Comments on: Colouring Book Theatre: Dune

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:46:35 +0000

Thanks to this movie coming out the year before I was born and my parents being rather obsessed by it I am named Alia and my brother is Paul. Yay for him being the saviour and me being abomination – thanks parents! My middle name is even Francesca after Francesca Annis. Oh the joy…

By: Captain Zorikh

Captain Zorikh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:03:33 +0000

Ah yes, there was som much wrong with so much about this movie: thinking that an"quirky genius" whgo had never directed anything with more than five dollars and five actors (brilliant though his previous films were) should be the one to make the most expensive movie to date, a galazy-spanning epic, the decision to edit it down to 2 hours and 17 minutes from its potential 3 and a half hours to get more butts in seats per day, the Groucho Marx nose pieces, the cheezy bluescreen effects, the confusing battle scenes,Virgina Madsen's deadpan narration, etc, etc, etc...

But let's give it its due, the production design was fantastic, and in moments when David Lynch's vision was most clear, it was actually pretty cool. By comparison, try on the 3 hhour TV version with the anonymous male narrator, iullustrated prologue, extra footage (without the appropriate special effects) etc. Man, it's almost as good a stoner movie as "Dark Star."

But yes, they tried to market it as the "next Star Wars," with trading cards, action figures, and a comic adaptation by Marvel (which, drawn my Seinkowicz, was better than the movie). But between the non-kid-friendly themes and images in this movie and the monochromatic pallete, a coloring book is not the first thing I would think of as an ideal tie in. However, those pictures look like they would be awful fun to creatively color! Heck with being faithful to the movie, let's use every crayon in the box on Sting's leather suit!

By: HappyBob

HappyBob — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:42:43 +0000

Yet it's still a worthier addition to the franchise than Kevin J Anderson's prequel novels.

Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist. Thanks for a great laugh. This made my morning.

By: krakit

krakit — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:36:00 +0000

Oh man! That page with
both Duke Leto and Piter
dead keeps making me laugh.

By: FilmFather

FilmFather — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Since there's a page showing Duke Leto and Piter dead, I'm curious if there's one showing Sting's character dead, with the knife sticking out of his throat.

I saw Dune in the theater, and I knew I was in trouble when the ushers handed me a two-sided page of character names and a glossary of terms.

The only thing that made it bearable was watching a middle-aged couple bicker about who was who and what was what, shaking and pointing at their papers as proof that they each were right. Classic.

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:39:00 +0000

I think that has to be the most deaths ever in a coloring book.

Who they hell thought that anyone under 18 would go see Dune?

By: rob!

rob! — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:34:00 +0000

I don't have much to add than A Dune coloring book?!?

By: krakit

krakit — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:11:00 +0000

Rats! I'm too late. I was going
to suggest a contest for those
who want the coloring book.
I'm glad it will be with someone
who wants it.

The line, "Duke Leto and Piter die."
makes me laugh. Maybe I'm an
insensitive doof, but that page
in the coloring book looks like
something a comedian would try
to pull off.

By: Plaidstallions

Plaidstallions — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000

it’s all yours my man.

By: Ian Sokoliwski

Ian Sokoliwski — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:34:00 +0000

Maybe this was made for the same reasons you now see Freud and Einstein action figures.

And if you are serious about tossing this, I'll totally take it off your hands!