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Whill Dark Lord of the Jedi (Owner/Admin)
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Sutehp wrote: | Oh gawds, another Dune remake? |
No, not another remake. There have never been any remakes. There have been two previous adaptations of original novel, the 1984 film and 2000 sci-fi channel mini-series. The mini-series did not remake the 1984 film, and the 2020 film is not remaking the first film or mini-series. The three adaptations have absolutely nothing to do with each other, other than the original work they are adapting. This is a very important distinction.
The David Lynch film was pretty well-cast but a deeply flawed adaptation (that I still enjoy aspects of anyway), and the mini-series was horribly cast. The only actor in that they got right was for Paul - Everyone else was bad. Bigger star William Hurt had a wooden quaalude performance.
Dune fandom has direly needed a good adaptation so hopes are high. The director is the guy who made Arrival (a pretty good movie about a difficult concept), and the Blade Runner sequel (critically acclaimed just not my bag). For Dune (2020) they assembled a star-studded cast including: Oscar Isaac (Star Wars), Josh Brolin (Avengers films and Guardians of the Galaxy), Stellan Skarsgård (Thor films and Avengers films), Jason Momoa (Aquaman and Justice League), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy films and Avengers films), Zendaya (the current live-action Spider-Man film series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible films), Javier Bardem (Bond villain), David Dastmalchianand (Ant-Man films and The Dark Knight), and Timothée Chalamet (Interstellar). The director describes his adaptation of Dune to be "Star Wars for adults."
Sutehp wrote: | Which brings up an important (at least for me, anyway) question: Star Wars fans have been referred to as "Jedi Knights," Star Trek fans are called "Trekkies," Doctor Who fans are known as "Whovians...."
So what does one call Dune fans? Fremen? Followers of the Mahdi? Sand worms? |
Dune fans are called "Dune fans". Just because some fandoms have special names for their fans doesn't mean they all do.
I'm never heard of "Jedi Knight" as a name for Star Wars fans. I have read that the UK has added "Jedi Knight" as a religion to their censuses, but I would at most use that term to describe real people who either live their lives practicing Jedi philosophies or regularly cosplay as Jedi Knights.
And us Trekkers know that "Trekkies" only describes lower-tier Trek fans. _________________ *
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Sutehp Commodore
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Whill wrote: | No, not another remake. There have never been any remakes. There have been two previous adaptations of original novel, the 1984 film and 2000 sci-fi channel mini-series. The mini-series did not remake the 1984 film, and the 2020 film is not remaking the first film or mini-series. The three adaptations have absolutely nothing to do with each other, other than the original work they are adapting. This is a very important distinction. |
Duly noted.
Whill wrote: | The David Lynch film was pretty well-cast but a deeply flawed adaptation (that I still enjoy aspects of anyway), and the mini-series was horribly cast. The only actor in that they got right was for Paul - Everyone else was bad. Bigger star William Hurt had a wooden quaalude performance. |
I had no idea quaaludes were made of wood. That being said, I did see the Dune mini-series and I do remember that Hurt's performance did seem "dialed in."
Whill wrote: | Dune fandom has direly needed a good adaptation so hopes are high. The director is the guy who made Arrival (a pretty good movie about a difficult concept), and the Blade Runner sequel (critically acclaimed just not my bag). For Dune (2020) they assembled a star-studded cast including: Oscar Isaac (Star Wars), Josh Brolin (Avengers films and Guardians of the Galaxy), Stellan Skarsgård (Thor films and Avengers films), Jason Momoa (Aquaman and Justice League), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy films and Avengers films), Zendaya (the current live-action Spider-Man film series), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible films), Javier Bardem (Bond villain), David Dastmalchianand (Ant-Man films and The Dark Knight), and Timothée Chalamet (Interstellar). The director describes his adaptation of Dune to be "Star Wars for adults." |
Most of those people I've seen and heard of: an all-star cast, so that's a promising sign. With this sort of cast, I might just go see this version of Dune myself. (I want to dispute the director's implication that Star Wars is just for kids, but no one can deny that Star Wars has been marketed to kids ever since the beginning. Hell, I used to play with those old school Star Wars action figures and toys myself waaaaay back in the day....)
Whill wrote: | Dune fans are called "Dune fans". Just because some fandoms have special names for their fans doesn't mean they all do.
I've never heard of "Jedi Knight" as a name for Star Wars fans. I have read that the UK has added "Jedi Knight" as a religion to their censuses, but I would at most use that term to describe real people who either live their lives practicing Jedi philosophies or regularly cosplay as Jedi Knights. |
I remember hearing that about the UK having "Jedi Knight" as a religion in their census. I think I might have conflated that with "Jedi Knight" being a term for Star Wars fans.
Whill wrote: | And us Trekkers know that "Trekkies" only describes lower-tier Trek fans. |
There are tiers among the Star trek fandom? Who knew? Ugh, why am I always the last to find out about these sorts of things? _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
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Whill Dark Lord of the Jedi (Owner/Admin)
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Sutehp wrote: | Whill wrote: | The only actor in that they got right was for Paul - Everyone else was bad. Bigger star William Hurt had a wooden quaalude performance. |
I had no idea quaaludes were made of wood. That being said, I did see the Dune mini-series and I do remember that Hurt's performance did seem "dialed in." |
The quaaludes he took when filming that show were made of wood! LOL. Actually, I was using the word quaalude as another adjective.
Sutehp wrote: | I want to dispute the director's implication that Star Wars is just for kids, but no one can deny that Star Wars has been marketed to kids ever since the beginning. Hell, I used to play with those old school Star Wars action figures and toys myself waaaaay back in the day.... |
I don't think there is an implication of "just" kids. Star Wars is for kids, and the young at heart. Dune is not for kids. _________________ *
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:09 am Post subject: |
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_________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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Sutehp Commodore
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You ignite your lightsaber for all the wrong reasons for just a few seconds and then people never let you live that down for the rest of your life. So unfair.... _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
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800 pixel wide image _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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Stolen from a friend on Facebook:
things we know about Rey: force mind tricks don’t work on her
things we know about Rey’s parentage: filthy junk traders who sold her for drinking money
things we know about Watto: force mind tricks don’t work on him, is a filthy junk trader who would sell anything for money _________________ "I've Seen Your Daily Routine. You Are Not Busy!"
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Sutehp Commodore
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Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:54 am Post subject: |
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Serves those Sand People right for trying to mess with a Stable Time Loop. _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
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_________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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Sutehp Commodore
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Not getting this. Is that Yoda wearing a baby bib or something? _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
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Sutehp Commodore
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, no, I can't see Yoda as a cat or ever getting confused. With those ears of his, Yoda looks far more like a dog and he's too old, experienced and savvy to ever be surprised or confused by anything. Dude was 900 years old when he kicked the bucket so of course he's Seen It All. I guess this just falls flat with me. *shrug*
Which leads me to an interesting question: was there ever a time in the Star Wars EU (either canon or Legends) where Yoda was surprised or thrown for a loop? I haven't seen anything like that; I'm wondering if anyone else has. _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
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