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I remember the burning sense of injustice (Pun intended) back in 1995 when my most beloved hero/anti-hero Judge Dredd was dragged beaten and humiliated before cinema audiences round the world, in the travesty that was Stallone's 1995's vehicle 'Judge Dredd'.
Obviously removing the helmet went against the entire inception of the Dredd strip. But it was the sanitising of the character and the inclusion of Rob Schneider's "Comedy" sidekick that I couldn't hack. However the worst thing was that during the first 15minutes there were flashes of the true character, tantilising us with what might have been.
Following last years tour-de-force adaptation 'Dredd' from director Pete Travis and Alex Garland I've felt somewhat more kindly disposed towards the 1995 film. If I've got at least one awesome Judge Dredd film in my collection, I can sleep a little better knowing there is a bad one in there too. So I wondered what I could do with my FanEdit scissors to make the film better, sure I couldn't fully fix it, as it's got everything so fundementally wrong in the first place. But surely I could make it watchable?
So starting from the assumption that if Director Danny Cannon had been given total creative freedom (And had recieved no interference from his producers or Stallone himself) the film would have been more serious and less of a departure from the comics. So I present...
^ (Dredd image is based on a poster that a teenage Danny Cannon drew himself)
Edit available as a 2.5gb *.mkv at the moment with a BR and DVD to follow.
General Cutlist:
- Added 'cop-show' style subtitles with 2000AD refrences
- De-saturated and darkened the image throughout
- Removed almost every shot of Stallone's face that showed internal conflict, sadness, happiness or any emotion other than barely suppressed anger
- Removed Hershey/love subplot, they're like Cop partners... that's it
- Added FanEDit introduction
- Removed Stallone's excessively large name check and replaced it with a re-coloured Dredd logo (Timed to music sting)
- Silenced the Schneider intro-sequence and cut it to James Earl Jones' prologue
- Brought the council meeting forward to be the start-proper
- Cut several moments of Schneider clowning during Block War
- Removed Stallone's bike/fire slow-mo intro
- Cut around Stallone's 'Cod-Piece' close up
- Removed perp pulling gun on Dredd so now Dredd just executes him in cold blood
- Removed almost all of the "I knew you'd say that" catchphrase
- Removed 'comedy' malfunctioning bike gags
- Cut the over emotional locker-room scene down to the minimum essential to the plot
- Removed shot of drunk-driver shouting "Noooooooo" Ewan TPM style
- Cut Olmeyer shouting "Yes!" and pumping the air with his fist
- Cut "I NEVER BETRAYED THE LAW... I AM THE LAAAWWWW!!" line
- Removed several overly familiar glances between Dredd and Hershey during the court room scene
- Cut as much of Scheider talking in the shuttle scene as was possible
- During the Angel gang sequence I've removed almost all of Schneider making light of the situation
- Made several cuts to the Angel/Judge-Hunter fight to increase pace
- Cut Olmeyer's "CGI terminal" line as this sounded bad back in 1995, nevermind 2013
- Removed the very end of the statue-of-justice scene, to increase emotion
- During the fireball run, I've removed as much of Schneider, once again, making light of the deadly situation
- Removed Schneider's immature gag about Dredd stripping another man's clothes
- Removed Schneider giving Dredd away when he is disguised
- Again cut the flying bike malfunction
- During the dangerous chase I've AGAIN removed Schneider making silly gags
- Removed botched FX shot of Dredd and Fergee clearly dying in a fireball
- Cut as much Schneider gags from Hershey's flat sequence as was possible
- Removed Dredd and Hershey getting romantic on her bed
- AGAIN!!! removed Schneider making light of having been shot in his stomach FFS!!!
- Cut Rico's infamous "LAAAAAAWWWWWW!!!" scream
- Removed more Schneider clowning atop the ABC robot
- Removed Hershey's "Judge bitch" line
- Cut a few shots of Stallone looking too emotional
- Removed Hershey's "... you owe me" lines
- Cut Scheider on stretcher, making gags to the minimum
- Cut the kiss and shots of Dredd looking longingly at Hershey
- Faded out finale music and added James Earl Jones reprise
- Added 'Judge Yr-Self' by Manic Street Preachers as the credits role (The song was not included in the original soundtrack due to Richie Edwards sudden disapperance)
- Several new credits added including a big nod to Dredd's creators John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra
- 'Judge Yr-Self' now followed by The Cure song (Rest of music cut)
- Custom 2000AD ident added to the end
^ That's all the major changes anyway
Obviously removing the helmet went against the entire inception of the Dredd strip. But it was the sanitising of the character and the inclusion of Rob Schneider's "Comedy" sidekick that I couldn't hack. However the worst thing was that during the first 15minutes there were flashes of the true character, tantilising us with what might have been.
Following last years tour-de-force adaptation 'Dredd' from director Pete Travis and Alex Garland I've felt somewhat more kindly disposed towards the 1995 film. If I've got at least one awesome Judge Dredd film in my collection, I can sleep a little better knowing there is a bad one in there too. So I wondered what I could do with my FanEdit scissors to make the film better, sure I couldn't fully fix it, as it's got everything so fundementally wrong in the first place. But surely I could make it watchable?
So starting from the assumption that if Director Danny Cannon had been given total creative freedom (And had recieved no interference from his producers or Stallone himself) the film would have been more serious and less of a departure from the comics. So I present...
^ (Dredd image is based on a poster that a teenage Danny Cannon drew himself)
Edit available as a 2.5gb *.mkv at the moment with a BR and DVD to follow.
General Cutlist:
- Added 'cop-show' style subtitles with 2000AD refrences
- De-saturated and darkened the image throughout
- Removed almost every shot of Stallone's face that showed internal conflict, sadness, happiness or any emotion other than barely suppressed anger
- Removed Hershey/love subplot, they're like Cop partners... that's it
- Added FanEDit introduction
- Removed Stallone's excessively large name check and replaced it with a re-coloured Dredd logo (Timed to music sting)
- Silenced the Schneider intro-sequence and cut it to James Earl Jones' prologue
- Brought the council meeting forward to be the start-proper
- Cut several moments of Schneider clowning during Block War
- Removed Stallone's bike/fire slow-mo intro
- Cut around Stallone's 'Cod-Piece' close up
- Removed perp pulling gun on Dredd so now Dredd just executes him in cold blood
- Removed almost all of the "I knew you'd say that" catchphrase
- Removed 'comedy' malfunctioning bike gags
- Cut the over emotional locker-room scene down to the minimum essential to the plot
- Removed shot of drunk-driver shouting "Noooooooo" Ewan TPM style
- Cut Olmeyer shouting "Yes!" and pumping the air with his fist
- Cut "I NEVER BETRAYED THE LAW... I AM THE LAAAWWWW!!" line
- Removed several overly familiar glances between Dredd and Hershey during the court room scene
- Cut as much of Scheider talking in the shuttle scene as was possible
- During the Angel gang sequence I've removed almost all of Schneider making light of the situation
- Made several cuts to the Angel/Judge-Hunter fight to increase pace
- Cut Olmeyer's "CGI terminal" line as this sounded bad back in 1995, nevermind 2013
- Removed the very end of the statue-of-justice scene, to increase emotion
- During the fireball run, I've removed as much of Schneider, once again, making light of the deadly situation
- Removed Schneider's immature gag about Dredd stripping another man's clothes
- Removed Schneider giving Dredd away when he is disguised
- Again cut the flying bike malfunction
- During the dangerous chase I've AGAIN removed Schneider making silly gags
- Removed botched FX shot of Dredd and Fergee clearly dying in a fireball
- Cut as much Schneider gags from Hershey's flat sequence as was possible
- Removed Dredd and Hershey getting romantic on her bed
- AGAIN!!! removed Schneider making light of having been shot in his stomach FFS!!!
- Cut Rico's infamous "LAAAAAAWWWWWW!!!" scream
- Removed more Schneider clowning atop the ABC robot
- Removed Hershey's "Judge bitch" line
- Cut a few shots of Stallone looking too emotional
- Removed Hershey's "... you owe me" lines
- Cut Scheider on stretcher, making gags to the minimum
- Cut the kiss and shots of Dredd looking longingly at Hershey
- Faded out finale music and added James Earl Jones reprise
- Added 'Judge Yr-Self' by Manic Street Preachers as the credits role (The song was not included in the original soundtrack due to Richie Edwards sudden disapperance)
- Several new credits added including a big nod to Dredd's creators John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra
- 'Judge Yr-Self' now followed by The Cure song (Rest of music cut)
- Custom 2000AD ident added to the end
^ That's all the major changes anyway
