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I noticed a few comments on the movie remake thread which seemed to suggest that there are a few folk in fab land who are fans.

Are you one? What's your favourite character or story?

Judge Dredd has always been a favourite of mine. From the judge child quest and block mania many years ago, to stories like the pit which acknowledge the readership maturing.

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By *ndycoinsMan
52 weeks ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Slaine

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By *heekyDemandCouple
52 weeks ago

Leicester

Always been a fan of Rogue Trooper, with his talking gun, helmet and backpack.

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
52 weeks ago

London

"Always been a fan of Rogue Trooper, with his talking gun, helmet and backpack."

Gunnar, bagman and helm

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
52 weeks ago

London

"Slaine"

I couldn't really ever get into slaine

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By *ealitybitesMan
52 weeks ago

Belfast

I started reading it from issue one which Dredd wasn't in from what I remember.

Invasion was good as was Mach one which was a twist on the Six Million Dollar Man.

Wasn't a big fan of Flesh but always enjoyed Harlam Heroes and Dan Dare who moved from Eagle Comics.

My favourite Dredd story back then was The Cursed Earth.

I haven't read it since about 1990 so can't comment on anything since then.

I remember all the crossovers though when it was 2000ad and Tornado among others.

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
52 weeks ago

London

I was more into battle when 2000ad came out. Invasion was a good story but it got better when they revived the character a few years back. Much more mature storylines followed. They're available in collected graphic novels

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By *tylebender03Man
52 weeks ago

Manchester

Judge Dredd my favourite. I liked Rogue Trooper too. The documentary ‘future shock’ is great. They had so much unreal talent working on the comic back in 70s and 80s

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Now this thread brings back memories....all of them good

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Read 2000AD from the start, that and Battle and Savage Sword of Conan kept me going through the 1970s.

Rebellion have invested millions in studios but to date nothing seems to be being commissioned, there have though been some snippets of what's brewing...

Judge Dredd's Mega City One - some concept art has been released, premise is it'll be an anthology series and won't feature Dredd as a main character but that he may appear in cameos. Karl Urban has expressed an interest in appearing.

Rogue Trooper - directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and son of David Bowie) tweeted in 2019 that this was his next project, then Covid happened. Since then he's given one update that the script was done, but that's it.

Rebellion seem to be more focused on the games business.

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By *eedsmale36Man
52 weeks ago

Leeds

ABC Warriors

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I'm not old enough to have been into 2000ad from the start but picked up at 13 or so. Loved it

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By *agnar73Man
52 weeks ago

glasgow-ish

Rogue Troopet, Slaine and Dreed favourites when growing up.

Didn’t fully understand Nemesis the Warlock but the T Shirt is great for disapproval and people thinking you’re a satanist

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

What was the killer polar bear called?

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

"What was the killer polar bear called? "

Shako

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Brilliant thanks. Blast from the past eh?

"What was the killer polar bear called?

Shako "

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By *coobyBoobyDooWoman
52 weeks ago

Markfield

No one for Durham Red?

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By *agnar73Man
52 weeks ago

glasgow-ish

"No one for Durham Red? "

Sort of vampire bounty hunter and on/off friend of Johnny Alpha

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
52 weeks ago

London

"No one for Durham Red? "

After my time

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I get the weekly prog (which is tomorrow) and the Megazine.

I love Dredd and Anderson, but some of the newer stories like Dreadnoughts are a welcome addition. The Fall of Dead World where we see the rise of the Dark Judges gives me the creeps, but it's fantastic artwork and stories.

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By *zeroMan
52 weeks ago

Glasgow

I do think if they carried on Judge Dredd a tv series would be the way forward. So many stories to do.

Judges Child, Dark Judges, The Fatties, Angel Gang etc

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
52 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I'd love to see a Judge Anderson exploration. I found her as fascinating as Dredd himself. And yes, I'd like to see Slaine.

As much as I love Rogue Trooper, I feel that you'd need a sensitive director to avoid a movie version sliding into a gung-ho cookie-cutter war movie.

A character I think should lend himself to a fantastic swashbuckling adventure movie is Nikolai Dante. I'd see that.

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By *lice AgainTV/TS
52 weeks ago

Bristol

Indigo Prime, Tyranny Rex.

Anything John Smith really.

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By *ncemoreroundthesunCouple
52 weeks ago

on the move

Loved judge dredd, sláine and the abc robots.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
52 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Oh, and I fancy myself for the role of Durham Red. Just give me some decent falsies. Just saying...

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By *coobyBoobyDooWoman
52 weeks ago

Markfield

"Oh, and I fancy myself for the role of Durham Red. Just give me some decent falsies. Just saying...

I can totally envisage that davina

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By *arl17Man
52 weeks ago

Central Portugal

2000AD had flying cars and lots of good shit.... What we actually got was massive panic about a computer meltdown that never materialised....remember all those planes going to fall from the sky's on New Years Eve

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Thargs Future Shocks would make a great anthology series, it's basically a Twilight Zone/Tales of the Unexpected mash up.

ABC Warriors could be done as an animation.

Some of the strips we already come close to...

Damnatiin Alley is The Cursed Earth without Dredd. Even the rover looks the same.

Space...Above And Beyond is The VCs.

Blade Runner is Robo-Hunter without the humour.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
52 weeks ago

Nottingham

"2000AD had flying cars and lots of good shit.... What we actually got was massive panic about a computer meltdown that never materialised....remember all those planes going to fall from the sky's on New Years Eve

Because a lot of very clever people worked very hard to make sure it didn't happen, only to have their efforts thrown back in their faces by the ungrateful "lOl dIdN't hApPeN" crowd.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
52 weeks ago

Nottingham

"No one for Durham Red? "

Came here to mention Durham Red. The Mark Harrison-illustrated stories at the end of the nineties had... something of an effect on teenage me.

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By *2000ManMan
52 weeks ago

Worthing

I liked the Future Shock short stories. Judge Dredd was also a fav. Enjoyed Flesh and Harlem Heroes from the early days. I bought it from day 1 for a few years.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

News released yesterday that the Ducan Jones written/directed Rogue Trooper is going ahead as an animated feature film.

Some cast already announced - Hayley Attwell and Matt Berry are two.

Looking to be completed for 2025 release.

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
43 weeks ago

London

That would be interesting. Shame I'm not that into animated features.

Spotted Johnny Vegas wearing a Halo Jones top on his glamping programme.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"That would be interesting. Shame I'm not that into animated features.

Spotted Johnny Vegas wearing a Halo Jones top on his glamping programme.

Not a fan of animated either, though depends how it's done. Seems it's going to be CGI. It was originally going to be live action but the financials didn't pan out, so animated is the less costly option.

About time Rebellion started optioning more of the 2000AD IP.

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By *octor ProdMan
43 weeks ago

working Overseas

The Ballad of Halo Jones is a story that i do find myswlf coming back to every few years. Rogue Trooper was also a childhood fav

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By *mateur100Man
43 weeks ago

nr faversham

"Brilliant thanks. Blast from the past eh?

What was the killer polar bear called?

Shako

The only polar bear I remember was in Meltdown Man and I think it was called Pole-Axe?

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By *mateur100Man
43 weeks ago

nr faversham

My mind's working overtime now. Carlos Sanchez robostogie from robohunter and GBH from Ace Harp were two book characters

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By *entlemanrogueMan
43 weeks ago

Motherwell

I used to get my cousins and my mates to read, they had waaaayyyy too many in their collections

The journal of look Kirby was a favourite.

as was Sinister Dexter

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By *entlemanrogueMan
43 weeks ago

Motherwell

Slaughter bowl was good as well.

there are loads more that i cant remember the names of

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"Brilliant thanks. Blast from the past eh?

What was the killer polar bear called?

Shako

The only polar bear I remember was in Meltdown Man and I think it was called Pole-Axe?"

Shako was an early story back in the 1970s, only 16 episodes long, appeared in progs 20 to 35.

It's tag line was "the only Polar Bear on the CIA hitlist". Shako had swallowed a capsule containing a deadly germ warfare virus.

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"Judge Dredd's Mega City One - some concept art has been released, premise is it'll be an anthology series and won't feature Dredd as a main character but that he may appear in cameos. Karl Urban has expressed an interest in appearing.

I do think if they carried on Judge Dredd a tv series would be the way forward. So many stories to do.

Judges Child, Dark Judges, The Fatties, Angel Gang etc"

They sort of had Fatties in Dredd, one is seen laying dead in the mall entrance in the opening scenes, and another in thier apartment when Ma-Ma locks Peach Trees down.

Early ideas for Dredd #2 were already talked about and would feature Judge Death.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
43 weeks ago

Wales/ All over UK

Was a big fan of 2000ad back in the day, Slaine and Nemesis were really good but Dredd was always my favourite.

Particularly liked the Dredd stories involving Chopper

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By *mateur100Man
43 weeks ago

nr faversham

I do think if they carried on Judge Dredd a tv series would be the way forward. So many stories to do.

Judges Child, Dark Judges, The Fatties, Angel Gang etc

They sort of had Fatties in Dredd, one is seen laying dead in the mall entrance in the opening scenes, and another in thier apartment when Ma-Ma locks Peach Trees down.

Early ideas for Dredd #2 were already talked about and would feature Judge Death. "

The league of fatties! I remember little Jo Johansson and abdominal Arnie stodgeman

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By *r1dayMan
43 weeks ago

Middlesbrough

My username says it all.

Loved ABC warriors,Strontium Dogs,Slains,Dredd (chopper saga or 4 judges were the best)

I've still got alot of my old comics and annuals.

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By *ulfilthmentMan
43 weeks ago

Just around the corner

I was never a regular reader but used to enjoy DR and Quinch back in the 80s.

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By *ensualMan
43 weeks ago

Sutton

I collected 2000AD from 1986 to 2006, but was reading it for a while before.

I have loved most of the characters and storylines already mentioned. Though no-one has mentioned the Judge Dredd story America.

I was also a fan of: Halo Jones, Devlin Waugh particularly "Swimming in Blood" and the story when he meets Dredd, I also liked Nicolai Dante.

I did not even mind when the grey men took over.

As a result of 2000AD I am a huge fan of Pat Mills, and probably my favourite writer Garth Ennis.

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
43 weeks ago

London

Garth ennis is amazing. The war stories he wrote are excellent. His supreme work, I'd say, is the boys.

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
43 weeks ago

St Leonards

I loved Slaine, particularly when he was in "Berserker" mode (both for crazy art and fun narrative reasons)...but it's Nemesis all the way for me.

One cool dude who had more power and intelligence than you could shake a stick at.

And how did he get to be so ridiculously handsome and charismatic for a very weirdly put together alien?

Well, because he just did

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By *cottish guy 555 OP Man
43 weeks ago

London

The nemesis story about the aliens influenced by victorian stuff is the only one I remember.

It was all very steam punk before I'd heard of such a thing.

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By *agic johnsonMan
43 weeks ago

morden

Rogue trooper and his talking kit , awesome stuff

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago

"The nemesis story about the aliens influenced by victorian stuff is the only one I remember.

It was all very steam punk before I'd heard of such a thing.

The very first Nemesis for me, the one-shot called Terror Tube. Planned as a series on one-off stories under the umbrella title Comic Rock inspired by popular music. Terror Tube was inspired by Going Underground by The Jam. It was a totally different story that what Nemesis eventually became, in fact we never see Nemesis in the story, just his ship the Blitzspear.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
43 weeks ago

North Angus

Storm warning has been a recent favourite of mine

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By *mateur100Man
43 weeks ago

nr faversham

"The nemesis story about the aliens influenced by victorian stuff is the only one I remember.

It was all very steam punk before I'd heard of such a thing.

I have a vague recollection of this and Torque-armada?

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