is it really possible that we don't as yet have a thread about DAVID LYNCH'S DUNE?

like if Flash Gordon but fuuuucked up

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 01:40 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

on uk netflix now and tombot otm - at least as a way of appreciating some of its more outré moments. not going to hash over any of the particularly good or bad decisions made except when i saw the standard bearers running into battle, and then patrick stewart carrying the pug, i thought 'lol you all deserve to die'.

why is gen x like a dromedary
because we came of age between two dunes
(needs some work)

lol

As posted by Chaki

This was the wrap gift for the crew in Lynch's Dune. pic.twitter.com/qnGA9zijbr

— Chaki (@ChakiFunkWizard) January 21, 2022

This piece of shit

I'm reluctant to watch the new one just because I don't want to be so disappointed yet again.

what's wrong with you? they are both ace!

I saw the Lynch version when it came out. I was enraged. He made a mockery of the book.

or improved upon it?

Only problem is the abrupt wrap up montage

It's even very abrupt in the extended cut - but what can you do

The tooth, The Tooth, THE TOOTH!

Rewatched this on Netflix back in December and although I know they tailor the selection image based on your DNA (or whatever) I couldn't understand why they were using a pic of RABBON for the first few weeks.

(RABBAN!)

rewatching the the normal cut of this grand and very silly movie

TS: running into battle armed with some giant flags vs. running into battle armed with a pug.

amazingly (i had forgotten this) the guild navigator closes the grand opening scene info-dump -- where he arrives in a MASSIVE BLACK TANK ENGINE with 30 acolytes sweeping the floor round him -- by saying "i did not say this! i am not here!"

https://c.tenor.com/QAZBtFY78eEAAAAC/you-aint.gif

noting mentat eyebrows in that gif

now I’m imagining the navigator saying “this week, I are be mostly wearing … ISSEY MIYAKE!”

paul (sleeping): "arrakis! dune! desert planet!"
feyd-rautha (grinning): "i will kill you!"
paul (sleeping, excited ): "THE SECOND MOON!"

is the fact of a second moon ever mentioned again or even slightly plot-relevant?

muad'dib is the second moon of arrakis, named after the shadow of a mouse on its surface, no?

... but other than him picking that name, no.

oh fair enough, i will look out for the callback

in the meantime:
https://us.v-cdn.net/6030345/uploads/editor/on/z9dpy6c2lk3r.jpg

god i love this tremendously goofy movie

it has nearly no momentum at all (every exciting scene broken up by three difft ppl whispering at themselves)

In that respect it is true to life.

[chapman stick solo]

a thousand chapman stick solos are not enough for levin

lol jessica actually says this line (re yueh) exactly as they reach safety with the signet ring and the stillsuits

seems a bit ungrateful!

(in the book it's like a children's song after paul becomes emperor, quoted in one of irulan's histories)

a million publications are not enough for princess irulan

callback klaxon: the second moon is again discussed (in whispers)

stillsuit noseplug fremen are like
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg/220px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg

i think this may have the highest exposition-action ratio of any film made

fremen will literally expound the narrative instead of going to therapy

shaddam iv: "bring in the floating fat man -- the duke!"
not quite sure why this^^^ description needed qualifying, but i guess it does suggest quite what dopes the padishah emperor has surrounded himself by

― mark s, Saturday, 17 September 2016 10:29 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

fremen will literally expound the narrative instead of going to therapy

BREAK!!!!!!!!

Yes please. Like, immediately.

https://nerdist.com/article/oral-history-of-david-lynch-dune-masterpiece-in-disarray-max-evry/

would read

"In our modern era of cookie cutter blockbusters, Dune stands as a glorious oddity worthy of reconsideration."

No it doesn't, fuck you.

True, it's simply a classic film that should be studied and used as the basis for an exciting new era of Lynchian sci-fi blockbusters.

I suddenly have the feeling I have lived too long.

to be clear, i hate the movie but i would absolutely read about the making of it

"Ridley's out. Who else we got?"

there are some amazing, memorable bits from it

I don’t think the producers gave Lynch the support he needed, having not tackled anything of that scale, and it shows. but the visuals, casting, and scenes that work are cool

And just an update that the oral history is now out and my copy arrived today, looks amazing. Direct order link:

https://www.1984publishing.com/bookstore/a-masterpiece-in-disarray-david-lynchs-dune-an-oral-history

!

https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed/

"bring in the floating fat man -- the duke! "

Yes yes but this story I've linked.

Coming back to theaters!

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/dune-40th-anniversary/

Enjoy Sting's jockstrap in full!

New sales guy at my office is named Feyd-Rautha Rabinowitz, so I know what you mean

― mick signals, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link

i am wondering how feyd-rautha rabinowitz is currently doing

oh, i see, that post was a jape following a post about the shadout mapes

"Japin' With The Mapes"