I checked the cast and didn't see the sister - Alia, right? - listed. But the Bene Gesserit do look pretty awesome. I didn't get much of a view of the sandworm ... now THAT should be awesome (I think they got the size right, though).
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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Toddson - Sep 09, 2020 11:17:31 am PDT #2846 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t - Sep 09, 2020 11:31:36 am PDT #2847 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The sandworm looked suitably awesome to me. And Chalamet looks perfect in all his waifiness. That is weird that there's no Alia listed in the cast.
I can be quite simple, I know, but Dune+Pink Floyd=Grabby Hands for me, apparently
Jessica - Sep 09, 2020 11:37:13 am PDT #2848 of 3455
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Alia and Feyd-Rautha are strangely absent from the cast list. (Ignoring Feyd, I completely understand - it's impossible to improve even a fractional amount on Sting's portrayal in the Lynch version, therefore he should be left out of all future adaptations. But Alia is IMPORTANT, DAMNIT.)
I guess Paul's Chosen One-ness is not so much with him being a warrior, but more of a spiritual thing? 'Cause I can probably go on a hand-to-hand combat with Chalamet and knock him down. I thought they'd bulk him up a bit, but no, he remains his willowy self.
He is supposed to be a warrior, but in more of a very-good-reflexes-because-he-can-kind-of-see-the-future way than a muscles way. That said, Chalamet is the one casting misstep for me. I just don't think the messiah should have hair that fluffy.
Toddson - Sep 09, 2020 12:39:00 pm PDT #2849 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I figured that he'd had enough high-level training - in addition to being the Chosen One - that he could win a hand-to-hand fight. And I also figure that after wearing a stillsuit for a while, his hair won't be fluffy ... unless that's the look they're after.
-t - Sep 09, 2020 1:19:40 pm PDT #2850 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now I'm going to have to watch for the effects of the stillsuit on the fluffiness of Atreides hair when I watch the movie. I'm sure I wouldn't have noticed without y'all bringing it up!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 09, 2020 1:35:12 pm PDT #2851 of 3455
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can see Chalamet being lightning-fast and agile in a knife duel, but if he has to move the knife slowly like in Lynch's Dune he's not going to be able to puncture a windbreaker with it, much less body armor or a stillsuit.
DavidS - Sep 09, 2020 4:17:22 pm PDT #2852 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I checked the cast and didn't see the sister - Alia, right? - listed.
Aren't they doing it in two movies? So she'd be in the second one, I think.
sj - Sep 09, 2020 6:24:15 pm PDT #2853 of 3455
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dune in all of its forms is one of the holes in my geek education.
Katerina Bee - Sep 09, 2020 7:39:49 pm PDT #2854 of 3455
Herding cats for fun
Pink Floyd! Oh yes. Should they change the lyrics to when The Sun is eclipsed by the Dune?
Toddson - Sep 10, 2020 3:48:51 am PDT #2855 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A young man who used to work in my office had claimed to be a nerd, but when I said something about Dune he was clueless. He was VERY young.