*DUNE* is better than *STAR WARS* 

For those of you who are sending death threats to me for the title, 😂😂😂 what day is it today? • There are things Dune did better than Star Wars and there are things Star Wars did better than Dune. • I LOVE both. Now which one do I like better? I’ll never tell. Ehh maybe I will. Idk. • I love the comments and the controversy though 😂😂❤ • I hope you guys enjoyed this video! Thank you so much for all the love and support

“Paul’s the desert mouse!” HE KNOWS TOO MUCH ALREADY

"PAUL IS THE DESERT MOUSE" Bro understood more of this movie than most on first viewing wtf

Dude really showed up for this one with maximum Alex focus, "strategically fucking", "they see what they've been told to see", "Paul is the mouse". Who is this Alex? 😂

I couldn't believe how much Alex understood of this movie on a first watch haha. He called out half the plot immediately, and understood that Paul doesn't want his visions in the tent to come true. Amazingly perceptive. Alex, if you see this comment READ THE BOOK! Or listen to the audiobook. It's an incredible story, and there is so much more going on in the background that you miss.

Alex really understood this movie better than I thought he would

Dude out here trying to start a war.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." The Litany Against Fear is one of the most recognizeable bits from Dune. That, and, "The Spice must flow."

"wait, Paul is the desert mouse!" man, I can't wait for him to watch the second movie lmao

"Strategically fucking" lmfao that is really accurate

Their "The One" had to be a male, but Jessica's daughter was supposed to marry a specific Harkonnen guy, and that would have produced "The One", but Jessica went somewhat her own way.

When Shadout Mapes asked Jessica if she knew the meaning of the crysknife, Jessica wasn’t sure what she meant, but didn’t want to look ignorant, so she temporized. She translated the word “knife” from Chakobsa (the Fremen language) to Galactic Standard, which became “maker of death.” However, she didn’t get past the first word before Mapes shrieked-because “The Maker” is one of the secret names of the Giant Sandworm among the Fremen; a name used only in their secret ceremonies and not ever told to offworlders. So if this foreign woman knew that the crysknife was from a Maker of the Deep Desert, she must truly be the Lisan al’Gaib, the one Mapes had been waiting for her entire life. Imagine you are an evangelical talking to someone in line, and they look you in the eye and suddenly morph into the Virgin Mary, complete with halo, backlighting, and attendant flying cherubs. You’d probably freak out too.

Alex reacting to pt. 2 will be a day to remember

Dune is sick. It's been my favorite book since I was a teenager. Dune did for Science Fiction, what Lord of the Rings did for Fantasy. It is THAT important. And this adaptation was nearly perfect.

"I'm so invested I can hardly make inappropriate jokes" IT'S NICE ISN'T IT!? rofl

the dune books not just inspired star wars , dune basically started the whole sci-fi fantasy genre , without dune there wouldn't be star wars , warhammer 40k , star gate ,star trek etc.

Oscar Isaac and Timothee Chalamet absolutely look like father-son, the hair is perfect with the striking eyes

Fun fact: I memorized the Litany Against Fear in freshman year of college so I could recite it to myself during tests when I was anxious. lol It's actually pretty helpful as a grounding exercise.

The year 10,191 is how they measure time in this universe. For us it's actually more like 20,000 years from now. "The One" was supposed to be a girl so that she could be married off to a Harkonnen. This would unite the two families and then the child of this union would have become the "Great One." But, the Duke really wanted a boy, so Jessica disobeyed the Sisterhood and gave him a boy. This boy would have all the powers of the One and the potential to create offspring even more powerful. But, being a male, he now can't marry into House Harkonnen. Jamis, angry that Paul snuck up on him during their first encounter basically created his own future. Paul's visions come in threes. Like seeing three distinct timelines or all possible futures. 1) Jamis teaches Paul the ways of the desert. 2) Jamis kills Paul. 3) Paul kills Jamis. Jamis basically chose which future by getting his feelings hurt and demanding a fight with Paul. If Jamis had just let go of the fact Paul bested him, then future #1 would have come true. If Paul had neglected his studies, "I'm not in the mood to fight," then future #2 would have come true.

Anyone who says that Dune is too slow, boring, and/or hard to understand is so full of it. If even Alex, who can find enjoyment in some of the worst written action-movie garbage I've seen, is able to be engaged and attentive enough to understand just about everything going on in this movie, then ya'll have no excuse. Just pay attention and actively engage with the film, turn your brain back on and don't go watch Dune with Marvel-slop level expectations.

Never heard of Dune, then watched the first movie, got super hyped, bought the books, watched part 2 and speedread the first three books...loved it, even though those are some weird ass books

The interesting part about Paul’s visions is that they may not be completely accurate but they are usually true. For example Jamis did teach Paul about the desert but not in the way seen in the vision.

Lady Jessica was Duke Leto’s Bene Gesserit concubine, a lot of the High Houses have them. Though they did love each other very much. She even went against her sisterhood and gave him a son because he so desperately wanted one. She was told only to produce daughters. He wanted to marry her but she told him it would put House Atreides in a more powerful position if other houses felt that they could make an alliance with Leto through marriage. He named Paul his heir at his birth. I read the books (first one published in the 60s) after enjoying the film and when I read “if you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can imagine.” I was like - Oh George Lucas fully ripped this off.

The Bene Gesserit are terrifying...but prime Paul is even more terrifying.

Alex about to start a turf war with that title

Fight me, but Denis Villeneuve saying he wanted to make "Star Wars for grownups" is absolutely badass

Don't apologize for the title. Dune is essentially the granddaddy of modern Sci-Fi, especially Star Wars, amongst many others. It's a magnificent story if you ever fancy reading it. Keep in mind, Paul's visions are of "possible" futures. Some things are clearer and more sure, like his mother being pregnant. Other things are more nebulous, divergent paths that only clarify once he's chosen one way or another. The spice is helping awaken his latent power and he's terrified of it and what it might mean.

"Wait. He's not doing the slide..." The worm's already coming to the vibrations of the harvester. I don't think a boy's footsteps are going to make much of a difference....

Your excitement is highly understood. Never stop smiling, Alex. Your energy is what had me sticking around. With that said, who would’ve thought that Moon Knight would get along with Thanos so well? Or should I say Cable? Then of course we have evil Drax being a real destroyer.

Big film nerd here - part 1 is a necessary evil in terms of exposition for those unfamiliar with the lore (there is game of thrones levels of lore in this series that spans thousands of years) part 2 is absolutely worth it

In the book, Paul describes his visions as standing on a hill, and seeing a road heading off into the distance. You can see where it rises over a hill, but then it dips into a valley and you can't see it until it goes up a hill again. He can see pieces of the future, but not how to get to them. Every choice he makes can lead him to that vision, or alter it. Which is actually a really cool way to do it, making it a little less OP of a thing to have. He still has to make the right choices to attain, or avoid, certain visions.

"Paul's the mouse" - Alex Guys don't tell him.

It IS better because it takes itself seriously. We have been mentally ready for something that felt serious. Star Wars is just too silly. I loved how there were no stupid looking aliens in DUNE. They weren’t trying to sell toys that didn’t belong. DUNE doesn’t treat you like you’re stupid, in spite of the exposition dumps/voiceovers that are necessary to keep the story moving. And still, it forces you to think about the connecting tissue.

Fun Fact ! Dune came before Star Wars, Dune was first a book which published in 1965 by Frank Herbert, George Lucas took some inspiration from the book and created Star Wars, the first Dune Movie took inspiration from George Lucas and the ground breaking visuals his Star Wars movies had at the time in the 70s, I deeply love both and also appreciate and enjoy that both took inspiration from each other to create both masterpieces.

FYI that dude who rolled his eyes and did math in his mind is a mentat. Mentats are like human computers and they're created with the help of the spice as well. And they're needed because computers and any type of electronics are illegal in this universe due to a war against AI that happened a long time ago. It's also the reason that seeker drone needed a human operator, because it's mechanical, no computers. By proxy it's also kind of a reason the spice is so valuable. Navigators who are required for interstellar travel are a product of the spice as well. As are Bene Gesserit. So pretty much everything is a result of using the spice and revolves around it one way or another.

It was so sweet how quickly you went from condemning Dr. Yueh to sympathizing with him once he said the Harkonnens had his wife. You clearly love your wife very much ❤ Great reaction, as always!

PAUL: "What does it mean that I could be the One?" THE ARCHITECT: "The function of the One is now to return to the Source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion."

Bro, as a lifelong Dune fan, you caught so much and instinctively figured out a lot. The Subtitleties or very important in this universe.

26:29 "that's badass" - because the ship was hit by shield-piercing weapon (like the Leto by small injector few seconds before") to slowly penetrate the shield, and then explode. And the shield is holding the explosion from within, after moment it fails and then we see and hear the explosion. Visual orgies. 36:30 "you try to kill the sandworm?" 44:33 - the reaction is awesome :D 42:53 - "may thy knife chip and shatter". krispel is holding together by the bio electricity of its wielder. So he is basically saying "may you die and in death, the knife shall broke".

Some fun facts about Dune: . Yeah, there is a 1984 movie but we don't talk about it. The source material is a 1965 novel largely considered on of the most important an influential pieces in science fiction. . Frank Herbert, the author of the book, was actually kind of pissed about the similarities between Dune and Star Wars. In the 5th book of the series he describes a material called "Three P-O" that is a cheep substitute for steel the masses use to build houses. . Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) are absolute dream projects for the director Denis Villeneuve. He has storyboards he and his friend drew when they were 15yo for a imaginary Dune movie and some of them actually ended up inspiring some of the shots in the movies.

"At least they're not drinking piss" I got bad news for you about the stillsuits. Sweat and tears aren't the only thing getting recycled. In fact; sweat, tears AND piss STILL aren't the only things getting recycled.

Ya its a Marvel reunion. You've got Drax, MJ, Moon Night, Dr. Erik Selvig, and Thanos/Cable all in one non-Marvel film. And then DC Aquaman but we don't talk about those movies.

Its still crazy to know that Hans Zimmer did not one, not two but THREE soundtracks for Dune: Part One. The music has been a work of art and I love how different each motif for the characters, planets and ancient houses sound. For example, House Atreides have the proudful bagpipes. House Harkonnen have what we call the infamous "war horns," which is actually a cello or violin instrument that was distorted or manipulated into sounding like it was brass. The Sardaukar have the ominous throat singing and the Bene Gesseit has a series of women singing, chanting and whispering to give them a bit of that snake-like charm. I've heard the music countless times at this point and never get bored. When Dune: Part 2 does come out, I'm looking forward to seeing your reaction, Alex!!!!

The thing that makes me feel bad for Alex is that if he saves movies for his reactions, he can't see them when they're released in theaters, and some movies are so great in theaters. I kind of hate it for him. But I respect and honor the sacrifice. 😅 I hope he's got a theater that may show it sometime, because he deserves to see it on the big screen! Also, I've had the flu and DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, and I've been saving watching this video for as long as I could, to be, like, alert enough to enjoy it, but also feeling badly enough that I need the distraction. I only made it three days. Le sigh.

The sequel is even better. It's legitimately one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. Denis Villeneuve is a genius.

Nobody hates more on star wars than star wars fans

Dune, the novels are masterclass in social commentary blended with masterful fantasy world-building. The movies are a masterclass in visual sci-if storytelling and adaptation. A critique of messianic figures and religious, dogmatic cultism. It’s easy to see how the framework of the story directly influenced Lucas and Star Wars in a great way. The franchise is definitely GOATED in more ways than one.

Eww is right about the black bathwater. It looks funky but but the Baron was detoxing from the small amount of toxic gas he did get. The electronic shields vibrate at a frequency to keep out almost everything, but it can't keep out literally everything or you'd die of oxygen deprivation while wearing one. Gases are slowly exchanged through the shield to allow this, & the doctor knew this, which is why he chose poison gas for the Duke to deliver. He knew the Baron wouldn't touch anything on the Duke so it couldn't even be a substance on the clothes or belongings. But because the shield slowed the gas, the Baron had time to use his anti-gravity belt to quickly get to the far corner of the ceiling & wait there for the poison to get sucked into the air vent filterss after killing everyone else in the room.

They don't really cover it, but paul atradies also recieved mentat training (mentats are literally human computers), the mentat are so advanced in computational thought that they can predict "see" the future, paul is baiscally a grand master level mentat.

I can not believe they had Thanos playing the same character that Professor X played and then they did not even bother to cast anyone in the role that the pug played. (I am referencing to the Dune movie from back in 1984)

I don’t think they explain it in the movie, but Leto’s father was killed by one of those bulls. I’m pretty sure the bull-head that they have hanging in their house in Caladan is THE bull that killed him.

The writing of this series is insane. Even though at the end of part one, Paul kills jamis, the vision of Jamis teaching him the way of the desert techinically did happen, even though it wasn't exactly as the vision foretold, Jamis tought paul that to survive and thrive in the desert you must fight. tickled my gooch a little. P.S huge fan alex love your vids

Wait until you see the 2nd movie. 😅 There will be no contest at that point. Even as a Star Wars lover, I can’t be out here lying and saying Star Wars is better because it just isn’t. Star Wars is generally very audience friendly, but with that depth is lost and Dune has a lot of it all the time. I can go on and on about the intricacy of the world of Dune.

Yes! I can’t wait for you to react to dune 2 when it comes out of the theaters

So, the box in the test... it's empty. It uses nerve induction. It directly stimulates the nerves responsible for feeling pain. And it ramps it up and up and up. To the brain, all pain is is a nerve sending an impulse up saying "ow." So they can literally make your feel like the flesh is searing and burning off your hand. Calling him "human" was an extremely high compliment. As she said, an animal will chew it's own limb off to get out of a trap. And asked what he would do. Will you be an animal, or will you focus and control your nature and be a human. The Bene Gesserit have taught themselves over many centuries, the ability to control, at a cellular level, their bodies. They can move faster, endure longer, etc than anyone. They can read emotions and feelings in people by seeing their pulse change, or sweat beads forming. In fact, some of them become so good at this they are called Truthsayers. You can't lie to them. They can control the gender of any child they have by altering their internal chemistry at the right time. If you inject them with poison then can slow down their body systems and analyze the poison molecularly with their mind and CREATE an antidote for it using their own cells. They are insanely powerful. And they have operated from the shadows for thousands of years, carefully crossing bloodlines by marriage and having the right gender child to create the DNA that would be powerful enough to be the one they seek.

The feeling in the delivery when Josh says “They aren’t human, they’re BRUTAL.”

Alex, you're not a troll ... Dune IS better than Star Wars

Dune 2 will knock you off your feet! It was mindblowing! So epic…

His visions are calculations, there's nothing mystical about them. Paul's bloodline, and the training from his Bene Gesserit mother, give him the unique ability to calculate the future much more accurately than a normal human. But it's still not 100% accurate. He knew he would get a crissknife, he would fight, someone would die, and someone would show him the ways of the desert. But who died, and who shows him those ways, he got wrong.

The white eye guy: Thufir Hawat, a Mentat, or human computer, needed since all the computers were destroyed in the Butlerian Jihad. (there's a book, I think.)

You need to watch the 1984 version with Patrick Stewart as Duncan. That movie is batshit crazy.

I have been waiting for you to see this! Just wait for part 2 👌

Loved the reaction. This is a fantastic movie, however you definitely should've thrown in a reaction to the trailer for the 2nd movie. I know you don't react to trailers(unless I have missed something, Which is definitely possible) but it would've been cool to see you tack on the Dune 2 trailer reaction at the end of this. Even without that, great movie and excellent reaction

Someone probably already mentioned this, but Dune, as a a novel, predates Star Wars by 20 years. It is no secret that George Lucas drew heavily from Dune to build Star Wars universe. Many other sci-fi movies and novels were inspired by Dune, but none quite measure up to it. Even this magnificent visualization by Denis Villeneuve is a simplification of the source material. It does though try it's best to convey the most important message of Dune: "Beware of the charismatic leaders."

Bull fighting (in one way or another) is a Atreides* tradition - all the way back to Mycenean times (where it also included jumping over the bull) - it is the family of Agamemnon and Menelaus from the Trojan War. * Atreides means son of Atreus - who is the father - maybe grandfather (in which case thie son died before he could inherit) - of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Comparatively it's similar to O'Brien and McDougall. Frank Herbert wrote Dune in 1963 (serilalized in Analog magazine and collected inbook form in 1965) and 5 sequels. He left extensive notes of background information which his son, Brian Hebert, and Kevin J. Anderson have used to write prequels and sequesls of the universe he created. George Lucas was ispired by (or outright stole from) Dune. The skeleton of a sand burrowing creature similar to the sandworms is one of the first things we see on Tatooine in A New Hope; smuggling spice (he didn't even bother to use another name) and the Tusken tribes reminiscent of the freman - are "a tribute" to Dune

10191 is actually about 25,000 years in our future. (Certifiable Dune geek here)

As much of a Star Wars fan as I am, I have to unapologetically hand the title of the better science fiction universe to Dune. Not only did it lay the foundation for much of what Star Wars started from in A New Hope, it also inspired countless other universes. The world building the first novel was incredible. While Star Wars in my opinion has a one up in terms of how expansive the universe is, I chalk that up to it being expanded upon by numerous authors over the years while Dune (if you only count Frank Herbert’s work) has only been written by one author over a very short period of time, encompassing six books. Now if we are talking about movies, both Dune Part I and II are far superior works of cinema than any of the Star Wars movies. I think that is undeniable from a technical standpoint. Entertainment wise however, Star Wars still has my heart with films such as The Empire Strikes Back and Revenge Of The Sith. I would certainly rank those above Dune Part I. Dune Part II is teetering on the edge of becoming my favorite science fiction movie of all time because I don’t think I’ve ever felt the way that film made me feel. Literal goosebumps and pure awe when Paul Atreides rallied the Fremen people to his Holy Crusade. Pure cinematic masterpiece.

Fantastic reaction! As many have already commented, you picked up on almost every important point in the movie, including the nature of Paul's visions (the fact that they represent different possible futures, and the choices he makes influences which ones come true). Don't know if you're planning to wait to see Dune Part Two until you can record a reaction to it, but I strongly recommend you make an exception and SEE IT FIRST IN A THEATER ON THE BIGGEST SCREEN YOU CAN FIND (ideally IMAX). Then you can record a commentary on your second viewing after the movie is available on streaming platforms. It's just too amazing of a cinematic experience to miss seeing it in a theater.

I can't remember exactly how much, but it's actually not just year 10191, but if I'm not mistaken actually around 12.000 years more than that as it actually takes place 20.000 years into the future.

I know the title is click bait but I still wanna say there’s ppl that enjoy a simple sweet fantasy that’s positive and gives them hope while others enjoy a dark and more realistic story involving politics and human struggles (like GoT and Dunes to me). IMO these 2 are completely different genre. Edit: ok well ppl argue that SW is not a “sweet” story per se, I agree, I’m sorry that English isn’t your first language so I often struggle to find the right word to describe what I feel. What if I say SW (the OT) is more about “redemption” (which takes a more positive side) vs Dune more about “revenge” (darker vibe)? I’ve read neither novel this is just what I grasp from watching the movies. While SW being good old kind ppl saves the day, Dune is more like “you killed my family, prepare to die” while also becoming messiah and it just makes the audience feel SO good. Honestly besides from both set in space I see no comparison, the focus of story is different. Ps from a gamer perspective this is like comparing legend of Zelda breath of the wild to every other open world game even when they have very different core gameplay/mechanics/focus 😂 lol internet is literally spreading toxic everywhere.

Fun fact: doug marcaida (the "it will keal" guy) was actually one of the fight coordinators for this. Anything that involved the swords or crys knives, was coordinated by him. The form is called kali, originating from the Phillipines. The salute that jason mamoa did before fighting the sardaukar was directed towards him. That too was a traditional philpino salute.

Congratulations... you figured out the basic plot faster than pretty much every reactor I've watched. At 8:46 you nailed it. It's a setup. The emperor working together with Baron Harkkonen created the trap. Destroy equipment, etc as they leave, have an invasion force ready to go, get extra support from the Emperor's own personal army of the most feared soldiers in the universe, and have a traitor. Wipe out the Atreides. Harkkonens win their blood feud with Atreides, The Emperor gets rid of a noble who is rising in popularity among all the houses, and due to his advisors Gurney, Thuffir, and Duncan, has the only army that could stand up to the Emperor's. THe movie distills it way down, in the book the ins and outs of all of this are amazing to read through. But well done for putting it together so quickly. The story is amazing, and it's not going to go quite where you expect it to.

This first movie took a ton of time when it came to world building. There were so many characters to introduce. They introduced an entirely new planet, sandworms, the Fremen, and politics/rivalries. They crammed so much into this and they still had to omit so much because the books are PACKED full of stuff. The 2nd movie had a lot more action, but even then they still had to keep some stuff out of it because there was just too much for a movie. I think they did about as good a job as possible without bogging it down and making it boring. The first movie is great, but the 2nd movie is amazing. Now fingers crossed that we get Dune: Messiah and we get all that really fun/weird stuff that's to come.

Dude the visions are possible futures and very metaphorical, when Paul kills Jamis it also kills the old paul he needed to overcome that to move onto his new destiny. and in that way Jamis "taught" paul the ways of desert. You got it a little by the end but yea

Baron Harkonnen didn't die from the poison because of the shield, which warded off some of the initial blast, and because he wears an antigravity harness thingy to support his weight (which is why he's always floating just above the floor); he basically hit the panic button on it when Leto breathed out that poison gas. This jetted him up and away from Leto fast enough that more of the poison didn't seep past the shield, he didn't breathe in a fatal dose, and it kept him hovering way up at the ceiling out of the gas cloud until he could be rescued. He *was* severely injured by the poison, though, and required extensive treatment to recover.

Part two is going to blow your mind.

As a kid I saw Dune while spending the weekend at a friend's house. I loved it. Then I noticed her mom had the books... which (nerd that I am) I immediately started reading. This new version does a great job bringing the story to screen. And your reactions/commentary always crack me up.

Paul's visions are more warnings of possible outcomes rather then seeing what the future is. So depending on Paul's choices determines what events will come to pass.

I loved your review! You even swore! I liked it 😂 Nobody else who reviewed Dune I swore. 😢 You had lots of enthusiasm and you really seemed to love the movie. I noticed you hadn't seen the 1984 release or the Sci-Fi channel special. They're worth watching and reading the books is something else. 🙂 I didn't subscribe to the other channels because their reactions weren't so entertaining. So, i look forward to your review of other movies and if I'm still around, your review of Dune II also. I've seen Dune II now and will enjoy getting my dvd of it to add to my growing collection. 👍😎

Okay, Alex...a couple of things... 1) You're right, this is a film that demands a lot of attention. 2) Baron Harkonnen has a "suspensor belt", and anti-graity device that allows him to move. In the novel, it only helps him to walk, but in every film, he uses it to fly. For this version, the belt is more like a graft to his spinal column, that you could kind of see when you first see him in the steam. He is meant to be revolting. 3) The mouse is a kangaroo mouse, a desert creature. The Fremen call the mouse "muad'dib" (teacher). This is important....just saying... 4) While George Lucas has never said that any part of Dune inspired Star Wars, Frank Herbert, the novelist of Dune, pointed out many similarities (I think it was somewhere between 12 and 15 similarities). And although he never did, Herbert would sometimes joke that he could sue Lucas for the similarities. 5) In every film version of Dune, Duncan Idaho was kind of glossed over until this one. He was a badass in the novel. Duncan is a Swordmater of Ginaz, the most badass warriors in the Imperium, and only a Swordmaster of Ginaz could take on that many Saudaukar for as long as he did, taking as many out, before dying himself. 6) The full quote from the novel by Frank Herbert: "“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” 7) 38:07 - That sludge is spice that the Baron is bathing in. Spice has healing properties, and the Baron has stockpiled massive amounts. He is using the spice to heal from the poison that he was aflicted by when Leto bit on the tooth. The thing about spice that is not covered in the film, but is in the books...the spice smells very strongly like cinnamon. 8) This was just the first half of the first novel, Dune. There is so much yet to come....

Yep, Mentats use extensive training and drugs to be literally human calculators, because "thinking machines" were forbidden by imperial decree ever since the Uprising of the A.I. in distant history in the Dune universe. It's explained better in the first _Dune_ movie adaptation by David Lynch from 1984 (which also had a 4 hour extended director's cut), the movie starring Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, Jürgen Prochnow as Duke Leto Atreides, Patrick Stewart as Gurney Halleck, and Sting played Feyd Rautha-Harkonnen in a red speedo and crazy hair

Read a bunch of comments and did not see it - and yes late saying it - but bringing up The Hu for the throat singing part has a fun bit to it as well. The Hu made Sugaan Essena for the game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - so a bit of linking in sound and style there too. There is a lot the two nod to each other; but still keep their universe their own.

Glad you liked the movie. I've always been a fan of the books. Read them the first time as child and was just sucked into it. I believe Frank Herbert is an important figure that shaped a lot of the science fiction genre. Just like Isaac Asimov. The first book of dune is dense and written in a style that is not for everyone. Partly because of the time it's from, I mean our way of consuming a story has changed a lot from 1965, but he also has a style that reminds me of old English litterateur. So it's great to have a good movie adaptation for more people to get familiar with the story and world. Is it the perfect adaptation, in my eyes no but that is almost impossible and I can still enjoy this movie on it's own, the same for part two. It looks great and I love the sound track. It's a lot better in my opinion than the 84 movie. But I have to say the mini tv series from 2000 also did a great job and is worth to check out. As for the comparison with Star Wars, I never thought of that one before, but it makes sense. George Lucas took inspiration of many other sources, so I'm not surprised Dune is one of them. I'm just surprized people get so heated when you troll them with saying something is better than Star Wars. Even though this was a joke people are allowed to have different opinions. It's what makes the world interesting, so just respect it and have a calm conversation about it why you love it. Honey catches more flies than death threats.

I read Dune when I was a teenager, my first foray into sci-fi. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't get my head around it. Then I watched the 1984 movie and I finally understood the book- I re-read it straight away and loved it. This new Dune took my breath away. It is stunning. I'm watching part 2 tomorrow, and after you refreshed my memory, I cannot wait.

Poor Frank still waiting for George Lucas to take him out for dinner for taking so much inspiration from Dune

By the way, Iron Maiden made a song about Dune called To Tame A Land on their Piece of Mind album before the ’84-movie came out. Steve Harris who wrote the song wanted to call it Dune, but got shot down by the author. Since you got a history of loving good songs. 😉

Alex I’d like to point out that Issac Asimov’s Foundation gave Frank Herbert a lot of inspiration. And the Foundation books where what inspired George Lucus to make Star Wars. Asimov even invented the word Robot. Asimov also wrote the bicentennial man.

It's treason, then.

It is in the story that in the old days robots and living machines started to go against humans, so that they were destroyed and made illegal. Instead the genetically modify people to be human computers. "Mentats" like Thufir Hawat can compute insane number in their head, that's when their eyes goes white. That's also why the spacing guild needs spice to travel because the humans that calculate the routes gets a tiny look into the future, hallucination, as to avoid certain things as they do these calculations.

Part One + Part Two are ONE Masterpiece. Thanks for watching! 🙂

Try and see part 2 in Imax, it's amazing!!

Dune is a series of six books. Star Wars borrowed heavily from the first couple of books, but changed it enough to be its own story.

And there's part 2 on the way . And hopefully there's a part 3 .

Fun fact the “Mongolian throat singing” is actually the sound of an instrument called the Didgeridoo

The fact that Alex understood the movie, without knowing anything about the books (better then i thought he would, i mean "he is the desert mouse!" ... how the fk did he got that?) is proof that this movie did a good job in adapting the books. They have got the voice right (the blackout they showed when the voice is used on Paul by the reverend mother ... gold, pure gold), They got the shields and knife fights right, THEY DID THE SAND WALK ... i was sooooo pissed that the 1984 adaptation didn't showed that, and there is another thing in the books that i wished they could show, in the book when they walk through the desert with a large group of fremens, Paul closes his eyes and he can only hear and feel his steps and his mother steps ... the rest of the group, the fremens, just blended with the sounds of the desert. They did killed someone that should have not died, his fremen trainer and friend, but it's implied that he has already trained Paul and befriended him IN HIS VISIONS ... empowering 2 things with this death ..... 1 fremen see him more as a messiah because he knows everything about their ways without being trained ... and 2 it shows that Paul's visions are NOT the future, but POSIBLE futures (helps in understanding the "Dune Messiah" book and "Children of Dune" book ... helps in understanding the golden path) ..... sooo ... all in all its a win.

I've been a fan of Star Wars for as long as I can remember, but I honestly do find myself enjoying Dune, far more. The books are amazing, and Denis's movies are absolutely top tier. I will always love Star Wars, always... but Dune is just something else for me. The lore is so enthralling and extensive, and I absolutely love it all.

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I'm new here and I'm impressed that even with your "RU-vidr" personality, you caught a lot of things compared to other reactors.

Oh god I can’t wait for part two to start streaming for all the reactions

The Hu are absolutely bad ass!!! They are my top 2 lesser known bands. BABYMETAL is up there too.