***DUNE*** (Denis Villeneuve)

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Al Bula
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9:48p, 8/9/21
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Yeesh, Chani looks gross.

Give me Ray Finkel any day.



Oh and THIS is how you rip off Star Wars for your movie poster.

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Brian Earl Spilner
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9:53p, 8/9/21
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I guess I'll be the one guy who likes the poster. Simple, clean, and I like the color. Little derivative, but not a huge problem for me.
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In reply to Al Bula • 9:56p, 8/9/21
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Easy, Rod said:


I will pay good money for this poster in English....
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In reply to hunter2012 • 10:28p, 8/9/21
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hunter2012 said:
TCTTS said:
The character posters were great, but the IMAX teaser poster has been the best yet...

This, Dune is as large scale as a space opera can get. If I recall correctly humanity has spread across the known universe so anything that can show such a massive scale is for the better(don't worry that's no spoiler).
This poster is so perfect, that it is crazy to me they felt they need to make a generic boring one instead.
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In reply to PatAg • 10:35p, 8/9/21
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With a cast this great, I get the desire to want to highlight it in a poster. When you have this many stars, it would almost be malpractice not to. But they certainly could have done it in more creative ways.
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10:35p, 8/9/21
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Slightly better...

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11:08p, 8/9/21
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It just feels like the "montage of faces looking different directions" is played out.
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In reply to Al Bula • 1:28a, 8/10/21
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Easy, Rod said:
Yeesh, Chani looks gross.


Oh and THIS is how you rip off Star Wars for your movie poster.



For some reason, looking at this poster, my brain decided to imagine sting singing "I'll cut Paul Atreides." to the same tune as "I want my mtv" from "Money for Nothing".

Money for nothing spice for free.
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4:43a, 8/10/21
AG
Valid arguments on both sides between these two threads...

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8:32a, 8/10/21
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I feel like its just the production company having data that suggests "putting the faces of big actors = big box office", and the ROI and having your art team development something iconic is not very good.

As a fan, I want the iconic art and despise lazy and generic posters. Im not under any delusion posters "used to be better", and there have always been posters like this. I'm saying we should have that expectation of new films.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:53a, 8/10/21
Yes the complaints about this poster are very "abe Simpson". But to me it is just testament to how fantastic everything else we have seen related to this movie is.

This is literally the first thing related to this film that has caused people to say "Meh." Not "what the eff were they thinking?" Not "man they ****ed up there" not "this movie looks terrible"

But
"Meh. I expected more."
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In reply to RikkiTikkaTagem • 9:07a, 8/10/21
AG
Dammit, now stuck in my head is

I'll cut Paul,
I'll cut Paul,
I'll cut Paul 'treidis

We've got to fight for the house Harkonnen.
Eliminate Atreideeeeeeeeze
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In reply to Duncan Idaho • 9:34a, 8/10/21
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The good thing is I am fairly certain no one actually involved with making the movie is usually involved with making the poster.

Could be wrong, that is just my understanding.
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In reply to TCTTS • 9:41a, 8/10/21
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That is far worse imho.
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In reply to Al Bula • 10:49a, 8/10/21
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Yes, she's not attractive at all, but she's also probably too young for me to even be commenting on it.
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In reply to PatAg • 10:49a, 8/10/21
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PatAg said:
I feel like its just the production company having data that suggests "putting the faces of big actors = big box office", and the ROI and having your art team development something iconic is not very good.

As a fan, I want the iconic art and despise lazy and generic posters. Im not under any delusion posters "used to be better", and there have always been posters like this. I'm saying we should have that expectation of new films.
Agreed.

The production company should know the story will sell itself--the actors are a bonus. There are so many fans of the book that are looking forward to the iconic art more than the actors themselves. I hope this movie brings the story ALIVE. The space ports, the spice, the worms. I cannot wait to see how the Bene Gesserit are portrayed.

I haven't looked forward to a movie like this in a long time. I think the LOTR was the last time I was excited to drop everything and go to a theatre.
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11:19a, 8/10/21
"I need to recognize the actors" posters are cringe. No intrigue. No submersion. No art. Just "setting with human commodities."

Unless you're Nolan you get low-brow posters.

Just look at that cast list from margin to margin. It's like reading the damn matrix
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In reply to Bird Poo • 11:45a, 8/10/21
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PearlJammin said:
PatAg said:
I feel like its just the production company having data that suggests "putting the faces of big actors = big box office", and the ROI and having your art team development something iconic is not very good.

As a fan, I want the iconic art and despise lazy and generic posters. Im not under any delusion posters "used to be better", and there have always been posters like this. I'm saying we should have that expectation of new films.
Agreed.

The production company should know the story will sell itself--the actors are a bonus. There are so many fans of the book that are looking forward to the iconic art more than the actors themselves. I hope this movie brings the story ALIVE. The space ports, the spice, the worms. I cannot wait to see how the Bene Gesserit are portrayed.

I haven't looked forward to a movie like this in a long time. I think the LOTR was the last time I was excited to drop everything and go to a theatre.


I'm wondering how much exposition is added to explain all the terminology. The book gives you a terminology guide for reference, but the actual story pretty much just drops you into the world.
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 12:13p, 8/10/21
Lynch's dune came with a cheat sheet when you bought your ticket

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/dune-confusing-1984-audiences-universal-handed-cheat-sheets.html
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In reply to YouBet • 2:32p, 8/10/21
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YouBet said:
Yes, she's not attractive at all, but she's also probably too young for me to even be commenting on it.
Yeah well she's a man.
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In reply to Duncan Idaho • 2:45p, 8/10/21
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Duncan Idaho said:
Lynch's dune came with a cheat sheet when you bought your ticket

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/dune-confusing-1984-audiences-universal-handed-cheat-sheets.html


That was a big knock on the theatrical movie cut. If you hadn't read the book, you had no idea who people's characters were. There was.an almost 2 more hour cut that I have seen on TV that fixed this. I just have never seen that cut in. U.S region DVD.
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4:10p, 8/10/21
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I liked the SyFy Dune miniseries

Chani had some Tig Ol' Bitties
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In reply to Duncan Idaho • 10:45p, 8/10/21
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That's wild.
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 10:10a, 8/11/21
Champ Bailey said:
That's wild.

When I went to see the lunch movie, the cashier gave me the sheet. My buddy that read the book grabbed it looked it over real quick and said "yeah. That's not good sign. You're gonna want to read that."
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In reply to Duncan Idaho • 11:32a, 8/11/21
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Duncan Idaho said:
Champ Bailey said:
That's wild.

When I went to see the lunch movie, the cashier gave me the sheet. My buddy that read the book grabbed it looked it over real quick and said "yeah. That's not good sign. You're gonna want to read that."



Haha and the article talks about how you had all these people squinting in the dark trying to read definitions during the movie. Hopefully they come up with a better way this go around.
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12:01p, 8/11/21
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It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.
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In reply to YouBet • 12:09p, 8/11/21
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YouBet said:
It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.
Apples and oranges.

With GoT you had a week to look up anything you didn't understand.

2 1/2 hours in a dark theater doesn't give you that opportunity.

I could see a LOTR style prologue to help with world building and historical context.
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12:11p, 8/11/21
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I'm wondering how the internal thoughts of Paul will be communicated to the audience. Will there be a voice-over like the first movie?

There is a ton of that in the book and it was very important for the readers to know WTF was going on the entire time.
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12:17p, 8/11/21
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I've been interested in this mostly because of Villeneuve and knowing that Dune is a cornerstone of sci-fi, but reading that pamphlet made me wonder if it really is time to read the book. I just bought it but I'm going back and forth if I'd rather see the movie or just knock this book out first. Thoughts?
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In reply to Bird Poo • 12:17p, 8/11/21
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PearlJammin said:
I'm wondering how the internal thoughts of Paul will be communicated to the audience. Will there be a voice-over like the first movie?

There is a ton of that in the book and it was very important for the readers to know WTF was going on the entire time.
record scratch + freeze frame.
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In reply to Whos Juan • 12:18p, 8/11/21
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Whos Juan said:
YouBet said:
It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.
Apples and oranges.

With GoT you had a week to look up anything you didn't understand.

2 1/2 hours in a dark theater doesn't give you that opportunity.

I could see a LOTR style prologue to help with world building and historical context.
Yes, but LOTR is also a great example. I just don't see this as any more complex than numerous other big cast/big theme movies that have come out since 1984 though.

The internal dialogue deal is a challenge. I will say I'm about to start my re-read and maybe I'll change my opinion after I get into it.

To me, though, it just feels like people have adjusted to "big" movies like this and it won't be the detriment that everyone thinks it is.
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In reply to YouBet • 12:27p, 8/11/21
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YouBet said:
It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.


Well especially in the Lynch version you get dropped right into the middle. "Hi I'm Princess Irulan. Here's three minutes of exposition. See you again when I reappear in 2.5 hours. Good luck!"
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In reply to YouBet • 12:28p, 8/11/21
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YouBet said:
It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.
You must have forgotten the early season non-Spoiler threads on this board full of whiners complaining there were too many guys with beards to tell apart.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 12:31p, 8/11/21
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YouBet said:
It's way less complex than Game of Thrones and people got through that just fine.

Not sure why they need to do anything here.
You must have forgotten the early season non-Spoiler threads on this board full of whiners complaining there were too many guys with beards to tell apart.
I feel the same way at the Orthodox Jewish Convention every year.
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In reply to YouBet • 12:36p, 8/11/21
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I assume there will probably be some kind of stage-setting cold open like LOTR.
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