Bluewolf

True what you say about it not being as bad as it sounds, just going from a place like here to a place like there would take a while to adjust to, it would seem like you have just been thrust into an Indiana Jones movie... "I really do need that Toilet Roll behind you"

Crazy stuff.... I would never sleep at all because I think I heard something rustling in the corner of the room and I would be on edge the whole time, I don't mind them obviously it's just nature and in some respects it would be great to be seeing things like that on a daily or weekly basis but even so I wouldn't want to be doing a 5 point check every time I sat down on the sofa to watch a bit of tv and as for walking around in flip flops.. I think not!! Must be good when you are used to it and know the potential dangers and all that and what to be careful of, can you imagine waking up in the morning to a see gecko staring you in the face smirking...

I think that reading up on whats dangerous and whats not would be a priority for me if I was living in a place like that... Do you check under the bed and shake piles of clothing just in case?? I would be checking my shoes the lot as a matter of routine..

I would be worried that it might just want a nibble....

That would so strange to see over here... don't you have snakes as well sometimes??

I am sure I will find a copy of it somewhere... As for the film, I enjoyed it personally a bit of a sci-fi romp along the lines of The Fifth Element that kind of thing but if you didn't like the Trailer then maybe you wouldn't like it.. I didn't know anything about it or read any of the novels/books so didn't have anything to taint my vision of what it should have ideally been so in that respect I was only going to be disappointed if it had been a low budget effort..

@nudge Just tried to read through some of Saga but for some reason it's not showing the pages so moved on to Valerian and while reading through the intro it mentions the film and when I saw this photo I thought I know those characters... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, I enjoyed that film.. didn't get the connection from the cover though...

2114 if you include the one out on Wednesday but yea, plenty to read there, The early issues probably won't hold much appeal to you bearing in mind they were first around in the late 70's but they do give you timelines and characters etc like the Cursed Earth Saga.. That would be an epic ask though, They do a sister Magazine called Judge Dredd The Megazine which is a monthly issue and that comes in at a more doable 404 issues so far... They occasionally do crossovers for the more lengthy episodes/storylines... The Current storyline is Block Buds, these are like giant play characters that act as friendly help around city blocks but when it goes tits up it goes seriously tits up..

I started reading comics when I was a lot younger well before my teens but 2000ad stayed with me on and off, I remember buying the very first issue and at the time it was refreshing and unlike any other titles out there but I drifted in and out over the years and one day I came across a copy of Heavy Metal Magazine that was on sale so I gave it a quick read.. Loved it, The Art, the storylines the articles.. In the early days 2000ad appealed to the younger generation obviously but it grew with its fanbase and the stories became more adult and complicated as well as the art that went with it now they appeal to an older generation that grew up with it.. I have a whole load of them up in the loft somewhere and maybe I could sort through them at some point.. I would be interested in that link for Heavy Metal if possible.. I will send you a link to a place I found as well

With Judge Dredd/Mega City One - Already under way here are a couple of the other 2000ad characters I would enjoy seeing converted into a series.... Bounty Hunter Johnny Alpha and his sidekick Wulf Sternhammer a Norseman who Alpha brought back with him from a time jump... His mutant ability is he has vision like an x-ray machine that can see through anything which gives him a serious edge when it comes to hunting down criminals.. such a range of characters and stories to explore it has plenty to work with... The premise of the series is that the Great Nuclear War of 2150 wiped out 70% of Britain's population and led to a huge increase of mutant births due to exposure to nuclear fallout (strontium-90). The mutants faced a high degree of racism, similar to that faced by the Jewish population of Nazi Germany. Laws were passed forbidding mutants from owning businesses and segregating them into ghettos such as a giant mutant settlement at Milton Keynes. Following the end of this storyline, in 2180, one of the few jobs left for mutants is that of bounty hunter, a job considered too dangerous for normal humans. The strongest of mutants hunt down criminals throughout the galaxy for the Search/Destroy agency, whose distinctive SD badges give them the nickname Strontium Dogs. The SD agents operate from an orbiting space station known as The Doghouse. The ABC Warriors ( Atomic Bacterial Chemical ) The A.B.C. Warriors are a team of war robots designed to withstand 'Atomic', 'Bacterial' and 'Chemical' warfare. They were built to take part in the long-running Volgan War, which Mills had described in several previous 2000 AD strips, including Invasion! and Ro-Busters. Each robot has a distinctive personality – often one programmed by its human creators – but each is more or less able to act with free will. When wars were fought using Robots instead of people this makeshift group of Robots are led by Hammerstein on various missions. Hammerstein you will have already had a glimpse of if you have seen the first Stallone version of Dredd. Don't hold out much hope for this one given the popularity of Transformers as they would seem on paper at least to be too similar...

Original series or the revamped one??

Looks like I am heading for a B-

You have put 2 very good and informative posts up now with tons to read through and as I am back to work tomorrow I now feel like I am under pressure to cram it in before going back on shift... I feel like if I don't get it all in today I am going to end up with B- on my course work and have to explain to someone why I never paid more attention....

I would be better off reading the books prior to seeing any film/tv adaption...

@nudge I am just looking around to see if I can find an online version of those books and I came across this with my first search and didn't know if you were aware of it? https://gbtimes.com/amazon-to-produce-chinese-sci-fi-the-three-body-problem-for-us1bn That was last reported in March of last year so don't know if they have made any progress with it or not since then??

You know when you are standing in a group around someone who is explaining something and even though you don't understand a word of it you keep your mouth shut and try to look serious the whole time and nod your head periodically to indicate that you are fully on board to give the impression you know exactly what they are talking about... That's me right there... I have never heard of the Drake equation but thanks to you I have now... It's great how you don't just assume that we are all a bunch of pitchfork wielding farmers with straw hanging out their mouths.. gotta love you for that!

Well that's just a depressing thought... that would be like walking the full length of the globe to surprise a distant relative you have not seen for ages and finding they have passed away before you got there...

Would be good to think that somewhere out there in the far reaches of space is another habitable planet with intelligent life just sending out signals in the vain hope of finding other life forms.. just like we are doing