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This is, by far, more entertaining than the new movie itself. Excellent read!
by notum 5y ago
This is, by far, more entertaining than the new movie itself. Excellent read!
- goldcd 5y agoI very much enjoyed the new movie - and having watched it, think this so far looks like an excellent companion to it.
- drugones 5y agoAgree,the movie is ok and well done within Villeneuve high standards, but as expected a 2 parts movie is not enough to describe the depths of the Dune book. Maybe a trilogy or limited series would give more breath to describe the complex world and the size of the events; hopefully an extended version will bring some life into it.
- ModernMech 5y agoHave you watched the SciFi (before it was SyFy) channel Dune and Children of Dune miniseries? Probably about 12 hours long, I enjoyed it.
- gmueckl 5y agoThe Dune miniseries is about 4,5 hours long. If the second Dune movie will have a similar length to the first one, the pair is going to be more than 5 hours long in total. So the movies wouldn't have to be more compressed. That surprised me a little.
- ModernMech 5y agoMe too actually when I saw the runtime. I guess when you take out the commercials it adds up!
- the_af 5y agoUnfortunately the SyFy adaptation reeked of cheapness to me. Plot-wise better than Lynch's movie, but aesthetically terrible, and with some pretty bad acting too.
- doodpants 5y agoEh, yes and no. A lot of the outdoor scenes and effects look pretty poor, presumably due to TV-level funding, but the interior set design and costume design are excellent IMHO. Also, the only bad actor was the one playing Paul; I thought everyone else was fine.
- moffkalast 5y ago> An essential fact of the Dune universe — but one that goes unmentioned in the movie — is that there are no computers. Around 10,000 years before the events of Dune, a mass galactic revolt — the Butlerian Jihad — against “thinking machines” ended in a new commandment, adopted by the universe’s many religious sects: “Man may not be replaced.” That part is very interesting, I wonder why it wasn't ever mentioned. It explains SO MANY things.
- Scarblac 5y agoAs far as I recall, it was never explained in the book either. At some point it clicked, but I don't think it was in the first book. Maybe it was explained in the glossary that people mention here, but my books didn't have one.