Dune [4K Ultra-HD] [Blu-ray] [2021] [Region Free]

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what to expect here. Speech is exceptionally clean and crisp, Hans Zimmer's original score heavily occupies most of the surround and rear channels, There’s a fun little piece on the toys and merchandising around Dune called Beyond Imagination: Merchandising ‘Dune,’ hosted by the producer of Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, Brian Sillman. This 23-minute video ends up being a real trip because I remember a lot of this stuff even though I never owned any of it (my dad being dead-set against engaging in this film in any way, so any toys or books would have been out of the question). Sillman not only talks about the small number of action figures made, which includes the actual worm,and their surprisingly good quality, he also touches on the colouring books (also mentioned by White in his commentary), the read-a-long books, a 3D pop-up book, and even the ViewMaster sets. He also shares his thoughts on why the merchandising failed, feeling it’s not as simple as the film just being a commercial failure.

preserving its original scope and intent. Although some may prefer David Lynch's 1984 film (or even the 2000 three-part TV mini series) for nostalgic or Though I can’t speak as to the galleries on Universal’s previous releases (they could sometimes be large themselves) all of this material is, again, mostly recycled from Universal’s previous releases. In the history of science fiction, there have been a number of high-concept works that cut through the trappings of genre pulp (robots, laser guns, aliens) to describe timeless stories of the human condition. Among the best are Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, and Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. As good as any of them, however, is Frank Herbert’s Dune. Set many thousands of years in the future, it’s a multi-layered tale of two great royal houses (the Atreides and Harkonnen) which are engaged in a struggle to control the most valuable planet in the universe... Dune (also known as Arrakis), and its all-important export, the spice melange that makes space travel, longer life, and prescience possible. The rightful heir to the planet, young Paul Atreides, is the product of an ancient genetic breeding program. His is more than a political struggle though; before the story is fully told, Paul will become Muad’Dib—a prophet who will help the native people of Arrakis to reclaim their world, and help the human race to reclaim its identity. Richly steeped in political, cultural, and ecological detail, with no small measure of commentary on religion, gender dynamics, and colonialism, Dune essentially predicted the global geo-politics of the next half century, yet remains as relevant today as ever. Herbert’s novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction literature and inspired multiple sequels. It remains one of the most highly-regarded novels of all time.Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi epic Dunefinally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch, featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch’s regular collaborators. so some wiser heads even in those days before the film attained its rather notorious reputation may have wondered if this particular director

lighting schemes to the glowing blue eyes of the Fremen, Dune's stunning use of color contrast gives it a truly unique appearance and the 4K squarely in the middle of the action where all of its cavernous echoes, staggering depth, sweeping surround pans, thunderous low frequencies, andNOTE: These screenshots are sourced from the included Blu-ray copy of the film. For my thoughts on that disc's 1080p transfer, please see

The original 35mm camera negative was scanned in 4K resolution at Technicolor, Hollywood, USA. The film was graded at Uberproductions, Stuttgart swordsman Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa), whose name will always be kind of funny. But Paul's relationship to his mother has always been the

female. Although die-hard fans of the original novel may balk at some of its changes to the source material, Villeneuve's film still retains a great

This is one subtle-looking film (unless you’ve got your TV set to sports mode which could boost color and contrast to unrealistic levels) so we suggest dimming any ambient light and watching it in the evening for optimum level. Dune was really intended for the big screen, so the best thing you can do is make the home viewing experience as close as possible to a movie cinema.

a Jedi like revolt against the powers that be. Unfortunately, that very oversimplification ironically works against the film, leaving large swaths of it Nolan, Tarantino and Villeneuve - there are only a handful of filmmakers who still make original movies on a grand scale, and when the man behind Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 took aim at Frank Herbert's expansive Dune saga, it was destined to be an epic ride. minute film experience. In fact, even the much longer miniseries which came a decade and a half later probably wasn't completely satisfactory to prowess, ambitious scope, strength of its core characters, and terrific production design all combine to create a living, breathing universe that will Large fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dániel Taylor