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Interesting... In the book, this is a pretty major turning point for the character and the story, but a good chunk of that comes in the denouement afterwards, whereas the film uses it as a cutoff point so a lot of the implications and takeaways won't really gel for the movie-only audience. Without seeing the consequences unfold, I can definitely see how it would feel like it came out of nowhere at the end there. Specifically, the way he's referred to as a "friend" in Paul's prior vision of him will come back into play.Last thirty minutes were boring. A rando appears and challenges Timothee Chalamet but like he's not a threat.
Beyond DunederdomeBeyond Dune
Dune HarderThe Dune sequel has been approved for release on 2023 under the unoriginal title "Dune: Part Two".
Booh. "Dune and Duner" was right there.
Villeneuve told EW earlier this year that he would like to make "at least three" Dune films.
The new Dune film covers the first half of Herbert's original novel, and Dune: Part Two will tackle the rest. But Villeneuve believes that adapting Dune Messiah on top of that is important to conveying the full saga of Paul Atreides.
"I always envisioned three movies," Villeneuve says. "It's not that I want to do a franchise, but this is Dune, and Dune is a huge story. In order to honor it, I think you would need at least three movies. That would be the dream. To follow Paul Atreides and his full arc would be nice."
"Herbert wrote six books, and the more he was writing, the more it was getting psychedelic," Villeneuve says. "So I don't know how some of them could be adapted. One thing at a time. If I ever have the chance to do Dune: Part Two and Dune Messiah, I'm blessed."
Unfortuntely, if the trilogy gets done and it sells, then this becomes inevitable, as these books, precisely because of their mediocrity, are much more filmable and "blockbustery" than God Emperor, Heretics and Chapterhouse will ever be.Would rather not see Brian's books adapted, thanks
The first four books make a great set, but I think Dune and Dune Messiah form the core of it, because they're the two most closely related— both in story and in theme. Because of that. it's the Dune sequel that's most explicit about the nature of power, revolution and unintended consequences, since we get to see the effect on Paul. Children takes these themes further (as does God-Emperor, and each sequel after), but I feel like someone could stop after Dune Messiah and still come away with a pretty good understanding of Frank Herbert's overall thesis— all the novels after that add more complexity and nuance to his vision, but don't upend it.I could see ending at Messiah, since that mainly covers Paul's arc, but I think it would be hard to do Messiah without including Children too, since that covers the culmination of the events that Paul set in motion but couldn't bring himself to finish; while Paul's personal characterization is covered by Messiah, without the context of Leto II picking up where he left off and carrying the ball to the endzone it misses out on some depth. I suppose you could say that it also misses out without the further context of God Emperor, since that's where we see the actual details of what happened and its aftermath instead of vague prophecy, but you could write that into Messiah and Children well enough to convey the full stakes. (It might already be there, I read those two 18 years ago (jesus christ) and there are at least hints to its nature in Dune as well.)
Yep. In Dune, AI and advanced electronics are forbidden (machines rebelled, mankind barely survived and learned its lesson) - that's why the spice is so critical: in a nutshell, it boosts your cognition, allowing specially trained people (the Navigator's Guild) do the calculations to 'fold' space. Without spice, space travels is impossible in this universe.It's really striking to see future technology with hardly any screens or keyboards.
I finally watched this and thought it was really good.
The way Villenueve teased but never gave us worm. riding is a bit cruel.