The Spice Stops Flowing for Dune Movie Reboot

[TheDist]

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Did anybody honestly give two shits about this project or think it was worth the effort?

It's already been adapted twice into films (well, one film and a mini series which I actually own both of). If you want the book you can go read that, the film would be utterly pointless.

Yeah I sure didn't know anyone looking forward to it. I bloody love dune, but honestly let it rest! I am getting sick of all the reboots. I wanna see new ideas not rehashing old ones over and over.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Boy, that sure is shocking.
/sarcasm

Perhaps he spent four years working on it and then realized one day, "Oh yeah...this shit DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE."

 

[Azex]

both the sci-fi mini and the old movie were okay in my book. and thats cause i know its IMPOSSIBLE to film any sort of adaptation of dune...i mean its dune ffs. its just too much. so any movie that gets made i show into one of those Marvel comics style alternate universes and view it as its own thing

 

[Azex]

Why does EVERYTHING have to be "rebooted" these days? Fuck you Hollywood, make up original stories again and stop trying to destroy my childhood.

thats what all the cowboys said about the john wayne movies XD

 

[Timmibal]

I was kinda hoping they'd keep going with the books.

God Emperor of Dune could be a fucking masterpiece... But then again it could be a b grade creature feature like that 'Dagon' adaptation.

 

[Dimitriov]

It's Landsraad not Landsraat, I just had to get that out of my system.

But I really don't need to see another movie adaptation the books are waaay too deep for a movie to ever replicate appropriately.

 

[Rayne870]

Somehow I actually forgot about this movie.

It's Landsraad not Landsraat, I just had to get that out of my system.

But I really don't need to see another movie adaptation the books are waaay too deep for a movie to ever replicate appropriately.

And this is so very very true.

 

[BabySinclair]

Well there goes a wish, then again "If wishes were fishes we'd all casts nets."

Book was amazing and philosophically heavy handed, movie was weak, the mini-series did a very good job presenting the book and integrating some of the philosophy.

 

[greyghost81]

Dune is notoriously difficult to adapt to a visual medium. That being said, I don't think the difficulty should stop people from trying because similar things were said about Lord of the Rings, No Country for Old Men, and plenty of other movies that received critical and commercial acclaim. Isn't the "safeness" of most Hollywood movies what people complain about? Why, then, shy away from hard-to-adapt material?

 

[Dectilon]

Dune is notoriously difficult to adapt to a visual medium. That being said, I don't think the difficulty should stop people from trying because similar things were said about Lord of the Rings, No Country for Old Men, and plenty of other movies that received critical and commercial acclaim. Isn't the "safeness" of most Hollywood movies what people complain about? Why, then, shy away from hard-to-adapt material?

I'm not really concerned with someone attempting to make a Dune movie per se, but the idea of 'creating a franchise' feels like it'll be accompanied by phrases like 'the next movie will be a side-story' or 'I don't see *some major character* that way...".

 

[bmart008]

I read the book and watched the movie and the mini series, and you must at all costs flee from the movie, it was horrible.

In the books the main character teaches people a special cool martial art skill, and in the movie (1984) he gives them guns... very spiritual Mr. Lynch.

The mini series on the other hand was excellent, and is well worth watching. The other mini series children of Dune is pretty good too.

 

[BENZOOKA]

This is a good reminder to finally acquire the books and read them. Before I accidentally see any movies about it or bump into any spoilers.

 

[Adventurer2626]

I wouldn't mind seeing the prequel saga told in movie form. If it falls flat, then it only ruins what a small percentage of the Dune community seems to care about. In any case I'm willing to give the directors another shot. I'm rather disappointed actually that I did not hear of this until the project got scrapped

 

[nohorsetown]

Dude, it's Landsraad, not La.. oh, someone beat me to it.

Lynch's Dune was pretty bad if you're a purist, since he changes a lotta stuff, and the pacing is shit.. but I liked it for what it was, and I love me some Kyle MacLachlan. The Sci-Fi channel series was frickin' *awful*, even tho it was more true to the story; the costumes, acting, and cheesy street-fighter fight scenes made for a grand trifecta of embarrassment. It's cool they actually took it beyond the first book, tho.. I guess.

Alejandro Jodorowsky was workin' on a version of Dune for a while back in the 70s or 80s or something; his version promised to be insanely wacky, and I'm halfway glad / halfway bummed that it miscarried. Homeboy made statements along the lines of "Frank Herbert does not own Dune.. this is a primal, immortal story of a messiah.. blah blah blah art." He wanted to cast Dali as the emperor, but Dali only accepted on the conditions that he had to be paid more per-hour than any actor ever, and that he wouldn't read the script.. and something to do with constantly pissing/shitting into a throne made of golden dolphins. Seriously, look it up - it's some pretty hilarious stuff.

Lynch's version almost fell apart in production hell, too. It's true, Dune seems to be cursed when it comes to screen adaptations. Probably for the best, because the (first four) books are just way too damn *good* for anything less than a high-budget, high-concept, take-your-time HBO miniseries. Now that Frank's dead and Kevin "I'm a douche" J. Anderson is God-Emperor of the Duniverse (with Brian Herbert as his spice-addled bumbling sidekick), I really think we should just give up on Dune movies. I don't want those assholes profiting off any potential Hollywood box-office success - they'd use it as a springboard to try and get their laughable "prequels" made into summer blockbusters.

Aaaand, I'm done with my opinionated rant. Sorry, I get kinda passionate about Dune.

 

[Yureina]

I, for one, am extremely happy that this project fell through. I grew up with Lynch's Dune, I loved the miniseries (particularly Children of Dune), but enough. No film can ever come close to the scope of the books, and they should learn to let it rest. We've had Lynch's version, we've had Scyfy's, but no more.
Maker knows I've made something of a religion from my love for the Dune universe. My first username was Siona, I read all six books ten times, I've made entire notebooks with quotes I've taken from the books. But I don't want to see another movie.

You aren't the only Dune obsessive I know. My uncle named his daughter Alia.

I also agree with you. What has been done so far is fine, and they shouldn't make anymore. The real treasure is the books anyway, as it should be.

 

[CAPTCHA]

I fucking loved Dune. It turned out to be such a great book. I havent read the other installments in the series, but I definitely will in the future. Id love to see a great dune movie come out. Give it to Peter jackson to work on after the hobbit.

Only read the first three. The quality drops after that by quite a lot.

 

[Zom-B]

I know a lot of O.G. Dune fans don't like Lynch's vision of Dune, but personally I love the movie. I think it's definitely more interpretive than many fans would like, but on it's own, it's an amazing movie and I love it. I don't think it needs a reboot, especially since there's a couple other miniseries out there that do a much better job of following the books, even if they are a bit too "TV". Perfectly serviceable, nonetheless.

Sure, a reboot might be interesting, especially with some prudent GG use, but ultimately, unnecessary.

 

[Iwata]

The books are alright, the Lynch movie is an abomination, and the mini-series is surprisingly good.

The LAST thing we need s another shitty reboot.

 

[Chal]

Interesting timing. I'm right in the middle of reading Dune for the first time.

 

[Halceon]

YES! YES! WOOOO YEAH! We have been spared this probable abomination. I might maybe possiblt support a sequel to the miniseries, including stuff from God Emperor, but other than that, the only thing you can do for Dune with a reboot is ruin it.