A little warning though.. if you haven't read at least the first book of Dune, do not expect to understand one bit of it Mae.

Thanks for the extra 2 pics Emilie, but I still like that very first Dune pic you posted in here sooooo much better. I mean.. the look in his eyes, the litlle twist in his shoulder, the way the light falls on his torso..

Yeah it's called Dune.. they are all called Dune though.. You need to have the one that is ONLY called Dune.. and not have words added in front (or behind) it (Like Legends of.. or Children of.. if there is nothing like that you will have the right one)

If you want the fast approach you can also rent the TV series (not the David lynch film). The series are very bad, but if you have seen that you will hopefully understand 'Children of' better since that is a continuation of the same series, with the same actors even.

It is a nice book though, so if you like to read Sci-Fi/fantasy like stuff you may be way better off reading the book.. it's only like 400 pages or so?

You pretty much summed it up there Reti!
I just remembered the worms and I still think they are fascinating as hell. My fav bits in all three film/shows are the scenes with the worms. I like it that the worms in the film have a mouth that opens with three triangle flaps, and that the worms in the series have rows and rows and rows of teeth. And they don't have an upside or downside. And they can get HUGE. And they are attracted to all rythmycal vibrations in the ground And they can only be killed if you kill each seperate segment.. I mean..

WOW!!!! (<- worm lover )

I am into SciFi quite badly. When I was a student I lived in a dorm where there were a couple of guys with shelfs full of SF books. They loved Dune and I remember seeing bits of it with them when it was on TV but I could not follow the story (because too much happens inside peoples headsin the book to do a good film adaptation of it I think) but I do remember the worms, they had a huge impact on me. So eventhough I didn't know the story I never forgot those and everytime I was in any kind of desert landscape I imagined those huge worms moving under the sand. (I have been in the dune landscape where they filmed large bits of Star Wars and I think Dune (the film) as well. That was cool)

So when I found out about James and his role in the adaptation of the third Dune book (ar rather the adaptation of the 2nd and 3th as I later found out) I figured it was time to read (at least the first) book. I loved it, but ever since I saw the weak adaptation for the TV series, I like it less because it shows some huge flaws in the story that you don't notice in the book that well, but that really jump out at you when you try to adapt it for the screen..

I don't think you can understand one damn bit of the story if you don't read the book(s) though..
There is a thread on CoD and Dune in JMO where people try to explain the background a bit better, so you can also try reading that to get more inside if you don't feel like reading the book...


(Wait, this not the Dune thread.. do we have one yet?)