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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- With a new Dune film on the horizon, Mikey discusses the history of Dune and the challenges of adapting this dense book into film.
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I actually met
Kyle MacLachlan in a bar (that I was working in) in my hometown of St Andrews, Scotland once and asked him to sign my VHS copy of the movie and he signed it 'Paul Muad'Dib. Dune forever'. You can imagine my joy :)
🥰
Oh god what an amazing anecdote for all your life. That’s a party winner that one.
Jammy bugger!
did you... did you just have it with you?
@@0XiDiZE lol NO. He was playing golf at a celebrity pro am so was in town for a few days
Melange Spice; the other spice girl
Wanna see that album
The Fifth Element
Pan And Scan Buddy oooooooooo meta on many levels my friend.
Could she fold space? Or just origami?
The Bene Gesserit were the original Spice Girls.
My absolute favorite thing about Dune, is that the super-addictive megadrug is named Melange. Cuz thats also the name of a margarine here in norway, and I just like the idea that people are scouring the dunes of Arriks... looking for a butter substitute
Now that's all I am going to be able to think about while I'm watching the new Dune film. Why!!??
Now imagine baking something with it.
@@Kekistos National Lampoon's Doon "wherein rival restaurant-owning families battle for control of Arruckus, which is overrun by giant pretzels and the source of valuable beer. "
Hahahaha, that's great! In English Melange means a combination of various things. So in Dune variety is the spice of life.
In Austria a Melange is a coffee speciality (a special kind of white coffee). I´ve already drunk some- but I didn´t get any visions.
"Power is more seductive to those who will abuse it. Those we can trust with power, don't want it. Corruption is the default setting."
I have been quoting this everywhere since I saw it in your video. Because it's the absolute truth.
Things I learned from Dune:
1. "Absolute power attracts the corruptible." Is a very, very good line.
2. Frank Herbert was into the idea of ladies with magic vaginas.
3. AI bad.
Screw #3! I'm going over her to play with my precious metal bois.
Spiced coochie had me like
magic vag is based
"People who would make good leaders never want it".... Frank Herbert invented Jon Snow?
@@VespoLiveGaming not invented, but predated.
I was in the second row of a huge packed theater on the opening night of Lynch's Dune. I'd read the books multiple times since I was 15. When I heard the words, "beginnings are delicate times," the hair stood up on the back of my neck.
My roommate, who was only there because I'd asked her to join me, was confused by both the movie and my squeeing (not out loud) reaction to it.
I still adore it. It's amazing that it came in under budget.
That budget was pushing 45 million....easily one of the most costly movies of the time. I was reading God Emperor when the Lynch movie came out and went to the theater with my buddy who had no clue about Dune. He liked it but was deeply confused, and I was enamoured with the design, costumes, overall wackiness! Not very faithful but hey, I like Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings too!
Dune: the coolest thing that isn’t an exploding whale to come out of Florence, Oregon
Ba-dum tsss lol
Did a quick google search. Spent five minutes trying to breath through uncontrollable laughter.
I haven't thought about that since it happened.
I dunno, I once fistfought a child to protect my brothers dirtbike out on those dunes, so I'd say it's a close contender to getting to punch a 14 year old in the gut.
Which sounds pretty bad when you write it out like that, but in my defense he whacking me with a tire iron and was making it very clear he was gonna try and damage the bike. Also he was snotty little brat
Can we just get a round of applause for David Lynch’s hair
80's Dune was great. I don't care what any of the haters say.
We're not haters, we're purists, and Lynch's Dune doesn't do the book justice.
@@lucky_342 I didn't like the the film before I read the book, and now REALLY don't like it now that I've read it.
@@lucky_342 As an avid fan of the books (The ones that matter. The six.), neither does the Miniseries. I would watch the movie over the miniseries purely because for everything it gets wrong, it has many moments that just FEEL like Dune to the very core. It's hurt by a slavish attempt to appeal to mainstream Hollywood and a run time that cannot hope to encapsulate even a fraction of the complexity, but then the miniseries is hurt by some truly awful acting along with cheap (and occasionally truly baffling) production and design values.
Both fail miserably in the totality of what they could potentially achieve, but I suspect which of the two people can most appreciate as an interpretation of the source material comes down more to whether you are more put off by the constant ebb and flow of exultant highs and depressing lows of the movie or the consistent "well this is half way to decent... and also what the fucking fuck is that hat" of the series.
Both stand atop and beside the source material. Neither really works without it. But where as I can appreciate the movie for giving me a collection of impressive vignettes to go along with the source bound up with a lot of weird shit that doesn't work, the series just leaves me feeling like I should have just read the books instead, because it simply never does anything with the strengths of the medium.
@@rabid_si i never said the miniseries is any better, although i do enjoy it more than the movie so you read the my mind. the things you mentioned about both are very true, and despite those reasons i still stand by my opinions on them, and they're the reason why. i hate the "appeal to mainstream Hollywood" in every big production, even more so source material i enjoy, and dont mind bad acting and bad production value. i know it's not good, but to me it tells the story better than lynch's (which had producers meddling into it so it's not all his fault)
but we're getting the best version in december anyway so why argue anyway
modbz gotta be honest... I don’t remember the movie being far off from the book, but I was much younger when I read it, and I could be ignoring a lot because I loved the movie first.
'Jodorowsky's Dune
' was such a great documentary. His movie would've been a disaster but would make for an amazing animated series.
I've never seen a documentary capture the essence of madness more beautifully
Jodorowsky's Dune would have been unfiltered ambition, with everyone saying we can do this, not if we should do this. Like a skyscraper so innovative and different it actually forms a death ray that kills cars, and misses all its other promises.
Read his comic "The Incal" with Moebius if you get the chance. Well worth it!
IIRC his movie actually fed in a lot of the costuming etc into Flash Gordon.
An animated series (either anime-style, or with quality CGI [no mocap]) - multi-season, as long as it takes to tell the entire epic as-written - could be the exact right visual medium to adapt _Dune_ into.
The riding the sand worm scene will forever stick in my mind as a pure moment of epic guitar.
Exactly. Mad max who
Whoa! Madmax is an epic action movie, dune is an epic Sci Fi movie. That's like comparing a perfectly cooked steak and baked potato with tasting ice cream for the first time.
Don't care what anyone says: I like BOTH the Lynch film and the mini-series precisely because of the awesomeness and weirdness. The Lynch version got me into the books, too.
i agree. why is it wrong to like both? I never understood the idea if you like one thing you must dislike the other.
I didn’t quite get everything and it would be another 6 years before I read the book but I felt this movie IN MY BONES when I was in 5th grade and went to see it just for 😍STING😍 but came out of it changed and with a lifelong love of David Lynch.
People who hate David Lynch’s Dune can eat my whole ass and I don’t say that lightly. Perfect take on it.
@@MostlyPennyCat Not gonna lie, that was freaking hysterical. "You play in a police band?"
Same here. I saw Dune at a friend's house who had a paid movie channel. The first scene I saw was the training scene with the fighter robot. I was mesmerized. Forward a couple years and I get into SF. Clarke and Asimov and then I find this book in the school library. I didn't even know it was the same as the movie. As I'm reading the images formed in my mind where influenced greatly by the movie. So to this day I have a fondness for the movie.
I hope this comes across in the tone intended (and please read past the first sentence):
David Lynch's _Dune_ is an objectively bad movie in all of the ways a movie can be objectively bad, as universally noted by the critics and as related in this here video. It is a godawful mess of a movie. And I will never not love watching it whenever it comes across my field of view, as well as the mere fact of its existence - again, for all of the many reasons related in this here video. It is a wonderful, marvelous, irreplaceable mess of a movie.
TL;DR: I
I first learned about Dune as a kid when Dynamite Magazine (I think) did a big article on it. I thought it looked amazing and epic - with those visuals, how could I not? When I eventually saw it I was freaked out and fascinated. I've unreservedly loved it, warts and all, my entire life.
couldn't agree more - I wish they would have tried to break it into a couple movies but I'm still happy with what we got.
I had a bunch of friends in high school who would quote and reference Dune as much as Star Wars and other pop culture movies. Read the book four years ago and it's still in my top 5 books list
I ripped through the 6 originals while this plague was happening, fantastic series with very relevant social points to this day
The story was good but I found it lacking on the literary side.
Personally I found the book bland.
the spice must flow
Having read both, the only SciFi epic book harder to adapt would be Foundation.
What I really want to see is some Anne McCaffrey or Le Guin SciFi adaptations.
Now does seem an appropriate time for some dragons. Though, they might need to polish some of the older characters up a bit.
I wanted to get into MaCaffrey so badly. but I just can't with the teliporting dragons. The stories were so good and I loved it but the teliporting dragons really yanked me out of the immersion.
leguin is up there at the top
My favorite MaCaffrey book is Restoree. Not that they would be likely to adapt that one first.
Melissa - you might enjoy some of her other series. There’s the Tower and the Hive (though, if teleportation wasn’t your jam, this is similar), the Crystal Singer series, Acorna series, etc.
Though, if it was the fact that she has these heavy fantasy elements in what are ultimately sci-fi novels, that’s a thread that she keeps in all her writing.
FJ: "I think Dune is the poster child for the unadaptable novel."
FJ: Starts reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion...
FJ: F...
The way it's structured, I'd be way more on-board for a mini-series. An episode per tale with episodes on either end to set up and conclude the full story. I don't know how they'd manage Fall of Hyperion, but I'd kill for a good adaptation of the first book.
@@alephnull3404 Yep A highly styilistic mini series for the first book for each tale (fitting each genre) would fit perfectly!
I saw the recent version and finally understood why every fan of the Dune universe(?) was a fan, and why it would've inspired so much art despite being one of the hardest things to adapt/render. IMO Denis and the wonderfully assembled cast did manage to palate the world of Dune to the general audience, and in reverse, brought more fans to read the original source material (myself included). Can't wait for Part 2 and to be transported to that other, so much bigger world.
There were many strange choices in the film adaptation of Dune and having Toto write the majority of the score was one of them (with a notable addition by Brian Eno). It is a gloriously, at time beautiful, madness and I absolutely love the film.
So he blessed the rains down in Arrakis?
Of course Brian Eno worked on the movie. He worked on everything apparently.
I agree. The production design of the film was unforgettable. The costumes, the props, the architecture and the third stage navigator...fabulous.
Wow. Just wow. Frank being nephew of McCarthy just made that entire book make PERFECT SENSE. Mind. Blown.
Also, I watched Dune in the 80’s when it was in theaters, and I thought I was too stoned to get it. Nope. It’s a weird ass movie, and I love it.
I was fine with everything until Mel Brooks. Then my SpaceBalls the Radar flew off the handle!
Zeos wtf are you doing here
I bet you spilled your coffee
Seems like Mikey jammed your radar!
@@aandromaliuss I can enjoy some chainsawsuit like everyone else.
David Lynch may have disowned his film, but it is an amazing movie. His concepts are there for all to see, and they are still worth the price of admission!
Can we talk about how Denis is literally the perfect director for Dune? A man who isn't terribly concerned with how his film does in the box office, but rather focused entirely on creating art. If the man that made Blade Runner 2049 cannot do Dune justice then it will most definitely be proven that Dune cannot be translated to the movie screen.
I have a theory he pushed for them to delay Dune so he could get far enough into the pre production on the sequel they can't cancel it.
Beautiful and thoughtful art usually comes from dark and unsettling times.
The stress and worry about our freedoms of expression.
....and Melange.
Crises precipitate change?
@@tsawy6 let's hope so.
Just love all the essays on this channel, especially anything from the Movies with Mikey series! This isn't a small channel by any means but man it deserves to be so much bigger.
We have a mint melange tea at my coffeeshop, and I cannot unhear Mikey's MELAAAAANGE when it's ordered now.
I got the Litany Against Fear tattooed on the inside of my forearms a few years ago, and in this historical moment in plague and injustice I wash my hands to the rhythm of its words. It helps.
If you want to explore the stories behind the effort that created a piece of art, I recommend you dig into The Thief and The Cobbler :D
Very fascinating story. A thirty year passion project.
Now when I add spices to my food I like to say "and a pinch of MELLLAWWWNNNGGE!" and laugh alone in my kitchen everytime. And I thank you for that Mikey 💖😄
Now that the new movie is out, wanted to watch this video about 1984 Dune. I've always loved the look and world they build in the 1984 version. Loved this video again. Great video still. Thanks!
Dune's my favorite book. I'm childishly excited for Villeneuve's Dune. I don't even care that it's definitely going to break my heart.
I just worry that it breaks Villeneuve. After Blade Runner, which I loved, another flop on a fantastic sci fi will suck. And I know I will probably love it.
@@brainsniffer I think 2049 was just enough of a commercial and critical success (even won two Oscars) that he's not in too big trouble if Dune flops, but yeah, it would be a shame. 2049 was amazing. He's a great director.
@@brainsniffer I think 2049 was actually an accomplished feat
He's got some guns with Sicario and the like. Bladerunner 2049 was a fan made film tribute to those who enjoyed the original, whichever of the 20 versions. If he is allowed to do the same with Dune... I'm salivating just thinking about it.
One of my most prized possessions is my copy of the elephant Man on 16mm film.
It's on four 2200 feet reels.
Film prints have a direct lineage all the way back to the film in the camera.
They've touched.
That is all.
My projector, my Eiki, was from HMS Bristol.
Nearly 30 years ago the Royal Navy transitioned from 16mm to dvd.
They binned their projectors and _burnt_ the Royal Navy film library.
My dad rescued it from the bin with 3 short reels of cartoons.
A few years ago I had it refurbished (belt perished, caps blown) by one of the last people who could. He's very old.
I own The Elephant Man and The Black Hole.
Weird thing is, in now some kind of protector-of-the-film.
It's obviously my job now?
I mean, you have to don't you?
When I get my house, in going to project it onto a big screen in the garden.
@@MostlyPennyCat take good care of it man
Cool.
Lucky.
MIKEY WE'VE MISSED YOU. Hope you're doing well
The deconstruction of "The perfect boy" a ka The Chosen One is pretty much a theme of the book series, but you wouldn't know that from the Lynch Film. Even the show falls a bit flat on that until the second season.
For every book reader the "happy end" of the Lynch movie was like fingers on a chalkboard. Did Paul just get a sudden superpower (the power of the Kwisatz Hadderach is knowledge ffs) only to kill of the fabric of that society by killing of the Worms by making it rain on Arrakis??? One tip for everyone adapting Fantasy / SF from one medium to another. Never change the magic system or the rules of the technology from the source material. You most likely just paint yourself into a corner.
As the dust cloud wafts over the US, Mikey releases his video on Dune. Timely or what?
There's a giant dust cloud now too? What's NOT happening in 2020?
I loved 84 Dune. It’s wonderfully eccentric and weird. I’ve seen the theatrical and extended version and read all the original Herbert novels. Can’t get enough.
I am never happier than when I get to badly sing along to your theme song. Makes me feel so happy 🎵
"GoPro love! Catch ya never, centipede. Now the time has cooooome for you to tryin' to yeet me! Bottle jumpy love, as I'm coming WIIIINGS, bow-wow!"
BTW, what *is* that song?
I've already watched Dune three times and every time I see it I love it because I couldn't care less about the plot. My pleasure in viewing it is mainly aesthetic, and in that sense resonates with some other Lynch movie which I also love (Lost Highway and Inland Empire). Of course, the kind of plot misconnection is very different in those other two, but the sense of satisfaction I get of only digesting the beautiful, gorgeous, uncanny scenes and pace is the same.
One of my favorite quotes about power (paraphrased) has been “Those who run for office, should immediately be exempt from holding it”
David Lynch's movie is a science fiction masterpiece, weirding modules and all.
Damn straight. It was insane to sell it as the next Star Wars in 1984 but "weird" is not the same as "bad". Lynch is alot of things but he's not a hack. It may not be an ideal adaptation but it's a sci-fi masterpiece.
Lynch's DUNE is worth watching for the production design, costumes, and cinematography! It looks like no other film before or since. And I really enjoy the performances, despite the clunky dialogue and voice overs.
I liked it as just a weird creepy nostalgic film but when I got around to reading the Book finally I immediately went back and watched the movie and it was so much more enjoyable to me afterward when I knew the backstory. I just never had the attention span or whatever to really "get it" just from the movie.
It’s Oct 22, 2021. I just got out of watching Dune part 1 in IMAX and it was AMAZING!!
A whole month!!! Christ Mikey I needed my fix like three weeks ago!!! Just kidding, great work as always and about one of my favourite books. Can't wait to see what Denis Villeneuve does.
Yeah, can I get a foamy Melaaaaange pumpkin spice latte with sprinkles? That'd be great.
I am so excited for Denis' take on the books. Not only is he a huge fan and read them, but he knows how to do deep and introspective sci-fi.
We need David Lynch's Director's cut.
But we're not going to get it.
I want to be in that opening shot. Dunes, a beach, and pine trees all together is just amazing.
The remaster of Dune II (Dune 2000) was one of the first video games I ever played. It opened me up to everything Dune related (and Westwood game related) and I owe Dune a lot of my identity.
When it was released in the theater, there was a hand-out they gave us that explained some of the background and dynamics between the houses and emperor. I had not read the book yet, but I had no trouble following the movie. I could tell there should be much more to it, but I enjoyed it at 18-years-old in 1984.
cool memory. I did actually see Dune in the theater also but I was about 5 years old so I basically don't remember that particular viewing of the movie itself, but I do distinctly remember my Father asking me if I wanted to go see it in the first place "Want to see a movie about giant worms with mouths as big as this whole house?" YES. YES I DO.
@@robcohen7678 That's what I call a cool dad!
There was a two-night extended version of Lynch's Dune, which aired on early Fox. I thought it was much better. I don't think there is an easy legal way to see it, though. Not sure. If so, it's probably 80's TV quality pan and scan.
Such an in-depth video. And most what I got from the first viewing is... MELAAAANGE
Awesome video. Never knew much about this film. Learned a lot.
god what i would give for a directors cut of lynch’s dune, or at least something similar to what happened with alien 3
For what it’s worth, there are at least three cuts available on dvd, last time I checked. Not sure about Blu-ray, as I haven’t upgraded my copy yet
The "Alternative Edition Redux" fan edit is the best cut of Dune I've seen so far.
Can't say I'd heard of it. I'll have to check it out
The fact that Sting wanted to go full frontal coming out of that steam bath... we were robbed.
I think the David Lynch directed Dune is awesome, but I am one of those people who had read Dune at least 3 times before the movie came out. I can only imagine how glorious the 4 hour version would have been. The fact that there's been no chance of a Director's Cut due to the bankruptcy & loss of assets for Delaurentis is a tragedy.
Virgin's Dune for PC is one of my favorite games ever! And that soundtrack and the concept album it inspired are among my prized possessions.
I started rereading dune a week ago so this feels...eerie
The way must have been shortened
Huh... Either you have a Patreon that just happens to have the same username as one of my favorite writers, or you have one of my favorite writers as a Patreon.
Either way, solid video. You didn't need me to say it, but I felt like I could at least do something now that I have actually written something here...
Eeeeeh... The amount of thought your videos start in my head can't be good. I'm forgetting simple things like addition and how to grammar! Instead I have these existential thoughts, trying to understand what the heck is happening around me and why it is happening...
This took a different turn, considering I just wanted to drop a comment about the Pat Rothfuss name... Good job Mikey.
Yeah had to skip back a few seconds to confirm I heard that name right :D makes sense though that Pat likes this channel :)
This ending made me tear up. Thanks man. Not sarcastically. 2020’s got me.
I didn't really like any version of this movie until I found a fan edit from someone calling himself Spicetrader about eight years ago. It sort of combined the movie with additional footage from the TV version but with edits to make it more faithful to the book in places. That version, I really got into. I'd like to see it again, in fact.
Came here hoping for Mikey shouting “hE Is THe kwisazt HAaaderach!”; stated for the MelaaAAange
fun fact, "kwisazt haderach" directly translates into "the perfekt booiiiiiiiiiii!"
I really love these 'behind the scenes' videos! as someone who knows entirely nothing about film production this is so so interesting.
That's a great new angle you found to talk about movies! Less about the cinematographic quality, but more about the impact on cinematography as a whole. Really interesting! And funny as always! MEELAAAaAaAANNNGE
It annoys me how every reviewer of Lynch's Dune assumes everyone hates the movie when in fact those of us who adore it exist, as the Fremen, in vast numbers.
I never read the book before seeing it and never even heard of it even though I was a Sci-Fi fan. I saw it in the cinema on release at age 19 and loved it and watched it every since at least once a year.
I feel the same way - I think most people that "get" Dune know how freaking difficult a movie adaption is and we are just happy that something exists and that Lynch embraced the weirdness of it. His movie feels like actual science fiction. The adaptions since are just too... conventional? Obviously someone that doesn't know the source material at all or doesn't get real sci-fi will more likely dislike the Lynch movie so maybe those are the ones everyone hears? I love the analogy of the Fremen for Lynch's Dune fans btw!
I should add, that I finally read the books twenty years later around 2005 and loved them even more.
@FilmJoy, Michael your channel is my Appointment Viewing show. After a long day of work sometimes all I need is to sit down with a blueberry Yoplait and one of your videos and im ready to face the danger.
First comment by someone who saw the (now) 2021 Dune?
I had to return to this awesome video and say thanks for being awesome Mikey! Keep watching movies please!
Man, hoping that for Dino DeLaurentis episode someday!
Great vid, the ever stretching reach of this story and movie
The history of dune is textbook “walking so [every sci-fi from then on] could run”
Soooo happy a new video... Love you Mikey and your channel and YOUR THEME SONG OOOOOOO makes me feel sooooo gooood inside... Thank you
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I would love to see a MovieswithMikey on the new one. Thanks for the content.
FilmJoy, I have had an exceptionally trying day. The most important person in my world is in the hospital, while the country I love falls to fear and fascism. I've spent the day burrowing as hard as I can into RUclips videos about the artistic mediums I love and I need you guys to know; This video about Dune brought tears and warmth to a worn out and tired soul.
Hope they died lol
@@TomorrowWeLive what are you? One of those smoothbrains I always hear about? I'd ask what your problem is but I dont think you know yourself.
7:19 awwww :) Absolutely everything about this photo makes me so happy. So wholesome to see them both together. Two outstanding people whom i respect and admire a LOT.
Anybody else watch this when they're in the grips of despair because this video heals existential wounds?
Dune needs to be a series of movies for it to be successful. Like the LOTR series.
Dune is my all time fav sci fi book, must have read it about 60 times by now, probably more. Also Mikey is my fav film essayist, so this video is basically my everything.
Do you mark up your books?
I don't know how is it possible, but you manage to give us perfect episode after perfect episode. Movies with Mikey is a treasure.
Shout out to everyone coming here from 2021 in our new post-Villeneuve future which RULES.
This is iconic. All of it. And as is always the case with Movies with Mikey videos, I cried.
I like how Mikey makes points and I like how these videos are visually produced--they fit my tastes.
“It’s about to get spicy in here.” Me: thumbs up
Thinking about how Dean Stockwell's post-Dune career as we know it is influenced massively on Dunes failure. Since as you say Lynch focused on personal projects following its failure, immediately with Blue Velvet, which helped refresh Stockwell's career. Then Dunes miniseries doing well enough to get Battlestar Galactica running which leads to his role in the show. And to think he only got the role of Yueh after another actor dropping out.
Great editing, great humor, glad I stumbled into this gem. Oh, don't do a fade to silence then jumpscare me with the credits lol.
I grew up watching the 3 hour version, which I believe I taped off of television (probably TBS or TNT) and then edited out the commercials. When I bought the DVD I was surprised to see that the whole prologue was missing, along with some other stuff, and the ending was changed as well. Years later, I found an extended edition DVD that has this footage restored.
Daaamn son, I'm in the middle of a Command & Conquer remastered hype, and you drop this? Let's get SPICEY!
I LOVE YOU , MIKEY!
I shared this and your masterful Star Trek videos to my novel's Facebook page.
MELAAAAANGE!
I need Movies With Mikey to add Dune 2021 to the conversation. Please....
I think this video is even better knowing that Dune 2021 is indeed incredible.
Cat milk antidote will always make me laugh hard
Heya, Mikey. Love your work. Also, much like the first Dune movie, this video should really be three parts. ;)
So, I'm 43. I first saw Dune on VHS in '85; so, eight years old. I'm really not doing a weird flex here, I promise, just sharing my experience with this wonderfully bizarre film, which I've seen numerous times over the past 35 years. I can't remember a time where I didn't understand what was going on. It never seemed that complicated, just surreal. Tremendously surreal, to be sure. :D
I got around to reading the books (the first three), probably in high school, maybe right after; that part's fuzzy. I completely agree that a lot of things were changed in the movie, but reading the books didn't diminish the film. I think because, to me at least, Dune The Movie captures the spirit, if not the body, of Dune The Book.
The Sci-Fi channel's adaptations weren't as captivating, but I loved them as well. Being more familiar with the source material dosed me with plenty of nostalgia and "Oh! Oh! Oh! I know this scene! How cool!" They were fun.
I'm definitely looking forward to Denis Villeneuve's vision of Dune. It's a monumental undertaking. At the very least, it's gonna look fantastic.
OK, That's my time. Thanks for reading. Keep doing your positive tips. :)
As much as I love the 80s version of Dune, it left out a lot of the deeper subjects of the book... the parts that where more critical of government and power. Whereas in Lynch's version Paul was a literal messiah. the book showed religion and prophesy as tools to manipulate people. I really hope Villeneuve can touch on some of these subjects instead of making it a superhero movie.
Considering how Arrival keeps a strong suspicion towards powerful figures and governments throughout I'm optimistic. I also hope the eugenics-y stuff can be critiqued in the new movie in ways the book didn't touch on.
Idea: Pixar's Dune.
Fully 3D animated. Cast of reputable actors and voice actors. Aimed at adult audiences.
There's no limit to the spectacle and world intricacies. The entire world can be made to look cohesive. Make it the "Lord of the Rings" of animation.
The Into the Spiderverse team could also be exciting too.
It seems like everyone who has ever wanted to make it had never read it.
Always a good time for a Mikey video
I learnt so much about one of my favourite films.
Thank you.
If/when I can afford to be a patreon, I'm using melange (mehLAANNGE!) as my name in hopes of getting repeated joy out of hearing it every episode. Apologies in advance to your vocal chords!
(edit: you're safe for a while - I'm unemployed)
Oh man, I need to watch Eraserhead again. Yeah, it's kind of body horror in the sense that the mind is part of the body? I've also heard it described as post-apocalyptic. Really, I think those elements are there to externalize the main character's state of mind as he experiences a cascade of ordinary, devastating failures.
Netflix has it now lol fantastic flick
In 1984 I was 12, I loved sci-fi but had not read the book. I saw the film. I loved it. I was not confused. I loved the complexity, the vastness of it. The tagline for Dune was "a world beyond your imagination" and it really was, I appreciated it for this.
I read the book after. I played Dune and Dune II. I still play Dune 2000. I am looking forward to the new film. But I will never forget the 1984 epic because to me at least, it is a classic.
Great video as always Mikey. You're actually the main reason for me starting my channel and my Oscarthon series. Hopefully one day I can be as polished as you.
Love this video as much as I love all your other videos. Dune holds a special place in my heart. I own physical copies of all the books including the ones written by Frank Herbert's son because, obviously, the original series didn't span enough millennia. There are so many problems in these books and yet there's just something special about them. It's, like, all of this is absurd sci-fi nonsense and yet, at the same time, I can fully believe that humanity goes this way in the distant future. The books can never be truly adapted to film, but watching people try anyway is amazing and I love all the film versions in different ways (and can't wait to watch the upcoming one). Fun fact: the Sci-Fi miniseries was filmed here, in Czechia, and the Fremen were played by Czech actors. Those are Czech accents you hear. In particular, the man who played Liet, Karel Dobry, is an incredibly talented stage actor who rarely does film. Anyway, thanks for this video, Mikey. It was a pleasant surprise in these trying times. Still looking forward to that snack-testing video!
I want to watch this, but I want to go into Villeneuve's film with fresh eyes. So I'm just going to wait until I see that film to watch this video.
A. Bandley I honestly don't think you can spoil any adaptations of this book by watching them before Villeneuve's treatment.
The book series covers 36+ thousand years of time.... any film is just a drop in the bucket to understanding you will get about this universe. In fact it might be required to prevent the movie from being a complete hot mess of not understanding what is going on.
Also keep in mind that V's movie is going to be a two parter.