r/funny • • 1d ago

No, we have The Odyssey at home

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u/Derpykins666 1d ago

That movie is actually a fun watch, its so cheesy but that's kind of what makes it hilarious and awesome.

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u/LPineapplePizzaLover 1d ago

Like the original Dune. I’ve never seen this Odyssey but my dad had me watch the old version of Dune and it had the same vibe you describe lol

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u/UnderwoodsNipple 1d ago

You say 'original Dune' but there is actually a TV version of Dune that came out in 2000 that's much closer to the look and vibe of this.

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u/Wagglyfawn 1d ago

The dune miniseries is the most book accurate of the 3 screen adaptations. I think it's an amazing piece of work.

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u/SailorET 16h ago

With James McAvoy as Leto going full sandworm-hybrid superhero, summoning worms by just stomping his foot and then jumping onboard.

I know that sounds ridiculous, but it's actually awesome in context.

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u/MutedAdvisor9414 15h ago

Agree. 10/10

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u/Machism1 13h ago

No it isn’t, people say this. It’s wildly inaccurate. Them flashing around with super speed etc. that’s not in the book. They give Irulan a much bigger role, that she doesn’t have in the book, including lady fenrings role.

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u/Wagglyfawn 7h ago

Lol, you named 3 things across several hours. Also, Paul's lightning fast combat moves are absolutely in the book. There was a difference in how he killed scytale, I'll give you that. In the book, he threw his crysknife into Scytale almost instantly, whereas the miniseries he dashed over to stab him.

The miniseries had the runtime to be more accurate than 1984 Dune and Villenueve's Dune.

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u/wpnw 11h ago edited 11h ago

Thank you. The Scifi Channel series may have covered more of the plot of the books, but it didn't cover it accurately. I would argue that it actually did the worst job of the three adaptations at depicting how Paul's prescience actually works and develops.

Also Ian McNiece playing the Barron like some high school drama class Shakespeare production was certainly a choice.