TV/Movies Megathread

[Habbaku]

Lynchian Star Wars would have been great.

[Tonitrus]

The Big question there is...would Lynch have managed to prevent the Ewoks.

[Sheilbh]

The Big question there is...would Lynch have managed to prevent the Ewoks.

Lynchian Ewoks would be the stuff of nightmares.

I'd have loved it

[Barrister]

The Big question there is...would Lynch have managed to prevent the Ewoks.

Lynchian Ewoks would be the stuff of nightmares.

I'd have loved it

Doubt it would have sold many toys though...

[Sheilbh]

Yes. That's probably why, to my deep disappointment, he's not yet directing the weirdly dark "heartbreaking" Barney the Dinosaur film

[Malthus]

I recently tried to watch Dune with my son.

We both agreed that it was funny in places, presumably unintentionally, but basically a terrible movie.

[Josephus]

So I watched the Dune movie. God, I knew it was supposed to be bad. But it was terrible.

The new one?

No....the old one.

The TV movie, or Lynch's Dune?  The Lynch movie was dumb but kinda fun because it was so dumb.

There was a TV movie? No, I'm talking about the Lynch film. The most interesting part of it was spotting the actors who would appear in Twin Peaks

[Josephus]

That was always my impression...not great, but so deliciously campy that it is still watchable.

Sting and Patrick Stewart are worth price of admission.

Neither one are in it much. Waste of both actors.
At least,  I read the book, because I feel so sorry for anyone who tried to make sense of it without the book. It was incomprehensible.

[Josephus]

I love Lynch's Dune. It's a mess but an ambitious, glorious mess - it occupies the same part of my heart as Gilliam's Brazil.

Brazil is one of my favourite movies of all time.  Please do not sully it like that.

Yeah not sure how you can compare the two at all. Brazil is fantastic. Although, to be fair, we're not comparing it to a classic novel.

[Josephus]

I watched the first episode of Deadwood. Does it get sexier or is it an essentially chaste show?

The woman coming out of the bathtub in the opening credit is about as sexy as it gets.
Lots of potty mouth stuff though.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah not sure how you can compare the two at all. Brazil is fantastic. Although, to be fair, we're not comparing it to a classic novel.

Wasn't it Gilliam's take on 1984? Honestly I didn't like Dune the novel

But as I say I think they're both messy, not entirely coherent films where the ambition is beyond the reach of the filmmaker but I enjoy it anyway and kind of love it for the failure.

Edit: I will give Dune another go at some point because so many people like it, but I didn't get on with it

[Josephus]

I wouldn't rank Dune the best sci-fi novel ever. In fact, I tried reading it in my teens, but aborted it. Only picked it up a few months ago when I heard they were making a new film, and everyone was getting excited.
I thought it was OK. Had an interesting premise, but, especially towards the end, got bogged down in heavy spiritual mumbo jumbo. I haven't bothered yet with any of its sequels.

[Barrister]

I wouldn't rank Dune the best sci-fi novel ever. In fact, I tried reading it in my teens, but aborted it. Only picked it up a few months ago when I heard they were making a new film, and everyone was getting excited.
I thought it was OK. Had an interesting premise, but, especially towards the end, got bogged down in heavy spiritual mumbo jumbo. I haven't bothered yet with any of its sequels.

I quite liked Dune as a kid (well, young adult).  Second book was also good, kind of went downhill afterwards.  I understand the ones written by Frank's kid are terrible.

Not sure how it would hold up as an adult.  I do remember re-reading Lord of the Rings maybe 10 years ago which held up fantastically, but Dune... maybe not.

[Sheilbh]

Not sure how it would hold up as an adult.  I do remember re-reading Lord of the Rings maybe 10 years ago which held up fantastically, but Dune... maybe not.

Yeah - Tolkien holds up spectacularly. He's also probably taken more seriously now academically than ever before not least because of the growth of eco-criticism.

[Barrister]

Yeah not sure how you can compare the two at all. Brazil is fantastic. Although, to be fair, we're not comparing it to a classic novel.

Wasn't it Gilliam's take on 1984? Honestly I didn't like Dune the novel

That might be the exact head space you need to enjoy Lynch's Dune.

If you haven't read the book the movie is incomprehensible.

If you have read and loved the book you hate the movie because so many liberties have been taken with the story.