Spocklight At the Movies 43: Dredd (w/ Eamonn Clarke from the Mega City Book Club podcast)
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on the film 'Dredd' and its comparison to the original comic and the 1995 adaptation.
The Spocklight crew are joined by 2000AD expert and host of the Mega City Book Club podcast, Eamonn Clarke, to dissect the second big screen stab at adapting the galaxy's greatest lawman to the big screen, comparing Alex Garland's vision to the comic source material and the 1995 Sylvester Stallone starring Blockbuster. As usual you can find SPOCKLIGHT on: X - @spocklightpod INSTAGRAM – @spocklightpod BLUESKY - @spocklightpod.bsky.social FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/spocklightpod/ EMAIL - spocklightpod@gmail.com Please Follow, like, share and all that good stuff. Check out Mega City Book Club and Liam's episode covering Judge Dredd story, Beyond the Call of Duty here: https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/323-beyond-call-of-duty.html Credit for our wonderful theme music goes to the incredibly talented, Adam Johnston. Our beautiful artwork was created by Stephen Trumble, see more on Instagram @stephentrumbleanimation
People in this episode
Host: Spocklight crew
Guest: Eamonn Clarke
Topics covered
- Judge Dredd
- film adaptation
- comic source material
- 2000AD
- Alex Garland
- Sylvester Stallone
- Mega City
Keywords
- Dredd
- Judge Dredd
- 2000AD
- Alex Garland
- Sylvester Stallone
- Mega City Book Club
- comic adaptation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mega City Book Club
Books & works: Dredd, Judge Dredd
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