DUNE

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

Went to see Dune last night and it was amazing. So good that I am going to go back and watch it again.

Production values were fantastic considering it didn't have the most massive of budgets and the soundtrack and soundscape are absolutely S tier, if not the best I have heard in a live action film. [The best original soundtrack I have ever heard is the OST from the anime Tower of God by Kevin Penkin, it is incredible.]

Anyway, the film was stand-out amazing. I thought it was going to be a bit of a let-down because I have fond memories as a little boy sitting with my uncles watching the original DUNE (1984) on VHS (I was born almost a decade after the movie was out) and I have nostalgia about the pageantry and pantomime elements of that film, but I know that doesn't work anymore in the modern film era and was hoping the 2021 film wasn't going to be ham-fisted.

Incredible movie. I've not bought a Blu-ray in about 4 or 5 years but when this comes out with all the bonus features and extended scenes, etc I am getting it. I also bought the OST on iTunes.

This is probably the third-best movie I have ever seen. The best movie I have ever seen is Saving Private Ryan and is followed by Your Name.

I read the book years ago but I saw it's only a fiver in Tesco and I have an 8 hour flight coming up in 12 days so I am going to re-read it again.
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[MarJay]

Yes it's very bloody good. It's very much what the most recent Star Wars movies should have been.

The book is a slog. It's not the same as the movie at all. Nor the same as the Lynch version either. It's a lot of Paul sitting on his bed wittering to Chani about the weight on his shoulders as I recall.
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[WD Forte]

Kinda Game of thrones in space but less sexy bits and humour.
It was pretty good, but I struggled to suspend disbelief
re the sand worms.
How do they move so fast in sand and how does such a massive creature get enough to eat?
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[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Sand worns eat spice, as well as plankton. The spice, worms and sand-trout are an ecosystem.

Spice (melange) is a geriatric drug as well as mind expanding. That's why the spacing guild navigators manage to mutate to the extreme needed so that they can bend space with their minds so there is no reason why the worms haven't taken centuries to get to their ultimate size.

Read all the books.....
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[stinkwheel]

I made sure to go watch that one on the big screen.

You get a lot more from it having read the book.

I thought the character of Jessica in the film was a bit pathetic.

EDIT: It wasn't mentioned in the books but in the new film, they made a point about there being vibrations associated with the worm movements that made the sand behave like a fluid, people started to sink into the sand when a worm approached.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

So how the fuck do they ride the fuckers if they sink when they get near?

You're not thinking of liet/Keynes? That was a spice blow, not a worm.
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[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

How do they do that if the worms approach makes the sand behave like its liquid?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

How does an earthworm do it? After that it's just a matter of scale.
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[chickenstrip]

Are people actually arguing about the science of a science fiction movie?
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[Freddyfruitba...]

Saw it the other night... not normally my sort of thing but did enjoy it.

I knew nothing of the books or story beforehand and think I missed a fair bit of plot because of that. But can someone tell me why these incredibly advanced civilisations zoom around the universe in rocket ships and then fight each other with swords and spears?

And what's the deal with the dodgy ReadyBrek 'central heating for kids' electronic suit which works sometimes but not others?

Does anyone watch the series "Preacher" on Amazon Prime? If so you'll be familiar with "The Voice" which compels people to obey you unquestioningly... it's pretty much identical in sound and function to the one in Dune, which was interesting: can't be coincidental. "Preacher" is apparently based on some comic book, and obviously Dune is based on books... I wonder which came first, and how this was dealt with in the original stories?
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[Ribenapigeon]

[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

I'm assuming you are talking about shields?

They cannot stop anything moving slowly and if you point a lazer at them you get something like a small atomic weapon going off.

Plus they attract worms.

So no lazers or.projectile weapons and so swords and knives.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

Ah OK, thanks. Missed that (dialogue wasn't brilliantly clear at the cinema TBH).

What about when Paul was play-fighting with Josh Brolin near the start, and the shields lit up red to denote a lethal blow? Weren't the shields protecting the users from blades then?
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[MarJay]

Re Duncan and Lasguns, apparently his Orni's shields drop just before they fire a lasgun at him. Also there is some ropey science to do with lasguns that are fired from the air too...
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[MarJay]

[Easy-X]

I quite liked it. It did a good job of "filming the unfilmable" but is it up there with the first Lord of the Rings trilogy? I'd have to see the next ones.

At least it's a serious stab at science fiction compared to... well pretty much everything bar The Expanse. I'm watching "Another Life" at the moment, the 2nd season is just as torturous as the first
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[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Tbh the mini series of dune and children of dune did the books justice but still like the lynch version.

Haven't seen the new version yet.

I'm hoping that someone tries to film God emperor of dune....
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[Ribenapigeon]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Who are you nominating to play the lead role?
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