Dune - Reboot

Hey guys, welcome back to the channel. And today I'm excited to talk about a reboot, uh, on the science fiction novel Dune written by Frank Herbert. And I've been waiting a long time for this to get back to the silver screen. It was, um, first done in the '80s, um, And it was a sleeper. Um, it didn't do the novel, the science fiction novel, justice, and a lot of people, uh, were upset about that. But the movie did pick up a type of cult following in the years after the movie was released. I still watch it. It's, you know, kind of cheesy a bit at points, but I, I still like that version. I still like what they did with the movie to a degree. And So then the Science Fiction Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, they did, they redid Dune and they did The Children of Dune, which I thought were great. I thought it was great. I probably think it was the best science fiction series that, you know, the Sci-Fi Channel tackled. And I thought they did a very good job with it. I thought the special effects were decent. Basically working with what they got and working with this budget. And I encourage you all, if you don't know what Dune is or if you haven't seen the Sci-Fi Channel's version or even the 1980 movie's version, which you probably saw, I invite you to watch it. But just a quick recap on what it's all about. It basically focuses on a planet called Arrakis, which is also referred to as Dune, and it contains a very valuable substance called the spice melange. Also, Dune is kind of like, kind of like a space version of Game of Thrones. You have these noble houses, but they're like 10,000 years into the future, and they're fighting for control of the spice melange. You know, some of the things that the spice melange does is it can increase your health, vitality. It make you stronger, it can give you psychic abilities, and it can expand your consciousness. So they can basically take the spice melange— space travel is happening, so in order to map out star systems and things like that, they can, they can take the spice and they can see without moving. So they can be many places at one time. And it does have this kind of prophetic spiritual vibe going around it. Uh, the main character Paul, he's basically, you know, like a Christ figure. He's kind of this prophesied Messiah. And, um, when he takes the spice, it actually, you know, makes him become this, you know, this person. It expands, you know, um, his consciousness and abilities, you know, that, uh, he kind of already had you know, before he took the spice. But when he takes the spice along with it, it just goes off the chart. So I'm very excited about this, guys. The director, it will be Denis Villeneuve, I believe his name is pronounced. Le directeur, le français. He's a French director, and you're probably familiar with him from his work on Arrival, which a lot of people think think was just a great movie. I'm kind of in the middle with the— with Arrival, but I like this— his style of storytelling. And that's going to be very important in tackling a movie like Dune. Dune is not a movie, a science fiction movie you can just throw on the screen and, uh, for 2 or, you know, for 2 or 3 hours and really tell this story. This is a large set of books. They go into generations of the Atreides family. They got books from the God Emperor to the Children of Dune. But the Sci-Fi Channel, they did, uh, do Children of Dune too, which is about his children, which is about Paul's children, and they kind of inherit a lot of his abilities and, and things of that nature. But again, guys, uh, I may later do a review of the science fiction movie Dune just because I'm so excited about, um, this, uh, you know, this coming out with the Dune series. And, um, guys, uh, if you like content like this, if you're excited about this new Dune remake as I am, please comment below. Let me know what your favorite, um, Frank Herbert, uh, book was in the, in the Dune series. And don't forget to like and subscribe, guys. Until next time, take care.