Flawed? Sure. A lot was cut for time and the visual effects were, uh, good for the time.
But the sets and costumes influenced most of the adaptations that came later. And Lynch didn’t shy away from showing the Navigators. (Like he could resist?)
Almost no one talks about the miniseries from the early 2000s, but I liked it too. I saw it first and it made me curious enough to watch Lynch’s version before reading the books. My main question was with how much of the visual style was hard-coded into the source materials.
That sent me into what I call my “Dune spiral months.” Each subsequent book made me question details from the earlier ones. So I’d re-read them all on infinite repeat. Yeah, it was like the meme guy with the corkboard and the red strings. Lynch (and Herbert) will do that to a person.
Eventually I realized I had a problem and left my entire collection of Dune books in my building’s laundry room. I’m never not going back to that point in my life, but it gave me the skills to explain parts of the new movies to my husband.
“What’s happening? I thought the emperor was on the side of that guy?”
“OK - how much of this plot point do you want to know about and will it help to know the names and climate of everyone’s feudal planets? That will be important later. We can also talk about the Butlerian Jihad if you want, but that might be too much because it really hasn’t come up much.”
It’s a slippery slope to becoming a human Dune Database.
You inspired me to take a crack at the books. I’ve read the original countless times but never continued on, so I’m going to start with the Frank Herbert series and then see how I feel before venturing into his son’s work…
You ate of the spice melange and it changed you, Jihari. You cannot see the world though simple eyes anymore, only that of the great sand father, shedding tears about the blood spilled on Arrakis.
Flawed? Sure. A lot was cut for time and the visual effects were, uh, good for the time.
But the sets and costumes influenced most of the adaptations that came later. And Lynch didn’t shy away from showing the Navigators. (Like he could resist?)
Almost no one talks about the miniseries from the early 2000s, but I liked it too. I saw it first and it made me curious enough to watch Lynch’s version before reading the books. My main question was with how much of the visual style was hard-coded into the source materials.
That sent me into what I call my “Dune spiral months.” Each subsequent book made me question details from the earlier ones. So I’d re-read them all on infinite repeat. Yeah, it was like the meme guy with the corkboard and the red strings. Lynch (and Herbert) will do that to a person.
Eventually I realized I had a problem and left my entire collection of Dune books in my building’s laundry room. I’m never
notgoing back to that point in my life, but it gave me the skills to explain parts of the new movies to my husband.“What’s happening? I thought the emperor was on the side of that guy?” “OK - how much of this plot point do you want to know about and will it help to know the names and climate of everyone’s feudal planets? That will be important later. We can also talk about the Butlerian Jihad if you want, but that might be too much because it really hasn’t come up much.”
It’s a slippery slope to becoming a human Dune Database.
Edit: large freudian slip there
“On a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you want to be dune-splained about this?”
Lol, exactly. And I know the answer is 1.5, <sigh>
You inspired me to take a crack at the books. I’ve read the original countless times but never continued on, so I’m going to start with the Frank Herbert series and then see how I feel before venturing into his son’s work…
Fwiw, the son’s books are universally considered to be terrible
I have never understood that. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
Interesting! Maybe they’ll be OC’s cup of tea too.
Nice! I went cold turkey before reading the son’s work.
I’ll just say that it gets weird and there are plans within plans.
You ate of the spice melange and it changed you, Jihari. You cannot see the world though simple eyes anymore, only that of the great sand father, shedding tears about the blood spilled on Arrakis.
💙