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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two' takes Judge Dredd out of his city and put him in strange circumstances to see what happens. It's an interesting experiment, but I'm not sure it works.
Judge Dredd finds himself in what used to be California as part of a Judge exchange program. He's also paired with a film crew and given a non-lethal gun. All the things he knows are put to the test as things are quite a bit more relaxed. There are strange stories about a giant mutated shrimp, and a criminal zone called Crimeland where Dredd is accompanied by two weird cartoon characters and meets a judge-like guy named Santos.
The art by Ulises Farinas is detailed and great, but perhaps a bit too colorful for what I'm used to in a Judge Dredd story. There is a full page detailed cityscape in each issue that made me stop and study like a Where's Waldo picture. There is humor in all the nooks and crannies of the drawings. But I wanted Dredd to be, well, more like himself. I wanted him to get fed up and just start judging. The social commentary is sort of there, but it just lays there and doesn't do anything. I wanted to like it more than I did, but I'll give another volume of this remake a chance if given the opportunity.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Judge Dredd finds himself in what used to be California as part of a Judge exchange program. He's also paired with a film crew and given a non-lethal gun. All the things he knows are put to the test as things are quite a bit more relaxed. There are strange stories about a giant mutated shrimp, and a criminal zone called Crimeland where Dredd is accompanied by two weird cartoon characters and meets a judge-like guy named Santos.
The art by Ulises Farinas is detailed and great, but perhaps a bit too colorful for what I'm used to in a Judge Dredd story. There is a full page detailed cityscape in each issue that made me stop and study like a Where's Waldo picture. There is humor in all the nooks and crannies of the drawings. But I wanted Dredd to be, well, more like himself. I wanted him to get fed up and just start judging. The social commentary is sort of there, but it just lays there and doesn't do anything. I wanted to like it more than I did, but I'll give another volume of this remake a chance if given the opportunity.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
colindalaska's review against another edition
3.0
It’s fun to see other parts of Dredd’s world that 2000AD has previously ignored, but this feels badly edited - as Dredd explains what just happened rather than have it shown. Confusing but the Darrow-like full pages are brilliant, shame about the faces.
svarnyp's review against another edition
3.0
And I thought that after Megacity Zero nothing could surprise me. But obviously Megacity One is the sane one. Meg2 is full of movie stars and everything is just a chance to shine. Another crazy like Judge Dredd with a good quality story. However, sometimes the layout was a little confusing to read for me in the ebook but probably the whole story is just a too much of a mess. I had my fun (and one obligatory star goes for Pug Dredd) but I would still prefer Meg Zero or other Judge Dredd stories.
suvij's review against another edition
5.0
Дуже. Дуже сподобалось.
Це Дредд постмодерний, з купою цитат і алюзій до комікс-культури, до американської поп-культури, до всесвіту Дредда. Авторські нотатки в кінці як дрібка спецій.
І наскрізне медіа. Життя міста як постійне реаліті-шоу, і це не драма, а природний стан речей. Хочеш стати громадянином — іди на кастинг.
Художник і колорист теж дали жару (Дуґлас Волк наприкінці відзначив чимало ідей, які приніс у комікс Улісес Фарінас).
Словом, це любов. Хочу мати його на папері, щоби була можливість роздивлятись деякі розгорти ще і ще.
Sorry Geof…
Це Дредд постмодерний, з купою цитат і алюзій до комікс-культури, до американської поп-культури, до всесвіту Дредда. Авторські нотатки в кінці як дрібка спецій.
І наскрізне медіа. Життя міста як постійне реаліті-шоу, і це не драма, а природний стан речей. Хочеш стати громадянином — іди на кастинг.
Художник і колорист теж дали жару (Дуґлас Волк наприкінці відзначив чимало ідей, які приніс у комікс Улісес Фарінас).
Словом, це любов. Хочу мати його на папері, щоби була можливість роздивлятись деякі розгорти ще і ще.
Sorry Geof…
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