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  • Re: New Terminator movie coming out

    From poindexter FORTRAN@46:1/115 to Digital Avatar on Sun Oct 6 08:56:00 2019
    Digital Avatar wrote to jack phlash <=-

    Well, whatever our opinions on the Terminator flicks, can we all agree that the new Dune is going to suck moose balls?

    I'm optimistic, but then again I liked the Lynch Dune version. Maybe it'll inspire someone to read the books?
    ... Which parts can be grouped?
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  • From jack phlash@46:1/145 to Digital Avatar on Sun Oct 6 12:10:39 2019
    on 05 Oct 2019, Digital Avatar said...

    Well, whatever our opinions on the Terminator flicks, can we all agree that the new Dune is going to suck moose balls?

    I mean, I wish it wouldn't but it seems like making a good Dune adaption is entirely impossible, doesn't it?

    I admit I have a soft spot for the David Lynch movie. My brother used to constantly watch the rare (at the time) extended TV cut that he recorded when we were kids. Yes, he was a giant geek. :)

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  • From Digital Avatar@46:1/145 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Oct 6 21:30:56 2019
    on 06 Oct 2019, poindexter FORTRAN said...

    I'm optimistic, but then again I liked the Lynch Dune version. Maybe

    I hated the Lynch version at first. I grew to accept it despite its flaws. If anything it demonstrated that Ian McNiece is the only one with any business playing Vladimir Harkonnen.

    it'll inspire someone to read the books?

    I won't hold my breath.

    ... Which parts can be grouped?

    Pretty much only the way Lynch did it, I think, i.e. Messiah+Children.
    There's no way to group God Emperor with anything.

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  • From Digital Avatar@46:1/145 to jack phlash on Sun Oct 6 21:34:57 2019
    on 06 Oct 2019, jack phlash said...

    I mean, I wish it wouldn't but it seems like making a good Dune adaption is entirely impossible, doesn't it?

    Not at all. Lynch got the general atmosphere right and spent good money on costuming and set design. He picked some halfway decent actors... who then proceeded to ham it up, especially the idiot playing the Baron Harkonnen. By contrast, the miniseries spent about $1.98 on sets and costuming (they
    actually played up the notion that using painted backdrops and stage lighting was a good thing -- I couldn't fucking believe it), picked a bunch of
    nobodies as actors, but walked away with, I think, the better product.

    Also I realize now I accidentally conflated Lynch's movie with the miniseries in another reply in this thread. :/

    I admit I have a soft spot for the David Lynch movie. My brother used to constantly watch the rare (at the time) extended TV cut that he recorded when we were kids. Yes, he was a giant geek. :)

    A giant geek? For how can this be? FOR HE IS THE KWISATZCH HADERACH!

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