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FIRST TIME WATCHING: Dune!! (Patreon)

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2021-10-29 16:00:08
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2021-10

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Happy Feature Friday!!

This may be the most recent or new movie I've ever watched with y'all haha! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below.

As always, thanks so much for your support here on Patreon! Until the next one, ✨stay golden!✨

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Original Movie: Dune

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FIRST TIME WATCHING: Dune

MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/nataliegold Original Movie: Dune *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

Comments

Michael Short

I prefer this version to the original. :). Starwars was heavily influenced by Dune. That's why you see many similarities.

Taff Lewis

[re-watches are recommended and absolutely provide value] I love your reactions because witnessing others experience my favorite content for their 1st time is so very awesome. You elevate that with your background and experience because you pick up on plot lines and foreshadowing that took me several watch throughs to truly appreciate and understand. Sprinkle in your sub-bases amazing content and insight and your channel is close to perfect. Thank you for taking the leap, The (read my) world is so much better with the value your provide. at 17, Iron Maiden's "Taming of a Land" song 1983 inspired me to read book 1, so i was primed for Lynch's Dune in 84. [took a first date, bad idea =] That version has a special place, the story telling does have some true benefit's, mainly the portrayal of character thoughts and certain visuals.

Sebastian Syrinx

Oooh super interested in this one. It's not for everybody so I'm excited to see how you feel about it. I adore it, and its made me go out and buy all the books because I just love the world of Dune

Randee Carreno

Happy Friday, Natalie! 😊 I'm getting this downloaded right now so that I can watch it later tonight. Definitely looking forward to watching this one. It's got such a great cast. Have a great day today! 😊 Stay Golden! 💛

Dan Careaga

It needed more Toto in the score... ha ha ha. It was beautifully made but really strained under the weight of the world building, for me.

ButtyOh

Great. No HBO max in the UK so nowhere to watch this

Adolfo Acosta

The wackiness of the 1984 version would have made for a much better reaction video. You people chose wrong.

Chris (darkwater)

Want to watch... but don't have it anywhere.. :(

Kiskotagan

Live in Canada 🙃 Guess I’ll save this for later

Nicholas Sulikowski

Don't know what you thought of this one as I haven't watched the reaction yet. But if you liked it, it's better in IMAX as the aspect ratio is taller for more picture. And it just hits differently. It feels so much grander especially with those wide effects shots and the sound and music. Though I think come next weekend it'll be gone from IMAX in favor of Eternals, so there's a ticking clock...at least where I live.

Andrew Courtney

Can’t wait to watch along with you on HBO Max once I get home.

Zakk Pierce

I'm not seeing it in theaters until next Sunday! I refuse to watch it at home lol. But I'm excited to see your reaction. Will definitely be coming back to this!

Ian

Happy Friday nat don't have hbo max not sure many do in the UK so it's either watch it illegally or don't watch hmmm 😥 anyways more importantly the mug arrived 🎉 waiting on the beanie and tshirt now 👍 as always thankyou for the laughs and the tears this week it's been great, have yourself a fantastic weekend and until next week stay golden 💛

Bruce Bromley
>>70749147

That's why there's a part two. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Lynch's take as well as the extended version by Alan Smiithee. Say what you well about the 80's version, at least it provoked me to read the books.

Joe Blankenship

I was kinda hoping you'd snuck in a Halloween reaction to go up on the 31st. But I guess I'll watch Dune.

Darryl Low

Great to see you reacting to the latest big movie Nat, but will have to come back to this one once I can watch it here in the UK. I know it will be worth the wait. Seemed like it was merch delivery day for a lot of folks today, and I received my mug and beanie. Absolutely love them 😊 Thank you. Thanks as always for all your fantastic content this week. Have a brilliant weekend Nat 💛

sammi

If anyone needs help syncing the reaction to the movie on HBO Max you can try out this browser extension that I developed: https://www.casper.live/ You can pause and jump around in the reaction and everything is kept in sync. My recommended "offset" for this reaction is 265.

Byron

I’m giddy! Can’t wait to get home from work!

Anonymous

I'll watch this when it releases in HBO Max in Latam, probably at the end of november.

Bruce Bromley
>>70749327

Don't you mean the Lynch-i-ness. Agent Cooper, Professor X and Sting, what more do you want! :-)

ScarlettMi

I watched and loved this in theatres, but there's no HBO Max in Canada, so I'll have to wait to watch your reaction until Dune is available for rental/purchase/regular-streaming. Hope you enjoyed it. :)

K.N.

Awesome! Now I have a reason to watch Dune a 3rd time!

Brian Jones

The reason it's reminding you of Star Wars, Blade Runner, and about 30 other science fiction and fantasy properties, is because they all took inspiration from (and in some cases downright plagiarized) Dune. :)

Danishprince

No chance for me to watch this yet so this reaction will have to wait some weeks or months :)

chicks dig me

Wow, what % of Natalies fans are Canada or UK?

JayyDTR

Another UK viewer so unfortunately a miss, but hopefully you enjoyed the movie and can't wait to watch along at some point!

Nicholas Hentges

I've mentioned Raised By Wolves once or twice (the ad you saw in the beginning) probably once you saw Gladiator and your love for Ridley Scott was engrained. Definitely a very interesting show and feels like something you would enjoy, for the story of Mother (not that Mother) and for the cinematography alone, not to mention the score.

Dooly
>>70750239

Just expect to be disappointed most of the time.

Nicholas Hentges

For those in other countries, HBO Max is supposed to be going into effect in more countries through the end of the year, supposed to be worldwide by early 2022 (first quarter).

Rey

Ooh nice I think I've been curious about this myself

Anonymous
>>70755954

Except for the UK where they have a 5 year deal with Sky. So sadly we won’t get it until 2025 when the deal expires.

Eric Brown

The Emperor pits the House Harkonen vs House Atreides to weaken both houses. They are the two houses capable of challenging his rule

Anonymous

it's 3 seconds slower for every minute for me for some reason :-/

David W Richards

Yeah that's what I thought you did Miss Natalie. You watched a REMAKE of Dune which of course they completely f'ed up because NOBODY in the motion picture industry has ANY original ideas anymore.

jose giron

yes nat highly recommend raised by wolves, it's incredible sci fi

Anonymous

One thing to keep in mind about Paul's visions: there's no such thing as THE future. There are many futures, many possibilities, many choices.

john collins

I enjoyed this movie even though I thought it felt kind of scattered. I'm interested to see how many sequels and prequels we end up getting.

Nathan Swapp

I really love Space Feudalism

Dooly

Didn’t personally care too much for the film. Maybe the second part will change my mind. I’m curious how they’ll handle certain characters.

Dooly
>>70760554

It’s slightly more cohesive than Lynch’s version.

Julian Calzada

Omg, I always say this to myself. “You have to read the book,” but I’m just not a reader. 😕

Anonymous

Can’t watch this yet as I’m in the UK and it’s only available in the cinemas (perhaps I could rent out a screen to myself and take you along on my laptop😄)

Anonymous

Dune was a great watch. Really enjoyed that you reacted to something that just came out!

Wu Sha Ling

Agree with your assessment of the intellectual aspect of the film. The main characters are of noble blood, raised with century old doctrine and etiquette. Especially the Bene Gesserit training which combats the fear response, making their characters less emotionally reactive. And yes, Star Wars "paid hommage" to many ideas from Dune. Arrakis=Tatooine, Bene Gesserit=Jedi, Paul=Luke. A small detail you might have missed is when the reverend mother leaves Jessica, she mentions that Arrakis was seeded with the Messiah myth. As you might have intuited, the Bene Gesserit puppeteer the empire from behind the curtains and set plans over many centuries.

Snacky Munchies

Would love to watch it , Can't Wait to watch it but... HBO's Down will watch it later and update my comment

Jacketb

Can't wait to watch this after work! Natalie jumped right on this one haha.

Chief

So much mythology to unpack here! First, as many have mentioned, when you mention the parallels to Star Wars, it's actually backwards - Dune predates Star Wars, though Star Wars, GoT, and many others mimic aspects of Dune. There are a lot of unique details you can dig out, especially on a second watch, or if you're familiar with the books.

jose giron

1000% worth reading, at least the 1st book, the franchise is endless but the 1st book is a must for someone that just wants to have a feast of what the franchise is about but doesn't have the time to get invested or too much into the franchise

Chief

First, the intellectualism/stoicism of the Atreides - they are noblemen, and they act warmer around family, but more stoic and distant around the lower classes. Second - as for the bagpipes, the homeworld of house Atreides is Caledan; Caledonia was the Latin name for Scotland, and as you saw, the planet bears a resemblance, so it was an interesting callback to long-held traditions, even though they weren't in the book. Third - when Paul tells Gurney 'I'm not in the mood today - how about a song instead?" is a direct reference to books, which describe Gurney as a troubadour warrior, often carrying around the equivalent of a lute and singing songs, just as skillfully as he can be in combat. Apparently they filmed a scene of him singing for the movie, but cut it from the final version. Finally, I was glad to see that this movie, particularly when Paul and Jessica are in the tent,notes that Paul isn't so much a typical hero, as an anti-hero, because (spoiler alert, sort of, since he says it straight out) he foresees that he will end up leading the people into a holy war in his name and the name of house Atreides, thus leading to plenty of death and destruction.

Stephen Woods

I just watched this for the second time with your reaction Nat, there is a lot of set up in this movie for the second film, Zendaya will have much more to do in the sequel. I think the voice Paul is hearing maybe his unborn sister. Oh and your hair is better than Timothee Chalamets.

Nathan Swapp

It's just poor timing but Nat accidentally talked over a lot of the plot exposition. The Dukes of House Atreides are extremely powerful and are growing in popularity with the other Great Houses of the Imperium. The Emperor is conspiring with the Harkonnen, the traditional enemies of Atreides, to set up a conflict between houses that would destroy Atreides (and weaken Harkonnen) so that the Emperor would remain more powerful than anyone else. Paul is going to use his position as space spice Jesus to rally the other Great Houses to place himself on the Imperial Throne in vengeance. It's the Holy Roman Empire in space

Myles Away

I don't know why I am surprised but for some reason I thought you were polling us just to get an opinion on what to watch first. I did not expect that you'd react to it. This is the type of movie that would have been best appreciated in a theatre without the need to "react".

G. T. Blackwell

The audiobook version on Audible is pretty good.

TwistedMagoo

Enjoyed your reaction, but truly believe that you need to read the book to fully understand this movie. The film-makers did a decent job, but I think they left a little too much on the cutting room floor...it doesn't matter how smart a viewer you are, it's impossible to catch everything they leave unsaid and unshown.

Myles Away
>>70774303

I wish the movie had been about 25 minutes longer. I think a couple more character moments and a few shots held for longer would have made this film better. Overall, I really enjoyed it but there were a few things that needed a bit more time to have the proper weight.

chicks dig me

I'm not saying Martin stole many ideas from Herbert for GoT but Paul isnt going to stop the wheel, he's going to break the wheel.

Kelvin

Technically both Dunes are the first one :)

Kevin Mowery

There's one scene from the book that explained the politics a lot, but it wasn't in the movie. I think you basically got there, though: The Atreides are immensely popular and powerful and the Emperor views them as a threat. The Harkonnens are immensely wealthy and hate the Atreides, but they're also hated by pretty much everyone. The Emperor takes Arrakis from the Harkonnen and gives it to the Atreides as a trap, and Leto knows it. But he expects it will cause a war between the Atreides and Harkonnen that will weaken both. He doesn't expect that the Emperor is willing to help the Harkonnen wage a war of extermination. Meanwhile, the Bene Gesserit have been working for thousands of years to produce a "chosen one," the Kwisatz Haderach, and they've seeded prophecies about chosen ones all over the universe. Paul is just one of the attempts at creatng the KH, one that Jessica wasn't supposed to try to do.

Erik Stevenson

So, this was my second time watching this after seeing it in theaters last week. I do think this is a pretty good adaptation of ~half of the first book "Dune", and you can really tell that they set out to world-build in this one more than really build up the characters. I've got my fingers crossed that the second movie will really springboard from this foundation that Denis laid down. It's certainly a more heady, intellectual story compared to some sci-fi/fantasy, but there's a reason it's an all-time classic.

Thomas Yanez
>>70763816

You don't really need to intuit that last bit, since they specifically say that at one point when Paul and his mother are talking.

Thomas Yanez
>>70772519

Is it really "poor timing" when it is a thing she does regularly in reactions? My favorite version is the one where she talks loudly about not knowing what is happening and talks over the on-screen character who is explaining what is happening. It's just one of those quirks of Nat's reactions you have to get used to. Unfortunately, she's told us a few times that she feels like she has to be constantly reacting or she's not doing her job, so I don't expect it to change.

Skizane

Hoo boy. I don't know about this one, Nat. Nothing but love for you, but I might have to watch this one on my own first, then give it a second watch with you. I just think I'll need to pay attention to the film for this one and that's not always the easiest thing when I'm watching your reactions. But I WILL give it a second view with your reaction, I promise. :-)

michael denny

Don't feel bad Nat, the book doesn't explain anything either. There are about fifty pages at the end of appendices explaining everything from political situations to basic names for things. I would recommend an audiobook as reading Dune is a bit of a slog for the layperson. Layperson of course being not the fanatics who would gladly sacrifice me on the alter of Frank Herbert for saying Dune isn't perfect, but I digress.

This_Jedi_crafts

Wow - glad I ended up watching this (watching Nat react, of course)! The original series (mini-series, whatever) was SO badly paced and so heavy with art direction, I just had a tough time not falling asleep. This version has amazing art direction, cinematography, sound design and the high caliber actors do their jobs to ground these archetypal characters. I was totally engaged and do like the currents of political themes, themes on ecology and genocide - all still very relevant. Also love the mysticism of that order of female "seers." Was SO bummed that it was not all going to be crammed into one film - but that would have made it like hours long. Guess this is the best format. Some cool stuff comes (from what I recall from the original).

Anonymous

The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ‎, romanized: al-mahdiyy), meaning "the rightly guided one", is an eschatological Messianic figure who, according to Islamic belief, will appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. I'm not familiar with the first movie but after seeing this one I'm definitely intrigued to see more of this. Oh Also, Lisan Al Ghaib is an Arabic word and as his mom said that it means "The voice from the Outer World" While in fact as an Egyptian and Arabic is my first Language I can say that it kinda means that as "Lisan" means Tongue, and "Al Ghaib" means The Unseen. What is cool here is that "Al Ghaib" signifies the unseen dimensions of reality. Maybe that's why he's able to see stuff from the "Ghaib". Sorry for making you guys read that long, and Thank you if you reached the end of this comment lol. Also, as always great reaction Nat. Cheers.

Byron

I’m sure someone explained this already, but Dr. Kynes is dead. She died calling Shai Hulud with her pounding. That was just some random fremen riding the worm at the end, though that’s totally how she was going to get to the next station. The thing about Paul’s visions that the movie leaves for us to figure out (and not very well… I found it confusing too) is that his visions are of all possible futures. Some are confusing and, well, wrong. But he still is able to learn from them and they can guide his actions. Others are very clear. It’s a difficult thing to get across to the viewer. I appreciate that the movie leaves it in our hands to figure it out instead of spoon feeding it to us, but it does lead to some confusion. But I don’t know of too many other films where the prophecies and visions are so blatantly inexact and sometimes completely different from the outcome. I think it’s kind of cool to try to pull off even if it isn’t quite successful in doing so.

Wu Sha Ling
>>70788225

Sorta, the ability is called prescience, knowing the future and past. But as you stated, it's inaccurate. However, the major advantage is knowing things that would otherwise be impossible to know. It's interesting that Villeneuve used Arrival as a testing ground for handling time displaced memories.

Will Whiton

1) How does the fat dude fly? 2) I read on Screen Rant that the fat dude's spider pet may be Dr. Yueh's wife. Is that plausible? 3) The personal shields the characters use can only be breached by an object that's moving at a low velocity...so how did Yueh's dart make it through?

Anonymous
>>70790969

The Baron doesn’t fly, as such, in the book. He’s super fat because he is the embodiment of hedonism and “sinful flesh”. He is so fat that he has anti-gravity “suspensors” which help carry his weight. He does float away from Leto’s halitosis and at a couple key moments. I guess filmmakers, either inspired by Lynch or seized by the potential visuals, have him fly around all over the place.

A.J. Workman

Nat: "I'm not sure how deep this world goes, maybe there will be a religious war that happens"...ohhhhh boy you don't even know

Thomas Yanez
>>70780377

It's OK to say it. Wouldn't be a surprise or controversial. Many works were inspired by "Dune".

jose giron

I suggest anyone interested in getting into the world and wants to have a fun experience reading the 1st book check out comicbookgirl19 yt channel, she did a 12 part dune book club with her subs a few yrs ago and its excellent and so much fun if you feel like your reading as part of a group, that's how I re read the 1st book getting ready for the movie

Anonymous

The more I think about Dune 2021 the less I like it. I wish to take back my initial commentary of it being "objectively better" than Dune 1984. The higher production budget is apparent, yes, but other than that: Dune 2021 is visually too dark (also too bland as it was made by a color-blind person), has bad editing, bizarre framing at times, a painfully minimalistic boring design, a non-rememberable score, good actors but emotionally unengaging characters. I even rewatched Dune 1984 for crosschecking purposes: I have come to the conclusion that the original movie is still better overall (and that even despite its well-known flaws).

Anonymous

The 1st book is split in 2 parts. this is the first part of book. next movie will be pt 2 obv. Then Denis said he would shoot a 3rd film which would be the 2nd book: Dune Messiah. Who knows what will become of the last 4 books. unrelated side note: the Matrix 4 will be out in Dec. on HBO MAX. not sure if ur plannin on doing a watchalong to that since youve only seen the first

Robert Haynes

You mention how so many sci-fi stories have a prophecy of the "one". Dune was written in an age of sci-fi when this trope was especially common, and is intended to be something of a critique of that. It's easy to miss, but critical to the story; the entire Lisan Al-Ghaib prophecy is a manipulation by the Bene Gesserit to make the fremen pliable. Alot of the subtext of Dune is about how people are controlled through social manipulation from governments and other organizations.

Dooly
>>70797721

Not sure if general audiences would particularly enjoy Dune Messiah.

Dooly
>>70787939

I don’t understand your complaints on the art direction. Would you have preferred a cheap green screen?

Anonymous

I enjoy Frank Herbert's own words on the Dune series: "Personal observation has convinced me that in the power area of politics/economics and in their logical consequence, war, people tend to give over every decision-making capacity to any leader who can wrap himself in the myth fabric of the society. Hitler did it. Churchill did it. Franklin Roosevelt did it. Stalin did it. Mussolini did it." "This, then, was one of my themes for Dune: Don't give over all of your critical faculties to people in power, no matter how admirable those people may appear to be. Beneath the hero's facade you will find a human being who makes human mistakes. Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero. And sometimes you run into another problem. It is demonstrable that power structures tend to attract people who want power for the sake of power and that a significant proportion of such people are imbalanced-in a word, insane. That was the beginning. Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster."

Anonymous
>>70796774

everyone is entitled to have his own opinion but you realize all your complaints are completely subjective? The darkness of dune as the "blendiness" are like that to set a tone and a mood. The minimalistic design is as bad as the 1984 barroque one of lynch's. I remembered the score often days after watching the movie and the characters are on point mostly. After seeing fergusson anguish the night before the attack or the melt down of leto at the tent im really confused about what you consider unengaging. What i mean in the end of the day is that you cant say the movie is worse than lynch's. you can say its different and that you like it less than the old one. But theres no objective argument to call it worse.

Ali Williams

So looking forward to your reaction to Dune 1984. That movie is truly more batshit crazy. Fun watch.

Ali Williams

Thanks for posting this BTW. It was a nice Friday evening surprise. Me and my oldest kid had fun listening and watching along.

Anonymous

Now that you’ve seen this. If you want more backstory I recommend reading the book. The movie leaves out a lot of context and drops a few scenes. Audible has a wonderful, fully voice acted version which I highly recommend.

Ginge Tomassi

Anyone else find this one impossible to sync with or just me?

Nicholas Sulikowski
>>70836246

I ended up pausing on HBO Max right after whatever ad played, because it was different from the ad that Natalie saw. Then when the ad was over, I unpaused and then adjusted bit by bit until it was right on. I got it synched during the opening company logos.

Nicholas Sulikowski

Regarding the vision of Jamis being Paul's friend, and then him having to kill him, I got the sense that the premonitions granted by the Spice aren't always precise. And could very well show another future, or a possible future. And sometimes the visions are symbolic. We see Paul apparently falling in battle to Jamis in one very late vision, and the voices saying Paul must fall so that the Kwistaz Haderach can rise. Which I think is meant to be a metaphor. Paul has never killed before. So this is a kind of baptism by fire. Going through that act, the Paul of this film kind of died. He is not that kid anymore. He's just, to borrow a line from Star Wars, taken his first step into a larger world. And speaking of Star Wars, as other have mentioned, Dune was written before Star Wars in 1965. Star Wars came out in 1977. And I think George Lucas has stated that he's a Dune fan. And you can see some of Dune's influence in Star Wars. You've got a line in A New Hope from Luke like, "No, my father didn't fight in the wars, he was a navigator on a spice freighter." And I don't think it was fully explained in this movie, but spice is not used for fuel. Rather the humans of this era don't trust computers, so their navigators have to rely on their own minds to plot courses through FTL (faster than light). Which can be disorienting and dangerous). So they take copious amount of spice in order to have the precognition to figure out which paths in FTL are the safe ones that will be successful. Which, in Star Wars, they agonize about the importance of plot courses, albeit with computers. "Traveling through hyperspace like dusting crops, boy. Without precise calculations, we'd fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick." But I digress, spice in Star Wars was a Dune reference. Though in Star Wars, it's just a regular drug. So Uncle Owen was just implying that Anakin was a drug runner. Put through the Dune filter however, one can imagine Anakin tripping balls while flying through space and terrifying Obi-Wan and Ahsoka. lol References to the spice mines of Kessel that C-3PO is afraid are also a Dune nod, as is actually going to Kessel in the movie Solo. And mild spoiler, it sometimes like Dune in that movie where they're on Kessel. Very dusty. Anywho though. Some other fun Star Wars things are the Voice, which clearly inspired the Jedi Mind Trick. Though here I love that we saw it from the perspective of people being controlled. Where it's like Paul just kind of blanks out for a second, and then he's on his knees. Some other things I noticed. Paul says he recognizes Gurney's stride when he enters the room. Then much later when Paul is in the spice trance right when a worm is about to eat the mining vessel, he says, "I recognize your footsteps, old man." And then Gurney grabs him. Seeing that a second time (I've now watched it thrice with this react video), I'm wondering, was he talking to Gurney, or to the worm? Because that later moment in the film when the worm is just looking at him, and knowing that the Fremen can ride them, and knowing that he's the Kwisatz Haderach/Lisan al Gaib/ Madhi etc., I gotta wonder if he was starting to get in touch with the worm. I have not read the books, btw. Paul's vision of Duncan's death included a beetle crawling by. Later when it's pretty near to Duncan's sacrifice, he's letting a beetle crawl on his finger. Paul mentions that his grandfather fought bulls for sport. And not only do we get that little figure set, but also a bull head constantly seen on walls. Often juxtaposed with something that is significant about House Atreides. Paul sparring Gurney early in the movie is wonderfully bookended with his real fight with Jamis at the end. It's no longer just a game, and Gurney was totally right about the seriousness of it. Paul is a boy no more. Regarding the politics going on. Basically, the Emperor doesn't want any House getting too big for its britches. And so he pits House Harkonnen and House Atreides against each other to weaken both. Harkonnen has gotten too rich, and Atreides is too popular amongst the other Houses. He doesn't want Houses banding together with Atreides against him. By sending Atreides to Arrakis, it puts them in a bad spot where they're struggling to find their footing and deal with the crappy equipment left behind by the Harkonnens. And before they can establish strength, the Harkonnens attack. Which was the plan, the Emperor sent his own imperial force the Sardaukar to aid the Harkonnens to take the Atreides off the table. Which will also weaken House Harkonnen in the process. Ensuring no one can challenge the Emperor. Leto Atreides knew that going to Arrakis was a death trap, but refusing to go would be even quicker death, as it would be defying the Emperor. He hoped to cultivate "desert power" and forge a strong alliance with the Fremen long before any threats arrived, but failed. Paul hopes to continue his mission in cultivating desert power, but with everything he's experienced and the visions he's had, it won't be quite what his father could have imagined. And although I haven't read the books, I have kinda peaked ahead at novel synopses. So I know that change is coming.

Anonymous

To anyone having issues syncing with her videos i had the same problem with game of thrones. the way i solved it was to download the clip, then play the video in VLC with 1.040 speed. Then the video would more or less be in sync. I might have to readjust the clip a couple of times, but i didn't have to adjust it every minute at least.

Danishprince

The issue is mosty HBO running a different encoding system in the different areas (PAL vs. NTSC) which runs at slightly different FPS

Richard Ryan

Perhaps if Nat could share the source of her version more frequently that might help. As for me, I've not seen anything of Dune yet (somehow) and I can't tell which one she's watching here, not even by the opening scenes. :(

Jason Dolan
>>70910811

She's watching the 2021 version - i think she ran a poll asking which version to watch and this is the one that won

Cripkie

blue eyes with brown skin is rare but real. I used to work with some Brazilian boys who had those traits. A gorgeous people Brazilians, inside and out.

Cripkie

oh true. America had a lot of Scottish immigration as my Country did. America always felt like the big brother that rebelled while Australia was the young bro that was stuck. I'm half Scottish half Scandinavian genetically, all Aussie geographically. i feel the pain of a white boy growing up in a desert. The first time i felt snow was actually in America. It felt unnatural, like a cold kinda hell, ironically.Dont know why i wrote this, i usually find long-winded comments obnoxious. powerful film.

Cripkie

you have very Scottish hair. In a good way.

Cripkie

The wealthy think capitalism is the highest form of humanity. The truth is its just another version of teeth. We are more than just consumers.

Cripkie

I think its just one of those novels that doesn't translate well to film. I mean the book was a captivating read but the movies just seem distant, i trailed off towards the end.

Florian M

I just saw your reaction on youtube. sadly dune is not available on any streaming-service in germany, since I might get into some trouble if I watch the full leingh reaction on my ipad in a cinema, i'll have to wait for a bit longer for that. that being said, I already saw it four times and in my opinion it's the best film to be released since 'return of the king'. it looks brilliant and hans zimmer has written his best score yet. looking forward to 'part two' whenever that is.

David Olden

BTW, the bag-pipe player is played by the film’s composer Hans Zimmer.

STFU FFS (Martín)
>>71261346

It probably goes along with the fact that the Arakis capital is named New Caledonia. Caledonia is the Latin name for Scotland.

LJ Mickey

This was one of those movies, where they put an effort to build this whole new world around the movie. The machines (those firefly choppers looked bad ass), creatures and the costumes and the languages. Visually stunning and the score was really great. Great cast. As a person, who hasn't read the books, I really enjoyed this movie. Can't wait for sequel. :)

David Olden

I had only seen it the cinema, and, as you pointed out, watch-alongs in a cinema are kinda … disruptive. And I’m in Canada, so hbo max was a non-starter during Dune’s 31-day streaming window. So I pre-ordered the digital edition, and now that it’s delivered, I can now, finally watch your full reaction.

David Olden

For the Atreides home world of Caladan, they shot in Norway. To me, the bagpipes are a distinctly ceremonial instrument. The way I remember Bene Gesserit is through the word ‘gestate’ since both words derive from the same Latin root: ‘gestare’ (‘to bear’, or ‘to give birth to’). Frank Herbert’s research was extensive, and there are scant few coincidences. (Herbert’s intended understanding of Bene Gesserit is “Well~ or noble born”).

David Olden

For all the fellow Dune book lovers… I was just doing research on the name Liet [as in Liet Kynes] and I found this interesting tidbit: “Liet is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from the baptismal name Lettice, **a popular girls name in medieval times**. This personal name was originally derived from the Latin laetitia, which means gladness and joy.” — [source: houseofnames.com] For myself, the gender of Kynes is a non-issue; Kynes is a planetary ecologist, and can be played by a Max, or a Sharon, but now that I know the original gender of the name Liet, I’m leaning very much in favour of Sharon Duncan-Brewster’s casting.