Arrakis ecologist said:

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Worm riding in the trailer - Seems like a big shiny object to detract from the obvious flaws in this movie

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I agree, they should have done away with the worms in this Dune adaption.

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Global worming

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Global Deworming. And that IS what the next few books are about.

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Is Dean Wormer the protagonist?

IIIHorn said:

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IIIHorn said:

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Worm riding in the trailer - Seems like a big shiny object to detract from the obvious flaws in this movie

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I agree, they should have done away with the worms in this Dune adaption.

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Global worming

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Global Deworming. And that IS what the next few books are about.

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Is Dean Wormer the protagonist?

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cbr said:

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Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, baron.

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Ha!

Genius response!

I am not worthy.

Release dates for #DunePartTwo, #ColorPurple and #Aquaman2 could be up in the air due to the strikes.https://t.co/V78xuxzgEK pic.twitter.com/QL2wF3xKAp

— Variety (@Variety) July 21, 2023

Imagine being Villeneuve. You want to adapt Dune but ask for two films. You get a green light on one but have to wait on box office to do another, which is blindsided by WB’s HBO Max deal. You pull it off and get PART TWO done in <2 years, just for WB to try and screw you again.

— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) July 21, 2023

This. Our audience of 900 or so erupted in cheers at the end of this trailer last night…

Based on my audience’s reaction the last couple of days, WB would be stupid to postpone DUNE PART 2! People ate that new trailer up!! pic.twitter.com/xw8ERDWeWP

— Ryan McQuade (@ryanmcquade77) July 23, 2023

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Eyes September Exit; What’s Involved In Possible ‘Dune 2’ Spring 2024 Move – The Dish https://t.co/dlpWVaojKH

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 25, 2023

How far in advance do IMAX tickets go on sale? Particularly Dallas.

If it holds its release date and doesn't get moved, I would say early to mid October.

My son is really looking forward to this. It opens after he leaves for film school and I wish I could watch it in theaters with him.

TCTTS said:

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If it holds its release date and doesn't get moved, I would say early to mid October.

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Man, Chapterhouse by itself was just the biggest WTF with the ending. Wasn't really that bad, almost kinda cool as cliffhangers go, but so weird.

Option 2 was all I could do. I'd read that successive books were either not great or just really out-there, so I quit reading. Since I re-read Dune before the first movie came out, I did re-acquire Messiah and got Children, so might just go ahead and get God Emperor and finish out that third option.

Cool post.

I've read through Option 3. I own all of the books but I'm not sure I care to finish them out. Frankly, everything past the original novel is a slog. I've posted this before but if people are looking for a series where it's all like book 1, you will be sorely disappointed. Messiah, Children, and God Emperor are much more philosophical treatise than anything. Almost zero action. Dune #1 is almost a bait and switch in that regard. And FTR, Dune, Messiah, and Children were a trilogy according to Frank. God Emperor takes place thousands of years after Children.

I've also read six of Brian Herbert's prequels many, many years ago. Again, they weren't that bad. People are so butthurt over those books. I think many that trash them like to play the card of being a Dune purist and loving the originals because of their very heavy intellectual and philosophical bent while the prequels are action space opera. Completely different focus and whether or not Brian usurped his Dad's notes I have no idea, but I enjoyed them for what they were....at least the six that I read.

I did option 4; I really liked the last 2 books. Teg became my favorite character.

I did option 4. Probably won't reread all of them, but I did reread Dune last year. May reread the 2nd since it is so much tied to 1.

Chipotlemonger said:

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I did option 4. Probably won't reread all of them, but I did reread Dune last year. May reread the 2nd since it is so much tied to 1.

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I almost never take this position, but this is one of the rare times that I think one can stop reading after the first book and never wonder or regret not reading any books after it. Book 2, while relatively short, is boring as all get out. It does expand upon Herbert's themes that were hinted at in book 1 but it also completely changes the original understanding of book 1.

Anywho, just my opinion.

The first three books are all contiguous (timeline-wise) and do constitite a trilogy. For me the natural breaking point is between books 3 and 4, not 2 and 3. Also Children of Dune is my favorite of the six.

God Emporer is in its own timeline. The last two books are both contiguous (well the last 4 are contiguous if you include Brian Herbert's completion of the series; hint: don't).

The final two books are more like the original in that they are more plot-driven; definitely a sharp contrast coming off of God Emporer. For me, the best things about the those two books is gaining a much deeper understanding of the Bene Gesserit and, of course, Teg.

Yea I may just leave it at that. I'm also the type that would probably want to read 3 after 2, and so on and so forth. So might be best to just stop while I'm ahead.

I do have good memories of some of the latter books (2-6), but I honestly can't recall all the points and characters.

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Yea I may just leave it at that. I'm also the type that would probably want to read 3 after 2, and so on and so forth. So might be best to just stop while I'm ahead.

I do have good memories of some of the latter books (2-6), but I honestly can't recall all the points and characters.

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I'm pretty fresh off a read of books 1-4. There isn't much to recall in books 2-4 because it was many hundreds of pages of philosophical monologues and 1:1 conversations.

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Release dates for #DunePartTwo, #ColorPurple and #Aquaman2 could be up in the air due to the strikes.https://t.co/V78xuxzgEK pic.twitter.com/QL2wF3xKAp

— Variety (@Variety) July 21, 2023

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That's not Aquaman. That's a ghola! Watch out Paul!

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I suspect these two pictures were done on purpose together

NoooooooooOOOOOOOOO

'Dune: Part Two' Delayed to 2024 Amid Strikes https://t.co/xRQksarsU2

— Variety (@Variety) August 24, 2023

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Horrible decision.

Ffffffffffffffffff