The Children of Dune
Sep. 24th, 2007 02:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandralThe Children of dune
I am feeling rather down – there is something wrong with my eyes. At first I thought that I am just tired as I have been working long hours overtime on the computer but yesterday I had to admit that the eyes should have gotten better already. They are red, teary, swollen and feel like they are full of sand. I had a prayer at the church yesterday and they are much better today but still feel like I better have some rest. But how one has an eye-rest? Anything even remotely interesting involves eyes! (and this is the source of Alexandral's feelings of deprivation!)
But I swear I'll have some eye rest just after I post "The Children of Dune" screencaps. :D I started watching these mini-series from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baleanoptera's rec and though they are flawed "The Children of Dune" are intensely, insanely beautiful. I used to be a huge fan of the books with their mind-boggling complexity and "The children of Dune" is probably the best adaptation so far. I haven't finished watching it yet (see – EYE REST!) but I made some screencaps, I just could not stop. I am not usually not a fan of intense yellow colour but it all changed after I beheld golden Leto Artredis (aka James McAvoy) and his sister..So iconable !
I am feeling rather down – there is something wrong with my eyes. At first I thought that I am just tired as I have been working long hours overtime on the computer but yesterday I had to admit that the eyes should have gotten better already. They are red, teary, swollen and feel like they are full of sand. I had a prayer at the church yesterday and they are much better today but still feel like I better have some rest. But how one has an eye-rest? Anything even remotely interesting involves eyes! (and this is the source of Alexandral's feelings of deprivation!)
But I swear I'll have some eye rest just after I post "The Children of Dune" screencaps. :D I started watching these mini-series from
baleanoptera's rec and though they are flawed "The Children of Dune" are intensely, insanely beautiful. I used to be a huge fan of the books with their mind-boggling complexity and "The children of Dune" is probably the best adaptation so far. I haven't finished watching it yet (see – EYE REST!) but I made some screencaps, I just could not stop. I am not usually not a fan of intense yellow colour but it all changed after I beheld golden Leto Artredis (aka James McAvoy) and his sister..So iconable !
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Date: 2007-10-02 10:01 am (UTC)And ASOIAF is going to be massively expensive. Mush more so than Rome, with more costumes and a larger cast. Imagine all the castles for instance.
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Date: 2007-10-04 10:29 am (UTC)I think fortunately we are living in a totally different time now and the speed with which fan art is generated and shared over the Internet in much much faster then in previous decades. This can be said for film-making - it is moving ahead really fast and already moved ahead after LOTR. Now even small-money-scale projects as "Night Watch" can look very stunning visually.
Actually, my husband (who is interested in photography) has an unpopular opinion on LOTR visuals - he doesn't like them :D, especially the way hobbits are made. He says that he can see changes in scale from frame to frame and finds it very confusing for his eyes.
But it has to be a well-financed adaption for ASOIF - it is more of a costume drama then a fantasy, really.. I think LOTR had a bigger fan base and this is why it's huge beautiful project was undertaken. It could be good also if BBC does ASOIF (at least in partnership) as it has a really good expertise in costume dramas and I also think that British actors can suit better.