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  Judge Dredd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judge Dredd (Joseph Dredd or Joe Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977).
Judge Dredd is regularly invoked to describe politicians or police who overstep their powers, most recently by Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty.
Judge Dredd VS Aliens (Prog 2003 annual to 1335) pitted Dredd against the monsters from the Alien movie series, with mutant terrorist Mister Bones breeding an army of xenomorphs in the Undercity and having them assault the Department of Justice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judge_Dredd   (5316 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Today's issues | Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd's creators say that you never see underneath the visor on his helmet because he represents the impartiality and facelessness of justice.
It is now a quarter of a century that Judge Dredd has spent on the beat in Mega-City One, a metropolis with a population of 65m crammed behind the city walls with nuclear wasteland beyond.
Judge Dredd has also taken on Batman on four occasions and one foe is 'Mean Machine Angel' who has a dial on his head for how angry he is (fear it going up to setting four).
www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,662302,00.html   (691 words)

  
 Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn - Film, law and the delivery of justice: The case of Judge Dredd and the disappearing ...
Dredd's suggestion that Ferguson should have jumped from the window of the block to protect himself rather than commandeer a food unit (and hence commit a legal violation) is met with Ferguson's reply that as it was 40 floors up it would have been a suicidal move.
Judge Dredd switches the 'action' from the courtroom to the sidewalk but unlike the vigilantism of police or civilians, his sidewalk justice is given with the full backing of the law - the sidewalk becomes Dredd's own legitimised courtroom.
Dredd is as much the master of his 'courtroom' as any previous cinema judge, the change is the arena not the authority, his judicial robes are signposted as clearly as those historically trimmed with ermine.
www.albany.edu /scj/jcjpc/vol6is2/greenfield.html   (4732 words)

  
 Shoreline Entertainment
Judge Dredd and his psychic partner Judge Anderson unsuccessfully attempt to subdue Phobia, instead accidentally killing the professor (in front of the professor's young son, Jackman), and loosing the orb into Phobia's possession.
Dredd and Jackman are forced to co-operate when they attacked by Cursed Earth denizens, Phobia, and finally an army of the undead, led by two evil Dark Judges: Judge Fire and Judge Mortis.
Dredd and Jackman must now face a terrifying prospect: the only way to permanently annihilate Judge Death and his minions is to follow him into the Dead World through a vortex opened up by the orb.
www.shorelineentertainment.com /movies/JudgeDredd_P.html   (455 words)

  
 Shoreline Entertainment
Tragically, Dredd fails to save his mentor from falling to his doom as they dangle over the city and are riddled with bullets from a team of hovercrafts led by Max Voltek, head of a group of Mega-City assassins.
Dredd now is the most well-known--and feared--of the Judges, notorious for his merciless interpretation of the law.
Dredd in turn is arrested and stripped of his status as a Judge.
www.shorelineentertainment.com /movies/JudgeDredd_DR.html   (315 words)

  
 3D Gamers :: Game Listing :: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Info
Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death will be a first-person shooter seen through the eyes of Judge Dredd as he patrols the mean streets of the stunningly realised future metropolis, Mega-City One.
Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death will feature a unique new storyline, but one that fits in perfectly with the continuity of the comic with a full cast of characters from the Judge Dredd stories, including Judge Anderson and the Dark Judges, and many of the famous Mega-City One locations.
For instance, because Dredd must obey the law he upholds and react according to the severity of all crimes, gamers won't be able to just blast their way through the game, shooting petty criminals at will (not unless they fancy spending the rest of their life breaking rocks on Titan).
www.3dgamers.com /games/dreddvsdeath   (262 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Judge Dredd
Dredd is one of many so-called "judges" who maintain order in Mega City One, a vast, impossibly dense urban sprawl that covers the entire eastern portion of North America in the 22nd century dystopia in which he lives.
For example, Dredd once investigated an attempt on the part of organized criminals to prey on a professional baseball team, and, being absolutely impartial in his upholding of the law, wound up putting away most of the players and coaching staff, and quite a few spectators, on unrelated charges, most involving victimless crimes.
Judge Dredd is the major star of Britain's weekly science fiction comic book, 2000 AD, which was launched by IPC magazines with a cover date of Feb. 26, 1977.
www.toonopedia.com /dredd.htm   (812 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the fictional judge dredd universe recounted in the uk comic bookcomic 2000 ad, the dark judges were originally a group of lawkeepers from a...
Judge death is a character from the fictional judge dredd universe recounted in the uk comic bookcomic 2000 ad....
Judge mcgruder is a fictional character in the judge dredd stories published in the comic book 2000 ad....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/judge_dredd.htm   (7497 words)

  
 Judge Dredd (1995)
The Judge then explains to his concerned fellow Judges that he is a hundred meters out of the effective range of the weapons they are firing.
Most of the Judges that were spawned from this project were killed because they were born with serious mental defects that caused them to be the exact opposite of what was intended: harsh, violent super-criminals.
Judge Dredd was spared because he was the only exception to this rule, which leaves us wondering why Rico was merely confined to prison.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=2037   (1799 words)

  
 Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd was a clone of Chief Judge Fargo, the first leader of the Judges.
Dredd has become a symbol of the law, and deliberately maintains this image of being a faceless representative of the system, virtually never being seen without his uniform helmet on.
There are a number of variations in the character (Dredd removes his helmet, he questions the Law in favour of Justice by the end of the movie, he lets Hershey kiss him without arresting her, and he doesn't know he and Rico are clones), the differences aren't sufficient to warrant giving him a separate entry.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /d/dredd.htm   (1544 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: The Complete America - PopMatters Comic Book Review
For the uninitiated, Dredd is one of the Judges in the far-future Mega City One, acting as judge, jury and executioner, and licensed to dispense street-justice on the spot.
The key to Dredd's character is the paradox between his unwavering quest for justice and his near-fascist application of it.
Dredd's writers were clearly not afraid to spark controversy, and it took nearly a decade for this aesthetic to cross over to US superheroes.
www.popmatters.com /comics/judge-dredd-complete-america.shtml   (851 words)

  
 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- JUDGE DREDD
JUDGE DREDD is based upon the cult comic book of the same name, with Stallone portraying the title character.
In the future, justice is swift thanks to an elite police force known as "Judges" that have absolute authority, serving as judge, jury and when required- executioner.
The plot of JUDGE DREDD centers on the political aspiration of Judge Griffin (Jürgen Prochnow), who frames Dredd for murder in an effort to unseat Judge Fargo (Max von Sydow) from his leadership of the Council of Judges.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/judge-dredd-dvd.htm   (420 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (Xbox): PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dredd finds himself having to deal with the full spectrum of criminal behaviour, from littering and caffeine abuse to saving the city from the utterly evil Judge Death.
Judge Dredd vs Judge Death features a unique new storyline, but one that fits in perfectly with the continuity of the comic with a full cast of characters from the Judge Dredd stories, including Judge Anderson and the Dark Judges, and many of the famous Mega-City One locations.
The world of Judge Dredd, brought vividly to life on a decent games console, was a mouthwatering prospect: it had a huge back catalogue of characters and plots, it had all the superb kit of the Judges.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009QI45   (1653 words)

  
 GameSpy: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Preview
Dredd's been given the digital business before, of course, in such storied outings as Acclaim's craptacular Genesis release.
Dredd's home is Mega City One, a mega-mega-metropolis governed by an unassailable institution known as the Justice Department.
Into this insane mix add vampires and Dredd's polar opposite -- Judge Death -- who believes that since all crime is committed by the living, life is the ultimate crime.
cube.gamespy.com /gamecube/judge-dredd-dredd-vs-death/499453p1.html   (567 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (Playstation 2) Review at RewiredMind.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Judge Joe Dredd is the most feared and respected Judge of all – tread carefully when you step into his shoes.
Psi Division have foreseen a plague and the Dark Judges are restless in confinement.
Dredd’s duty is to uphold the law, so he cannot simply kill whoever he likes without attracting trouble from the SJS (Internal Affairs for Judges).
www.rewiredmind.com /review.php?id=224   (988 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Judge Dredd (1995) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Judge Dredd is one of those movies that doesn't have a brain of its own, so it can only rip off a lot of ingredients from other, better movies.
But Dredd himself is subjected to judgment and swift justice when his own gun is identified in the murder of a prominent TV reporter, forcing him to do whatever he can to clear his name.
Dredd is a commanding presence behind his visor, and Diane Lane brings the humanity to the screen that Dredd obviously lacks.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303855474?v=glance   (2328 words)

  
 Judge Dredd Character Profile
Joe Dredd and his brother, Rico, were cloned from the bloodline of Judge Fargo in 2066.
The judge's fears were realised when Call-Me-Kenneth started the Robot Wars and thousands of Judges and Citizens lost their lives their lives before the robots were defeated.
Dredd may have the trappings of a fascist viewed through the layers of irony in the comic strip, but he is clearly no Torquemada of Termite.
www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/sputnik/53/jdredd.htm   (1454 words)

  
 Judge Dredd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The action film "Judge Dredd" stars Sylvester Stallone as a law enforcer who rides through a post-apocalyptic city on a rocket-powered, flying motorcycle that defies the laws of physics as it swoops through concrete and steel.
Bodies for Dredd and Fergie were sculpted and digitized, while cyber-scans of the actors' heads provided skin texture and facial expressions needed to construct heads for the digital bodies.
To imitate the movements of Stallone and Schneider (filmed during a green screen shoot on a motion-base), Kleiser-Walczak used an actor in a performance capture suit and a motion base bike to record motion data that would be linked with the digital stand-ins for Stallone and Schneider.
www.kwcc.com /works/ff/judged.html   (518 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: Dredd Versus Death for PC Review - PC Judge Dredd: Dredd Versus Death Review
Though it was released in Europe way back in 2003, Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death is just now arriving in the US.
You, of course, play Dredd, a cop of the future who acts as judge, jury, and executioner in a fascistic consumer dystopia called Mega-City One.
The problem is, unless it's a very occasional part of a mission goal, or unless you're deeply into role-playing Judge Dredd, there's basically no reason to do this.
www.gamespot.com /pc/action/judgedredddreddversusdeath/review.html   (1135 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death for PS2 at GameZone.com
Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death is an intense first-person shooter set in the post-apocalyptic megalopolis of Mega-City One.
The player takes the role of Judge Dredd as he patrols the overcrowded streets of the city, arresting lawbreakers and dealing with the breakdown of law and order, as vampires, the undead and the Dark Judges are let loose onto an unsuspecting population.
Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death is an electrifying new story featuring the most popular characters from the long-running 2000 AD magazine, including the female Psi-Judge Anderson and the malign Dark Judges, and uses famous locations from the comic strips such as Resyk, the Smokatorium and the Grand Hall of Justice.
ps2.gamezone.com /gamesell/p21103.htm   (429 words)

  
 Jolt.co.uk - Online Gaming - Clan Server Rental
Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death combines one of the most recognisable characters and vibrant universes in the history of comics with Rebellion's proven track record in producing highly playable, innovative FPS games.
Dredd Vs. Death is very much a progression of the Dredd universe into a fully-realised and faithful videogame that allows gamers to experience for the first time all the aspects of the Dredd universe that make the comics so cool.
We have portrayed the feel of playing as Dredd through every possible factor, from the instantly recognisable weapons and uniform to Dredd's suitably gravelly speech as he orders perps to surrender, to subtler factors such as the way fellow Judges and citizens react to you when you encounter them.
www.jolt.co.uk /index.php?articleid=27   (1384 words)

  
 Review: Judge Dredd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dredd's Mega-City One (formerly New York) is a glitzy replication.
Dredd is framed for murder and, when his chosen defense counselor, Judge Hershey (Diane Lane), can't contradict some DNA evidence (no, this isn't the O.J. Simpson trial), he is sent to prison.
Dredd is pure Stallone and, irrespective of all the sci-fi trappings, that statement is probably all that's needed to define exactly what kind of movie this is.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/judge_dredd.html   (700 words)

  
 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Preview from GameZone.com
Dredd is back in action in a multiplatform shooter called Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death, published by Evolved Games.
Dredd is given a variety of missions to accomplish, but along the way he can take care of others, which get in his way.
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death is slated for release at the end of the month on the Xbox, PS2, GameCube and PC.
ps2.gamezone.com /gzreviews/p21103.htm   (617 words)

  
 IGN: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Preview
The Judge Dredd comic and videogame take place in just such a location (known as Mega City One) and is overrun with crime, filth, and other such problems detrimental to society.
And it's this bitter rivalry that serves as the premise behind Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death -- as Death has unleashed his squad of undead minions upon the populace of Mega City One, which forces Dredd to clean up the mess and hunt his archenemy down once and for all.
Spanning 11 story-based chapters, Dredd vs. Death seems on the surface to be "just another first-person shooter," combing zombies, vampires, thugs, and other somewhat generic enemies with the familiar Judge Dredd universe.
pc.ign.com /articles/493/493422p1.html   (805 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Judge Dredd / DVD-Video
In a time when all-powerful and coldly efficient "Judges" act with the supreme authority of both the police force and legal system, Judge Dredd (Stallone) is the most feared law enforcer of them all.
The ruling elite is judge, jury, and executioner that have power over anarchic citizens fighting “block wars” in a megalopolis.
When I very first heard that Judge Dredd was going to be brought to life on the big screen I was very excited.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=2279&partner_id=29346865   (355 words)

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