I know. Back in the day there were two movies* out at the same time about an asteroid hitting the earth and suddenly there were lots of asteroid hitting the earth stories in the media.

* Deep Impact and Armageddon *

* (studios did this to piggy back on the marketing expenses)

Yes, the second movie is out and it got great reviews, better than the first.

I bought the book to read before seeing the second one.

The book still holds up, imo, I reread it this year for the same reason.

Dune is pretty good, deserves talking about.

It's good that the movies are bringing it back into the public eye.

A lot of people going to be disappointed when Dune Messiah gets made into a film. Even more so if (I can only hope) God Emperor hits the silver screen.

Man I sure hope so.

The first book expends a lot of pages on the wonders of this magical boy (and a little bit of time about the misgivings he had from it). The second one is nowhere near as coy about its thesis: singular heroes must necessarily cause, either directly or indirectly, a lot of suffering, and do a lot of evil, to be become singular heroes. Maybe magical boys aren't a thing we should celebrate so much.

The idea that singular people can so embody goodness that we need to build statues or found religions around them is really a thing that needs to die in global society.

Celebrate the act, not the person doing it.

Why? Do you think it cannot be well adapted, or that chances are low?

how come? the movies are not made to be perfect adaptations. As it stands, they are likely the best adaptations of dune to date