>For the feature film adaptation, Villeneuve tells Vanity Fair that he’s expanded the role of Paul’s mother Lady Jessica, played by Rebecca Ferguson. She is “even more fearsome than before” in the script, serving a greater role in defending and training Paul, and Ferguson tells Vanity Fair the changes were for the better, stating that “Denis was very respectful of Frank’s work in the book, [but] the quality of the arcs for much of the women have been brought up to a new level. There were some shifts he did, and they are beautifully portrayed now.”
>Another major change involves the character of Dr. Liet Kynes, who in the book is an imperial Planetologist and serves as an independent broker on the planet of Arrakis. In the book. Dr. Liet Kynes is a male character, but in Villeneuve’s version she’s a woman, played by Sharon Duncan-Brewster. The actress tells Vanity Fair that Villeneuve gender-flipped the character because of the story’s lack of female characters.
>For Villeneuve, this 55-year-old story about a planet being mined to death was not merely a space adventure, but a prophecy. “No matter what you believe, Earth is changing, and we will have to adapt,” he says. “That’s why I think that Dune, this book, was written in the 20th century. It was a distant portrait of the reality of the oil and the capitalism and the exploitation—the overexploitation—of Earth. Today, things are just worse. It’s a coming-of-age story, but also a call for action for the youth.”
>STOP MOVING RIGHT NOW I SENSE ONE OF THE GREAT SANDWORMS APPROACHING >denis this is just a movie. denis pls
Dominic Gomez
And I’m fine with all of that.
Levi James
herbert was fanatically devoted to his wife and women at large to the point where he unironically believed they have psychic powers. why would you NEED to expand any of these roles, the innate spiritual value of the mother is a major theme they’re creating problems where none exist
"The actress tells Vanity Fair that Villeneuve gender-flipped the character because of the story’s lack of female characters" And that's how you know these fucks haven't read a single page. Can't fucking turn a page without tripping over a woman.
Camden Cruz
lol
Christopher Thomas
Uhh. Jessica is one of the most important characters in Dune.
Benjamin Edwards
YAAAASSSSSS
Jordan Barnes
>The actress tells Vanity Fair that Villeneuve gender-flipped the character because of the story’s lack of female characters.
Oh, dear.
Landon Bell
>why would you NEED to expand any of these roles, the innate spiritual value of the mother is a major theme easy to get across in a book full of monologues, not so much in a film.
Hunter Lopez
>lots of women >respectful depictions of race >incorporation of non-christian religious principles for a sci fi series made in the sixties dune is about as pc as it gets. what is their fucking problem
Oliver Flores
This entire fucking series ends up being all about females if you read it. Literally ends up being about two female dominated groups going to war.
>Fish Speakers >Bene Gesserit >Honored Matres
Why is everyone so fucking retarded?
Luis Roberts
>the innate spiritual value of the mother is a major theme they don't care about that. maybe herbert did, but not hollywood kikes. they don't care about the differences between the sexes, they don't care how men and women are wired to fit together and ideally complete each other like 2 puzzle pieces. they care about yas kween slay and unironically want to #draftourdaughters. they care about crushing the unique aspects of both sexes so that everyone can be the same type of worker/consumer. they want men and women to be enemies rather than partners.
>Denis was very respectful of Frank’s work in the book, [but] lol
Adrian Perez
Is this the new marketing/damage control strategy? Try to get out ahead of the obvious blunders by listing them all, then having shills nod to each other and go >I'm fine with that. >what's the big deal? >after all, changes are necessary in an book to film adaptation.
Gabriel Bell
I don't understand how that's true when Lady Jessica already takes up a significant portion of the source material, almost to the point of being the primary protagonist in certain parts of the book.
Oliver Lewis
>and that's a good thing!
Ayden Cruz
wait until you'll see netflix warhammer 40k...
Lucas Garcia
>story about a planet being mined to death is that really what they took from this? Pretty sure a major plot point is that Liet's plan to terraform the planet would actually end the worms and the spice
This movie is being produced by . obviously they have to send a "so progressive gender roles huehue" message even at the cost of ignoring that the book already did it but for real
Jackson Brown
armored bulldykes
Samuel Bell
Arrakis wasn't being used up in the novel. Spice operations were mainly in the northern hemisphere of the planet - and really only a small portion of that. Not sure how Villanova got it wrong.
Officially changing my mind - it's gonna suck.
William Reyes
man that honestly just really bums me out. I just read the novel a few months ago and was really excited till now. Ill try to reserve judgement until the films released, but my excitement for the project has definitely dropped considerably
Landon Robinson
I for one am glad people are realizing Villeneuve is a hack, never understood Yas Forums's boner for him. Dude just makes one-dimensional Hollywood flicks with pretty images, he doesn't have anything interesting or new to say.
I pray for a renaissance, or even a revolution, when once again entertainment can be made free of agendas. Until then, fuck this movie and I love Dune.
Cooper Walker
>DAE capitalism bad? god i hate these smarmy fucks so much
Noah Butler
I'm just not going to see it desu. Won't even pirate it, don't need pandering propaganda in my life, and I sure as shit don't need to spend 2 hours watching that Zendaya goblina appear intermittently.
Zachary Watson
Dune is about the power that comes from having a monopoly on an essential resource like spice, water, oil, etc... But it's not about overmining (spice is a renewable resource on Arrakis, it's just not produced on any other planet) and it's not about climate change (at least in the 21st century definition of the phrase).
Joseph Cook
>Officially changing my mind - it's gonna suck. Of course it will.
