That's a good stopping point. I would like to see Children of Dune on screen too, but beyond that I think it would be difficult to successfully translate the themes of the rest of the books onto screen for a broad audience like he's managed to do with the first one.
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It's been a while since I've seen the scifi miniseries of Children of Dune, but I remember enjoying it. First thing I saw James McAvoy in, he was pretty good.
Makes sense since that brings Paul's story to a logical conclusion.
Yes, but also because the rest of the books abandon the swashbuckling action and are basically science fiction political dramas.
Iirc there’s quite a bit of action in Chapterhouse. God Emperor had some with them trying to get in and then escape the palace.
It’s been a long (LONG) time since I’ve read past God Emperor, but does anyone feel that anything past that would make for good cinema?
Note: I never read any he books by Brian Herbert, so maybe some of them would be ok. I dunno.
I'm not even sure God Emperor would make a good movie,there's some decent action but mostly off screen (well very short in the book I mean but most action is in Dune) and so much is Leeto just talking to Monro. Though it is my favorite of the series, I'd be curious how they portray Leeto.
As for the rest, I enjoyed them and listened to multiple times but more to hear the lore I may have missed than enjoying the entire story. I did like Teg and more Duncan and the Bene Gesserit more, but I didn't care for the Honored Matres and other factions too much.
I've never read the prequels either, but a series on the Butlerian Jihad would be pretty fucken sweet I think
God Emperor would make a weird movie, but could probably work as a limited series. In my opinion, the two last books are the ones best suited for adaptation. Especially Heretics has a perfect balance between intrigue, drama, action and sex.
The first book was awesome. I think the second book was ok, but disliked dead characters getting resurrected for apparently inane drama. The book I finally stopped at was whatever one it was that the main character turns into a telepathic immortal sand worm and was abjectly awful.
I think they're making the right choice. Dune has some amazing world building, but the series got muddled down into whatever drug fueled fugue state and stopped being interesting.
God emperor is a masterpiece and one of the best philosophical books I have ever read. It just felt like the author has a very deep insight into the human condition. It's not a typical book with a lot pf external action happening though.
I don't think I appreciated God Emperor until after my 4th read through of the series. Frank Herbert definitely has a great insight into the human condition. Soul Catcher and The Godmakers come to mind most readily but his entire body of work explore different facets of humankind.
In my opinion, God Emperor of Dune is a masterpiece and nearly equal to Dune. It's pretty well liked by fans of the series, from what I've seen.
I read it when I was in my late teens or early twenties, so what little I remember reflects in my impression of the book at that time. Take my recommendation with a grain of salt!
I'm not an avid reader, but I enjoyed the movie. Do people who read the books think the movie did the books justice? Thought I'd give the books a shot
I'm waiting for Dune 2 to release to tell you.
Dennis saved a lot of the best stuff for the 2nd movie as bait to ensure he would get a second movie.
Dune is such a hard book to translate into a movie because lots of important dialogue that drives character growth and the political intrigue of the book is either Frank Herbert himself narrating the events, discussion or perceptions taking place in the characters' minds, characters talking imperceptibly with their hand gestures, and characters saying one thing but using body language or gestures to mean another.
To adapt that into spoken lines on a script undercuts just how brilliant and smart many of the protagonists and antagonists are. I think Lady Jessica got the worst treatment in the first movie.
We were damaged by the other adaptations, but I thought this one was fucking fantastic.
The movie is an excellent adaptation. A lot of shit gets skipped, glossed over, or changed but I feel like it was in the service of the medium. Books ain't talkies.
Yea go for it.
I'm not a huge dune fan but I do like fantasy so I picked it up.
It's quite a bit better than I expected.
God damn it. Heretics is the book in the series that would work best as a movie. But I can also see why he wouldn't dare try to turn God Emperor into a movie that wouldn't flop.
Do you think Jason Momoa knows what role he got into?