Jayne ,'The Message'
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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.
To be fair, the desert is infested with giant killer worms.
Graboids!
(Sorry, had a Tremors flashback there...)
Graboids!
Yes! They should re-make Dune with Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and Fred Ward!
They should re-make Dune with Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and Fred Ward!
As sandworms. Or possibly the Harkonnens.
Reba McEntire IS Lady Jessica Atreides!
Yes! They should re-make Dune with Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross and Fred Ward!
Now that I would watch.
Wow, I've never seen an Anthony Minghella film (although I do want to see The Talented Mr. Ripley ), but damn.
In other news, I love Tremors.
Ya know political intrigue done right can be fascinating. And, as we've discussed in the past, you often have to break the letter to be true to the spirit. Drop the whole "we can't talk" thing. Yeah, I know, in the novel a major plot point.
Also you have to make it as a series of movies - a la Harry Potter - though I'm thinking of something more along the lines of the Tudors mini-sereis. Good political intrigue, made exciting by the fact that you never know when the intrigue will lead to bloody violence or really hot sex. The latter should happen more often in the movie than in the book. I think you could a fairly serious faithful to the spirit of Dune out of it that way - with added bonus popcorn, beefcake, and cheesecake. A sci-fi soap (which is part of what Dune was) Yes?
The latter should happen more often in the movie than in the book.
Ew! Sand everywhere!!