This there's a good 4 1/2 hour tv series that was made, there was also a sequel of the same length that combined Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. It had most of the same cast and except for a few things was pretty good. It also features James McAvoy as Leto 2.Lukeje said:
They could do what Harry Potter did, cut it into two movies, even though they would have to make sure it sells, which I'm sure just saying that it's similar to Star Wars would do.Lukeje said:
You mean the Syfy series about the first two books? Yeah, they were more faithful, I guess, and also directed better. I do seem to recall the critical response to it was pretty negative though.Lukeje said:
Indeed, I was disappointed with the movie, and if it was made seriously over multiple movies...Bobic said:
Indeed, loved that series.WolfThomas said:
Honestly, David Lynch wasn't the best choice for Dune, not saying that he isn't good, but he just doesn't go well with something so serious.BonsaiK said:
That image won't go out of my mind..Pearwood said:This is pretty much spot on, I love David Lynch but I couldn't think of a director with a style less suited to Dune.The Epicosity said:
Having said that I don't think I could watch a Dune movie without getting this image in my head:
Honestly, the 10 hour original project by Jodorowsky, Dali, Orson Welles, etc sounded a lot more interesting. And although he never confirmed it (as far as I know) a lot of the ideas for the movie were later used in the Metabarons comics.The Epicosity said:
I don't know if you understand how film adaptations work. All adaptations need to cut things to focus on the main narrative and fit in the running time. In a novel you can fart around for pages but you don't get to do that in film because the fact you're farting around becomes obvious.The Epicosity said:
You obviously have not seen Dune. It doesn't just do what most adaptations do, it acts like it has all the time in the world at the very beginning, taking 40 minutes out of the 2 hours to actually get to Arrakis, which would be ok if they didn't do so many skips further on, and explained next to nothing, the only thing keeping it interesting is the David Lynch-y feel, the quirkiness that doesn't quite fit it. Seriously, they skip over around 200 or so pages somewhere in there, and have many a time where a man gives one sentence of dialogue and it's like there's some kind of thing you're not realizing, and everybody is familiar with everybody else. The scene where Paul and Jessica meet Stilgar is a perfect example all he says is something like "I'll take the man-child." after they walk into a cave and are surrounded by Fremen, and everybody seems to understand what is happening and break out into this fight.the antithesis said:
Actually I did see the version that they run on television with voiceover narration that supposedly helps the story make sense. but I cannot discuss it as I found it quite forgettable, so I don't really remember it. So I find discussing it not useful. It's generally regarded as a piece of crap, and had been since it came out. I remember Leonard Maltin's review suggested people stay home and read a book instead. Maybe even Dune. These days it has a cult following partially because Lynch is the kind of director who attracts cult followings and partially because it's so bad. There seems to be a weird attraction to bad mass media these days. Why else would My Humps have been a successful single for the Black Eyed Peas?The Epicosity said:
