Post by Rob Allen on Jul 17, 2018 14:17:22 GMT -5
From www.metafilter.com/175358/A-gun-a-bag-and-a-talking-hat (lots of links there)
"Director Duncan Jones teased his next film would be a comic book movie... now he has revealed it'll be a Rogue Trooper film from the comic 2000 AD.
Rogue Trooper - created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons - is probably less well known than 2000AD's main character Judge Dredd (who has already appeared in two movies and a forthcoming TV series) but he is a prominent second-ranker having appeared in the comic since 1981. Blue skinned GI (Genetic Infantryman) Rogue, on the Souther side in a perpetual war against the Norts, searches for the Traitor General who killed all of his fellow GIs in the Quartz Zone Massacre. Three of Rogue's old war buddies live on as 'biochips' in his equipment - Gunnar (helps with shooting stuff), Bagman (supplying grenades and other ordinance) and Helm (... sensors?). In his adventures Rogue has encountered many weird and wonderful combatants in the war... and disco dancing!
Rogue has already appeared in a number of video games, a board game and fan film."
"Director Duncan Jones teased his next film would be a comic book movie... now he has revealed it'll be a Rogue Trooper film from the comic 2000 AD.
Rogue Trooper - created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons - is probably less well known than 2000AD's main character Judge Dredd (who has already appeared in two movies and a forthcoming TV series) but he is a prominent second-ranker having appeared in the comic since 1981. Blue skinned GI (Genetic Infantryman) Rogue, on the Souther side in a perpetual war against the Norts, searches for the Traitor General who killed all of his fellow GIs in the Quartz Zone Massacre. Three of Rogue's old war buddies live on as 'biochips' in his equipment - Gunnar (helps with shooting stuff), Bagman (supplying grenades and other ordinance) and Helm (... sensors?). In his adventures Rogue has encountered many weird and wonderful combatants in the war... and disco dancing!
Rogue has already appeared in a number of video games, a board game and fan film."
