TF Issue 187: Is it just me? Judge Dredd...

[Lizhawkins]

On page 161 of TF issue 187, Andrew Lowry asks:

"Is it just me... or is Judge Dredd just fine?"



Here are a few excerpts:

When Judge Dredd was released back in 1995, it was panned. Seemingly every critic in the western world labelled it “Dredd-full,” then sat back, proud as punch with the pun like the smug gits we critics are.

And you know what? They were wrong. Sure, you’d be unwise to hold your breath for a 20th anniversary retrospective in Sight & Sound, but here’s what the screening-room lurkers missed: as a reflection of its source material, which has now raised two generations of Brit comic book aficionados, Judge Dredd is nigh perfect.

Yes, 2000 AD readers, he does take his helmet off. Which for some – OK, many – was sacrilege. But it was the ’90s, it had to be a studio picture to get the necessary effects budget, you couldn’t secure the moolah without a big star, and there’s no way the money men would fork out for Stallone without seeing his face onscreen. And yes, Dredd does have a snog – admittedly for less clear reasons.

Check out the full article in Issue 187 - on sale 27 October 2011.

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