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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

not gonna lie, sting fucking SLAYED that role.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have it on good authority, that Sting was even in a Rock Band! How crazy is that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

He is also a detective in Amsterdam

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You know what? A young Fassbender would have been a great Feyd-Rautha.

I mean, McAvoy was the God Emperor...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

I want Villeneuve to adapt God Emperor just to have the slight possibility of McAvoy reprising his role as Leto.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Elvis did really well tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I liked his interpretation as it fit the universe well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The gladiator part was really cool too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Most memorable performance, easily.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Baron was a lot more fun in Lynch's Dune as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I wholeheartedly agree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It really bothers me, no one bothered to ever give them red hair like the book says.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody ever gave the Atreides and Harkonen their book colors, either. But I'd say the 1984 Feyd-Rautha has red hair.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sting came the closest, he's the best. Idk wtf was happening in the new movie. Or why they became HR Geiger people.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

In Alejandro Jodorowsky's concept for a Dune film from the early 1970s, each house has their costumes and architecture designed by a contemporary artist. Giger was the designer for the Harkonnen, and several of his ideas persisted beyond the failed film.

The Harkonnen Castle

A Harkonnen chair

I assumed Villeneuve was calling back to those designs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Cool, never seen these before. The designs were nice, the only thing I didn't get was that Harkonnens are now stark white bald people. Their ships were menacing, which is cool. But I think the original intention was that they were also human, not so different from the Atreides. Which I liked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I want that chair. Probably uncomfortable but that’s some sweet evil vibes going on for a zoom call.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Damn straight!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Matt Keeslar. He played Feyd in the 2000 miniseries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I've never seen it. Was it any good?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It was very much a product of its time. It was alright.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's good if you want something more 'close to the books' story wise.

However, the Harkonnens are quite dialed back (they always are). And everything is low budget.

But personally, I enjoyed it and still re-watch it from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's enjoyable if you watch it in the context of it's time. You can't compare it to the Villeneuve version.