AI Remade Dune Characters EXACTLY as described in the book

Using AI to recreate characters from Frank Herbert's epic science fiction novel Dune by using descriptions from the book.

Heroes.

[comicsfr]

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.

[dudermcdudeface]

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

[rafaelalodio]

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

[shamrock]

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

[Rajakarta]

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

[minsapint]

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.

[Je_QzcYmN]

The baron looks like an italian mobster lol

[LaineyBug]

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!

[daliilars]

I wonder which redhead Zendaya is gonna play next time.

[tm]

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

[SergioHernandez-lewp]

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

[ReviveHF]

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

[dontknownothin]

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

[LaineyBug]

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!

[hellund]

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

[milton]

They messed up the Chani and Liet- Kynes characters

[DeusExMau]

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

[milutinstankovic]

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

[KK-]

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

[funkoxen]

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.