Judge Dredd: Mega-City One tv series announcement

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Not if you're a Dredd fan. It had little to do with the universe.

Could you see mutants and Kleggs in that film?

Sort of a Robocop approach to Dredd in my opinion.

When I was reading it you did not see mutants in each story, and I only remember Kleggs in Judge Cal (YMMV).

Listening to the interviews, the plan was to introduce the world gently, later films would introduce the more fantastical elements such as Judge Death.

It is like saying that the Watchers should appear in MCU films (oh, okay bad example ^___^).

What I always found interesting was the discrepancy between the population figures in the film intro and the population figures quoted by Mr Urban in the interviews, his were post Apocalypse War etc.

[Johnno]

This may really help to fill the Game of Thrones shaped hole in some peoples' lives in a couple of years time!

What about the 4 spinoffs set  to be released?

After the truly horrific Last Kingdom series. I dare not get my hopes up - at all.

Am i the only one who liked this? I DID read the entire series thus far...

I liked the darkness of DREDD. Im interested in seeing this progress. But translation from silver screen to flat screen timelines, budgets and cast remains to be seen.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Slightly off topic, I read most of the Last Kingdom books, those I have not read are in a pile awaiting time (I read 1.5 of the Arthurian ones, putting it on pause while the narrator was happy).

The first season of the BBC series was fine, the shape coding of the shields for your convenience was amusing.

I have recorded the second season for a binge watch.

Dredd (3D) was great and I could see that expanding and running in the same way the MCU films did, adding features as they went along. Unfortunate timing and poor returns meant that was not to be.

[Cubs]

... plus you had Citi-Blocks, a hint at Citi-Def, SJS, the Lawmaster bike, the Lawgiver's different ammo ...

[Humorous_Conclusion]

I've been a Dredd fan for years and loved Dredd 3D. It was a good adaptation of a particular kind of Dredd story, one well suited to a mid-budget film. It didn't try to cram in every element of the comics. It simply gave a good sense of the world and told a tight action-based story. I would imagine a TV series would have time to delve into the more fantastic elements. Given that it seems to be a Mega-City One series, more than a Dredd series, I hope its focus is on the city and its population, more than Dredd. It might be quite effective to keep Dredd as a background or secondary character while the focus is elsewhere.

Also, the Last Kingdom series was good.

[Dr. The Viking]

Of course they couldn't get everything in the film.  

It was an OK film, but I just don't think - from reading the comics- that it had a very Dredd like tone.  

And obviously I'm hoping the series will have that.

[n815e]

Kleggs have been in other stories.  I am reading Trifecta now and it has a Klegg. The mega collection has a book dedicated to Kleggs.

[AngusH]

Dredd himself is pretty one-dimensional (as someone who used to read 2000AD regularly through the 90s, at least) in a way that doesn't make it easy to carry over to screen, and works best when being played against some of the other more colourful characters in that universe IMO - kind of like Joker in the Dark Knight.

[DivisMal]

Hadn't heard about the series and now am overexcited!!!