Judge Dredd: Mega City One

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ctg said:
Look at this as an example,

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If you would give him a face, you would make him more human. Now, as you look at him, Dredd is the face of the law. He does not have emotions. Instead you have to read into the dialogue and narrative to realise that Joe has a heart in his chest. And it beats for humanity. But with Anderson, you get instant emotion.

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They are very different Judges, but Dredd is the one that is hundred percent on side of the law, even if it's wrong and it makes him to do terrible things. There are also times when you read into Dredd's face, and you can sense behind that visor a man thinking very hard for the reasons of why and what for. It's when he opens his mouth, Dredd has to be that Dirty Harry everyone is scared off.

At home Dredd has Walter the War Robot. And there are many lub-lub love stories around his robot and the man, who cannot show his face. It's all part of his image. Most of the time, it's the other people who has carry his emotions through the narrative. Like for example,

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Ive read one or two Dredd comIcs and several Dredd novels and as much as I can about him on the net. He is a very hard man . One wonders that he doesn't break and fracture under the stress of who he is. I can't imagine living the kind of life he lives because It's too damned awful to contemplate. Megacity one is such a hellish place :cry:
 
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BAYLOR said:
One wonders that he doesn't break and fracture under the stress of who he is. I can't imagine living the kind of life he lives. It's too damned awful to contemplate. :cry:
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I get that and I have the same feeling when I write my characters. The stuff they go through is dark and I do wonder how they cope with things. So, even if they don't show the emotion in the situation, they show it later as it's layered in the story. All the conflicts Dredd goes through are very hard, but as long as he has that helmet on, he keeps pushing. You could call it as his safety blanket, if you will. Take it out and you will see tears. Even fear. Let him keep it and Dredd will take you through hard rock.
 
BAYLOR said:
One wonders that he doesn't break and fracture under the stress of who he is. I can't imagine living the kind of life he lives. It's too damned awful to contemplate. :cry:
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MC-1 is certainly a terrible place, but Dredd has survived it all. Robot Wars, Judge Death, Judge Child, Block Wars, Apocolypse Wars, Mutants, Day of Chaos. He's tougher than all that. The thing most people don't realise is that Dredd has been ageing all these years. He's quite an old man at this point. There has been some discussion going on as to what will happen when Dredd is too old or 'dies'.
 
Vince W said:
MC-1 is certainly a terrible place, but Dredd has survived it all. Robot Wars, Judge Death, Judge Child, Block Wars, Apocolypse Wars, Mutants, Day of Chaos. He's tougher than all that. The thing most people don't realise is that Dredd has been ageing all these years. He's quite an old man at this point. There has been some discussion going on as to what will happen when Dredd is too old or 'dies'.
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Regeneration
Or create a clone of him to carry on?
 
Vince W said:
There has been some discussion going on as to what will happen when Dredd is too old or 'dies'.
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Like with all the 'old man's', Dredd has to face it at some point. I think all those old man stories (Old Man Maul, Old Man Logan, Old Man Rick etc) are interesting. The old man aspect opens up so many possibilities as he looks back into his life and see all those turmoils. The Mega City is alive. It's just question of what he wants to do at the end.

BAYLOR said:
Or create a clone of him to carry on?
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I personally don't think he wants to be cloned even if the Justice Dept technically owns his body.
 
ctg said:
Like with all the 'old man's', Dredd has to face it at some point. I think all those old man stories (Old Man Maul, Old Man Logan, Old Man Rick etc) are interesting. The old man aspect opens up so many possibilities as he looks back into his life and see all those turmoils. The Mega City is alive. It's just question of what he wants to do at the end.

I personally don't think he wants to be cloned even if the Justice Dept technically owns his body.
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The JD has a difficult relationship with Dredd. The Chief Justices realise that Dredd is effective, but they don't always agree with his methods or decisions. Cloning Dredd wouldn't be an option, but putting a basket on the front of his Lawmaster might be.
 
He had twin bother Rico who went bad, one wonders whether Dredd doesn't have deep seated fear that that might happen to him as well . I recall a parallel universe story in which Dredd encountered alternate version of himself who went off the deep end and became mass murdering Tyrannical ruler of Megacity one.
 
Vince W said:
The JD has a difficult relationship with Dredd. The Chief Justices realise that Dredd is effective, but they don't always agree with his methods or decisions. Cloning Dredd wouldn't be an option, but putting a basket on the front of his Lawmaster might be.
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Then at some point the story of Judge Dredd will come to an end.
 
It's been a long time since I picked up a 2000 AD, but I think that the Dredd getting old thing was done in the Long Walk story. Didn't the original Dredd take the Long Walk in the Cursed Earth and so doppelganger was used in Mega City 1? (I can't remember whether is was a clone or note.)
 
Rodders said:
It's been a long time since I picked up a 2000 AD, but I think that the Dredd getting old thing was done in the Long Walk story. Didn't the original Dredd take the Long Walk in the Cursed Earth and so doppelganger was used in Mega City 1? (I can't remember whether is was a clone or note.)
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Dredd took the Long Walk during the 650-699 issue run of 2000AD, after questioning the brutality of the judges and the repression of democracy. Fearing the public backlash of such a popular and familiar judge as Dredd leaving the city, a Judge Fargo clone - known as Kraken, who Dredd had recently failed due to arrogance - instead wore Dredd's badge.

However, while in the Cursed Earth, Dredd encountered the Sisters of Death, who left him badly burned and unrecognizable. Meanwhile, the Sisters of Death moved on to Mega City One, where they corrupted Judge Kraken, and used him to free the Dark Judges.

Judge Kraken remained a puppet of the Dark Judges, until Dredd returned and finally brought order again - to what was left of the city.

The main story arc was called Necropolis, but the section with Dredd in the Cursed Earth ran independently was known as The Dead Man - it was only revealed as about Dredd at the end of that story. Which at the time was an amazing twist.

IMO - aside from Judge Dredd America from the Megazine - this whole arc represented one of the best stories in the Judge Dredd series, and was the culmination of a whole series of subplots.

In fact, progs 650-699 represented a golden age of intelligent and mature stories IMO. There was some fluff - but there was also the end of Strontium Dog, and Chopper; plus Simon Bisley's painted Slaine and the Rogue Trooper reboot Friday under Dave Gibbons which was fantastic. And, of course, Dredd's struggle with the concept of democracy. Brilliant stuff.

Then 2000AD took the editorial decision to stop trying to compete with DC's Vertigo titles (eg, Hellblazer, Sandman, Doom Patrol) and went back to appealing to the 12-year old male demographic.

And that's when I sadly had to cancel my subscription - but I remember that last period with great fondness. :)
 
Vince W said:
Dredd took the Long Walk into Cursed Earth, crossed America to Mega-City 2, then returned to MC-1, found it corrupted by Judge Cal, so he leads a rebellion and restores order.
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When they started to talking about the Dredd movies in the nineties, I wished they would have done the Cursed Earth saga as a trilogy. It is an epic story and it introduced the reader to whole world instead of giving them just a section of the mega-city daily life. You also get to see the whole story of Judge Cal to rise in power that it rivals scenes seen in the Game of Thrones.

They show that the Judges are ultimately good as Dredd delivers a shipment of vacination across the cursed Earth. You find out that they've been to space and gone very far as Dredd joins that tree fingered alien, which a bit like a honey badger. You also meet all the classical characters that has become so iconic over the years.
 
ctg said:
When they started to talking about the Dredd movies in the nineties, I wished they would have done the Cursed Earth saga as a trilogy. It is an epic story and it introduced the reader to whole world instead of giving them just a section of the mega-city daily life. You also get to see the whole story of Judge Cal to rise in power that it rivals scenes seen in the Game of Thrones.

They show that the Judges are ultimately good as Dredd delivers a shipment of vacination across the cursed Earth. You find out that they've been to space and gone very far as Dredd joins that tree fingered alien, which a bit like a honey badger. You also meet all the classical characters that has become so iconic over the years.
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That would have been amazing. Story, Helmet, and number of chain links aside, the 1996 film portrayed the look of big Meg pretty well.
 
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