{"id":22053,"date":"2012-09-12T17:31:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T21:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=22053"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:45:28","slug":"cinematic-swipe-dredd-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/12\/cinematic-swipe-dredd-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinematic Swipe: DREDD DEVIL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Be it coincidence or homage or the outright hope that they don\u2019t get caught aping someone else\u2019s movie, filmmakers have been replicating the work of those who have gone before them for some time now. Every now and then we like to stop and point out one of those instances.*<\/em><\/p>\n

How is Mega City One like Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen? When they’re both watched over by a protector who likes to lurk about on rooftops.<\/p>\n

That’s the answer suggested by looking at both the posters to 2003’s Daredevil<\/strong> and Dredd<\/strong>, opening up later this month. Interestingly, although they are both comic book adaptations, Daredevil is more straight up superheroics while Dredd<\/strong> has a much more a satirical, science-fiction setting. But man, do both heroes like to stand on roof tops.<\/p>\n

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*And in the spirit of the swipe, we readily acknowledge that we were \u201cinspired\u201d by a similar feature over at Rich Johnson\u2019s comic book news and gossip site, Bleeding Cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who is that up on the roof?<\/div>\n

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