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Except Dune doesn’t have the same market history as Star Wars to make funding 100 hours as easy to fund. Though realistically it would be cool if an animated, l

by ianai 5y ago

Except Dune doesn’t have the same market history as Star Wars to make funding 100 hours as easy to fund. Though realistically it would be cool if an animated, long version existed. Truthfully though with how abstract the story is it’s just hard to get anyone into the background deeply in a video format.

croes 5y ago
It's interesting that Star Wars is heavily influenced by Dune.
- drexlspivey 5y ago
  World of Warcraft classic pays a tribute to Dune as well. One of the bosses, Ouro is a giant sandworm and drops an item called Jom Gabbar (a play on Gob Jabbar)
- moffkalast 5y ago
  coughs up Tatooine sand I don't know what you mean. Also don't walk rhythmically, it attracts Krayt dragons. Though SW does present itself in a more fun and relaxed manner, I'm sure Dune would take itself more seriously if it were possible, but it probably actually isn't by the laws of physics.
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Dune's influence on science fiction and storytelling afterwards is undisputed, but it doesn't mean it can actually compete with a franchise like Star Wars. Dune was written with a goal in mind - world building, politics, I'm not going to try and analyze it - whereas Star Wars is a pure entertainment product with a fairly straightforward "good vs evil" plotline - at least that was the initial product at the time. The sequel added plot twists, by the 3rd film it started to become formulaic, and the threequel made it kinda ridiculous. Anyway, there's a few stories and books that had the impact and that influenced a lot of things to follow, but which are difficult to actually translate to a successful movie franchise. I mean one of the advertising slogans or quotes they used in Dune's promotional material was that it would go toe-to-toe with Lord of the Rings and Star Wars both. I think everyone that has read the books knows it wouldn't be able to.
- kgwxd 5y ago
  I took my son to see the movie who didn't know anything about Dune but is really into Star Wars. After, I told him Dune heavily influenced Star Wars, he said "I could tell!" but at first he thought I meant it was heavily influenced by Star Wars, he's been rethinking his entire childhood ever since :)
- xeromal 5y ago
  Sometimes a thing that precedes a thing gets called boring. It can be annoying, but I've seen it often. I think the one that annoys me the most is how people say Seinfeld is boring and dry, but it really inspired a lot of TV that is playing today. I understand why. The thing that invents the tropes still gets called out for using tropes.

by ianai 5y ago

croes 5y ago

It's interesting that Star Wars is heavily influenced by Dune.

drexlspivey 5y ago
World of Warcraft classic pays a tribute to Dune as well. One of the bosses, Ouro is a giant sandworm and drops an item called Jom Gabbar (a play on Gob Jabbar)
moffkalast 5y ago
coughs up Tatooine sand I don't know what you mean. Also don't walk rhythmically, it attracts Krayt dragons. Though SW does present itself in a more fun and relaxed manner, I'm sure Dune would take itself more seriously if it were possible, but it probably actually isn't by the laws of physics.
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
Dune's influence on science fiction and storytelling afterwards is undisputed, but it doesn't mean it can actually compete with a franchise like Star Wars. Dune was written with a goal in mind - world building, politics, I'm not going to try and analyze it - whereas Star Wars is a pure entertainment product with a fairly straightforward "good vs evil" plotline - at least that was the initial product at the time. The sequel added plot twists, by the 3rd film it started to become formulaic, and the threequel made it kinda ridiculous. Anyway, there's a few stories and books that had the impact and that influenced a lot of things to follow, but which are difficult to actually translate to a successful movie franchise. I mean one of the advertising slogans or quotes they used in Dune's promotional material was that it would go toe-to-toe with Lord of the Rings and Star Wars both. I think everyone that has read the books knows it wouldn't be able to.
kgwxd 5y ago
I took my son to see the movie who didn't know anything about Dune but is really into Star Wars. After, I told him Dune heavily influenced Star Wars, he said "I could tell!" but at first he thought I meant it was heavily influenced by Star Wars, he's been rethinking his entire childhood ever since :)
xeromal 5y ago
Sometimes a thing that precedes a thing gets called boring. It can be annoying, but I've seen it often. I think the one that annoys me the most is how people say Seinfeld is boring and dry, but it really inspired a lot of TV that is playing today. I understand why. The thing that invents the tropes still gets called out for using tropes.