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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm still amazed how well they managed to pull off part 1. There are really good reasons why Dune was known as an "unfilmable" franchise. But by Shai Hulud, they fuckin' did it.

It's too much to hope for, but there's not much I wouldn't give to see them continue making more of the books into movies.

[–] pntha@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it’s all but confirmed Messiah will happen

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pntha@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[Villeneuve] said last December that “Dune Messiah” is “being written right now,”

all that’s waiting is for WB to give the greenlight, really. given all the praise and the very likely box office success, it’s almost a certainty

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Oh shit. Hell yeah

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't wish too far down the line. After the Original author passed away and his son continued on in the series....well let's just say the apple rolled a bit after it fell from the tree.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who wrote the one that's thousands of years after, about when the god emperor dies?

That would be wild to see.

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

That's God Emperor of Dune, and Frank Herbert (the original author) was the one who wrote it.

One of the best Reddit comments I ever saw was in response to the announcement that they were considering also adapting the second book. Someone just said "do God Emperor you cowards".

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've read all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels and nine more by Brian Herbert and Keith Anderson and I'm planning to continue. I'll happily wish for as many movies as they could possibly make. Prelude to Dune in particular was an amazing series of novels. Probably among the more difficult to adapt into movies, but they've apparently done an amazing job with the two they've done so far.

I haven't met or talked to many who have read any of Brian and Keith's novels, but from my small sample size (and from my own personal experience), I get the impression not that they're not bad, but polarizing. People either love them or hate them. The most hard-core Dune fan I know says he likes the Brian and Keith books better than Frank's and he wishes they'd made the movies in chronological order -- starting with Legends of Dune set 10,000 years before the first Frank Herbert novel and detailing the start of the Butlerian Jihad -- rather than starting with the first Dune novel published. He also recommemds reading Dune in chronological not publication order.

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Man, I should watch the movie. Also finish the last 50ish pages on the book.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The first one was good, but I need a re-watch before taking on part 2.

But also... WTF?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Context man...

She was a Disney/Nick kid, she is incredibly normal for her peer group. If she wants to dress as a stereotypical female protagonist from a DND RPG video game while attending the premier or an iconic sci-fi adaptation based on feudal society she has a significant lead role in, I say go for it.

Even if she goes bat shit crazy tomorrow, she held it together better than most of the kids that went thru that meat grinder.

Like isn't her first costar now a coked out only fans model?

Zendaya is killing it in comparison

[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Real context-

That dess/suit was made by the designer (Mugler) she has been wearing for a small series of outfits she has been wearing. This particular one was brought out of a museum just for this premiere and she even had to change out of it after doing the carpet walk. It was made in 1995, inspired by and modeled after the robot from Metropolis.

I know it is odd to have a bunch of nerds try and read about fashion, but it is interesting. It wasn't some "look at me not be a disney kid" thing.

https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/zendaya-mugler-robot-suit-dune-two-london-premiere

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't even recognize her. Wow.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Metropolis, yes, now I see it!

[–] swiffswaffplop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, who’s the coked out one? I need the name for…prayer over the addiction.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bella Thorne.

And it's not even like she went crazy either tho. Just parties a lot and gets a lot of money for topless pictures to fund partying.

It's not like I'm saying those child actors all grew up to be serial killers. It just doesn't make sense to expect perfectly well adjusted adults out of them. Nothing about their childhoods were normal, and even if they weren't abused, someone in their small peer group they were friends with did.

Gotta cut them some slack as long as they're not hurting anyone.

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of those child actors literally became a pornstar

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's a job.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Not the first time that's happened.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, I've only read the books once years ago. But I DON'T Remember the glass and chrome bodysuit.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This, as near as I can tell, not from the movie, she wore it to the opening.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Goofy posture. goofy outfit. Bare ass. 10/10

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I dunno what I’m looking at but I’m here for it

[–] pntha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it’s Mugler and it’s iconic

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wonder what the mobility and articulation is like in that thing.

[–] ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The shoulders, elbows, and knees actually look like decent armor joints; overlapping plates with decent bend room and interior cloth covers. I'm really hoping it's some kind of stiff fabric because the entire hip/thigh region would be something awful in metal.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully better than it looks?

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I'm heckin' excited.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I can't wait for Denis to tackle Dune Messiah where he can really tackle some difficulties.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Dunc...an Idaho

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)