It's Denis Villeneuve, so you know the movie will likely be visually stunning and unremittingly dour.
(Honestly, I like his work a lot, but the man can lighten up a little. I guess Arrival had some mildly lighthearted moments...)
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Vonnie K - May 14, 2020 12:23:40 pm PDT #2651 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
DXMachina - May 14, 2020 12:44:59 pm PDT #2652 of 3424
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho. I find myself intrigued.
If it's like the Lynch version he'll be gone in ten minutes.
DavidS - May 14, 2020 3:27:45 pm PDT #2653 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If it's like the Lynch version he'll be gone in ten minutes.
I think it's going to be spread across two movies, so more like twenty minutes.
Consuela - May 15, 2020 8:25:55 am PDT #2654 of 3424
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's been many years since I read any Herbert, but if I recall correctly, isn't Duncan the character who is cloned and then shows up for all the succeeding books?
Or is that someone else?
-t - May 15, 2020 8:42:00 am PDT #2655 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
No, that's him
Toddson - May 15, 2020 10:12:59 am PDT #2656 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
huh ... I don't think I read any of the sequels to Dune ... I remember waiting for my father's ... Analog? whichever magazine it appeared in ... to arrive so I could read the next installment. (Yes, I am old.)
Dana - May 15, 2020 10:20:06 am PDT #2657 of 3424
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I read up to the point where people started turning into sandworms and then went "WTF?" and noped out.
-t - May 15, 2020 10:29:57 am PDT #2658 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read through everything actually written by Frank Herbert. I tried one book written by his son (Brian? I forget) and oh my god it was unreadable so that was the end of that.
I do feel like every sequel was kind of "everything you liked in the previous book(s)? Forget that!" but it worked for me
Calli - May 15, 2020 10:42:05 am PDT #2659 of 3424
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I remember waiting for my father's ... Analog? whichever magazine it appeared in ... to arrive so I could read the next installment.
Yes, I'm pretty sure it was Analog. My dad got those, too. He had issues going back to the 1950s. One time 12-year-old me complained about not having anything to read, and he opened cupboard containing them and said, "Here you go." And thus another geek was born.
Thanks for the Death of Stalin rec, Juliana. I've just added it to my Netflix queue.
Toddson - May 15, 2020 10:57:57 am PDT #2660 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember the cover - the one with the magnificent illustration of the sandworm (this was back when the magazine was larger). I think I have that, since I have my father's books stashed in the back of a closet.