I'm a fan of the Blade Runner 2049 and I had no idea that it shared the same director as Dune. Looking at his IMDB page it appears that there is going to be a Dune tv series Dune: The Sisterhood.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046687..._=nm_flmg_dr_2
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Seriously? Some of the desert shots almost looked like they were lifted from the Vegas scenes of BR2049.
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With deference to Fraz’s much more knowledge on the subject, I liked the Harkonen portrayal more in the original. As well as the Mentats.
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I haven't seen the new one yet (seeing it tomorrow), but I imagine they didn't go much into the Baron's sexual preferences. Tough to have an evil pederast villain in this day and age.
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Not at all. Of course, the key scene where that comes into play that may or may not make the cut would be in the second part.

The Emperor was discussed but not shown. There was also no mention of the Fenrings, but again they wouldn't appear until part 2. The scene where Jessica finds the note from Lady Margot was not in the movie.
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Was disappointed not to see the space guild.
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Wait.

No fucking guild navigator scene?
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Pretty sure they showed some guild members, but no navigators.
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What in the actual fuck.

Are they going to show that scene as a flashback to reveal a conspiracy?
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I was not consulted.
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They fucked up. :-)
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Really good take on a really tough to film book (which I've probably read 15 times, it's my favorite...)
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Still very different from my own mental images from the text, but much better and accessible. At least it's not distractingly weird in and of itself, just distracting for someone with strong existing mental imagery.

The gom jabbar scene was great. The overall cinematography wasn't all that flashy or anything, but Chalamet's presence and expressiveness along with the score really knocked it home, . . . legit lumped up and almost had to bow out for a moment.

One weird, thing that was massively distracting once I actually noticed. Never in my life did it even occur to me to enunciate 'Muad'Dib' as Mahdy. Many more syllables in my own head, . . . something along the lines of Mwah-DEEB-uh. Didn't even register that's what they were referring to at first.
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He hasn't taken the name Muad'dib yet. What you heard was Mahdi, the messianic figure put into place by the Bene Gesserit.
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Look at this fucking nerd. I love it.
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