Dune with John Hodgman

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

The sleeper must awaken. The filmography must contain a flop. We’ve arrived at the Planet Arrakis aka the Desert Planet aka DUNE (1984) - David Lynch’s attempt at wrangling Frank Herbert’s space epic into a single studio blockbuster. Did it work? Not really. Do we have fun talking about it? Hell yeah, we do! John Hodgman joins us to talk about all things “spice” - including the infamous glossary of Dune terms handed out in theaters, and a wild anecdote about Peter Berg reading Dune on an airplane. We talk about Lynch’s decision to turn down directing Return of the Jedi, the differences between Lynch’s take on Dune and Denis Villeneuve’s more critically successful version, and David finally gets the chance to let his Fremen freak flag fly by going FULL NERD.

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0:00.0	Like Jack with Griffin and David.
0:05.0	Black Jack with Griffin and David
0:09.0	Don't know what to say or to expect.
0:12.0	All you need to know is that... to say what to expect.
0:13.0	All you need to know is that the name of the show is
0:17.0	Blank Check.
0:21.0	I must not podcast
0:23.0	podcast is the mind killer
0:25.0	podcast is the little death that brings total obliteration
0:28.0	I will face my podcast I will let it pass over me and through me
0:32.0	and when it is past I will turn the inner eye to see its path where it has gone
0:36.9	There will be nothing only I will remain
0:41.6	Very good thank you thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That's what you got to do. It's what you have to do. Except I mean you were you were running a couple lines before we started recording. Are you talking to me? I'm talking to you.
0:53.0	Well, please talk.
0:54.0	Hi.
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0:56.0	Hi.
0:58.0	Hi. Yes.
1:03.0	Well in this movie, Baron Harconen.
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1:06.0	What's the different?
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