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.
GCanuck@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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.
freedumb@programming.dev 7 months ago
Tehgingey@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’ve never read the prequels either, but a series on the Butlerian Jihad would be pretty fucken sweet I think
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 7 months ago
a series on the Butlerian Jihad would be pretty fucken sweet I think
I thought that as well and so gave the prequels a try.
I’ve never read the prequels either,
Honestly, that was for the best. The writing was ok but a pale shadow of the original. (think the film version of LOTR vs The Hobbit...)
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It was interesting seeing some of it fleshed out, but I’m not a fan of Brian Herbert’s contributions.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 months ago
I was in the middle of reading Dune for the first time when I saw The Matrix and my first thought was "Holy shit it's the Butlerian Jihad"
Tehgingey@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
“we broke out of Zion and use swords now. We also use aliens high on DMT to fly around space. Overall, things are better”
signalsayge@lemm.ee 7 months ago
To be fair to the Dune universe, the reason they used swords was because shields made projectile weapons useless and Lasguns and shields just killed everyone (like a mini-nuke on both sides).
orbitz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’m not even sure God Emperor would make a good movie,there’s some decent action but mostly off screen 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.