Dune

Thursday, 04 November 2021

Dune

In the 11th millennium, Shaddam IV, ruler of the Galactic Empire, rids himself of his competitor Duke Leto Atreides by giving him control of the desert planet Dune also called Arrakis; fully aware that its present owner, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, will not give it up without a fight. The reason is that Arrakis is the source of the valuable spice, a substance produced by enormous and dangerous sandworms, which bestows special mental qualities on anyone who consumes it. A short while later Harkonnen does indeed succeed in ambushing and massacring Leto and his men. Leto's mistress Lady Jessica, who is a member of the clairvoyant order of Bene Gesserit, manages to escape into the desert with her son Paul, and after a long and dangerous march they finally encounter the Fremen, the long suppressed desert tribe of Arrakis. Impressed by Paul's clairvoyant abilities, tribal prince Stilgar takes in the fugitives. Very soon the Fremen are convinced that Paul is their long-prophesied redeemer, and Stilgar prepares him for his great task. While Paul is being instructed in the secrets of desert life he falls in love with young Chani, who bears him a son. During the next few years the Fremen, led by Paul, wage a guerrilla war of attrition against Harkonnen, who suffers heavy losses. Most important of all, they sabotage the planet's spice production: this brings Shaddam IV. onto the scene, who senses that the basis of his power is being threatened. The rebels on Arrakis want to finish off the Imperial forces once and for all, but after a terrible battle which costs him almost all his men, Shaddam is finally forced to concede defeat.

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'Dune': Giant worms, flowing sand and a young messiah

Independent Record 04 Nov 2021

Dune ... And so begins Frank Herbert’s “Dune.”. “Dune” is not about a giant worm, writhing beneath the desert sands. “Dune” is not an epic battle for control of mind-altering cinnamon-flavored spices that enhance the mind and lengthen life. “Dune” is about facing and conquering fear ... “Dune” finds a Messianic boy reluctantly accepting his destiny.

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Becoming a 'Dune'-nut

The Manila Times 04 Nov 2021

Just in time, on November 10, Denis Villeneuve's much anticipated "Dune" can be viewed on the IMAX and screens bigger than your laptop. This newest version of "Dune" is expansive, takes its time with world building, setting its mood, revealing bits of its politics and developing the characters ... Dune is such a fascinating property to get into.

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Review: Dune has an aura of pictorial grandiosity that leads up to nothing

Dawn 04 Nov 2021

During the past week of research for what was fore-ordained to be Denis Villeneuve’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s decades-acclaimed science fiction novel Dune, a creeping sense of introspection hit me. What am I — or for that matter anyone else not well-versed with the world of Dune — buying into?.

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Imax had its best October ever thanks to 'Dune' and the China box office. Here's ...

Business Insider 04 Nov 2021

"Dune ." ... It was thanks to "Dune," "No Time to Die," and the Chinese film "The Battle at Lake Changjin." ... The release of "Dune" in the US and China on October 22 pushed the global box office at Imax theaters past the previous October record of $83 million in 2013 ... "Dune" was released ...

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When Does Dune Leave HBO Max?

Collider 04 Nov 2021

Dune has already become one of the biggest success stories of 2021 ... science fiction novel will be unveiled when Dune.

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Chloe Zhao 'empowered' by Denis Villeneuve

SCNOW Morning News 04 Nov 2021

Chloe Zhao finds "a lot of strength" in 'Eternals' hitting cinemas at the same time as 'Dune' ... support and even let her watch 'Dune' before its release so she could "learn" from him ... "Even when I was working on IMAX for 'Eternals', I asked him if it was okay for me to watch 'Dune'.

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Malian villagers battle advancing sands after lake dries

Metro USA 04 Nov 2021

DAKAR (Reuters) – Since Lake Faguibine in northern Mali dried up, communities on its parched shores have had to defend their homes from encroaching sand dunes while finding new ways to scratch a living from the degraded soil ... of sticks in an effort to keep the dunes at bay.

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Chloé Zhao reveals how Dune director Denis Villeneuve helped with Eternals

Games Radar 04 Nov 2021

Eternals and Dune may be about to go head to head at the box office, but Chloé Zhao has revealed that fellow director Denis Villeneuve helped her bring the Marvel movie to life in IMAX ... "Even when I was working on IMAX for Eternals, I asked him if it was okay for me to watch Dune.

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IGN Insider 04 Nov 2021

Final Fantasy VII superfans will enjoy the new Final Fantasy VII Remake ... A Photographic History from Atari to Xbox ... Dune and Ready Player One have gone from books to major motion pictures. To help the Dune fan in your life see where it all began, take a look at the Dune Sage 3-book set, which tells the story of the first movie, and well beyond ... .

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CLIFT | If you have time to kill, 'Dune' may be the spice your week needs

The Mercury 04 Nov 2021

The “Lord of the Rings” movies, the Harry Potter movies, and the “Star Wars” movies were so commercially successful that Hollywood found the money to try, once again, to turn Frank Herbert’s fantasy and science fiction novel “Dune” into a movie series ... It is called “Dune Part 1.” ...

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Gone viral: former Venice High graduate JADA picks up momentum with vocals on TikTok

Sarasota Herald-Tribune 04 Nov 2021

Her most recent video, inspired by the movie Dune – a combination of the song “Gom Jabbar” and the song “River Lullaby” from “Price of Egypt” – is at 2.7 million views and counting ... “I love this romance I have going on with the Dune franchise, it’s so cool,” she said.

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What if Denis Villeneuve directed a new Star Wars reboot

Boing Boing 04 Nov 2021

Inspired by the recent Dune movie, however, he took another approach.

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Dune Books Chronological Order Explained

Collider 04 Nov 2021

The following contains spoilers for the Dune book series.Fellow sci-fi scribe, Arthur C.

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Taika Waititi Adapting Alejandro Jodorowsky And Moebius' Graphic Novel The Incal

Empire 04 Nov 2021

Way back when, artist and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky decided he was going to adapt Frank Herbert's Dune. Obviously, that didn't come to fruition (as anyone who has seen documentary Jodorowsky's Dune knows in fascinating detail), but his collaboration with iconic ...

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Clellie Lynch: Birding along the Atlantic

The Berkshire Eagle 04 Nov 2021

As we enter the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge near Newburyport, a hunting harrier sweeps up off the dunes, across the road in front of us, and flies low, tuning this way and that, searching for a furry morning meal ... Open ocean, dunes, thickets, marshes, bogs, swamps, mud ...