The DUNE Movie Thread (no... a new one...)

[Wolfpack]

They'd have to call it Dune: Beefcake Unchained if they did that.

[Peven]

after his last two movies being as fantastic as they are I have faith that Villanueva will make a film worth watching that will do more than just provide some splosions and eye candy

[so sorry]

Here's a summary of those cast and their roles:

The cast of the new Dune films continues to grow with Timothee Chalamet cast as Paul Atreides, Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Harkonnen, David Dastmalchian is Harkonnen’s advisor Piter De Vries, and Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam. Also onboard is Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, Dave Bautista is Glossu 'Beast' Rabban, Josh Brolin as Warmaster and mentor Gurney Halleck, Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides (Pauls Father), Javier Bardem as the Fremen leader Stilgar, Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh, and Zendaya as Chani (Pauls sweetheart).

Still a few key roles not listed on here.

Also, Hans Zimmer will do the score.

I can't fucking wait for this.

[judderman]

Ugh. It's always Hans Zimmer. In this age of Zimmer worship I feel like Zoroastrians must feel in Iran. And yes, Oscar Isaac should have been Duncan.

[Al Shut]

Personally I find Zimmer to be underrated. Meaning that I personally underrate him, from time to time I forget how good he actually is and than I sound like Judderman.

As a remedy I listen to the finale on the Lone Ranger soundtrack, that usually sets my mind straight

[so sorry]

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac?mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=vf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Dune pics from Vanity Fair. Looking pretty bad ass.

[Peven]

mostly

[so sorry]

Lots to chew on there. Somewhere in this thread I'm pretty sure I thought the Aquaman signing was a great idea, watching this now, I may ultimately back track on that. And I will definetly have to get past the Zendaya casting, but that's my own issue (one of my girls watched all her Disney shows on loop a year or so ago, so I'm having trouble separating her from her disney persona).

Other than that, this looks pretty exciting. Hopefully its not just a big action piece only.

[Wolfpack]

Lots of dry desert. Ben Shapiro will approve.

[Ribbons]

Denis Villeneuve has the Midas touch, so I'm confident that this will be good. That said, this trailer didn't really click for me. I know that the mythos of Dune is famously convoluted (and only gets more so as the series progresses), to the extent that explanatory pamphlets were distributed at the door for David Lynch's version. They seem to be leaning in the opposite direction here, at least with the marketing: trying to focus on the surface-level spectacle to attract an audience.

[Peven]

Denis Villeneuve has the Midas touch, so I'm confident that this will be good. That said, this trailer didn't really click for me. I know that the mythos of Dune is famously convoluted (and only gets more so as the series progresses), to the extent that explanatory pamphlets were distributed at the door for David Lynch's version. They seem to be leaning in the opposite direction here, at least with the marketing: trying to focus on the surface-level spectacle to attract an audience.

you're a buzzkill, sometimes, you know that?

that trailer looked about as amazing as we could hope for, the kind of science fiction cinematic experience kids like myself imagined 40 years ago when we were reading such stories. we'll see how it turns out, but if he does with this what he did with Bladerunner:2049 he will have established himself as THE premier science fiction director, hands down.