I hear good things about it but sadly I’ve become suspicious of any adaptations made in the time we live in. I have the next two books and may just stick to that. Zendaya as well is like the poster child for race swapping.
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I'd recommend stopping at Dune. Messiah and Children of Dune were alright, just to kind of see how Paul's story played out, but after that it just gets stupid.
The last book was a whole shitload of nothing happening (seriously -- a planet's climate changing was the main "driver" of the story) as a lead up to some (rather disturbing) sex and then this grand plan that was hinted at but that the reader was never really 100% informed of completes itself in a way that I had to read twice but still wasn't sure of what had happened.
Yikes! Thanks for the heads up. I enjoyed Dune. But since I already bought Messiah and Children of Dune I’ll read them. You gonna watch the movie?
Probably not. I almost never watch new movies; pretty much everything produced after 2010 has been high budget but shallow garbage.
I think since 2010 I've been coerced into seeing John Wick, Joker, Deadpool, Little Women, and ... I dunno. I'd rather watch some bad low-budget 70s and 80s sci-fi than the stuff dominated by overpaid, ego-inflated assholes that Hollywood pumps out now.
Budget was not the problem for Dune (1984), they had plenty of money. That's what makes it such a horrid spectacle. Dune (2000) was the one that was done on a shoestring budget and it's chief sin is that it's boring.
I'd read the fourth book, too. After that, nope right out.
I dunno, I remember tearing all the way through to Chapterhouse when I was younger and enjoying it for the sci-fi spectacle that it was. Going back to reread it years later however I lost momentum early in Children of Dune.
Dosadi Experiment was a pretty weird trip if you're looking to experience more Frank Herbert but don't need it to be more Dune.