I was recently on Quora and was a part of a discussion about The Flash, which someone thought was ‘awesome.’ The problem was the I’ve also seen the movie and while it had its moments, by no means deserved such praise. And I get it. Everyone has their own opinion but objectively speaking? Not so […]
Recently I watched Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and visually speaking it’s a feast for the eyes and ears (I’ve never been particularly enamored of the work of Hans Zimmer, but he does some really interesting things here). Villeneuve acquits himself admirably exactly for the reason I originally thought he wouldn’t, namely he knows how to compose […]
I recently rewatched David Lynch’s Dune because Denis Villeneuve’s reboot is coming soon and I wanted to refresh my mind about what came before as well as to see if I still thought that a reboot was a good idea. As far as the latter goes, I definitely think it isn’t though more on that […]
The trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune dropped earlier today and it left me genuinely confused because I’m not quite sure who it’s supposed to appeal to. And it was a great, epic-looking trailer but I still don’t understand why it is that Hollywood feels the need to force movies based on Frank Herbert’s visionary sci-fi […]
Keep in mind I enjoyed reading Frank Herbert’s Dune. Heck, I even enjoyed David Lynch’s 1984 interpretation (as fascinating as it was, it wasn’t Dune; too nihilistic, too ugly). So why am I pessimistic? Dune is ambitious, BIG storytelling though the problem is that I am not sure there’s an audience for it large enough […]
I honestly don’t think there’s a such thing as an ‘unfilmable’ novel–not any more, at any rate–especially with so many ways to present a work. You could choose network television–which brings certain advantages–or maybe HBO or Starz, or streaming options like Amazon or Netflix. You have to match the material to the venue. This is […]
Does anyone recall the film Peter Berg was due to direct before he made the choice–in hindsight, perhaps not a bad decision–to direct Universal’s “Battleship? It was Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel “Dune?” A novel, by the way, that since his death seemed to have spawned more sequels than when he was alive. Despite the few […]
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