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True passion at the top is so important to massive artistic products. It affects every aspect in ways that can’t be quantified.

I hope they will keep with it because a recast would be horrible imo. I think they will since the first one is soo good but you never know.

@@Humstuck There is no way they won't keep with it if the quality remains at this level

@@Humstuck I wouldn't worry, they are already filming Dune Part Two.

@@Baelzar Set for release this November.

Also, and nothing but respect to Frank Herbert as a world builder, the way he puts on shoes is far and away the most ridiculous thing the Order could have chosen as the sign of the Chosen One.

That is an excellent point!

ye like the insane patterns aren't some idiot god in the sky or in a cave its around 6000 to 7000 years of careful manipulation and 700 years of careful planning for the as you said crafted one's birth and like the bene gess say they have several other prospects just as complex in the works at the same time it highlights how over the top in planning everyone in this universe are

that in itself is a "chosen one" there is no difference between a chosen one and a crafted one

@@lordsathariel4384 no its not only 6000 or 7000 years of genetic crafting. the Bene Gesserit breeding program to create the Kwisatz haderach has been going on for over 10,000 years not 6 top 7000 years

I've had so many moments like this in the cinema the first time I watched it lol some seemingly innocent slightly odd line of dialogue to the friend next to me, meanwhile my brain is running in circles trying to absorb all the effort and care put into it.

I'e seen this comment on all reaction videos. I think it is wrong. It refers just to Gurney. It would be kinda stupid to talk to/ or refer to the worm, we know it's coming, Paul know it's coming, the worm is racing across the desert. I get that you want the video creators to know that Shai'hulud means old man of the desert, but come on ... :D

I think he’s talking to both in that spaced out moment.

Yes, that was a nice little nuance-detail in the book. It had a double meaning, indeed. Guess that was lost in the movie, together with a few other things (like Mentats; wasn't really explained in part 1), but with such a lore-heavy back, that's bound to happen. I think Villeneuve did a pretty good job of reaching the middle-ground of satisfying the Dune-fans with enough lore, but not overwhelming the non-fans with too much lore.

@@VoloMalVor Paul can communicate with the sand worm. It's a Thing in the books.

That was legit my reaction, and then I realized I had been watching this movie for 2.5 hrs and it felt like nothing. Excited to finally see Part Two this year.

I thought it was pretty bad.. Looked good, looked like a good film, but it just suffers from the story not being filmmable..

The best version of dune is the one everybody pans.. The early 200’s Sci-fi channel version.. Everyone hates it because of the early CGI effects, but told the real story of Dune, and Moab-dib..

@@jacobjones5269 I don't pan it. It's a great adaptation. They changed a bunch of mostly unimportant details but the themes were right. And I don't give a shit about the CGI effects. They were fine.

@@jacobjones5269 I've always said that people who like the Lynch versions like it because they are d-bags... it's just a power-revenge fantasy and misses the whole point of the greater Dune series: guy loses family, guy goes into training, guy gets girl, guy comes back and wipes out his enemies, claims his enemy's daughter as a wife, becomes a god, the end. The mini-series respected that Paul wasn't a heroic figure even in the context of the first book, and that the ending wasn't a completely happy one at that either. But what makes the TV version great is the second series; Children of Dune (though it has the same flaws) really dug into what the theme and message of the Dune series was, and we are all waiting for James McEvoy to one day return as the God Emperor of Dune.

Its Villanueve, he specifically stated he never does extended cuts. We'll never see it.

@@ScarriorIII goddammit, didn't know that was his stance. Ah well.

@@ScarriorIII Well, there's a first for everything. There must be so much material that they filmed and never included. I really hope Villeneuve gets off his high horse and stop pretending his movies are perfect. I mean, they are, but I wish he was a bit more open-minded about it. Really I just want to see more Dune, I don't care, make it 6 hours long, I'll sit through all of it holding my bladder closed with a pair of pliers if I have to.

It is very hard to make a movie that includes everything, but he does honour the story which is awesome. I can watch it all day

I just wish some adaptation would address CHOAM. The financial core of the Empire is a huge motivator in the books.

It’s absolutely glorious, I loved the old Dune for being wacky but this one is just brilliant.

well said

He showed the same respect to Blade Runner.

Sad that that's become a rare thing...

@@Raums Frank Herbert like what he saw of what DL was doing.

Just wish that like Lotr we were getting extended cuts!! I want to see the banquet scene and Gurney playing the Balliset!!

​@@Bog_Dog yeah and the "chess scene" between Piter De Vries and Thufir Hawat

@@Bog_Dog Literally my only complaint about the movie, that Gurney doesn't sing and playing with his instrument at all. In the movie he's just like an ordinary officer. :(

@@KaleighCee Yeah, I love Brolin too.

Yes but also not really. Peter had the incredible fortune of getting a full budget for all three movies immediately. Denis only got one movie that would MAYBE get a sequel if it did well (which it did). This is not an adaptation on the level of LOTR. That was bottled lightning, stars aligning, EVERYTHING and EVERYONE involved being perfect. Dune is a lot messier and of course it is. They didnt get two years straight of production to do the trilogy justice.

Ironically, I think Jessica is probably the part I was most disappointed with in this version. Not a knock on Ferguson, she does what she can with the direction, but the direction isn't anywhere near subtle enough and it kind of butchers the quiet but commanding strength of her character... and has some especially egregious changes and omissions in the script as someone who loves Jessica as a character.

@@rabid_si I don't agree (not saying you're wrong, just different perspectives). Her performance and the character portrayal match the adaptation style. Many aspects of the cultures are toned down from the book, the Harkonnens especially, in terms of look and costume. But it all works and is consistent with the overall film, which is good. It's not better or worse than the book, but a valid version.

Ferguson is definitely an A-level actress who isn't getting nearly enough respect.

Lady Jessica was one of my least liked performances. She always seemed on the verge of tears, far from a noble Duke's consort and a strong Bene Gesserit.

@@rabid_si - I especially disliked the part when Paul tells them to remove her gag. In David Lynch's 1984 movie, she responds with something like, "There's no need to fight over me" with the voice, prompting the crew to fight over her and kill each other. Here, her response is, "Kill him!", with a maniacal look on her face. Not the Jessica I am familiar with.

So they are half way to warhammer 40k?

Correct. The Dune universe / saga; a story that spans 35’000 years, it’s good to know that dates are know as BG (Before Guild) & AG (After Guild). The Guild monopoly on space travel / transport and upon interstellar banking is taken as the beginning point of the Imperial Calendar. Interestingly, the events of Dune when set to our current Earth years, take place 20’000 years into our future; so technically we are part of the Dune story. A little timeline for the Dune universe. 19000-16000BG - Earliest civilisations on Terra (Earth) 16500BG - The Roman Empire 14100BG - 13600BG - Our Solar System is colonised. 13402BG - An asteroid hits Terra making it uninhabitable. 13402BG - 13399BG - The Rescue of Treasures off Terra. 13360BG - Terra is reseeded & set aside as a natural park under Imperial Decree. 200-108BG - The Butlerian Jihad. the crusade to free humans from thinking machines. 86BG - Foundation of House Atreides. O - Foundation of The Guild. 10140AG - Duke Leto is born 10190-10191 - House Atreides moves to Arrakis.

@@davidanderson1639 Bit of a typo. You wrote "Dune universe" when you obviously meant to type "Duniverse".

@@RodrigoTakehara New God Emperor, same as the old God Emperor.

@@RodrigoTakehara GW steals from the best.

Didn't know about the influence on WH40K, but now that you mention it, I can totally see it.

@@Crazy_Diamond_75 the "Imperium", technological regressions to the point of using Analogue tech, caused by a deep distrust of AI, due to a devastation galactic War with Cyborgs and AI's. The "Navigators" who are mutated humans using their Psychic powers to travel large distances of Space. The quasi systematic use of Melee and Close quarters combat tactics over long ranged combat, despite long range making more sens in a futuristic setting. The "Emperor's Legions". I mean if you look closer at least 40% of 40k IS litteraly Dune material.

@Zen-RPG Those are good examples. One thing though: the Butlerian Jihad wasn’t quite a “galactic War with Cyborgs and AI's.” A lot of commenters have repeated that the Jihad was a war between humans and robots, like The Terminator or The Matrix. Not so. Frank Herbert wrote in the first novel that it was a war between humans against other humans who were enslaving humanity using A.I.-in other words, people vs people. The prequels and sequels written by Herbert’s son and Kevin Anderson (mediocre fanfiction IMO) disregarded several details that Herbert established, including the alteration that made the Butlerian Jihad a dumbed down fight against the machines.

Frank Herbert wanted to sue George Lucas when he first saw Star Wars. He thought Luke was a ripoff of Paul.

@@DesScorp Where did you learnt it from, in an article or something ?

That is so lucky. That parasol is just the most simple but stylish little thing. Fits right in with the costuming. And it makes sense that a mentat would have nothing to prove about being tough withstanding and ignoring the heat, unlike all the warriors, both common and aristocratic.

@@ariadnepyanfar1048 Totally! Orson Welles once said a director is someone who presides over accidents. I think this is a great example of what he meant.

@@jlworrad ie Spielbers's Jaws and it's broken shark prop that forced him to barely show it leading to a (almost involuntary) masterpiece of filmmaking/editing

Precisely, the worms interpret vibrations as rival worms in their territory and the shield would be what is called a super-stimulus in biology. As an aside: The shields can be set at different speeds as well. Too fast and they even block airflow across, so cannot be operated permanently that way when worn. The Barons shield was set high enough for example to protect him somewhat from the poison gas seeping through.

yes, the Worms are attracted to vibrations in general, but what really draws them is steady constant vibrations. Thats why they are drawn to a regular walking cadence, or the Thumper, or shields, which create a ton of vibration, that is again consistent in measure. It's why the Fremen doing their unique walk don't draw the worms, and its why the Fremen don't ever wear personal shields.

@@KS-xk2so Right. It's the vibration of the frequency of the shields, and for the reason Andreas said above. Also; I see many reactors say: "He should use the sand-walk! the worms will come!" when he gets out of the thopter to rescue the guys from the harvester, and when they escape the thopter after the attack of Harkonnens to look back at the city. But in the first case, it really didn't matter: the worm was already coming, and the noises of the harvester were far louder and already attracted the worm; a few footsteps would make no difference anymore. And in the latter case, it also didn't matter too much, because the sand-walk is only essential when crossing "worm-territory", which is basically the deep desert, certainly for the big ones. Worms seldom come at the fringes (where the city is build), because of the rocks and the shallow sands there. So chances of getting caught and eaten by a worm when walking normally on the sand in non-worm territory is actually pretty low.

I believe that is the intended reason it happens. Of course, for narrative reasons, it removes a "safety net" from people crossing the desert. But, scientifically, it makes sense. The Shields "hum" when on. Which is a sound. And sound vibrates.

Yeah, he said in a interview he specifically wanted to do Bladerunner 2049 and do it right because he knew it would lead to him getting permission for Dune

Wow That sounds freakin cool, do you know where I can find that interview?

I believe he said that he was influenced by 2001 a space odyssey, apocalypse now and Lawrence of Arabia. And it’s actually kinda funny for me because Frank Herbert was actually inspired by Lawrence of Arabia himself when he was doing research for the book and when you read about him or watch the movie (masterpiece btw) you can really see it

It definitely feels like some of Villeneuve's earlier films were an audition for Dune. I'm also hyped he's going to make Rendezvous with Rama.

Yes George was great. Though he had to hold himself back many times!

It *IS* important. Shame they left that out.

should happen in 2 at the funeral.

"He gives water to the Dead!"

​@@niallrussell7184Most likely they will do it then. I'm sure the extraction will be early in Part Two.

@@jowbloe3673 Spoiler for Part 2. It's mentioned in Part 2 atleast.

And all of the son's books should be vigorously ignored.

Yeah, the sex nuns from outer space are the best...

Eeeeeh...really it's diminishing returns after God Emperor. Heretics & Chapterhouse are...not great.

@@J4ME5_ Sex Nuns From Outer Space is either a really crappy 1980's T&A movie or the kind of indie band that plays at around noon on a tiny stage at Glastonbury.

@@fusionaddict God Emperor is really good just really hard to read.

They left out my favorite scene but well duh I expected them to (as it would be bizarre to spend like 15 min on one of 20 important side-characters aimlessly crawling around the desert having monologues and hallucinating conversations with a parent until finally dying), because that one is better in written form anyway! Love the movie!

I feel like every book turned movies fans divide like that. You have the realistic people, who understand books and movies are two different mediums, and are just happy the overall spirit and tone are correct.... then you have the people who whine watch LOTR's and complain it doesn't have Tom Bombadil... nevermind that would NEVER work in a movie lol

Can't I do both? 😁

Yep, now we can properly experience how Lord of the Rings fans felt with the Peter Jackson movies. I personally really like this version of Dune. Yeah, some really good scenes were cut, but the look and feel of the world is absolutely stunning and the story is still conveyed succinctly. People who haven't read the novel are easily able to understand the themes and story and I think that's what's most important. Dune is a very dense book and some things absolutely had to be cut or we'd have a 15 hour runtime.

​​@@vsGoliath96Yes! Same with Fellowship. It wasn't entirely necessary for Gandalf to be gone for 4 years in between the party and the day he sets frodo and Sam off on their trip. I mean, sure, maybe it would have been interesting, but not necessary for the overall adaptation.

There is the most subtle flash of fear in the visage of the Reverend Mother when he master's his pain, and that cut from one to the other is terrifying.

Ohh shit really again. OMG gona watch it again then.

I hope so.

A double-feature in IMAX would be something

Why? A discussion enhances the reaction. They express what we felt and what they too now feel after watching. It seems to be a mistake. Even a ten minute discussion would suffice

@@BJBee I didn't understand your comment. I don't know if you wanted or didn't want a longer discussion. They don't do long conversations after the reaction because most of the viewers stop watching at that point. So I was saying I understand why they stopped filming the discussion part but I wish they had longer discussions.

@@Adamas97 I do want longer discussions. I was asking why they didn't do them. Thank you for explaining. I still think they should do them for audiences who want them. There might be people who don't subscribe because there's no discussion.

@@BJBee About the one only "movie/tv" reactor who I consistently give a damn about is the TBR Scmitt, channel, despite them watching tons of TV series which I couldn't care less about. It's because they have usually at least 20 minutes of talking about the movie afterwards. Not necessarily saying I would subscribe to this channel if they did, but it certainly would help.

I would gladly watch a several-hour discussion of the first book, after Simone has read it.

Well, the Bene Gesserit WERE trying to breed a prophecied messiah. Jessica just threw things off a little.

It's just another take or deconstruction of a "chosen one" trope. Because if there is a chosen one, there is a reasonable question "chosen by whom?" Paul walks a path of a chosen one but the fact that there is someone who crafted this fate for him adds another layer to the common trope.

I was stunned by how good the translation was. I could not have more respect for Denis Villenueve as a director, but this was a huge task. I think what makes this so good is that he pretty much goes by some rules: 1. Don't change anything that doesn't need changing. Verbatim dialogue where it fits, no huge plot divergences to amp the drama. 2: Don't pander. You could make this 10 hours, and some people would still have trouble following details, so don't sweat the details. Do just enough to reward those who are really paying attention, but not so much that it slogs the movie down with exposition. 3. SCOPE, big and epic (and Villenueve is superb at this).

@@mjj3132 completely agree; also spot on casting and great performances all around. I can’t think of anything I’d really have changed about the movie. I even like the small change of the Harkonnen appearing more physically vile than they actually were in the books.

I felt the same, and about the Lord of the Rings movies. In both cases, a brilliant job was done on them.

@@MikePhillips-pl6ov the one thing I’ll give the LOTR movies over the books is the character of Aragorn. I feel like the movies actually gave him more depth and development than the books. Other than that I totally agree.

Eloquently said !

Paul's Mentat training does not allow him to see the future (that's his Quizatch Haderach breeding). It allows him to process everything he sees because he has to filter all possible outcomes, which would probably drive a non-Mentat crazy.

That's partially true. It's also that he is the product of millenia of selective breeding all with the goal to culminate in someone who has those abilities.

@@Archaneus Yes. In Dune there are basically 3 ways of seeing the future and 4 ways to get there that are explored: Mentat computation that allows predictions, trained by the Spacing Guild, observing patterns of history via genetic memory used by the Bene Gesserit, and finally Actual prescience gained by mutating your body and mind with spice like the Guild Navigators, or having the right genes and then tripping on spice, which is the breeding goal of the Bene Gesserits Messiah, who will have this power and the genetic memories as well, thus seeing both past and future. So in the end Paul has all 3.

@@antecave paul has his precognitive abilities before ever being exposed to spice

@@houseofaction Well, as all noble families in the empire do, they are all eating spice for its health benefits all their lives, but he gets bigger doses of it on Arrakis. It might be a necessity for prescience or not, but it definitely boosts the ability many times over.

Not to mention wet cigarette man Tymothy as the Messiah? At least I can picture Kyle Maclachlan to defeat Sting...

You went to see this film after your went to your mother's funeral?

@Darkstar a crudely drawn cat?

hah that's so true!

I should get googly eyes for it!! ☺️

I forget that he learned Italian for Call Me by Your Name, so when I watched that scene, I was very impressed too.

It's worth checking out just for the opening monologue.

​@@boretrk plus the epic music. Plus the the sick portray of the Harkonnens. Plus the epic one liners. "Sleeper has awaken"

@@riveraharper8166 And creating the Navigator in the no-CGI era.

Dude, Dune 1984 is such a fucking trip! It's the film that convinced David Lynch to never do a large scale movie ever again.

And Josh Brolin's role is played by Patrick Stewart

The audiovisual experience in IMAX was... something else. I saw it twice in that format and almost melted into my seat multiple times. Never had an experience like that in theaters.

Agreed. I'm a very disappointed they didn't cast Bill Skarsgård as Fayd Rautha, but I still think part 2 will be amazing.

a story all about you

It was interesting, but probably the least well adapted thing from the books. Most everything else was pretty spot on. But the way they're shown to work doesn't make a lot of sense from the standpoint of why spice is even important to the Navigators, and it's made further inconsistent by Gurney's reaction to looking up and seeing one in orbit. Why wouldn't one be in orbit if they just act like wormholes? You'd think there'd be one there all the time in that case.

And if you read the first one, you must read at least the second one, because it's like a crucial fourth third of the novel that makes sure the main lesson is impossible to miss! And if you read the second one, you must read the third one, because it follows a ton of remaining open threads that were planted from the start! And if you read the third one, well why would you stop at the book that the first three were just the set up for?? And so on :'D

@@AdeptCharon pretty much. I do think Messiah is obligatory, and while it sets up a lot it also has a nice end for Pauls reign. I feel like Children feels like the first act of the God-Emperor story-arc, and then Heretics and Chapterhouse are again a contained sequel duology about the aftermath.

You have to be careful with Dune 84. Keep your mind open to the idea that Paul is not magic or the hand of God.

@@Dularr oh yeah, the 84 movie basically missed THE MAIN POINT of the novel completely, instead of being a critique of the messianic hero, it was literally a direct messianic hero story :'D

@@AdeptCharon I blame the producers. They locked Lynch out of the editing bay.

The Lynch one has plenty of valid criticisms, but I still enjoy it a lot. This one i would say is all around superior, but the 1984 one has a certain vibe that works.

@@IllustriousCrocoduck Frank Herbert liked what he saw of what DL was doing.

Timeless classic that inspired so much of the current sci-fi pop culture. ie there's no StarWars without Herbert's Dune Good reading, have a blast

And he's working on Rendezvous With Rama! If he ever turns his attention to Ringworld, I will positively plotz.

@@mito66 oh yeah, that's gonna be Arrival on steroids but with Dune's sense of scale. Bruh.

I love that version. This one was very beautifully shot but I feel like it didn’t capture the political intrigue as well. Plus I prefer 80s cheese to modern minimalist acting. More fun to watch.

Dislike that they really don't give an understanding of just how significant Dr. Yueh's betrayal was.

@@kw7378a1 so, Patrick Stewart with a pug over Josh Brolin?

@@lawrenceschuman5354 you got a problem with Patrick Stewart?

@@kw7378a1 not at all. He was great in that part.

Really don't think they clearly communicated just how valuable water is, which seems extremely important to me. The "spit" scene gave a bit, but I agree that the shedding of tears would have been such a simple thing to include that leaving it out seems a very poor choice.

I think they'll put a much bigger emphasis on the scarcity of water in the second film. I would have liked a lot more of that emphasis in the first film, and there were key scenes that could have conveyed that better, but I understand why they focused more on the other aspects of the story for Part One. But they really need to go deep on the ecology in the second film or it just won't be a good adaptation.

Not just for their 'end product', the Protectiva seeded mythology among every world in the Empire so that if any BG were stranded among the local populace, the legends would assist their efforts. Which is exactly what Jessica does with the Fremen.

i would argue that the bene Gesserit's other memory ability give them a type of Divine authority.

@@houseofaction No more than your local librarian who knows how to work the microfiche stations.

And, ultimately, he was a generation early. All because of the love of a man and a woman.

Terrible purpose!

@@aerthreepwood8021 Yeah, Paul isn't really Muadib. There is another with a golden path!

Frank Herbert liked what he saw of what DL was creating.

Agreed after part two of this movie you should react to the 1984 version to see how different yet similar they are.

Seek out the "Spicediver" cut. It's right here on YT. Greatly improves the film.

Nice one , sadly studio spoiled the first attempt by David Lynch ,1984 Dune , his movies was also going to be 4 h long , you really cant make short version from that book . Dune is heavily influenced by Islam even when Frank Herbert was more of a Zen Buddhist , he really did his research for his books .

You can stop reading the book where the film ends, if you want. It will still enhance your understanding of the films, knowing more of the characters and world-building, and more of the plot to destroy the Atreides.

That's where it starts going really weird. LOL.

he respects it too much imo, which is actualy one of the big dangers in adapting a book to film (Jodorowsky has some..choice words in this subject in the documentary about his unrealised Dune project) - it's such a straightforward adaptation of the book with no authorial flair. When I heard Villeneuve was making Dune, the finished product is basically exactly what I imagined. Never once did it surprise me. Despite being a 'bad' movie that's kind of a mess and doesn't come together very well, Lynch's Dune had more creative inspiration in the Guild Navigator scene alone than there is in this entire movie - b/c it came from a cinematic imagination, instead of being lifted straight from the pages of an infamously sparse novel.

@@helvete_ingres4717 Not agree at all. This adaptation is much better than Lynch's. Even David said, that was the worst movie in his career. Even though there is few good things in his adaptation. And also Dennis and the crew added many subtle but amazing creative thing. Music is stunning, using tibetan throat singing was amazing (these rituals on sadaukar planet), design, dark atmosphere, cast, special effects. You can learn more about it from great channel of the Dune fan called: quins ideas. I personally love this adaptation. It's a pity we got only 2 parts. I think it should be 3 like LOTR. And of course I know about Jodorovsky's project, it's a shame we didn't have a chance to see it. It would be something interesting for sure. Anywat I love Dennis and his work and respect for F. Herbert.

@@dougie2150 Lynch's is 'bad' but still interesting, Villeneuve's is kind of boring imo. Like I said, knowing he was doing it and knowing it would be his biggest budget yet therefore it would be the most Hollywood thing he's done, far more so than say his Blade Runner - I pretty much predicted what this movie would be, there's even lots of Marvel-esque film language in this (the ad nauseum premoitions of Zendaya, her and Paul in his vision stnading there looking so bada$$ n stuff, it's superhero shit). Artistically it's a mixed bag imo. Some of the costume designs were good, but the armor the Atreides troops wear looks god-awful imo, and that's one of the costumes you see the most. I liked the abstract design of the spaceships, the guild heighliners and so on - still not as intersting as Lynch's weirdly sexual baroque cathedral spaceships, they were really unique. Hans Zimmer is a hack imo and his score here has neither texture nor form, it mostly relies on just being..well, loud. I did like how the attack on the Atreides was handled - that was my favourite section by far. Predictably that was going to be more of an action set-piece than it was in the book but I liked how they did it, liked the scene where you see the Guild heighliners hovering overhead releasing troop-carriers (those shots had a much better sense of scale than the much more talked-about worm scenes imo) and the Odessa steps thing with the Sardaukar was nice. Only lame thing was the constant emphasis on just how totally bada$$ Jason Momoa was, whose inclusion, again seems like a concession to the Marvel crowd. Imo it didn't really get what I consider the key aesthetics from the book which maybe the art directors just didn't pick up on - like the contrast between the old-school military nobility of the Atreides with the mercantile nouveau riche Harkonnens

@@helvete_ingres4717 Still don't agree. Zimmer invented new instruments to make this music. It's not only loud. But you have the right to have your own opinion.

Don't Hayt that he died.

oi oi oi

HEY NO SPOILERS

I watched it at home and regret nothing. Theaters are garbage, filled with garbage people and actual garbage.

You can get an idea of what his vision of Dune might have been like by reading the Saga of the Metabarons, a comic book written by him and illustrated by Juan Giménez, set in a future that bears some resemblance to Dune.

The Lynch adaptation is a pretty good companion piece. There are some egregious elements that are not great (the weirding modules, and the deus ex raincloud at the end) but taken as a series of vignettes alongside the book, there's great casting, great performances, fucking fantastic set and costume design. There are definitely scenes in there that I would take in a heartbeat over Denis' version, which suffers a little to slavish dedication to the medium. As a filmmaker he absolutely obsessed with the idea that seeing a movie in the theatre is the only right way, and that the theatrical cut is the correct cut, so I don't think we're ever getting any kind of director's cut (and we know for a fact there's a wealth of iconic scenes on the cutting room floor). Great film craft, but at the cost of density of detail and connection to the characters, which is a shame.

@@rabid_si being a fan of Lynch it is pretty easy to pick out his touches. It did get ne excited to read the book series.

@@rabid_si He had ZERO involvement in it being cut down to what was released, that really disgusted him. He does not have the rights, and that footage may be lost. Only great thing to come out of it for him was Dino D. green lit Blue Velvet, and promised him final cut on it.

This is so true. Take Stephen King adaptions as an example. Every single praised King adapted movie is based on one of his short stories or shorter novels. Shawshank is based on a short story in a collection of short stories. It’s just too difficult to adapt an 800 page book into a 2 hr movie.

For someone who had a desktop countdown when it was over 800 days left until Part One comes out, and then had to add more than 300 days to it towards the end due to a literal pandemic.... the remaining 169 days are a very short wait lol