Guns for EVERYONE!!!

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Actually the Stalone version wasn't a whole lot like the comics that I grew up reading (had lots of friends from the UK). It disappointed me badly. Hollywood has a way of taking comedy and drama, from other cultures, and sucking the life right out of it. This time it sounds like they're doing it right. I wish that I could see it at TIFF, because it's premiering here. Let me break it down:

- a good, "B" grade actor for Dredd (Karl Urban, aka Vaako from Chronicles of Riddick)
- you don't see Dredd's face. Period. (You never did in the comic)
- bullets, 'spolsions, BLOCK WAR! (Need I say more?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEu1LsXrBeA

If you want an example of how Hollywood can kill a franchise that's successful elsewhere in the world, get hold of some episodes of a little UK SciFi comedy called "Red Dwarf." Then, if you have a strong stomach, find and watch the 2 (TWO) pilots that they made for the US audience. Imagine Monty Python's "The Life of Brian" with Ben Affleck playing the part of Brian. That bad.

Your next homework assignment is to watch the following:

The Magnificent Seven (not too bad)- 1960
Battle Beyond the Stars (crap) - 1980
Seven Samurai - 1954

Last Man Standing (mindless shoot-em-up) - 1996
Yojimbo - 1961

The Outrage (gag) - 1964
Rashomon - 1950

This. Dredd was a BADASS MOFO! Then Hollywood got their hands on him. Gave him a face (on top of that, it was Stallones fucking cockeyed face), and made a movie that had nothing at all in common with Judge Dredd. I Was lucky enough to read 4 2000 A.D. Compendiums (basically 4 books of about 20-25 comics each) , So I hated the movie because I knew what it should have been.

I guess if you thought the movie was a standalone fictional title, it could have been 'ok' (at best) for a mide 90's action flick. But if you're familiar with 2000 A.D., then not so much.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Apoc

I guess if you thought the movie was a standalone fictional title, it could have been 'ok' (at best) for a mide 90's action flick. But if you're familiar with 2000 A.D., then not so much.

This applies to soooo many Hollywood adaptations and so-called sequels/prequels.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

This applies to soooo many Hollywood adaptations and so-called sequels/prequels.

Definitely how I felt about the Hollywood version of Dune, with Kyle McWhoosis. It was bloody silly. I'm heartened by the fact that Frank Herbert didn't like it either. The 2000 miniseries however, starring Alec Newman, was bloody brilliant. Now I hear they're working on another remake, due for release in 2014.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The 2000 miniseries however, starring Alec Newman, was bloody brilliant.

It was too bad the follow up Children of Dune blew goats, the Dune miniseries was definitely really good.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

It was too bad the follow up Children of Dune blew goats, the Dune miniseries was definitely really good.

Well as someone who was a hard core SciFi reader when it came out, I thought that the book also blew goats. A suit of baby sandworms? REALLY? Even the blind guy predicting the future made sense compared to that.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Well as someone who was a hard core SciFi reader when it came out, I thought that the book also blew goats. A suit of baby sandworms? REALLY? Even the blind guy predicting the future made sense compared to that.

very true, guess they didn't have much to work with and best to try and pretend it doesn't exist.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Definitely how I felt about the Hollywood version of Dune, with Kyle McWhoosis. It was bloody silly. I'm heartened by the fact that Frank Herbert didn't like it either. The 2000 miniseries however, starring Alec Newman, was bloody brilliant. Now I hear they're working on another remake, due for release in 2014.

Not sure why they need another remake, but I agree, the miniseries was pretty amazing.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Not sure why they need another remake, but I agree, the miniseries was pretty amazing.

They don't need another one. Maybe 30, 40, 50 years down the line, when production quality has changed, but not now.