A thread about the Denis Villeneuve-helmed reboot of DUNE

I'm excited for this one, though my son (who watched the first one with me but found it to be way too slow for his 12 year-old tastes) had a nice zing at this a few weeks ago when we went to see Wonka in the theater and the trailer for part two played, "so is this going to be the good half where stuff happens?".

Roffle.

Full array of the fashion looks from the premiere (including the spoilery bit per the tweet)

https://gizmodo.com/dune-2-premiere-fashion-zendaya-star-wars-chalamet-pugh-1851261555

With all respect to your son but a TON of stuff happened in the first one

yeah I just rewatched it and was surprised how fast it moves. there's some setup in the first hour, but starting from the escape from the spice harvester, it's almost nonstop action

As I recall it, the worms were pretty subdued in the first installment even though they are the five-star attractions in the eyes of any normal 12 year old lad - much more so than Paul the Sadsack Quizzer-Ack (sp?).

Kwisatz Haderach
Give a dog a bone

I just

Kwizatz
Kwizatz
Kwizatz to where you haderach

[Billy Preston solo on keys]

There’s a Villeneuve festival on at Lincoln Center right now.

https://www.filmlinc.org/series/denis-villeneuve/

As I recall it, the worms were pretty subdued in the first installment even though they are the five-star attractions in the eyes of any normal 12 year old lad - much more so than Paul the Sadsack Quizzer-Ack (sp?).

Yeah, pretty much this. A lot of stuff did happen for sure, but I can absolutely see how this might be too slow for a current 12 year-old more attuned to the pace of MCU or other contemporary stuff.

we saw Dune part 1 in IMAX a few weeks ago and it had a sneak preview of Dune 2 that was basically Muad'dib ridin' his first sandworm and the crowd went NUTS

(we also saw a screening of the Lynch Dune this past weekend and I reaffirm my position that it is 1000x better, although I'm still kinda excited to go see Dune 2)

dune part one is mainly about timmy chalét going on a hike with his mum iirc

oooh, do you know if there are more screenings of the Lynch Dune? I haven't seen it on the big screen since I was a kid

xp

dunelynch dwindles greatly once they reach the desert and start hiking: director lacks feels for sand imo, those stretches feels both rushed and unending lol

but it's the MOVIE4U if u luv whispered exposition, the weirding module, pugs

^^h.m.bateman's the man who enjoyed dune messiah

the new film's lack of pugs is inexplicable and a major flaw

(the screenings of the Lynch Dune were a Fathom event on the 18th and the 19th... sorry!)

Universal has beautiful 35mm prints of Dune ‘84, so ask your local Cinematheque to book it. A 70mm print of it screened at the British Film Institute last year

haha, the print Fathom used was... not great

AFI Silver, this weekend, on 70mm film. I barely know anything about the Dune-i-verse, but I'm taking my mother.

did you see part 1?

"I'm taking my mother"

for you ARE the kwisatz haderach

taking off of half of work today to see this

same

I barely know anything about the Dune-i-verse

It's very complicated. There are good guys and bad guys as per usual, but they come in a lot of flavors to placate the fans of the 7 or 8 Dune books. The first film was mainly about exposition, but this one will probably opt for atmosphere and spectacle. Have fun!

7 or 8 or 23 or possibly 26 or 28

worms poop drug that lets you see the future

Is this a jump rope?

https://64.media.tumblr.com/8aa046adb99a01fdc11285550fa0492a/tumblr_omcyn3co1s1tpdqt1o1_640.jpg

I have seen and enjoyed part 2

same. incredible atmosphere.

I saw part 1 with my mother. I was largely lost, but she's familiar with the books and told me more in extensive detail.

I’m sure someone dropped this already, but a good catch-up guide before the new film:

https://maxread.substack.com/p/dune-annotated

I was reading it again before sending it to friends and forgot how max put it in terms for people very online

I've read half the book recently (waiting till after the film to read the second half) (iirc I read it maybe 30 years ago, didn't remember anything) and it was less dense than I was expecting. If there's two things the movie skimps on it's that 1) no computers, mentats! and b) paul is atreides AND harkonnen AND bene gesserit AND a mentat and hence the kwisatz haderach. Obviously.

https://c.tenor.com/ce1VXmViNMgAAAAd/tenor.gif

*mentat eyeroll* can't believe they're asking me to do ridiculous computations in my head again

An interview (probably one of many) with Villeneuve here: https://screencrush.com/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two-interview/

I strongly agree with him: we should have gotten more Thufir Hawat

I watched a torrented cam job of part two last night, some disgusting savage resting their foot on the back of a cinema chair completely ruined some of the desert scenes.

lmao

how hard could it be to synthesize spice

it's like 10,000 balisets when all u need is a synth

It's the worm riding that I don't understand. How can a huge unpredictable creature be relied upon to get from a to b. Like, come on hurry up - the 8.37 to Southern Arakis will soon be arriving at the station, don't leave your baggage too close to its giant anus.

God help you if you ride coach

drink enough of a creature’s vital fluid and you will come to understand the creature. how do you think we figured out horses?

I just want to go to Dune World amusement park and get some spice fries

in the book they explain that you use the hooks separate the chitinous plates of the worm and it turns to avoid getting sand in there, and that functions for steering

Worms need to unionize imo

pail atreides is remy the rat

the way they extract the water of life from the babby worms looks painful and cruel, no wonder the old ones are a bit radge at times