The Justice Department | Judge Dredd

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[@TemplinInstitute]

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[@TheLadyVal]

The Templin Institute glad y’all used footage from the new movie it’s very underrated

[@wrongway1100]

The Templin Institute Judge Dred: "I AM THE LAW!" Am I the only one who likes the 90s movie?

[@funnyhaha1233]

The Templin Institute no offense but your discord is kinda cancor.

[@pierrepaul591]

The Templin Institute When will you do a Coruscant story?

[@ScarriorIII]

who wants dredd 2?

[@judgedredd8657]

Review approved by the hall of justice.... carry on

[@TemplinInstitute]

Thanks Judge.

[@judge_dreddpool7593]

That rare moment when Judge Dredd approves of a review in regards to the Hall of Justice.

[@jumpkickman1993]

Thanks judge.... Sequel????

[@BarnacleButtock]

I thought you'd say that.

[@mattstorm360]

@@judge_dreddpool7593 You do know impersonation of a judge is a serious crime, right?

[@kieranfo3739]

You've blown my mind in Dredd implying that the homeless man in was part of the Wally Squad but it makes sense: He's by the front door so he can see who comes and goes. He advertises that he's a junkie which would encourage the dealers to identify themselves to him as a potential customer. He doesn't move when instructed by Judges, implying he's not afraid of them and could get it all straightened out even if they did arrest him. The Justice department had become aware of the existence of Slow Mo so they would send in Wally Squad to investigate.

[@pudlordtynan919]

Ma Ma is not the law........... I am the Law..... And as for you Ma Ma.........Judgement time.

[@TheHeston83]

Lena Headey dies again

[@SwiftGundam]

Never knew what the Long Walk was. Interesting how the Judges are given heavier sentences compared to the average citizen. Makes sense in a way. Judges are suppose to represent order, symbolize it. Be an example to the people. When one goes bad, that ruining that example and, in a place like Megacity One, can lead to a big spike in chaos.

[@wratched]

It's worse than you think. Judges who violate their code are sent to Titan penal colony. That's Titan as in the moon of Saturn. There they have their faces mutilated by cyborg implants so they can survive without a suit in Titan's environment. For the record, Titan's average surface temperature is -180 C.

[@WastelandSeven]

There is a fan made (very good) film on youtube called Judge Minty that is about The Long Walk. The Strontium Dog film (Search/Destroy) by the same people is good too.

[@sith1986]

Here I'm expecting them to make a stellaris vid using this lol. But I love to play Paladins in dungeons and dragons like this. I'm lawful good, not nice

[@wratched]

Judges are Lawful Neutral, not Lawful Good. A Judge follows the Law of Mega City One, whatever the outcome. Dredd himself is debatably Lawful Good as he has occasionally stood up against unjust laws, even risking his career to do so.

[@sith1986]

wratched lawful neutral means holding to the law no matter what, the example you just gave is absolutely Lawful Good lol

[@88amona]

Illegal parking? No problem- (pull Law Giver from holster, point barrel at vehicle in violation) GRENADE.

[@weldonwin]

Now I imagine comics Dredd marching over to arrest Stallone Dredd, for willfull destruction of property, public endangerment and obstructing the street, since they'll have to close it down for a firecrew to come and put out that burning car. Stallone Dredd was a Drokking terrible Judge

[@88amona]

weldonwin i'd probably get killed by Stallone Dredd for not following through with his commands because i cant understand what hes saying. But if i saw Stallone Dredd vs Comic Dredd i'd definitely run imaging how much more destruction would occur, Comic Dredd shooting to neutralize Stallone Dredd, Stallone Dredd resisting arrest shooting as well, if Stallone Dredd did what he did to that car imagine how much more disregard he'll have for folks and property around him. Im happy i dont live in that universe period.

[@88amona]

weldonwin or maybe, they both would stand there for hours arguing whos the Law. LOL

[@88amona]

LAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[@weldonwin]

*YUH BUHTRAYED TEH LAHW!!!*

[@TheNN]

I'm not seeing enough references to Stallone's Judge Dredd, so... "YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!" "Laaaaaaaaaw!"

[@doom7ish]

I Am The Law! Judge, Jury and Executioners.

[@AB-bg7os]

*I AM THE LAW*

[@MisterTutor2010]

No, you're not because...I AM THE LAW :)

[@Mongler37]

I knew you'd say that.

[@MrChopstsicks]

*DE LAAAAAAWWWWWWWW*

[@judgedredd8657]

All of you are not the law! I AM THE LAW!

[@nerowulfee9210]

Banana pulp are exellent for lubricanting cogwheels!

[@weldonwin]

Oh come on, they didn't mention the Titan Shuffle? If a Judge is convicted of a crime, they don't get sent to the regular prisons, since they would A: be dead within days locked up with the regular criminals and B: its too good for them. Instead, Judges get sent to a special penal colony on Jupiter's moon, Titan, considered one of the toughest prisons in the whole galaxy. More than that, owing to the harsh enviroment, even with partial terraforming, inmates undergo surgery upon arrival, to install special breather implants, which replace the patient's nose and results in permanant physical disfigurement, so that even after they have served their sentence and been released back to Earth, they will always carry the mark of their shame on their faces.

[@wratched]

For the record, Titan is around Saturn, not Jupiter. The writers admit they screwed that one up.

[@DavidAkhter]

woah never knew that

[@jetfire1153red]

I believe judge Rico would disagree with you on that one because he wound up in a prison on this planet he didn't get shipped to titan.

[@combomaster666]

The whole galaxy ? So people desperately cling on to devastated Earth, living in huge slums while having interstellar / interplanetary travel ? That makes absolutely no sense.

[@weldonwin]

@@combomaster666 Judge Dredd isn't meant to make sense, since it is mostly meant as satire. That said, Earth does have offworld colonies in other star systems, but the vast majority of people living on Earth simply cannot afford to go to the colonies and even then the colonies tend to be incredibly rough.

[@romulusnuma116]

This video reminded me how good Dread was.

[@crazychinese7315]

too bad it bombed.. never going to get a sequel。。

[@romulusnuma116]

Feelsbadman

[@johnathonhaney8291]

Romulus Numa You ain't kidding. I'd have been fine with passable. I was SHOCKED how good Dredd was, especially Karl Urban in the title role. He made the cheesiest, most ridiculous lines you could write sound like serious death threats.

[@justinrice5405]

Same. That movie was so damn good.

[@rodneypayne4827]

2000AD Dread comics are awesome!

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Adeptus Arbites in the Hive Cities of W40k.

[@weldonwin]

"Do you notice how they wear buckets on their heads? This is funny to me"

[@redline841]

ATTENTION CITIZEN! MULTIPLE THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS HAVE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE

[@harisahmed8009]

yep

[@the_Kutonarch]

They originally were, but then GW lost the license to Dredd, so they've been trying over the years to shift more towards a robocop image of the arbiters, since the still have license for it.

[@harisahmed8009]

JUST TRAPSUKI so they arent judge and jury any more

[@bleaklydriven2720]

I am so happy that you used exclusively Karl Urban Dredd live action footage, that was an awesome movie that deserved much better than it received.

[@kelborhal2576]

I love it, but Dredd himself gave the best description for the Department of Justice.

[@wratched]

"Democracy is not for the people"?

[@willywanker1906]

@@wratched didn't know Dredd read Aristotle

[@easternrebel1061]

@@wratched weirdly, there may be truth to that statement.

[@easternrebel1061]

@@willywanker1906 Aristotle wasn't wrong as we find out in his story.

[@geordierobinson2315]

Templin institute kicks down door, "I am the lore".

[@thomas.02]

Have you guys done Omnicorp from Robocop yet? In fact, would be interesting to hear Templin's take on these specific examples of (mega?)corporations

[@TheVeritas1]

Templin has covered a few megacorps. They even did a great video on why such corporations make lousy governments.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

+Thomas Chow *Omni consumer products There, i corrected you. This "Omnicorp" you speak of *does not exist.* It came from a bad piece of corporate fanfiction that *does not exist.*

[@miker6452]

Great vid, very well researched, I learned a lot. Sadly, Dredd 2012 did not get the appreciation it deserved, but I will always be a steadfast fan of that remarkable film.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Who else has heard the fan theory that "Mad" Max Rockatansky is in fact a judge who has been sent out on the long walk?

[@Crrrow]

That makes literally no sense Max was part of a fictional police organization known as the "Main Force Patrol" a elite Corps of Australian Police trying to keep order in a alternate history world where the gas crisis of the 1970s just kept getting worse resulting in global urban decay and led to World War III.

[@srbrant5391]

+cptnsquires _Mad Max_ has no real continuity, though. It's always retold like a heroic myth.

[@jetfire1153red]

Well there is an answer for that which is when he took the long walk he somehow wound up going back in time and then subsequently got recruited into the local police department which explains what he does for a living in the mad max films, or it's possible the part about him going on the long walk is out the back end of a bull in other words propaganda because he is obviously not old enough. him being a guinea pig for an experiment with a time machine makes more sense.

[@Zetler]

Man, I really want another Judge Dredd movie now. The last one was great.

[@DavidAkhter]

The idea of The Long Walk sounds badass as hell. Never knew about that one. Could make for many interesting story arcs where they run across some badass Judge from the wastelands who took the long walk and is still kickin ass.

[@coloneloglethorpe6170]

Thanks for the video. A very underrated movie. More people need to check out the comic

[@dogodoge9657]

i know this is 2 years old but im glad dredd is still talked about, its 2020 and i still hope for sequel or series, as long as we don't give up theres chance.

[@DonnieDarko1]

👊❤

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

I AM THE LAW!!!!!

[@alphabanjaxedbanshee7034]

Darth Chratis is the law

[@TheLPRnetwork]

Code Geass -> *United Federation of Nations* , The Black Knights, Holy Britannian Empire, The Geass Order EDIT: To add more reason to do these factions, is the fact they are strait forward, they don't effect too much of the plot, and they don't spoil the show (aside from the ending of both seasons. aka the Fate of the Black Knights at the end of season 1 and the Fate of Britannia at the end of season 2) The Geass order, and the United Federation as the safest factions to do.

[@e.redtears7646]

It would make an incredible video.

[@texastea.2734]

That’s a great idea

[@heckstersjr]

I'd kill for that to happen someday.

[@texastea.2734]

Hoàng Nguyên actually the Royal family was kicked out due to France winning the Napoleonic wars through invading the British isle, this is why the EU (Europa United) was formed faster, and japan was banking on playing the three powers off one another to protect its self, and they had built up a strong army but Britannia has developed meck suits that forced japan to surrender. And funny enough the reason the holy Brittania empire is located in America is due to the revolution failing due to Benjamin Franklin betraying the patriots, and George Washington’s defeat at Yorktown. So I wouldn’t consider them Americans because they consider themselves Britannia’s. And remember code Geass was created by a Japanese guy...so history is kinda of weird

[@doranl1358]

I have always been fascinated by the world of Judge Dredd. They writers go out of their way to convince the reader that this a place where democracy would not work.

[@lostsaxon7478]

As it was intended, no. Time and time again it has shown to become a tyranny of the majority and has devolved into a fight of Us vs Them of demagoguery. It only truly works on smaller scales or with an authoritarian aspect that establishes and keeps a unified aspect of the people in it. When it’s not unified and groups are allowed and encouraged to be independent from the rest, it only creates conflict between them to the point where simple matters become heated and divisive debates over what is essentially trivial.

[@easternrebel1061]

@@lostsaxon7478 a few years ago I would of disagreed intensely, but as I get older and as time goes on, I actually am starting to agree with you. Democracy sounds amazing on paper, but in practice we all see it's tremendous failures on a national scale. Whether it be the education system, law and order, justice, defense, or simply how we are ruled, ultimately it has failed. The only instance that I've seen it succeed is in the small town where I currently reside, but when applied to any larger body, it has a tendency to fail miserably. For a society to truly progress, and not fall into decadence , you need a strong hand and an iron will, and most importantly a unifying force, usually embodied in a person or movement. When everyone splits into their own factions, the results are infighting and weakness. Even our founding fathers warmed of factions and political division on party lines.

[@informalgeek1196]

In no way is it a setting where democracy won’t work. The comics go out of there way to spell out that the Justice department are tyrannical despots

[@informalgeek1196]

@@lostsaxon7478 the comic goes out of its way to establish the democracy would be better than what mega city one currently has

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@easternrebel1061 You really should have read Aristotle's works. He didn't say without reason that Democracy is the Best of the worst forms of government out there. He'd chose it over the other two which is tyranny and aristocracy...

[@timothymclean]

I know that sort of vaguely Spartanesque training from hell, starting from a young age, where few pass and many die, is a great way to establish your hero's badass credentials, but it's always seemed silly to me. Surely being less cruel and more willing to retrain those who fail the first time would lead to a higher output and fewer -potential supervillains- psychological issues?

[@adamsmailes5484]

The comics explain it better but basically, the judges were born out of police incompetence (among other things) in the mid-late 20th century. Every Judge is supposed to be perfect. This video misses a lot from the comics and seems closer to the recent film.

[@piotrd.4850]

Curiously, two rivaling s-f writers gave similar answer to this. Robert Heinlein wrote that "training is not as hard as necessary; it is as hard as it is possible because nothing less would be fair for society and trainees themselves" (or to that effect). Harry Harrison, in "Simulated Training" short story wrote the same: as long as everybody knew there was training, way out, that stakes were not ultimate...they did not made ultimate commitment.

[@easternrebel1061]

Numbers is not everything. The spartans believed in quality over quantity.

[@timothymclean]

@@easternrebel1061 Not really, in either the sense that they had higher quality soldiers than other poleis or in the sense that they tried to. In fact, they thought that individual skill at fighting was meaningless in battle (which it mostly was, for the kind of warfare the Spartans preferred). The agoge was meant to instil what amounts to patriotism in young Spartiates, to make them into loyal Spartans with appropriate virtues. Also, Sparta does _not_ live up to the hype. They lost more battles than they won, disregarding internal slave revolts, and this gets worse if you leave out battles where allied non-Spartan soldiers were "weighing them down". They were also hilariously incompetent at strategy and logistics, even by the standards of ancient Greece (which generally had poor logistical capabilities compared to, say, Persia or Rome). (I learned a lot about Sparta in the past ~3 years.)

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

You forgot that the Lawmaster has limited built in A.I. In order to do some things on their own. Like drive themselves and begin crowd control functions.

[@gejnormcswipe8435]

Outstanding as always, next please consider doing: Ian M Bank's *The Culture*

[@jammers195]

Ma ma is not the law..... I am the law

[@MNA-zn4ni]

I love the Judge Dredd game for PS2 so much, that i still maintain my console, just to play it when i feel nostalgic.

[@DarthCindros]

The Templars from Assassin's Creed.

[@Daimon-X]

The price of JUSTICE is freedom....

[@malvoliomaximillian2001]

Can you do INGSOC from 1984?

[@albertmitchell97]

I second both ideas with violence...

[@Khalith]

Your videos are fantastic! Always a joy listen to, keep up the good work!

[@mega-bustershepard5537]

Terran Federation would make a great video, Service guarantees citizenship.

[@khaosbydesignuk946]

Love it! Any chance of one for Advent from the Xcom series?

[@spaceninja7687]

Glad to see they used the new Dredd flim and not the 90's for the clips.

[@The105ODST]

"It's Judgement Time" made the remake just perfect.

[@johnathonhaney8291]

Manuel Moreno No, no, my friend, the actual line is "As for you, Mama...judgement time." It's impressive how pissed off Urban looks in that scene.

[@alexanerose4820]

I am the Law Martial Law! *Screams in Orochi*

[@Alpharius93]

That was a great tribute! =D

[@Ditmike2235]

I just plain love this channel!

[@SpaceCase132]

What about a video on the Federation from “Starship Troopers”?

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG

[@feena339]

Space Case the book or the movies?

[@SpaceCase132]

Either one. Personally, I haven’t been able to read the books, but it would be interesting to see both versions side-by-side.

[@hattyc]

I would like to know more.. *clicks*

[@rainalane1638]

This channel should do an episode on SCP foundation! It would be super fun!

[@martinjoseph5410]

Nice. I really like your use of quotes from the actual books or movies.

[@Fr0st1989]

For some reason this reminded me of the Empire from Colony Wars. That society is brilliantly summarised by the narrator: "The Tzar and his battle fleets saw everything. Knew everything. Punished everything."

[@IffyJottere]

That might make a good video for this channel, actually. It'd be short, but it'd be nice.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I like that you guys used Clips from Dredd

[@TheSpearkan]

I AM THE LAWN! tts reference

[@brandonparnell6160]

Your vids only get better that's why I love guys we need more of this kind of content in youtube

[@No_Signal12]

"Its all a deep end"

[@avollant]

Good video! I enjoyed it. My only complain is that you didn't use any parts of the original comic. I'm pretty sure that a few panel here and there (like 4 or 5) would have added to the lore. Juge Dredd is an old comic from the 70 and still going strong. It would have been a nice thing to point out. Just my 2 cents. Keep up your great work.

[@TemplinInstitute]

As much as we would love to do that, it's a significant challenge given that dialogue bubbles would need to be edited out and we just don't have that kind of time.

[@NR-rv8rz]

Exceptional. Very well done.

[@firekind1980]

0:38 Sternhammer block. Nice

[@WastelandSeven]

I now have ANTHRAX playing in my head. I'm OK with that. LOL

[@CptHer]

A judge might be the law, but you guys are the lore!

[@jekabsojarsulskis9740]

A good pal for an arbiter from warhammer 40k

[@terrorcop101]

Don't forget to give Dredd a dossier.

[@Theogenerang]

I remember buying the first issue of '2000 AD' back in the late seventies as a kid. This was an inspired character and a terrific back story. For me it beats the standard superhero-Marvel Universe characters hands down.

[@skapunkno1]

2000ad is obviously the superior comic just look at the writers and artists that have come from it over the years, it's just a shame that it's drowned out by the likes of Marvel and DC.

[@Specter5053]

Y'all have done the imperium of man, but could you go into the cult mechanics or anything else from 40K?

[@jordanhofmann1428]

I like the Comicuniverse a lot! Show us more about Judge DREDD, Please !

[@joedredd1168]

Awesome! It was a wonderful surprise to see this! Though I do wish you had used some images from the actual Comic books to show a lot of what you were describing as how it really look, Judge Dredd is far more than just the films. But good nevertheless, I'm happy.

[@joedredd1168]

Charly Thompson What Do you mean?

[@thanecreos9670]

The Assassin Brotherhood and The Templars

[@ThePlaceCannel]

Mama is not the law... I am the Law.

[@bigslurpee2078]

Why would anyone dislike this? Why is there a dislike? I don't see what's not to like about this.

[@hattyc]

“I said.. ‘hotshot’.”🔥

[@Fuyu_Sei12]

Now i see the Adeptus Arbites’ influences

[@tomikexboii5403]

Other way around. Judge Dredd comics Pre-Date Warhammer 40.000.

[@TheLastEchelon]

Pretty much the old night we have Proto Hive cities, the ravages of the Old Night, and proto Arbites

[@thecouncilofnine4692]

Please talk about Delos Inc. from Westworld!

[@bvdemier1]

I am a massive fan of the dredd movie, but it saddens me that this clip didn't contain a single part of the 1995 dredd movie. It did have some redeeming qualities

[@J0n0tanII]

The 1995 movie had a much better Mega City One IMO

[@pmseddon8277]

Good. Because it was shit.

[@Curien247]

Moonbase Alpha from Space:1999. still lost, still funky.

[@Kwijiboz]

Shoutout to my countryman and creator of Dredd, the spaniard Carlos Ezquerra!!

[@feena339]

I really hope the mega city one TV show gets made.

[@panchovilla7769]

Saw this on and thought it was the trailer for the planed nextflix series...

[@dolantrimp1691]

United Citizen Federation from Starship Troopers

[@jascrandom9855]

The precursors of The Imperial Inquisition and the Astartes.

[@traynorfong]

It's funny how accurate that six percent even is today.

[@mrtno4582]

I AM THE LAWN!

[@lordpacer]

this was a good one

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

As a non-into-anything-actually, this is very interesting

[@willobi]

"Iam the Law!!"

[@skipskip6711]

My favorite line from this video; "The Judges are the law, but they are not above it."

[@pierskeegan3425]

I wish they used more panels from 2000ad and the megazines but this video reminded me of how much I like the Dredd film

[@shaider1982]

Do they also have recycled food in the newer Dredd? In the Stallone one, there was humor present, sort of like the Starship troopers movie

[@e.redtears7646]

Excellent video as always. Could you make a video on the Atlantic Federation or/and the Eastern European Imperial Alliance/The Empire and the Principality of Gallia from Valkyria Chronicles.

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Borag Thungg Earthlets! this was one Zarjaz video! You should truely be Krill Tro Thargo!

[@Ch4pp13]

What i gathered from this video was that the universe of Judge Dredd is 1984 with supercops and post apocalyptic events.

[@DriesduPreez]

Your style of presentation would be perfect for the The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) from HellBoy

[@theblue5224]

I have just one thing to say I'M THE LAAAAAAW

[@Hardbass2021]

nice one! just like the Grand Provost Marshal of the Arbites in TTS

[@brotheralaric7177]

The movie with karl urban was fuckign amazing.

[@jasonsantos3037]

I like the Judge Dredd Universe a lot I like to see what mega-city one is going to be talked about how the political structures

[@CapSolo010]

Yesssss! Finally Judge Dredd!

[@brandonberry1764]

There needs to be a movie about a judge who takes the long walk

[@usptact]

Judge Dredd is so underrated movie!

[@petercampbell8694]

R.I.P max von sydow - Fantasic actor

[@DreadGrimReaper]

"I AM THE LAW!"

[@Zeknif1]

Do a segment on the Space Balls!

[@braderickson9996]

Excellent! The better choice was to work from the 2nd movie. One could do an entire episode just referencing the comics/graphic novels perspective.

[@T_Crushed]

Respect the badge - he earned it with his blood Fear the gun - your sentence may be death because... I AM THE LAW! And you won't fuck around no more

[@StokersShanties]

I am the law, you won't fuck around no more

[@jimthepyroful]

I can’t wait for more Stellaris Invictus! Also, great video.

[@markmolino6091]

I Am The Law ,great video into the world of Dredd