My interpretation of Dredd is that he is entirely cognizant of his place in the world. It's literally in his catchphrase. He's not good, he's not evil, he is The LAW. Not the letter of it, but its spirit. He is there to protect the innocent, punish the guilty, and preserve whatever peace there is, whether it's by showing mercy whenever he can or being efficient when he can't.

And that is the reason why he passed Anderson. She finished her mission and protected Techie (standing up to Dredd in the process) not because she wanted to pass, not for personal gain (which the corrupt Judges failed), but because it was the right thing to do. She upheld the spirit of the law no matter the cost of herself, and that is why she passed.

It always makes me sad when he's forced to reupload

I am really dissaponinted this will probably never get a sequel

Comic Dredd isn't as unchangeable as people pretend. There are little glimpses.

He once let some petty criminals go free because it was Christmas.

Dredd didn't flop because of a small audience. Dredd flopped because marketing did everything in their power, short of just not doing their jobs at all, to sabotage it, similar to Transformers One.

You can be both an abuser and victim at once. They aren’t mutually exclusive from each other. So your regard of Ma-ma is spot on.

Bonus win: Last scene for the rookie, she's carrying her helmet.

I love his little comment after saying "there goes monetization"

Karl Urban's delivery of "I am the law" is an instant 10 thousand wins for me. Sends shivers throughout my whole body every time I hear it and I've seen the movie many times.

Dredd is DEFINITELY what Batman sees himself as anytime someone tries to make him break his rules.

It's one of Hollywood's biggest sin that this hasn't got a proper sequel. I hope the TV series will do it justice.

"Ma-ma is not the law...

    I am the law"

If there’s a movie that deserves a sequel it’s Dredd.

Karl Urban and Olivia Thilby completly own their roles. Two ultimate badasses in a movie that makes no compromises and no prisioners.

Regarding "Dredd never takes off his helmet in the comic". I remember an issue in which Dredd opened the door to his apartment wearing a dressing gown - and that helmet.

Actually, the first instance of “morality” in this movie, and a great showcase of Dredd’s own views is when some kids fire at him and he switches to non lethal stun ammo.  This may not seem all that remarkable, but they fired on and attempted to kill a judge, in the world of dredd that’s an automatic death sentence, no matter who you are.  Dredd knows this but still chose to spare them using the stun ammo, and it’s never brought up or mentioned, showing that he may be unrelenting and resolute, but there are some embers of humanity inside him.

"Not everything's a trolley problem, but also not everything is Sauron", great point

This movie has been number one on my "This movie needs a sequel/continuation" list for years.  Hated the Stallone version, but this one knocks it out of the park.  Karl Urban absolutely nails it.

Probably my favourite part of the Dirty Judges monologue was that we finally get a tiny glimpse of how revered/feared Judge Dredd was. For everyone else, Dredd was just another Judge, but for the Dirty Judge, he was almost godlike, like how we see him, and that’s why he mocked him during the monologue. The audience already knows he’s the goat, so seeing someone else finally acknowledge that near the end of the movie was great.

The only thought I had about Stalone's Dredd in the wake of this film was "thank God Dredd was finally done justice".