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Off-topic, but I saw the 1984 Dune film in theaters. It remains the only film I’ve been to where the theater handed out a sheet of paper with a glossary. How f

Off-topic, but I saw the 1984 Dune film in theaters. It remains the only film I’ve been to where the theater handed out a sheet of paper with a glossary. How familiar with the books do you need to be to play this?

gorgoiler 6y ago
Lynch’s screening requirements are the stuff of legend. Isn’t this also the movie whose screening notes require a +2 dB setting on the theatre amps?
- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
  I’d forgotten David Lynch’s directed... but of course can’t forget Sting’s appearance!
  - giantrobot 6y ago
    [Sting breathing heavily all oiled up in a speedo]
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ido 6y ago
If it's similar to the DOS original, not at all.
cornstalks 6y ago
> How familiar with the books do you need to be to play this? Assuming this game is like the Dune II computer game: you don't need any familiarity. For example, House Ordos (one of the three major houses in the Dune RTS games) isn't even in the books if I recall correctly. I grew up playing (and loving) Dune II (and all its sequels) long before I ever read Dune.
Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
If you haven't read the book, do yourself a favour and read it. I envy you, you'll be able to read it for the first time. Movie is also great. It's just not finished. :(
- rebuilder 6y ago
  Jodorowsky's version?
  - tunap 6y ago
    Villeneuve's, hopefully... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2020_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2020_film)
    - Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
      I have high hopes for Villeneuve, but Lynch's dune is still one of my favourite sci-fi movies from 1980s.
      - milesward 6y ago
        [insert instant best friends meme here]
    - tildedave 6y ago
      I'm really excited for the movie and the casting looks incredible so far. I wonder how the 2 movie split is going to work narratively. The book itself has kind of a perfect 3 act setup but I'm not sure breaking the story at the end of the book's part 1 (or halfway through part 2) is going to feel very satisfying.
      - toast0 6y ago
        I think you could stop as a cliffhanger when Paul and Jessica escape from the worm, and are confronted by Stilgar. Then you start with a knife battle for the second movie, and who doesn't like a knife battle?
redisman 6y ago
I played it at 8 years old when I didn't know almost any English other than what I could deduce from what the commands did on the screen. The first day of English in school I went to the glossary to verify many of the commands. Going back to it now after reading a few of the books is a better experience but the story is fairly bare-bones in the game and you can tell that Fremen are brown-clothed powerful infantry without knowing their lore. As others have said the controls have aged fairly badly if you're used to all the quality-of-life improvements in modern games.
qwerty456127 6y ago
You don't have to be familiar at all. I've played the game first (and enjoyed the built-in animated encyclopedia, just for fun - that wasn't necessary either), watched the movie in some years and read the book in more than a decade (when I grew up).
usrusr 6y ago
If you haven't read the books and haven't played the game and want to do both, do the game first. RTS need a lot of suspension of disbelief, all that units getting created in seconds, then barely move out of visual range from the factory before getting destroyed, it makes no sense in any fantasy world. Familiarity with the source material will only make it worse. I'd say that having faint memories of having once seen the Lynch movie is the best level of preparation for the game. Having played the game will in no way spoil the books.
jm4 6y ago
Not at all. The book is worth reading though. The 1984 movie is garbage and doesn't do the source material any justice.
- ThoureauLyAgree 6y ago
  That's kind of the case most of times. Books rule. I mean, movies from script-scripts are OK, but, you know, movies from Books is a different thing. I can't knock on the so called movie, but, yeah, the books are allright, yeah, don't watch the movie, try the books, the books, is where it's at, fellas.
bmn__ 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirGc7DRJi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirGc7DRJi0 alternative edition

gorgoiler 6y ago

Lynch’s screening requirements are the stuff of legend. Isn’t this also the movie whose screening notes require a +2 dB setting on the theatre amps?

TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
I’d forgotten David Lynch’s directed... but of course can’t forget Sting’s appearance!
- giantrobot 6y ago
  [Sting breathing heavily all oiled up in a speedo]

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ido 6y ago

If it's similar to the DOS original, not at all.

cornstalks 6y ago

> How familiar with the books do you need to be to play this? Assuming this game is like the Dune II computer game: you don't need any familiarity. For example, House Ordos (one of the three major houses in the Dune RTS games) isn't even in the books if I recall correctly. I grew up playing (and loving) Dune II (and all its sequels) long before I ever read Dune.

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago

If you haven't read the book, do yourself a favour and read it. I envy you, you'll be able to read it for the first time. Movie is also great. It's just not finished. :(

rebuilder 6y ago
Jodorowsky's version?
- tunap 6y ago
  Villeneuve's, hopefully... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2020_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2020_film)
  - Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
    I have high hopes for Villeneuve, but Lynch's dune is still one of my favourite sci-fi movies from 1980s.
    - milesward 6y ago
      [insert instant best friends meme here]
  - tildedave 6y ago
    I'm really excited for the movie and the casting looks incredible so far. I wonder how the 2 movie split is going to work narratively. The book itself has kind of a perfect 3 act setup but I'm not sure breaking the story at the end of the book's part 1 (or halfway through part 2) is going to feel very satisfying.
    - toast0 6y ago
      I think you could stop as a cliffhanger when Paul and Jessica escape from the worm, and are confronted by Stilgar. Then you start with a knife battle for the second movie, and who doesn't like a knife battle?

redisman 6y ago

I played it at 8 years old when I didn't know almost any English other than what I could deduce from what the commands did on the screen. The first day of English in school I went to the glossary to verify many of the commands. Going back to it now after reading a few of the books is a better experience but the story is fairly bare-bones in the game and you can tell that Fremen are brown-clothed powerful infantry without knowing their lore. As others have said the controls have aged fairly badly if you're used to all the quality-of-life improvements in modern games.

qwerty456127 6y ago

You don't have to be familiar at all. I've played the game first (and enjoyed the built-in animated encyclopedia, just for fun - that wasn't necessary either), watched the movie in some years and read the book in more than a decade (when I grew up).

usrusr 6y ago

If you haven't read the books and haven't played the game and want to do both, do the game first. RTS need a lot of suspension of disbelief, all that units getting created in seconds, then barely move out of visual range from the factory before getting destroyed, it makes no sense in any fantasy world. Familiarity with the source material will only make it worse. I'd say that having faint memories of having once seen the Lynch movie is the best level of preparation for the game. Having played the game will in no way spoil the books.

jm4 6y ago

Not at all. The book is worth reading though. The 1984 movie is garbage and doesn't do the source material any justice.

ThoureauLyAgree 6y ago
That's kind of the case most of times. Books rule. I mean, movies from script-scripts are OK, but, you know, movies from Books is a different thing. I can't knock on the so called movie, but, yeah, the books are allright, yeah, don't watch the movie, try the books, the books, is where it's at, fellas.

bmn__ 6y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirGc7DRJi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirGc7DRJi0 alternative edition