9 Films That Completely Ignored Their Source (And Sucked Because Of It)
8. Judge Dredd Removes The Helmet
Last years Dredd was met with fan adoration but box office ignorance. Which is really for the better; not only does a biannual event movie betray the alternative ethics of 2000AD, but it means therell be none of the studio meddling that destroyed the previous attempt to bring the stern, futuristic law enforcer to the screen. The 1995 Judge Dredd was really more bothered with churning out a Sly Stallone vehicle over servicing the character. Nowhere is this clearer than with the eternally ridiculed mask removal. Throughout his thirty-five year stint in the comics unflinching Dredd, the most revered Judge in the crime-ridden Mega City One has never shown his face. It's always obscured by shadow, a comic frame or, most often, his trademark helmet. Obviously the allure(?) of Stallone would be lost if his face was constantly covered, so that was thrown out in the first five minutes. And once youve had the watershed change everything else fell soon after. Although the basic notion of a futuristic policeman was there, the mythology was either ignored or rushed by, with a lot of effort put on making Dredd likable. While I still hold reservations about Karl Urbans take on the character, theres no denying he stuck close to the characters spirit.
