[dune] this is a running commentary on the mini

[bantha_fodder]

this is a running commentary (as the subject line states) as i watch the Dune mini series produced by sci fi in 2000.

OMG YOUNG PAUL IS SUCH A PALE, LIFELESS TWAT.

OMG SASKIA REEVES IS THE LADY JESSICA. SASKIA. SASKIAAAA. Saskia was in a movie called Close My Eyes as a woman who had lots (AND LOTS) of (rather graphic and naked) sex with her brother, whilst being married to Alan Rickman('s character).

OMG. Of COURSE Harkonnen has a lithe, naked serving boy. OF COURSE HE DOES.

okay. so. people usually forget that Irulan is the eldest, but here they mention it quite clearly that Irulan is worthy of being Shaddam's heir (except for the fact she is female).

it's so weird to hear the Lady Jessica going, "oh, Leto." because in my mind it's Leto II, of course, and Jessica is Leto II's grandmother.

the bad guy is wearing a long, flowing, black cloak. clearly he has never seen the incredibles.

OMG IS THE BARON WEARING A RED LATEX NAPPY THAT HOVERS TO ALLOW HIM TO NOT NEED HIS FLOATING PODIUM? OMG EW YUCK EW.

worst cgi EVER.

OMG "how is my sister?" WITH THE LOOK TO JESSICA'S STOMACH AND THE TONE OF HIS VOICE OMG THE ALIA/PAUL STARTS BEFORE SHE IS EVEN BORN!

Me (in the other room): What are they running from?
The Boy: A Dune Worm. Or alternatively, Froggie.
That these old jokes still exist makes me smile, whether or not they're still funny.

WHAT IS IT WITH THE NAPPIES? they are totally fighting in nappies. and with the fakest bloodied wounds ever.

This bit in the desert with the guys with the hats (omg so descriptive - after Chani finds out about her father's death, but just before the killing of the Harkonnen guards) reminds me of Spaceballs, when they comb the desert.

OMG "Put that away, Feyd, and come here." OMG HAHAHA.

Huh. Paul and Jessica just had this conversation about why Jessica never maried Leto I, and it was all, "Politics?" "Yes, politics." It was just like Ghanima and Farad'n.

Huh. Irulan and Feyd. I don't remember this bit.

omg. Irulan IS WHORING HERSELF to get information. omg Irulan I love you.

omg WHY ARE THEY HAVING AN ORGY?!

skip several years (just like Herbert wanted)

OMG. Alia is all, "I want my brother." THE PARALLELS.

omg. omg. when their son dies, i still get so sad and feel so sick, and i know it was necessary for the story and that it never really happened but oh, UGH. YUCK. OMG.

the plaits that the Bene Gesserit where! With their little hats! AWESOME. Whereby awesome I mean omg ugly.

Comments

[zeplum.livejournal.com]

It was done in 2000? OMG, I feel so old.

I read the cut as "Herbert is Aslan now", which, you have to admit, is really kinda funny.

Feyd...mmm.

Irulan's the eldest? Really? Huh. One day I really need to read the books. Anyway, my love for Irulan knows no bounds.


OMG IS THE BARON WEARING A RED LATEX NAPPY THAT HOVERS

That is possibly the best exclamatory sentence in creation. Yis.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Herbert is TOTALLY ASLAN.

Irulan is the eldest. The reason why she looks like the oldest is because she is Bene Gesserit, and they have learnt to slow the aging process. You should really read the books one day - they're awesome.

That is possibly the best exclamatory sentence in creation.

I do try.

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

And MORE things I need to watch - I have both Dune and Children of ... sitting UNOPENED on my shelves. Sigh! NO TIME!!! NO TIME!!!

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is pretty long. Like, I've just finished Dune, and now I'm watching Children of Dune and each disk is, like, two hours long. So it does take a long time.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read it before?

And there is totally an orgy in the book. Keep reading.

[theblackdoll.livejournal.com]

Dune? No, I only recently got interested in it because I watched the CoD miniseries and fell in love with that. Good stuff!

[starringsarah.livejournal.com]

My problem with Dune was always this, in both the book and the miniseries, I floved Irulan so much more than Chani. I never thought Paul properly appreciated her, and she *did* love him, in her own way. I suppose giving Irulan his children to raise showed Paul also loved her, in his own way.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Irulan totally loved Paul in her own way, and she only meant to do her best for him.

This is why I am WRITING IRULAN FIC AS WE SPEAK. :o)

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

I like the David Lynch one better. Even if it's less respectful of the text. It has more imagination. And Sting.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

I have never seen it! But I had heard it was terrible, so.

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

It has a really great cast, including Patrick Stewart, Kyle McLachlan, Sean Young and Sting as Feyd. That should be enough to recommend it.

It does butcher the storyline and setting and cut the interpersonal shenanigans out a fair bit, but it has a ton more visual imagination than the miniseries.

Visually speaking, where the miniseries gets it right it copies the movie, and where it doesn't copy the movie it fairly well sucks. In my opinion.

Of course, the special effects are 1984 quality, i.e. bad.

When I saw the miniseries I hadn't read the book for a while, but I seem to recall it overplaying Paul/Irulan massively. It also had atrocious costume design.