History YMMV / Dune1984

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen (an inevitable effect of long-term spice exposure) were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their eyes appear to ''glow'' blue (with the sclerae being paler blue than the irises) though the books don't go that far (and extreme spice users/addicts have eyes so ''dark'' blue that they look almost black). Glowing eyes have since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light (and sometimes only the irises were blue, with the sclerae remaining white). Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their eyes appear to glow blue (with the sclerae being paler blue than the irises). Glowing eyes have since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light (and sometimes only the irises were blue, with the sclerae remaining white). Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their eyes appear to glow blue (with the sclerae being paler blue than the irises). Glowing eyes have since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light (and there only the irises were blue, with the sclerae remaining white). Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their eyes appear to glow blue (with the sclerae being paler blue than the irises). Glowing eyes have since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light (and here only the irises were blue, with the sclerae remaining white). Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their irises appear to glow blue (while leaving the sclera white, not paler blue as described in the book). Glowing irises instead of organic blue eyeballs have since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light. Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The same happened with the TropeCodifier of RealTimeStrategy video games, ''VideoGame/DuneII'', which was inspired by this film's visuals and some plot elements. The remake ''Dune 2000'' went further and had FullMotionVideo cutscenes with [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of the Emperor, Thufir Hawat and Piter de Vries with different names but the same costumes and appearances as in the film (the actor playing De Vries channels Brad Dourif as hard as he can, and he recites the Mentat Mantra and refers to Harkonnen heart plugs, both of which are film-original), and even a bit of film footage. The cutscenes even have original Fremen and Bene Gesserit characters whose costumes are based on the film. ''Dune 2000'' itself got a quasi-sequel/reboot ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'' which continued the trend, with renamed heads of Houses showing up in person and dressed like their film counterparts.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were portrayed here with a post-process effect that makes their irises appear to glow blue (while leaving the sclera white, not paler blue as described in the book). This has since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light. Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** In a subversion, common knowledge claims this film was the first to give the sandworms their signature tripartite jaw, which isn't mentioned in the book, yet this is actually OlderThenTheyThink. The puppets used to portray the worms in the film do have this trait, and so it went to influence all the next adaptations, to the point the design used in the Villeneuve film became divisive because it doesn't have it. However, it did ''not'' originate here; the worms were first portrayed as having a triple jaw as soon as the very novel's serial release, when John Schoenherr drew them that way for an array of cover artworks that were endorsed by Herbert himself.

** The "blue-within-blue" eyes of the Fremen were achieved with a post-process effect that makes them appear to glow blue. This has since become the standard depiction in other adaptations, to the point of the miniseries actually making the blue glow vanish if the eyes were in direct bright light. Most adaptations also tend to simplify things by only giving Fremen blue eyes, and downplaying or ignoring the eye change of other spice-addict characters.

** The compulsory heart plugs on Giedi Prime. "[[HandWave Everyone gets one here]]."

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: The film features convincing performances from Creator/KyleMacLachlan, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/MaxVonSydow, Creator/DeanStockwell, and others. It's rather telling that in spite of the film's failure, Stockwell's career was revitalized by it and [=McLachlan=], who had never appeared in a movie before, was ''not'' instantly banished from Hollywood forever, making enough of an impression that he would star in several later projects for the director. This is a big part of why the movie's cult fandom enjoy the film for the things it gets right, and not for the things it gets wrong.

** In the novels, Gurney is described as "an ugly lump of a man". So naturally in the film he was cast as... Creator/PatrickStewart?

** To further show the influence of this film, here are some noticeable aesthetic similarities between it and the Creator/DenisVilleneuve [[Film/Dune2021 version]].

* CantUnHearIt: Creator/PatrickStewart as Gurney Halleck and Creator/MaxVonSydow as Dr. Kynes to name a few.
* CultClassic: Like most of Lynch's other works, the film has a lot of fans for its unique aesthetics and take on ''Dune'' - even though Lynch himself was not happy with the final product.

** "Bring in that floating ''fat'' man! ''[dramatic pause]'' The Baron!" Huh? Are there other floating fat men in the Castle we haven't seen yet?

** The film has the mid-20s Kyle [=MacLachlan=] playing Paul, who is supposed to be 15 and small for his age at the start. To be fair, his age is never stated in the movie, so he might have been subjected to an AgeLift.

** The film has ''a lot'' of strange costume ideas. Bald Bene Gesserit who wear fishnets? Mentats with EinsteinHair and giant eyebrows? And while, at first glance, the stillsuits might not seem so bad, compare them to [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/DuneTV-Paul%2BHooks.jpg the stillsuits from the 2000 miniseries]], which nearly covers the entire face. This makes sense, because the whole point of the stillsuits is to collect water that is evaporating from the skin or otherwise exhaled, so it's ideal to cover as much skin as possible and to cover the nose and mouth. Do you really think [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cjREZnqOLhg/TVCGAOigN2I/AAAAAAAAA9A/47JowhsJPa8/s1600/Dune+3.jpg a mere tiny tube stuck up your nostrils]] is a better alternative? (The books had both the nose tube and the hoods/masks.)
** The worst offender for the film has to be the Sardaukar outfits, which are little more than black painted Hazmat suits.

** [[https://i.imgur.com/V9E9N1Z.jpg The stillsuits]] look exactly like [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/3x26/the_best_of_both_worlds_part1_hd_344.jpg the Borg armor]], too.

** The same happened with the TropeCodifier of RealTimeStrategy video games, ''VideoGame/DuneII'', which was inspired by this film's visuals and some plot elements. The remake ''Dune 2000'' went further and had FullMotionVideo cutscenes with [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of the Emperor, Thufir Hawat and Piter de Vries with different names but the same costumes and appearances as in the film (the actor playing De Vries channels Brad Dourif as hard as he can, and he recites the Mentat Mantra and refers to Harkonnen heart plugs, both of which are film-original), and even a bit of film footage. Even the cutscenes also have original Fremen and Bene Gesserit characters whose costumes are based on the film. ''Dune 2000'' itself got a quasi-sequel/reboot ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'' which continued the trend, with renamed heads of Houses showing up in person and dressed like their film counterparts.

** Many "look and feel" elements original to the film went down in story as part of the ''Dune'' franchise, being often aped by the works that followed, to the point many people don't know they weren't in the original book. Sonic weapons were created for the film, yet they have turned up in subsequent works; it's very rare to see the Emperor depicted without a neat little beard these days; and Bene Gesserit are often depicted as bald and/or bizarrely dressed, just like they were here. Frank Herbert himself liked the concept of there being multiple stages of Guild Navigators (the one seen at the beginning of the film was said by the Emperor to be a Third Stage Guild Navigator).

** The film making the story more black and white compared to the original book has led to the assumption that the series in general is much the same, which has carried over to the above video games (where the Atreides are plainly described and depicted as noble without any shades of grey) and one really has to delve into the books to learn otherwise.

** There are some noticeable aesthetic similarities between the this film and the Creator/DenisVilleneuve [[Film/Dune2021 version]].

** The ''Dune'' fandom is divided on the film due to its differences from the book, most notably the AdaptationalHeroism by playing the messiah themes nigh-utterly straight, the cartoonishly grotesque depiction of the Harkonnens, and the Weirding Module sonic weapons replacing the Weirding Way prana-bindu martial art. It's just as easy to find people who consider the film aberrant by those changes as people who believe it still captures pretty neatly the spirit of the first book (most notably Herbert himself among those).

* DesignatedVillain: The film seems to make the story a bit more black and white than the original book, even going as far as to explicitly have Paul literally turn out to be TheChosenOne who can summon ''rain'' out of nowhere. We're supposed to be cheering when he overthrows the evil emperor... except that, when you get down to it, the Emperor didn't really ''do'' much that could be seen as "evil" unless one has read the book. To one who hasn't, he could come across as someone reluctantly pressed by another extremely powerful group into killing someone, and who only actually leads an armed assault once Paul is doing things that could technically be considered terrorism (and a form of terrorism with disproportionate consequences in fact). The introduction of the "Weirding Modules" also has a significant effect on the depiction of the Emperor, as in the novel, he fears Duke Leto mainly for his political popularity, but in the film, he seems to have a more justifiable concern about House Atreides developing a new weapons technology and posing a military threat (even more apparent to [[ViewersAreGeniuses fans of the novels]] who would know that a sonic weapon would not suffer from the same problem [[ExplosiveOverclocking as lasguns when used against shields]]). It doesn't help the Emperor's daughter gives the opening narration herself.

** "Bring in that floating ''fat'' man! … the Baron!" Huh? Are there other floating fat men in the Castle we haven't seen yet?
** The Baron's NoKillLikeOverkill death is very over-the-top and unintentionally hilarious. After Alia poisons him with the Gom Jabbar and rips his heart plugs, the Baron begins screaming ''while floating and spinning on midair''. Then, he gets flown out of the Arakeen and eaten by a sandworm.

** The boxy interpretation of the body shields is both visually striking and goofy compared to the form-fitting ones in later live-action versions.
** Once one gets past the sheer deviation from the book, the weirding modules are just wacky enough and played completely straight to loop back around to "cool". They are a major base-breaker though.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/PatrickStewart was unknown in the States in 1984. Now, it's impossible not to wonder what the heck [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] is doing running around the Dune-verse.

** The film has the mid-20s Kyle [=MacLachlan=] playing Paul, who is supposed to be 15 and small for his age at the start. To be fair his age is never stated in the movie. But then Feyd is played by Sting - ''the singer Sting''.

** The film has ''a lot'' of strange costume ideas. Bald Bene Gesserit who wear fishnets? Mentats with EinsteinHair and giant eyebrows? And while, at first glance, the stillsuits might not seem so bad, compare them to [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/DuneTV-Paul%2BHooks.jpg the stillsuits from the 2000 miniseries]], which nearly covers the entire face. This makes sense, because the whole point of the stillsuits is to collect water that is evaporating from the skin or otherwise exhaled, so it's ideal to cover as much skin as possible and to cover the nose and mouth. Do you really think [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cjREZnqOLhg/TVCGAOigN2I/AAAAAAAAA9A/47JowhsJPa8/s1600/Dune+3.jpg a mere tiny tube stuck up your nostrils]] is a better alternative? The books had both the nose tube and the hoods/masks.

* BrokenBase: The Dune fandom is divided on the film due to its differences from the book, most notably the AdaptationalHeroism by playing the messiah themes nigh-utterly straight, the depiction of the Harkonnens and the Weirding Module sonic weapons replacing the Weirding Way prana-bindu martial art. Apart from that, fans are also divided on whether the film works well enough on its own terms, or whether it's a ambitious noble failure at best or just an ambitious failure at worst, given the ExecutiveMeddling, the different cuts and Lynch's own disillusionment with it.

* CultClassic: Like most of his other films, the Lynch version does have its fans - even though Lynch himself was not happy with the final product.
* DesignatedVillain: The film seems to make the story a bit more black and white than the original book, even going as far as to explicitly have Paul literally turn out to be TheChosenOne who can summon ''rain'' out of nowhere. We're supposed to be cheering when he overthrows the evil emperor... except that, when you get down to it, the Emperor didn't really ''do'' much that could be seen as "evil" unless one has read the book. To one who hasn't, he could come across as someone reluctantly pressed by another extremely powerful group into killing someone, and who only actually leads an armed assault once Paul is doing things that could technically be considered terrorism. The introduction of the "Weirding Modules" also has a significant effect on the depiction of the Emperor, as in the novel, he fears Duke Leto mainly for his political popularity, but in the film, he seems to have a more justifiable concern about House Atreides developing a new weapons technology and posing a military threat (even more apparent to [[ViewersAreGeniuses fans of the novels]] who would know that a sonic weapon would not suffer from the same problem [[ExplosiveOverclocking as lasguns when used against shields]]). It doesn't help the Emperor's daughter gives the opening narration herself.

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/PatrickStewart as Gurney Halleck and Creator/MaxVonSydow as Dr. Kynes to name a few.

* UnfortunateImplications: Film scholar Robin Wood called Dune "the most obscenely homophobic film I have ever seen", –referring to a scene in which Baron Harkonnen sexually assaults and kills a young man by bleeding him to death–charging it with "managing to associate with homosexuality in a single scene physical grossness, moral depravity, violence and disease." Gay writer Dennis Altman suggested that the film showed how "AIDS references began penetrating popular culture" in the 1980s, asking, "Was it just an accident that in the film Dune the homosexual villain had suppurating sores on his face?" While [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell one may question]] whether there was actually meant to be anything sexual about that act--subtext or otherwise--the later scene where the same Baron looks longingly at a scantily clad man and calls said man "lovely" is unquestionably sexual in nature, and is even intended to ''frighten'' the audience. (Some would consider this as ValuesDissonance if one reads Brian Herbert's biography about his father. Frank Herbert had a very obsessive hatred of homosexuals, especially to the point of ''disowning one of his sons'' after he came out of the closet.)

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Anything featuring the Harkonnens. Their introductory scene at least provides some characterization: Giedi Prime is polluted, the Baron is a sadistic killer and ephebophile, and he has a score to settle with Leto. The Beast Rabban is TheGlutton. Later scenes are completely divorced from context and, perhaps, sanity itself.

** There are some noticeable aesthetic similarities between the this film and the Creator/DenisVilleneuve [[Film/Dune2020 version]].

* DesignatedVillain: The film seems to make the story a bit more black and white than the original book, even going as far as to explicitly have Paul literally turn out to be TheChosenOne. We're supposed to be cheering when he overthrows the evil emperor... except that, when you get down to it, the Emperor didn't really ''do'' much that could be seen as "evil" unless one has read the book. To one who hasn't, he could come across as someone reluctantly pressed by another extremely powerful group into killing someone, and who only actually leads an armed assault once Paul is doing things that could technically be considered terrorism. The introduction of the "Weirding Modules" also has a significant effect on the depiction of the Emperor, as in the novels, he fears Duke Leto mainly for his political popularity, but in the film, he seems to have a more justifiable concern about House Atreides developing a new weapons technology and posing a military threat (even more apparent to [[ViewersAreGeniuses fans of the novels]] who would know that a sonic weapon would not suffer from the same problem [[ExplosiveOverclocking as lasguns when used against shields]]). It doesn't help the Emperor's daughter gives the opening narration herself.

* AngstWhatAngst: In the original book, Muad'Dib is fearful of the prospect of the inevitable jihads in his name, and takes displeasure when seeing one of the Fremen crying his name while killing a foe. In the 1984 adaptation, Muad'Dib practically ''embraces'' the jihads, and while he notices that his name has become a killing word thanks to the "weirding modules", he doesn't dwell on it at all. Not even for a second. Instead, he just acknowledges it and moves right along with his plan to ride a sandworm.

** There are some noticeable aesthetic similarities between the 1984 film and the Creator/DenisVilleneuve [[Film/Dune2020 version]].

** Duncan Idaho's death scene.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: Many "look and feel" elements original to the film went down in story as part of the ''Dune'' franchise, being often aped by the works that followed, to the point many people don't know they weren't in the original book. Sonic weapons were created for the film, yet they have turned up in subsequent works; it's very rare to see the Emperor depicted without a neat little beard these days; and Bene Gesserit are often depicted as bald and/or bizarrely dressed, just like they were here. Frank Herbert himself liked the concept of there being multiple stages of Guild Navigators (the one seen at the beginning of the film was said by the Emperor to be a Third Stage Guild Navigator). This also seems to extend to the [[Film/Dune2020 2020 film]] if the trailer is any indication.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation:
** Many "look and feel" elements original to the film went down in story as part of the ''Dune'' franchise, being often aped by the works that followed, to the point many people don't know they weren't in the original book. Sonic weapons were created for the film, yet they have turned up in subsequent works; it's very rare to see the Emperor depicted without a neat little beard these days; and Bene Gesserit are often depicted as bald and/or bizarrely dressed, just like they were here. Frank Herbert himself liked the concept of there being multiple stages of Guild Navigators (the one seen at the beginning of the film was said by the Emperor to be a Third Stage Guild Navigator). Part of its aesthetics also extends to the [[Film/Dune2020 2020 film]] if the trailer is any indication.
** The same happened with the TropeCodifier of RealTimeStrategy video games, ''VideoGame/DuneII'', which was inspired by this film's visuals and some plot elements. The remake ''Dune 2000'' went further and had FullMotionVideo cutscenes with [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of the Emperor, Thufir Hawat and Piter de Vries with different names but the same costumes and appearances as in the film (the actor playing De Vries channels Brad Dourif as hard as he can, and he recites the Mentat Mantra and refers to Harkonnen heart plugs, both of which are film-original), and even a bit of film footage. Even the cutscenes also have original Fremen and Bene Gesserit characters whose costumes are based on the film. ''Dune 2000'' itself got a quasi-sequel/reboot ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'' which continued the trend, with renamed heads of Houses showing up in person and dressed like their film counterparts.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: The film's interpretation of Baron Harkonnen is pretty divisive, with some loving him because of how hilariously over-the-top evil and disgusting he is, and others finding him too cartoonish to take seriously as a primary antagonist.

** Many "look and feel" elements original to the film went down in story as part of the ''Dune'' franchise, being often aped by the works that followed, to the point many people don't know they weren't in the original book. Sonic weapons were created for the film, yet they have turned up in subsequent works; it's very rare to see the Emperor depicted without a neat little beard these days; and Bene Gesserit are often depicted as bald and/or bizarrely dressed, just like they were here. Frank Herbert himself liked the concept of there being multiple stages of Guild Navigators (the one seen at the beginning of the film was said by the Emperor to be a Third Stage Guild Navigator).

** Nothing beats the Music/{{Toto}} score from the film, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDbpmyuY-D8 "Desert Theme"]], and one of the best orchestral pop songs, "[[https://youtu.be/NjJPjAkLXS8 Take My Hand]]". The climax of the score [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj9UcKj7Dxo "Big Battle"]] and its epic choral + eletric guitar riff is also played in many times when the film is referenced in reviews.

** Nothing beats the Music/{{Toto}} score from the film, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDbpmyuY-D8 "Desert Theme"]], and one of the best orchestral pop songs, "[[https://youtu.be/NjJPjAkLXS8 Take My Hand]]". The climax of the score [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj9UcKj7Dxo "Big Battle"]] is also played in many times when the film is referenced in reviews.

* DesignatedVillain: The Lynch film seems to make the story a bit more black and white than the original book, even going as far as to explicitly have Paul literally turn out to be TheChosenOne. We're supposed to be cheering when he overthrows the evil emperor... except that, when you get down to it, the Emperor didn't really ''do'' much that could be seen as "evil" unless one has read the book. To one who hasn't, he could come across as someone reluctantly pressed by another extremely powerful group into killing someone, and who only actually leads an armed assault once Paul is doing things that could technically be considered terrorism. The introduction of the "Weirding Modules" also has a significant effect on the depiction of the Emperor, as in the novels, he fears Duke Leto mainly for his political popularity, but in the film, he seems to have a more justifiable concern about House Atreides developing a new weapons technology and posing a military threat (even more apparent to [[ViewersAreGeniuses fans of the novels]] who would know that a sonic weapon would not suffer from the same problem [[ExplosiveOverclocking as lasguns when used against shields]]). It doesn't help the Emperor's daughter gives the opening narration herself.

** Creator/PatrickStewart, who played Gurney Halleck in the David Lynch film, is famous for portraying Professor X. Then, Creator/JamesMcAvoy, who played Leto Atreides II in the 2003 miniseries, portrays the younger version of [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Charles Xavier]].

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The extended cut of David Lynch's film is made of footage that was cut before the final effects work was done so the Fremens' eyes will go from glowing blue to normal between scenes, and sometimes during the same scene.

** The Lynch film has the mid-20s Kyle [=MacLachlan=] playing Paul, who is supposed to be 15 and small for his age at the start. To be fair his age is never stated in the movie. But then Feyd is played by Sting - ''the singer Sting''.