# The new "Dune" adaptation

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**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-dune-adaptation/851788 "2020-04-14T18:15:42Z")\
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Agreed as to the cool, otherworldly design aesthetic of Lynch’s film. That was and is the best thing about it, I’d say.

> [@Smapti](#):
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> Doesn’t look much sillier than [the dress uniforms of the Swiss Guard](https://blog.eftours.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Papal-Swiss-Guard.jpg), which might’ve been the point.

You’ll appreciate this thread (although there are too many dead links now): [The silliest military hat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silliest-military-hat/328909)

> [@RickJay](#):
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> I am pretty sure Blade Runner 2049 was an original script, not an adaptation.

Correct.

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