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Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms
bowman9991 writes "The new Dune remake is becoming as epic as Frank Herbert's Dune series itself. Now that director Peter Berg has been ousted, new director Pierre Morel has decided to throw out Peter Berg's script entirely, starting afresh with his own ideas and vision. 'We're starting from scratch,' said Morel. 'Peter had an approach which was not mine at all, and we're starting over again.' Morel also reveals that 'It's the kind of movie that has the scope to be 3D.' He's also keen on sticking to the original material and recognizes that he must try to delete the images associated with David Lynch's 1984 version of Dune from the public's consciousness."
Once I sell all this Pets.com stock, I'm going to retire to LA and shop around my Illuminatus! Trilogy screenplay.
Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur...
"Force shits upon Reason's back." - Poor Richard's Almanac
just fucking skip the attempted nazi-ing all together. You'd look less like a jack ass, and save both of us some typing.
Although it does look like he could do with the practice... ;)
Ah HMMM, Grammar is spelling, and very little else. The little else is actually called "Syntax", not grammar. While not a grammar nazi, i am a grammarian with the degrees in linguistics to prove it. If you would like to go historical instead of hysterical we could talk about the very first book of English "grammer" (which would have been acceptable spelling at that time) which was in 1613 and was written by Ben Jonsen, the playwright. It was about 73 pages as I recall and was more than half devoted to ...... (drumroll please) spelling rules for English. So, consider yourself chastised and corrected, carefully place the duncehat on your cranium and sit in the corner.
Subversion of spatial scale luxury decoration ideas.
The basic problem with "Dune" today is that it predates the Gulf War. We know what "desert power" looks like now - M1A2 Abrams tanks and A10 Warthogs. There were worries back in 1991 that mechanized armies couldn't operate in the desert. Wrong. You go through more air filters. Some spare parts get used up. The tanks keep rolling. Remember those Iraqi solders in the first Gulf War who were all dug in, armed, and ready to fight? THe US sent in a line of tanks equipped with bulldozer blades, rolled over them, and buried them alive in sand. Being out in the open desert against a modern army is death. I don't care how good your knife fighters are.
And a giant sandworm with a big open mouth looks like a good RPG target.
There are insurgency tactics that work, but they depend on having a friendly population to hide in. They also require an opposition that doesn't consider extermination of the entire population in the area an option.