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    Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?

    Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/10/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    Ok, just so long as this doesn't turn out to be Demolition Man 3....
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    THE CRIME IS LIFE! THE SENTENCE IS DEATH!!
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    I might be the biggest 2000AD/Dredd fan on here at io9, ive been reading 2000AD since 1984 and have every weekly/monthly/graphic novel/mug!! So i think its fair to say that my opinion on Dredd the movie is valid. I personally thought it was flawed but awesome all the same. The one thing that annoyed the hell out of me was my friend kept saying 'ohhh doesnt the city look like the city in fith element'....surely not!! Mega city is older in the comics than that or even..Blade Runner. Now Carlos Ezquira (a personal friend of mine for the last 4 years), who created Dredd always notes that Dredds apperance was designed around Clint Eastwood. Now depending how old they make dredd in the film..(yes he's a clone but he ages)..depends on the casting. Personally I think they should make him older, wiser and more hardened to the street. Thus Eastwood could play Dredd..how it was always meant to be! Maybe even the inclusion of Judge Death!!
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    09/09/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard):
    If I was your personal friend I would want you to spell my name correctly.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/10/09

    @rodsgottit: I typed this very late last night. Besides..he sends cards with Steven..not Stephen. So its all good.
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    Image of catterwall catterwall
    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    stallone FTW!... maybe?
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    09/09/09

    @catterwall: Again?

    Just imagine Carrie Fisher's voice for a moment: "Aren't you a little short for a judge?"
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    Gaze into the script of Dredd!
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    Good because I think its time we finally settle exactly who is the law.
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    09/09/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: Starsky and Hutch?
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    09/09/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Baretta?
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    09/09/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: Robocop?
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    09/10/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: Holmes and YoYo?
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    09/09/09

    In reply to Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?
    I wasn't aware that the original had a script.

    #@!
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    Image of TheAlmanac TheAlmanac
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    To be fair to Meredith, it isn't exactly a shocking twist in the
    novel--I had no idea what it was about when a friend gave it to me, and
    I figured out the organ scheme within the first twenty pages.


    In fact, I'd argue that it's much more obvious if you already have a grounding in sci-fi...

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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    03/02/09

    @TheAlmanac: also it's all over the trades that this is what this is about. So...it's out there already.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    The Island - Bayification=Do not Want.
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    Image of frederic frederic
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    for "the soul purpose"


    really?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    03/02/09

    @frederic: Ha, typo slipped thru the cracks. Fixing!
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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    A-Calling it a "cloning drama" is completely screwing up how beautiful and fantastic a ride the author has made because it's NOT ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT UNTIL THE END. And never even that explicitly. WHY do people have so much fun ruining the end of a good story just to describe the story? It's like the posters for City of Ember all over again.


    B-It's not like The Island, it's NOTHING like The Island. The society has advanced to the point where we have clones and they use the clones for organ harvesting.


    Gee, never heard that story before.


    That is the only similarity they have. They aren't even clones of the people who get the organs.


    It's a fantastic novel, I think it would make a good film, but for the love of heaven why does everybody have to say things like "This movie is just like that movie" when they're only superficially similar? Somebody even said City of Ember was like The Island. GAH.

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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: The book sounds good. Is it ruined if I know about the end?
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: @Ghost_in_the_Machine: ha ha ha no, I have high hopes for it even with KK.
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    Image of NorthernWhistle NorthernWhistle
    03/02/09

    @Ghost_in_the_Machine: Not ruined--I think a lot of readers probably knew the 'twist' going into it, since it was sort of this big "Hey everybody, Ishiguro does sci-fi!" thing when it came out. But it's not written as a thriller, so it works--the mystery is more of a sort of low-key, lingering malaise that unfolds over the course of the novel. If I recall correctly, most of the student/clones themselves actually know about who/what they are, but it's not made clear to the reader exactly what's happening til the end.


    Definitely worth a read.

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    Image of Mary Ratliff Mary Ratliff
    03/02/09

    @NorthernWhistle: You said it best! It's absolutely worth a read even if you know the ending beforehand, it's a brilliant book.


    I liken it to slow disclosure in films. Yes, it colors everything that came before and it's best if you don't know, but it doesn't make you not like watching things again.


    I just get mad because people love going around saying the endings to things. If I _want_ to know the ending, that's fine, and it's not always ruined. But if I don't want to know...then why say it?

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/02/09

    @Meiran: Hey genius - the book has been out for years and is internationally famous. If you didn't know what the "big twist" was by now, you'd be a giant, illiterate moron.


    quit whining.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    03/02/09

    @Pope John Peeps II:


    Really? I mean, I sometimes think it's silly to try and shield oneself from spoilers but "illiterate moron"? Not wanting to know a spoiler makes you unable to read? And he was actually saying that one can still enjoy the book (as well as many other twist ending stories) even if you know the end.

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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/20/09

    @Meiran: Now I'm starting to think I should read it... I hated Remains of the Day, but maybe this is more my style? If it isn't, well, let's just say YOU WILL ALL PAY! Hrm, yes.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    This is so close to being correct.


    Such an incredible book. And everything about Kiera Knightly makes sense to me in this role, except I'm not sure she's a good enough actress.


    The problem is, I can't think of someone similar who is a better actress to recast this with.

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    03/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Natalie Portman? Less annoying, too.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    03/02/09

    @Discodave:

    I think it's pretty widely understood that KK is the poor man's Natalie Portman.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    How can you have more character development than a Michael Bay movie? Just not possible.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/02/09

    @DrEmilioLizardo: The explosions convey such depth, such clarity, such grandiose personification of angst and the human condition! They go boom.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    03/02/09

    @DrEmilioLizardo: Michael Bay does have character development, sweaty and greasy. The less polished an actor looks, brings depth more depth to their character.
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    03/02/09

    @CmdrHunt: sweaty and greasy are actually the names of Bay's 2 kids.
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/20/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Ka-Zing!
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    03/02/09

    In reply to Keira Knightley's Clone Bits Are Up For Grabs
    Oh boy, it's Logan's Organs!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/02/09

    @ManchuCandidate: I could never get over the music of Logan's Run. The high pitched, shrill electronic twirping drove me to madness.
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