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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by notJim on Thursday December 03, 2020 @03:59PM (#25294822)
I'm generally a fan of miniseries, but I wonder what pressure the producers are putting on creators to lengthen them. I loved the Chernobyl miniseries for example, but I also think it was maybe 1-2 episodes longer than it needed to be. The first and last couple were amazing, but it kind of lagged in the middle.

I'm reading Dune now (no spoilers please!) and I'm really surprised they're making a movie rather than a miniseries.

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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by mrec on Thursday December 03, 2020 @06:18PM (#25296782)
The upcoming movie only covers the first half of Dune; they're hoping to make a second movie but AFAIK it's not locked in yet.

Publicity seems to be keeping rather quiet about this, for obvious reasons.

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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by sandworm101 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:53PM (#25296479)
Watch the first movie, the one with Sting and Patrick Stewart. Don't worry about spoilers. The book and that movie are not close relations.
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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by notJim on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:28PM (#25297468)
Planning to watch it as soon as I finish the book.
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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by sundaeofshock on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:39PM (#25298607)
Prepare to be angry. It was beautiful; no doubt about that. However, it did a horrible job translating the source material to the big screen.
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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by sandworm101 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:13PM (#25298830)
Translating the source? I figured they just gave everyone their costumes, turned on the camera, and filmed whatever happened randomly.
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Re:Warner Bros. Will Send Entire 2021 Slate to HBO Max and T... by sundaeofshock on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:37PM (#25311496)
That would have been a better movie…
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