Dune 1984 Extended Edition; is it available?

[Nightowl1701]

Honestly Mage, if you haven’t seen it, you’d be better off saving your money and watching the Spicediver Edit instead. It’s got all the good stuff from the Extended Edition anyway (with finished FX) and more deleted stuff besides. The Extended Edition was slapped together by hacks and it clearly shows.

 

[Mage]

Honestly Mage, if you haven’t seen it, you’d be better off saving your money and watching the Spicediver Edit instead. It’s got all the good stuff from the Extended Edition anyway (with finished FX) and more deleted stuff besides. The Extended Edition was slapped together by hacks and it clearly shows.

Hm.... Is it really that bad? I am quite curious but I could always look into the Spicediver Edit. Is that somewhere on YouTube? (looking for it while I await a response)

ETA: Found it on YouTube. I'll try and watch it tomorrow or Friday, got some time off. Quite curious about it.

 

[Tosk]

If you really wanna get nuts, there's even a German release that contains the Spicediver cut along with the theatrical and TV cuts.

Dune 4K Blu-ray (Dune - Der Wüstenplanet | Ultimate Edition | Extended Version on BD) (Germany)

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[Mage]

If you really wanna get nuts, there's even a German release that contains the Spicediver cut along with the theatrical and TV cuts.

Dune 4K Blu-ray (Dune - Der Wüstenplanet | Ultimate Edition | Extended Version on BD) (Germany)

Dune 4K Blu-ray Release Date March 28, 2024 (Dune - Der Wüstenplanet | Ultimate Edition | Extended Version on BD). Blu-ray reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Blu-ray movies and deals.

www.blu-ray.com

See, I'm Dutch and ordering from German Amazon makes sense! I'll look into that, thanks!

 

[Set Harth]

Der Wustenplanet!

cool cover...

 

[Orac]

It should also be noted that the Alan Smithee version has bits cut out that are in the David Lynch version.

 

[Firebird]

I highly recommend Via Vision/Imprint's release, especially if you want a great slate of special features about the making of the film.

 

[Mage]

If you really wanna get nuts, there's even a German release that contains the Spicediver cut along with the theatrical and TV cuts.

Dune 4K Blu-ray (Dune - Der Wüstenplanet | Ultimate Edition | Extended Version on BD) (Germany)

Dune 4K Blu-ray Release Date March 28, 2024 (Dune - Der Wüstenplanet | Ultimate Edition | Extended Version on BD). Blu-ray reviews, news, specs, ratings, screenshots. Cheap Blu-ray movies and deals.

www.blu-ray.com

So turns out that is sold out as well.
Oh well, I'll take a look at the Spicedivers version on YouTube.

 

[Mage]

So, it's been ages since I last saw Dune 1984, so not all the differences stood out to me.
While I still find it a movie that draws in here and there, overall it is severely flawed, both as an adaption AND as a movie. Which is a pity, because I feel there was a lot of potential. Happy I watched the Spicedivers Edit though.

 

[Marc]

So, it's been ages since I last saw Dune 1984, so not all the differences stood out to me.
While I still find it a movie that draws in here and there, overall it is severely flawed, both as an adaption AND as a movie. Which is a pity, because I feel there was a lot of potential. Happy I watched the Spicedivers Edit though.

The harkonen heart plugs were something that never really made sense in any way when you see the Spicediver edit we get what they were seating up.

But why Lynch couldn't have just followed the from the book for Hawat's fate is beyond me.

But then it also shows things that Herbet just had just as passing comments - the water from the body of Jamis, and drowning the worm for the water of life and I don't think they really add anything to the story.

 

[FredH]

Hm.... Is it really that bad?

“Release the bombs. Release the bombs. In case it’s unclear what we’re doing right now.”

 

[Mage]

The harkonen heart plugs were something that never really made sense in any way when you see the Spicediver edit we get what they were seating up.

But why Lynch couldn't have just followed the from the book for Hawat's fate is beyond me.

But then it also shows things that Herbet just had just as passing comments - the water from the body of Jamis, and drowning the worm for the water of life and I don't think they really add anything to the story.

“Release the bombs. Release the bombs. In case it’s unclear what we’re doing right now.”

There were countless little things that were just odd. The Emperor taking a seat in a gunner's chair, the weirding modules. Personally I think showing a navigator wasn't needed, but that's me. I could go on and on.
I'll take the miniseries over 1984, and Villeneuve's take is still the best.

 

[Mage]

Actually, I think I might want to rewatch the miniseries tonight....

Do we have a general Dune topic yet? Not for each seperate Denis movies, we have those, but one where we can discuss all the novels and adaptions?
Otherwise I'll start one.

 

[Set Harth]

Personally I think showing a navigator wasn't needed, but that's me.

After Lynch's version I never would have imagined not showing them.

“Release the bombs. Release the bombs. In case it’s unclear what we’re doing right now.”

That's that guy's whole job though. Saying when to release the bombs. Don't you want him to feel useful?

 

[Marc]

the weirding modules.

commented in a Dune thread many moons ago that I think his was attempt to give the Fremen a weirding way of fighting but without it look like a martial art that people would recognised and 10 - 15 years before the stop time approach created for the Matrix and iirc used in the mini-series.

 

[FredH]

Actually, I think I might want to rewatch the miniseries tonight....

Haven’t seen it since it aired, but I remember quite liking the miniseries. I was sorry they didn’t get to go past Children of Dune, but that still leaves them as the farthest any visual adaptation has ever gotten.

 

[John Clark]

Preferred the first mini to the second, but enjoyed both. They're probably the ones I've seen the most (though I've seen the non extended version of 1984 (post mini) and the two recent ones)

 

[Set Harth]

I don't own the first miniseries but I saw it once, I was lent some tapes but I can't say I remember a whole lot from it. I like CoD.

 

[Mage]

I don't own the first miniseries but I saw it once, I was lent some tapes but I can't say I remember a whole lot from it. I like CoD.

Both of them are available on YouTube. Not sure if I can post links on the forum though....