Dune, 50 years on

Re:Dune, 50 years on by pyre on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:20AM (#9830060)

> I found interesting how Dune influenced all these other blockbusters that came after, most importantly Star Wars.

Didn't it bring Geiger to the attention of Ridley Scott (Geiger's art sets the ascetic for Alien and its sequels)?

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Re:Dune, 50 years on by rquantz on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:57AM (#9830148)

Heh, go google the difference between ascetic and aesthetic. I think you'll find it interesting.

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Re:Dune, 50 years on by cma on Sunday July 05, 2015 @02:03AM (#9832650)

Or he already knows it and was auto-corrected on a phone or tablet.

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Re:Dune, 50 years on by rquantz on Sunday July 05, 2015 @09:19AM (#9833442)

Yes, I thought about adding that caveat, but it didn't seem worth it for an off topic comment. If they already knew they could safely ignore it. But it got a single up vote, so I kind of assumed it was news to them.

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