Ludicrously Ambitious Failed Dune Adaptation Lands Documentary
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Well... Jodorowskys interpretation of Dune would have been rather interesting. He is a great director, El Topo is amongst my favourite movies of all time. But on the other hand, i'm also a huge fan of David Lynch, his "Straight Story" is also one of my favourites and his interpretation of Dune wasn't really satisfying. ^^
That picture right there is classic Geiger. I would love to see anything involving his work; one of my favorite artists right beside Chris Foss.
Not to mention Dali's whole toilet throne shenanigan...
I haven't read the books myself, but aren't computers and intelligent machines as a whole forbidden in the Dune universe? I can see why fans might have an issue...Cowabungaa said:
Not to mention Dali's whole toilet throne shenanigan...
A film with Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, Orson Wells, and David Carradine!? Just bring in Vincent Price and we've got ourselves a movie.
I couldn't sit through the Dune movie. They lost me after the overlong infodump at the beginning. Maybe one day I'll actually watch the rest of the film.
I couldn't sit through the Dune movie. They lost me after the overlong infodump at the beginning. Maybe one day I'll actually watch the rest of the film.
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Oh Dali, you crazy throne loving robot.
Oh Dali, you crazy throne loving robot.
If I ever get myself a time machine, I'm going to have make sure this film got made...
The thing people seem to forget about Dune whenever they talk about movies, is that the book is pretty long. The first book alone is about the same length as the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, and think about how much from those books didn't make it into Peter Jacksons films?
So, yeah, 14 hours sounds about right to me =p
The thing people seem to forget about Dune whenever they talk about movies, is that the book is pretty long. The first book alone is about the same length as the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, and think about how much from those books didn't make it into Peter Jacksons films?
So, yeah, 14 hours sounds about right to me =p
Forbidden? They're considered herecy! An afront to God and all that. It's the whole reason the Dune universe is like it is.Raiyan 1.0 said:
Wait...what? I've got the first book on my shelf here, and it's 556 pages not counting the appendix. The entire LotR trilogy has around 1000 pages, if google isn't lying.Daverson said:
I knew about this project, and I've always been glad it tanked. I love the (first) books, and the Lynch movie always managed to piss me off. I can begin to imagine the reaction this surrealistic travesty would've garnered from the fans.
If you want a good media adaptation of the books, watch the Dune mini-series and its follow-up, Children of Dune. They're not perfect, but they're as good as it's going to get.
If you want a good media adaptation of the books, watch the Dune mini-series and its follow-up, Children of Dune. They're not perfect, but they're as good as it's going to get.
David Lynch's movies was an ABOMINATION (pun intended for fans of the series), case in point being "would you like me to adjust your weirding module Muad dib?" Everyone who ever read the books asked the same question; WTF is a weirding module and what is it doing in my dune universe?!
The miniseries was a step in the right direction but just seemed to be absent of luster. Albeit it was a made for tv miniseries so most can be forgiven.
If you want to see Dune on the silver screen that bad it was already made, and handsomely popular, they just re-titled it AVATAR
Many movies are directly inspired by the Dune novels. to name a few The Matrix, Event Horizen, STAR WARS ANYONE!?
The miniseries was a step in the right direction but just seemed to be absent of luster. Albeit it was a made for tv miniseries so most can be forgiven.
If you want to see Dune on the silver screen that bad it was already made, and handsomely popular, they just re-titled it AVATAR
Many movies are directly inspired by the Dune novels. to name a few The Matrix, Event Horizen, STAR WARS ANYONE!?
It's too bad they've never shown proper weirding combat. If you think to yourself: "I want to punch this guy the the ribcage above his heart, but he has his right side to me", your wanting to do this and in fact believing you already have, allows it to happen. You either appear to move incredibly fast around the opponent to their left side or in some cases seem to teleport through them. The only ones who can possibly defend against this are other weirding users.
Plus, Bene Gesserit have complete control over their musculature, even their hearts: a Bene Gesserit can literaly hit you like a ton of bricks. They can decapitate someone with a kick or punch a hole through them.
Plus, Bene Gesserit have complete control over their musculature, even their hearts: a Bene Gesserit can literaly hit you like a ton of bricks. They can decapitate someone with a kick or punch a hole through them.
The Dune miniseries was pretty good, quite faithful and despite the low budget (they used a lot of matte backgrounds, in 2002!) I think it's about as good as it could have been.
As for Jodorowsky, the same concept applies as for Lynch: if you are a crazy visionary director you may make good movies, but you are hardly fit to make an adaptation of existing material. Even less so with material that's hard to render in a movie, as is the case with Dune.
As for Jodorowsky, the same concept applies as for Lynch: if you are a crazy visionary director you may make good movies, but you are hardly fit to make an adaptation of existing material. Even less so with material that's hard to render in a movie, as is the case with Dune.
Except that it's not. The Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers and the Return of the King are actually three separate books, they just get shipped as a whole nowadays. And without appendix they sum up to a 900-1000 pages total, about as much as Dune + Messiah + Children.coldalarm said:
Except that it is. Open up your copy and look for yourself if you don't believe me.Viruzzo said:
The Lord of the Rings is 1 Novel divided into 3 Volumes, further divided into 6 Books + Appendix. It doesn't matter if you have the "complete" edition or the three separate volumes, it's the same. Publishers sell it as a whole and as three volumes (Not exclusively one or the other). Actually, I think there's quite a few variations floating around the market.
Again, not really. If you split a TV season into two parts, as they often do for DVD releases, it doesn't suddenly become two seasons. It's still one season, but in two parts. That's pretty much what Lord of the Rings is when you buy the three-volume set, it's one novel in three parts.Viruzzo said:
I've seen Jodorowsky's "El Topo" and I thought it was pretentious tosh, overloaded with a crazy amount of impenetrable symbolism. After that, I can't imagine he could make anything else that would be remotely interesting.