the original comix. Really only mattered to the fanboys for the comix, but that was used as an explanation for why the film did not perform as big as expected.

I think it came to too abrupt & simplistic an ending- made some of the drama that came before lose its punch IMO.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 16, 2010 10:47 PM

SUASOR

Well, there is that. And showing the faces of Judges was a big break with the comix based canon. While there was a fan base, it was mostly in the UK. That's where I picked up on it. So the movie was just another action flick in the US, and there wasn't enough action.

The casting was ironic, as Dreadd's face was based on Stalone's mug (according to the original artist). But that wasn't enough to make it a hit.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:42 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

You DIDN'T have anything to do with it, did you ?

Did YOU?

I approved Stallone for the part, but that's all, I swear.

Summer Glau can simply walk into Mordor

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

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