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Zorro

(18,693 posts)
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 06:15 PM Apr 2023

'Dune: Part Two' To Pick Up Right Where Viewers Fell Asleep During First One

LAS VEGAS—Debuting the high-budget sequel at this year’s CinemaCon, director Dennis Villeneuve confirmed Wednesday that Dune: Part Two will pick up right where viewers fell asleep during the first one.

“I think audiences are going to love this installment, which continues the epic tale from the exact moment 30 minutes into the first Dune that everyone fell asleep,” said the Canadian director, adding that movie fans who didn’t yet see the first film will be able watch this one without missing a beat since audiences fell asleep very early into the two-and-a-half hour film.

“Without giving too much away, it opens from the worm scene, which was the last thing everyone remembers before waking up to the HBO Max title screen. You’ll see what happens to Oscar Isaac and Jason Momoa again because that all took place while you were curled up on the couch, deep in slumber. And if you doze off again through the whole ‘Lisan al Gaib’ thing, just remember that essentially means ‘Timothee Chalamet.’”

At press time, viewers offered mixed reviews on Villeneuve’s choice to include a blaring alarm clock sound every 20 minutes.

https://www.theonion.com/dune-part-two-to-pick-up-right-where-viewers-fell-as-1850378546

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'Dune: Part Two' To Pick Up Right Where Viewers Fell Asleep During First One (Original Post) Zorro Apr 2023 OP
⏰🤣❗️ Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #1
I love good satire LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #2
Now that's funny! n/t Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #3
I don't know... LuvLoogie Apr 2023 #4
I actually loved the new Dune Nictuku Apr 2023 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2023 #7
Ever see the TV version of the whole original trilogy...? First Speaker Apr 2023 #11
No! Was it in the US? (not animated like they did for the Hobbit) Nictuku Apr 2023 #13
Saw it on, I think, the ScyFy Channel years ago... First Speaker Apr 2023 #15
Funny, but wrong. I watched Dune a few times and had no trouble staying awake. highplainsdem Apr 2023 #6
Sounds about right to me TlalocW Apr 2023 #8
I was fifteen when I first read it. I had no idea why people thought so highly of it. hunter Apr 2023 #17
I don't begrudge anyone else their opinion on reading material TlalocW Apr 2023 #18
Not entirely unwarranted dickthegrouch Apr 2023 #9
Especially just after Dinner... Nictuku Apr 2023 #14
Bwah! 😄 I have no interest in seeing it, but that's Funny! electric_blue68 Apr 2023 #10
Enjoy it with some 'spice' very good books and movie with some importand sub-texts IMO Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #12
I own the 4K disk. I like the movie very much and eagerly await the sequel. Earth-shine Apr 2023 #16

Nictuku

(4,658 posts)
5. I actually loved the new Dune
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 06:56 PM
Apr 2023

.... I was bummed that I would have to wait for the next part.

I've read all the book (more than once), and enjoyed the first Dune movie when it came out. I liked the new one a lot better.

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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
11. Ever see the TV version of the whole original trilogy...?
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 08:00 PM
Apr 2023

...it's better than either film, in my opinion. Even better than the novel in some ways, especially the expanded role for Irulan. It's just very, very well done...

Nictuku

(4,658 posts)
13. No! Was it in the US? (not animated like they did for the Hobbit)
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 09:05 PM
Apr 2023

I hadn't ever heard of it, and I would have gone out of my way to see it.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
15. Saw it on, I think, the ScyFy Channel years ago...
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 10:50 PM
Apr 2023

...pretty sure it was a BBC production. It's very much worth seeking out.

highplainsdem

(62,170 posts)
6. Funny, but wrong. I watched Dune a few times and had no trouble staying awake.
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 07:07 PM
Apr 2023

It's a very impressive film.

TlalocW

(15,675 posts)
8. Sounds about right to me
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 07:20 PM
Apr 2023

Dune the book was a slog to get through. I'm not even going to try the movie.

hunter

(40,693 posts)
17. I was fifteen when I first read it. I had no idea why people thought so highly of it.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:20 PM
Apr 2023

Thinking I'd missed something because of my youth and naivety, I read it again about 25 years later.

Nope. Still nothing.

Who are all these characters and why should I care?

Will I ever try reading Dune again? Will I ever watch the movie? Probably not.

Obviously people are seeing stuff in the novel that I don't. (I experience that a lot... Maybe that's how I got this autistic spectrum diagnosis.)

The book left me thinking it's too bad humans didn't become extinct before they left the solar system, before they spread their miseries across the stars.

That's neither here nor there, however, because I doubt faster-than-light travel is possible in this universe, and I don't think ordinary humans made out of meat will ever have a significant presence in space beyond low earth orbit.

TlalocW

(15,675 posts)
18. I don't begrudge anyone else their opinion on reading material
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 08:20 PM
Apr 2023

And I am grateful for Dune for one thing - I often tell people my name is a killing word.

dickthegrouch

(4,528 posts)
9. Not entirely unwarranted
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 07:45 PM
Apr 2023

But I fall asleep at the 40 minute mark of most tv shows too. Even the ones I like. Thankfully I have a DVR and can rewind to watch the remainder.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
16. I own the 4K disk. I like the movie very much and eagerly await the sequel.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 02:43 AM
Apr 2023

I never read any of the books.

I liked the 1980s movie.

The recent Dune has fantastic imagery and an amazing Hans Zimmer soundtrack. It screams, it rocks, it reveres.



It was a great followup for Villeneuve after Bladerunner 2049, which I also found to be a fantastic movie with a killer soundtrack.
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