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Same…and that’s coming from someone who has fallen asleep (in theater!) during some supposedly great action movies (“The Batman” I’m looking at you).

I never felt like nodding off during Dune, even the second time I watched it.

i did have neck strain and minor whiplash after going to the 4DX viewing, however

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:46 pm I actually really enjoyed the first one, I'm looking forward to the trailer and seeing the conclusion.

Note the article is from The Onion.

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:51 pm i did have neck strain and minor whiplash after going to the 4DX viewing, however

Was that you? I thought it was Hep that detailed his traumatic experience with 4DX. Whomever it was, it was a thoroughly entertaining read, would recommend. Better than Cats.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:55 pm

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:46 pm I actually really enjoyed the first one, I'm looking forward to the trailer and seeing the conclusion.

Note the article is from The Onion.

I get it, but their humor is almost always based on some truth. I guess many people found the movie boring, dunno.

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:56 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:51 pm i did have neck strain and minor whiplash after going to the 4DX viewing, however

Was that you? I thought it was Hep that detailed his traumatic experience with 4DX. Whomever it was, it was a thoroughly entertaining read, would recommend. Better than Cats.

hepcat went to 4DX "The Batman"

i can report also that no one in my group that attended enjoyed the 4DXperience

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:57 pm

coopasonic wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:55 pm

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:46 pm I actually really enjoyed the first one, I'm looking forward to the trailer and seeing the conclusion.

Note the article is from The Onion.

I get it, but their humor is almost always based on some truth. I guess many people found the movie boring, dunno.

I think the joke is more about the first one being really long and a lot of people watching it at home since it was released on HBOMax. I know I split it into two nights - I would have definitely fallen asleep if I had tried to do one sitting given that I end up starting something like that late at night.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:55 pm

Hyena wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 2:46 pm I actually really enjoyed the first one, I'm looking forward to the trailer and seeing the conclusion.

Note the article is from The Onion.

Oh I know, I wasn't necessarily responding to the article. I'm just really looking forward to seeing how they wrap it all up. I was 9 or 10 when the David Lynch movie came out and had no idea what I was going in to. I remember the movie theater had a glossary of terms they handed out to people as they entered the screening, and I remember I was hugely grossed out by the Baron Harkonnen and the heart plug scene. I actually got up and walked out because I was a sensitive young lad... But then I came back in about ten minutes later and loved the rest of the movie, particularly the training with the weirding modules, the battle for the planet, and the final combat between Paul and Feyd-Rautha.

I also own the more accurate but not as well received miniseries on DVD.

I fell asleep trying to read the book, and fell asleep during the movie. So I guess it's true to the book.

I have no exposure to Dune outside the latest movie and I loved it and can't wait for more.

Easily the best film of the last few years for me.

Looks super solid. I had one tiny concern and I feel it stands for now. Virginia Madsen set a high bar for Irulan. She portrayed Irulan with the elegance you'd expect. I had (and still have) a worry that Pugh was too 'down to earth' to pull that off. It's a minor thing but still really looking forward to this.

Trailer looks awesome!

malchior wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:43 pm Looks super solid. I had one tiny concern and I feel it stands for now. Virginia Madsen set a high bar for Irulan. She portrayed Irulan with the elegance you'd expect.

Besides the opening intro, and being shooed away by her father a few minutes later... I don't recall much of any Princess Irulan in the Lynch film. She had a sizeable role in the miniseries, but that was a different actress.

Daveman wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 1:35 pm Trailer looks awesome!

malchior wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 12:43 pm Looks super solid. I had one tiny concern and I feel it stands for now. Virginia Madsen set a high bar for Irulan. She portrayed Irulan with the elegance you'd expect.

Besides the opening intro, and being shooed away by her father a few minutes later... I don't recall much of any Princess Irulan in the Lynch film.

IIRC she has a bigger part in the Director's Cut but in the end her voiceovers, appearances, and time spent on screen were elegant.

I don't remember her having a single line after the intro.

I liked her in the role, and I had a huge crush on her when I was a teenager, but I don't recall her being that much of a standout in the show. At least so far as being hard to replace.

For me, Lynch's Dune will always be known for two things:

1) The amazing set and costume design

2) Sting screaming (awkwardly), "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!"

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 3:00 pm I liked her in the role, and I had a huge crush on her when I was a teenager, but I don't recall her being that much of a standout in the show. At least so far as being hard to replace.

For me, Lynch's Dune will always be known for two things:

1) The amazing set and costume design

2) Sting screaming (awkwardly), "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!"

How much would you pay for "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!" to be included in this movie?

McNutt wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 2:24 pm I don't remember her having a single line after the intro.

In the novel she appears in a single scene (the last one) and doesn't speak at all in it. Her only presence is in the epigraphs to a small number of chapters. (She's a more major character in Dune Messiah, though.)

Holman wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 5:36 pm

McNutt wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 2:24 pm I don't remember her having a single line after the intro.

In the novel she appears in a single scene (the last one) and doesn't speak at all in it. Her only presence is in the epigraphs to a small number of chapters. (She's a more major character in Dune Messiah, though.)

What are you, some kind of expert or something?

*looks at avatar*

Ummm...nevermind.

El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 5:24 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 3:00 pm I liked her in the role, and I had a huge crush on her when I was a teenager, but I don't recall her being that much of a standout in the show. At least so far as being hard to replace.

For me, Lynch's Dune will always be known for two things:

1) The amazing set and costume design

2) Sting screaming (awkwardly), "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!"

How much would you pay for "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!" to be included in this movie?

Not as much as I would to have Mark Wahlberg playing the part of Feyd-Rautha.

"Yo, Paulie, you got wicked mad skills with that kiss knife or whatever. You wanna throw down? Oh, and say hi to your mother for me."

....although I suspect it would really go like this... "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll ...LINE!"

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 10:56 am

El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 5:24 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 3:00 pm I liked her in the role, and I had a huge crush on her when I was a teenager, but I don't recall her being that much of a standout in the show. At least so far as being hard to replace.

For me, Lynch's Dune will always be known for two things:

1) The amazing set and costume design

2) Sting screaming (awkwardly), "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!"

How much would you pay for "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll him!" to be included in this movie?

Not as much as I would to have Mark Wahlberg playing the part of Feyd-Rautha.

"Yo, Paulie, you got wicked mad skills with that kiss knife or whatever. You wanna throw down? Oh, and say hi to your mother for me."

....although I suspect it would really go like this... "I wIIILLLLllll killlllll ...LINE!"

Honestly, I feel like we should let you run Hollywood for one year. Shake things up!

The writer's strike is your chance!

And take time away from my Charles Nelson Reilly fan blog? No thanks! I've got over 7 people who depend on my daily dose of CNR facts!

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:53 pm And take time away from my Charles Nelson Reilly fan blog? No thanks! I've got over 7 people who depend on my daily dose of CNR facts!

I still can't believe you didn't buy the Horatio J. Hoodoo costume and prosthetics when they were up for auction.

Man, CNR would've made a great emperor in Dune.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 8:15 pm Man, CNR would've made a great emperor in Dune.

Emperor - no. Count Fenring, absolutely. I bet he could plausibly do Lady Fenring as well.

But where would CSNY have come in?

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 10:45 pm But where would CSNY have come in?

Fremen jihadists, of course.

Meh. Total skip from me. Reason: Not enough pugs.

Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 11:15 pm Meh. Total skip from me. Reason: Not enough pugs.

Spoiler:

j/k, I'm going and bringing a sack of pugs with me.

Hope you're going to feed them some melange.

In the time it took you to post that, Brian Herbert has already released a Pugs of Dune trilogy….

Archinerd wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 2:01 pm

It's eyes aren't blue. Probably a Bene Tlielaxu pug, which might as well be part zombie.

[Dune Nerd]
Q: Why do pugs make the best chairdogs?
A: Because they are already twisted, unnatural genetic abominations.
[/Dune Nerd]

Jeff V wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 11:27 pm

It's eyes aren't blue. Probably a Bene Tlielaxu pug, which might as well be part zombie.

:you are probably right so I'm nodding in agreement emoji:

Meanwhile, it’s open mic night at Sietch Tabr

I love that they’re focusing on Paul NOT being the hero that the Lynch movie made him. It’s truer to the books.