Current Events > Villeneuve's "Dune" will premier at Venice Film Festival in September

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https://variety.com/2021/film/news/dune-venice-film-festival-1234998915/

its almost here guys wowowowow

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My body is ready

i hope it does well enough at the box office for a sequel. tbh im not even sure there's commitment to make part 2?

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I hope it doesn't do well enough to get a sequel so we can put the kibosh on the concept of making half a movie and then possibly make the other half if it gets popular.

I'll see it though, lol.

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if you need there to be a sequel after having all the necessary assets and software transmitted to your imagination by the first one, you may have aphantasia

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rivers posted...

if you need there to be a sequel after having all the necessary assets and software transmitted to your imagination by the first one, you may have aphantasia

as i understand it, the first book is being broken into two movies. if the first one doesn't do well we won't get to see the ending.

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didn't know that. here's hoping there's a sequel, then

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I still don't know if I should be excited for this.

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here's some info:

https://winteriscoming.net/2021/04/19/dune-2021-denis-villeneuve-movie-sequel/

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one of these days i'm going to watch 2049 again. just such a commitment. i've listened to the soundtrack so many times, and although i only saw it once in 2017, images from it are still seared into my brain

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rivers posted...

one of these days i'm going to watch 2049 again. just such a commitment. ... images from it are still seared into my brain

reflecting on villeneuve's work this is my experience with everything starting with prisoners

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This is going to be such a lifeless dud.

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BeyondWalls posted...

This is going to be such a lifeless dud.

what makes you say that? are you not a fan of Villeneuve?

rivers posted...

reflecting on villeneuve's work this is my experience with everything starting with prisoners

i still need to see Prisoners.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

i still need to see Prisoners.

it's gut-wrenching

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

what makes you say that?

I saw the trailer. It looked generic as fuck. So generic space opera visuals combined with a story people can already recite line by line = dud. If youre going to make a movie thats already been made twice before then youve got to step up with something really unique. This movie has Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy written all over it.

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BeyondWalls posted...

So generic space opera visuals combined with a story people can already recite line by line = dud.

but LotR was a massive success and it was "generic fantasy opera visuals combined with a story people can already recite line by line" ?

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

as i understand it, the first book is being broken into two movies. if the first one doesn't do well we won't get to see the ending.

The director is just being pissy about it being on HBO Max, a sequel will get made
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

but LotR was a massive success and it was "generic fantasy opera visuals combined with a story people can already recite line by line" ?

Fellowship was visually distinct at the time and the only movie preceding it was an animated version of the Hobbit and Return of the King.

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I just can't see this being a box office success
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