Okay, which director would make a more appealingly terrible adaptation of "Dune"?
@Leucrotta Oh jeez this is tough.
@Leucrotta I'm gonna say Bakshi. Chung's *amazing* in his own right, and I'm sure he'd knock it out of the park too, but the idea of a take on Dune that resembles Fritz the Cat makes my head spin.
@LexYeen somehow I forgot Genndy Tartakovsky!
@Leucrotta Oh dang. Okay, this is a big-brain daydream thought, but: Bakshi/Tartakovsky duo piece.
@LexYeen Bruce Timm/Genndy Tartakovsky. Everyone’s big fucking blocks, there’s whole stretches which are completely silent, Paul and Alia move 5x faster than anyone else while in combat.
@Leucrotta Just outta curiosity, did you ever get to see any Phantom 2040?
@zebratron2084 no, that’s new to me, tell me more?
@Leucrotta Chung designs for a futuristic version of the old comic hero. Number one best portrayal of real genre cyberpunk on Sat morning tv. Sincere ecofable elements (and some unfortunate white savoir stuff they couldnt quite scrub off the original property). Really REALLY good lead villain too, with remarkably realistic personal and political motives that actually MAKE SENSE. Criminally underrated.
@Leucrotta Probably also really early example of a solid story arc in an adventure cartoon, no earlier one really comes to mind
@Leucrotta Oh, here's the premiere miniseries! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjsPwR8Apo
phantom 2040 metaspoilers/praise
@Leucrotta OH SHIT, I'd forgotten about the awakened labor droid subplot AND the personality-merging plots. :D
Like, Bakshi would play up the roadtrip aspect and there'd be at least one unexpected piece of brilliance, but Peter Chung's version would be more designy, angular and play up the "completely incoherent" aspect of the setting.