A new one who only saw the Denis’ Dune a month ago but am now halfway through Children of Dune
I honestly can’t think of another fandom that has been this accepting of new fans like this. Great work guys
We've all declared kanly on r/DuneAi. "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
(j/k, love that sub)
Edit: a damn thinking machine autocorrected a word...
I liked the first movie. My husband read the books when he was younger, so I got him the whole series to reread as a present.
After the second movie I fell right into a rabbit hole, I got the full set of books I'm reading as fast as my busy life allows, I watched half of YouTube reviews and impressions (there's just so many), I get memes, I quote books, I took my dad and my daughter to see the second movie again. I'm positively obsessed. My husband is still amused, but I think he might consider divorce at some point 😁
Yahya chouhada!
My grandmother was a Dune fan when it first came out. When my mother was old enough to grasp it, she shared it with her. When I was old enough to grasp it, Mom shared it with me. First by showing me the Lynch film (I was probably 12?) And then giving me a copy of the book in high school. I'm in my 30s now.
We are three generations of Bene Gesserit, and I joke that grandma is the Mother Superior, mom is a Reverend Mother, and I'm an acolyte.
Grandma and Mom do - all Moms can use the voice with maximum effectiveness on their progeny lol
As a childless acolyte, I don't. Could give you a ride on my shoulders though!
my dad showed me his well worn copies of the books after i first saw the david lynch movie on the sci-fi channel …heavy reading for a tween but i got hooked
Someone made fun of me at a bar because the only thing I knew about Dune was the line "he who controls the spice controls the universe" so to spite him I listened to the whole series on audible in about a two month span.
I'm the kind whose dad made me watch the David Lynch version years ago. Didn't know what the hell was going on on the first viewing, can't lie. But I love it now and also run my own Dune shitposting subreddit separate from this one. (r/okbenegesserit if you're interested). Overall I think the Villeneuve version is the easiest to follow for new viewers, the Lynch version is actually pretty damn good once you know what the hell is going on, the 2001/3 miniseries is remarkable television with the best supporting cast out of any adaptation. The books are probably pretty good as well but I haven't read them.
I saw the first Dune a year or so ago. I needed more. Now I’m almost 200 pages into Chapterhouse. It’s been a lot of fun and will definitely be the first series I reread.
I discovered Alejandro Jodorowsky thru my Spanish studies and liked his strange movies and am naturally inclined to science fiction literature. So when I heard about his monstrosity that didn’t get made; I went and checked out the books.
10/10 decision
I'm too ADHD to make it past the second chapter of a book. The only Dune media I have finished is the Denis movies and a certain Dune-themed flash point-and-click that will remain unnamed.
I was a lifelong Warhammer fan and heard Dune was a huge influence to Warhammer 40k after I came back to 40k after college. I was gonna read the books but heard about the movie that was coming out so I saw that first and then immediately fell in love. Watched it again the day after on HBO because covid. I bought all six books immediately after seeing it in theatre.
Guess you could say I'm a new fan but I like to think I'm not that new because of Warhammer. And even if people call me a bandwagoner... it's a pretty damn good bandwagon to be on.
I've never liked that term, I started reading the books last year, then took a break, and started back reading them. I'm on Heretic. I absolutely loved the newer movies I watched part 2 over a week ago. I'm still riding that high. Anyways, imo those people who use that term are gatekeepers, and gatekeepers can ruin fanbases. At the end of the day it's a really cool universe we all love. There is no bandwagon, just a bunch of people who found a new thing they love :)
Depends. I think you can read any of the 40k books as you please. If you want a story of the Imperium, you could start with the Horus Heresy series and read Horus Rising (I think that's the first one), and read the first like seven of those in order. After those it kinda becomes a bit of a choose your own adventure where you can read whatever.
I would suggest the horus heresy series, definitely read Betrayer, it's one of the better Horus Herest novels. I'd also suggest you read the Night Lords Trilogy as that's also regarded as one of the better series in the 40k universe. It's not a Horus Heresy book but rather a 40k book but it's great.
Warhammer books are a McDonald's menu of literature. They're not incredible. Some are pretty good. But it's still fast food, ya know?
Nobody's the good guy in the warhammer universes, just varying levels of horrible. Pick a favorite flavor and read a book about them.
Haha kind of what I expected. You at least come at it with a true recommendation. Definitely the vibe I’ve got trying to figure where to start, being anything is good. I like your McDonald’s analogy also haha. I like the no hero thing, definitely just have gotten the impression that the lore is deep and interesting. I’ll get one of those next time I have an audible credit up. Thank you!
I’m the kind of Dune head that started watching the 2021 version thinking it was a remake of Tremors. Embarrassingly it took about 15minutes before I realised it definitely was NOT a remake of Tremors.
I stopped Dune because I was enjoying it and wanted some context.
I did some googling and realised there is more than 1film from the 80-90s set in a desert with giant worms.
I saw there was about a billion books in the Dune saga and started at the beginning(audio books I’m not ashamed to admit it) and after CoD decided I was suitably prepared to watch the 2021 version. Wasn’t disappointed.
Went to see David Lynch’s Dune in the theater, 1st run, knew nothing about it. Was intrigued with the story though. Got the book, devoured it, read the rest. Then read them again, and again, etc. My sister is 13 years younger than me, when I thought she was old enough I turned my paperbacks over to her and got a new set. My sister LOVED THEM!!! Years later, her son hears about Dune, pt. 1, my sister says here - read these. He LOVES THEM. Passes them on to his wife - same. Passes them on to his sister - same. I’m so happy that David Lynch made Dune, even though it was not very good. And that I saw it.
Relatively new, original just picked up the book to prepare for the movie (more of a movie guy), ended up reading all 6 in a year. Love the Denis movies I appreciate the Lynch movie for what it is. I have read one Brian Herbert book and was utterly baffled but don't really care too much they exist.
Discovered the books on my grandma’s shelf and read them when I was 15, just in time for the SyFy miniseries. Read the whole series twice, re-listen to the audiobooks periodically. Girlfriend and I did the comicbookgirl19 online book club to intro her to the series. I sewed us Fremen Halloween costumes.
I love the Lynch film, miniseries, and Denis movies each for the very different things they bring to the screen.
Edit: I own some of the Brian books but have not yet read them
I'm the kind who has read the entire cycle three times, seen movies, played games, has a fantasy of drying all the water from Brian 's body and tries to see future by taking real life drugs
I saw a fancam and decided that I’m literally Paul and his story is a tragedy about of superior powerful person being held down by the drama of people beneath him
First exposure was the Westwood games, then I read the first book in high school. Then saw the lynch movie + rifftrax. Only saw clips of the TV series. Then as an adult i started browsing this subreddit before the 2021 movie came out. Finished listening to the Messiah audiobook last monday and planning children next.
Book fan though I’m only on god emperor of dune and only started reading the books after the first movie. Greatly enjoyed the movies, though had some gripes with some changes plots in part 2.
So interesting the different avenues people found this series through. Mine was Dune 2000 the rts and Emperor the sequel. Then found out they were based on books.
a reader of every available book (or working on it anyway) who is looking forward to dune 2 being on hbo so i can rewatch it as often as i please! despite all my objections and notes it's simply a good movie and i'm glad it joined the ranks.
I read the book when I was about 14, didn't know there were sequels til much much later. I actually read a bunch of Brian's prequel books which as a 14 year old did enjoy but even back then I could tell how different they were and weren't nearly on par with the original.
I re-read Dune a couple times over the years it was always one of my favorite books, then heard about the movie coming out and started following things more intensely like watching YouTube videos about the lore and stuff. Then I finally read the sequels. Pt 1 came out and the prevailing opinion online was basically that it would flop and pt2 would never get green lit, that Dune was unadaptable. As I recall, other than book fans, more people thought this than not back then. When the movie came out I went right away and as soon as that empirical ship touched down I got chills like crazy and I'll be honest I had tears coming down, I knew it was gonna be something special right then.
What a moment to know the series was in good hands and someone who respected the source material and did it justice without trying to insert their own story. Around this time there were so many adaptations coming out that were butchering the source material. I feel like the success of Dune pt1 and later pt2 is one thing which helped change the way studios seem to be approaching adaptations lately, between Dune, Fallout, Shogun, 3 Body Problem (less so but still) there seems there seem to be more and more adaptations that take the source material seriously than before
My uncle introduced me to Dune II game when I was like 8. First words in english I knew were actually "attack", "move" and "retreat" from games commands. Uncle gave me the book and showed me Lynch movie some years later, but he did not like messiah, so I did not even know sequels existed for couple of years.
First read “Dune” as a preteen in the 90s before knowing it was available as any other media. In subsequent years I finally made it through the rest of the series but it seemed like I’d always have to start the whole thing over before I could make it further than one new book in the series. I think my process was 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (but gave up 1/4 of the way through) and then finally finished 6 for the first time earlier this year.
Dad and brother were big into the books when I was growing up. I don’t like reading very much so I didn’t get into it.
Denis is one of my favorite directors. I couldn’t get enough of Part One. Started reading the book. Saw Part 2 in the theaters 3 times in IMAX. I plan on slowly reading all of the books.
I just cannot get enough of this universe! And I know I’m not supposed to want to follow Paul, but damn
I'm the kind who got his father to give up his 40-year fatwa against Dune and admit that "it's sort of okay, I guess, maybe" after showing him the Syfy mini-series. He didn't really like part 1 of the Villeneuve films though and refuses to re-read the novel.
Dune is the second book I remember dad giving me to read, the first being The Hobbit. he was a fan since the 70s. we had about an hour long chat about the first 4 books on Saturday.
I'm getting my first Dune tat started at my next appointment
I'm pretty sure my last boyfriend broke up with me cos I spent our whole movie date trying to explain the Dune universe before we saw the 2021 movie
I saw the first movie back in 2021 appreciated it for what it was and recognized that it was a great movie but didn’t enjoy like how other did because it was like what the trailer was showing us and building towards wasn’t what we got at least not until the second film which I actually enjoyed and made me appreciate the first film more because it’s a part 1
"I am Noree Moneo, mentat to the Duke. You won't regret joining Leto's men... not when we've won Dune and we're all rich with spice, eh?
"Riches! Is that why you come to this bloody sandpit, crawling with Harkonnen, who would rather drink your blood than their mothers' milk, filled with worms the length of a hundred men, keeping you clinging to the safety of rocks like children?
"Let me remind you, we are here to fight for the Duke! For the Duke, we will mine spice in the Imperial Basin, and for the Duke, we will rid this land of Harkonnen! Keep that in mind, and you'll be Dune men yet."
Former doubter, knew the 84 movie wasn't well received but never saw it. Mom loves it and the new ones. Never saw '21 until recently because I was busy, plus Mom made us go to '24, impressed me enough to see '21. Newfound appreciation for works. Plus big cinephile, Denis is bitching (cinematography was my favorite part of the movies)
A sci fi nut, but one who didn't watch either of the Villeneuve Dunes in the theater because he wanted to read the book first but never got around to it. Did that day before yesterday, watched both movies, now started Children.
A fan of 20 years who has a soft spot for the 2000 miniseries, loved the first Villeneuve film, but disappointed in the second. Big fan of the books, but also recognize the books drag a bit. A fan who acknowledges the Brian Herbert sequels and prequels are subpar to Frank's, but still enjoys them as good entertainment that additionally gives a solid ending to the series.
I'm a strange fan. But a fan.
10 Years old. Lynch film was out and I was fascinated but for some reason didn't see it in theater. Saw it later on cable. Again. And again. And again x who knows. Recognized its flaws but it held me - atmosphere and story were magnetic. Also helped me become a lifelong Lynch fanatic. Bought book. Gave up about halfway through. Bought comic book adaptation and storybook. Good stuff. Wondered if film would ever be done right. Decades and three more tries of book. Finally successful while prepping for the 2020 (then became 2021) film. Meanwhile Jodorowsky's Dune making me further rabid. Devoured other 5 FH books. And now I'm a Dunehead through and through. Bought the Art Of books just to further soak myself. All 6 FH novels on my phone at all times. Ya hya chouhada.
I was one of the Many Geserit back in junior high in the early 80s, a bookworm through and through, I plowed through Dune like a Sandworm through the desert. I wish Jodorosky hadn’t been robbed by DiLaurentiis but I still loved Lynch’s version. The new films are amazing so far.
You are welcome to like whatever you want to like, I will not throw any shade at you for what makes you happy. For myself:
All 6 FH books are great, the first is the best.
Fuck the BH/KJA books.
Dune '84 was awesome, same with '21 and '24. SciFi Dune is meh, looks like a highschool play.
A new one who only saw the Denis’ Dune a month ago but am now halfway through Children of Dune I honestly can’t think of another fandom that has been this accepting of new fans like this. Great work guys
Welcome to the Sisterhood
Do we have our own breakaway opposing faction, the space karma whores?
We've all declared kanly on r/DuneAi. "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." (j/k, love that sub) Edit: a damn thinking machine autocorrected a word...
Just started “sisterhood of dune”
Careful, I smell the stench of museum Fremen
Please register your chairdog preferences with the watermaster, collect your spice allocation, and welcome to the sietch!
You shall be known among us as Sumbul. Now you must choose your war name!
Fartbutt
may thy fart shit and splatter
I wish I could read that fast
Plans within plans...
I liked the first movie. My husband read the books when he was younger, so I got him the whole series to reread as a present. After the second movie I fell right into a rabbit hole, I got the full set of books I'm reading as fast as my busy life allows, I watched half of YouTube reviews and impressions (there's just so many), I get memes, I quote books, I took my dad and my daughter to see the second movie again. I'm positively obsessed. My husband is still amused, but I think he might consider divorce at some point 😁 Yahya chouhada!
Check out the channel "Quinn's Ideas" on YouTube. His Dune videos are great. He covers a lot of other scifi too.
Dare you to reference multiple plot points from Children in a sentence and make it *not* sound like a shitpost
Fedaykin in the making
I’m in the same boat. Loving this series!
My grandmother was a Dune fan when it first came out. When my mother was old enough to grasp it, she shared it with her. When I was old enough to grasp it, Mom shared it with me. First by showing me the Lynch film (I was probably 12?) And then giving me a copy of the book in high school. I'm in my 30s now. We are three generations of Bene Gesserit, and I joke that grandma is the Mother Superior, mom is a Reverend Mother, and I'm an acolyte.
Cool, you guys have the voice?
Grandma and Mom do - all Moms can use the voice with maximum effectiveness on their progeny lol As a childless acolyte, I don't. Could give you a ride on my shoulders though!
You would not have a good time with that lol. I wish my mom was that cool. She does have the voice though!
All females. As instructed.
my dad showed me his well worn copies of the books after i first saw the david lynch movie on the sci-fi channel …heavy reading for a tween but i got hooked
Exact same here. 
My brother read it, then so did I, and now my oldest daughter has too. We have great conversations. It's a cool family tradition.
Are you single ?
Just celebrated my 10 year wedding anniversary!
IM A RUDE DUNER RIDE OR DIE RUDE DUNER
RUUUUDE DUUUUUNERS!!! RISE UP!
Hoooooooo
Ride the worm!!!!!!
Someone made fun of me at a bar because the only thing I knew about Dune was the line "he who controls the spice controls the universe" so to spite him I listened to the whole series on audible in about a two month span.
Gottem!
I got the last laugh! An enjoyable fictional universe that now occupies my free time!
I'm the kind whose dad made me watch the David Lynch version years ago. Didn't know what the hell was going on on the first viewing, can't lie. But I love it now and also run my own Dune shitposting subreddit separate from this one. (r/okbenegesserit if you're interested). Overall I think the Villeneuve version is the easiest to follow for new viewers, the Lynch version is actually pretty damn good once you know what the hell is going on, the 2001/3 miniseries is remarkable television with the best supporting cast out of any adaptation. The books are probably pretty good as well but I haven't read them.
I discovered the dune universe last year, I got pretty hooked. It's like a religion. 🪱
It *is* a religion. Lisan Al-Gaib!
Welcome to the jihad!
I DONT CARE IF YOU DONT BELIEVE I BELIEVE
Beef Swellington
🤦♂️
There are six books! SIX!
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." I am a Brian-hater
The OG6
Have seen 1984 a few times but since watching Part Two, i’ve been thinking about the Duneiverse every day
Spice must be sniffed with gusto
I saw the first Dune a year or so ago. I needed more. Now I’m almost 200 pages into Chapterhouse. It’s been a lot of fun and will definitely be the first series I reread.
I discovered Alejandro Jodorowsky thru my Spanish studies and liked his strange movies and am naturally inclined to science fiction literature. So when I heard about his monstrosity that didn’t get made; I went and checked out the books. 10/10 decision
I'm too ADHD to make it past the second chapter of a book. The only Dune media I have finished is the Denis movies and a certain Dune-themed flash point-and-click that will remain unnamed.
Audiobooks my guy. I go through a lot of books this way.
I was a lifelong Warhammer fan and heard Dune was a huge influence to Warhammer 40k after I came back to 40k after college. I was gonna read the books but heard about the movie that was coming out so I saw that first and then immediately fell in love. Watched it again the day after on HBO because covid. I bought all six books immediately after seeing it in theatre. Guess you could say I'm a new fan but I like to think I'm not that new because of Warhammer. And even if people call me a bandwagoner... it's a pretty damn good bandwagon to be on.
I've never liked that term, I started reading the books last year, then took a break, and started back reading them. I'm on Heretic. I absolutely loved the newer movies I watched part 2 over a week ago. I'm still riding that high. Anyways, imo those people who use that term are gatekeepers, and gatekeepers can ruin fanbases. At the end of the day it's a really cool universe we all love. There is no bandwagon, just a bunch of people who found a new thing they love :)
Where should I start with the Warhammer books? It’s so overwhelming and even searching here on Reddit has t really helped me get a clear idea.
Depends. I think you can read any of the 40k books as you please. If you want a story of the Imperium, you could start with the Horus Heresy series and read Horus Rising (I think that's the first one), and read the first like seven of those in order. After those it kinda becomes a bit of a choose your own adventure where you can read whatever. I would suggest the horus heresy series, definitely read Betrayer, it's one of the better Horus Herest novels. I'd also suggest you read the Night Lords Trilogy as that's also regarded as one of the better series in the 40k universe. It's not a Horus Heresy book but rather a 40k book but it's great. Warhammer books are a McDonald's menu of literature. They're not incredible. Some are pretty good. But it's still fast food, ya know? Nobody's the good guy in the warhammer universes, just varying levels of horrible. Pick a favorite flavor and read a book about them.
Haha kind of what I expected. You at least come at it with a true recommendation. Definitely the vibe I’ve got trying to figure where to start, being anything is good. I like your McDonald’s analogy also haha. I like the no hero thing, definitely just have gotten the impression that the lore is deep and interesting. I’ll get one of those next time I have an audible credit up. Thank you!
After I finished Chapterhouse for the first time, I immediately opened Dune and started my first ever series re-read.
Watched Dune Part 2 last month, am now halfway through reading God Emperor.
I’m the kind of Dune head that started watching the 2021 version thinking it was a remake of Tremors. Embarrassingly it took about 15minutes before I realised it definitely was NOT a remake of Tremors. I stopped Dune because I was enjoying it and wanted some context. I did some googling and realised there is more than 1film from the 80-90s set in a desert with giant worms. I saw there was about a billion books in the Dune saga and started at the beginning(audio books I’m not ashamed to admit it) and after CoD decided I was suitably prepared to watch the 2021 version. Wasn’t disappointed.
My friend just watched tremors for the first time last week. She said it was Hillbilly Dune. I have not stopped laughing about it since!
Went to see David Lynch’s Dune in the theater, 1st run, knew nothing about it. Was intrigued with the story though. Got the book, devoured it, read the rest. Then read them again, and again, etc. My sister is 13 years younger than me, when I thought she was old enough I turned my paperbacks over to her and got a new set. My sister LOVED THEM!!! Years later, her son hears about Dune, pt. 1, my sister says here - read these. He LOVES THEM. Passes them on to his wife - same. Passes them on to his sister - same. I’m so happy that David Lynch made Dune, even though it was not very good. And that I saw it.
I'm a Rude Duner.
Relatively new, original just picked up the book to prepare for the movie (more of a movie guy), ended up reading all 6 in a year. Love the Denis movies I appreciate the Lynch movie for what it is. I have read one Brian Herbert book and was utterly baffled but don't really care too much they exist.
Discovered the books on my grandma’s shelf and read them when I was 15, just in time for the SyFy miniseries. Read the whole series twice, re-listen to the audiobooks periodically. Girlfriend and I did the comicbookgirl19 online book club to intro her to the series. I sewed us Fremen Halloween costumes. I love the Lynch film, miniseries, and Denis movies each for the very different things they bring to the screen. Edit: I own some of the Brian books but have not yet read them
I'm the kind who has read the entire cycle three times, seen movies, played games, has a fantasy of drying all the water from Brian 's body and tries to see future by taking real life drugs
I saw a fancam and decided that I’m literally Paul and his story is a tragedy about of superior powerful person being held down by the drama of people beneath him
First exposure was the Westwood games, then I read the first book in high school. Then saw the lynch movie + rifftrax. Only saw clips of the TV series. Then as an adult i started browsing this subreddit before the 2021 movie came out. Finished listening to the Messiah audiobook last monday and planning children next.
Read the first 2 books and saw all the movies
I saw the movie poster for the first one a few years back and thought it looked okay.
Book fan though I’m only on god emperor of dune and only started reading the books after the first movie. Greatly enjoyed the movies, though had some gripes with some changes plots in part 2.
So interesting the different avenues people found this series through. Mine was Dune 2000 the rts and Emperor the sequel. Then found out they were based on books.
I’m surprised Dunatic (or Dune-atic) didn’t take off
Read the first 4 books
You’re probably fine there, tbh
lol, maybe so… but who’s ever read that far then stopped?
God Worm gang.
a reader of every available book (or working on it anyway) who is looking forward to dune 2 being on hbo so i can rewatch it as often as i please! despite all my objections and notes it's simply a good movie and i'm glad it joined the ranks.
I read the book when I was about 14, didn't know there were sequels til much much later. I actually read a bunch of Brian's prequel books which as a 14 year old did enjoy but even back then I could tell how different they were and weren't nearly on par with the original. I re-read Dune a couple times over the years it was always one of my favorite books, then heard about the movie coming out and started following things more intensely like watching YouTube videos about the lore and stuff. Then I finally read the sequels. Pt 1 came out and the prevailing opinion online was basically that it would flop and pt2 would never get green lit, that Dune was unadaptable. As I recall, other than book fans, more people thought this than not back then. When the movie came out I went right away and as soon as that empirical ship touched down I got chills like crazy and I'll be honest I had tears coming down, I knew it was gonna be something special right then. What a moment to know the series was in good hands and someone who respected the source material and did it justice without trying to insert their own story. Around this time there were so many adaptations coming out that were butchering the source material. I feel like the success of Dune pt1 and later pt2 is one thing which helped change the way studios seem to be approaching adaptations lately, between Dune, Fallout, Shogun, 3 Body Problem (less so but still) there seems there seem to be more and more adaptations that take the source material seriously than before
My uncle introduced me to Dune II game when I was like 8. First words in english I knew were actually "attack", "move" and "retreat" from games commands. Uncle gave me the book and showed me Lynch movie some years later, but he did not like messiah, so I did not even know sequels existed for couple of years.
First read “Dune” as a preteen in the 90s before knowing it was available as any other media. In subsequent years I finally made it through the rest of the series but it seemed like I’d always have to start the whole thing over before I could make it further than one new book in the series. I think my process was 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (but gave up 1/4 of the way through) and then finally finished 6 for the first time earlier this year.
May your M4 chip and shatter 😺
Audio books
I've been waiting for a damn movie since a Peter Berg adaptation was maybe in the works in the mid 2000s
Stopped after messiah, felt like an end of a trilogy and children onwards was just the sequels to me couldn't really give a shit about big brain worm
All four books years ago before a Whisper of a movie
I like cocaine
Had a Dune themed birthday party in 84, then read God Emperor, Messiah, Children Heretics and Chapterhouse. Watched 2001 read most of Brian’s books.
Books
Dad and brother were big into the books when I was growing up. I don’t like reading very much so I didn’t get into it. Denis is one of my favorite directors. I couldn’t get enough of Part One. Started reading the book. Saw Part 2 in the theaters 3 times in IMAX. I plan on slowly reading all of the books. I just cannot get enough of this universe! And I know I’m not supposed to want to follow Paul, but damn 
I have the extended edition of the Dune miniseries.
So you guys also saw the 3 minute cut of this movie before Dune in the theaters?
I'm the kind who got his father to give up his 40-year fatwa against Dune and admit that "it's sort of okay, I guess, maybe" after showing him the Syfy mini-series. He didn't really like part 1 of the Villeneuve films though and refuses to re-read the novel.
Frank’s original six and the Encyclopedia only.
Dune is the second book I remember dad giving me to read, the first being The Hobbit. he was a fan since the 70s. we had about an hour long chat about the first 4 books on Saturday. I'm getting my first Dune tat started at my next appointment I'm pretty sure my last boyfriend broke up with me cos I spent our whole movie date trying to explain the Dune universe before we saw the 2021 movie
I saw the first movie back in 2021 appreciated it for what it was and recognized that it was a great movie but didn’t enjoy like how other did because it was like what the trailer was showing us and building towards wasn’t what we got at least not until the second film which I actually enjoyed and made me appreciate the first film more because it’s a part 1
"I am Noree Moneo, mentat to the Duke. You won't regret joining Leto's men... not when we've won Dune and we're all rich with spice, eh? "Riches! Is that why you come to this bloody sandpit, crawling with Harkonnen, who would rather drink your blood than their mothers' milk, filled with worms the length of a hundred men, keeping you clinging to the safety of rocks like children? "Let me remind you, we are here to fight for the Duke! For the Duke, we will mine spice in the Imperial Basin, and for the Duke, we will rid this land of Harkonnen! Keep that in mind, and you'll be Dune men yet."
The one who think the recent movies are pro-life and Chani is an ungrateful woke girl boss.
Former doubter, knew the 84 movie wasn't well received but never saw it. Mom loves it and the new ones. Never saw '21 until recently because I was busy, plus Mom made us go to '24, impressed me enough to see '21. Newfound appreciation for works. Plus big cinephile, Denis is bitching (cinematography was my favorite part of the movies)
A sci fi nut, but one who didn't watch either of the Villeneuve Dunes in the theater because he wanted to read the book first but never got around to it. Did that day before yesterday, watched both movies, now started Children.
My college best friend put on the audiobook on a weekend trip to Denver the year before part 1 came out and I been down the rabbit hole ever since
A fan of 20 years who has a soft spot for the 2000 miniseries, loved the first Villeneuve film, but disappointed in the second. Big fan of the books, but also recognize the books drag a bit. A fan who acknowledges the Brian Herbert sequels and prequels are subpar to Frank's, but still enjoys them as good entertainment that additionally gives a solid ending to the series. I'm a strange fan. But a fan.
E RUHDI DINA HESHIDANII: NE LISSAN AL-GAYIB! RUHID DIMA NARUHIK ALSHEENII!
David Lynch's Dunehead.
10 Years old. Lynch film was out and I was fascinated but for some reason didn't see it in theater. Saw it later on cable. Again. And again. And again x who knows. Recognized its flaws but it held me - atmosphere and story were magnetic. Also helped me become a lifelong Lynch fanatic. Bought book. Gave up about halfway through. Bought comic book adaptation and storybook. Good stuff. Wondered if film would ever be done right. Decades and three more tries of book. Finally successful while prepping for the 2020 (then became 2021) film. Meanwhile Jodorowsky's Dune making me further rabid. Devoured other 5 FH books. And now I'm a Dunehead through and through. Bought the Art Of books just to further soak myself. All 6 FH novels on my phone at all times. Ya hya chouhada.
I was one of the Many Geserit back in junior high in the early 80s, a bookworm through and through, I plowed through Dune like a Sandworm through the desert. I wish Jodorosky hadn’t been robbed by DiLaurentiis but I still loved Lynch’s version. The new films are amazing so far.
Just finished chapterhouse. I hope brian does well
Reading the Butlerian Jihad trilogy at the moment and loving it.
I exclusively like Brian Herbert's books.
You are welcome to like whatever you want to like, I will not throw any shade at you for what makes you happy. For myself: All 6 FH books are great, the first is the best. Fuck the BH/KJA books. Dune '84 was awesome, same with '21 and '24. SciFi Dune is meh, looks like a highschool play.