Dune 2018 (19,20,21...)

[wayoung]

Jodorowski's thoughts:

“I saw the trailer. It’s very well done,” Jodorowsky said. “We can see that it is industrial cinema, that there is a lot of money, and that it was very expensive. But if it was very expensive, it must pay in proportion. And that is the problem: There [are] no surprises. The form is identical to what is done everywhere. The lighting, the acting, everything is predictable.”

Jodorowsky continued, “Industrial cinema is incompatible with auteur cinema. For the former, money comes before. For the second, it’s the opposite, whatever the quality of a director, whether my friend Nicolas Winding Refn or Denis Villeneuve. Industrial cinema promotes entertainment, it is a show that is not intended to change humanity or society.”

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/j...euve-dune-trailer-predictable-1234586462/amp/

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Good lord, Jodorowsky is still around, good for 'im. His reaction seems a lot like mine, at least the first paragraph, I didn't try to read anything more into it as he does in the second.

 

[wayoung]

Good lord, Jodorowsky is still around, good for 'im. His reaction seems a lot like mine, at least the first paragraph, I didn't try to read anything more into it as he does in the second.

It hasn't been that long since he returned to filmmaking. His reaction is about as predictable as he feels the trailer was . No raping Frank Herbert, no interest from Jodorowski. Although I thought there would have been a mention of Pink Floyd being used...

 

[Mr. Adventure]

His reaction is about as predictable as he feels the trailer was .

I can't disagree with this...

 

[thribs]

^ If you're referring to casting like Patrick Stewart there are plenty of Marvel ones though.

Dune 2000 has one as well

 

[wayoung]

Hard not to find Star Trek connections to other film and TV projects, considering the number of cast and crew that have worked Don it over 50 years.

I believe I read somewhere Herbert was part of the letter writing campaign to save Star Trek, although not one of its leaders. There have been numerous Dune references on Trek over the years.

 

[fireproof78]

Dune 2000 has the best one as well

Fixed it for you.

 

[wayoung]

Dune 2000 has one as well

Fixed it for you.

Are you thinking of Worf? He was in Emperor: Battle for Dune. Leonardo Da Vinci was in Dune 2000.

Unless by Dune 2000 Thribs meant the miniseries, in which Alec Newman played Paul before playing the Augment in Enterprise. But then maybe he was thinking of the Borg Queen playing Jessica, although that was the 2003 miniseries, not the 2000.

There's no shortage of these

 

[RAMA]

? TMP budget was $10 mil LESS than Dune. They aren't even close.

Edit: I suspect most of this is due to studio accounting & different sources saying different amounts. Regardless of the details, the point remains 1984 Dune was a massive financial expenditure. 2000's Dune did not have anywhere near the same level of financial freedom.

Also, holy shit, it's been 4 years longer between the mini and V's version than it was Lynch's and the mini!

The number I've seen for Dune has always been $40 million, and STTMP is $43-44 million. If you don't count the $8-9 million they tacked on from the Phase II project, then its about $35 million. but generally the studio accounting DOES count that.

Superman was $55 million, of which I think they paid Marlon Brando almost a quarter of it. Kidding <--



RAMA

 

[fireproof78]

Are you thinking of Worf? He was in Emperor: Battle for Dune.

Dang it!

 

[The Realist]

I had no idea that Superman (1978) cost $55 million.

Worth every penny.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Worth every penny.

It surely was!

 

[Nightowl1701]

Got to figure at least part of that $55 million was simultaneously making Superman II (at least, the parts Donner shot before he got canned).

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Got to figure at least part of that $55 million was simultaneously making Superman II (at least, the parts Donner shot before he got canned).

Yeah, that's what I'd suspect, but at least one source I read implied that the studio agreed to that sum in advance. (Sorry, that's a source now out of my browsing history.) Another source explicitly qualifies the $55 million as an estimate. (Yes, I'm aware that many of the oft-cited budgets for films are in fact only estimates.) I didn't come across anything definitive. It would make a very interesting read to get something authoritative.

 

[arch101]

The number I've seen for Dune has always been $40 million, and STTMP is $43-44 million. If you don't count the $8-9 million they tacked on from the Phase II project, then its about $35 million. but generally the studio accounting DOES count that.

Superman was $55 million, of which I think they paid Marlon Brando almost a quarter of it. Kidding <--



RAMA

its only because they paid Brando by the pound...

 

[wayoung]

A cool "little" reference one of the main influences on dune


Edit: Ugghh I can never get images to work here!!!

https://imgur.com/gallery/nyo4ZEX

 

[fireproof78]

A cool "little" reference one of the main influences on dune


Edit: Ugghh I can never get images to work here!!!

https://imgur.com/gallery/nyo4ZEX

When I use imgur I right click on the image itself and copy the picture address and paste that directly in to the image link box.

 

[JD]

A action figure reveal has given us our first complete look at Baron Harkonnen.
I like his look, if nothing else it's at least better than what we got from David Lynch.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

For me, John Schoenherr's visualization of the Baron is the gold standard. This version doesn't look obese enough to require suspensors to support his weight, but that's not a show-stopper.

 

[The Wormhole]

An interesting look for the Baron. I agree he doesn't look obese enough, but I guess if they had it could run the risk of looking too ridiculous.