I think it's great that people are pumped for the new DUNE movie, but the reference point is now, and for the rest of our lives shall be, Lynch's beautiful train wreck of a film. In the same way that Dracula (1931) put an iconic stamp on the story, so has the '84 film. In a way, it is now the source material (especially visually) for the story.
Thus, what we see have seen, and will see, is a replication, amplification, modification, or inversion of Lynch. This is true in the sense of the actual genetic influence of the film (i.e., filmmakers working from it as a reference point for invention) and also in the sense of its evaluation (i.e., the critical and popular reception of the film).
The 1984 film, for example, features a Guild agent stating "The Spice must flow" as an imperative in an expository "secret report." This line would be featured in EON's 1991 dance track The Spice (on the Void Dweller album). This was a sort of "call." The Sci-Fi network would offer a response in the high school theater-quality production of DUNE with Paul Atriedes announcing "The Spice will NOT flow" to the Guild and the Emperor in the mini-series in the year 2000 (when we all had flying cars! I mean ornithopters!).
If Villeneuve's careful, respectful treatment of Blade Runner indicates anything it is that we can expect his DUNE to be different, but in a manner that is a response to Lynch. If anything, I think Blade Runner 2049 failed because it failed to cut its own trail. And I suspect that the new film will likely fail for the same reason.
Thus, what we see have seen, and will see, is a replication, amplification, modification, or inversion of Lynch. This is true in the sense of the actual genetic influence of the film (i.e., filmmakers working from it as a reference point for invention) and also in the sense of its evaluation (i.e., the critical and popular reception of the film).
The 1984 film, for example, features a Guild agent stating "The Spice must flow" as an imperative in an expository "secret report." This line would be featured in EON's 1991 dance track The Spice (on the Void Dweller album). This was a sort of "call." The Sci-Fi network would offer a response in the high school theater-quality production of DUNE with Paul Atriedes announcing "The Spice will NOT flow" to the Guild and the Emperor in the mini-series in the year 2000 (when we all had flying cars! I mean ornithopters!).
If Villeneuve's careful, respectful treatment of Blade Runner indicates anything it is that we can expect his DUNE to be different, but in a manner that is a response to Lynch. If anything, I think Blade Runner 2049 failed because it failed to cut its own trail. And I suspect that the new film will likely fail for the same reason.