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Dune, directed by David Lynch, is considered one of the world's biggest sci-fi flops but the story of it is way more interesting - and the movie itself more underrated - than it's given credit for. Here's why.
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@RonieDoll 6 лет назад

I watched Dune as a pre-teen. I was not lost. I loved it. I have all the books. And watched the documentary of the first director.

@Dystopia1111 6 лет назад

And 33 years later Patrick Stewart appears to have not aged at all?!?

@Giganfan2k1 6 лет назад

Dystopia1111 you should look for the video where Patrick Stewart talks about talking to Sting. He had no idea who he was or what he did beyond being a musician.

@DavidTSmith-jn5bs 6 лет назад

You should see "I Claudius!" Even 42 years ago he was bald! He had some hot scenes with Martha (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Quinn, lucky dog!

@Giganfan2k1 6 лет назад

David T. Smith "I Claudius" is *SO GOOD!* 10/10 show.

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

He had hair in I, Claudius. His performance, like most of that cast, was fantastic - one of the most spine-chilling villains ever. And Macro, the Praetorian who led the coup against him, was one of the first screen appearances of John Rhys-Davies. Also, Livia, my favorite character from the series, was played by Siân Phillips, who played Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam in this movie.

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

Patricia Quinn. And he was not bald in I, Claudius. He didn't have a lot of hair, but he did have some.

@madiantin 6 лет назад

For years I had no idea that people didn't like Dune. I saw it and was all HOLY COW THIS IS AWESOME and fell in love and read the book and was just one happy little camper in this Dune universe. And then I found out people hated the film? I mean...yeah, the Harkonnens made me want to barf but dang that film was good. What's wrong with everyone?

@Unlitedsoul 6 лет назад

Could have something to do with the fact that the movie barely reflects the source material whatsoever. Could also have something to do with nonstop over-acting by a group of great stage and TV actors who were all virtual film novices and did not understand the nuances involved (and nearly all were miscast). Could be the senseless offshooting story arcs which mangle and convulute an already greatly complex story. The only thing the movie actually got right was the dynamic scenery, costumes, and effects. Everything else was pure trash. It's great that you enjoyed the film, and it managed to interest you in the Dune universe enough to at least read the first book. I'm not trying to take that away from you. For many of us, however, we expected more of an effort. Personally, I enjoyed the SyFy miniseries from 2000 a lot more than the movie. It, at least, told the actual story.

@mroilcat 5 лет назад

They displayed good taste.

@Piccodon 5 лет назад

@@Unlitedsoul The movies spoken language should have been tranlated to operatic Italian singing, it would have been a great opera. 😁

@YTEdy 5 лет назад

I loved the book. The movie didn't wow me. It's colorful and fun to watch in bits and pieces but I never thought it was a great film.

@klyanadkmorr 5 лет назад

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@sr212787 6 лет назад

Anyone else cringe every time he said freeman?

@indigoyarkindell968 6 лет назад

Huh, I thought the movie was pretty straight forward and super awesome.

@2ndlt.reifukai196 6 лет назад

Indigo Yarkindell Saw it when I was 10yrs old and loved it.

@weltvonalex 6 лет назад

me to never thought it was confusing, i can remember when i saw it the first time, it was awesome, because of the movie i have read the books

@Shatterer101 6 лет назад

I am in the same boat as you all, but I did read the book first...

@Maikeru1964 6 лет назад

Same here. I'd read the book and was eager to see it. All things considered I was impressed and is still one of my favourite movies. I also ended up with a copy of the Alan Smithee version which I equally cherish.

@kanoreese1253 6 лет назад

Indigo Yarkindell Same!👍

@alexbernardo8122 6 лет назад

Lynch did the best he could. The book's complexity was just tough to capture.

@274pacific 3 года назад

"tough to capture" in a 2 hour, pre-CGI film. They should just make a 10-part miniseries today; it'd be great.

@stuckie3916 2 года назад

Whose idea was it to milk the cat? If it was his idea, that wasn’t the best he could do.

@Freelancer4tehwin 6 лет назад

Sorry, but the foreign cast is perfectly understandable. Like, without problem. The jargon might be all over the shop, but the actors speak quite clearly.

@Outland9000 5 лет назад

"foreign" Depends where your from I guess.

@Shannmeister 6 лет назад

Dune has so many levels that it requires complete viewer commitment. It broke the mould of sci fi movies by being much more than humans fighting aliens. I don't think the range of accents hinder the film, if anything they add to the complex nature of Dune.

@Shannmeister 6 лет назад

noconfiesennadie006 Correct. Have a snort of Melange!

@firebird1454 6 лет назад

Confusing?!! I loved this movie and I was not confused!

@garrettmesser3977 6 лет назад

reina matzen most people weren't smart enough to follow along with the characters internal dialogue

@TheHuntermj 6 лет назад

We have grown up with scifi shows and scifi novels whereas back then there was not nearly as many, especially ones with such deep lore.

@positivevibrations6110 5 лет назад

I was but I loved it. Because of my confusion, I watched the move until I understood. I read the book over and over again until I understood. Once I understood, I loved the movie....forever!

@BruceLee-xn3nn 4 года назад

I was 10 when it came out. I didn't understand it then but when i got older it was a great movie to me.

@Bullzeye1000yds 6 лет назад

I read the novels and saw "DUNE". I had no problem following the interwoven plots. A Great Film.

@lboymusic 6 лет назад

I lOVe DUNE.... Great movie

@dlemmuh 6 лет назад

Needs to be an HBO show like Game of Thrones.....someone pleeeeeaaaasss make this happen

@UraharaShoten 6 лет назад

Dlemmage Studios yes!! I was just thinking this! With the resources we have today, we could finally do it justice!

@donaldseymour8212 6 лет назад

Sci Fi channel did a mini series of it and then linked Dune Messiah and children of Dune for a second mini series well worth a watch

@TheJamesneto 6 лет назад

while the mini series was very true to the books in regards to the dialogue its casting set designs and costuming was VERY VERY poor. this was due in large part to the lack of a real budget. I LOVE the Dune novels as well as the first movie but the mini was disappointing.

@dungeoneering1974 6 лет назад

Loved this movie 33 years ago when I saw it at the theater, it motivated me to read the books. 33 years later still love this movie.

@00xanawolf00 6 лет назад

"Free Men", eh? If you hire actual die-hard fans and have them do the narration for your various "SyFy themed" franchises, you might get less mispronounced words and more love from fans.

@MANTRAPLAYSGAMES 6 лет назад

Thank you. Agreed

@mthomas8174 6 лет назад

Oregon = or eh gun. Not gone. Lol

@charlesspitzig1493 6 лет назад

Herbert's pronunciation was apparently closer to Free men. Or, maybe that was the original pronunciation earlier in the timeline.

@CanMav 6 лет назад

Or have the ability to read a teleprompter... "space melange" instead of "spice melange"

@lawofeffect 6 лет назад

The origin of fremen was actually the words free men as in the free men of dune. The Fremen were formerly budislamic slaves who fled to dune to escape slavery during the Butlerian jihad more than 10,000 years before the story of dune takes place.

@Giganfan2k1 6 лет назад

One of the best books and movies ever. Also it is Fremen.

@iliketrains0pwned 6 лет назад

You sure? Reading the books, it kind of fits a lot better as "Freemen". They escaped persecution by moving to Dune, and they are the only faction in the story that can act autonomously from the politics of the rest of the Imperium.

@phillipdavies1081 6 лет назад

Agreed, I wouldn't pronouce it as "freemen". I don't think it's a play on the word "free" at all, they are simply called the fremen with the emphasis on the fre being the same as on the men.

@steampunkskunk3638 6 лет назад

Listen to the interview with Frank Herbert himself, he pronounces it Free-Men

@porkmilk8984 6 лет назад

It's like this dude never watched the movie. Free men? Fr EH men

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

Herbert based Dune on Islamic cultures and the oil industry. The Touareg of North Africa call themselves "the Free Men" and are obviously the basis for the Fremen.

@InnocentDoodles 6 лет назад

I only watched the movie for Kyle. It was a fun ride and got me to read the book, but GOD the books are so much better. It's just way to dense for a 2 hour production.

@gavinhelgeson2880 6 лет назад

The greatest sci fi story ever.

@mikuel25 6 лет назад

agreed.

@armyofninjas9055 6 лет назад

Yep.

@dionstaples8294 6 лет назад

it is one of my fave sci fi movies!

@udmbfckx2916 6 лет назад

Not only story, this is the greatest sci fi movie .... ever......Unfortunately it was not well received due to its rather realistic/futuristic look being rather bleak and it was also made for adults (no cute little Ewoks here) plus it is rather a bit complex for one movie, the extended versions being the best but too long for the Movie Theaters to show. The storyline itself was copied ('an inspiration') by George Lucas for Star Wars and Cameron for Avatar, in which the outsider becomes the savior.

@olddirtymongrrel 6 лет назад

udmbfck x agreed, but in my opinion a film would never be able to capture the grandeur of Dune.

@luisperes1894 6 лет назад

I never understood why this is considered a confusing movie. All the names are perfectly depicted in context and the story is not complex at all. I was 15 when it came out and i was never confused for one second even without reading the book before. The visuals are fantastic, the atmosphere better thean in the novels and it remains unique.

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

Luis Peres There are a few things which are left hanging. At one point the Laws of Canly (sp?) are mentioned. These are chivalric rules regarding vendetta, but you wouldn't know this from the film.

@JacintaColvin 6 лет назад

Agreed. I hadn't read the books before seeing the movie, and although it is an unusual movie by many standards, it's not all that hard to follow if you pay attention. I certainly don't think it requires 2 pages of cheat notes simply to get through it! (Yeah I know there were a few things that could have been elaborated on, but they had to keep it to a time frame.)

@furbyinthemicrowave5344 6 лет назад

I agree. I was 12 and loved it!

@maltiokshiroshi7654 6 лет назад

I saw this when I was 5 years old and understood most of it. Still probably my favorite movie, especially the extended or "real edition". Its one of those movies you can watch a hundred times and still find new stuff in it. I dont understand where the confusion came from if you paid actual attention.

@GuidedbyCrows 5 лет назад

You have to realize you like the content. Others minds latch on to far simpler concepts for their lives and do not deviate.

@swifty1969 6 лет назад

and to think Lynch would have made two more Dune movies. God! I wish the movie made money.

@petercampi2840 6 лет назад

You can blame the production company for getting cold feet and caving into the request to cut the run time down under 2 hours. As De Laurentiis infamously said: "We killed Dune in the editing room".

@bladerunner9129 6 лет назад

Mate wait for the remakes - they’ve confirmed they’re doing AT LEAST two movies.

@swifty1969 6 лет назад

it won't be the same. Lynch's vision will be very hard to beat. Also, the score played a huge part. My expectations are very low. I'm sure the special effect will be top notch but what Lynch did, blew away even Herbert. He said it himself in an interview that there were many things in Dune movie on point(exactly the way he envisioned it), some stuff he didn't agree with and some he actually liked better.

@alexandresobreiramartins9461 6 лет назад

Even though I agree with you, coming from Villeneuve, I've slightly higher expectations for at least a decent movie and not a Fast and Furious Fremen Film. But you're totally right. The people who, to this day, complain about Dune really fail to understand David Lynch and his moviemaking in general.

@swifty1969 6 лет назад

exactly! Dune was very well received outside of the states. It goes to show that you need to have a brain to appreciate what Lynch did. How did you like the mini series? I really liked that one as well for different reasons.

@Gakusangi 6 лет назад

...was one thing pronounced correctly int his whole video?

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

He managed to pronounce "Dune" correctly. Not much else, though. It's like he cribbed everything from Ed Naha's book about the making of the movie, and never actually watched the movie himself.

@alienishere002 4 года назад

No. Definitely not.

@sarnxero2628 6 лет назад

It is not FREEMEN it is FREMEN.

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

SarnXero Fremen is derived from Freemen - a name of the Toureg.

@Outland9000 5 лет назад

Too many EEEEEEEEE's

@karlsmith2570 5 лет назад

SarnXero it's kinda sad that he butchered that pronunciation

@JJMHigner 5 лет назад

Although technically the Lore states that they were Freemen upon arriving on Arakis.

@donniedarko1345 6 лет назад

Glad Lynch skipped Jedi to make Dune. Dune and Lynch are both one of my favorite moves and directors.

@beefyoso 6 лет назад

i must not fear. fear is the mind killer. fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. i will face my fear. i will permit it to pass over me and through me. and when it has gone past i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the fear has gone will be nothing. only I will remain.

@LoLo11 6 лет назад

The Spice must flow.

@louisrossi7021 6 лет назад

Truly put

@colinatlas2481 5 лет назад

I will bend like a Reed in the wind

@tsopmocful1958 5 лет назад

No need to fear, as the next movie could still be good.

@lordcrunk4790 6 лет назад

What would Muad' Dib do?

@dawfydd 6 лет назад

he did nothing wrong lol

@gamiezion 6 лет назад

Launch a holy crusade m'leige?

@Borderose 6 лет назад

Whatever Muad'Dib wants.

@darkmanmaggot 6 лет назад

Harkonen did nothing wrong

@morphman86 6 лет назад

Muad'Dib would do whatever he always did. His answer to everything. Shout a lot and ride gigantic frickin' sandworms into battle!

@upperroomreloaded1431 6 лет назад

Everything you didn't know? NOT EVEAN CLOSE TO WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW!!! Ranger!!!

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

The only thing we don't know is the truth of the "notes" KJA and BH claim they found. Personally, I began to doubt years ago that they ever existed, or at the very least that there's anything in them that these two twits followed.

@MaximGhost 6 лет назад

0:28 Not sure how a remake is going to be any better. The David Lynch version pretty much stayed close to the first book. Books with its own ecosystem don't always make for blockbuster movies.

@brentsander4849 6 лет назад

Except for the Weirding modules. Total fabrication so they could have sci fi "blasters". Pew pew.

@ZombieDeathRace 6 лет назад

What? Barely half the movie was from the book, and a ton was left out.

@whiff30811 6 лет назад

As much as I enjoy the movie and the book there is so many ways the movie is different weirding modules and heart plugs are just a couple

@karlsmith2570 5 лет назад

MaximGhost as Long as The remake isn't the confusing hot mess that The original David Lynch version was If it's more like The Alan Smithee remaster, it'll be much to understand

@Phatman2167 5 лет назад

Are you high? Heart plugs, weirding modules, the way the Barron acted, black neoprene suits in the desert, should I go on? The movie was trash.

@odys3803 6 лет назад

"DUNE: Everything You Didn´t Know" if you never ever heard or seen the movies or any of the books

@scipiosgoblin1 6 лет назад

At least watch the movie once before you film a video dissing it. Maybe you’ll learn how to pronounce the words you are struggling with.

@crispincrunch2453 6 лет назад

How can a video essayist (the personification of intellectual authority) mispronounce several key names?? I could kinda understand mispronouncing Villeneuve (although one just needs to watch an interview to see how he pronounces his own name)... but mispronouncing Fremen as “free-men”. No, son. No! I will be moving on to other videos, thanks.

@cail592 6 лет назад

I LOVED this movie. It is one of my all time favourites and I have seen it at least 12 times. (that's a lot for me) The PC game Dune on six all-black diskettes in 1992, was my very first PC video game ever bought.

@deangestner6708 6 лет назад

I enjoyed it immensely then and I regard it as a classic now .

@bgreaud 6 лет назад

I don't understand how the audience was confused. I watched this when I was about 15 and understood it. (The emperor is a dick and want rid of the house. He fakes playing nice to have the house wiped out on dune. The assassins botch the job and Paul escapes along with his mom. He meets up in the desert, trains an army, then attacks the emperor and takes over.) Simple.

@petercampi2840 6 лет назад

Dune 2, Dune 2000, and Emperor: Battle for Dune are all legends in RTS.

@silverbane8065 6 лет назад

i spent hours and hours on the amiga version. dune2 was the first game i legit bought with my first money from working, and i eventualy ended up working for the same guy that sold me my copy XD. he even gave me a discount back then. Dune has done some wonderfull things for me over the years.

@thorboysen3318 6 лет назад

Yeah!!! I played Dune (Cryo Games), Dune 2 (Westwood), Dune 2000 (Virgin)...! Never forget the great time with the games and the movie by David Lynch...!!!

@Astilath 6 лет назад

The accents made no difference. But one thing I can say for sure is that for fans of the books, any new attempt at a film of Dune, just like the Lynch film and the flop of a series, will disappoint and cut out all the intricate philosophy, political and scientific subplots that makes reading the books like a religious experience.

@archiveseeker 6 лет назад

I was 9 or 10 when I first saw it on VHS. Loved it!

@lovipoekimo176 6 лет назад

The pronunciation of "Fremen" is just annoying.

@cosmosblue772 6 лет назад

I love the story Patrick Stewart told of him meeting Sting while working on this film. Seriously look it up, its the funniest thing ever 😂

@lk7496 6 лет назад

Dune The Musical

@andrewjacksonbr 6 лет назад

This whole video is what everyone already knows.

@JnEricsonx 6 лет назад

I've loved the extended tv version, cause that's what I first saw, since I was a little kid in the 80s. Almost got the chance to get my copy signed by Kyle Maclachan himself.

@djdarko1135 6 лет назад

Gee. Good job. What did you guys do? Watch the commentary and wiki Dune. Go read a book...particularly....Dune

@georgeguidish7342 6 лет назад

I must of been way ahead of my time. I was in the Marines and saw this at the Norfolk mall and have always thought it was the best sci fi ever. I would watch 10 more hours of the storyline.

@transam2002ws6 6 лет назад

The SyFy channels TV movie of Dune was pretty epic.

@jasonschmitt1600 6 лет назад

it's not "freemen"

@OleKristianElns 6 лет назад

Thank you, I was very upset with it as well

@slavenbozic1237 6 лет назад

Every time he said it, got a strong urge to punch him in the face.

@BlaqueValue 6 лет назад

Technically it originally was when Selim Wormrider first established the band. They were later name 'Free men' by Naib Ismael who had spent much of his live enslaved on Poritrin before escaping in the first spacefold vehicle ever created. Over time they became fremen due to collapsing dialogue, much like Arrakis became Rakis during the reign of the Prophet.

@BlaqueValue 6 лет назад

Steve Ramirez Oh the renowned author, Steve Ramirez, what book are you putting out this year?

@Dystopia1111 6 лет назад

I've got really mixed feelings about the prequel series. I actually enjoyed them overall, but I think this is mostly because of the thought-provoking universe envisioned and constructed by Frank Herbert. As far as Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's literary treatment of what Frank Herbert outlined : it felt a bit dumbed down unfortunately. It's as if Frank Herbert created a gorgeously designed blueprint for a building, but the men who later tried to build were just beyond their depth in the execution of the plan. The Butlerian Jihad prequels succeed somewhat in spite of the flawed attempt to build on the solid foundation (just my opinion here of course). The interquels and later sequels concluding the series though...ugh. Whole other discussion...

@Helldeskr 6 лет назад

Spice has Nothing to do with Spacefolding..please get your facts straight....Folding is done by the Holtzman generators..

@scrambler350 6 лет назад

Yeah, the spice just allowed the user's brain to be able to navigate space to safely get to the other side of the fold without hitting a planet or asteroid field or whatever, IIRC

@carlbruschnigjr1757 6 лет назад

The navigators use the spice to "see" the safe paths through space.

@JJMHigner 5 лет назад

Yes. Spice is used to support the Navigators, themselves, in piloting the craft.

@jeffhicks8035 6 лет назад

I know this movie is often put-upon and seen as a failure, but I think it is simply amazing; of course, I had already read the novels, and was able to pick out the intricate detail Lynch included in the film that others, not having read the book, would have overlooked.

@bartacomuskidd775 6 лет назад

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom in Space

@milton1448 6 лет назад

To do this justice it needs the Game of Thrones treatment and budget. It's just too much story to stuff into one movie.

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

The standout in Dune is the design. The sets are fantastic, particularly the palaces and so are many of the costumes. I understand the hatred towards the stillsuit design, but an accurate depiction would allow the actors to act.

@MichaelGerrard 6 лет назад

I first saw Dune when it was released at my local cinema. I was not given that cheat-sheet you mentioned but maybe that was just a thing for American audiences? I really enjoyed Dune. I don't remember ever not understanding the dialogue or the plot. I liked how the plot was full of intrigue. I remember that there was an intermission at the point the assassins hunter seeker enters Paul's room. That was tense yet I had to wait for the lady with the ice creams to leave for it to continue! I enjoyed the story of Paul realising his destiny. The armies were impressive, the battles looked amazing. The Sardaukar shock-troops were awesome! But when we got the Fremen later, with the wierding modules, wow! I whole film was very well executed. The lavish and often weird looking sets was something very different for sci-fi movies. The idea that computers were not used, that there are human computers, this made me think deeply, as I was very much interested in computing. Anyway, I am rattling on, I should stop. I just wanted to write something to balance this point of view that it was too complex. At least there was one teenager in the 80s who enjoyed it. After seeing it I even read the book, which I enjoyed even more because it is much deeper. I loved the book for having a map of Dune and a glossary. Fantastic attention to detail by Frank Herbert. I think David Lynch did a great job, really I do.

@MarkTheMorose 6 лет назад

There is the usual American bias here when saying how well a film/book/album/games console/other thing performed. My understanding is that Dune was the best performing film that year in several European countries. Maybe it was more attuned to European tastes. Personally, I knew nothing of Dune before (or indeed, since) seeing the film, but I remember large tracts of it to this day, and apart from some ropey 'worm' scenes, I look back with a certain fondness on it. Like Blade Runner, it's gone on to become a cult classic, so that must say something about it.

@TheZeffan 4 года назад

Michael Gerrard I hated the weirding modules. The Weirding Way in the books and the television adaptation was simply a mega martial art developed over the millenniums by the Bene Gesserit through their Other Memory ability-the combined ego and memories of all her female ancestors-passed on as genetic memory or passed on to other Reverend Mothers by physical contact at the time of death. Think of hundreds of thousands of years of knowledge coupled with their ability to simulflow coupled with the Prana-bindu physical training: that’s the Benefit Gesserit fighting style which was called the “weirding way” by the Fremen.

@ynot323 6 лет назад

I think Dune will serve better as a Netflix series than a movie

@derf2170 6 лет назад

Sci fi channel already did it

@barrybend7189 6 лет назад

Patrick Stewart best Girdi.

@509Gman 6 лет назад

Barry Bend gurney? Nice try

@SmithMrCorona 6 лет назад

These RU-vid hosts - particularly the ones that fall into the "nerd culture" category - need to get a new shtick. The side jokes, the stuttering, the "yeah, I'd watch that" stuff is really getting old.

@THE-HammerMan 6 лет назад

You can tell this guy never read the books! Maybe never read any books... Having read the DUNE trilogy 4 or 5 times before the movie was made, I followed it easily. Some effects weren't very good, but I thought it was great overall and still do think so. Roger Ebert, like many film goers, never read the book(s), so his "complex" script opinion is to be expected. The movie was a straight forward telling of the book. If only it hadn't bombed at the box office, Lynch would've made two more classics!

@THE-HammerMan 6 лет назад

Bill Herschel DUNE(trilogy) books are VERY complex, when is one reason I love them so. True- paying close attention helps, as does multiple viewing. Ebert's no dummy, but reviews with the average movie goer in mind. Hence his "incomprehensible" tag, since most movie goers don't wish to be forced to pay such close attention that it takes away from being able to simply enjoy it. Many who read the book said it strayed from the book, or didn't show this or that! People do that for A LOT of movies- pick it apart, I mean- which I hate. All said, I think it's a classic. It ain't no BLADE RUNNER, but it's a fun watch!

@FlowerGemsGirl 6 лет назад

Totally loved this movie when it was released and loved the extended version released on dvd!

@robbabcock_ 6 лет назад

The film really was genius but ahead of its time. I wish it was available on Bluray in the theatrical version.

@chriscorley6478 5 лет назад

DUNE (1984) = decades ahead of its time.

@DarthPoyner 6 лет назад

Isn't the spice Melange pronounced more like Solange's name? Not like trying to say the a as in Angie?

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

It's a French word, so yes. The narrator in the video mangled it.

@SchardtCinematic 6 лет назад

Dune Desert Theme is one of my favorite pieces of music. First heard a version of it on my C=64 in the 1980s. All though I watched the movie on video. I never recalled hearing it in the film. I downloaded the actual version just two years ago. It still gives me chills when I hear it.

@VADER677 6 лет назад

Dune was excellent. The only problem I had was the boxy personal forcefields. That's it.

@mattcannon6148 6 лет назад

And the heart plugs.

@dfcsons 6 лет назад

I actually liked that effect a lot, simply because it was really unlike anything else I can recall up to that point.

@jules60724 5 лет назад

I love the movie, I was never confused by any of it. I love the books. There is an audible of the book, voiced in female/male charactures/actors. It’s amazing too!

@GettoBigBrid 5 лет назад

Thank you for that piece of info

@MrTeknotronic 6 лет назад

Anything with Patrick Stewart is good

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

Patrick Stewart and the pug.

@steampunkskunk3638 6 лет назад

Personally its the only Patrick Stewart role I hate. His portrayal of Gurney is really bad. I think he had a lot of trouble grasping the character (the appalling script is also to blame for this).

@tralfamadorious 6 лет назад

Moods are for cattle and love play!

@MakayevR29 6 лет назад

Actually during a question and answer session years later Patrick Stewart revealed that he was was only cast in the role by accident,they thought they were getting somebody else.....who that somebody was supposed to be Patrick wouldnt say.This revelation was an aside to his story of meeting Sting for the first time on the dune set and a rather embarrassing blunder that he made during their conversation

@davidthomas9190 6 лет назад

Including the need Stat Trek discovery I hope.

@infadeldog13 6 лет назад

Great review with some interesting details. I read the book as a kid and was blown away by the movie, it's actually my favourite film ever. I think it suffered from the same problem as Cloud Atlas though, trying to squeeze an epic into one standard length film; people can struggle to keep up and it may only appeal to those who already know the story. Unlike the many Stat Wars films who's very simple stories have appeal for the masses that don't want to go to the movies to think. Such a shame Jodorowsky never finished his - wasn't it going to be 15 hours long or something? Only thing that cheapens your video though is you've apparently not read the book or even watched the film, otherwise you'd know how to pronounce Fremen.

@rkrw576 6 лет назад

Lynch's film is a fun visualization of the novel, but the narrative feels rushed and the complexity of the concepts clouds out character development. It absolutely stinks if taken as a gestalt, even as it has its pleasurable moments.

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

The story was just too big for the time allotted for the film.

@JJMHigner 6 лет назад

I am a huge fan of the franchise and of the 1984, the Emperor video game cut scenes, and TV adaptations of the early 2000s. So I look forward to the next movie/miniseries. I have my pros and cons with each of these productions, so I hope the best lessons are learned from them all. The special effects, lighting, costumes, and sound mark what made these films technically brilliant. And they all had good international actors, which I deeply appreciated, since Dune is a universal story which should have a world-wide cast.

@LouiseEtienne 6 лет назад

I already knew all this! :op

@ag3ntorange164 3 года назад

I love this movie. And have watched it over and over down through the years on different technology as the TV evolved. Watched it recently on a larger 4K TV (Blu Ray) Expected it to look worse but It looked even better. Absolutely stunning set design in this movie, timeless.

@DeusShaggy 6 лет назад

This is by far my FAVOURITE movie of ALL time. I have of course read almost the entire canon of Dune books, save the last few published within the last few years. Dune is to scfi as The Middle Earth world of Tolkien is to fantasy.

@jonathanrobertson3406 6 лет назад

I don't disagree outright with you, but I hope you have checked out Asimov's many trilogies as well as Heinlein's incredible works. There is a lot of great stuff to go around, but Dune is arguably the most "deep."

@morantactical1105 6 лет назад

Words do not describe how much I love these books and this film. I saw the film in 1984 in theaters, and own three different cuts on blu-ray and DVD. My son & I watch it every Christmas. We quote it endlessly.

@quintu5 6 лет назад

The God- Emperor smiles upon this Video :)

@batspeling7909 6 лет назад

Shai Hulud approves :P

@barrybend7189 6 лет назад

Which one?

@fictionmyth 6 лет назад

"The *Space* Melange..." Really SyFy wire? You couldn't temper that word out in one more take or a bit of ADR/editing? I now have to know you said it, you know you said it, and I had to leave this comment to prove that I know, that you know, you said it. See how much time you've cost me? :p I honestly feel like the analogue for spice was oil more than LSD, too. I guess it's an amalgamation of the two but everything in how it's treated in society screams oil, while how it interacts with individuals is as you say, LSD. Which, is just one more reason that book is a goddamned masterpiece. It does so much, so well.

@post-leftluddite 6 лет назад

I can't stand that stupid Yub nub song

@kuziokundera 5 лет назад

It wasn’t about being perplexed, or not understanding. GoT destroys that argument. And Star Wars and Star Trek destroy that argument. It was because the story wasn’t meant for a film. Ebert was right it was unstructured and the script and directing was boring and acting horrible. It paved the way because its mistakes weren’t repeated.

@robertmaybeth3434 6 лет назад

actually i thought the spice Melange would be more like a combination of Meth and cocaine

@Giganfan2k1 6 лет назад

Robert Maybeth with a little DMT sprinkled in vast quantities. It also made you live longer.

@509Gman 6 лет назад

Spice was based on psilocybin

@douglasdebisschop6885 6 лет назад

This movie is easily in my top 5 favorites and I became a fanatical Dune fan after seeing this movie. Dune is unquestionably my favorite book of all time. If it wasn't for this movie I might have never found out about the Dune universe!!!

@onepcwhiz 6 лет назад

Why don't you mention your own version of Dune, the mini series on the Sci-Fi channel?

@ArtemisScribe 6 лет назад

that's the best version of the core trilogy without a doubt. I really think this new movie is going to be a mistake. A tv series is a much better way to tell the story of Dune and the 90s/00s mini-series is proof of that.

@JnEricsonx 6 лет назад

I really didn't click with that version.

@ArtemisScribe 6 лет назад

it had a lot wrong with it, but i feel like it was the one that gave the plot enough space to breathe. The real evidence that Dune needs a series not a film is Game of Thrones.

@treadstone1138 6 лет назад

Because it was crap. It was not the "closer to the book" version that it was touted as at all. The Children of Dune was light years better (because they listened to fans when making it) but the SyFy Dune was utter crap.

@jonathanrobertson3406 6 лет назад

I enjoyed Sci-Fi's version of Dune as well. Not nearly as stylish, but more concrete in a lot of ways. To each his own. The only thing I hated about it were the still-suits. They looked like cheap army camo outfits you'd buy at a costume store.

@OneEyedJack01 6 лет назад

Dune flopped because 80's movie-goers weren't accustomed to elaborate science fiction fare? Oh please. It flopped because it was a crappy movie.

@johnarmstrong5953 6 лет назад

I loved the movie and books long ago. The worst thing about the movie tho was, as you mentioned, the disgusting baron and heart plugs, neither of which were in the books. One of the main aspects of the storyline was the underlying breeding program being implemented by the Bene Gesserit among the houses to create the Kwisatz Haderach. Which is why the Baron is actually Paul's grandfather and there were said to resemble one another.(all ignored in the movie)

@MsPunk1209 6 лет назад

John Armstrong The prequel House Harkonnen talked about the plugs. But you are spot on, this was not in the "original" cannon. I never got why they focused on Thufir the poison and cat milking. Not imperative to the story in grand scheme of things. Maybe for the "freaky" factor?

@carlbruschnigjr1757 6 лет назад

There is a single line in the book that mentions heart plugs, although as I remember, the context is different. The Baron, however, is referred as a diseased person and does wear a suspension harness.

@brucetucker4847 6 лет назад

It's been ages since I read the books, but isn't Vladimir's disfiguring disease in them? Given to him by the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam in revenge after he horribly raped her?

@carlbruschnigjr1757 6 лет назад

I'm not sure which of the BGs gave him the disease, but that was how he got it.

@Shan_Dalamani 6 лет назад

Jessica resembled the Baron. Paul resembled Duke Leto, played by Jurgen Prochnow (who did the role proud, unlike William Hurt, who played Duke Leto with all the personality of a piece of cardboard).

@CVernRock 6 лет назад

Loved the original Dune. It inspired me to read the entire series of books. Love'em. The director's cut is even better. Science Fiction Masterpiece.

@dashhazard8526 6 лет назад

Dune is good but needed more Porgs...

@roddarmody9538 6 лет назад

You are a genius

@ismata3274 5 лет назад

i shall risk being boring, but, spice does Not bend space !!! engines do. Navigators! are there to set the course (navigate), essentially to calculate a simulation of the two space point they will be travelling Trough. so as to not end up in a star at the other side of the wormhole. though bene gesserit demeans them, they saw what paul was, loooong before pauls makers themselves did.

@MichaelLeroi 6 лет назад

Why can't Americans pronounce Giger properly?

@karmamothra 6 лет назад

Ignorance? As an American, I will try to always pronounce Giger "Gee-ger." At least I know how to pronounce fremen!

@swishfish8858 6 лет назад

To be fair, it's only logical to say it like that. It looks like "tiger", and that it starts with a G reminds one of "geiger", as in "geiger counter".

@celestebivin1659 6 лет назад

MichaelLeroi it's because of the way it is spelled and the rules the Americans learn as children that guide pronunciations.

@thegreatgambeeno 6 лет назад

Jee-jer

@stevenixx3595 6 лет назад

jag war

@louisrossi7021 6 лет назад

Dune was way ahead of its time!! Just like the book 2001. The folding of space was brought about in this book and now it is mentioned in the scientific circles all the time when talking about space travel. Einstein theory on relativity states that nothing can travel the speed of light, but who needs to when a wormhole is the same thing.

@aperson22222 6 лет назад

When people talk about what Jodo's Dune would have done and looked like and achieved, they forget that he never got close enough to a green light to see it without a telescope, and that in most cases all he had were mental images, with no one seeming to care that they were technically impossible to create.

@bekahclarkbooks 6 лет назад

Watching the documentary on that, Jodo was practically bragging how he'd never read the book. I love David Lynch's Dune even though it deviates from the book in some areas... Jodo's would not have made Dune... he would have made a scifi movie... with the name Dune... that movie would have left fans of the book scratching their head.

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

aperson22222 He would have bankrupted the studio.

@JipJDB 6 лет назад

@@anonb4632 sad but true. Orson Wells as the Baron sounds fabulous.

@anonb4632 6 лет назад

JipJDB A lot of it sounds great, but I think if Jodo's version had been made and released the effect would be bad in the long run for SF film. Also it would have been neither cinema nor TV friendly because of its length.

@anthonypetrozzelli5429 3 года назад

Dune, In my opinion, was one of the best science fiction movies I have ever seen. There were so many levels to the movie. The special effects were fantastic! I don't understand why it's not considered a classic.

@aoescool 6 лет назад

It flopped because it didn't follow the story

@volodymyrvsahdneek5065 5 лет назад

I saw the movie about a half a dozen times when it first came out, and about once a year after ... and have read the first 3 books... and seen the second version, simply an awesome story and great movie.

@howardbrandwood8923 6 лет назад

As a 10 year old at the time, I thought it was fantastic and not confusing at all and even after reading the book a dozen times I still love the movie.

@demigodofvengance 6 лет назад

I loved this movie as a child and even then I was not confused by it. It takes the right kind of mind to be open to the richness that not only this movie offers but the books too as they were first. I tip my hat to Mr. Lynch for a valiant effort and to all those who for their time dared to dream big.

@avfx 6 лет назад

Dune is and will always be one of the most epic sifi movies ever made along with blade runner :) seen it soooo many times over the years and still enjoy it every time!!

@Gamebit450 6 лет назад

I was born in 75 and I frikin love this movie. Have watched it many many times!

@jimpemberton 6 лет назад

If you read the books first, it ranks as one of the greatest cinema works ever. if you don't read the books, you'll walk away baffled by the whole thing.

@mycroft16 5 лет назад

Spice is not fuel for space folding. Spice is used to turn humans into navigators who possess the ability to fold space safely.

@TheRatsCast 5 лет назад

I was 19 years old when I saw this in theaters and read the cheat sheet very thoroughly before the movie came on. Not only did I understand what was going on, but loved every minute of it. This was one of my favorite movies at the time, and still has I think of it as a classic today!

@aristideduplessis8151 5 лет назад

You tried so hard to be funny and tongue-in-cheek, but I'm afraid you weren't.

@micheleclass2248 5 лет назад

It's pronounced Oragun (Oregon), not Oregone.

@Snowy123 6 лет назад

Dune is my all time favorite novel. I've read all 12 dune books within a year, I love it with all my heart but I highly doubt that it could be made into a movie. Simply because dune is an internal looking book. Many of the profound moments are all from the 'inner looking eye' and I don't see how they can put it on the movie screen.

@yomama3203 6 лет назад

Netflix shoulda made this a Netflix original series of the this instead of ripping apart the Witcher series.

@surrealcereal603 6 лет назад

This review was painful to watch for all the reasons already mentioned in the comments. But let me please add: Next time, rehearse your lines at least a couple times so it's not so jarringly obvious you're reading from cue cards for the first time.

@edwardsmith4353 5 лет назад

its "freh-mehn" not "freemen"

@thesurvivalist. 5 лет назад

The best series ever written!

@gumbilicious1 6 лет назад

I wonder if this guy ever say the movie, he is mispronouncing many of the movies names and terms like he is reading them off a monitor for the first time. It is funny, someone who probably hasn’t seen the movie or read the book is giving the fans the inside track on dune

@steampunkskunk3638 6 лет назад

To all those complaining about the pronunciation of 'Fremen'. Go listen to the interview with Frank Herbert, he pronounces it Free-Men.