This so-called "AI" obviously needs a lot of work if its response to "elderly woman" is a 35-year-old supermodel.

No matter what movie you will watch, what AI you will use. The best image of a character is the one coming from your imagination.

Funny how the AI imagined Baron Harkonem like some Italian dude from New York.

I think that the reimagining of the characters in the new films away from their descriptions in the books worked very well indeed, especially all of the Harkonnens.

And this is why AI shouldn't be a deciding factor in art. It's impressive in its recreations, but it extremely narrow in its scope. You start to pick up on the trends and habits it has amd realise just how little variation and interpretation there is in AI, no matter the prompt

1:50 Virginia Madsen (Dune 1984) is the real closer one to the description of Princess Irulan in the book

Accurate, except Duncan is not talked about as Black - just thick black hair…

Another fun thing about their descriptions in the book: Duke Leto and the Emperor both had Hawkish features and were said to resemble each other (exceptfir their hair, lol). In the original Dune, he never really talks about this in any detail, just a couple throw awaylines about being distaff cousins. But in his extensive backstory notes, in which Brian Herbert claims to get key outline details for his prequels, we learn that Duke Leto's mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Shaddam's Father. Wheels within wheels!

The baron looks like an italian mobster lol

They messed up the Chani and Liet- Kynes characters

Scifi channel got barron harkonnen almost perfect. Even AI agrees.

I wish Hollywood didn't hate redheads (btw I'm racist)

So, this is a long post, but I like how the red hair ties everyone back to Xavier Harkonnen and Octa Butler and Selusa Secundus. Octa had the strawberry blonde red hair, which she passed on to their children. Her sister Serena had amber brown hair, which is in the red hair family too. Given that both sisters have different shades of red hair, you can assume that it was present in the general population of Selusa Secundus. After Xavier's supposed betrayal, their children took the name of Butler. 2 of their Grandchildren changed their names again, but we can also assume that those that kept the name of Butler contributed back to the general population of Selusa Secundus. After the Jihad, one of the Butler grandchildren changed their name, in honor of the Battle of Corrin, to House Corrino. He appointed himself Padisha Emperor of the Universe and moved the throne to Kaitain. That's how Shaddam the IV got his red hair. The 2nd grandchild to change their name chose Harkonnen in an attempt to try and exonerate his grandfather, Xavier. He disobeyed an order in battle because he thought he knew better, which almost cost humanity the battle. The Atreides progenitor (who was best friends with Xavier) had him declared a coward and exiled. And that's where the Harkonnens got their stigma and red hair. Thanks to the clever Bene Gesserit breeding program, Jessica, Paul and Alia got their Harkonnen red hair from the Baron Vladimir himself. So, what about Chani? Her father and grandfather both had sandy blonde hair. It sure didn't come from her Fremen heritage. Her grandfather, Pardot Kynes, was born on Salusa Secundus! He most likely had some of that dormant red hair from gen pop floating around in his DNA! So, sorry for the Ted Talk, but I love that you can go down these logic rabbit holes with Dune and most of it all ties into itself! We need so many more people like Frank in today's society!

Dune: Rabban goes to Hollywood

AI's version of Chani and Irulan were much better than the movie. That's actually very close to what i imagined while i was reading it. Oscar Isaac's beard is much more majestic than the AI's version

Leto is the one they got right and really not change much at all, meanwhile Duncan somehow became a black african man

You can see Denis took many artistic license but it still works.

Chani, Stilgar, Liet-Kynes, Paul & Jessica were exactly like I thought from the books. The rest were so far off, I actually preferred the casting. They mostly looked young enough to be the actual characters' children (Baron, Emperor, Reverend Mother), or old enough to be the characters' grandparents (Mapes, Hawat).

I wonder which redhead Zendaya is gonna play next time.

You are Balenciaga, Paul

So Irulan is older that her father, because that is what I seeing here

Can we see AI Remade The Sandman characters look exactly in the comic books?

Peter Murphy of Bauhaus would make a perfect emperor.

The casting on the film is much better and not far off the descriptions. Imagine if the AI had actually cast this film and everyone looked exactly the same as each other.

To be honest the AI nailed Gurney! That was exactly how I pictured from the books.

The AI version of Chani looks a million times better and a lot less constipated

The Emperor is also in his 60's in the book, so maybe adding that fact makes his AI generated image look a little closer to what it should be. Now he looks like a main in his twenties.

in the book, the Emperor is 91 years old -- couldn't the AI factor that in, instead of making him a 25 something?

I think this is really cool, the cast was amazing in the movies and I liked the changes made but its cool to see things like this!

What about the olive skin?

Wish they went with the book versions on some of these

I really like how Stilgar and Gurney look in this! 🙂

Gurney AI is my next door neighbour.

Won’t be long before there will be no need for live/real actors.

Some of these were amazing, others were absurd. I love this AI generator :D

Stilgar looks like he's about to host the Hunger Games.

Gurney Halleck = Mickey Rourke from “The Wrestler”

I love how Leto just straight up became an ancient greek. 😂

Vladimir Harkonnen looking like he’s in a stage version of Bugsy Malone

These are all pretty good, but the Baron is supposed to be "grotesquely fat" like Jabba the Hutt or Pearl from 'Blade'.

1:15 So basically Emily Blunt then.

I think denis’ choice to make all the different houses or whatever was necessary, or at least easier for people to identify who was who and who they belonged to.

AI is trained to produce "fashion model" results, even if indirectly - and so these characters look like fashion model interpretations of those descriptions, which I doubt is in the spirit of the book in every single case.

Why is Yueh Assian?

This exhibition is why we need a Butlerian “Endeavor”…NOW!!!

Interesting. I like the real life film versions better. Can someday show the book versions of James Bond and the characters in from The Godfather?

That was the best Gurney Halleck I've ever seen or imagined.

You know what they say in the Dune universe about machines in the likeness of the human mind...

1:52 Looks like Riley Gaines!

sorta like this one but yes the age vector seemed to be way off on some of the characters.

Book Paul: very skinny, oval face, thin disdainful nose, hard expression AI Paul: fit guy with strong neck. square chiseled face, strong nose with broad nostrils, sweetest doe-eyed expression

Look this REAL Chani...

The mini series got it closer

Lol, the way all AI characters that aren't still pictures keep moving their head like they're trying to see around you without you noticing!

I guess it got Chani and Liet-Kynes right but it for sure rendered Emperor Shaddam Corinno the fourth spot on.

hollywood just hates redheads huh

I would like to thank the AI for correcting the DEI hire for Liet-Kynes.

There some choices from Lynches Dune that fit the bill Linda Hunt as Mapes Feeddie Jones as Hawat Max von Sydow as Kynes Francesca Annis as Jessica Although this Paul with Timothee Chalamet is more accurate. The rest are to far off base from the book.

The AI recreated some of th characters way to young. The emperor looks younger than his daughter. :)

Where is the Beast in Rabban?

THE Reverend MOTHER is Maggie Smith

The harkonnens had red hair.

Interesting concepts...

AI model characters will replace actors in the future.

Love Gurney and Chani. Some environmental context would have been interesting.

Looks like AI would have picked Nicole Kidman as Jessica. I personally would have picked Will Patton as Gurney.

All of the AI people are too good looking

AI can't do spice eyes

Baron Harkonnen has red hair.

Paul was described as a 15yr old boy and very small for his age, looking more like a 12yr old.. So movie and ai way off. Duncan Idaho was tall round faced olive skinned with thick wavy black hair, more Mediterranean. A.I. Chani is dead on, as is Liet Kynes, and Stilgar.

So Lena Heady is Jessica and Emily Blunt is Irulan lol

The AI seems to be pulling from images of actors for its model, which kind of defeats the purpose. Interesting idea though

And the Emperor was not an early 20 something. Hair like a spider web translated as a facial tattoo. Other than that pretty cool.

What happend with Liet?🤔

There is a character left out... The Sandworms.

There are some serious inspirations.

The AI has interesting ideas about aging. 🤨

They made the Reverend Mother Too Young!

Leto Atrydes very very close.

In the book Harkonens are beautiful in movies the Atriedes .

Well I hope Leto looks Greek since that is where that line came from

Nah, Zendaya was a perfect Chani (maybe sea water and sun for a couple of months would have reddened her hair to match the book description). I ❤ Zendaya though so I'm biased, but then I loved Chani when I read the book forty years ago, a true desert rose; fierce, harsh, tough, enduring and incredibly beautiful.

Liet Kynes = Salvatore Gannachi.

Lady Jessica - Book description: 'A wide, generous mouth.' interesting, please tell me more! 😘

THANKS SO VERY MUCH for giving her the RED hair she deserves! You have NO idea how frustrating it is to be and OCD Dunatic trying to convince other Dune fans that they missed the 1 line description of Chani's hair color! I used to have the page, paragraph and line numbers memorized before digital readers came along! Just a couple nit picks though... Chani did have the darker olive skin tone in the book. Fremen are supposed to be descendants of Middle East/South Asians. She wouldn't have been as dark as the others because of her Grandfather, Pardot, being Caucasian (hence the reddish hair), but she definitely wouldn't be alabaster. Even if she was 100% caucasian she's still a desert creature! Also, if we're going by book description, the eyes should be solid blue with no white and no distinction between sclera and iris. Just Blue and pupils. They also, didn't fluoresce. That's a holdover from Lynch, like the Baron full on floating instead of just having the suspensors support his weight so he could walk better.

To be honest, the most descriptions fits way better to the Movie cast than the AI creations and especially the other Movie or the miniseries

The baron on the English TV series was simply perfect, just like in the book

Yes, there were other than gingers on Geidi Prime -- just imagine, a planet where everyone looks the same -- OH COME ON!

sorry the AI was NOT following all the descriptions smh...it has not idea of age or scar across the lips...(actually it's is face like slapped with a whip--and purple!)

Shasha baron Cohen could've been a book accurate Duke lato atreides

Better than the movie, except Idaho. Idaho in the movie and AI is way way off.

Jessica is very close to the movie version. Leto I pretty close. I like Gurney Halleck’s AI version. A lot more character.

The Baron was supposedly a handsome man when he was young, before a live of hedonism and intrigue, I don't know if I see that in the AI reconstruction. One of the most distinctive facial features of Dr. Yueh was his Suk Imperial Conditioning tattoo, the AI didn't put it in it's image.

Irulan is Scarlet Johanson ... Holy mother

I agree about Channi

AI default.config: "If skin note not specified, always make it white"

That was cool!

What AI is this

There are further descriptions of most of these characters which probably should have been included in the programming parameters. As it stands, the AI missed the mark on some of these by a country mile.

So Chani should have actually been played by Sadie sink (Stranger things) or Sophia Illis (IT). But they chose zendaya?🧐