DUNE (1984/2000/2021*) side-by-side comparison (trailer #1)

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Published 2020-09-11
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A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the trailer for Dune (2020) and the two previous adaptations of the same novel by Frank Herbert from 1984 and 2000. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by three different groups of filmmakers 16 to 36 years apart when adapting the same written work.

edited by Matt Skuta

*THE RELEASE DATE FOR THE 2021 IS LABLED AS "2020" IN THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED BEFORE DUNE (2021) WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

All Comments (21)
  • @jonpirovsky
    The 1984 film looked great, but was not faithful to the books. The 2000 tv series was faithful to the books, but looked terrible. Let's hope the 2020 version joins the dots.
  • @majoraslb4311
    I'll admit that I didn't even know "Dune 2000" was a thing until just now.
  • @jonprive312
    Paul, in Dune the book, is 15 years old. Kyle was 25 in 1984, but looks youngish (young man, but not a boy.). Alec was 26 is 2000, but looks at least that old or older. Timothee is also 25, but with his facial proportions, I expected him to actually be much younger. I wonder how much effect hair and makeup has on this, as well. I hope the acting and script are good, because the cinematography is epic.
  • @alisterfolson
    Dune 1984: age 14 Dune 2000: age 30 Dune 2020: age 51 STILL WAITING FOR THE 'SLEEPER TO AWAKEN'
  • @Chris-uk7gy
    The 2000 version was low budget, but I always loved the way they did the Fremen's eyes.
  • @Ephisus
    The mini-series will always have a special place in my heart.
  • @gblatt8472
    I love the bold, expressionistic colors of 2000
  • @Hogtown1986
    The only good thing about the 2000 miniseries was that it had the time to be a mostly-faithful adaptation of the book. But they didn’t have the budget for decent specials effects, or location shoots in the desert, or top-notch actors. William Hurt was the big name and he did well as Duke Leto. The sequel Children of Dune was superior. It combined the Messiah and Children books, and introduced James McAvoy to the world. And it had an awesome original score by Brian Tyler that punched well above its SciFi Channel weight.
  • One thing I like about the 2000 adaptation--despite how it's (somewhat rightfully) mocked for looking tacky and cheap due to budgetary limits--is that the "space medieval nobility" wasn't shy about putting on wild and colorful outfits like a lot of real actual historical nobility. If only movies like that could find visual direction that manages to strike a balance in using that colorfulness without looking too off to the extent that audiences can't take it seriously anymore, that would be soooo welcome compared to the tendency of a lot of recent films to go "gritty and serious means we dull everything down because people are morons."
  • @kylek2623
    The good old days syndrome.. old songs are the best, old movies are the best, old gadgets are the best.. I watched the first DUNE(84) when I was 22 but I love the trailer of the new DUNE.
  • @PhilWill903
    The cinematography is so much more advanced in the new movies.
  • @The80sWolf_
    In ways the Dune mini-series is closer to what I imagined when reading the books.
  • @aerochicc
    I like something about each version to be honest.
  • @sovereign1160
    I don't care what anyone says, Dune 2000 was a solid miniseries and the best on screen version of Dune to date. I still re-watch it and still enjoy it. Also, this was a very well done video, really interesting to see the side by side.
  • @LDrumsOhio
    Absolutely stunning! I love it Dune 2000 was one of the highest rated shows on Sci-Fi channel up till that time. I had a watch party for every night of the mini-series and the sequel Children of Dune.