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**Panzadolphin56** · 08-10-2012, 07:56 AM

I noticed that watching Prometheus. Not sure why he picked that one specifically but it is very cool, shame it never ended up in Dune.

Originally Posted by ZombiePlatypus

You can get scans of anything online, but it's not the same.

It's a purdy book.

I feel the same, I have a few digital copies of art books but I still end up getting the physical book in the end just because it feels different.

**usedtabe** · 08-10-2012, 07:57 AM

I like the Dune we got but I would have loved to see Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Moebius and Giger's Dune.

**ZombiePlatypus** · 08-10-2012, 08:04 AM

I didn't know until a few months ago that Moebius did concept art for the original Alien. Of course I didn't know who Moebius was until a few years ago.

**Panzadolphin56** · 08-10-2012, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by usedtabe

I like the Dune we got but I would have loved to see Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Moebius and Giger's Dune.

Yeah, I feel the same.

Originally Posted by ZombiePlatypus

I didn't know until a few months ago that Moebius did concept art for the original Alien. Of course I didn't know who Moebius was until a few years ago.

What's Moebius done? I vaguely remember seeing some concept art he did for Dune but other than that I don't really know much about him.

**ZombiePlatypus** · 08-10-2012, 08:23 AM

He was a comic books artist from France. I first heard about him because he did a story in that Halo graphic novel, but he's apparently pretty huge in the comic book world.

**Stevil** · 08-10-2012, 08:25 AM

Confession Time: I just don't like Dune.

I've tried so many times, but I find it to be a really dull movie.

**Sir Legendhead** · 08-10-2012, 08:29 AM

I think I'd rather read the book than watch the film again. I saw it once when I was a teenager and yeah, I got bored with it. Not sure if that means anything though, because I got bored with everything back then.

**usedtabe** · 08-10-2012, 08:30 AM

Dune was great.

The version from Dali and crew was proposed to be a 10 hour film. I would've watched it all.

Y'all niggas just ain't down with the Spice like I am.

**Panzadolphin56** · 08-10-2012, 08:34 AM

I don't think what we got was as imaginative as it could have been (like we already said) but I really enjoyed it, some amazing performances from Kyle Maclachlan, Francesca Annis and Patrick Stewart (to name a few) and it was well directed. It's the only Dune adaptation I can really stand to watch, actually.

**Stevil** · 08-10-2012, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by usedtabe

Y'all niggas just ain't down with the Spice like I am.

My missus once got off her face with E while listening to this song.

**ClownBaby** · 08-10-2012, 08:44 AM

Did somebody say Dune?

**Stevil** · 08-10-2012, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Panzadolphin56

I don't think what we got was as imaginative as it could have been (like we already said) but I really enjoyed it, some amazing performances from Kyle Maclachlan, Francesca Annis and Patrick Stewart (to name a few) and it was well directed. It's the only Dune adaptation I can really stand to watch, actually.

But they're all pretty pedestrian. I don't mind a bit of thespian acting, but damn, they're so rigid and they stand around in empty looking sets - halls, corridors, sand and caves. You're locked on to these people during every minute, but if you look away from them, there's nothing going on.

**Panzadolphin56** · 08-10-2012, 09:18 AM

I actually quite like that though, I don't quite know why but it works for me.

That said, I do think it's a shame they didn't use more of the shots for visual exposition - some detail to planet Harkonnen or Caladen would have been nice, but I do think it's impressive for what it is. Compressing quite a complicated 400 page book into a 2 hour film.

**ZombiePlatypus** · 08-10-2012, 09:22 AM

I've never seen a Dune adaptation nor have I read the books.

Them sand worms were a trip in Beetlejuice though.

**usedtabe** · 08-10-2012, 09:28 AM

I've only ever watched the original film. I need to check out the others, though I hear they pale in comparison.

**Panzadolphin56** · 08-10-2012, 09:33 AM

I've seen bits of a few, I think including one done for the Sci-Fi channel. I didn't really like them very much.

They were just straight adaptations for the most part, didn't really try to be too imaginative nor really add anything.