Thread: Movies and TV The new Dune 2 trailer may very well be the best trailer for a movie I've ever seen
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Old 11-20-2024, 02:32 PM   #150
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Originally Posted by Urc Burry View Post
The Chani turn was annoying. But it is what it is.

In regarding how quickly everything happened I think Villenueve had to make a decision. Alia running around as an adult 4 year old was going to be weird for book readers. Let alone non book readers… that’s just my take who only got into the books after first Dune came out. They are damn close to being 2 perfect movies in my eyes.

I still haven’t made it through Prophecy.. has anyone here?
Agreed.

And then having to explain toddler Alia going out there doing grownup shit was just going to really send people cross-eyed.

But you couldn't very well have her out there doing toddler shit either. So they moved up the timeline to simply avoid the cognitive dissonance.

It's not terribly unlike GOT just aging up the characters in the series vs. the books. Because for viewers, seeing these people run shit at 13 yrs old just wouldn't make sense to them.

And like you, I have to remind myself that when I tried to watch Dune BEFORE I read the books, I was bored and ultimately a bit lost. So if they're going to appeal to the folks that haven't read the books, they had to change a few things up. It's a little difficult for me to think "okay, how would the uninitiated absorb any of this" when I've read 10 of these books when you include the prequels.

I just don't think the Chani thing was the right way to go about doing it.
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