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Re:Amazon developing three new sci-fi series: Lazarus, Snow ... by ZenoArrow on Friday September 29, 2017 @03:02AM (#15363338)
The Jodorowsky version sounded interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4OCeSTL08

Re:Amazon developing three new sci-fi series: Lazarus, Snow ... by taejo on Friday September 29, 2017 @05:13AM (#15363820)
Yeah, it sounds amazing, but I think it would have been a disaster. Jodorowsky never actually read Dune, and he had the grandiose, completely impractical ideas: Salvador Dalí as the Emperor, his girlfriend with no acting experience as Irulan, Jodorowsky's son who also had no acting experience as Paul (the main character). Jodorowsky saw himself more as a God than a Director, IMO.
Re:Amazon developing three new sci-fi series: Lazarus, Snow ... by loopbit on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:08AM (#15364538)
I watched the documentary in a small screening a few years ago and the project sounded incredible... It wasn't Dune, not the Dune we've read, but amazing nonetheless. I definitely recommend watching it (be forewarned, Jodorowsky's english is atrocious). So many interesting stories about that movie:

Some of the design work and the people that worked with Jodorowsky actually went into Alien. I mean, Giger, of course, but also Dan O'Bannon a few other people.

He actually got Dali and Orson Welles to say yes to the project. Dali wanted to be the most expensive actor in history.

The story with his son borders abuse. He basically wanted to convert him into the Kwisatz Haderach and made him go through a very tough training for years.

Personally, I did enjoy David Lynch's version and even the tv mini-series they did (back in the late 90's?).

Re:Amazon developing three new sci-fi series: Lazarus, Snow ... by mahyarm on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:44PM (#15367970)
It's crazy he could put his son through training for years, yet cannot bother to read the book over a weekend?!