Here's a less exciting scene, but I'm really happy with the results. I trimmed this scene a lot more than I did the first time around, changed the music, and added a bleach bypass to make it seem a bit more otherworldly. It also hides the bad effects a bit better. Really happy with it:
Also, a progress update. I'm currently editing the climax of Dune, once that's done I need to do a test watch and go back through to fix any issues I find., then 1-2 test viewings from other editors. I've been pretty meticulous with this one, making sure I'm happy with a scene before moving to the next one. It's a bit easier to do that given I'm working off the blueprint of the first version. So I should be able to go from rough cut to final version a little faster than normal.
Definitely will be out by Thanksgiving at the latest. Then it's time to start Dune Messiah! I'm reading the book again right now to prepare for the edit.