and now most of them are scared they might get what they asked for. This is like any new Star Wars movie in a way ... everyone looks forward to it with the best hopes ... but you know it's gonna suck for everyone but little kids.
shareYes and no... This is the first movie in nearly ten years that I have planned to see at the theater. I have a lot of hope and it is based on some kinda firm footing, in that I have seen the directors previous films and even when I do not like them, I find them worth a viewing.
But, if this Dune goes wrong, I don't expect little kids are going to be very happy with it. It just isn't that kind of story and if it does go wrong it will look like Bladerunner 2049. I don't dislike Bladerunner 2049, but I don't believe it's a kid favorite.
I am not sure this movie will be relevant in the way that somehow the original book or "Dune" was. Though today we do have a virtual Harkonen in the White House! ;-)
shareOur White House denizen is not smart enough to be the Baron (funny abut his kid's name though).
I don't think Dune loses relevance. The movies might be able to play a very interesting trick on audiences. Paul, the "chosen one", could very easily be a hero audiences root for, as they root for other "chosen ones" like Neo in "The Matrix"... Or even Luke Skywalker, heroic and powerful because of his special lineage... If Paul makes the connection as a young, special, hero overcoming the obviously evil Baron Harkonen and the obviously corrupt empire... Well, the fact that he is leading a jihad which results in the deaths of billions could be a splash of cold water in the faces of hero-obsessed fans.
My dream is that the two Dune films are both good and successful (They could be good and unsuccessful, although that might lead to there only being one made. Or they could be shitty and successful...) and a third is made of Dune Messiah, which is a brilliant conclusion for the story about corrupted power or the corrupting influence of power. Anyway, I'm just now re-reading the first Dune books again after a number of decades and that is how I remember the first two. I read the third but wasn't impressed. Maybe that will change.
Im excited for this one as a Star Wars fan(Still Am) im very excited this will be more Gritty plus I'm excited about 2022 Untitled Star Wars this and Jurassic World 3 will keep me appeased then
shareThese movies are profiteering projects, and as such they always play more to each other to sell tickets than they do follow a book or a vision of a world. The only good science fiction lately seems to be the stuff that comes out of nowhere, or a NetFlix or Amazon production willing to try something new.
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