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Exactly. After reading the whole Dune trilogy, my first thought was: wow, what an experience. My second thought was: whoever makes a series of films of this, a
by jnurmine 8y ago
Exactly. After reading the whole Dune trilogy, my first thought was: wow, what an experience.
My second thought was: whoever makes a series of films of this, and stays faithful to the books, they will surely make billions of dollars.
- bluejekyll 8y agoDid you see the sci-fi mini series? It was very faithful to the books, but I don’t think it made billions.
- ianai 8y agoI was glued to my tv for it. But they were still bound by early 2000s tech and budgets. Dune hasn’t seen the commercialization that the Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, nor guardians of the galaxy universes have. But it could be made into a similarly action packed film series. Though I’d argue Dune is closer kin to LOTR/hobbit/Tolkien. My guess is that dune suffers from a dead author and it’s long passages on how societies work. Someone would need to translate the plots and central themes and ideas to the screen.
- duskwuff 8y agoThe best Dune novel, IMO, is God Emperor of Dune. And it's completely unfilmable. The primary character is conspicuously nonhuman. Much of the exposition, as well as a number of important plot developments, are only delivered through his internal narrative. An attempted film adaptation would probably try to focus on one of the human secondary characters, and would, by so doing, completely miss the point of the book.
- ianai 8y agoI think they could focus on the worm/human internal struggle through actions made over the course of millennia. First movie being the plot that turns him toward the worm. Second movie being the gradual steps towards the worm and inhuman choices. Third movie being his death. (Forgive me if this is wrong somehow importantly. It’s been a while.). But you’re right on it being a big challenge.
- duskwuff 8y agoMuch of what you're describing as the first and second movie is covered in Children of Dune. God Emperor is set several thousand years later, and would correspond to your third movie. The interim period is incredibly dull -- the boredom and stagnation of total societal stability is, in fact, an important theme of the book.
- bluejekyll 8y agoYeah. It needs a Jackson like person and the entire crew from LOTR to really pull off. People with the same depth of understanding of the books. LOTR’s art director had done amazing works before those movies, and it was neat to see that transposed to the screen. I bet the studios look at it and don’t want to touch it based on the past performance of the movie.
- ianai 8y agoI’m definitely curious as to what they think in Hollywood about making a series out of it. They’re clearly out of ideas with all the reboots and sequels/prequels.
- SpikeDad 8y agoBecause it was awful - wooden acting and laughable SFX.
- jnurmine 8y agoNope! I have missed it. The only one I've seen is the movie with "that Twin Peaks guy". Though it is a cult film and all that, I did not think it was very good to be honest. The movie was rather confusing and made more sense after having read the books. A new film/films would be great for many reasons, including the complexity of the plot and the sheer timescale involved. For example, at the core Star Wars is a rather template-like father-son good vs. evil monomyth, with all kinds of small (interesting) details woven around it. It also has a top-tier presentation. I like Star Wars of course but the plot itself is pretty basic, perhaps that is why it appeals to so many people from small kids to grown-ups. The Dune trilogy could offer so much more, I believe, if someone like Jackson of the LOTR fame would pick it up.
- jnurmine 8y agoTrilogy: it's actually six books, not three. What to call it? Hexalogy? After the original six came books by Herbert's son, but I've never read those so cannot comment.