ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) Little bit of news for all y'all.. Spoiler https://twitter.com/Legendary/status/1453058884516466691?s=20 So yeah, y'all good. Oh, and the opening US weekend racked up a healthy $41m domestic. Way behind Shang-Chi, Venom II, F9, or Black Widow, but in the same ballpark as Quiet Place Part II and Jungle Cruise. Also another $7.5m from its UK opening weekend. On those numbers would expect a full run - assuming it's got the legs - to go $130m to $160m domestic, and $400m and change worldwide. Using my maths from earlier: $165m budget x 3 = $495m notional breakeven. So: absolutely not a flop, not quite up to the watermark. But given the streaming revenues and the rerelease potential alongside Part 2... ...and that it's doing these numbers in a pandemic... "Boffo", as they say. No idea why they say that but they do. Edited October 27, 2021 by ThaOGDreamWeaver Extra Momoa 1 1 WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlewraith Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Money isn't an issue. This arguably superior version had a much lower budget: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 BTW, for those who've been living on an isolated rock hiding from sandworms and are wondering what Dune is about... 2 1 WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Monkey Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Somehow I missed the fact that this movie was a part 1 of (2?) until midway through the movie when I realized there's no way they're finishing this in the time that's left. After the movie I went to look up when Part 2 was coming, and ... OMG it's not even greenlit! That means it's 3 years out at least...and maybe not coming! Now I'm angry because this was really well done. 1 Active on Excelsior: Prismatic Monkey - Seismic / Martial Blaster, Storm Dragon Monkey - Electric / Dual Blades Tank, Gadget Hunter Monkey - Dual Wield / Traps Corruptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraspingVileTerror Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Check out the spoiler in @ThaOGDreamWeaver's post at https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/32135-dune-2021/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-409879 , @Shred Monkey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 15 hours ago, Shred Monkey said: Somehow I missed the fact that this movie was a part 1 of (2?) until midway through the movie when I realized there's no way they're finishing this in the time that's left. After the movie I went to look up when Part 2 was coming, and ... OMG it's not even greenlit! That means it's 3 years out at least...and maybe not coming! Now I'm angry because this was really well done. Some good news: https://www.polygon.com/22739982/dune-2-release-date-announcement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haijinx Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Well that's good news. This will be a bit like Lord of the Rings I suppose. A decent adaption of the book that gets the visuals and main themes down very well, but much of the in depth stuff from the books just gets a quick nod. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Here we go with the hype train for Dune Part 2, adding Flo Pugh and a near-unrecognisable Austin Butler… 1 WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honoroit Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 the new ones are good. do you think he slept with his mother? the architecture, reused and cyclic. bene geserit likes in the fremen. legends are seeded, then fill in with time to form tradition, politic, and religion. miracles manifested, sure as grown. dune did a good job of showing such, and vielneuve's has been exceptional so far, kupo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 3 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: Here we go with the hype train for Dune Part 2, adding Flo Pugh and a near-unrecognisable Austin Butler… Haven't seen the first half yet, but other than a gender change for one character, I doubt there are many surprises. I read the book and saw both earlier interpretations. Hopefully will get caught up this week, though I've some other priorities first. I'm guessing Flo is playing Irulan Corrino? If so, that's an incredible character. Julie Cox, though slight of form, did a good job portraying Irulan as a force of will, through the 3 TV shows of two decades past. I'm not recognizing the very white-skinned person, though. That's not Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is it? If it's not him, I'm guessing someone from one of the guilds? I can't think of which one, though. The Face Changers come to mind, but they first appeared in book 2 or 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Austin is indeed Feyd-Rautha - it’s certainly a different and more unsettling look than a mad-eyed Sting in his underpants. And yes, Flo is Irulan. From what she’s up to and how she’s been described in PR, it seems like they’re fast-winding her character to have more agency, looking into the conspiracy her father set in motion against the Atreides, and some of the “historical narrator” role from later books. WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 3 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: Austin is indeed Feyd-Rautha - it’s certainly a different and more unsettling look than a mad-eyed Sting in his underpants. Feyd was one of the few details of the SyFy channel's version that I was genuinely disappointed in. (I chose to overlook the obvious limitations of their budget.) That version of the character was practically a puppy, and for some bizarre reason fought with a 2-hook shepherd's staff. Sting was better in the role. Their Baron Harkonnen (Ian McNeice), though, was much more on target to the book than the disease-ridden, stereotypical mustache-twirling villain the 1984 movie had. I think it is all the new interpretations that I look forward to, just like I would if another Hamlet premiered. I'm probably most curious about Gurney Hallick. Sir Patrick's take on the character is very much affixed in my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) Very different Gurneys, playing off each actor’s natural screen presence. Stewart is intelligent, challenging, darting and probing in attacks: Brolin is taciturn, laconic, brooding, unleashing savage strikes in an intelligent manner. They also play up Gurney’s spiritual side more. BTW, being a soundtrack fan, I Am Much Disappoint that the Atreides battle bagpipe anthem is not available as a proper recording, because when you hear that, you are instantly in the mood to skewer a few Sassenachs and cry FREEDOOOOOM! …which is another reason not to watch this on a plane, aside from a director who truly understands the breadth, sweep and beauty of the desert in full widescreen, and the contrast with the rugged lands of Caladan. See it on the biggest damn screen you can find. Edited May 8 by ThaOGDreamWeaver 1 WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 On 5/8/2023 at 1:31 PM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: Very different Gurneys, playing off each actor’s natural screen presence. Stewart is intelligent, challenging, darting and probing in attacks: Brolin is taciturn, laconic, brooding, unleashing savage strikes in an intelligent manner. They also play up Gurney’s spiritual side more. BTW, being a soundtrack fan, I Am Much Disappoint that the Atreides battle bagpipe anthem is not available as a proper recording, because when you hear that, you are instantly in the mood to skewer a few Sassenachs and cry FREEDOOOOOM! …which is another reason not to watch this on a plane, aside from a director who truly understands the breadth, sweep and beauty of the desert in full widescreen, and the contrast with the rugged lands of Caladan. See it on the biggest damn screen you can find. Hmm... my region is blessed with many great Highland games, and one of the better-sized ones, Gallabrae, happens the last weekend this month. It's reasonably close, too. I'd not be a bit surprised to see the pipe bands playing this at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaOGDreamWeaver Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 21 hours ago, Techwright said: It's reasonably close, too. I'd not be a bit surprised to see the pipe bands playing this at some point. Slightly off topic: how many times have you heard them playing or sneaking in Test Drive now? No more Scottish than that accursed Mull of Kintyre, and yet... yer heart still swells, laddie. WAKE UP YA MISCREANTS AND... HEY, GET YOUR OWN DAMN SIGNATURE. Look out for me being generally cool, stylish and funny (delete as applicable) on Excelsior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 5/10/2023 at 3:35 PM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said: Slightly off topic: how many times have you heard them playing or sneaking in Test Drive now? No more Scottish than that accursed Mull of Kintyre, and yet... yer heart still swells, laddie. Actually, I think I have heard it, though never in parade ground performances. I think I've heard it in bits by those informal groups that hang around the clan society tents after they've competed. Mull of Kintyre, now, yes, I hear that from the troubadours at least once every games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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