Dune (2021) Review | Spicy Worms Edition™ | Smack Talk
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It’s time to review Dune (2021) Part1, directed by cheese eating Denis Villeneuve and based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune. What’s it all about? Is it good? The Smack Talk must flow…
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
We love you too, professor! Screw KZread for demonetizing you.
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Жыл бұрын
Happy to have you back!
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Жыл бұрын
The ads are gonna tea bag me to death because my shields don't work 😭
@nickelmouse451
Жыл бұрын
@@christianzetterstrom9470 I think he's just decided not to go for monetarisation as it imposes constraints on his videos (e.g. in terms of the music he can use)
The Tosspot must flow
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
IT'S A GUNDAAAAAAAAAM! Btw I may have need of your voice in the future.
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Жыл бұрын
Gundam I would love to see Billy and the Professor team up , a match in heaven.
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Жыл бұрын
Y’all need to do collab videos or some streams or something, I’d be all the way there for it
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Жыл бұрын
Billy and A. Andy are who we need.
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Жыл бұрын
Ayy Papi!!
Whenever KZread bores me and has nothing interesting to offer, I always come back to re-watch Voxis Productions. I'm on my 10th run of all his videos! 👌
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Жыл бұрын
10th run, huh? Rookie!
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9 ай бұрын
@@jegzhdNow now... everyone is a rookie at first, you can't get to the triple digit club without actually watching them 100 times 😉
@mmm-mmm
8 ай бұрын
i like the firebush video myself...
@samurai8698
2 ай бұрын
@@mmm-mmmBryce Dallas Howard in his Jurassic World video?
@samurai8698
2 ай бұрын
@@karlepaul6632Not a hard challenge. This is my comfy viewing channel ✌
Id say the sci-fi got depressing and the absence of colorful futurism is a reflection of the times we live in. Alot of the optimism for the future left the building a while ago.
"He's not a racist! He's an ethnicity critic!" Why have people not used that more often? 😆😆😆
@captnwinkle
Жыл бұрын
Dude, I am from Mexico and when he said Mexico and out an image of the Dump Site I'm still bursting out laughing!!!
@twokool4skool129
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, millions of Mexicans aren't trying to get into the US because Mexico smells so great! 😆
@jeromesullivan4015
Жыл бұрын
They may now? 😅
@vee-bee-a
Жыл бұрын
"Ethnicity Critic". What a time to be alive. 😂
@Irisishunter
Жыл бұрын
"Paul believes black lives splatter" wow. I have missed you Professor. You could get a job writing for the Boys
Good to have you back, Blessed Pipeman.
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
You as well, Chris
@Igorgetyou95
Жыл бұрын
Two legends welcoming each other back. It’s great to have the both of you fine gentlemen back.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@VoxisProductions Laying the pipe
@ajsajs7451
Жыл бұрын
I smell a podcast reunion
You nailed literally every thought I had about this movie. From the literally bad, eardrum shattering OST, to the fact that it should have been an HBO show.
Congratulations this review and this take has aged like fine wine. Your review for part two can just be a ten second video of you saying “I told you this would happen.”
The Atriedes Battle Pug accounted for three legions of Saudarkar and it still haunts the desert with its battle yips
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
I miss those pugs. The Imperials had pugs too.
@rphilipsgeekery4589
Жыл бұрын
It makes sense to me that royals would have a toy dog for their son , I didn't find it odd
@reikun86
Жыл бұрын
Long live Pug Leto!
@reikun86
Жыл бұрын
@@rphilipsgeekery4589 Not at all. I also liked that the Padishah Emperor had a pack of bulldogs.
@merlinathrawes6191
Жыл бұрын
World of Warcraft decided to import the pug into Stormwind with boss level ugliness and stuff to run around. At least I think that was it. That or some weird woke thing.
A tosspot is never late, nor early. He arrives precisely when he means to.
@chocoman45
Жыл бұрын
He always gets held up by a guy name Al Zheimers.
@dlw3m
Жыл бұрын
Lol
Laughed so hard at "Dunc, by Calvin Klein". You have a gift, sir!
"What does a vagina after sex look like" "Well have you seen a buldog eating mayonese?" Oh god :D :D This cannot be unseen,
7:36 "Dunc. By Calvin Klein." This had me in stitches 😂
@spartamerican6758
Жыл бұрын
Same, what a great cutaway!
@mesertuga
Жыл бұрын
17:23 give me a better one saying "the hight colesterol."
@bongsnhell
Жыл бұрын
“ Paul, fantasizes about a deserrt girl called chAAAAAni, looking like she’s trapped inna ponsie perfume add!” Hahaha hahahahahahahaha😅
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
You gotta lay off teh ponies
KZread is so boring without the professor !!! I'm going on a Tosspot marathon before I watch this video.
@luciferthedoberman8991
Жыл бұрын
Not the worst idea
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Жыл бұрын
Open every single tosspot video in separate tabs and play them all at the same time, for the ultimate effect.
@canyonfox45thisismygoodsid68
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
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Жыл бұрын
@@TheHungrySlug Open every single youtube video in separate tabs and play them all at the same time, for the ultimate effect.
@rex2ducky837
Жыл бұрын
Fasts
As soon as I learned "Frenchy" was making this a few years ago, I moaned, "AW no!!!!" I'd just seen his shit Blade Runner sequel, where he actually turns all the neon lights off so it looks nothing like the original, enough said...
The rose and bulldog analogy is pure gold
It's not the quantity of videos, it's the quality. Good to have you back.
@n.b.l.5709
Жыл бұрын
Word, I love his bashing
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. "Have you ever seen a bulldog eat mayonnaise". Absolutely hilarious.
Yes, I love the book and yes I actually enjoyed the movie BUT I couldn't resist laughing at this review. Great video! Keep up the good work
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Interrobang212
Жыл бұрын
Couldnt have said it better. The movie got me to read the books this year, and I still like it, but this review was hilarious, and raises a lot of valid points.
@daffyf6829
Жыл бұрын
Right? This review made me feel like an idiot!
@AerysTMD
Жыл бұрын
Tremors (1990) > Dune (2021)
@inthefade
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it enough, but the criticisms are precise and cutting.
Today is the day ! Dunc II review! LOL. No, no rush , of course. I can wait a couple years.😎😎
Seriously? He wanted to make the Baron Harkonnen less "comical", but then made him just some big guy? And the whole planet looking like a Necron homeworld instead of...well. The Dark Eldar. The Baron is supposed to look disgusting. He's taken so much spice that he can survive any disease. He's a hedonist who the consequences don't apply to. How do you screw this up?
@kyle857
Жыл бұрын
I think the books just say he's fat and needs a gravity belt to hold up his bulk. It was lynch who decided that meant he looked like a monster looking MF.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
Where is the second comment?
@Nickle_King
Жыл бұрын
@@mkultra2456 huh…good question. I don’t see it either.
@asaenvolk
Жыл бұрын
Friends don't let friends play Eldar.
Baron has never been done justice on the screen - he's supposed to look like a cherub, an innocent, pretty, plump face speaking in a pleasant, deep bassetto voice, and a sharp, scheming mind that run circles around everybody until a literal clairvoyant, Alia, stabs him
@rafalemiec8683
Жыл бұрын
he still gets the upper hand on her later - that's how powerful the Baron is
@kyle857
Жыл бұрын
He wasn't so smart. The Emperor was going to deal with him next.
@QueenSydon
Жыл бұрын
@@rafalemiec8683 Haven't read the books so am curious what you mean about the Baron getting the upper hand.
@aymann7234
Жыл бұрын
@@QueenSydon I heard the gene-memory of the Baron pulls a Buffalo Bill and wears Alia like a stilsuit. "Goodbye sandworms..."
@minespatch
Жыл бұрын
Brian Blessed would've been great.
We miss you professor
@VoxisProductions
3 ай бұрын
Miss my fans too 🥲 I'm coming back
"Have you ever seen a bulldog eating mayonnaise"? I spit my beer across the room hearing that. Maybe too much reality for young Andy there, but 100% correct comparison. I was so happy too see you posted a new movie review, made my day.
Oh, how I missed Smacktalk. Nobody does this like you. Absolute gold, mate!
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
I miss smack. It goes god with smack talk.
Dude, I am from Mexico and when you said Mexico and out an image of the Dump Site I'm still bursting out laughing!!!
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
I'm just going by what Ridley Scott said.
Once again, the professor takes on a film that only he is capable of tearing apart adequately. Great job, sir!
Zendaya getting as little screen time as possible is a good thing…
I enjoyed the movie even with its shortcomings, but the line at 18:30 really stood out to me. For the most part DUNC keeps moving whether or not you’re paying attention, so having a character so blatantly say “he’s locked the door” when we the audience literally see Duncan lock the door was bizarre.
@kylefrank638
Жыл бұрын
Kynes and Boba Fett would get along well. She could tell him when people lock doors on him. He could tell her how to survive dying embarrassingly.
@pseudonymousbeing987
Жыл бұрын
Do we? There's plenty of room to interpret the scene that leaves the audience asking, why doesn't Paul and co. just open the door if they want to get through? Alien -like doors, adrenaline, shock etc.
@John-tc9gp
Жыл бұрын
Do you know how to ride shai hulud? Like a bantha! Yes?
@kylefrank638
Жыл бұрын
@@John-tc9gp *wiggles moronically in senility*
"Death by scrotum" The joke that cannot be unseen Also... dj assault was the icing on the cake ❤️ All hail the blessed pipe man 🙌
Holy crap, you're spot on with the accusation of "Hack" - I constantly feel Villeneuve presents the veneer of an auteur, and yet always seemed to fall short. And now I know why!
@MB-ms3ud
Жыл бұрын
Every French director/film is like that - all style no substance.
@Maggbba
Жыл бұрын
@@MB-ms3ud bs
@dragonknightleader1
Жыл бұрын
I think Hollywood directors get promoted based on one of these two attributes: 1)They are good at writing. or 2)They are good at cinematography. I put "or" there because a director can only be one of these things. Villeneuve (and Zack Synder and JJ Abrams too) fall into good at cinematography category. They can make good-looking scenes, but the characterization and world-building tends to suffer. Hollywood has chosen this kind of director for sci-fi films because the CGI has to look superb and directors with good visual eyes are more necessary. It just comes with pretty significant trade offs in that the movie's storytelling gets funky. Writer directors have their own pitfalls. Aside from more TV-looking kinds of scenes, they can disappear up their own ass with ego trips like Rian Johnson. Overall, I prefer a director that's a good writer over one who's a good cinematographer.
This movie completely leaves out the Orange Bible, the war against thinking machines, Sapho juice and the Mentats who take it to act as human computers! That's a solid half the fuckin' story!!!
I'm glad you underpinned your bulldog mayonnaise joke at the end. There's alot of good movie KZreadrs out there, but you're by far the funniest.
I've read the first book around sixteen times it's one of my favorites. The movie was pretty cool and I like how they had some word for word book-to-screen moments and scenes, but there was way too many slow motion shots and lack of character development. Also, Jessica is supposed to have supreme control over her emotions and facial expressions, yet in the movie she was one of the most emotionally distraught people who seemed to be floundering more than being in total control of herself. David Lynch did a much better job with her character imo
@danepatterson8107
Жыл бұрын
Man, for me, Dune was one of sci-fi's great disappointments for me (along with Ringworld). But hey, I get that people like it.
@Shamino1
Жыл бұрын
@@danepatterson8107 Ringworld is a bunch of insectoid descriptions and technical obsession that forgot how to create people anyone would care about. It came from a time where the setting, rather than those exploring it, could hold an audience's attention. Dune dovetails the best of both worlds in my opinion- it gives us people to care about, it gives us the technical limitations of the universe, and it also explains how such a technologically limited empire maintains itself. It pulls off the descent of an Empire better than 'Foundation' did and gives me a world to care about better than 'Ringworld' ever did. The handful of chapters in Iain M. Banks' 'Consider Phlebas' on a Culture Orbital did a better job than all of Ringworld in making me care.
@Maehedrose
Жыл бұрын
Lynch's movie was better on almost ever level.
@clumsybanana6524
Жыл бұрын
You gotta understand how French men view women in general. Than you'll understand her not being in control of her emotions. Its goes against their religion
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@Maehedrose Have you seen SpiceDiver's 4K fan edit of 1984 Dune? It's on KZread.
So great to see another review from you, Professor. In terms of adaptations, I think Dune is much like Berserk. It's too rich, heavy, weird, and beautiful to translate faithfully. These stories were destined to remain on pages.
@mnomadvfx
10 ай бұрын
I disagree. The potential is there - the problem is studio interference. This entire film feels wantonly gutted of story or character definition to the point that almost all characters but Paul and his mother could be merged into other characters without noticeably changing the story because they don't actually stand out as distinct enough.
I liked the SYFY channels take on Dune, David Lynch's movie is underrated and far better than the the new slop we've been given.
@45641560456405640563
Жыл бұрын
Bwahahahaha....
@nickdirienzo2849
Жыл бұрын
@@45641560456405640563 My best friend actually laughs like that, we call him Bwhaffles. Aaaaand, you're a fucking idiot. Frank would have been your father, but your mother is ugly and carries bad genetics.
Can't wait to see how the Sietches will be portrayed in part 2! Cambrian Petra-esque sandstone marvels? Absolutely not. Brown grey amorphous caverns with flat concrete brutalist architecture will do just fine to represent the mysterious Fremen. Lighting? None existent of course!
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
What about the glow globes?
@whiterabbit75
Жыл бұрын
@@mkultra2456 Dulled and muted.
@jetmad79
Жыл бұрын
@Mono Poly "flat concrete brutalist architecture" It was an imperial outpost, wasn't it? They did not show any fremen structers yet.
@chromicm6686
Жыл бұрын
@@jetmad79 Yeah, im not sure what OP is on about, each faction has a different art style, the palace and outpost were both imperial works under their brutalist style that works well for them. You would assume the fremen structures will be different.
@monopoly1027
Жыл бұрын
@@chromicm6686 "Part 2"
"Dune" is like "Lord of the Rings” if Frodo gave into the darkness, killed Sauron, took over as dark lord and set the army of men to genocide anyone who opposed his rule. And Sam helps him out of love.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
You gotta learn how to spell genocide.
@genmaicha.lapsang
Жыл бұрын
@@mkultra2456 Fixed it, thanks.
@jehovasabettor9080
Жыл бұрын
Not even close. Its about high and mighty thinking they can do better, and failing over and over again. Leto, going to Arrakis, knowing full well it is a setup, but thinking he can overcome the odds since he's better than the Harkonnen. Kynes, dying in the middle of the desert while having hallucinations of his father lecturing him on how they would shape the planet into whatever they want to. Harkonnen, retaking Dune and thinking about replacing the Emperor with one of their own, only to be slaughtered by the victims of their crimes instead. Bene Gesserit, thinking they can breed a superhuman who would lead humanity into a better future only to have their plans scrambled by one of their own (Jessica), and get Paul, who sees the "better future" they've unwittingly created, and tries - and fails - to avoid it. “No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero” - its the whole Herbert's shtick.
@HerculesBallsInc
Жыл бұрын
While I agree there's a strong element of 'be careful what you wish for' in Dune, I disagree wholly that either Paul or his son are 'evil' or 'dark'... or even failures at all. The trap in which they are caught, however, is one that is noted in many other stories going all the way back to the Sword of Damocles. It seems like they have vast gifts and powers which would allow them to overcome any obstacle, but those powers come with their own awareness and limitations which end up forcing their choices in ways other people cannot imagine. They alone can see how humanity could be consumed by dissension and war and reduced to nothing, and so averting that end becomes their primary goal - and one they achieve, albeit after centuries. I am reminded of a thought question in the beginning of Plato's 'Republic' where he considers if a good man would remain good purely for the sake of goodness even if it cost him everything he had, his friends, and his reputation. This is essentially what happens to our protagonists, where they are forced at times to be taken for brutal tyrants and give up their loves and their lives one after another as they literally save all of humanity.
@genmaicha.lapsang
Жыл бұрын
@@HerculesBallsInc I don't think Paul's son is evil. I think Leto II is actually a genuine hero. Leto II sacrfices himself, endures 1000's of years of pain and misery all to clean up a mess that he didn't create and save humanity. He's also an "anti-Paul" in the sense that he's not charsimatic but still is a competant and loving leader. At first I used to think that Paul was more along what you said...but I re-read the series and even the first book he is manipulative, cynical, power hungry, cowardly (given that he knows the danger of the path that he is forcing onto humanity and does it anyway), He also, sets his army on a path of genocide to consolodate his own power, he lies as well. And then by the second book he's abusive, more genocidal, more power hungry and more of a coward.
The main lead has the charisma of a pet rock
04:10 rare to see a fellow connoisseur of independant literature, that still dares to be entertaining with unpleasant historical matters
Great review, despite all its faults I have a soft spot for the Lynch version... Not so much this one.
@uberbeast113
Жыл бұрын
I love the Lynch one too. I spat my tea out when he called it crap. And I love Bladerunner 2049. oh well. I tried to like the new Dune but i kept falling asleep. Two months later and after repeated attempts I still haven't made it all the way through the film. I've finally decided it's taking up valuable hard disk space.
@Sedgewise47
Жыл бұрын
@@uberbeast113 😯
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@uberbeast113 You gotta watch the Spice Diver fan edit of the 1984 Dune movie. It's on KZread. You will love it.
@jdraven0890
Жыл бұрын
@@mkultra2456 thanks for the recommendation -- my friends showed me some deleted scenes from Lynch's version that were really interesting, hopefully those are cut in there? I don't think an edit can save what Lynch did to the Harkonnens, but it had such a bold vision and art style that I keep going back to it. Denis' version while quite good was missing that.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@jdraven0890 I think all the deleted scenes were restored. There's more Harkonnen scenes. More Sting. *;)*
GLORY TO THE INTERNET. THE PROFESSOR IS BACK! Praise be to you, your surly and loveable SOB.
DUNC that is still making me laugh my ass off!! Love your videos!
Before seeing this movie in theatre i had never heard of Dune. Leaving the theatre after the movie ended, I still had no fucking idea what Dune was. I had pretty much no idea what was happening on screen at any given moment.
YES!! Professor Tosspot is back! You’ve made my day, sir. Your reviews are typically more entertaining than the films they review. KZread needs more Tosspot!
As a very big fan of the books, I thought that all the 'little' changes V made each showed how little he understood at all what was going on in the books. You can't just turn Jessica into a weepy mother - it defies the very nature of the Bene Gesserit. You can't just turn Liet Kynes into a black woman - it defies the entire patriarchal structure of the Fremen which isn't at all arbitrary but based on necessary adaptations to warrior culture. You can't just make Paul into a lovesick teenager who sometimes has funky dreams - he has lifelong training in three wholly different disciplines making him a human computer, in perfect control of his body, and a top-notch warrior and strategist before the movie even starts. Nor can you really just gloss over the politics and religion because the story is soaked to the gills with it. It's no accident that Paul is seen as the messiah - those prophesies were specifically planted long ago and specifically to be taken advantage of later. In the end, I felt that the adaptation had as little to do with actual 'Dune' as it did with 'Ishtar', 'Casablanca', or 'Star Wars'.
@josephguigli5390
Жыл бұрын
Well said...
@mr.s2005
Жыл бұрын
never fully read the book, just watched the previous adaptations, so would say I didn't think the movie was bad, but it was apparently confusing enough that the person I watched it with, who had never heard of this series before, had no idea what was going on. Personally could see how much they skimmed over things, and from watching the previous adaptations knew the Harkonnen duke wasn't just some one big scheme evil guy but one who had plots within plots all the time.
@dermagnus8482
Жыл бұрын
A reason i dont listen to the positive reviews. All after 2017 is the same crap for me. A bunch of POC, Female , Feminists, LGBTQPA++ jump around on the screen and are the bestest ever. But I enjoy all the Reviews like this one.
@MA-go7ee
Жыл бұрын
As someone who never even finished the Dune novel (i... just cannot enjoy the prose), the micharacterisation of Jessica *really* confused me. How does that even happen?? That he would portray her as almost the opposite of what she should be? This reminds me of the time they changed Yagami Light in the Netflix Death Note adaptation just to make him more 'relatable'. I can bet the thought process was 'the audience will empathise with a concerned mother', never considering how it breaks the story. Changes like these really baffle me. First of all, the adaptation only happens because the original worked, so wy change it. Secondly they often break story or world logic. Thirdly, likely a massive part of the appeal of many acclaimed stories is that it is full of characters who do not fit the usual hollywood 'relatable' box. People actually want to see atypical people.
@dragonknightleader1
Жыл бұрын
@@mr.s2005 I also never read the book and found the movie very simplified, which Tosspot notes when there's a general lack of intrigue i.e. the reason why the story works in the first place. Take that meeting between Duke Atreides and Stilgar (I had to look him up). That negotiation, aside from being in a darkly lit conference room, was very fast and had very little negotiation going on in it. It seemed like it should have been a haggling scene where both parties should be trying to get the most out of the agreement as they can. Instead, it's something like "We still need the spice, but we'll leave your villages alone." It was a bizarrely boring movie to watch that isn't nearly as smart as it thinks it is despite the arthouse presentation.
Hope you are staying in good health. I felt bored and sleepy throughout Dune part 1 while in contracts to most prominent KZreadrs praising this movie highly. Now part 2 has been released. Definitely not going to pay to watch it at cinema, rather would enjoy the movie reviews, such as yours.
Took your advice and read the book. I'm very impressed with how well it was written, easily jumped to being my fav piece of sci-fi. As someone who loves Lord of the Rings, I'd say that Dune is the sci-fi version of that level of passion, writing, world building, and characterization. Wish it got a worthy adaptation like LoTR did.
I think the reason this film was as well received as it was is because it wasn't offensively bad and just competent. Unfortunately, being 'just competent' makes for a bland watch which leaves no desire to return. There's a reason all the Dune media uses the Lynch ascetic
@truecrimepodcasting
Жыл бұрын
I think this was one of the greatest films ever made. I do love this critique though, especially the reference to Viper Higgins and the Zendaya/Weinstein thing.
@Vislow
Жыл бұрын
Or maybe people just have different tastes and opinions to yours.
@heavyearly2232
Жыл бұрын
I'm old enough to remember the first one(which was excruciating, I.M.O.), and the Sci-fi series(which I liked ), so competent was fine with me. Game of Thrones spoiled me for character development, so I went in with realistic expectations, and will watch the next one.
Dune TV show was better despite the lower budget. Actually focused a bit on the underlying conspiracy plot.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
AcTuAlLy
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@Bionick Toa I wish this was a 3 hour movie. It's only 2 and a half. It could have been a 3 hour movie but Denis cut out a bunch of character development scenes.
@genmaicha.lapsang
Жыл бұрын
For of all of it's short commings, the TV series is still the most faithful adaptation so far and the better one becuase it's done.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@genmaicha.lapsang Despite the hilarious costumes I liked the TV series. Also Chani... baby got back.
F*ck sake Prof. where have you been, I didn't know how much I missed you till you came back. The critical drinker kept me going but why settle for silver when you can go for gold. Don't ever stop.
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
Aaaawww thanks
Hope everything is going well professor, can't wait to hear from you again!
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
Thanks friend. Just getting back on my feet.
@SirJad_
Жыл бұрын
@@VoxisProductions Been following you since 7k, glad to hear from ya!
I will give the film this they did try to portray Duke Leito Atreides as a good father who cares about his son. Which while in normal times would just be the norm in "modern" Hollywood it is worth giving at least a modicum of praise to.
@CursedWheelieBin
Жыл бұрын
That’s not how punctuation and sentences work. I think I know what you’re trying to say however.
“Like a bulldog having just eaten mayonnaise” Nearly choked on my drink hearing that
@vermis8344
Жыл бұрын
I nearly choked on my food at the end of the video.
I like the 1980,s version.
"He puts his hand in an old lady's box", "HEE-HEE". That part of the vid always has me smiling, and then laughing uncontrollably.
You never fail to entertain. Thank you for half an hour of sheer enjoyment. I got slaughtered on IMDB for criticising this film when it was released lol. Nice to hear someone else disliking the Zimmer soundtrack that some hail as a masterpiece?!?!
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
Zimmer soundtrack: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HHHHAAAAAYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH" crazy desert lady. But then there are some pretty cool moments, like when the ships surface from the ocean, that song was badass. The songs played during the opening scenes where cool too.
@jdraven0890
Жыл бұрын
Like the rest of the movie, it was fine. It was. But do you remember a thing about the score after you left the theater? The Lynch version I own the record of, however.
And it's over a half hour long. I have so missed you, Professor. Thank you so much for all your hard work abd dedication for us.
I rewatched Dunc yesterday, before part 2 drops in the cinemas. What a boring mess. Seriously, this review is more entertaining than the whole movie. Frenchie is like Cameron, but without any imagination. Dunc looks more like high budget minimalist play, than a real movie. 7:01-7:02 nice.....
@jasonbourneistreadstone
4 күн бұрын
The 1984 film was at least fun to watch. The re-make is boring trash.
Fun fact. The original dune in ms DOS based on the original movie spawned the beginnings of real time strategy games like command and conquer which brought us cameos from the likes of Tim curry and more recently, Gemma Atkinson. Who makes for an exhilarating wank.
Caladan looked amazing. The first hour of this film is beautiful- even if the script is dead-set on making sure no one ever addresses the Duke Leto by his name, they entirely skip informing the audience of Yueh's betrayal (and by extension skip Yueh's short character arc, which makes his betrayal seem like a total plot contrivance) and they turn House Harkonnen into a single-dimension saturday morning cartoon villain, and they wasted 9 minutes filming Chani for a perfume commercial rather than spending that 9 minutes on characterization, motivation, or making us give a shit about anyone or anything. If Arrakis looks like flat grey-scale garbage, if Arrakeen looks like the 3D modellers forgot to do anything beyond the initial euclidean geometry, if the script is intentionally tight and emotionless, and if characters that persist throughout the story aren't established and made familiar to the audience that is supposed to watch the sequels- what, in this film, should anyone precisely give a shit about?
@ericvulgate
Жыл бұрын
I feel like we didn't see the same film. Mandela effect? I'm in the better universe for once.
@mrgomelonsolaris
Жыл бұрын
Channiel No. 5
The miniseries (well the first one at least) was actually pretty good I thought. It’s my favorite depiction of Baron Harkonnen and they have him end his scenes with a monologue in iambic pentameter so it’s got this great Shakespearean vibe to it.
@NefariousKoel
Жыл бұрын
The miniseries was good for sticking closer to the books, despite the low budget. The costumes were ridiculous, however.
@doublep1980
Жыл бұрын
Also, Ian McNeice as the Baron was fantastic. Stellan Skarsgard reminded me more of a poor man's Colonal Kurze, then the scheming, degenerate Baron Harkonnen from the book.
@schaddenkorp6977
Жыл бұрын
@@NefariousKoel some were weird yeah, they didn’t bother me a whole lot and I liked the Sardaukar/Harkonnen troop outfits and a few others, but regardless at least they went for something that was gonna catch the eye. Raise an eyebrow as well, but those outfits certainly caught the attention.
@schaddenkorp6977
Жыл бұрын
@@doublep1980 yknow if he’d been given something better to work with I’ve no doubt - well speaks for itself really - we’d have gotten a better Baron than Mr. Floaty two liners.
@uberbeast113
Жыл бұрын
@@schaddenkorp6977 If you can forgive Toto rock music and some occasion low res blocky graphics, ...well...i always found magic in this film. I would say a Jungian mythological vibe. Hero archetype and all that good stuff. Paul meeting his big love/anima/feminine energy. Love it.
Trailer just dropped, looking forward to Voxis Productions review of DUNC part 2
I doubt that we will ever get a proper movie adaptation of Dune, perhaps an animated adaptation would work better.
@mnomadvfx
Жыл бұрын
I think it is possible as a mini series with the modern budgets that the streaming giants have to throw about.
@mnomadvfx
10 ай бұрын
Likely not a movie - but with the huge jump forward in CG tech and TV/streaming spending since the SyFy miniseries they could easily make a good adaptation in miniseries format. Part of the problem I think was simply casting a known Hollywood quantity with Chalamet (largely due to a campaign in support of his casting) rather than seeking out the right person for the role at closer to the right age. The other problem was changing the story to try and make the Atreides family more relatable to the average person. The problem with that change is that the Atreides are royalty and would not act or think as most of their subjects would.
The glorious return of Smacktalk. Professor Tosspot well done dear sir. I definitely needed this.
As someone who has also read Dune, I think if the book was successfully adapted into anything, it'd be an anime. The book is intended for young adults, so an anime would hit the target audience perfectly. The cartoon medium also assists in the suspension of disbelief, so all of the fantastical (and sometimes downright goofy) bits of the book could be portrayed much more naturally.
@katthunter6561
Жыл бұрын
Agree! And you could have a lot of inner monologues without them seeming out of place as it would in live action
@UsmevavyPanacek
Жыл бұрын
While I never thought to myself "I'd love to see that as a movie" while reading a book, "I'd love to see that as an anime" came to my mind quite often.
@IanMcGarrett
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't intended for young adults. It was mainstream science fiction with commentary on contemporaneous issues.... like psychotropics.
@mannysong1752
Жыл бұрын
Uh God please..don't turn dune into a anime
@josephfisher426
Жыл бұрын
@@IanMcGarrett Maybe "young" isn't that young... but the protagonist is a mid- to late-teen, making that group seem like the target.
You're missed, Prof.
It's not that straight forward a hero's journey story. Paul is the protagonist, but hero is pushing it a bit. He knows better then anyone the horrible future that not even he can avoid, and the bloodshed that inevitably happens once he accepts the mantle of Muad-dib. His story is one part revenge story and a kind of morality tale on the dangers of following charismatic individuals. Villeneuve glosses over a lot of it with making not only Paul but many of the characters more melodramatic then necessary and including comedy awkwardly in scenes that aren't meant to be humorous, the gift of water scene being a particular offender. Also Zendaya is kind of bad, for what little she appears as Chani.
Very good piece, Prof. Controversial opinion: I feel that the 80s version, directed by David Lynch, while generally accepted to be a cinematic disaster, is actually still a *better* film than the Villeneuve remake. Acting, dialogue and style, still outclass the 2021 version.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
You gotta check out Spice Diver's Fan Edit for David Lynch's movie. It's on KZread and it's in 4K.
@MB-ms3ud
Жыл бұрын
Honestly the Lynch film was a great movie that just had some cringe scenes and moments which can be excused by the limitations of the budget and technology of the era. I'd say the new version is immeasurably worse because with all the advantages of modern CGI and an all star cast they made a less impactful and interesting film.
@tygorton
Жыл бұрын
100% It's not even close.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@MB-ms3ud Are you sure you're being honest?
@menorcaventura3442
Жыл бұрын
Casting was definitely better. Prochnow as Leto, Von Sydow as Kynes, and Stewart as Gurney-man, not to mention Sting at the height of his career. Watching Po-faced Dameron mangle the Red Duke was painful.
Yeah, it was an awfully drab, monochrome and sullen film lacking color and detail in most shots. Sometimes visually impressive and with great atmospheric moments inbetween though. Just not nearly often enough. It felt barebones, like too many important scenes were cut, especially those fleshing out the various main characters. And Zendaya really degrades any film she's in. Most implausible girlfriend/love interest actress ever. Two thumbs up for that Sardaukar ending though professor! Your musical taste remains exquisite!
I came back to rewatch this review to calm myself down, after seeing what they are planning for part 2. I’m glad that there is someone else in this crazy world who shares the same opinion as me and sees through all the BS. Guess the big dick chads will never get the adaptation they deserve, sad. Hope you make a review of part 2, I definitely be needing it to cope after the movie is released.
@VoxisProductions
3 ай бұрын
Oh I'm on it.
@thesleeperhasawakened4916
3 ай бұрын
@@VoxisProductionsNice, looking forward to it :D
@tetsuoswrath
2 ай бұрын
@@VoxisProductionsI’m gonna need it, feels like some french guy pissed and shit in my face for nearly 3 hours. And I think he had some asparagus and curry out of spite…
When the boredom is gone, only Professor Tosspot will remain.
Great video, and glad to hear you well! I watched this movie rooting for the worms the whole time. They were just as relatable as the characters! Also, thanks again for your work on Two Towers! Keep well!
@nemo6686
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't help thinking of Tremors...
Can’t say I agree with your hypothesis BUT it’s always nice to see you and hear your voice! Don’t be a stranger!
Absolutely fantastic video!. This movie became a litmus test for me, in the sense that I helped me weed out the good KZread movie reviewers from the mediocre ones. Here's the final report: you're the only one that I can trust. And the fact that the review is presented in such original and comical way? the icing on the cake
He didn't say the casting was s--t. Not hypocritical. Agreed with the rest. And thank you, I now have an explanation for Zendaya.
10:55 That’s how a lot of actresses get their start LOL 😂
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
The casting couch is no joke.
The ending.......I had tears, literal tears. So freaking funny. Thank you Professor!!
Finally someone with the honesty and keen insight to not fool themselves into mindlessly agreeing with the hype surrounding this underwhelming adaptation of the greatest novel fantasy and philosophy novel of the last century.
Great video, professor! 👍👍 1) It really may be impossible to translate Dune the book into Dune the movie, but Frenchie McBaguette showed he's not even trying when he excluded Ffeyd-Rautha Harkonnen. 2) Jason Momoa should be Stilgar (presuming Stilgar is in the movie)
Most underrated channel on KZread.
Yay... youtube's most underrated movie critic is back.
Btw, Professor you forgot that they (Denny and Roth, may their names be forever blackened by this atrocity to writing) cut the plotline that leads to the climax. Speaking of Roth (cursed be his line), he confessed that he himself hated the novel because "it was too populous," so again someone hired because he hated the job
It's time! Bless you Professor Tosspot!
@jesterssketchbook
Жыл бұрын
ikr - this channel is so good!
Always glad to see a project from you again, Blessed Pipe Man! As a non-reader of Dune, I could only judge the movie for what it was, without references or comparisons. I thought there was semi-regular grand spectacle and two-ish memorable performances, shrouded by an overbearing soundtrack, stale personalities and sci-fi concepts that felt like paltry blueprints of the full potential of a space opera. Wasn't so much a problem of my being lost, just that I found it to be like proactively unengaging, in just about every choice it makes with world-building and characterization. The opening exposition is unearned, because Paul shouldn't be learning all this just now; it was clearly the cheapest way to get the important stuff across to the audience. The bad guys are obvious but not in a hammy, fun way like Palpatine. I hated how lacking the Harkonnen's forces seemed when Paul and his mom have to escape for the third act to take place. The sand-walk/rules on how to avoid worm detection are scuffed (maybe it's better in the book). The man that Paul is told will be like the most significant person he'll ever meet/he will need to follow... he just kills him in their first scene? But it's not treated by the movie or by Paul as a big uh-oh moment (is this another book thing that will make sense later?) The whole "Fremen aren't actually savages" thing is just a tired trope; I guess it was semi-original when the book came out, but by *now* it's been done a million times, and I don't know why anyone's dying to read/watch such a paint-by-numbers journey anymore. I found it interesting to learn from this video that movie-Paul had a love interest, a personal foil *and* a (fan-favorite, apparently?) round-table political discussion, all from the book, taken away from him. Any of those things might've given me more of a reason to care about him. Mostly, I got that he's curious, but kind of stuffy... he gets visions. . I forgot movie-Kynes is referred to as "eccentric", what a laugh. I wanted to know more about her, but we got next to nothing before her sacrifice. She was a bridge into Fremen culture, and they barely gave her time to interact with any of the main cast. She was like a detached tour guide. Gurney is totally a secret bad guy, right? Or he will be one? He won't get behind Paul being buddies with the Fremen. They'll have a sword rematch. etc.
@mnomadvfx
10 ай бұрын
"Wasn't so much a problem of my being lost, just that I found it to be like proactively unengaging, in just about every choice it makes with world-building and characterization" I felt the same - even to the point of comparing it to the MCU and how those films pale in story/character richness compared to the comics that many of the films are based on. It's like.... they picked these IPs to adapt because of their name and the fan culture around them that generates hype, but then they decided to sanitise everything that made them stand out in the first place as different. Thor Ragnarok was an extreme example that could easily have been a truly epic story, but was instead rendered into a purile comedy mixed with a half baked Hulk film. "I forgot movie-Kynes is referred to as "eccentric", what a laugh. I wanted to know more about her, but we got next to nothing before her sacrifice. She was a bridge into Fremen culture, and they barely gave her time to interact with any of the main cast. She was like a detached tour guide." 100% - made worse by the fact that they gender switched the character without any actual character definition or development, so it comes across as a laughably token thing to point out to feminists or whatever Hollywood producers think will boost a films female audience...... as if the massive female character presence already in the story wasn't enough to sate such uninterested (and likely non paying) audience members.
@kylefrank638
10 ай бұрын
@@mnomadvfx I thought maybe I was a little jaded going into this movie, and kind of harsh in my immediate impressions. But this much time later, I just haven't gotten any more out of it when reflecting on the choices made for the story, and I have TRIED to engage with/understand praise for it. I agree with you not wholly but still broadly about how the MCU has adapted stories, and I definitely feel that Thor Ragnarok particularly has a better reputation than it earns.
I was going to try and watch Dune again because the two times i tried watching it, i fell asleep. So now I just watch this video instead when someone tells me Dune is worth watching. This is the third time I've seen it and it's funnier every time. Thank you
Just finished watching BOTH versions of Dune! And Lynchs' Dune is my fave because at least it's beautiful to look at. Oh and yes Timothy C can't act. Totally agree with you.
The movie wasn't perfect. But honestly compared to the awful Star Wars Trilogy, Terminator, Jurassic World, etc... It felt like watching art
@alexandersmith4731
Жыл бұрын
Is it like being abused for all your life and suddenly when someone gives you tiny attention and decent affection you think it's the best thing ever?
@TheKenji2221
Жыл бұрын
@@alexandersmith4731 Yeah pretty much
Always a pleasure Professor. Great to see you back.
I almost feel guilty for having liked this so much. Thank you for saying everything I think about the movie. And thanks for giving me a fit of the giggles that started around "put his hand in an old lady's box" and didn't stop until the end.
This film makes me appreciate Lynch's Dune all the more.
Despite the cringy fight choreography, Paul's vision in the tent and his reaction to the horrible revelation of the jihad which he cannot avoid is probably the only emotionally effective scene in the film.
@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845
Жыл бұрын
I thought Paul yelling about what the audience was seeing in the vision was a bit hackey.
This is possibly your best work yet. Please never stop.
Come back Voxis! We need you now more than ever!
"actual deserts can be pretty", yes even in the books they are many parts where characters are charmed by the beauty of the sand and its creature
It's one of those things where if it had everything it needed to, the first part would be 8+ hours long. Maybe Dune would be better as a show, but I think the movie did achieve what it set out to do, because if we got the Dune exactly how it is in the book, no one would've produced it with a high budget in mind. I enjoy Villanueve's style a lot and I think if that's not your cup of tea, you wouldn't like DUNC, so I understand your opinion.
@MonstersNotUnderTheBed
Жыл бұрын
He just took basic ideas of Dune, the made a medieval future with a bunch of really subtle occult Egyptian/Babylonian/Phoenician symbolism
I've lost a friend a day before, thank you for this
@VoxisProductions
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that. A loved one of mine tried to kill them self while this video was being made. Misery likes company am I right?
@TrajGreekFire
Жыл бұрын
@@VoxisProductions he was also on efap, sadly he lost battle with cancer
7:37: Don't mind me: I'm just back for the "advert" for *Dunc.* (Brilliant, Professor!)
Is there anything better then being a bit down then watching the Professor vid and being picked up agin. Fantastic vid 👏
@VoxisProductions
10 ай бұрын
Bless you 🙂
@samurai8698
5 ай бұрын
Every time I try starting a movie on Netflix, I get bored 15 minutes in and end up re-watching some Professor Tosspot.
As someone who has not read the books. On it's own, I really enjoyed it. Idk it's accurate or not, or whether book fans liked it or not. But as a movie, it was a absolute joy to watch. The sound design alone was just amazing
@berettaroadchronicles9637
Жыл бұрын
Watch the one from the 80s it is much better
@genmaicha.lapsang
Жыл бұрын
@@berettaroadchronicles9637 Hard disagree. The 80’s one has charm but is worse than even the scfi mini-series.
@berettaroadchronicles9637
Жыл бұрын
@@genmaicha.lapsang then we have differing opinions. No problem.
@uberbeast113
Жыл бұрын
@@berettaroadchronicles9637 I find the 80's film quite magical. Emotionally it is far more multi-layered than the recent drab effort. The typecasting was spot on. Some vivid dramatic acting. Everyone was larger than life. I guess in places it seems dated eg the shonky FX during the fights with those energy shields...a bit blocky. And some of the music could have been better (Toto). But if you cast aside negative judgment and try to watch with the eyes of a child, I get a Jungian mythological vibe from Lynch's vision.
@mkultra2456
Жыл бұрын
@@genmaicha.lapsang Watch SpiceDiver's 4K fan edit of the 1984 movie. It's waaaaaaaay better than the theatrical release.