Judge Dredd

From Speakeasy’s Podcast:

It’s exactly 40 years since Lynch first hatched, an event foretold by ancient prophecy as bringing about the apocalypse. So what better way to celebrate than by taking on Judge Dredd, based on the classic British anti-hero the production team considered exactly what sort of film the fans would love and then more or less did the complete opposite.

In this episode we’re joined by JT Pegg – Judging Dredd is a bumpy ride as we’ve got lots of complaints about what they did to an icon from our youth but we manage to avoid getting sent to an isocube and have some laughs along the way.

We’ve just started … where the Cinergi logo has faded out? Whatever happened to them? Oh right, they made Judge Dredd. … That was enough for them. [laughter] They were like, ‘We just can’t do any better than that.’ — Speakeasy,
Judge Dredd @0:04:47

[Dredd takes off his helmet] Aw! F*** off! … In the comic book, in decades, you never see Dredd’s face. … If he’s injured … he’ll be bandaged. … There’s always some joke. … This is blasphemy. — Speakeasy,
Judge Dredd @0:04:47

Kind of a fantastic combination. It places itself very much in the middle between Blade Runner and the Super Mario movie. [laughter] I didn’t think that was possible, but they did it. — Speakeasy,
Judge Dredd @0:07:33

Plato has reviewed [the DVD] … on the back. And it says, ‘Where there is crime in society, there is no justice.’ … And how many stars did he give it? [laughter] He hasn’t given it any stars. — Speakeasy,
Judge Dredd @0:35:52

I won’t even tell you about Judge Glasscock. [laughter] You know what they said about him? No? You could always see him coming. [uproarious laughter] — Speakeasy,
Judge Dredd @1:04:07