Dune at Universal?

[darkridelover]

Dune is this decades Fantasy masterpiece. The audience will only grow as it becomes a classic.

 

[sonoma15]

I don't think dune could make a good theme park land. Maybe a ride but it isn't exactly an environment I would want to be in or that would look good.

 

[belloq87]

The hurdle with DUNE as a potential theme park land is that so much of the appeal of the world of the movie is its massive scale, and I just don't think there would ever be enough space in one of the parks to really do it justice.

Of course, I would have said the same thing about AVATAR, and Disney found a way. So it wouldn't be impossible, but very challenging.

 

[Brian G.]

Ride? Maybe. Land? No.

 

[grlhowl]

I think considering that the films have a protagonist that you can't exactly root for, it's hard for me to imagine this. Like are they gonna place us in the position of

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fighting in Paul's Holy War where billions die??

 

[saint.piss]

I think considering that the films have a protagonist that you can't exactly root for, it's hard for me to imagine this.

Um... Star Wars exists and we have Galaxy's Edge so your logic is a bit flawed there but sure. Lol.

 

[grlhowl]

Um... Star Wars exists and we have Galaxy's Edge so your logic is a bit flawed there but sure. Lol.

I get what you mean, but in Galaxy's Edge, only a corner of the land is devoted to the First Order (objectively villains) and it's opposed by a corner devoted to the Resistance (objectively heroes) that allows us to go on an adventure against the First Order.

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If a Dune land was set in Arakeen, it would probably have to be set during Paul's reign, and though he is the protagonist, he still ends up becoming a dictator. I just don't think that a franchise where the protagonist murders billions would lend itself very well to the standards of a land, or at least it would have to be a very unique and creative approach to the concept.

 

[MikePat]

Dune is only allowed at a theme park if they sell the Popcorn Bucket.

 

[grlhowl]

Dune is only allowed at a theme park if they sell the Popcorn Bucket.

If I can't drink the Water of Life from a Blue Milk-type cart, I don't want the land

 

[Viator]

Given the darker nature of the world alongside its limited potential in the terms of how to make it as a ride (land feels like a nonstarter), Star Trek would be a better IP at this point than Dune.

 

[Wesker69]

Star Trek would be a better IP at this point than Dune.

And that already has history on both coasts!