Stellan Skarsgård’s characterization, while good, struck me as not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. Ya know, a Vogon + goo.
I didn’t really care for the new movies as much as the old one. I liked the sound weapons (“My name is a killing word.” or something along those lines) in the original movie. Paul doesn’t end up with Chani (yet, at least). The Harkonens didn’t seem nearly as vicious. In the original, I felt that they truly enjoyed the suffering they caused and that they caused it for that joy, not just to make a point. Christopher Walken was a terrible choice for the Emperor (seriously, wtf?). There were some lore bits that weren’t in the older one that I did enjoy, but not enough to sway the needle of preference for me.
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
Oh - i found Lynch’s version of him so much meaner and repulsive. He exuded vulgarity through every pore of his oozing, squishing body.
Stellan Skarsgård’s characterization, while good, struck me as not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. Ya know, a Vogon + goo.
I didn’t really care for the new movies as much as the old one. I liked the sound weapons (“My name is a killing word.” or something along those lines) in the original movie. Paul doesn’t end up with Chani (yet, at least). The Harkonens didn’t seem nearly as vicious. In the original, I felt that they truly enjoyed the suffering they caused and that they caused it for that joy, not just to make a point. Christopher Walken was a terrible choice for the Emperor (seriously, wtf?). There were some lore bits that weren’t in the older one that I did enjoy, but not enough to sway the needle of preference for me.
Don’t forget being an overall incesteous creep.