deoju posted:

Jason Momoa is perfectly cast. He's like the human equivalent of a Bernard Sheppard: Strong, big, beautiful, majestic, goofy, dangerous, lovable, terrifying, cute.

He gives Paul strength and heart by association and proximity without weakening him.

Jewmanji posted:

I’m not sure how that relates to whether Dune is “the simplest sci-fi book ever”?

Anne Frank Funk posted:

Look up people with dark eyeball tattoos. That’s how it would read on the screen, dark blue, even full black eyes in dark scenes. Very alien and unrelatable which is not something you want out of half your cast probably.

Xealot posted:

I imagine a lot, there's obviously a ton of plot similarity between it and Dune.

Though also, blues and greens figure into a lot of Islamic art, and I could see that being at least partially because those colors contrast with the natural environment in much of the Arabian peninsula. Mosques and other institutions becoming these blue/green oases makes a ton of sense for religious purposes; these colors otherwise evoke lush plant life or the sky itself. There'd be something transformative about those spaces, and something eye-catching about people wearing garments or accessories in those colors. I could easily see that developing mystical or holy associations in Islam going forward, and that feels like the kind of visual detail Frank Herbert would've run with when writing these books.

Roadie posted:

When it comes to the spice eyes effect, my default mental image is pretty much always Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.



I have to wonder how much of that aesthetic in the book was inspired on that film's cinematography.

Neo Rasa posted:

Yeah Herbert definitely took a lot from this, and even from the first book you'll see him describe Fremen as wearing green outfits during various spiritual matters/ceremoney like when in mourning/etc.

Strom Cuzewon posted:

I really hope we get the scene where Jamis' kids are uncomfortably okay with Paul murdering their Dad. Such a great look at Fremen psychology.

Automatic Slim posted:

Will we get singing from Chalamet and Brolin?

ClothHat posted:

It was a really fun casting choice, particularly if more movies get made (they won't). I'm cracking myself up imaging Jason Momoa talking to a Jeff Bridges sandworm in God Emperor of Dune 5 years from now.

Automatic Slim posted:

Where's the Toto?

ClothHat posted:

It was a really fun casting choice, particularly if more movies get made (they won't). I'm cracking myself up imaging Jason Momoa talking to a Jeff Bridges sandworm in God Emperor of Dune 5 years from now.

deoju posted:

Africa.

Fun fact: One of the dudes from Toto is the son of the legendary composer John Williams.

AnEdgelord posted:

Jason momoa does seem like someone who could plausibly make a woman orgasm just from climbing a wall real good.

Anne Frank Funk posted:

Very alien and unrelatable which is not something you want out of half your cast probably.

Ccs posted:

This is the one movie I might risk going to the cinema in October to see. Depends on case numbers and so on but I'm hoping Quebec will have things fully under control by that point.

Neo Rasa posted:

When Herbert uses "blue within blue" to describe it often I always pictured something like the the super deep and rich layers of blues you see in old Middle Eastern bowls and some glasswork and stuff. With the sclera's blue color being a lot flatter looking than a typically moisturized human one but with the iris and pupil still being the darker and more prominent parts so that it still reads as a humanly expressive eye.

Prolonged Priapism posted:

Hasselblad posted:

Re-re-re-re-re-re-reading the first book in preparation (of criticizing each and every variance from the source). I hate to go to the movies solo, so I am going to try to convince my wife to read the book, if only to keep her from asking me questions about what is going on during the movie.

Hasselblad posted:

Does... does he have a zombie arm?

Hasselblad posted:

I merely imagined them (and IIRC they were described in the book) as the whites themselves being turned piercing blue. The iris are still going to be their natural color, as they are not gel/liquid.

Hasselblad posted:

Does... does he have a zombie arm?

Steve Yun posted:

But yeah I also wonder how much of Dune was inspired by Lawrence of Arabia

Prolonged Priapism posted:

Please, the preferred term is ghola.

AnEdgelord posted:

Jason momoa does seem like someone who could plausibly make a woman orgasm just from climbing a wall real good.

Prolonged Priapism posted:

Eyes of the Ibad are always described as blue within blue, the darker the more spice the person consumes. The Guild Navigator at the end of the first novel has eyes "a total blue so dark as to be almost black." A strict interpretation would mean most of the characters end up looking like Sam Weber's painting of Alia:

phasmid posted:

That's how I picture them. Having glowing blue eyes was fun in Lynch but c'mon you're in the desert at night. Hello, Sniper!

The United States posted:

Shields

bawfuls posted:

Don't force a notoriously difficult book to get into on someone who isn't into it just so you don't have to answer questions about a movie. Be grateful your wife is wiling to go see the nerd movie with you and be wiling to answer her questions. If you really can't handle that then suck it up and see the movie alone.

Wizchine posted:

I didn't hear any ululation in the vocals. Is anything from a Middle-Eastern or North African musical tradition verboten, despite the logical shorthand connecting them to the imaginary Fremen?

Kassad posted:

Are a good way to be eaten by sandworms.