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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."
Hell, I've read all the original books (written by Frank himself) and I still don't think I could summarize the plot.
That's because, by the time you get to the last two or three books, it's purely intellectual masturbation on the part of Herbert. The Dune series was the biggest test for my "if I start a series, I finish it" rule. The first book is very good, the next two were okay (I enjoyed them), the fourth book was still interesting on a certain level, if a over the top. The last two books were sewage. The complexity goes through the roof, but it doesn't have a payoff. Summarizing the plot (not the details of the setting) of the first book is relatively simple, but by the last book you're trying to describe a plot involving psychically invisible Jews, nymphomaniac killer nuns, mind-absorbing shapeshifters. And that's on top of the weirdness in the original book (mile long sandworms that produce a chemical that lets you talk to your ancestors, see the future, double your lifespan and press your shirts). It's like he's trying to one-up himself solely by introducing more weirdness as opposed to engaging plot.
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If you judge the 1984 version as poor as a movie, so be it. If you judge it as poor for not being a faithful adaptation of the book then you've missed the point of film.
I think I'm entitled to the latter criticism when the ending is changed to be completely the opposite of what Orwell wrote.
Terry Gilliam got the spirit right when he wrote Brazil.
Wait... what?
Did you misread or were you going for funny? 1984 in the context of the discussion (and the post you quoted) isn't the book/movie in question, it's the year the Dune movie we're talking about was released...