RoboCop Or Dredd: Who Is The Better Police Officer?
Who can escape from the allure of pitting two enhanced law enforcement officers against each other? When there was a new RoboCop remake happening in 2014, it was easy too early to ask who was better at the job of upholding the law: RoboCop or Judge Dredd?
One of the producers of the underrated Dredd reboot had the opportunity to chime in on the subject, and his answer might surprise you.
Producer Adi Shankar answered the question about the futuristic law enforcers on Quora.com.
Obviously, both police officers have their advantages and disadvantages. For a moment it seemed like Shankar might give the edge to RoboCop as an officer who can be upgraded and doesn’t feel pain. However, the producer ultimately gave the title to Dredd because he had to deal with more psychopaths and demons.
Shankar said, “Dredd would be most effective against a metahuman/extraterrestrial/demonic/demi-god since in theory he has an army of judges at his disposal and has proven himself against demons (Judge Death). Dredd would also be most effective against the crazy serial killer criminal, since a. most of his rogue gallery consists of borderline psychopaths and b. his moral compass and demeanor is in a similar vein of the likes of Frank Castle aka The Punisher, Bruce Wayne aka Batman, and Eddie Brock aka Venom.
Honestly, I would give a slight edge to Judge Dredd, too. Dealing with crime in Mega-City One is far more difficult than dealing with crime in the ruins of old Detroit.
In the film Dredd, Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson have to handle crime in one block, Peach Trees, while the entire city, which spans from Washington D.C. to Boston, is still ravaged with crime.
You get the impression that the whole city is exactly like Peach Trees, but the movie just deals with one block. RoboCop has to deal with Detroit and the evils of corporations and that’s about it.
Also, the Ma-Ma Gang seems far more deadly than Clarence Boddicker’s. If we’re dealing with movies, RoboCop (1987) is much better than Dredd (2012) and Judge Dredd (1995).
Before finishing his response, Adi Shankar took a dig at the RoboCop remake and explained that any fictional character could beat the new RoboCop (Joel Kinnaman).
Shankar continued, “However, if we are referring to the new Robocop from the film due out in Feb 2014 then Judge Dredd would destroy him. I would elaborate but I don’t feel that I need to because I would argue that the Muppets (any of them), Tommy the green Power Ranger, or a random henchman or henchwoman from the laugh worthy Total Recall reboot could kick the new Robocop’s ass as well.
Meanwhile, comic book publisher 2000 AD has released the sequel to Dredd, but in comic book form.
The publishers released the sequel on September 18, the so-called “Dredd Day of Action,” which is the one day Dredd fans tried to boost sales of the film to let Lionsgate know that they want a live-action sequel film.
