New concept art from Lynch's Dune
Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:50
DUNE DISCUSSION FORUM FOR ORTHODOX HERBERTARIANS
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It was a Fremen hat. Six months were spent designing hats... for Fremen... who go outside only at night.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:It's only one hat. It's definitely not as bad in comparison to some of Pistek's hats for the miniseries.
The film did have the last two things involving Jamis (in the Smithee cut, anyway): they just didn't make it fancy enough, I'll give you that.Freakzilla wrote:It was a Fremen hat. Six months were spent designing hats... for Fremen... who go outside only at night.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:It's only one hat. It's definitely not as bad in comparison to some of Pistek's hats for the miniseries.
Those resources could have been spent on something more important, like the dinner at the Arrakeen mansion, Paul's fight with Jamis and Jamis' funeral.
...or maybe they could have done away with the weirding modules and hired a martial artist... maybe added a musical number.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:The film did have the last two things involving Jamis (in the Smithee cut, anyway): they just didn't make it fancy enough, I'll give you that.Freakzilla wrote:It was a Fremen hat. Six months were spent designing hats... for Fremen... who go outside only at night.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:It's only one hat. It's definitely not as bad in comparison to some of Pistek's hats for the miniseries.
Those resources could have been spent on something more important, like the dinner at the Arrakeen mansion, Paul's fight with Jamis and Jamis' funeral.
I would like to think that if they had spent resources for the dinner scene, the result would be less unintentionally humorous than the dinner scene from the Sci-Fi series.
They couldn't find a competent enough martial arts choreographer to make the Weirding Way work on film, or at least found a way to film it right. They were too concerned about the film looking like a bad imitation of a low budget kung fu film to risk it, so the sonic powered modules were there instead.Freakzilla wrote:
...or maybe they could have done away with the weirding modules and hired a martial artist... maybe added a musical number.
The nose tubes worked just fine. If you want the mask and the cloaks, the miniseries version has them. No big loss.Naib wrote:Maybe they could have used the resources to put hoods and face masks on the stillsuits. Maybe for a few more shillings they could have given at least the leads characters jubba cloaks.
I thought the miniseries was done in Prague, and the Lynch version was done in Mexico.Omphalos wrote:Now, now. They did spend a mint making Prague desert-like.
Oh, bullshit. All they had to do was have Jessica put Stilgar in a hold (which they did) and mention Paul training the Fremen, later. The Battle of Arrakeen was only shown from the Emperor's point of view, threw a hole in the wall, through a sandstorm in the book.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:They couldn't find a competent enough martial arts choreographer to make the Weirding Way work on film, or at least found a way to film it right. They were too concerned about the film looking like a bad imitation of a low budget kung fu film to risk it, so the sonic powered modules were there instead.Freakzilla wrote:
...or maybe they could have done away with the weirding modules and hired a martial artist... maybe added a musical number.
I know, I know. Still, their insecurity got the better with them when they were worried that they couldn't get the fighting choreography right on film. To you, it's obvious what they should have done, to them... well, they didn't have the benefit of having someone like you on their crew to tell them off for not knowing how to get the damn Weirding Way right.Freakzilla wrote:Oh, bullshit. All they had to do was have Jessica put Stilgar in a hold (which they did) and mention Paul training the Fremen, later. The Battle of Arrakeen was only shown from the Emperor's point of view, threw a hole in the wall, through a sandstorm in the book.Jodorowsky's Acolyte wrote:They couldn't find a competent enough martial arts choreographer to make the Weirding Way work on film, or at least found a way to film it right. They were too concerned about the film looking like a bad imitation of a low budget kung fu film to risk it, so the sonic powered modules were there instead.Freakzilla wrote:
...or maybe they could have done away with the weirding modules and hired a martial artist... maybe added a musical number.
No, you're not the only one, my friend. I myself prefer the scene in the Lynch version over the Paul/Jamis fight from Harrison's Dune, where they just fight in diapers (why couldn't they just wear regular still-underpants?). Admittedly, I find it funny when Jamis in the Lynch Dune (or the Smithee Dune, as he prefers it to be called) is making sound effects while trying to attack Paul, but I rather liked how the actor delivered his lines in that version.Naïve mind wrote:Am I alone in really liking the Paul/Jamis fight from Lynch's Dune? It may not look fancy compared to today's slow-mo filmed, superbly choreographed, rotoscoped fight scenes but ... that's exactly why I like it. It looks ferocious, clumsy and real.
And yes, Frank Herbert probably coined the trope of super-human reflexes, so you could argue that fights in a Dune movie should be enhanced with effects, but still.
(*) Has anyone seen the (unexpectedly good) film Dredd? If I were in charge of a Dune movie, I'd like the slow-motion effect from that movie to be used throughout.