DUNE movie trailer

[GrainsAndGains]

Yeah, parts of Messiah and Children of Dune were written before Dune was finished. There's a TON of foreshadowing for Messiah in the first book.

[Skander]

I disliked Dune

The book can be unnecessarily dense at times. Has a bunch of made up jargon (looking at the supplied dictionary in the back can get tedious)

It can help to have a working knowledge of Arabic.

I actually just grabbed the Arabic translation. It's gonna be weird to see how they handle his quasi Arabic. Muaddib is a pretty decent one, the Arabic just means "one who socializes someone into society, discipliner", they just kept the Arabic word intact. But lots of his other terms are just far enough from the actual meaning that it's gonna be interesting to see how they chose to handle that.

[51M0N]

Might give this a shot. While I can't say I have any strong memories of the book, Dune II was the first PC game that I ever played, so very fond memories of that.

[dw]

Might give this a shot. While I can't say I have any strong memories of the book, Dune II was the first PC game that I ever played, so very fond memories of that.

The noble Atreides!

The evil Harkonnen!

The insidious Orkos!

[mouse]

I didn't even take the time to actually name/remember the song, just knew it sounded familiar

Bruh that was Eclipse by Pink Floyd... ya know... off Dark Side of the Moon... ba dum tss...

[Wilhelm]

I didn't even take the time to actually name/remember the song, just knew it sounded familiar

Bruh that was Eclipse by Pink Floyd... ya know... off Dark Side of the Moon... ba dum tss...

And?

[omaniphil]

We'll have to wait one more year for the Kwisatz Haderach
https://collider.com/dune-movie-new-rel ... ayed-2021/

[mbasic]

We'll have to wait one more year for the Kwisatz Haderach
https://collider.com/dune-movie-new-rel ... ayed-2021/

movie business weird in the modern day.

IIRC, the theaters were already having trouble even before C19.

#1- going to the movies (like, the big screen) isn't as popular with the younger generation ....that's the vibe I get.

#2- shit movies, plots, etc. Too many remakes of old movies, comics, books, etc.

#3- now the covaids

Its weird, because they'll all push back their release dates to when the theaters are fully operational (country-wide) again.
So will there be a huge glut of releases all at once .... competing with one another?

And then what? I'm sure a lull is coming right after that because right now I doubt if any filming is taking place because ... lockdowns and restrictions.
I'd laugh my fucking ass off if Hollywood et al would be trying to produce any movies right now with the Covid-is-plague-we-have-save-lives.

[Hiphopapotamus]

They've started filming again. There was a crew at Frank's Restaurant (old-timey diner frequently used as a location) a couple of weeks ago and there was another crew setting up where I work (they do this occasionally) a couple of days ago.

[mouse]

I'd laugh my fucking ass off if Hollywood et al would be trying to produce any movies right now with the Covid-is-plague-we-have-save-lives.

Well get to laughin because it's been happening for a while now.

They've been filming the new Jurassic Park and pretty sure The Rock still posts set pictures on the gram from whatever he's doing...

[mbasic]

I'd laugh my fucking ass off if Hollywood et al would be trying to produce any movies right now with the Covid-is-plague-we-have-save-lives.

Well get to laughin because it's been happening for a while now.

They've been filming the new Jurassic Park and pretty sure The Rock still posts set pictures on the gram from whatever he's doing...

The movie Industry should be locked down:

1 - sooooo non-essential.

2 - Industry is mostly in California (see lockdown + "save lives" )
2a- flying all over the place to various filming sets/locations? spreading the plague all around? jeesh

3 - an industry that makes money off of people crammed into a closed/indoor environment?
...sitting next each other for 90-150 minutes at a time.

You'd have to do something like every 3rd seat, in every 2nd row to keep people "distanced" away from each other.
Given that its a closed environment for an extended period of time, "6 ft." should be doubled or something.
This isn't waiting in the casher line at the store or something.

Even if a given showing was 'sold' to only 30-40% capacity, going-to-the-movies is a social thing ... people want to sit next to eachother.
Sure, I saw Sicario 1 & 2 by myself because my wife didn't want to see that shit; and my kid's are way too young.
...point is: it would have to be a (potentially) real good movie for people to go see it in that context in groups (spread out all over the theater).

The movie industry should be more responsible about "saving lives."

[mouse]

The movie industry should be more responsible about "saving lives."

The fun part is the industry is (probably) largely made up of professional shamers who were (probably) all about that lockdown life...

As long as you were the one who had to deal with it. Then it started hitting their pocketbooks and well...

https://deadline.com/2020/06/coronaviru ... 202973054/

[mbasic]

Who saw it? I thought it was really good. Hard to not screw up actually.

Casting was good, but kind of a no brainer.

I wish I had never seen the original shitshow one .... only because I knew how everything was coming down the pipe (I did not read the book(s) )

Must see a theater.

I would've made the witch-ladies bald tho. (jk)

Also, how many of these are in the pipeline: 2 or 3 movies total?
(The fatties have already retaken the planet.)

Who is going to play sting's character? (lolz)

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I think that is the first in-theater movie I've seen since the beginning of the covid area .... I can't even remember the last time I saw a movie in the theater, or what it was. (I refuse to a newly released move on the TV at home.) I think my last movie was a Marvel P.O.S. or something....sad.
EDIT: JOKER ....joker was the last movie I saw in theaters (I think....pretty sure)

[GrainsAndGains]

I thought it ruled. Streamed it first, then went to see it in IMAX. If you have a true IMAX within driving distance in your area it's well worth it for the ornithopters alone.

Also, how many of these are in the pipeline: 2 or 3 movies total?
(The fatties have already retaken the planet.)

They're already greenlit Part 2, so that movie is definitely happening, the release date is October 20th, 2023. I assume they'll wait until seeing how the second one does before greenlighting a third movie. The director wants to make at least one more movie after that based on the second book in the series, which would make a pretty awesome trilogy and wrap up Paul's story nicely.

[aurelius]

I thought it ruled. Streamed it first, then went to see it in IMAX. If you have a true IMAX within driving distance in your area it's well worth it for the ornithopters alone.

[GlasgowJock]

I really enjoyed it, another win for Villeneuve much like BR2049, Arrival and Sicario. Even if you're not a natural fan of Sci Fi/ Fantasy, the excellent cinematography, set design and music score are much better appreciated on the big screen. Admittedly poor storytelling and a strange lack of tension with the volume of the sound track being somewhat OTT at times in an attempt to be immersive.

The techno Mongolian throat singing when the Sardaukar are prepping for battle is simply amazing, it's how I would like a Warhammer 40k film to look. The 'wetness' of the scene reminded me of Prometheus as well.

I think in retrospect a one off series of hour-long episodes would probably do the Dune universe more justice, but at least it hasn't been condensed into a single film like David Lynch's baroque 80s effort.

[Allentown]

I'll see it if/when it comes to Netflix. Liked the book though.

[aurelius]

The techno Mongolian throat singing when the Sardaukar are prepping for battle is simply amazing, it's how I would like a Warhammer 40k film to look. The 'wetness' of the scene reminded me of Prometheus as well.

With very little explanation the movie convincingly communicated the elite nature of the Sardaukar.

As to using this as the basis for a Warhammer 40K film:

[mouse]

I'll see it if/when it comes to Netflix. Liked the book though.

HBO max isn't all that expensive and you can just get rid of it after you binge a month's worth of whatever you want...

Jus sayin...

[Inverstone]

Some YouTube critics disliked the Dune score. I liked it's industrial/vibey "wash" which I thought suited the film perfectly. Others wanted a thematic (for each character, etc.) standard score like every other blockbuster.
The bagpipes in particular were a nice touch. Suited the ancient/future thang well.