It would’ve mogged hardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)>The Dune saga is set over twenty thousand years in humanity's future. Faster-than-light travel has been developed, and humans have colonized a vast number of worlds. However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine", with the creation or possession of such punishable by immediate death. Despite this prohibition, humanity continues to develop and advance other branches of technology, including extrasensory perception (ESP) and instruments of war. At the time of the first book's setting, humanity has formed a feudal interstellar empire known as the Imperium, run by several Great Houses that oversee various planets. Of key interest is the planet Arrakis, known to the native population as "Dune". A desert planet with barely any precipitation, it is the only planet where a special life-extending drug, melange (or "the spice"), can be found. In addition to life extension, melange enhances the mental capacity of humans through prescience, allowing the Spacing Guild pilots (mutated by heavy melange use) to navigate folded space and travel the distances between planets; and triggers some of the powers of the Bene Gesserit, a religious group that secretly seeks to control the direction humanity takes. Melange is challenging to acquire due to the harsh environment of Arrakis, and the presence of giant sandworms that are drawn towards any rhythmic sounds on the sands of the desert. Feudal control over the fiefdom Arrakis, its spice production, and the impact on humanity's development become the centerpoints of a millennia-long conflict that develops through the seriesOf course, you are probably already familiar with all this if you’ve watched any of the recent films or read the OG series from decades prior
>In the Dune universe, "thinking machines" refers to any form of artificial intelligence or sentient computer that was once used by humanity but became a source of enslavement and stagnation. Their presence is the foundational "why" behind the series' unique lack of traditional sci-fi computers and robots>Humanity's reliance on these machines eventually led to a massive, century-long religious crusade known as the Butlerian Jihad. This war resulted in the total destruction of advanced AI and the establishment of a supreme religious commandment: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"Wtf was their problem
because dune is retarded mediocre shit
>In the Dune universe, a Guild Navigator (or Steersman) is a highly mutated human essential for interstellar travel. By consuming massive quantities of the spice melange, they gain a limited form of prescience that allows them to "see" safe paths through folded space, ensuring starships do not collide with celestial objects>Constant exposure to orange spice gas causes them to evolve into aquatic, "humanoid fish" forms with elongated limbs, webbed hands, and enlarged craniums>They pilot massive "heighliners" using the Holtzman effect. Without a Navigator's foresight, roughly 10% of spacefolding attempts would end in disaster>Their precognitive abilities also serve a political purpose; a Navigator can "hide" themselves and those around them from the vision of other prescient beingsSpooky
>>216979985So was GoT
>>216979919congrats, you discovered dune you babby. wait till you discover hyperion and 2666
>author's son picked up his dead fathers' work and milked as much as he could out of iti dont read tryhard cash grabs sorry. and OP has probably been living in a cave because dune has been adapted into movies for 7 fucking years
>>216980127>hyperionThis is not a niche book at allDo better when acting snobby
>>216980183I’m suggesting a show, not a movie>nigga pls
Why didn’t they ever adapt real kino?
>>216980216Me on the left
>>216980194neither is dune or 2666, you tard, that's the point
>>216980332Great point, it impresses nobody >psued DENIED
>>216979919tv shows are gay. Movies are better.
>>216980362GoT was pretty gay, which is probably why you have that impression
>>216979919SISTERHOOD was just made
>>216980382Oh shit, you’re right>Two Harkonnen sisters combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene GesseritHoly fuck, gaaayyyyy
>>216980348i accept your concession
>>216980484Who cares? I don’t lol
>>216979919What would a new Dune adaption that Dune (1984) and the Dune miniseries already did? The 1984 movie had one of the greatest casts of any film ever and even recast some actors from I, Claudius. You don't need a huge budget for a story like Dune. Also have you considered that the source material isn't all that strong? The main characters of the first four books can see the future so it always feels like we're just along for the ride. The best parts of Dune are the dialogue and worldbuilding.
Why not?
THE GUIILD DOES... NOT TAKE YOUR ORDERS.
>>216979919Because Frank Herbert hated democrats
>>216979919Each successive sequel is a step down in the quality of the story and characterization. The first book is one of the best sci-fi novels ever written, I won't deny that. It was so good I read the whole series, even though the last two are a complete and total slog. Try pic related for comparison, this is how a series is supposed to develop, the first book is strong and then each sequel is even stronger than the last, concluding as a tight and perfectly-paced trilogy that feels like one story, not a bloated six-headed hydra of stories that should have stayed on the cutting room floor. I feel genuinely bad for people who haven't read Cherryh.
>>216983785>I feel genuinely bad for people who haven't read Cherryh.Especially people who consider themselves "sci-fi heads."Here's another series that would make people shoot blood out of their nose if it was given even a half-way decent adaptation.
>>216983826The best ADVENTURE story I've ever read. I had to read it about three times through before I could stand to really pay attention to all the background stuff because the main adventure story at the heart of it is so intense and fast-paced, and I enjoyed it almost like a whole new book when I finally did slow down and really savor it.
>>216979919because the stink of the 1984 Dune lasted 30+ years
Can you little zoomfaggots stop saying “mogged” already
>>216983785I agree with your points on Dune. The first book was fantastic, amazing themes and moral to the story. It truly set up an interesting world and a good conflict for Paul to overcome and become the man he is supposed to be. It was so good I read the next two books before finally saying fuck it and dropping the series. It's amazing how bad the story gets immediately after, it's honestly embarrassing
>>216979919 because it doesnt have lots of sex and mindless violence, which is the main reasons all the normies watch Got
>>216979919The only reason the GoT series got made is because David Benioff is Steven Friedman's son. It was DB's passion project and his father's immense wealth and influence let him spend years on it, make multiple pilots, and convince others to join in.
