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I'm not sure I'd say God Emperor is better than Dune.
However, I think there's two things going for it: 1. I think Dune Messiah and Children of Dune weren't very well received, and personally, I find them clearly inferior to the first one. So, after those two, God Emperor really grabs you. 2. I find God Emperor a much more humane book -oddly enough Leto II is much more human and relatable than Paul or Leto I, so the story is much more relatable.
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Looking forward to this one as well. Hopefully, the comments about being faithful to the book is not blowing smoke.
I personally like parts of the David Lynch film, and parts of John Harrison mini-series, but both are kind of a let down. Let's hope the third time is a charm.
I personally like parts of the David Lynch film, and parts of John Harrison mini-series, but both are kind of a let down. Let's hope the third time is a charm.
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I forgot about Dune Messiah ... read that too but it?s been a long time so they blend together.
God Emperor i remember more of, which days something.
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I could've sworn there was a thread for this already.
It's going to be 2 films.
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This film will need two threads.
So there can twice the usual number of haters
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Sounds like the press cycle for this movie is about to begin. From Vanity Fair:
The first step of a hero’s journey sometimes begins with a push.
At the start of Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic Dune, the young royal Paul Atreides prepares to leave the comfortable life he knows for a desolate, dangerous mining planet known as Arrakis, where his wealthy family will oversee extraction of a spice vital to the galaxy.
If he only knew the chaos and death that awaited him, he might be even more sorry to leave.
This is the first look at Timoth?e Chalamet as Paul Atreides on his native planet of Caladan from this December’s film version of the novel, directed by Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. The 1965 book was so seismic in its influence that its echoes still turn up in sci-fi and fantasy storytelling half a century later. Still, it has stubbornly defied appropriate adaptation itself.
Tomorrow, Vanity Fair will provide an even more expansive exploration of Villeneuve’s quest to bring Dune to the screen, but today we begin with the central hero: Paul Atreides, a child of privilege raised by a powerful family, but not one strong enough to protect him from the dangers that await.
As the Atreides family leaves the oceanic world of Caladan to take over scorching Arrakis, they are also becoming prey to the brutal rival House Harkonnen, which seeks to exploit the desert world they are about to inherit. House Atreides is just one more part of the landscape to annihilate.
“The immediately appealing thing about Paul was the fact that in a story of such detail and scale and world-building, the protagonist is on an anti-hero’s-journey of sorts,” Chalamet said.
In other words, he’s not dreaming of adventure. He’s resisting it. Afraid of it.
“He thinks he’s going to be sort of a young general studying his father and his leadership of a fighting force before he comes of age, hopefully a decade later, or something like that.” Chalamet said. But fate has a different timetable for him. And he may possess powers even his trainers could not anticipate.
In the shot above, the transport ships descend to take the Atreides leadership to their new destination. At this point, Paul is being taught the ways of war by a veteran soldier named Gurney Halleck, played by Josh Brolin. Paul’s parents, Duke Leto and Lady Jessica Atreides (Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson), must not only manage the spice mining on Arrakis—but also the politics at play in the broader galaxy.
Beyond the fortifications on Arrakis, giant carnivorous sandworms rule the landscape, while a tribe of indigenous humans known as Fremen, led by Javier Bardem’s Stilgar, somehow survive in the crevices, fearful that their world is about to be turned inside out by those they see as invaders.
Dune, still set to open on December 18, is one of the blockbusters that hasn’t yet shifted back due to the coronavirus outbreak. “Dune was made by people from all over the world. Many of these people are like family to me, and they’re very much in my thoughts,” Villeneuve said. “I’m so proud to showcase their hard work. I look forward to a time when we can all get together again as Dune was made to be seen on the big screen.”
For more on Dune, see Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
The first step of a hero’s journey sometimes begins with a push.
At the start of Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic Dune, the young royal Paul Atreides prepares to leave the comfortable life he knows for a desolate, dangerous mining planet known as Arrakis, where his wealthy family will oversee extraction of a spice vital to the galaxy.
If he only knew the chaos and death that awaited him, he might be even more sorry to leave.
This is the first look at Timoth?e Chalamet as Paul Atreides on his native planet of Caladan from this December’s film version of the novel, directed by Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. The 1965 book was so seismic in its influence that its echoes still turn up in sci-fi and fantasy storytelling half a century later. Still, it has stubbornly defied appropriate adaptation itself.
Tomorrow, Vanity Fair will provide an even more expansive exploration of Villeneuve’s quest to bring Dune to the screen, but today we begin with the central hero: Paul Atreides, a child of privilege raised by a powerful family, but not one strong enough to protect him from the dangers that await.
As the Atreides family leaves the oceanic world of Caladan to take over scorching Arrakis, they are also becoming prey to the brutal rival House Harkonnen, which seeks to exploit the desert world they are about to inherit. House Atreides is just one more part of the landscape to annihilate.
“The immediately appealing thing about Paul was the fact that in a story of such detail and scale and world-building, the protagonist is on an anti-hero’s-journey of sorts,” Chalamet said.
In other words, he’s not dreaming of adventure. He’s resisting it. Afraid of it.
“He thinks he’s going to be sort of a young general studying his father and his leadership of a fighting force before he comes of age, hopefully a decade later, or something like that.” Chalamet said. But fate has a different timetable for him. And he may possess powers even his trainers could not anticipate.
In the shot above, the transport ships descend to take the Atreides leadership to their new destination. At this point, Paul is being taught the ways of war by a veteran soldier named Gurney Halleck, played by Josh Brolin. Paul’s parents, Duke Leto and Lady Jessica Atreides (Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson), must not only manage the spice mining on Arrakis—but also the politics at play in the broader galaxy.
Beyond the fortifications on Arrakis, giant carnivorous sandworms rule the landscape, while a tribe of indigenous humans known as Fremen, led by Javier Bardem’s Stilgar, somehow survive in the crevices, fearful that their world is about to be turned inside out by those they see as invaders.
Dune, still set to open on December 18, is one of the blockbusters that hasn’t yet shifted back due to the coronavirus outbreak. “Dune was made by people from all over the world. Many of these people are like family to me, and they’re very much in my thoughts,” Villeneuve said. “I’m so proud to showcase their hard work. I look forward to a time when we can all get together again as Dune was made to be seen on the big screen.”
For more on Dune, see Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
Looking forward to it. But I'll say it again - it'll be a massive bomb.
I'm super psyched for this. My dad got me into DUNE and I've read all the original Frank Herbert books and even some of Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson series books (which were great if you were a DUNE fan but not nearly as well-written and concise as Frank's books...especially when they tried to finish the original DUNE series with "Hunters" and "Sandworms" and tie it to their own Butlerian Jihad series).
But yeah...I fear this might go the way of "Blade Runner 2049" and be a classic, well-done movie by Villeneuve with a fantastic ensemble cast, but might not do as well as the box office. I'll go see it regardless.
I almost feel that 'DUNE' could've been the next 'Game of Thrones' for HBO if they pursued it. It just needed to be raw and original like its source material (which is actually quite violent and has a lot of sexual content...especially the later books) and a big budget to help with all the special effects. There was plenty of original politics, manipulation and backstabbing to intrigue the casual GoT crowd.
I was re-looking at the cast. Looks like they gender-bended Liet Kynes to a female. Have they cast Feyd-Rautha yet?
But yeah...I fear this might go the way of "Blade Runner 2049" and be a classic, well-done movie by Villeneuve with a fantastic ensemble cast, but might not do as well as the box office. I'll go see it regardless.
I almost feel that 'DUNE' could've been the next 'Game of Thrones' for HBO if they pursued it. It just needed to be raw and original like its source material (which is actually quite violent and has a lot of sexual content...especially the later books) and a big budget to help with all the special effects. There was plenty of original politics, manipulation and backstabbing to intrigue the casual GoT crowd.
I was re-looking at the cast. Looks like they gender-bended Liet Kynes to a female. Have they cast Feyd-Rautha yet?
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It's not going to bomb.
It won't be positioned as a tentpole, or blockbuster, release. The studio knows what it's in for. Villenueve makes 'great' films, not the kind of films that fill theaters.
It won't be positioned as a tentpole, or blockbuster, release. The studio knows what it's in for. Villenueve makes 'great' films, not the kind of films that fill theaters.
Oh hey, it's the same Irish Coastline they use in everything. I'm half expecting Gleeson and Father Ted to pop out...
The only thing that upsets me about this (apart from further discouraging Hollywood from taking a chance on non-Disney IPs for sci-fi and fantasy) is that Villeneuve wants to make this a two-part film. Hopefully the second is far enough into production that it won't be cancelled due to the poor performance of the first.
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