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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by p51: [B]Lots of people seem to have no idea this is less than the first half of the story being released. They haven't even planned to make the rest, yet. I actually liked the David Lynch version, but I know not many others did. Like some of you, I really want to see this as it looks decent from what I've seen.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>GoesTo11</TD><TD>In the last couple days, Vanity Fair <A HREF="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac#intcid=recommendations_default-popular_06c45ae0-5057-4308- a7b2-e9369b8ee634_popular4-1" target="AirLock">has posted a two-part first look</A> at Denis Villeneuve's "Dune." <BLOCKQUOTE>In Frank Herbert's epic 1965 sci-fi novel, Arrakis is the only known location of the galaxy's most vital resource, the mind-altering, time-and-space-warping "spice." In the new film adaptation, directed by "Arrival" and "Blade Runner 2049" filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet stars as the young royal Paul Atreides, the proverbial stranger in a very strange land, who's fighting to protect this hostile new home even as it threatens to destroy him. Humans are the aliens on Arrakis. The dominant species on that world are immense, voracious sandworms that burrow through the barren drifts like subterranean dragons.</BLOCKQUOTE> Given the talent involved, I'm cautiously optimistic. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Gilbert</TD><TD>Yes, I hope it's not a dud. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Cozmosis22</TD><TD>Good luck! The previous movie version back in 1984 by David Lynch was practically unwatchable. Featuring Max von Sydow, Kyle Maclachlan, Patrick Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Alicia Witt and Virginia Madsen it ran an excrutiatingly slow moving 2 hours and fifteen minutes. It too had potential star power but was a bust at the box office.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>David C</TD><TD>Yeah, the previous movie was a shocker. I enjoyed the mini-series though, despite the low budget effects. More than I can say of Villeneuve's Blade Runner sequel. I'm not optimistic.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Warner Bros. "Dune" official trailer:<center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n9xhJrPXop4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

Glint

The original Dune has grown on me since its release. Its tempo is reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey. That is, it's slow moving, yet in a stately way. Both are best viewed late at night, while comfortably numb, I guess.

It did have one very good howler though. My favorite line from the movie was this: "When you see the Baron you will have a new poison gas tooth ... remember the tooth! The tooth..."

Robert Pearlman

Warner Bros. and Legendary are moving "Dune" off its December release date to bow on Oct. 1, 2021, reports Collider.

The Dune delay has nothing to do with the movie itself, and Villeneuve is said to have been supportive of the decision having made it for the big screen, which is where Warner Bros. and Legendary felt it should premiere. Neither studio can afford to take a bath on Dune, so not only does this decision make financial sense for them, but it's a health-conscious choice as well.

SpaceAholic

There may not be any theaters remaining by that time.

Robert Pearlman

"Dune" opens in U.S. theaters and on HBO Max this evening. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet marked the film's premiere from on board the International Space Station (via Twitter):

Just like pretty much everyone, I have read some sci-fi classics. I read "Dune" as a teenager and took a copy with me to space. I look at the dunes dotted around Earth and think the world Frank Herbert created could very well look like the Sahara dunes.

p51

Lots of people seem to have no idea this is less than the first half of the story being released. They haven't even planned to make the rest, yet.

I actually liked the David Lynch version, but I know not many others did.

Like some of you, I really want to see this as it looks decent from what I've seen.

Gilbert

I saw Dune this weekend. It was great. It follows the first half of the novel fairly closely. The actors were great, the scenes were well done, I have nothing to complain about. Great movie. I hope part two gets made.

Robert Pearlman

Legendary Films today announced "Dune, Part Two" (via Twitter):

Thank you to those who have experienced "Dune" so far, and those who are going in the days and weeks ahead. We're excited to continue the journey!

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