Judge Dredd: Mega-Blog One

          Judge Dredd “Citi-Def Chaos” i s a much less known Animated movie, on a fairly unknown you-tube  channel. This film I was pleasantly  surprised to enjoy. It is a bit rough around the edges production that clearly has love and care put into it. Citi-Def's animation combines stiff 2D models which moves similar  to a motion comic with smooth moving 3D animation. Out of the two distinct  styles I enjoyed the 2D animation more but the two of them work together well, and better than some attempts I've  seen such as in Superfiend.           The camera work is done well enough that is manages to distract from the often un-moving animation style and fake some motion. I don’t know what it was about this film specifically but I really liked the drawing style they used, the colors are bright where they need to be and dull where they need to be making for some truly nice visuals.  While it may be...

Fan Film Friday everyone! My first introduction to introduction to Adi Shankar’s BOOTLEG UNIVERSE Was POWER/RANGER three years ago in 2015. At the time I watched all his other videos, the Punisher dirty laundry, in the service of nothing, and Venom. I saw it as a neat YouTube channel which somehow turned ordinary properties into HBO series. I didn’t see SUPERFIEND until recently as I hadn’t ever gone back to the channel to check on new projects, and boy am I glad I did, Adi Shankar’s short animated feature clocks in at just above 27 minutes (A recurring number for Dredd fan films it seems) It’s all about a Judge Sydney on a rampage is a weirdly enthralling romp. Interestingly Adi Shankar was the executive producer on Dredd, but this short takes a completely different style. The premise, without giving to much away is about Judge Sydney, a Judge who has a penchant for murder, and a dark past, the opening scenes masterfully illustrate this in very few momen...

         After Dredd failed to perform at the box office and before the upcoming series was announced, Judge Dredd: Mega-city one was announced the hope for more live action Judge Dredd seemed like a lost cause, and a group of fans took it upon themselves to make arguably the best, Judge Dredd film yet (that doesn’t even star Dredd). It takes the short prog about Judge Minty which introduced the concept of the long walk (essentially the worst retirement plan imaginable) and expands it into twenty seven glorious minutes. The costume design is top notch, taking inspiration from blending the over the top comic look they somehow made it look good and convincing in live action (A feat that many superhero films with larger budgets failed to do) I personally like the look better than either live action Dredd adaption do far. Speaking of costume design the one prop I wish we got to see more was the law-master, it looked really good, it’s a shame we never got a g...