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Luetin09 i like this shit dude!
Judge dreed is so fucking grimdark.
He would fit in so Well as an adeptus arbites in necromunda or mordian!
Keep this coming and 40k!
Yes please ! I feel like judge Dredd should be more in the focus of movies and shows but ...
ABC Warriors! Nemesis the Warlock if you're feeling ambitious.
I love that you covering Dredd. Any plans to do a series on the big wars? I would love to hear them narrated by you.
All Luetin lore is good Luetin lore.
4:27 - "Citizens of these vast urban centers live in claustrophobic conditions and many don't have permanent accomodation"
That's just New York
with slightly higher crime.
When you think about it, it’s using a dystopia to talk about present day problems. Urban crime, police brutality, political corruption, etc. but the point is made through a cool dystopian future
Hongkong fits this description perfectly
Nope New York is in the cellar.
@@ramentaco9179 as is with all good sci-fi
The australian outback is a vast deadzone.
So.... no difference then?
It's a little safer now. After the nuclear holocaust there's not as much dangerous wildlife left alive and less mutants around.
@@calexander7495 now thats funny ahaha
So... You finally beat the Emu's?
@@shadow-monger5189 he didn't say it was occupied by humanity...
@@andrewamann8855 What a terrifying scenario.
*"He is the leader of the Dark Judges from the alternate dimension of Dead World, where all life has been declared a crime, as only the living commit crimes."*
This is an amazing sentence. And I want to thank you for it.
You're thanking the wrong person. It is part of the character's background, so you should thank the writers.
The Criiime iss Life, The Sentence isss DEATH!
The fact that the judges purpose is to control, rather then protect the people is a very interesting twist.
Dont forget though they held a referendum to see if the people still wanted the justice department in power or to go back to a democracy, most voted to keep the dictatorship.
The police force from its inception in generally every society was historically the recruitment of private mercenary protection of
the wealthy. Once someone is wealthy enough to purchase essentially the whole living area, their private military force becomes the judges.
It's real life lol but not under a pack of lies pretending to be there for us and not only to protect the governments Interests
*cough* *cough* history of police in america *cough* preserve status quo *cough*
How’s that a plot twist? That’s real life you knob
Meanwhile in the Himalayas, a certain dark haired man in gold starts taking notes on the justice system...
What? I know nothing about this supposed God Emp...I mean dark haired man. This is heresy!
@@godemperorofmankind7255
You'd like him he has a wonderful vision for humanity built on the basis of reason, secularism, and truth.
@@godemperorofmankind7255 I believe he's called the Man-Emperor of Mankind
Faust ALL HAIL THE MAN-EMPEROR OF MANKIND!
Well we ran out of space to build megacity 1 across so we are going up.
Man after Fury Road, I thought to myself. Imagine Mad Max driving throughout the wasteland and then suddenly coming up to a massive wall, containing towering structures behind it. When suddenly an opening produces a dark figure walking up to Max... and it's Judge Dredd
An Oz Judge would be a better fit. Mad Max is set in Australia (this might be more obvious in the earlier movies then in Fury Road).
judge dredd cooler also fits the theme crossover gooder so ... IN YO FACE >;P
yeah just bc the originals were filmed in Australia - doesnt mean lore-wise they are based in Australia. After all it shows and talks about super powers in the nuke race, as well as fossil fuel majors --- thats Texas here in the US.
Judge dredd 90s film is better
@@A3Kitsune Judge Dundee?
We need a open world dredd game. You can either play as him. Or play a judge and you can exact justice. Need this
The map of the city would have to be MASSIVE in order to feel authentic. Im talking about a GTA 5 size map completely filled with skyscrapers. Im not sure modern hardware could even support that
Maybe not Dredd himself, but a random street judge would be awesome.
@@Legitpenguins99 It's entirely possible to already do this at a high level of graphical fidelity (high detail).
it would just end with me going arround " your hair color doesnt match your pants, sentence is death.
but fr it would be cool, either staying straight or going corrupt and doing criminal shit
Yes!
Imperial Hive dweller: "How do I get into this luxurious resort called "Megacity"?"
Go to San Franshitsco, you'll get a good feel what it's like.
@@BattlestarDamocles yep, I have seen it with my own eyes... San Fran is a lost Democrat controlled City
@@yaegermeister4307 I'd think Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, or NYC would be closer to a Megacity
So tru
@@truonglamlo8073 Trump has got nothing to do with California being a shithole. That's all on the socialist scum who run the state.
Adeptus Arbites: "Write that down. Write that down!"
The Statue of Liberty being dwarfed by a statue of a Judge is a great visual detail
Didn't even notice it before I saw this comment, truly brutal stuff.
4:30
This is quite grim... reminds you that Judge Dredd is actually a British comic. BTW, incase you didn't notice, the beds in those iso cubes look like autopsy tables.
the brits are sort of dark. i know because im dating one :P
Yep lol
@@MrWizardjr9 break up yet?
@@tehmodestmouse6275 bahaha
I find that British science fiction and fantasy writers have a certain kind of creativity which really impresses me.
Warhammer lore is pretty cool too.
I’m no expert on it, but I’ve read a bit about warhammer40k lore plus the lore of orcs from whatever the fantasy warhammer is called, and I was like “How did they come up with this!?”
it must be noted that radiation doesn't do as much damage as is often portrayed, especially to a simpler organisms like plants. "wastelands" would actually become unpassable jungles over time.
Well, there was a mutant called father Earth that wanted to destroy Mega city one and bring back nature.......well sort of :),judgedredd.fandom.com/wiki/Father_Earth
Wish Bethesda could wrap their heads around this one. Honestly wish they could just wrap their heads around decent dialogue options and a new engine.
Yes only some humans that live near (former) nuke blasted area's might have deformed childern.
Just like in the north east part of Kazachstan, were the Soviets tested some of their own.
@@maartenwinkelmans1032 that's horrifying that they'd do that
@@Reach1335 it goes against the classic retro sci-fi post nuclear apocalypse vibe
Judge Dredd sounds like a prequel to WH40k.
Thing is, it kinda is.
WH40K takes a lot form a lot of different sources, including DUNE, Starship Troopers, and Judge Dredd.
Warhammer 40k took inspiration from Judge Dredd when creating Hive Worlds and the Adeptus Arbites
The oldest Arbites minis are a huuuge homage to Judge Dredd
Nemesis The Warlock from that same period is also an inspiration.
"Body bags or juve cubes makes no difference to me."
"The perps were...uncooperative."
I like how the Australian mega city is just a combination of the two most well known cities in Australia, while also not even covering either of those areas
In some versions of the comic there's also a megacity in Greece called Helos, covering all of southern and central mainland Greece. Given how Athens looks allready in some areas, I'll say we are already on our way...
Could be explained by the vast majority of citizens there come from/are decendants of people from those actual/real world cities.
The seeming default nomenclature of mega cities is numerical, and it seems to be a choice (legislative decree?) to alter that.
This is a cool summary. I got into Judge Dredd as one of the artists Carlos Ezquerra lived opposite us when I was young. He would give us various thing like the toys he did the art work for or models he had built which he would then use to draw as well as some originals from his comic art. Was really cool to have him as a neighbor.
That's so cool.
Really liked Carlos Ezquerra's art in Dredd and Strontium Dogs. One of the best artists.
Woah! I hope you kept them!
@@fr1day2 I liked his artwork on Preacher, you should check it out.
Dredd is a fascinating Universe that has always attracted me for its particular dystopia, and despite Hollywood's treatment (Dredd, 2012, was actually pretty good though). Thanks for uploading this. Great stuff.
Nailltone can’t wait for the series! Hope they take the same approach and tone as the 2012 movie !!:)
Dredd was a superb adaptation of a comic to movie IMO. Made it feel somewhat believable.
The Stallone travesty is only good for facepalms and jokes. Then again its more of a kids movie.
The Manicus Indeed!
Marcus Sundbom More believable than many similar visions. Stallone's meddling and the effort to get a PG-13 rating determined its aesthetic downfall.
The Stallone Dredd was treated more like a superhero.
The 2012 Dredd was a Cop.
Reminds me being on a tour bus going around new york and the driver saying that there are people born in china town who never leave, who have never left and have died never leaving the area. WOW..
@Voin Not sure Voin, it could be that China Town is big enough that they have everything they need. Hard to know without chatting to them.
@Voin probably because if they dont have too associate with other people, why would they?
My city's Chinatown is small but very dense. I could see not leaving, especially if you ran a business.
Many humans (the majority), die without leaving their birthplace. It may be hard to believe, if it is, you’re privileged. You may not realize you are but statistics and reality say otherwise
@Lenia N. Ldzn What world do you live in where you believe such non-sense? A "diverse" country simply means the natural owners of that place have been invaded and are losing territory to outsiders. In this example a group of Chinese have colonised a city block and made it their own. Just because you live in a propaganda bubble where you believe a lie doesn't change these basic facts. Foreigners taking territory is an invasion, and the media being controlled by said foreigners for the last 100 years tells you it's natural and a good thing. Because they're also invaders who are grabbing land while making you refuse to fight them because you're so brain washed.
As they say. Diversity is getting rid of every last white person. And it's true.
This is without a doubt the most depressing vision of the future I've seen.
and yet it is probably the one most likely to happen..
40K is worse but also further in the future. Oh and what about Resident Evil? The worse for mankind i remember is The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. After the first Chapter the planet itself is blown up leaving only two human survivors.
All the more depressing with (T)rump in office seems like Sh!ts going to hit the fan 50 years sooner
@@derPetunientopf the problem is that Warhammer is more fantasy than realism so its less likely to happen, not that something like the man of iron may not happen, that I believe is the real fear
@@MechanicWolf85 Well, Judge Dredd is also not that realistic. A bit more real and kinda similar is Blade Runner 2049. But Judge Dredd is also meant as a comment about the present i guess thats why its maybe more depressing than some other scifi universes.
You forgot to mention, if enough "block's" are threatened, some will also fuse together and form Voltron.
Hail Voltron.
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Came for warhammer, stayed for the Dreddd
MrGabilonia hell yeah brother
Same :)
Luetin09, you could probably make a lore-documentary about Duckburg, and it would be incredibly interesting
D-D-D-D-Danger
I know what our next lore vid is going to be
Judge Scrooddge
Now theres a dystopia that has yet to be explored fully!
MegaCity Ducksburg
Been involved in the Dredd universe and 2000AD for years but would never have been able to put together a timeline like this. Very impressive work mate. I came for 40K and got an education on something I thought I already knew!
Did love the whole storyline and lore of Dredd, Judge Death etc, fantastic storylines and graphic novels were superb too. I was chuffed to work with an illustrator from 2000AD numerous years ago in Bristol and he even used a photo I showed him in 1993 of me wearing a VR headset and he used it in a story he created for the comic haha ✅
If Dredd had a Police dog: Who's the law, yes you, you are :3
Its illegal to own pets in Meg One.
The funny irony is that Dredd is enough of a fanatic that he would sentence himself to 5 in the cubes.
He has tried to turn in his badge plenty of times over various errors. But the council always manage to talk him out of it, reminding him of what a necessary asset he is.
Walter the wobot is his dog
No, it's illegal to own one without a licence. you can still own one. Besides, Dredd wouldn't own it, it's an officer, just a non human officer. As long as it's not a mutant, the dog would be fine as an employee.
It'd be like in equallibrium when Christan Bale saves the dog from getting killed and thus starts his journey of stop taking the pill
Dawwww
Dredds Pet license would be adorable to see
Judge Death is hardly a "minor" impact on the city. He changed it's history and direction long after Necropolis. Ironically, whilst it made him a powerful bogey man, his greatest masterpiece made him a minor player.
you will never be a real woman
Note the names on the mega city towers. Oneil, Esquerra, ….. - names of writers and artists from the Judge Dredd comic books.
Except Rita tushingham, she was an actress in the 70s
"President Booth sends troops to seize control of foreign oil reserves in the Middle East"
That sounds dangerously familiar.
Booth knows best
As does "The rest of the world lives off america"... and erratic behaviour... and fanatic followers immune to reason or arguments.
“Rigged the election”
It was meant to be since that story was made in 2005 with him being a Texas governor being more obvious.
You've spotted predictive programming, and are beginning to become more cognitive...
... May God be with you.
New Zealand The most crime free. I like that. Good stuff from Kiwiland haha
Yeah because all your crims are in Australia
@@cappygolucky lol no that's the crims from britcity
Oh boy this comment
Romy Mccray glad I wasn’t the only one
Not anymore.....
Destroyed is a polite way of saying nuked into oblivion.
2 years ago I had a broken leg and my wife brought me "The Complete Dredd" into hospital, huuuge fan since then. But you explain things so colorful and comprehensible and well compacted, just love to listen to your videos. Plus: I discover everytime something I didn't know that much - or just don't remember in detail. You should do this full-time. I mean explaining things. Maybe some trivial stuff, too, like making a sandwich (or "sudo making a sandwich"). Would be interesting. Thank you VERY sincerely for your work, I know how MUCH work that is to compile information in that amount. Big respect. Thankx again & don't forget your knee pads!
Dredd met rookie Judges and left behind veteran Judges... Awesome.
There iss only one crime! Crime isss committed only by the living, ssso that crime... Isssss life! The sentence iss death!
Amazing villain.
Ah, Judge Death
Judge death was the shit man I loved 2000ads and stuff as a kid
Imagine zombie apocalypse in mega cities 😮😮😮😮
1:48 A small insignificant detail I noticed on this map. On the west coast of Africa where Cameroon/Gabon is, they call it Simba City. Simba is 'Lion' in Swahili which is an East Coast culture... Central Africa is now called Kenyetta Sea, though Kenya is also on the east coast! Very interesting, I'm sure there is some kind of history why east African culture has dominated the continent over all the others.
The most horrifying thing of Dredd, is that we are ever closer to it.
aged well
Smartgun XD
No we are not lmfao
@@yefimt.2516Get "I Am the Law" by Michael Molcher c.2023. Give it a read and see if your opinion changes.
@@yefimt.2516yes we are wake up and watch world news not just KTLA ffs.
Mega, ultra, or super are the defining adjectives used to describe futuristic cities during the film era of both the late 80s and early to mid 90s.
Yes, and then a decade later it would be made fun of, through the relative popularization of the term "Ginormous".
Also neo
And now super is seemingly replacing very.
As a life long Dredd fan. I was 9 when 2000ad came out. This is by far the best review of Dredd and Dredds world I've ever seen. Bravo, great effort.
Thank you for your interesting review of life in modern London
Luetin, I really love Dredd , not sure if it's just me, but I would appreciate more videos about Dredd. Thank you for the video and your hard work.
I've found myself doing it... but you ever noticed in sci fi, cities tend to be nameless they just have a number. Maybe the writers, are subconsciously trying to symbolize bearocracy, and souless, uncaring nature that governs the cities.
Reuben Stern a bearocracy would be frightening
or....LAZY writing
That and Writing a name as City-1 is easier than an actual name.
@@magosexploratoradeon6409 Better then just slapping the word "New" onto an the name of an already existing city. Now THATS lazy.
Honestly if I were a writer it would give me a convenient excuse to not name the cities. I suck at coming up with names for things
This was really good. I'd love to see a similar thing done for Weyland-Yutani or even The Culture.
The culture!
Judge motto - everyone is guilty, it is our job to determine how guilty.
I wanna see a movie about some Terran citizens from the year 40,000-41,000 get sent back in time to mega city one and spend a couple hours having the time of their lives thinking they have died and awoken in paradise.
Damn you Luetin, now I'm into Judge Dredd...hell yeah.
The best thing about growing up with 2000AD comics, and Dredd especially, is there is little about the present that comes as a surprise.
The quality on your lore videos are fantastic!
I'd love to see more Dredd Lore from you in the future.
This was a very good video overall and I almost hat to nitpick but I can't let it go. You said that the rest of the world just exists and is 'in a hole'. Implying that everywhere is as bad as MC1 but that is the case. You said yourself that Hondo City is far more advanced. And in Luxor, people stil shop in their local bazaar. And in Murphyville, Emerald Isle, the Judges are sometimes known to drink Guinness with the citizens in a local bar. Even Cuidad Barranquilla, despite it's corruption, has lush greenery and beautiful seafronts. And Vatican City, as the name implies, is a theocracy.
I've always loved your 40k lore vids, but this proves you can bring any universe to life. I never thought I'd be so engrossed in Dredd lore.
Amazingly well done. This is now the standard intro for new players in my JD campaign.
I love the Judge Dredd movies but all this detail that has lead to this future of humanity is terrifying, it scares me. Huge credits to the writers and creators of Judge Dredd.
They need another video game for Dredd.
A base building RTS would be awesome.
@@jacket5674 Something along the lines of Neverwinter Nights 2 Crossroad Keep.
Just some dude. Hope cyberpunk 2077 scratches the itch
So yeah Cyberpunk 2077 does a pretty solid job
@@runningruski2232 not really 😂
Glorious! Thank you for this. I've read a fair bit of Dredd, but I hadn't consciously twigged on the level of education within the Mega Cities. Actually brings a lot of it into clarity. Hoping/looking forward to more of this in the future :)
Seeing as how Morpheus was the mythical god of dreams, it make perfect sense that a place where someone can experience their dreams in real life would be named after him.
I seem to recall reading a story that took place in Cuidad Baranquilla (Banana City, aptly named for its "banana justice"), and another where Dredd visited Cal Hab.
Always love your stuff, man. It's very well scripted, with great narration.
Great Video and made me think on something which was how badass a Judge Dredd open world video game would be if done by Rocksteady or somebody else with a similar gritty and high quality development that was put into the Arkham Series Games.
Malthusian fantasies and nuclear war by popular demand... I had honestly forgotten how ridiculously crazy and over the top Mega City 1's backstory was. 😆
Who knew there was a whole Judge Dredd universe. The storyline would make for such a dope series to binge on
It is. Back in the day, I had a friend who collected 2000AD's, so I read a bunch of it.
You mean you've never heard of the franchise anywhere before the film? It is huge!
A lack of self control spawns too many human beings. The consequence is Judgement.
Love this so much. I really hope more movies are made regarding the Dredd universe
Luetin you have no idea how hard it is for me to try to create a lore video about 40k after listening to your voice, it's like butter on a piece of toasted bread, this is pure fucking asmr, keep it comming!
During the East Meg 1 invasion, two Sov bloc judges did take off Dredd's helmet and saw his face !!
(the only ones) but Dredd shot them both soon afterwards
One Amend - at 4:25 I misspoke - obviously that should be East Coast.
and you didnt show north america/united states either
@@gouglesuckes482 what's to show, east...west... Texas.
You forgot to mention murphyville at the European cities
As a 2000AD reader since the mid-80s I strongly approve of these videos. Dark Judges next?
I've loved Dredd since 1977.... Can still remember those first few issues with giveaways. This is a fantastic dive back into my youth. Thank you
I have never read Judge Dredd comics but I have read some of the short stories and watched some movies. I have read a lot of synopsis of the world too. The very dystopian nature of the Judge Dredd world makes me curious because it's ridiculously plausible. Great work on this video. I enjoyed every minute of this presentation.
I spotted something very similar to Nort symbolic when you were talking about Luna City (21:40), and that made me want an episode on Rogue Trooper comic universe. Please consider it, Luetin, vids are awesome.
That's because the flag pic is from Rogue Trooper, not Dredd.
It's from the Colonel Kovert story which features a United Earth monument, and has the Nort/Souther logo combined.
If you look for Rogue Trooper on youtube, I helped out with some effects for a Rogue Trooper live action short.
Thought so, about the flag, too similar.
That's awesome, about live action video, I'll go look it up.
I became familiar with the universe through the Rogue Trooper game, one of my favorite TPS games. Such style and interesting lore.
@@JudgeMinty ya could have at least shared the title o_O
Bro, I'm 8 min in and so stoked to have found this video! I ALWAYS wanted to know more about the cities! OMG I didn't know it was world wide!
This is epic, cheers for all your hard work, just found your channel, my new happy place.
Very nice video, I'm not a fan of Dredd but this had me curious since you went in dept with the background of the story. Keep it up.
Wow that was comprehensive. I grew up reading 2000AD from Prog 1 but dropped off when I went to Uni, so a lot of this is new to me. I'd like to see a feature on The Cursed Earth Saga if you're so inclined. That was an epic far ahead of its time.
I remember reading the very first issue of 2000AD back in 1978, it sure made an impression on me at the time.
That was incredible. I've only seen the movies. This was a great background on mega city.
Movie(s)?
I want to start reading the vast back catalog of Judge Dredd comics. Your video feels like a great primer! Thank you!
the world building throughout the comics and the more recent movie are great i love learning about it
In A.D. 2101, judgment was beginning.
All your megacity are belong to us.
Someone set up us, Judge.
I don't know if you have any knowledge of magic the gathering, but an explanation of planes walkers would be cool, or a focus on a certain plane like old school Dominaria or events like the Urza war.
This was really cool by the way. This universe sounds and looks awesome. Now I want to read the comics!
+1
I approve this message +1
I played it some as a kid with friends, but no deep knowledge. I would have to do a lot of research
Didn't think I'd get to see Dredd lore, very happy it is here.
I love the work you put into these videos. You're a gift that keeps giving.
I think Mad Max meeting a Judge would be a great movie concept.
In this video they said the Mega city in Australia had the least amount of crime.
If this is Judge Dredd cannon,they could say this had something to do with the last of the MFP officers outside of the Mega City enforcing in the wast lands.
This could be a part of the story line, the Judges giving Max respect for to a point for being an MFP officer but Max not giving them the same, and a conflict could go on from there.
Fallout : Wasteland filled with radiation and mutated monster probably under every rock?
Me: Ehhh been there done that.
Mega City: A cyberpunk theme city with corruption at every corner including the police who are now judge, jury and executioner.
Me : Sign me up!
This is amazingly well done. Great work.
Thanks...been a dread fan for years and neat to see a cohesive timeline.
Ive heard alot about Judge Dredd but i had no clue it was this dark. Like damn, id rather rather be dead than live in that world
There's a lifehack to pronouncing Spanish. The vowels all only make one sound.
A is always Ah.
E = Eh
I = Eee
O=Oh
U= Ooh.
Except that Brazil speaks Portuguese, not Spanish.
Who cares?
The Brazilians? The Portuguese? The Spanish? Not you? Easy there, internet tough guy.
No they dont. You care if i point out that "ph" is pronounced as an F? No you dont derp defender
@wthNOname relax
Great vid! I didn’t see it coming. love to see you branch out!
Your dredd video here is really good . First one by you i've gotten to see . i hope there is more
How do you plead?
NOT GUILTY!
I knew you'd say that!
G R E N A D E !!!
I love the lore of Judge Dredd, though the art style has kept me from really getting into it, so I really hope that you'll do more videos in the same vain!
Dredd is always fun to listen to more content of, and definitely enjoyed watching this one again.
Thanks for this. Would love to see more Dredd lore.
To the charge of being human,
when we could have been GODS!
...Guilty.
Thanks for the incredibly interesting and informative video. I love the Dredd Universe. It's the most creative material anyone has ever come up with. And it looks suspiciously like our future.
Great work loving your Warhammer 40k Videos and was suprised to see a dreed vid here. Nice Video m8.
Beautiful hosted I love the history and the origins of judge dredd and its mega cities and the world of its future
Great video mate, please make more. I'm guessing that you're a fan of other 2000AD stories too, so do you intend to make some vids on Rogue Trooper, Halo Jones and Strontium Dog? I really hope you are...
I love everything Luetin creates.
Especially WH40k and Judge Dredd content.
Hell, Judge Dredd could very well be a WH40k prequel lol
I love this well done video. It educates and entertain at the same time.
This was very relaxing and informative, Great work.