re: So I’m Just Back From Seeing “Dune II” & IMO, It Was Phenomenal Piece of Hollywood Magic..

Welp, saw the movie. Good crowd too, for a Sunday afternoon. About 1/2 full, I'd guess. Fans, from what I could tell.

Now, I'm not a book reader, so much of what I know is only from onscreen.

Spoiler: I was today years old when I discovered that the Weirding Way as shown in the '84 movie wasn't from the book. Damn! So there's that. What can I say, I'm not deep into the DUNE fandom.

I didn't care for seeing Sam Brinton in the role of Feyd-Rautha, that was so well played by Sting. That creeped me out. In fact, the entire Harkonnen world weirded me out. Zero color on the entire planet? What's that about? And apparently I've been mispronouncing the name for 40 years. Harkon-nen, not Har-KO-Nan? Whatever.

Still a decent flick well-made and all. I guess my biggest beef of all was Zendaya. She's terribly mid, imo. She's older than Sydney Sweeney but will always look like a gawky 13 yr old girl in my eyes. But it is what it is. The kids apparently dig her.

*Two more things - Sandworms. How can they be some great test for a true Fremen to call and ride on if they're also used like a planetary rapid transit system? There was some crazy GoT dragon commuting going on that seemed a bit sketchy. How far South is "South" anyways? And what's keeping the worms from diving underground to avoid the storms? Did I miss something?


** Paul's drinking of the Water of Life. I really preferred the '84 version to how it was done in this movie. One was much more dramatic than the other.