Ogdred Weary
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I didn't know those existed. I reckon they're as rare as rocking horse poop and may be worth a LOT.
Especially the interestingly shaped Shai Hulud.
I didn't know those existed. I reckon they're as rare as rocking horse poop and may be worth a LOT.
Does the worm have a soft centre, and you can put your finger in? Asking for a friend...
Jod basically failed to get it together when he had the chance. He did commission a lot of artwork in prep for a film, but sadly his version never got made.Someone asked Alejandro Jodorowsky what he thought of the new Dune trailer:
News story
Basically, he, as an auteur, would have made his version amazing, and Villeneuve, as a studio filmmaker, is going to play it safe, according to Al. I kind of get what he means while still thinking he would say that, wouldn't he?
Jod basically failed to get it together when he had the chance. He did commission a lot of artwork in prep for a film, but sadly his version never got made.
Perhaps just as well that it never got made.There's a very good documentary about it. If he had completed his film, it probably wouldn't have resembled Herbert's story very much.
Perhaps just as well that it never got made.
The new Dune has been delayed a whole year to NEXT October. I suppose we can be optimistic that the studios believe there will still be cinemas open then. Otherwise, you'll be watching its premiere on your phone in 2022.
Guess we’d better change the title of this thread then!The new Dune has been delayed a whole year to NEXT October. I suppose we can be optimistic that the studios believe there will still be cinemas open then. Otherwise, you'll be watching its premiere on your phone in 2022.
The new Dune has been delayed a whole year to NEXT October. I suppose we can be optimistic that the studios believe there will still be cinemas open then. Otherwise, you'll be watching its premiere on your phone in 2022.
I heard that they're planning to inject you with the overdue movie of your choice when you get your Covid vaccine.
I read the books (well, the initial 6) some years back, and by the end, felt utterly cheated. Pretentious gibberish, with hardly anything explained, I thought. However, I know that my opinion seems at odds with the rest of the world, and I'd like to find out what others see in the story. Fortunately, there's more action (and spaceships!) in that trailer than I remember from all the hours I frittered away on the books, so I might well check this film out. Surely there's a decent tale ready to break out, amongst all the pseudo-religious nonsense?
My hopes were probably unfairly raised by the consensus that this was "classic sci-fi". It's not proper sci-fi to me, possibly not even a decent space opera. I'm not saying that that's the reason for my disappointment, but if Dune had been marketed as fantasy (albeit with space-y overtones) from the get-go, I might have given it a fairer crack.I agree, all my peer group went mad about the books but yeah, I found them inpenetrable pseudo religious rubbish
I dunno, I've read Timothée described as a twink hero and I doubt that's what Herbert had in mind.
Definitely undernourished. Needs to eat more pies.He's suitably skinny though.
Definitely undernourished. Needs to eat more pies.