re: So I’m Just Back From Seeing “Dune II” & IMO, It Was Phenomenal Piece of Hollywood Magic..

I've liked all versions, from the Lynch movie back in '84, the SyFy take & the most recent. Though to be honest, I don't remember much of the SyFy stuff, just that I thought it was well done.


I'm trying not to pay attention to the praise, no offense, because I think some of it might have to do with a lack of decent movies and shows, thanks to current day.

But by all accounts I'm still hearing that it's really up there, so we'll see.

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Lynch movie

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IMO, it fails as a stand-alone film: I had not yet read the book when I first saw in theaters so I was completely lost. It inspired me to seek out the book though.

And several years after reading the novel, I revisited the Lynch version again on VHS and appreciated what the film tried to accomplish. It was a great visual feast.

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First of all Zendaya is barely a minority. You’re acting like they cast Leslie Jones. The Fremen are clearly middle eastern inspired so she’s right on the nose ethnicity.

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You are misreading my comments— I made no suggestion otherwise. The deep spirituality and the physical hardiness of the Fremen is a major theme in Herbert’s overall vision so I have no issue with Chani serving as a moral figure in the film adaptation.

I indeed thought the film was well cast: I especially like Javier Bardem as Stilgar. He brought both great humor and poignancy to the character.

Did Elvis live up to the hype?

It’s being over praised in media because of the Chani change. It’s a very good movie but her screen time, acting and character change stopped this from being an alltime great movie.

Tickets purchased. Already 2 showings today sold out, but not quite 1/2 full for my 1pm slot.

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Kaiju Have you seen it? You are such a fan of the genre, I thought you would’ve been there opening night.

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Has to be approved by YouTube first

Was it better than the first? Because that was like watching paint dry

Welp, saw the movie. Good crowd too, for a Sunday afternoon. About 1/2 full, I'd guess. Fans, from what I could tell.

Now, I'm not a book reader, so much of what I know is only from onscreen.

Spoiler: I was today years old when I discovered that the Weirding Way as shown in the '84 movie wasn't from the book. Damn! So there's that. What can I say, I'm not deep into the DUNE fandom.

I didn't care for seeing Sam Brinton in the role of Feyd-Rautha, that was so well played by Sting. That creeped me out. In fact, the entire Harkonnen world weirded me out. Zero color on the entire planet? What's that about? And apparently I've been mispronouncing the name for 40 years. Harkon-nen, not Har-KO-Nan? Whatever.

Still a decent flick well-made and all. I guess my biggest beef of all was Zendaya. She's terribly mid, imo. She's older than Sydney Sweeney but will always look like a gawky 13 yr old girl in my eyes. But it is what it is. The kids apparently dig her.

*Two more things - Sandworms. How can they be some great test for a true Fremen to call and ride on if they're also used like a planetary rapid transit system? There was some crazy GoT dragon commuting going on that seemed a bit sketchy. How far South is "South" anyways? And what's keeping the worms from diving underground to avoid the storms? Did I miss something?


** Paul's drinking of the Water of Life. I really preferred the '84 version to how it was done in this movie. One was much more dramatic than the other.

Atta boy. Man of substance