AI Remade Dune Characters EXACTLY as described in the books 

No matter what movie you will watch, what AI you will use. The best image of a character is the one coming from your imagination.

Funny how the AI imagined Baron Harkonem like some Italian dude from New York.

This so-called "AI" obviously needs a lot of work if its response to "elderly woman" is a 35-year-old supermodel.

1:50 Virginia Madsen (Dune 1984) is the real closer one to the description of Princess Irulan in the book

And this is why AI shouldn't be a deciding factor in art. It's impressive in its recreations, but it extremely narrow in its scope. You start to pick up on the trends and habits it has amd realise just how little variation and interpretation there is in AI, no matter the prompt

I think that the reimagining of the characters in the new films away from their descriptions in the books worked very well indeed, especially all of the Harkonnens.

Another fun thing about their descriptions in the book: Duke Leto and the Emperor both had Hawkish features and were said to resemble each other (exceptfir their hair, lol). In the original Dune, he never really talks about this in any detail, just a couple throw awaylines about being distaff cousins. But in his extensive backstory notes, in which Brian Herbert claims to get key outline details for his prequels, we learn that Duke Leto's mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Shaddam's Father. Wheels within wheels!

The baron looks like an italian mobster lol

The AI got most of them close to how I pictured them, except for Chani, Duncan, Gurney, Kynes, and the Harkonnens. It also goes to show how accurate the movie's casting choices were.

So, this is a long post, but I like how the red hair ties everyone back to Xavier Harkonnen and Octa Butler and Selusa Secundus. Octa had the strawberry blonde red hair, which she passed on to their children. Her sister Serena had amber brown hair, which is in the red hair family too. Given that both sisters have different shades of red hair, you can assume that it was present in the general population of Selusa Secundus. After Xavier's supposed betrayal, their children took the name of Butler. 2 of their Grandchildren changed their names again, but we can also assume that those that kept the name of Butler contributed back to the general population of Selusa Secundus. After the Jihad, one of the Butler grandchildren changed their name, in honor of the Battle of Corrin, to House Corrino. He appointed himself Padisha Emperor of the Universe and moved the throne to Kaitain. That's how Shaddam the IV got his red hair. The 2nd grandchild to change their name chose Harkonnen in an attempt to try and exonerate his grandfather, Xavier. He disobeyed an order in battle because he thought he knew better, which almost cost humanity the battle. The Atreides progenitor (who was best friends with Xavier) had him declared a coward and exiled. And that's where the Harkonnens got their stigma and red hair. Thanks to the clever Bene Gesserit breeding program, Jessica, Paul and Alia got their Harkonnen red hair from the Baron Vladimir himself. So, what about Chani? Her father and grandfather both had sandy blonde hair. It sure didn't come from her Fremen heritage. Her grandfather, Pardot Kynes, was born on Salusa Secundus! He most likely had some of that dormant red hair from gen pop floating around in his DNA! So, sorry for the Ted Talk, but I love that you can go down these logic rabbit holes with Dune and most of it all ties into itself! We need so many more people like Frank in today's society!

Leto is the one they got right and really not change much at all, meanwhile Duncan somehow became a black african man

Chani, Stilgar, Liet-Kynes, Paul & Jessica were exactly like I thought from the books. The rest were so far off, I actually preferred the casting. They mostly looked young enough to be the actual characters' children (Baron, Emperor, Reverend Mother), or old enough to be the characters' grandparents (Mapes, Hawat).

You can see Denis took many artistic license but it still works.

Dune: Rabban goes to Hollywood

Scifi channel got barron harkonnen almost perfect. Even AI agrees.

Accurate, except Duncan is not talked about as Black - just thick black hair…

I wonder which redhead Zendaya is gonna play next time.

You are Balenciaga, Paul

Can we see AI Remade The Sandman characters look exactly in the comic books?

That was the best Gurney Halleck I've ever seen or imagined.

I think this is really cool, the cast was amazing in the movies and I liked the changes made but its cool to see things like this!

The casting on the film is much better and not far off the descriptions. Imagine if the AI had actually cast this film and everyone looked exactly the same as each other.

That AI depiction of Shaddam IV is actually very spot-on. He would've looked like he was in his 30s, not looking like an elderly man as the movies always seem to portray him, even though he was indeed in his 70s in the book.

The movie made Harkonnens looks like bald inmate psychos however Paul Atreides has very thick hair who turned out to be a Harkonnen. The movie didn’t portray the Harkonnens well. 10,000 years prior to Dune movie Harkonnens are heroes who fought against the thinking machines.

I really like how Stilgar and Gurney look in this! 🙂

Helen was an old woman with long grey hair, but she's awesome here tbh Duncan had tanned skin and was supposed to be hispanic, not black Baron had red hair

Lol, the way all AI characters that aren't still pictures keep moving their head like they're trying to see around you without you noticing!

It is interesting that Jason Momoa gets roles both for white and black characters.

So Irulan is older that her father, because that is what I seeing here

They messed up the Chani and Liet- Kynes characters

AI's version of Chani and Irulan were much better than the movie. That's actually very close to what i imagined while i was reading it. Oscar Isaac's beard is much more majestic than the AI's version

The Emperor is also in his 60's in the book, so maybe adding that fact makes his AI generated image look a little closer to what it should be. Now he looks like a main in his twenties.

Wish they went with the book versions on some of these

The changes made by Hollywood really irritate me. I read the books that were already successful before the actors in this version were born. these films will be forgotten. books don't...

1:15 So basically Emily Blunt then.

I think denis’ choice to make all the different houses or whatever was necessary, or at least easier for people to identify who was who and who they belonged to.

What about the olive skin?

Better than the movie, except Idaho. Idaho in the movie and AI is way way off.

Rosie O’Donnell as the Baron.

The best thing about books is that everyone creates their own images in their minds. In my mind, Duncan was never a black man. When I first read the books, I loved everything Polynesian, so my beloved Duncan was a tall Hawaiian man with long curly hair.

Some of these were amazing, others were absurd. I love this AI generator :D

Interesting. I like the real life film versions better. Can someday show the book versions of James Bond and the characters in from The Godfather?

Stilgar looks like he's about to host the Hunger Games.

I think the "Greek descend" should apply for Paul's description also.

I find it hilarious how Duncan is described as dark skinned but then now people have nuanced takes on how certain people have this dna etc etc but then if it was reversed and let’s say it was a red head suddenly they never seen a black person with red hair before an all their mental faculties become r**arded

So, Rabban is a mix of William Shatner and Daniel Craig, huh?

It Guerney H as I always imagined him.

I wish Hollywood didn't hate redheads (btw I'm racist)

Vladimir Harkonnen looking like he’s in a stage version of Bugsy Malone

There are some serious inspirations.

The book has always portrayed Duke Leto and the Emperor Shaddam as two sides of a coin, one dark and one light with red hair. The Atreides had intermarried with the Corrinos frequently and there had even been an Atreides Dynasty. The Duke and the Emperor were, in fact, distant cousins. As far as the Fremen, they had traveled a long way from Earth, even staying on Salusa Secundus at one time. They had gone from Zen-Sunni, ie. Islamic Buddhism, to ancestor and monster worship, very similar to the pre-Muslim Arabic pagan religious beliefs. At the least, their appearance should be a cross between Arab, Berber, Turkic, Afghan, Uighur, Mongolian, Manchu and Japanese. Remember there are other desert peoples throughout the world from Apache to Bedouin to Mongols and Manchus to Bushmen.

The baron on the English TV series was simply perfect, just like in the book

Gothic dune looks wild bruh

Paul was described as a 15yr old boy and very small for his age, looking more like a 12yr old.. So movie and ai way off. Duncan Idaho was tall round faced olive skinned with thick wavy black hair, more Mediterranean. A.I. Chani is dead on, as is Liet Kynes, and Stilgar.

To be honest the AI nailed Gurney! That was exactly how I pictured from the books.

AI apparently just turned Princess Irulan into Emily Blunt.

0:27 "Long tawny-RED hair" Si, definitivamente Hollywood tiene un serio problema con los pelirrojos. Personaje pelirrojo que existe personaje que sufre un blackwashing

Won’t be long before there will be no need for live/real actors.

That was cool!

Book Paul: very skinny, oval face, thin disdainful nose, hard expression AI Paul: fit guy with strong neck. square chiseled face, strong nose with broad nostrils, sweetest doe-eyed expression

to me characters in te 1985 version by Lynch were more resemblant to the book"s

Interesting concepts...

hollywood just hates redheads huh

I love how Leto just straight up became an ancient greek. 😂

What on Giedi Prime are “cherubic mounds”?

The mini series got it closer

I guess it got Chani and Liet-Kynes right but it for sure rendered Emperor Shaddam Corinno the fourth spot on.

The Baron was supposedly a handsome man when he was young, before a live of hedonism and intrigue, I don't know if I see that in the AI reconstruction. One of the most distinctive facial features of Dr. Yueh was his Suk Imperial Conditioning tattoo, the AI didn't put it in it's image.

OK, I'm not sure what the AI was thinking when it produced its image of Duncan Idaho. The book does make much of the 'black goat hair' but it also says his eyes had an 'epicanthic fold to them. And whilst thought Jason Momoa was too big and muscular, his Hawaiian heritage gives him the correct facial features for the character... unlike the AI's 'effort'!

Why is it literally *always* the ginger that gets race swapped? What does hollywood have against casting people with red hair?

So Chani should have actually been played by Sadie sink (Stranger things) or Sophia Illis (IT). But they chose zendaya?🧐

sorta like this one but yes the age vector seemed to be way off on some of the characters.

This exhibition is why we need a Butlerian “Endeavor”…NOW!!!

they ALL look confused and about to cry.

Peter Murphy of Bauhaus would make a perfect emperor.

The harkonnen have hair in the books?

I like to see what AI would do 8f it where a younger Vladimir Harkkonen from the books little is said

AI is trained to produce "fashion model" results, even if indirectly - and so these characters look like fashion model interpretations of those descriptions, which I doubt is in the spirit of the book in every single case.

The AI seems to be pulling from images of actors for its model, which kind of defeats the purpose. Interesting idea though

Leto Atrydes very very close.

Duncan Idaho is of Asian descent. He has epicanthic folds.

THANKS SO VERY MUCH for giving her the RED hair she deserves! You have NO idea how frustrating it is to be and OCD Dunatic trying to convince other Dune fans that they missed the 1 line description of Chani's hair color! I used to have the page, paragraph and line numbers memorized before digital readers came along! Just a couple nit picks though... Chani did have the darker olive skin tone in the book. Fremen are supposed to be descendants of Middle East/South Asians. She wouldn't have been as dark as the others because of her Grandfather, Pardot, being Caucasian (hence the reddish hair), but she definitely wouldn't be alabaster. Even if she was 100% caucasian she's still a desert creature! Also, if we're going by book description, the eyes should be solid blue with no white and no distinction between sclera and iris. Just Blue and pupils. They also, didn't fluoresce. That's a holdover from Lynch, like the Baron full on floating instead of just having the suspensors support his weight so he could walk better.

I was not ready for Duncan but all were interesting. The Barron needed to be older

Shoulda stuck with still images, the animation brings them smack down in the middle of the uncanny valley.

To be honest, the most descriptions fits way better to the Movie cast than the AI creations and especially the other Movie or the miniseries

sorry the AI was NOT following all the descriptions smh...it has not idea of age or scar across the lips...(actually it's is face like slapped with a whip--and purple!)

I think AI did a pretty good job, but it should have been fed with the approximative age of the character.

There some choices from Lynches Dune that fit the bill Linda Hunt as Mapes Feeddie Jones as Hawat Max von Sydow as Kynes Francesca Annis as Jessica Although this Paul with Timothee Chalamet is more accurate. The rest are to far off base from the book.

Niiiice!! ❤

1:52 Looks like Riley Gaines!

I agree about Channi

so cool

So Lagertha as Princess Irulan?

There is a character left out... The Sandworms.

All of the AI people are too good looking

These are all pretty good, but the Baron is supposed to be "grotesquely fat" like Jabba the Hutt or Pearl from 'Blade'.

after 2 years, AI can still only create Balenciaga models 😂😂😂 maybe we have a chance against it, after all

And the Emperor was not an early 20 something. Hair like a spider web translated as a facial tattoo. Other than that pretty cool.

You know what they say in the Dune universe about machines in the likeness of the human mind...

In the book Harkonens are beautiful in movies the Atriedes .