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>I wish they or someone else serializes Dune https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
That (and the follow-on) weren't too bad. Much better than Lynch's treatment. I must say, though, that I'm looking forward to part 2 of Villeneuve's Dune.
- anshumankmr 4y ago
  Haven't had the time to watch it. Working my way through the book.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    It's pretty much impossible to adequately represent the books as a movie, and even a series can't really do the books justice. The new movie does a fairly decent job of translating the books to live action. The biggest disappointment, for me, in all of the treatments (including the movie), is the way the Fremen are represented. I'm a bit spoiled, as I grew up in Africa, and was familiar with tribes like the Touareg, so I know what real desert-dwellers look like. I'm pretty sure that Herbert wanted them to look like that. Hard to represent, with city-dweller, millionaire actors. Bedouin tribespeople look like dry twigs. Not much soft or fat. It would take serious self-denial to adequately represent. Willem Dafoe would probably be able to represent Stilgar (in my mind). He'd have to go on a diet, and get a tan, though.
- MikusR 4y ago
  The miniseries and especially Children of Dune are so much better that the recent movie.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    I find it's a tradeoff. The new movie represents some of the visuals and environment better (in my mind), but skimps on the story. I feel that Baron Harkonnen is better, in the movie. He was almost comedic, in the series. Charlotte Rampling would not have been my choice for the Bene Gesserit mother, but I think she actually works. I'm not too happy with any of the other casting choices, except Gurney Halleck, but, for some strange reason, they never consulted me.

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>I wish they or someone else serializes Dune https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/

by anshumankmr 4y ago

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
That (and the follow-on) weren't too bad. Much better than Lynch's treatment. I must say, though, that I'm looking forward to part 2 of Villeneuve's Dune.
- anshumankmr 4y ago
  Haven't had the time to watch it. Working my way through the book.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    It's pretty much impossible to adequately represent the books as a movie, and even a series can't really do the books justice. The new movie does a fairly decent job of translating the books to live action. The biggest disappointment, for me, in all of the treatments (including the movie), is the way the Fremen are represented. I'm a bit spoiled, as I grew up in Africa, and was familiar with tribes like the Touareg, so I know what real desert-dwellers look like. I'm pretty sure that Herbert wanted them to look like that. Hard to represent, with city-dweller, millionaire actors. Bedouin tribespeople look like dry twigs. Not much soft or fat. It would take serious self-denial to adequately represent. Willem Dafoe would probably be able to represent Stilgar (in my mind). He'd have to go on a diet, and get a tan, though.
- MikusR 4y ago
  The miniseries and especially Children of Dune are so much better that the recent movie.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
    I find it's a tradeoff. The new movie represents some of the visuals and environment better (in my mind), but skimps on the story. I feel that Baron Harkonnen is better, in the movie. He was almost comedic, in the series. Charlotte Rampling would not have been my choice for the Bene Gesserit mother, but I think she actually works. I'm not too happy with any of the other casting choices, except Gurney Halleck, but, for some strange reason, they never consulted me.