New trailer for Dune
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We'll see if it can out do a cult classic besides newer CGI.
At least the Imperial troops look better than the old ones in haz-mat suits.
At least the Imperial troops look better than the old ones in haz-mat suits.
I'm trying to read this before I see the movie - is this movie only covering the first book, or do I need to read the entire series before seeing this?
The book is like 5 inches thick so you'd better get started.
Looks pretty damn good whole host of great actors.
The younger girl was in that HBO show she’s an excellent actress.
The younger girl was in that HBO show she’s an excellent actress.
It covers the first half of the first book. The second movie, which would adapt the second half, might not get made; it all depends on how well the first part fares at the box office.
Dune's one my favorite works of fiction so I'll be doing my part by seeing it at least twice at the theater.
I took my daughter to see Black Widow on Friday night and saw this trailer. Looked good but I have been fooled by trailers before. 
Have yet to see a thing about this besides this forum. They must know it's not very good and are riding the name hoping to get a ton of people in the theater. Probably not planning to make a sequel.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention -- HBO's also producing Dune: The Sisterhood, a show about one of the book's villains, the Bene Gesserit.
They're a highly-secretive cult of female geneticists and the real power behind Dune's universe. They seed religion on primitive worlds and then, over thousands of years, they use science to to fulfill the ancient prophecies they plant, they use science to engineer the legendary messiahs they foster, etc., which eventually gives them unbreakable control of the populations they target.
"Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, those pronouncements which men have made in search of personal power, all of it mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always the ultimate unspoken commandment is 'Thou shall not question!' But we question. We break that commandment as a matter of course. The work to which we have set ourselves is the liberating of the imagination, the harnessing of imagination to humankind's deepest sense of creativity."
"Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, those pronouncements which men have made in search of personal power, all of it mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always the ultimate unspoken commandment is 'Thou shall not question!' But we question. We break that commandment as a matter of course. The work to which we have set ourselves is the liberating of the imagination, the harnessing of imagination to humankind's deepest sense of creativity."
It's not required viewing, but it ties in with the movie and should explain the movie's backstory in great detail.
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why read the book? so you can be disappointed with the movie adaptation? serious question.
Just an FYI if you are planning on seeing this. It will be on HBO Max the same day it's in theaters if you have the $14.99/month plan.
Excellent! Been waiting for a reason to sign up for a month and get caught up on some things