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Bad Sci-Fi Theater: Judge Dredd (1995)

November 20, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

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HE AM THE LAW!!!

HE AM THE LAW!!!

It’s about time for another Bad Sci-Fi Theater post! This time around, I put up the choice of movies for a vote on Twitter, and low and behold they declared that I must watch the first Judge Dredd movie from 1995. This tour de force of entertainment features Sylvester Stallone and that thespian of thespians who brought us not only Deuce Bigalo: MaleΒ Gigolo, but ALSO its sequel: Rob Schneider! (Okay, so I admit I laughed at the “Makin’ Copies” sketches on SNL back in the day, but I really can’t stand the guy. So thanks, Twitter. I owe ya one. πŸ˜‰

So hey, here we go!

Bad Sci-Fi Theater live-tweet of 1995 Judge Dredd begins now! Steam with me on Netflix @ tweet at #BSFT! pic.twitter.com/UoSa81wb4K

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Let us go back to 1995, before they knew how to make comic book movies!

Hey, that’s JAMES EARL JONES DOING VOICE-OVER!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

You know, if this whole movie were just a book read by James Earl Jones, I’d love that. #JudgeDredd πŸ˜€#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

They’re Judge Judy and executioner all in one!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Wait, Joan Chen is in this?! Josie Packard from Twin Peaks? Cool.
AND Jurgen Prochow? It’s a David Lynch reunion.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

You know it’s a quality flick when it opens on Rob Schneider.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Max Von Sydow also?
Hey, Judge Dredd may be better than I anticipated! But this is supposed to be BAD Sci-Fi Theater!@ScifiCommons #BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

“Eat recycled food for a happier & healthier life! It’s good for the environment! & OK for you.”
I bet it’s greener than Soylent Green!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

These people are all terribly violent and should be ashamed of themselves. Use your automatic weapons for LOVE citizens, not hate!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Ooh, automatic kickstand for the bike! This IS the future!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

HE AM THE LAW!!
(I’m going to drink each time he says that.)#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Leader of the baddies here seems to be played by the same guy who played Cephalo in #ChroniclesofShannara.
He’s younger here.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

I like how Coors is displayed across the top of the recycled food vendor bot. πŸ˜€#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Cephalo shot a redshirt. So now he ded. But now we have pathos for Hershey, so it’s all good. #BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

“Emotions. There oughta be a law against them.”
Then he’d never be arrested for his acting, would he?#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Judge Jurgen Prochnow is here to save us from the Harkonnen! #BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Judge Prochnow appears to be for oppression. Judge Von Sydow against.
So I’m betting Von Sydow will turn out to be evil. Because drama.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

And Dredd takes off his helmet and angers millions of comic fans! πŸ˜€#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

It’s the Aspen Penal Colony!
I bet everyone on the outside has penal envy.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

So this guy’s apparently imprisoned by a force field-contained cell. No bars.
I’m sure that won’t lose power anytime ever.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

…Or the warden will just open it up to give him a weapon. That works, too.#BadIdea#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

So it’s either die on the job, or live long enough to be kicked out of the city to die in the desert.
Great recruitment speech.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

‘Tis a very cyberpunk world, this Judge Dredd.
I mean, without the cyber-.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

“We’re closed for the noight!”
So lock your freaking door, man!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Ex-Judge Rico (is that his name?) has got himself some Terminators.
Lookin’ a bit rusty, though. All cuddly and big and rusty.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Why do folks try to plead not guilty when the judge is also the arresting officer?
Methinks this justice system may have *gasp* flaws!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

It’s possible that Judge Dredd MIGHT be being framed.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

HE AM THE LAW!!! *drinks*#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

His first name is Joseph? JOE DREDD!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Aww, Judge Van Sydow’s gonna walk his ass into the desert to get a wish. Come back, Mr. Good Actor! Come back!#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

And Judge Von Sydow walks into the desert. He’ll pick up a stilsuit out there somewhere, I hope. #BSFT pic.twitter.com/i0vkaj3DkW

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

How did Rico sneak himself and a giant killer Terminator-bot into the head Judge’s office? Them things don’t look sneaky.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Sir, it’s quite possible that ex-Judge Rico is not entirely stable.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

HOLY CARP IT’S HERSHEL FROM THE WALKING DEAD! πŸ˜€#JudgeDredd #BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

…except, he miiiiiiiight be just a little crazy.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Scott Wilson as Pa Angel (Judge Dredd)

“I told you not to go in the barn, Dredd!”

Well, you know you’re famous when the wilderland mutant outcast weirdos have heard of you. #BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Hey! Just because somebody’s a cannibal doesn’t mean they’re not good people!
They probably have all sorts of interesting recipes, too#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Hey! Just because somebody’s a cannibal doesn’t mean they’re not good people!
They probably have all sorts of interesting recipes, too#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Remember, kids: If you have a gun, never run toward someone who has a knife if they are actively trying to kill you.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Yay! Judge Von Sydow is back! πŸ˜€#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

…Aaaand now he’s dead.
Well screw you too, movie. πŸ˜›#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

If you start a genetic enhancement project to create the perfect judge, maybe don’t name it after Janus, a two-faced god.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

That’s like naming a ship the Icarus.
Or a make-up line after Medusa.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Yaay, it’s Joan Chen!
Now I wanna watch Twin Peaks again.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

The IMDB trivia for Judge Dredd states that Schneider’s character is the comic relief.
If you have to state it…#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

…Why would you have a holographic billboard that CAN KILL PEOPLE?!
I mean that’s just bad PR waiting to happen right there, folks.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

So, for the record, Dredd just killed dozens of cops just doing their jobs, then blew up an entire floor of an apartment building.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Remember kids: Before attacking the bad guy w/ the giant killer robot, do NOT step CLOSER to said giant killer robot.#TheMoreYouKnow#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

I just realized we’re almost at the climax of the movie. It snuck up on me.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Rico is releasing the 60% complete Judge clones.
I’m sure that will go just fine and not be horrifying at all.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

…except it seems the 60% complete clones just got 100% blown up before they could do much of anything, so…never mind.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

This movie has the best fist fight in the Statue of Liberty’s blown-open head that I’ve ever seen.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Rico fell off’n the Statue of Liberty.
Diane Lane shot Joan Chen.
So everyone is safe. Except the city is still vastly under-staffed.#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

“Dredd? Dredd! That’s IT?”
Writers: “Yeah, we’re about done with this.”#BSFT

β€” Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 19, 2016

Well, I confess it wasn’t quite as bad as I’d remembered it. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing in this case, but hey, the movie’s over, and that’s what’s important. I think. Probably.
Now go watch the newer one with whatshisname and Cersei Lannister!

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