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Anne Frank Funk posted:There are no positive characters, that’s why it’s not gonna happen. Yeah, I don’t know. I think post-Sopranos media has conditioned audiences to be very receptive to antiheroes and a degree of bathos.
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I know nothing about Dune but man I look forward to it. It just looks amazing, beautiful and epic
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Well, I will say that I'm still not convinced about Timothée Chalamet as Paul. Like, I don't get any charisma from his character in the trailer and he's supposed to be this incredible leader of men. I love the casting of pretty much everyone else, though.
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I've never really thought of Paul as an incredible leader of men, I think Chalamet nails it personally. Filming the second movie a few years later will age him up in a way the Lynch movie and mini series never could. I like it. Here's hoping he gets taller though edit: loving yikes that kid is 25? I guess 5'10 is...it.
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kiimo posted:I've never really thought of Paul as an incredible leader of men, I think Chalamet nails it personally. I found myself trying to imagine what Chalamet will look like when he's in his 40s and I just couldn't imagine it. Dude has an exceptionally young look to him.
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Jul 22, 2021 20:35
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kiimo posted:I've never really thought of Paul as an incredible leader of men, I think Chalamet nails it personally. I'm not the hugest Chalamaet fan and I'm not making comparisons but it doesn't seem to hurt Sly, Cruise or Walburg
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Jul 22, 2021 20:37
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Jewmanji posted:Are you saying that because Dune will never be successful enough to merit another sequel, or because of the content in the book? I mean I’m not so delusional to expert to ever see it myself, but the book itself seems extremely adaptable. And it’s like half the length of Dune! And we’ve got Andy Serkis just licking his chops at the prospect of playing Bijaz. Because even though it's a shorter book it's rather complex and also a huge teardown of the Atreides myth that's been built up until then, and would require completely different production design, and prolly Villaneueve won't be around to grease the gears out of personal passion.
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Dillbag posted:I'm not the hugest Chalamaet fan and I'm not making comparisons but it doesn't seem to hurt Sly, Cruise or Walburg Tom Cruise is also 5'7". Chalamet will do just fine at 5'10". Let's not pretend that's all that short.
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I typed that post thinking he was like 17 and 5'5 and then looked it up and he's 25 and 5'10 that's fine get him in the weight room or something
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Jul 22, 2021 21:07
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Jul 22, 2021 21:16
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Next movie Tim removes the slender stillsuit to reveal a body more imposing and mismatched than the barrel like monstrosity Adam Driver turned into for one of the new SW films.
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Next movie Tim removes the slender stillsuit to reveal a body more imposing and mismatched than the barrel like monstrosity Adam Driver turned into for one of the new SW films. He's gonna look exactly like that jacked 8 year old from a few years ago. And just as unnerving.
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JazzFlight posted:Well, I will say that I'm still not convinced about Timothée Chalamet as Paul. Like, I don't get any charisma from his character in the trailer and he's supposed to be this incredible leader of men. Kind of the point of Dune is that Paul isn't anything special on his own, it's everyone around him that makes him a great leader. The casting makes sense if you've seen The King which is actually a very similar dynamic.
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In the little bit of the book I read it says Paul is a small skinny boy who doesn’t wear deodorant. Which is why he needs to get the old spice
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:and prolly Villaneueve won't be around to grease the gears out of personal passion. He's directing the first episode of the HBO Dune prequel show which just got a new showrunner, so I'd say he's pot-committed at this point.
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feedmyleg posted:He's directing the first episode of the HBO Dune prequel show which just got a new showrunner, so I'd say he's pot-committed at this point. I know he was in on that obligation because of @duneauthor, but last I heard that poo poo was put way on the back burner
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I know he was in on that obligation because of @duneauthor, but last I heard that poo poo was put way on the back burner HBO is probably prioritizing the 8 billion GoT spin-offs shows they have.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I know he was in on that obligation because of @duneauthor, but last I heard that poo poo was put way on the back burner A new showrunner was announced today. I'm guessing box office is actually tracking a bit better than expected based on recent post-pandemic releases and a lack of serious competition. Though I may eat those words when it crashes and burns.
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Zzulu posted:Any man under 200cm tall is going to look like a child to the majority of the world The gently caress? You do realize that the average male height in China and India are less than 175 cm, right?
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Zzulu posted:Any man under 200cm tall is going to look like a child to the majority of the world Yeah OK, resident of The Land of the Giants.
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Hakkesshu posted:Kind of the point of Dune is that Paul isn't anything special on his own, it's everyone around him that makes him a great leader. Uhhh Paul was supposed to be like a generation off from being the Kwisatz Haderach, he was the end product or thousands of years of breeding. He was special from the get go, they were just off by a generation and didn’t account for spice. Like literally the book opens with Mohiam paying him a visit because they suspect the worst Jewmanji fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jul 23, 2021 |
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Next movie Tim removes the slender stillsuit to reveal a body more imposing and mismatched than the barrel like monstrosity Adam Driver turned into for one of the new SW films. Driver always looked like that. I remember the first time he appeared on Girls and he was a massive freak. I was actually shocked when he became a bankable leading man .
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Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar?
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galagazombie posted:Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? try again
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galagazombie posted:Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? I've got not so great news for you about the Fremen's entire deal. Patrick Spens fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Jul 23, 2021 |
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galagazombie posted:Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? The casting is unfortunate but I would give Villeneuve the benefit of the doubt. It’s a single instance of the word crusade, which does appear in the book, and we’re talking about marketing at the moment. Go see Incendies if you haven’t, that might give you cause for optimism
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galagazombie posted:Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? Rami Malek is doing OK tbh.
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galagazombie posted:Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? Riz Ahmed enters the chat
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MLSM posted:Looks like a major step down from Blade Runner 2049. The fact that they only filmed half the book just might be a blessing in disguise. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1418331024166109189
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Zzulu posted:Any man under 200cm tall is going to look like a child to the majority of the world The global mean height of adult men born in 1996 is 171 cm
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Heard y’all like trailers
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Zzulu posted:Any man under 200cm tall is going to look like a child to the majority of the world Centimeters are really small right, that's like three feet? Yeah, I get it.
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Vegetable posted:It's my own drat fault for watching too many movies but I can't deal with these productions where literally every member of the main cast is a familiar face I think for a story like this it's possibly the only way ityool 2021 to get butts in seats
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galagazombie posted:Pretty skeptical with DUNC apparently removing all traces of Islamic culture and aesthetics. They've made all the costumes super bland and, in the trailers at least, replaced every instance of the word jihad with "crusade". Muslims in Space is one of the big things that makes the book so unique and interesting so it's disheartening that they apparently threw it all out. Like it would have been the perfect opportunity to get a bunch of actors of Middle Eastern descent some exposure. Like when's the last time you saw a big Blockbuster have an Arab or Iranian etc. actor (whose heritage wasn't hidden by the movie) in a front and center role that wasn't "terrorist leader" or similar? This is a bad take for multiple reasons
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yeah but lol at the people who think naming rami malek or riz ahmed in any way takes away from the still very true take about middle eastern actors
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Aladdin made a billion dollars. Also its lead actor hasn't gotten any notable work since
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