Shit gets weirder and weirder.
ringwraithfish@startrek.website 5 months ago
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.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Vince@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the scifi miniseries, but I remember enjoying it. First thing I saw James McAvoy in, he was pretty good.
chaogomu@kbin.social 5 months ago
It is the full story of Paul Atreides, following the Classic story arc.
I always point to the parallels between Dune and the Classic play Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus was born of a family that had sinned and was punished for it by the gods. That was why Apollo issued that prophecy. Oedipus then spends the first part of his story grappling with the questions of Fate vs Free Will.
Oedipus had his rise, and then his fall, and at that fall, he blinded himself and wandered into the wilderness.
Paul and Oedipus. They both were bound by prophecy, and both had very little say in it.
Oedipus' fall was engineered from the day he was born. Paul's... was slightly more complex.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Then Oedipus’ son turned into a worm and ruled for 3000 years.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 months ago
See also the Matrix films.
chaogomu@kbin.social 5 months ago
I'd not really link the Matrix films to Classic Greek story structure, especially not Oedipus Rex.
I mean, Neo dies, but it's the noble sacrifice. They sort of thing is rare in Greek story structure. Rare in the Tragedies.
It fits some of the Heroic epics.
Dune is a Tragedy in three parts. The Tragedy of Paul Atreides.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thinking specifically about how both Neo and Paul are blinded at the end.