Paul and Chani are an attractive couple. A "Dune: Part Three" poster should have a close up shot of the couple in a romantic scene. Just copy one of the romantic scenes of the couple from the trailer.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm curious to see how many of the Dune books they'll adapt into movies. As long as the box office numbers are good, they'll obviously keep going, but Herbert's books become more and more like a drug-fueled, psychedelic fever dream. Let's see how that translates to the silver screen.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is the last one this director is doing. And for most audiences probably a good stopping point.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

The people need God Emperor Leto Atriedes II!

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 5 points 3 days ago

I think Children of Dune is more approachable than Dune Messiah personally. But yeah after that it starts getting real weird real fast.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Probably a good call. But I want moooooore

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

The source material is just a suggestion, anyway.

[–] winkly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

D U N 3

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I thought that was Darth Vader, and now I just want a Kurasawa-style movie remake of the Obi-wan series.

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Generally I don't have a lot of feelings about movie posters, but something about where the people are standing and the movement of their clothes just looks off. Not that it's fake, just not well placed. It looks too far to the right.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Cool, I can ignore this just like the other two.

I like a lot of movies and I should like Dune, but I just CANNOT get into this series, I have no idea why. It feels like the story moves at an absolute glacial pace.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

The first half of the first book is really good, and then second half just sucks.

The first two movies are the same.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All I remember was the guy hallucinating all the time and how cringe the sand walking technique was.

The mentor hallucinations pissed me off because the guy basically dies as soon as he shows up for real.

The zendaya hallucinations just made me think she was too busy to actially film so they edited in promo shots to fill the time. I also forgot I wasn't watching spider-man a few times

Something something bautista reprising his role as drax...

That said I will eventually watch it

[+] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone -6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Really? Highlighting the series' most glaring departure from the source material on the poster?

I already knew Denis didn't give a shit about actual Dune fans but that's a little on the nose.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's necessarily a bad departure from source material to make the blindly devoted wife into an intelligent, self-thinking presence. Call me woke or whatever but I think it has a lot of interesting potential for a love interest to counter what otherwise becomes an absolute authoritarian autocrat.

I never understood the people who get upset that a film is not 1:1 with the source materials. The story on film doesn't have to, and in many cases shouldn't, be lock in step with a book almost 60 years it's senior. This medium is not just for the book reading audience. It's for casual film goers and cinemaphiles as much as it is for sci-fi nerds and the book lovers. Not to mention, the director and script writers are their own storytellers just as much as Herbert was. If you prefer the books, they absolutely still exist.

[+] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone -16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's necessarily a bad departure from source material to make the blindly devoted wife into an intelligent, self-thinking presence

Funny how your whole argument had to begin by putting words in my mouth so you could have one. And that's all the engagement this bait is getting out of me. Ta-ta.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What is the glaring departure?

[–] zer0hour@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

in the book Chani is pretty much fully supportive and goes along with whatever Paul wants/needs to do, but in the movie she's very much not a believer and doesn't seem to trust him, especially by the end of the second movie

[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Chani was devoted, but not blindly. She was not lacking in intelligence or any other qualities. As such, she wasn't stupid enough to threaten her peoples' chance at fulfilling both the prophecy and the promise of Kynes by openly questioning the mahdi who was delivering both to them. Denis's Chani is the way she is "because boss bitch strong woman don't need no man" no matter how pointless and contrary the behavior is for the situation, which is as much an insult to feminism as characterizing her as a brainless damsel.