In our thrilling hundred and forty-sixth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1986 Sci-Fi Special of 2000AD. This Special has some great stories featuring Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and some classic Strontium Dog action!
This episode Conrad is joined by Drew of the Stranger by the Dozen podcast! You can find both Drew and Conrad there, recapping the adventures of the Marvel Comics character Doctor Stephen Strange!
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Drew is new to the world of 2000AD, Judge Dredd, and British Comics in general, so Conrad takes some time to introduce him to the Galaxy’s Greatest! If you’re new to 2000AD or to the podcast, this is a great place to start!
Thrills Covered:
- Rogue Trooper
- The Man Who Couldn’t Die
- Strontium Dog
- Judge Dredd
- Sláine the King
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Song: Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bengals
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I agree with what you said about the movies, though I would amplify it. I have a bit of a nerd rage boner against the Karl Urban Dredd, to be honest. I see it as an enormous missed opportunity. It was basically a movie about a SWAT team in Detroit. It almost completely ignored the kaleidoscopic future shock of Mega-City One, which, as far as I’m concerned, is what Judge Dredd is really about. Speaking of which, have you read this article?
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-city-is-a-battlesuit-for-surviving-the-future-5362912
Interesting, I’m glad they include John Hawksmoor in the discussion as well, I’ve got a soft spot for the Authority! I like both the Urban and Stallone Dredd movies for different reasons. I think the leason that was learned from the earlier one is to be wary of getting too silly with the deep Dredd stuff (The Angel Gang for instance, or the weird cloning stuff). I’ve often said that the story of the 2012 Dredd movie is basically the first 10 minutes of the 1995 one!
At it’s best Mega-City One and the regular people living in it are amazing characters in their own right, and like D’Israeli says, some of my favorite Dredd stories are ones where he’s barely even there, or is a minor villain! For me the city is the first thing you have to learn when you’re getting into Judge Dredd, this massive post-scarcity dystopia where everyone is obsessed with fads and flavors of the week, where boredom drives you to crime, and it’s not clear what the point of anything is.