"Plus, no sets to build! All sand!!"
Everybody wins!!
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Jessica - Mar 18, 2008 6:23:42 am PDT #4397 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2008 7:07:54 am PDT #4398 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Hey cool! It's about a teenager with superpowers and his hot superpowered Mom who takes over the world! With big worms!"
I'm not sure that's what David Lynch was up to. Of course, does ANYONE really know what David Lynch was up to, or is ever up to, including him.
I must admit that Lynch's DUNE is pretty high up on my list of "love it even though it isn't remotely good" movies.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2008 7:20:34 am PDT #4399 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I must admit that Lynch's DUNE is pretty high up on my list of "love it even though it isn't remotely good" movies.
Oh, I completely agree. I think the mistake Hollywood is making is in thinking that it's possible to make a "tentpole" movie out of Dune in the first place - the problem nobody will admit to is that the reason (okay one of the reasons) the Lynch version failed as a movie was that it managed to retain a surprising amount of the book's original tone.
You simply will not get a summer blockbuster sci-fi action film out of Dune if you stay true to the book. The movie that Paramount wants isn't in there.
Of course, I'll still go see it...
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2008 7:26:30 am PDT #4400 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think the mistake Hollywood is making is in thinking that it's possible to make a "tentpole" movie out of Dune in the first place - the problem nobody will admit to is that the reason (okay one of the reasons) the Lynch version failed as a movie was that it managed to retain a surprising amount of the book's original tone.
I think you nailed it right there.
You simply will not get a summer blockbuster sci-fi action film out of Dune if you stay true to the book. The movie that Paramount wants isn't in there.
I don't think you can get a LotR type blockbuster out of it either, if that's the other route they are thinking of going. And I wouldn't put Peter Berg in charge of it if it was, as I don't think that's his forte.
Miracleman - Mar 18, 2008 7:27:17 am PDT #4401 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
You simply will not get a summer blockbuster sci-fi action film out of Dune if you stay true to the book. The movie that Paramount wants isn't in there.
Yeah, I mean...this isn't a big action thriller or comic-book movie. It's...political intrigue in, possibly, the most boring "space" setting imaginable. It's a whole planet that's a desert for fuck's sake.
As I once described reading the book: It's "Hey, cool!" followed by a hundred pages of slogging through sand, then "Ooh, interesting!" and a hundred pages of slogging through sand...
Of course, I'll still go see it...
...yeah, me too. I Am A Sucker.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2008 7:34:25 am PDT #4402 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the most boring "space" setting imaginable. It's a whole planet that's a desert for fuck's sake.
To be fair, the desert is infested with giant killer worms.
...which doesn't make up for the premise that one of the most dangerous things anyone can do to another person on this planet filled with giant killer worms is raise their voice a little bit. And there is no way to make that not look stupid onscreen.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2008 7:34:57 am PDT #4403 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kathy A - Mar 18, 2008 7:38:33 am PDT #4404 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
To be fair, the desert is infested with giant killer worms.
Graboids!
(Sorry, had a Tremors flashback there...)
Miracleman - Mar 18, 2008 7:40:46 am PDT #4405 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Graboids!
Yes! They should re-make Dune with Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and Fred Ward!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2008 7:44:58 am PDT #4406 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They should re-make Dune with Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and Fred Ward!
As sandworms. Or possibly the Harkonnens.