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Would Dredd be happier in the warhammer-verse?

posted 8 years ago by cybermastah
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I remember reading somewhere that Dredd was actually pro-fascism, and given how easily he deals 'Justice', I can't help but feel that perhaps he's a lot like the space marines just in his own verse. In the warhammer universe things are a lot easier:

If it doesn't look human, you can shoot it.
If it looks human but says anything not in line with the Imperium's teachings, you can shoot it.

Plus every human will be rooting for him, none of this anti-capitalist, anti-fascism hippie nonsense....or if there are he can shoot them.

[–] mubhceeb 8 years ago

Dredd is a satire on how fascism as an ideology doesn't work.

Interestingly though Dan Abnett, Warhammer writer reworked one of his aborted Warhammer stories into a Dredd-verse comic strip called Insurrection, so there are obvious shared themes:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Insurrection-Dan-Abnett/dp/1907992499/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471348334&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=Dredd+insurrection

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https://www.facebook.com/BringBackDredd/

[–] cybermastah 8 years ago

"Dredd is a satire on how fascism as an ideology doesn't work."

True, but it does in Warhammer 40k, which is why I'm sure Dredd would have the time of his life.

I'll look into the story you mentioned, I'm certainly eager to see a warhammer-esque Dredd story.

[–] cybermastah 8 years ago

"Dredd is a satire on how fascism as an ideology doesn't work."

I just realized you may have misunderstood what I meant, I didn't mean Dredd the comic books, I meant Dredd the character.

[–] StormBringer328 8 years ago

Sometime back I was reading about the early days of Warhammer 40k, known as Rogue Trader, and writers worked in both 'verses. At one point Citadel, the miniatures side of GW, made a line of Dredd minis. So the comparison is def valid. I could see Dredd as a Space Marine for sure, or the 40k equivalent of an Arbite. Damn, I want to see more Dredd in film. As well as a legit 40k film. One day...

[–] mubhceeb 8 years ago

I had the Judge Dredd board game from the 80's and some of the Citadel figures, there was also a Judge Dredd role-playing game released.

Some info here: http://roleplay-geek.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/to-z-of-uk-rpg-in-80s-j-is-for-judge.html

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[–] ruhenri-decastro 8 years ago

Oh gosh, i can see him as an inquisitor. Kill all the xenos and all the heretics (and some more).... lol

[–] cybermastah 8 years ago

I remember reading somewhere that due to the violent first encounters between humans and dark alien races, they decided to treat all Xenos in the same hostile light. I even read that even when they met peaceful Xenos, they still wiped them out, so it begs the question, would Dredd take out innocents if the Imperium demanded it?

I'm sure there must've been a Dredd storyline where the law was against folks who were actually innocent.

[–] ruhenri-decastro 8 years ago

If he lived in the Warhammer universe? I think so. There aren't good guys there. The humanity is always on the limit, if they loose certain planets they would be wiped out. They don't get to do the right thing, doing it puts in jeopardy all of the human race. The inquisition can be (and they are) too ruthless, to the point of executing millions of persons at a time. The space marines can be bloody fanatics who want nothing more than to kill xenos and chaos's armies. But there is a reason for that level of violence. Dredd upholds the law (in the majority of times) without thinking twice,why? Because of the alternative. If he lived in the Warhammer 40k he would probably be one of the most ruthless inquisitors. Because he had to.

:)

[–] eldospeaks 8 years ago

Arbitrator Foreboding was a nod to Judge Dredd.

"I stooped to pick a buttercup. Why people leave buttocks lying around, I've no idea."