this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2024
50 points (96.3% liked)

Asklemmy

43755 readers
1217 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
Cloak@lemmy.ml
mekhos@lemmy.ml
tmpod@lemmy.pt
14specks@lemmy.ml
50
What franchises do you consider part of the "pillars" of popular culture? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by TheGoonch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yes, Dali would have been great as the emperor.

But Jodorowsky's unfinished Dune project still had a significant influence on several major science fiction films and media, despite never being completed:

  1. Alien (1979)
  • Dan O'Bannon, who worked on Jodorowsky's Dune, later wrote the Alien script
  • H.R. Giger's designs for Dune inspired his work on the Xenomorph
  • The Alien Xenomorph's design has roots in Giger's Harkonnen Castle concept for Dune
  1. Star Wars (1977)
  • George Lucas was reportedly influenced by the Dune storyboards and designs
  • Jabba the Hutt's appearance may have been inspired by Baron Harkonnen's design
  1. Blade Runner (1982)
  • Ridley Scott hired Dan O'Bannon and Moebius, who had worked on Jodorowsky's Dune, to help create the futuristic world
  1. Contact (1997)
  • The opening space sequence was allegedly inspired by Jodorowsky's planned opening for Dune
  1. The Incal (1980s graphic novel series)
  • Jodorowsky and artist Moebius recycled many concepts from their Dune work into this influential comic series

Check out the documentary "Jodorowsky's Dune" (2013). It explores how the pre-production work and assembled team for this unrealized film went on to influence much of modern science fiction cinema. It's worth a watch.