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My memories of seeing the 1984 version... It was my first THX film. I hadn't read the book either. I saw it with my mom, who kept leaning over to ask me what was going on...

TheMix wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:00 pm My memories of seeing the 1984 version... It was my first THX film. I hadn't read the book either. I saw it with my mom, who kept leaning over to ask me what was going on...

What, didn't she get the handout?

Oh, that's great.

Ha! I wish!

Though I'm not sure that it would have helped with the plot.

Movie theater staff gave them to you with your ticket. I had a couple of copies in my high-school desk until my parents downsized and trashed all that.

i've come around to Lynch's _Dune_ - especially with De Laurentiis as executive producer, how could it be otherwise? starting to feel Villeneuve's version is a little too serious and needs a bit more Jodorowsky.

I...may actually get one of those.

Archinerd, Zarathud and Seppe will just have to deal with the embarrassment of sitting next to me while I hold that aloft and make worm sounds throughout the film.

There's a reason DUNE calls them "thumpers"...

Holman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:31 pm Movie theater staff gave them to you with your ticket. I had a couple of copies in my high-school desk until my parents downsized and trashed all that.

I might still have one from Apocalypse Now in a box somewhere.

I probably mentioned this before (several times), when I saw Lynch's Dune, I was one of 4 friends. Two of us read the book and couldn't believe how bad the movie was. The other two couldn't follow it well enough to decide if it was good or bad.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:23 pm I...may actually get one of those.

Archinerd, Zarathud and Seppe will just have to deal with the embarrassment of sitting next to me while I hold that aloft and make worm sounds throughout the film.

I can handle that.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:37 pm There's a reason DUNE calls them "thumpers"...

...but I'm out if you start grunting and whispering "the spice must flow".

“Whisper” is wishful thinking on your part.

I have no shame. I fully expect hepcat to misbehave, and to participate in the silliness.

I learned the Dune story from a coloring book and the classic Avalon Hill board game gifted to me by my fun Aunt. She was dating a guy who was into sci-fi literature at the time.

I sw the trailer for the next movie yesterday. I got properly excited. And then I had to go back and make sure if it was this March or next March, because time has no meaning anymore.

bought tickets for Thursday, Feb 29 at 3pm at SIFF Downtown (formerly Cinerama) in Seattle.. i realize pretty much _no one else_ i know will be able to make this showing, but it's the very first one and it still had decent seats available.

Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:19 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:23 pm I...may actually get one of those.

Archinerd, Zarathud and Seppe will just have to deal with the embarrassment of sitting next to me while I hold that aloft and make worm sounds throughout the film.

I can handle that.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:37 pm There's a reason DUNE calls them "thumpers"...

...but I'm out if you start grunting and whispering "the spice must flow".

*That's* what you're worried about?? Not "I WIIILLLL KIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL HIIIIIIIMMMM!!!!!!"???

It’s “I WIIILLL KIIIILLL HIM!” He doesn’t elongate “HIM”. That would just be silly.

I should probably just call you and demonstrate. What’s your number?

I'm not familiar with anything Dune-related, but watched the first one on a flight last week. I liked it...I think. It was rather confusing and I admit I got a bit lost in all the flash-forwards/flash-backs. But the spectacle of it all certainly cannot be denied.

I enjoyed it enough to probably watch the sequel when it comes to streaming at some point.

I watched Dune pt. 1 recently. I quite liked the first half, but was bored by the second half.

It's generally faithful to the book, but there are lots of little changes that I wish it hadn't made, like
I'll watch Part 2, it should be more entertaining.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:34 pm It’s “I WIIILLL KIIIILLL HIM!” He doesn’t elongate “HIM”. That would just be silly.

I should probably just call you and demonstrate. What’s your number?

I'm not falling for that again.

Fun fact: I fell asleep in the theater during the original movie with Sting.

I'm just surprised you got Sting to see the movie with you.

Sting must have felt really awkward thinking, “I really want to move but this bloke is sleeping on my shoulder. Shite, is he drooling on me?!?”

I'm just surprised he didn't scream "I WILLL SLEEEPPPP HERE!" at some point.

Hipolito wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:36 pm I watched Dune pt. 1 recently. I quite liked the first half, but was bored by the second half.

It's generally faithful to the book, but there are lots of little changes that I wish it hadn't made, like

Spoiler:

- Omitting the dinner scene
- Omitting where Jessica confronts a drunken Duncan
- Baron Harkonnen flipping on his shield just before being exposed to the toxin. I liked it more in the book that he already had his shield on at the lowest setting and just forgot about it.

I'll watch Part 2, it should be more entertaining.

Interesting points, but movies have to be much more economical with time than novels:

1) The dinner scene (one of my favorites!) would probably take at least ten minutes. I think most of the plot/world-making that matters there is established in the much shorter (and invented by Villeneuve) scene where Paul encounters the gardener irrigating date palms. That's probably why the latter exists.

2) Likewise, Jessica and drunken Duncan would require a whole subplot where Duncan and Thufir suspect Jessica of treason. That would require several scenes and maybe another 15+ minutes, and all of it is moot after the Harkonnen attack anyway.

3) I'm not sure this matters much. The Baron's vulnerability right up until the key moment is probably more dramatic.

I saw this in the theater over the weekend (it was re-released to promote the upcoming sequel). It's such a unique blend of epic and weird, and I'm glad that I dragged along my kid (he had no interest the first time around).

Right after the credits, they showed a scene from Dune 2. No spoilers, but it was very well done. I can't wait for it to come out.

I can't wait.

TMI:

Went to the new(ish) Alamo Drafthouse in Boston with my 11 YO son to see Part 1 (again, for me), ahead of the sequel coming out next month. Still a great movie with the right mix of Dune weird. Plus the Alamo Drafthouse was fun, and glad to finally get to check it out.

Unagi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:12 pm I can't wait.

TMI:

Spoiler:

This Super Bowl Sunday, we made a bunch of food that was all oriented a little too spicy for my IBS. My wife wasn't sure if I wanted to endure the cost of eating such foods - and I told her, "the spice must flow".
Then I had to explain it to her.

Hopefully not with visual aids...

El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:09 pm Went to the new(ish) Alamo Drafthouse in Boston with my 11 YO son to see Part 1 (again, for me), ahead of the sequel coming out next month. Still a great movie with the right mix of Dune weird. Plus the Alamo Drafthouse was fun, and glad to finally get to check it out.

[i had to verify this wasn't a 'memory error' repeat post, but it just turns out that AWS260 posted a very similar message]

I'm excited to see part one is back to even my smaller local theatre!

El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:09 pm Went to the new(ish) Alamo Drafthouse in Boston with my 11 YO son to see Part 1 (again, for me), ahead of the sequel coming out next month. Still a great movie with the right mix of Dune weird. Plus the Alamo Drafthouse was fun, and glad to finally get to check it out.

You had me at new Alamo Drafthouse! I didn't know Boston had one.

$iljanus wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:19 am

El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:09 pm Went to the new(ish) Alamo Drafthouse in Boston with my 11 YO son to see Part 1 (again, for me), ahead of the sequel coming out next month. Still a great movie with the right mix of Dune weird. Plus the Alamo Drafthouse was fun, and glad to finally get to check it out.

You had me at new Alamo Drafthouse! I didn't know Boston had one.

They do! In the Seaport. Opened maybe 3 or 4 months ago?

Do they have pahking in Hahvahd Yahd?

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:09 pm Do they have pahking in Hahvahd Yahd?

Hahahahaha. dons scally cap Well you don’t need a fancy Harvard education to know that’s in Cambridge.

Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen's Gambit, Menu, The VVitch, and soon to be Furiosa) made a surprise appearance among the cast at the European premiere of Dune 2.

It's now confirmed that she plays Paul's sister Alia. Presumably she appears in some sort of vision of the future, as Alia is basically still a toddler at the end of the novel.