sebmojo posted:

I have to say that the Sci-Fi (now d/b/a Syfy) channel's three-part remake of Dune and even their sequel miniseries series Children of Dune were superior to this current remake, and that's with an understanding that Children of Dune was in no way good. From the first scene in this remake, it's boring, the actors don't appear convincing as their characters and there is little to draw the viewer in. Dialogue seems truncated from prior tellings of the story, leaving the viewer feeling disconnected from the characters and their struggles.

Technobabble, a hallmark of most science fiction, is mentioned here and there in the order familiar to those who know the plot, but it's like they're just checking off boxes on a list someone told them they had to include. Pauses between lines and scenes are overly long and melodramatic, making scene transitions and stretches of silence have more dramatic impact than the actual bits that advance the plot or could provide character development.

Also I was less than impressed but hardly surprised that they felt obliged to make the first Fremen we see on camera Black. What's the point of that? Doesn't it break immersion for everyone else? There's this group of natives, not presumed Earth-descendant outsiders like the Attreides, but native people of Arrakis called the Fremen and they have common ancestry and hate outsiders... but oh yeah, this one's Earth African and that's totally normal and not jarring. I know that later in Herbert's books, in Chapterhouse Dune, they actually have the Bene Gesserit encounter literally Jews in Space 26000 years in the future, but this is meant to be a retelling of the original story which didn't include such anachronisms. I understand why they make such decisions, which makes me like it even less.

Thumbs down on 2021 Dune.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy18Euw6W4

sebmojo posted:

I have to say that the Sci-Fi (now d/b/a Syfy) channel's three-part remake of Dune and even their sequel miniseries series Children of Dune were superior to this current remake, and that's with an understanding that Children of Dune was in no way good. From the first scene in this remake, it's boring, the actors don't appear convincing as their characters and there is little to draw the viewer in. Dialogue seems truncated from prior tellings of the story, leaving the viewer feeling disconnected from the characters and their struggles.

Technobabble, a hallmark of most science fiction, is mentioned here and there in the order familiar to those who know the plot, but it's like they're just checking off boxes on a list someone told them they had to include. Pauses between lines and scenes are overly long and melodramatic, making scene transitions and stretches of silence have more dramatic impact than the actual bits that advance the plot or could provide character development.

Also I was less than impressed but hardly surprised that they felt obliged to make the first Fremen we see on camera Black. What's the point of that? Doesn't it break immersion for everyone else? There's this group of natives, not presumed Earth-descendant outsiders like the Attreides, but native people of Arrakis called the Fremen and they have common ancestry and hate outsiders... but oh yeah, this one's Earth African and that's totally normal and not jarring. I know that later in Herbert's books, in Chapterhouse Dune, they actually have the Bene Gesserit encounter literally Jews in Space 26000 years in the future, but this is meant to be a retelling of the original story which didn't include such anachronisms. I understand why they make such decisions, which makes me like it even less.

Thumbs down on 2021 Dune.

ilovebeersooomuch posted:

My mind goes to strange places- I got to thinking what else could be substituted for the kris knife. Cereal is done already, could be jar of jam and Jessica says ‘all’ mapes freaks out because she thought she was saying ‘all fruit’ when Jessica was actually saying ‘all of it is jelly’

Then I thought about Dune universe product advertisements like this:
Two Harkonnen walking the shield wall
Harkonnen1 - Grshztd groooole shtzts [subtitle: this sandwich could use some dressing up]
Harkonnen2 - Raaawrl dzzgtshhhhtg [subtitle: try some of this]
A battered stoneware container is passed between them
Suddenly 2 shapes burst from the sand. Fremen brutally stab the Harkonnen, both fall dead.
Camera pans to the large moon
Grey Poupon logo appears on film book projection

sebmojo posted:

I have to say that the Sci-Fi (now d/b/a Syfy) channel's three-part remake of Dune and even their sequel miniseries series Children of Dune were superior to this current remake, and that's with an understanding that Children of Dune was in no way good. From the first scene in this remake, it's boring, the actors don't appear convincing as their characters and there is little to draw the viewer in. Dialogue seems truncated from prior tellings of the story, leaving the viewer feeling disconnected from the characters and their struggles.

Technobabble, a hallmark of most science fiction, is mentioned here and there in the order familiar to those who know the plot, but it's like they're just checking off boxes on a list someone told them they had to include. Pauses between lines and scenes are overly long and melodramatic, making scene transitions and stretches of silence have more dramatic impact than the actual bits that advance the plot or could provide character development.

Also I was less than impressed but hardly surprised that they felt obliged to make the first Fremen we see on camera Black. What's the point of that? Doesn't it break immersion for everyone else? There's this group of natives, not presumed Earth-descendant outsiders like the Attreides, but native people of Arrakis called the Fremen and they have common ancestry and hate outsiders... but oh yeah, this one's Earth African and that's totally normal and not jarring. I know that later in Herbert's books, in Chapterhouse Dune, they actually have the Bene Gesserit encounter literally Jews in Space 26000 years in the future, but this is meant to be a retelling of the original story which didn't include such anachronisms. I understand why they make such decisions, which makes me like it even less.

Thumbs down on 2021 Dune.

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I'm sure someone can improve it, but this post really inspired me:

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy18Euw6W4

kalel posted:

does anyone have thirty dollars. please

Vampire Panties posted:

I have never seen the SyFy series and it looks like I never will

kalel posted:

does anyone have thirty dollars. please

Vampire Panties posted:

I have never seen the SyFy series and it looks like I never will

kiimo posted:

I defy anyone to film themselves walking without rhythm in a way that isn't funny.

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withak posted:

Little known fact: after wearing a stillsuit for a few days, small pellets of dried and perfectly-compacted poo will periodically fall out of the wearer's pantleg. Experienced users will wear their boots slip-fashion to capture the pellets and avoid creating the slipping hazard associated with javing dozens of hard, spherical poo pellets rolling around the floor of one's sietch. The storage pouches on the boots must be emptied periodically or else the extra weight will throw off the user's rhythm and attract worms.

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StashAugustine posted:

can't wait for the hubris of someone trying to adapt book of the new sun

Gomez Chamberlain posted:

Ah fug, I uploaded the wrong one.

Vampire Panties posted:

I have never seen the SyFy series and it looks like I never will

Vampire Panties posted:

Watch this, or read Dune Messiah?

Tree Bucket posted:

This suggests, in the best traditions of golden age sci fi, that the big reveal for the series is that all the characters are actually rabbits

Tree Bucket posted:

You mean the landsraad?

My Lovely Horse posted:

- young leader has visions
- oppressed people
- hiding underground

it actually tracks a whole lot

Vampire Panties posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B1nfv65xQY&t=18s
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Steadiman posted:

I'd forgotten how incredibly badly cast this thing was. Paul Atreides sulking his way through the entire thing with his one facial expression, William Hurt on the verge of falling asleep with every line of dialogue, the casting of local actors with accents so thick that I needed subtitles to understand most of what they were saying, a Stilgar who looked like a pudgy business man cosplaying at a company teambuilding weekend, Gurney Halleck who could barely get through a sentence without having to take a deep weezing breath and who had just the weirdest way of talking in general, and a brilliant Ian McNeice hamming it up beautifully.

all that plus cheapass photographic backdrops that made Arrakis look as big as a backyard. It was hilarious and at the same time pretty loyal to the book. Highly recommended!

sean10mm posted:

There's a distinction between making the best of a low budget and just looking loving cheap.

This just looks loving cheap.

Also like you said there's like 1 good performance (the Baron) in the middle of a huge-rear end cast, which isn't great either.