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  • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    it's the desert, not sure they have a ton of choice. I guess it could look like Jodorowsky did it instead, that would be visually appealing but otherwise terrible.

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      it’s the desert, not sure they have a ton of choice

      hissing, biting :screm3:

      desert is not ugly or monotone :edgeworth-pissed:

      • im_smoke [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Dune is not set on an earth desert, it's set on a planet where water is literally imported from offworld. It's a fierce inhospitable planet with more in common with mars than with Arizona or Arabia. The people wear utilitarian stillsuits that collect piss and sweat to convert back to water.

      • windowlicker [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        but arrakis is described as actually being just a monotone desert, save for the occasional rock formation

        • Dolores [love/loves]
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          2 years ago

          curry colored dust and blue sky :very-smart: does anything look orange in this film except the title card?

          • Eris235 [undecided]
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            2 years ago

            It does looks overwhelmingly orange during the 'sandstorm' scenes. In this trailer, you get like, a half second of it around second 42.

    • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      It's like they even desaturated the people. Earth desert communities have more life and flavor. I live next to 100+ ft sand dunes that look more rich than this.

      It's like someone took the raw film and took the saturation level to -50. And they did it to the music as well.

      I suppose boy actually meets girl this film rather than fever dream sequences worse than Gravity's Bullock's George Clooney thirst anxiety sequences - which was like half that movie. So there's a plus.

      • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        FWIW I enjoyed the film a fair bit and agree that it's too desaturated, it's a big problem with a lot of screen media these days. All historical dramas made nowadays have to be in gloomy greyscale for some stupid reason and Succession always looks like it's set during a nuclear winter or some shit.

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I'm just surprised they didn't go for a deep blue sky to contrast against the yellow and brown tones of the desert.

      • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        someone made a good point below, this isn't on Earth so should we expect it to look exactly like earth?

        • DialecticalShaman [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          should we expect it to look exactly like earth

          no, and I'm not saying we should. I'm saying that a harsh desert setting still leaves a lot of room for visual dynamism, and that Lawrence of Arabia does a good job of showing that.

          It makes sense that the developed areas of Arrakis be near the spice sands, which should be vast expanse of dunes. But the exposed rock of desert is often quite beautiful and I'm looking forward to seeing it, as those places are where the Fremen settlements are.

    • Farman [any]
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      2 years ago

      Deserts are brigth. The other dune 2000 series had a lot more color.