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    Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries

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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    You know Charlie Jane, i've only just gotten my R2-D2 t-shirt and then you go an post this. *sigh* I'm gonna have to freeze my credit card or start sending you the bills.
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    Image of lorq lorq
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I still own and cherish my copy of "20th Century Foss," the artbook put out by Dragon's Dream Publishers, which also put out beautiful and glossy books by Roger Dean, Syd Mead, and many others, back in the mid-70s and thereafter. (Time for a Dragon's Dream retrospective article / gallery, mayhap...?)
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    11/20/09

    @lorq: Ahem, of course I meant "21st Century Foss."
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Yay, Jodo! Factoid: the new Metabarons GN has a lengthy sequence by AWOL WildC.A.T.S penciller Travis Charest, which is beyond awesome. The two of them on one book hugely rule.
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    Image of Tim Barribeau Tim Barribeau
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    Many of Jodorowsky's ideas for Dune were folded into his comics, like L'Incal and Metabarons. L'Incal is an utter braintrip, in the best sense of the word. Totally worth a read.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    My gods, those are some very colorful ships.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I don't remember "Pirates of Dune."

    I like the pictures, though.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/20/09

    @cletar: I like that title!

    You've got yourself another Kevin J. Anderson Dune series right there!
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    I used to have two artwork books from this guy. Very distinctive imagination.

    My mom threw them out when I left for college :-(
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    Image of Zenuflecked Zenuflecked
    11/20/09

    @FrankenPC: Oh, that is so unfortunate. I managed to hold on to my copies of 3 of his books. I never got the star liners book unfortunately, but I had the spacecraft, spacewars, and spacewrecks. Someone is doing a revival of the storyline that ran behind these for an RPG.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: Mine were Starliners and Spacecraft. I've never seen Spacewars. I'll have to amble on over to Amazon and take a look see.

    #calendar
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: the ones you mean by Stewart Cowley?
    I have them - Spacecraft 2000-2100, Spacewrecks, Great Spacebattles and the Spaceliners one.

    Foss wasn't actually involved with this series.. the work by other artists is very similar tho.

    Edit
    Forgot to note there is a Spacewars book, that is Spacecraft 2000-2100 and Spacebattles in one Edition.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/20/09

    @Zenuflecked: Holy mother of gawd :-O Starliners goes from ~100$-~300$ on Amazon!
    (Shakes fist~!) Damn you mom!!!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @FrankenPC: get away from my copy!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/20/09

    @KhaiJB: heres the full set

    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]
    [www.amazon.com]

    now get your mits off my copies. MINE!
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Rare Dune Concept Art From One Of Space Opera's Greatest Visionaries
    aah Foss... shaped my view of spacecraft ever since I can remember...
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/20/09

    @KhaiJB: I know what you mean, my father used to read me the Lensmen series as bedtime stories so i went to sleep looking at those covers.
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    Image of ArthurByronCover ArthurByronCover
    10/29/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    The Lynch version of Dune has always reminded me of what Beetlejuice said about The Exorcist — it gets funnier every time you see it.
    Both versions of Dune have a problem in that they were faithful to the books to the extent of using Herbert's dialogue and duplicating the weaknesses of the stories as well as the strengths.
    Pink Floyd, by the way, was supposed to have recorded music for Jodorowsky's Dune. #dune
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    Dammit Sting! nobody wants to see that! #dune
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    Image of cooliehawk cooliehawk
    10/31/09

    According to entertainment site Pajiba...

    I think you can make out the outline of Sting's Pajiba through those briefs. #dune
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    I think they should let Alejandro Jodorowsky do his version. It wouldn't be Dune...but it would be something. I would also love to see Ridley Scott get the chance to direct Dune. He was all prepped to go forward with it back in the 1980s but then his brother died and he didn't feel like making a huge epic movie. Whoever they go with, I have a few casting choices:

    House Atreides
    1.Gurney Halleck - Colm Meaney
    2.Duke Leto - Liam Neeson
    3.Paul - Daniel Radcliffe
    4.Duncan Idaho - Temuera Morrison
    5.Lady Jessica - Juliet Binoche
    6.Dr. Yueh - Alexander Siddig/James Callis/Alessandro Juliani
    7.Thufir Hawat - Clancy Brown

    House Harkonnen
    1.The Baron - Robbie Coltrane
    2.Piter - Willem Dafoe/Brent Spiner
    3.Feyd Rautha - Tom Felton
    4.Beast Rabban - Jamie Waylett

    House Corrino
    1.Princess Irulan - Tricia Helfer/Kareena Kapoor
    2.Emperor Shadam IV - Hugo Weaving/Shahrukh Khan

    Fremen
    1.Stilgar - Avery Brooks/Robert Beltran
    2.Chani - Kareena Kapoor
    3.Dr. Kynes - Robert Beltran/Brent Spiner #dune
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    Image of ceti ceti
    10/28/09

    @Bill-Lee: Harry Potter the Kwisatz Haderach?? Hehe, that would be an interesting evolution for Daniel Radcliffe, yet another chosen one, as opposed to his fun turn in "Extras" #dune
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    10/29/09

    @ceti: Gurney Halleck - Patrick Stewart.. Sorry has to be done.

    That scene still gives me chills for some reason. #dune
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    Image of micah1_8 micah1_8
    10/29/09

    @Bill-Lee: Actually those aren't bad casting choices. The real problem is, Dune is essentially 3 books. To do it justice, it needs to be presented as 3 separate 2 or 3 hour installments. As much as I hate to suggest YAST (Yet Another Scifi Trilogy), this is the only way I can see the original source being given it's due.

    I actually enjoyed both Lynch's and SciFi's take, fwiw. #dune
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/29/09

    @micah1_8: I agree with everyone who thinks that if a new Dune movie is done, it should be done as three movies. Even as three movies, things will still have to be cut. There was a Dune forum (Dreamers of Dune, I think) that I was a member of that had a drive to get Peter Jackson to direct but he's never expressed any interest in the project. And frankly, I'm pretty sure LOTR and King Kong wore him out. Instead of looking for a director from the science fiction and fantasy the studio should be looking for someone familiar with Shakespeare and Greek Tragedy...someone with experience in both theater and film who also familiar with science fiction. Yet, someone who isn't a die hard fan who won't want to cut anything. #dune
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    Image of micah1_8 micah1_8
    10/30/09

    @Bill-Lee: Kenneth Branagh perhaps?

    Another way to go would be to get a director whose known for political thrillers... because, really, at its heart, Dune is just a political movie in a sci-fi setting. #dune
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    I dunno--I'm still skeptical that this movie will do very well. Dune is a very far out story, and I don't know if even a well-made version can a) even be possible, and b) appeal to a large enough audience.

    That said, I hope I'm completely wrong. I'd like nothing more than for a faithful version of the story to receive wide acceptance. #dune
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    I just got an image of Will Smith with blue contacts, standing in front of the Shai Hulund (sp?)....

    "Aw, Hell No!" #dune
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/28/09

    @Wookie1972: It would be especially awesome if he gets to rap the theme-song, too. What rhymes with Dune? #dune
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    @cletar: SPOON! #dune
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    Image of WirtTalos WirtTalos
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    WHY are they remaking this movie? The Lynch version kicks ass! Not entirely loyal to the source material, sure, but some changes make the story BETTER for film - look at Lord of the Rings. A literal cinematic rendition of those books would have been horrible.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/28/09

    @WirtTalos: The Lynch version was the worst movie I have ever seen in a theatre. I've never seen an audience seeth with hate like that. If you ever get a time machine, travel back to Dune's opening night and see that piece of crap in its true, horrifying context. #dune
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why We'd Be Happy With Neil Marshall Directing Dune
    scifi mini-series is good enough for me.i strongly doubt that this film will ever be done like LOTR split into 3 movies.
    and for dune you do need 3 movies worth.if they try to do dune as one movie then it will be krap. #dune
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