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Dune Reboot
19 Apr 2017 06:00 #246737 by Nodens
Mostly agree with Mr. Barnes on adaptability of Gibson or Elric. As for Lovecraft on the big screen, let me say that Hellboy is probably as close as possible with that kind of budget, trying to do an entertaining forgettable popcorn flick.
Another problematic point to consider about Dune would be that it might not really be SciFi. Beneath all that psy-trance, religion stuff IN SPACE is a very simple story about Jesus, oil and the middle east. Just sayin'
Of course a director like Jodorowsky would have never been able to not alienate most of the viewers. He didn't give a rat's ass about anything besides his vision. His films are unwatchable. His books are genius.
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I think that lanky guy from the Expanse might work. Tom Jane. While an HBO Series on Elric sounds like a great idea on this forum, it would require a lot of work to avoid just being a shitty reenactment of the Witcher video games.Shellhead wrote: it would take a special actor to look as physically frail as Elric and yet not seem like a joke in the combat scenes. Ideally, such an actor would also be good at delivering intellectual dialogue as well.
Mostly agree with Mr. Barnes on adaptability of Gibson or Elric. As for Lovecraft on the big screen, let me say that Hellboy is probably as close as possible with that kind of budget, trying to do an entertaining forgettable popcorn flick.
Another problematic point to consider about Dune would be that it might not really be SciFi. Beneath all that psy-trance, religion stuff IN SPACE is a very simple story about Jesus, oil and the middle east. Just sayin'
You should totally read some of those comic books, absolutely worth it. Valerian, too.Vlad wrote: Jodorowsky doesn't get the book, and I think he doesn't get sci-fi/fantasy in general.
Of course a director like Jodorowsky would have never been able to not alienate most of the viewers. He didn't give a rat's ass about anything besides his vision. His films are unwatchable. His books are genius.
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19 Apr 2017 09:13 #246742 by Legomancer
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Jodorowsky's Dune was a fun documentary, and would have produced an interesting movie, but it was pretty clear he didn't care how much, in the end it would have resembled the ideas and story from the book. I'm not a purist, I ain't give a fuck if Paul's hair is blond or whatever, but if you're starting with Dune and calling it Dune, then I'd like for it to finish with Dune and not Jodorowsky's Fever Dream That Had The Word Dune Whispered To It Over A Walkie-Talkie. Even though I like Wes Anderson films, to a large extent, I'm not down for watching an auteur just jizz into a camera.
I watched the Sci-Fi Dune and the only thing I remember was feeling like I was watching a Sunday School group repurpose their production of Godspell into a telenovela.
I guess for me you gotta bring something to the table that beats either just rereading the book or rewatching the Lynch version.
I watched the Sci-Fi Dune and the only thing I remember was feeling like I was watching a Sunday School group repurpose their production of Godspell into a telenovela.
I guess for me you gotta bring something to the table that beats either just rereading the book or rewatching the Lynch version.
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