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DUNE - 2020 - Denis Villeneuve - Fear is the mind killer
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ManaByte
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I remember people screeching when the Chani casting was announced. When it's perfect casting for both her and Paul.
People need to bleach the Lynch version from their mind.
#Phonepunk#
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just saw images. ugh. why does everything have to look so boring and realistic these days? what happened to the FANTASY in space fantasy?
i swear, many scenes in the last Star Wars looked like they shot it in the field next to a parking lot. so tired of this prestige tv look.
i swear, many scenes in the last Star Wars looked like they shot it in the field next to a parking lot. so tired of this prestige tv look.
#Phonepunk#
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surprise surprise
Anthony Breznican writes, “Think Greta Thunberg, only she’s a Jedi with a diploma from Hogwarts.”
Sharon Duncan Brewster Confirmed As Race and Gender Swapped Liet Kynes In Dune Film - Plus Other Heavy Indicators Film Will Be Woke - Bounding Into Comics
The upcoming Dune film will feature a race and gender swapped Liet Kynes with Sharon Duncan Brewster playing the character.boundingintocomics.com
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ClanOfNone
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Kynes "went native" in the book iirc, but he was always the Imperial Planetologist. He was a minor player in the books, Max had maybe 10 minutes of total screentime in Lynch's version.
ManaByte
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Wut
ClanOfNone
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December I believe, unless it was pushed back by the Rona.
ManaByte
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December 18th
ROMhack
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Bladed Thesis
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Already edited out.surprise surprise
I really like the take on it. It's different from Lynch from Lynch's version was his own interpretation and that movie was FAR from perfect.
Bladed Thesis
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doubtpost.
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TrainedRage
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These “white washing” people can eat a dick until they give me back my white little mermaid with ginger hair.
Until then... whomp whomp.
Until then... whomp whomp.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
I loved Denis V.'s other sci-fi films. Arrival is spectacular, and Blade Runner was masterful at updating the source material faithfully.
... except for a few things, like that horrific Leto casting and all of his pointless scenes in the film. And I'm increasingly feeling like Dune, with its cast full of trendy celebs, is going to fall deeper into that hole of popular mediocrity, and bog down what could have been great.
Maybe it'll surprise me and reach the director's former highs, but so far these photos and casting choices are remarkably uninspired. I hate the look of everything shown in this thread. David Lynch's film at least had some ambitious art throughout, and felt original.
We've just found the least appealing character description in the history of fiction.
... except for a few things, like that horrific Leto casting and all of his pointless scenes in the film. And I'm increasingly feeling like Dune, with its cast full of trendy celebs, is going to fall deeper into that hole of popular mediocrity, and bog down what could have been great.
Maybe it'll surprise me and reach the director's former highs, but so far these photos and casting choices are remarkably uninspired. I hate the look of everything shown in this thread. David Lynch's film at least had some ambitious art throughout, and felt original.
We've just found the least appealing character description in the history of fiction.
TindalosPup
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I'll watch, but I'm gonna miss Kyle MacLachlan the whole time
#Phonepunk#
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TIL the science fiction planet of Dune is populated by Arabic Muslims from Earth's middle east
TyphoonStruggle
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Apparently, Twitter thinks middle easterners settled from the shitty region of earth (fuck the desert) to the shitty region of space (fuck the desert). Sounds racist to me.
Truth is, Dune is so far into the future many cultures have mixed together. Plus it was written by a white dude from Washington state who grew up with some Native Americans. Unsure how much personal lived experience Mr. Herbert had with middle easterners.
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HeadsUp7Up
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I'm usually not a big fan of gender swapping roles but it can work so I'll give this a chance because I really like Dune. Don't flame me but it worked decently in the "Overboard" 2018 version (I have poor taste in movies) and also I liked the "High Fidelity" remake on Hulu. No comment on race other than that it's nice to see some diversity but hopefully it's not just to pander to the audiences or get points. From my perspective it's always cool to see people who look like you in these fantasy movies. I'm black and growing up I can tell you I often noticed how it seemed like people that looked like me don't exist in a lot of fantasy worlds. It didn't make me enjoy the films any less, but you do notice it.
Don't try to understand crazy.
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GV82
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Whats up with people like these journos & non journos in their timeline, complaining about lack of colour now in Sci-Fi movies based on that one Photo that’s not even Arrakis? Did they even see the other pictures obviously not.
That last guy, sam trying to pretend like he’s joking, yet is constantly going on about trolls movie & how he told the world it’s an awesome movie, does he want Dune to be pretty & bright like Trolls or something?
eot
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I agree about Leto in BR49, he's the one bad thing about it. That movie had a celeb cast too though, I mean Ryan Gosling ffs, but he was perfect in it. Denis has yet to make anything even remotely "mediocre" and he supposedly loves this property. If this turns out poorly it simply wasn't meant to be.
As for the art design, I can see the point, however I kinda feel like Denis is a bit self-restrained in that respect. What I mean is, I don't know if he could make a wacky looking movie and have it be good, he seems to self serious I guess. Cool art didn't save Lynch's movie anyway.
eot
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Whatever, fuck these people. I could've gone for one more hour of Blade Runner 49 - I want a humourless director to be making Dune.
Whats up with people like these journos & non journos in their timeline, complaining about lack of colour now in Sci-Fi movies based on that one Photo that’s not even Arrakis? Did they even see the other pictures obviously not.
That last guy, sam trying to pretend like he’s joking, yet is constantly going on about trolls movie & how he told the world it’s an awesome movie, does he want Dune to be pretty & bright like Trolls or something?
THEY CAN FLY NOW!!
Fuck your humour
ZehDon
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Kynes may have had little physical page or screen time, but was absolutely a major player in Dune. The impact of his work with the Fremen ripples out for the entire series.
Cool, so we’re down to needing actors of the correct religion playing roles. really need a government committee to ensure we’re hitting the necessary quotas, here.
Can’t wait till they see the movie and realise a white guy fulfills their ancient prophecy, and that a bunch of white women invented their entire religion, on the off chance that they make need to take advantage of it.
Kadayi
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Dune is set something like 10000 years in the future. There are definitely religious aspects to it, but you're largely looking at the merging of current religions towards a collective series of beliefs, whose practices have been altered and adapted over thousands of years. Any ideas of a continuous identity are wishful thinking.
The Shift
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It's ok sport, do some thinking - you're allowed to have opinions and criticisms in this thread
The Shift
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Another photo of Chani:
That skin - praise the Maker! The sietch has been good to Sihaya!
Tesseract
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Another photo of Chani:
awesome.
The Shift
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surprise surprise
It’s a woke fanfic version of Dune that looks like an ad for Destiny 3. I'll watch and laugh along.
Doczu
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Normally i'm not into covers, but Baaba Kulka's version fits the universe nicely as it has a lot of middle east influence and it starts softly, slowly gaining traction till the big hit.
LemmingWithaParachute
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Stiflers Mom
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This, again, looks like a more uninspired version of Lynchs Dune to me, with all the amazing visual stuff and atmo cut off.
Would love to see how he depicts the Harkonnens.
Still cautiously optimistic.
Would love to see how he depicts the Harkonnens.
Still cautiously optimistic.
Melon Husk
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Dune '84 and Lynch's hallucinogenic visions are repulsive. It makes me feel sick to my stomach whenever I think about it. I've seen it once in full.
I hope that Dune '20 has a strong emotional core that resonates with the mainstream audience to ensure a sequel or two. The fact that this is not pitched as a trilogy from the get go is promising.
Can you not infect this thread with twitter hot takes, their opinions are not worth discussing unless are part of production... I can't engage with tweets (what a waste of time that would be) from a neogaf account.
I hope that Dune '20 has a strong emotional core that resonates with the mainstream audience to ensure a sequel or two. The fact that this is not pitched as a trilogy from the get go is promising.
Whats up with people like these journos & non journos in their timeline, complaining about lack of colour now in Sci-Fi movies based on that one Photo that’s not even Arrakis? Did they even see the other pictures obviously not.
That last guy, sam trying to pretend like he’s joking, yet is constantly going on about trolls movie & how he told the world it’s an awesome movie, does he want Dune to be pretty & bright like Trolls or something?
Can you not infect this thread with twitter hot takes, their opinions are not worth discussing unless are part of production... I can't engage with tweets (what a waste of time that would be) from a neogaf account.
Ok? I'll say that based on Ex Machina and A Most Violent Year he's an excellent choice. You seem disappointed. Is it because he's "that Star Wars guys" to you? Dune is his chance to rid himself of that temporary image. This film marks return to form after his happy-go-lucky rebel role. He'll pull off an authoritative role easily.
LemmingWithaParachute
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I didnt watch star wars after rouge 1 or whatever its called. But he was a laughable Apocalypse.
Its pretty obvious from the screenshots and cast that theyre targeting a mainstream audience. The movie will release and it will stay in the minds of mainstream audiences as long as Terminator Genesis did and then buried like Tron Evolution.
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Kadayi
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Keep dribbling
Stiflers Mom
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Well, the 84 version is quite iconic in its over the top ness, imo.
New version looks a lot more bland.
New version looks a lot more bland.
eot
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I don't like Oscar Isaac in Star Wars, but it's not like Duke Leto is that much of a major character and generally I think it's premature to shit on casting before you see the final product. Kinda wish that Deakins was doing this film too, but Rogue One was by far the best looking film out of the Disney Star Wars movies.
Torrent of Pork
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If Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is not a tyranical obese homosexual with a taste for teenaged slave boys I'm noping the fuck out. All that shit was in the books for a reason, and if this jackass wants to turn one of my favorite villains into some bland PC-friendly bad guy I'm done with this film before it releases.
Stellan Skarsgard, fat suit, slave boys, now!
Stellan Skarsgard, fat suit, slave boys, now!
thequestion
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Dances with Dune.
Doczu
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And his son Bill should play Feyd!
eot
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They have confirmed they're using prosthetics.
ResurrectedContrarian
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Repulsive and sickening images... in a David Lynch film??
This is my shocked face:
Anyhow, the original Dune film has many things going for it:
The movie has some spectacular moments and a truly bizarre tone that sets it apart from the rest of the sci-fi genre (David Lynch being the reason, naturally). I highly recommend it, despite its final form not quite coming together as well as it could.
REASONS TO WATCH DUNE:
HOTTEST SPACE BABE EVER
HOT MOM
"WEIRD-BONER" HOT LOVE INTEREST
CAPTAIN PICARD
HORRIFYING CREATURES
SPACE WITCH & TINY SPACE WITCH
VAGINAL IMAGERY
STING
need I go on?
And I always will prefer idiosyncratic, truly weird takes to anything from the corporate entertainment world that I worry might be seeping into Denis's pocketbook. I mean... instead of the visionary cinematographer Deakins that he used for Blade Runner, his DofP for this will be the guy who Disney picked to shoot Rogue One. Even the slightest association with Disney-style entertainment committees and the people who allow themselves to be employed by the former is absolute poison to me.
It may still be great--and I was extremely excited when first hearing that Denis V was doing it-- but to this point I've considered every single piece of casting or other news (and every released image) so far to be concerning and lacking, without any bright spots just yet to raise my hopes.
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Cleared_Hot
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There justification sounded completely unnecessary and forced.surprise surprise
Stiflers Mom
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Yep, the casting especially.
It's the who is who of the current Hollywood elite.
Still, cautiously optimistic on this one, though I have yet to see a Villeneuve film that doesn't put me to sleep. But with Dune that might be a good thing.