I don't see him going there, but I fully expect him to deviate quite a bit from the book. He already has to in order to follow what he changed in Dune 1 and 2.Paul will have both a wife and a concubine. In the book, the wife was purely for the political connection, but I could see a lot of filmmakers parlaying that into an emotional attachment to make the movie more "interesting." Would DV do that? I'd think not, but he's Quebecois, so his sensibilities are probably not necessarily identical to mine.
Statistics: Posted by Nasnandos — Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:19 am
Good point. But are you sure you wouldn't rather have a manufactured love story, or lots of extra orc raids? Actually, kidding aside, the potential for the love triangle is already there, since Paul will have both a wife and a concubine. In the book, the wife was purely for the political connection, but I could see a lot of filmmakers parlaying that into an emotional attachment to make the movie more "interesting." Would DV do that? I'd think not, but he's Quebecois, so his sensibilities are probably not necessarily identical to mine.As far as Dune Messiah being a thin book, then there is no excuse not to include as much of the story as possible. There is actually quite a lot that happens in the book. I think they will struggle to get it all in a 2 1/2 hour film.
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I saw it again yesterday, and enjoyed it even more than I did the first time. And hated a couple of the changes even more, especially that one character change we were talking about above. I just don't care for that character as portrayed in the film at all, which is a shame because it's a character I liked in the book.People keep alluding to a big change or two in Part 2 and I'm about at the point of PMing one of you to ask what it was. I think I know, as some things I've seen recently have alluded to it. It would be a big change but perhaps not all that consequential of a change.
Statistics: Posted by Nasnandos — Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:56 pm
Ha ha. That's dead on to what me and my old RPG and strategy gaming friends would have done back in the day if that were in game. We always added nukes to our Axis and Allies rules.Interestingly enough, for the new Dune Awakening survival game coming out, the game designers had to go to the Herbert Estate to seek permission to do away with that particular in-universe rule. Why? In play-testing, they quickly realized that far too many players would 'break' the game by constantly and purposely inducing localized nuke strikes on each other.
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That's up to you. I'm just going by the reaction of two friends who re-read Dune before seeing it, and wished they hadn't afterward.Since I'm not going to hyperventilate if the movie doesn't follow the book (whether by alterations/additions/omissions) do you still recommend skipping the reread prior to seeing the movies?
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