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All true. I wasn't trying to suggest HBO would be on par with the movie but rather that if there was going to be a series, HBO has a better history of making high production values series than Netflix. There are reports that the "Last of Us" series currently in production at HBO is running $10m plus an episode.
In 2021 that does seem tough because we have such short attention spans and we want everything right away. I actually don't mind the wait. Though I also prefer the HBO weekly episode release pattern over the dump it all at once model.
The sequel is happening, the only way it wasn't was if this thing absolutely bombed. It had a good opening weekend, crushed at the IMAX theaters and is on pace for successful COVID release numbers. I am guessing it also got a lot of streams as well. The sequel in a post-COVID (praying) world would be expected to put him up even bigger numbers at theaters and be a huge draw for HBO Max. Plus it gives HBO the opportunity for spin off shows. There is a whole universe potentially at play.
ok so i listened to this and i could totally see it playing during a montage scene where the gang needs a new ornicoper and they find an old one rotting away at some dock and they fix it up using spare parts elbow grease and love and a pair of that fat defense guys pants and win a race to take back arrakis take that to the bank brochacho
If part 2 is a massive hit in the Marvel range, I think they keep green lighting Dune related vehicles for as long as people buy tickets.
After the bill and the massive controversy GOT's had, I imagine HBO is a little gun shy with getting into another multi year, billion dollar series but maybe not
I read through the series twice as a kid, loved them but it was long ago and far away. Great series but it's not for the faint of heart, deep and well written. I really got into the Sisterhood and their machinations as well as Paul's development throughout the series.
I don't have the most amazing sound setup (actually probably barely passable for some but I like it), but at one point the subwoofer was moving so much it fell off the shelf behind me. Scared the daylights out of me
Wasn't he the big fat homey that was levatating and taking the greasy oil bath?
I think he was in charge of the Harkonin (sp?) people who attacked. The ones who are all bald and have Bautista in their team. I assumed that because they had a similar bald look and pale complexion.
First book is amazing, a seminal sci-fi defining book. After that, you pretty much will either love the subsequent books or hate them, there’s rarely people that seem to fall in between. Let’s just say the overarching plot takes some major twists and turns and if you think the first books plot is deep and complicated, wait until you get thru the next 5. I’ve never read the later series books written by Herbert’s son, and honestly I read the original series like back in the 90’s when I was much younger too.
Leeroy Jenkins said:
They left out the creepiest part about him, and I'm glad they did. (In the book, he's a child molester.)
So I’m not the only one. I feel better now. (Unless of course you’re in your 70’s with hearing aids then I’m right back to feeling bad again)
46 here, but ran a nightclub for 10+ years. I feel like my hearing is fine everywhere else but 90% of movie or TV show I need the cc on. Hate it.
But wouldn't it be pretty clear to the rest of the Landsraad after the fact that the emperor issued the code red? I mean shouldn't he be righteously pissed that the Harkonnens ignored his supposed orders, and send the Sardaukar after them? He has the power to order them off planet, but then they turn around and attack the people he put in their place, take back the thing he took from them, and he does nothing? Seems a little suspicious. Or does taking out the Atreides weaken the Landsraad so much that he doesn't care once the deal is done?
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They would have had to spend about half a billion dollars to make a 10 episode season of equivalent quality and that’s before any marketing. To put that in perspective Game of Thrones most expensive season was around $100 million.
I think Villeneuve said he wanted to shoot Part 1 and Part 2 at the same time (similar to LOTR), and the answer was: No way. Make the first one first and let's see how it does. If nobody would commit to funding 5 hours of screen time up front, nobody was going to fund 10 hours.
