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DUNE

went and saw it today, story aspects changed, some characters changed or missing but still thought it was worth it and will see children of dune.
Dug on the ornithopters, looked like giant mechanical dragon flys, almost worth it for just that.
 
Children of Dune is the third book :nerd

The sequel to this movie should also be called Dune :laughing
 
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I have doubts they will get much further than the first book.

Not sure people will have the patience for it the way they did Lord of the Rings. But I will watch if so.
 
I think Part 2 will be telling.

Dune isn't exactly creating super high levels of hype regardless if people generally say they liked it.

Wonder what the contract/plans are past Part 2. Not unusual for a movies in the same world to get axed after shitty box office numbers or extended to new projects if numbers were much better thane expected.
 
It's pretty niche as sci-fi goes. A trilogy, covering the rest of book 1 and then Dune Messiah could work. Beyond that I think there's good material for a series starting with Children of Dune.
 
One thing that I don't really mind but always notice about the Dune movies, and Villeneueve himself said he "Doesn't want you to see the inside of the spaceships because he wants you to focus on the ecology of dune"..

They don't really ever show any of the massively advanced technology the Fremens use. Like they live in the desert and move around and use knives but their stillsuits...what are they made of? Do the Fremen have labs and clean-rooms?Manufacturing facilities? Apparently you can make spice into lots of things but you never see any tech besides literally what desert dwellers on earth would use.

Why are the Fremen constantly moving between their highly liveable sietches? Water also isn't THAT valueable because they have tons of it stored away...they're not gonna let someone die of dehydration if they need water..
 
HappyHighwayman said:
One thing that I don't really mind but always notice about the Dune movies, and Villeneueve himself said he "Doesn't want you to see the inside of the spaceships because he wants you to focus on the ecology of dune"..

They don't really ever show any of the massively advanced technology the Fremens use. Like they live in the desert and move around and use knives but their stillsuits...what are they made of? Do the Fremen have labs and clean-rooms?Manufacturing facilities? Apparently you can make spice into lots of things but you never see any tech besides literally what desert dwellers on earth would use. In the books the Sietch have manufacturing and are basically self contained cities. I think it is more a lifestyle choice than they have limited tech.

Why are the Fremen constantly moving between their highly liveable sietches? Water also isn't THAT valueable because they have tons of it stored away...they're not gonna let someone die of dehydration if they need water..
The water they have stored away is part of the master terraforming plan that Liet Kynes put together for them to transform it from a desert planet to a paradise. I think in the book you can borrow water or take it from the vaults based on how much you have in there but they track it single mindly because the need X amount to terraform and that is the end goal they all work for.
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Just saw this movie.

The entire time I'm like WTF you guys are immune to sandstorms wtf.

I mean super great lengths of keeping your body hydrated by wearing some suit or even shelter that absorbs and recycles the moisture into liquid.

Then I was like maybe blue eyed ppl are immune, but then everyone's immune so lol

It's like they totally glazed over the fact humans dont have a dust eyelid like camels do

also agree this should probably be a TV series vs a movie, I mean they explained absolutely nada about the witch and emperor just enough to confuse you but not really that intrigued to watch the next movie on the big screen.

Glad I didn't wander to a imax for the first one, not that many glamour shots or scenes that ppl were stating it was a must see in imax
 
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While my nephew was here we watched one and two of the latest three part series.

He was blown away by the sound (5.1.4 Atmos) on my system and the picture on my LG Oled G3 via 4k BluRay.

He had seen them before but he's a huge fan.

He painted this; 12 feet by 3 feet IIRC.

Jason painting.jpeg
 
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A little bit of info on bit rates of video. Sadly there is the possibility that Sony will stop make 4k BluRay players next year which seems a mistake considering the ever advancing TV potential video quality. Never mind the improved audio for those with high quality audio setups.

Apple 4K streaming delivers video bitrates averaging 15 Mbps to 40 Mbps using modern HEVC (H.265) compression, while 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs run at 50 Mbps to 144 Mbps (typically averaging 80 Mbps to 100+ Mbps). [1, 2, 3, 4] 4k Ultra Bluray discs use lossless or uncompressed audio formats (such as Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio, or uncompressed PCM), providing a wider dynamic range and deeper bass response.
 
Actually been really ignoring spoilers and previews on this one because I never read the book.

1 and 2 have been great so far so excited to see where it goes.
 
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They get weirder. You learn there is a group of horny Bene Gesserit witches and all woman army. Crazy genetic engineering.
 
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