Current Events > Dune is going to flop hard

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Only super nerds know or care about Dune.

The 80s movie was bad.

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Yes, because big scifi blockbuster starring tons of currently popular movie stars is going to have no appeal to the general audience

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The average movie goer is not going to see it. I have been in dozens of shows and after a preview I can hear people say, "that looks stupid". If it isn't funny or very simple, most people won't have an interest.

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Dune is going to flop hard

Yes, thank you. It's "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" all over again. A select few, who can quote lines, will go see it in the theaters. Most people who have already seen some form of Dune will catch it on HBO when they've got two hours to kill. And everyone else will just ignore it.

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Rain_Dust posted...

I have been in dozens of shows and after a preview I can hear people say, "that looks stupid".

Because it looks generic as shit. They should have just gone "tits on a spaceship" crazy and given the media something to talk about.

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probably but what if it's the new fellowship of the ring

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Shezarr posted...

Yes, because big scifi blockbuster starring tons of currently popular movie stars is going to have no appeal to the general audience

Do you think itll be a big enough hit that itll get sequels?

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Shezarr posted...

Yes, because big scifi blockbuster starring tons of currently popular movie stars is going to have no appeal to the general audience

Big DC comic blockbuster directed my hip director just flopped at the box office, so....

I mean Blade Runner 2049 flopped and it's one of the best sci fi movies ever. I feel like Dune has even less appeal than BR, so yeah probably going to flop hard.

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It's one the movies studios use as "sacrificial lambs" so they can write off more in taxes at the end of the year. They do this with big budget movies they hype up and everyone knows they're gonna suck on a regular basis.

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Can't be any worse than the original

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Tbh I think it could do really well if their marketing wasnt shit. And if they would stop talking about the 5 to 6 hour cut that supposedly exists.
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I wonder if it'll be like those movie thats spends too much of its budget on the star's wages than on the actual movie.

Anyway, i know nothing but what this dune is. From what i seen from the trailer, it doesnt look very interesting.

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if sting couldn't save dune noone can

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Dune is dope. I like the trailers. It didnt give away too much.

I thought the 80s movie was like 1/3 of the movie saga planned. Basically, they poured and invested in the production of movie dune back then with a very very ambitious director. Like pre production and planning was throughout the 70s i think. They were gonna change cinematography forever kinda thing. It took too long. The tech wasnt there and it got really expensive. The investors and studio gave a new director the project and was like heres what we got, finish this movie. So they did and we got the 80s movie dune. I think thats how it went down.


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BeyondWalls posted...

Because it looks generic as shit. They should have just gone "tits on a spaceship" crazy and given the media something to talk about.

Yeah see, I'd watch a movie called "Tits on a Spaceship" without even seeing a trailer. That's just good advertising.

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Cobra1010 posted...

it doesnt look very interesting.

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