What? And you missed out on the gom jabbar and the kwisatz haderach, and the landsraad and the bene gesserit, and doodloo mcdoodloo and the plunket splanket and all the other sesame street sounding words?
The syfy miniseries is the superior version. Superfans of Villeneuve (AKA Dennis Newton) act like they’ve never seen a movie before. I will die on this hill (or dune). Come at me, Harkonnen scum.
To be fair the new Sardaukar aren't that bad, at least more memorable design than basically everything other in that movie. But you're right about the desaturation, it's crazy, Giedi Prime was literally all in blinding white and grayscale (though that would explain why Gammu was so fucked up in Heretics era).
Just watched dune 2 and yeah I'm gonna say I like lynch more. Read the books several times. I like the new visuals but ffs the dialogue the casting the choices are so childish imho. At least lynch just decided let's be crazy lol
I like Villeneuve because of his grounded, visual storytelling, his ability to get the most out of his actors, and whoever he hires to do cinematography. He's been my favorite director since I realized he did most of my favorite game of thrones episodes.
Villeneuve's dune is my new favorite movie. There was also something special about finishing the book for the first time, then watching P1 and P2 for the first time, all within 3 days.