Judge Dredd
Unclear and Present Danger
Jamelle Bouie
4.7 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John are joined by David Sims of The Atlantic magazine and the Blank Check podcast to discuss the 1995 comic book adaptation “Judge Dredd.” Made in the era when Hollywood had no idea what to do with comics and science fiction properties, “Judge Dredd” is, in most respects, a failure. But within that failure is interesting glimpse into one of the major political preoccupations of the 1990s — crime. As such, the conversation touches on the crime discourse of the decade, as well as the culture of American policing. They also talk a bit about Sylvester Stallone.
It’s a good episode, even if you disagree with us about the strength of the movie itself. We realized that we skipped an important entry in Stallone’s 1990s output, so our next episode will be on the 1993 film “Demolition Man.” We’ll see you then.
Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.
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| 0:00.0 | As a city, we continue to grow. |
| 0:04.0 | 73 citizen riots. |
| 0:06.0 | Come and get us! |
| 0:08.0 | Threat out your weapons and prepare to be judged. |
| 0:10.0 | Judge this! |
| 0:18.0 | Quartz adjourned. |
| 0:19.0 | Greatly. You're a legend. Court's at your end. |
| 0:23.6 | Dredi! You're a legend. |
| 0:24.6 | You are my finest student. |
| 0:26.6 | Dread. |
| 0:27.6 | You're under arrest. |
| 0:29.6 | What's the charge? |
| 0:30.6 | Murdered. |
| 0:31.6 | The enemy could falsify. |
| 0:33.6 | Guilty has charged. |
| 0:35.6 | I am not the law. I am the law. |
| 0:39.3 | You want chaos? |
| 0:40.3 | The sentence shall be life imprisonment. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm the chaos. |
| 0:45.3 | Threat? |
| 0:46.3 | What's happening? |
| 0:48.3 | Let me crush him, Paul. |
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