About Dune

I hope Villeneuve gets it right, or at least wrong in a stimulating way, especially the part about grooming a leader to take advantage of the previous cultivation of the populace to become a certain group's favored leader (not that it's the only aspect of the novel). Plus, what happens when the leader you have been cultivating completely outgrows your organization's control?

I mostly like Lynch's version, except for the scene where Baron Harkonnen humps the young orchid guy after pulling his heart-plug. I nearly walked out of the theater at that point. I think that scene might have been cut from later edits.

In 1965, I wonder what Herbert might have had in mind re: the meaning of spice, whether he was thinking of oil or mindshare, or more generally whatever sine qua non of whatever society in whatever time.

As some might know, Frank Herbert shopped Dune around to a bunch of publishers, all of whom turned him down. Dune was published in 1965 by Chiltons, not a literary or even popular-fiction publisher, but instead generally known for their car-maintenance manuals.

Ok
*backs away from computer slowly*

@kevin-eleven said
I hope Villeneuve gets it right, or at least wrong in a stimulating way, especially the part about grooming a leader to take advantage of the previous cultivation of the populace to become a certain group's favored leader (not that it's the only aspect of the novel). Plus, what happens when the leader you have been cultivating completely outgrows your organization's cont ...[text shortened]... ry or even popular-fiction publisher, but instead generally known for their car-maintenance manuals.

Ace concept, good film could of been alot better now we have 'C.G.I', Max Von Sydow, Sting etc🚬

@badradger said
the book was almost as bad as the film

@Kevin-Eleven

Like Wow, Kev. You sure delved into that. May I remind you there are the slo-mo's in here, like me, that don't even know
about the book you are referring to. But that's Ok, carry on, little bro.

@earl-of-trumps said
@Kevin-Eleven

Like Wow, Kev. You sure delved into that. May I remind you there are the slo-mo's in here, like me, that don't even know
about the book you are referring to. But that's Ok, carry on, little bro.

I loved the book and have read it several times over the years. It is a great sci-fi coming of age story with great geopolitical and ecological backstories. I found the first movie so disgusting that I couldn't watch all of it. I was very disappointed by the focus
on the most revolting aspect of the bad guys. I've hopes that this new movies will be at least watchable and somewhat true to the original story.

@very-rusty said
I mainly look at pictures. Does the book contain a lot of pictures? 🙂

-VR

@kevin-eleven said
You have to read the words then make your own pictures in your mind. 😉

I thought this was about the clan Dune.
And I wondered which person out of the two was being picked on.

@gambrel said
I thought this was about the clan Dune.
And I wondered which person out of the two was being picked on.

@very-rusty said
I didn't even know we had a Dune Clan here. 🙂

-VR

@gambrel said
Yes, our old pal Don founded it. His nick here was Arrakis, which was a planet in the book if I'm not mistaken.