Saw and liked recent movie DREDD ... your thoughts?

[Oxmyx]

I'm coming at the movie knowing very very little about the comic books.

But the other thing is, I had a friend who was real into the Judge Dredd comics, and really was sour on the Stallone version. I never got ask him exactly why, because he passed away, but I now wish we had had that conversation.

Oh, and hi everybody. I haven't posted on here in quite a while. It's almost interesting to see what's new.

[ManofTheAtom]

I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.

[corey]

I like the movie as well. Seen it maybe 4-5 times

[ManofTheAtom]

I like the movie as well. Seen it maybe 4-5 times

I've seen it twice so far. It's on Prime Video here right now. I've considered watching it again but haven't found the time to do it.

[Oxmyx]

I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.

It seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.
I thought.

I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.

[ManofTheAtom]

I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.

It seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.
I thought.

I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.

Agreed. And good question.

[corey]

I liked Dredd, considerably far more than the Stallone version, and I've never read the comics.

It seems to me that there was nearly nothing "comic book" about DREDD ... it was just futuristic ... and in the wake of Mad Max and RoboCop, this is nothing...perhaps the only "comic booky" thing was the telepath, but that was presented more as futuristic than fantasy.
I thought.

I'd be curious to hear from a fan of the comics if the comics are similarly "real world futuristic " if that's a good phrase.

Good points, I have never read the comics either. We will await answers!

[Cyberstrike]

It's a good action/sci-fi movie but not much else. Overall it's a more an action/sci-fi movie that has owes a lot of it's story of Dredd and Anderson fighting through a skyscraper filled with crooks to the film The Raid and even Die Hard 1 than anything else.