Duncan Idaho being practically immortal and gaining sex powers was definitely not what I expected for the future of this series

@sebcw1204

Ай бұрын

i thought that was WHY they cast jason mamoa

@undergroundartist5060

Ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204 that’s if they even reach the point where he gets the powers

@TheNervousnation

Ай бұрын

It is what it is.

@TheAmericanPrometheus

Ай бұрын

"Duncan it's 4PM! time for your daily resurrection!"

@I_am_Thursday

Ай бұрын

@@sebcw1204 See I would have liked that until they cast that wanker.

Something happens Dune: Guess I'll resurrect Duncan Idaho

@eileensnow6153

Жыл бұрын

It’s like that old joke about the show Supernatural. “Omg he died! …he’ll be fine. Give him a few minutes”

@eileensnow6153

Жыл бұрын

@@mobilerds490 huh? I was a teenager when spn came out, I watched every season?

@khoboo

Ай бұрын

​@@eileensnow6153you killed Kenny, you bastard. All well next episode.

@ratatooile1

Ай бұрын

And give him special sex powers

@cheekyfragrance

Ай бұрын

jason momoa plus special sexual powers ftw

The lesson: If you don't know what to write, Just resurect Duncan Idaho for the 47th time

@thelordoftime803

Ай бұрын

Or it is a symbol of never ending servitude, the trauma behind being killed and resurrected by your Lord for tens of times makes for one of the most dramatic characters of all times, which is also the only way Duncan could have lost his loyalty for the Atreides and betray Leto. Leto did that on purpose so that eventually Duncan and Siona want to kill him, setting off the Golden Path.

@masterlinn2200

Ай бұрын

@@thelordoftime803nah its j lazy

@rogerdalzell

Ай бұрын

nah, only a small mind thinks thats lazy.@@masterlinn2200

@JustSoji

Ай бұрын

imagine reading a completely unrelated book and you read "Duncan Idaho is resurrected. Like you look at a cookbook and step 7 in a casserole is resurrect Duncan Idaho

@thelordoftime803

Ай бұрын

@@masterlinn2200What's actually lazy here is your comprehension.

The fact that Duncan Idaho is pretty much the only person to be a main character in all of the original 6 Dune books is hilarious

@sazr9569

Ай бұрын

Right and in my head it's Jason momoa

@moseswalker9719

Ай бұрын

which makes it 10x funnier@@sazr9569

@dannyolizbeth

26 күн бұрын

Me watching movie: wow this movie is so good i love frank herbert i love paul i love this excited for part 3 me watching waht happens in dune messiah and haevnt even finished seeing: i hate frank i hate everything i hate dune i shouldve known

@SemNome-rg7xg

26 күн бұрын

​@@dannyolizbethhow the hell do you watch the two movies and doesn't realize Paul is the villain? Villeneuve makes it blatant obvious.

@DexMythology

25 күн бұрын

​@SemNome-rg7xg The point of dune is that morality is more complicated than good and evil, just politics.

Me spoiling the entire saga to myself after watching Dune Part 2. I cant help myself

@aungkyawsan5649

Ай бұрын

Me too And realized DUNE is sooo deep 😂

@sulfa5506

Ай бұрын

I’m shocked at how bad the rest of it is i mean??? Whyyyyy

@kliphord123X

Ай бұрын

no more Timothee Chalamet lmao.

@nabilrosly921

Ай бұрын

Me too😂

@fayd3d

Ай бұрын

Same

Frank Herbert’s relentless obsession with Duncan Idaho is the most bizarre part of Dune’s lore and that’s not an easy feat

@notdevianart7503

9 ай бұрын

It's a badass name can you blame him?

@purple8289

9 ай бұрын

It's mainly because he got so many letters from fans saying how much they liked his character. That's why he brought him back for book 2 then in the others. Otherwise he most likely just remains a small character in the first book.

@TheMikesc15

8 ай бұрын

@@purple8289 what are you talking about? He literally died a year after the release of the books?

@ergob3907

8 ай бұрын

@@purple8289Fr? He was such a minor character in book 1. Outside of his drunk scene with Jessica he really doesn’t do anything. And his death was so anti-climactic and overshadowed by Kynes death.

@speemus6223

8 ай бұрын

hey if there is a movie for the rest of the book, then jason mamoa is rich.... well he already is

Somehow, Duncan Idaho returned. 😂

@AirBendinCat

Ай бұрын

In the next Star Wars movie palpatine returns with special sex powers

@reaper545454

Ай бұрын

lololol

@taknettik2308

Ай бұрын

Ah right when I commented this too 😂

@shivamarya5225

Ай бұрын

Still better than star wars

@joshhardy5646

Ай бұрын

@@AirBendinCatis it possible to learn this power?

Me after watching the movies: wow that was great, I wonder what happens next Me after watching this video: uh maybe I’m good actually

@waalker1206

Ай бұрын

Dude same just finished watching the second part and now I feel really bad for the characters involved

@joeillingworth5867

Ай бұрын

Yeah the books really do take a weird turn after the 2nd book. I honestly think they’ll go a different route with Paul becoming emperor, still have billions die but won’t go as weird with some of the plots

@Cyanide_and_Loneliness

Ай бұрын

@@joeillingworth5867 after watching the 2nd part as well and this video, I really hope they go down a different path. the last 4 books just sounded like Frank herbet was snorting way to much cocaine and didn't even know what he was writing half the time, its so incoherent with its story and message that it just ends up becoming a story that feels like someone with 70iq wrote it.

@Virakotxa

Ай бұрын

Now that it gets Grimdark!?

@bandeYT98

Ай бұрын

​​@@joeillingworth5867 I think the director has openly said they won't adapt past the second book, which makes sense

OK. So the key point we learned here is that if the new Dune movies become a franchise, Jason Momoa is gonna be in all of them. Sick!!

@zomgneedaname

Ай бұрын

Definitely biggest jackpot when it comes to actor contracts

@baldbull6808

Ай бұрын

Funny cause I was thinking after the first one that it was funny such a big name actor got merked so early

@omalola5929

Ай бұрын

If I remember correctly he was a kid in some of them so, unless they use a lot of CGI to deage him, I don't see him coming back in all of them

@emmanuelmondesir8677

Ай бұрын

Getting the Iron-Man contract

@Aliens1337

Ай бұрын

Denis said he'll stop after Messiah (for good reasons). Maaayyy be Children of Dune could be adapted to finish off the Atreides plot line, but it would be a hard sell to audience since Paul is no longer the main character. They will have to set up a new main character in Dune Messiah if they wanted to adapt Children of Dune. No chance in Hell the last 3 books get adapted. The plots are convoluted, unfinished and too fanfiction-y.

Herbert seems to have used lots of “spice” while writing these books.

@user-yr9lt7dz8k

Жыл бұрын

Not cinnamon but some opium and cocaine with meth.

@certainlynotaserialkiller

Жыл бұрын

@@user-yr9lt7dz8k Oh, that's a great mix for writing, though. Not necessarily for the result of said writing, but damn does it make you feel like you're doing something truly epic as you type until you can't feel your hands - or feel them way too much - and you can't remember if you've blinked since last Thursday.

@koko40800

2 ай бұрын

The depth of imagination and creative detail Herbert displayed in 'Dune' doesn't come from drugs....people just think (or wish) it does...I wouldn't be surprised if Herbert tripped a few times or smoked herb, but I sincerely doubt that helped him write any of these books

@ThommyofThenn

2 ай бұрын

I was going to chime in about how equating creativity with drug use is lazy but was he actually on drugs?

@margoshuteran7988

2 ай бұрын

He was. He based the spice off his own experience with psilocybin (magic mushrooms)

Jason Momoa when his lawyer shows him the fine print in his contract: "I signed up for what!? OK. I guess I can do some flashback scenes. That's cool. I'm going to do what?!"

@runningcommentary2125

Ай бұрын

Now I'm just waiting for a movie that's four hours of Jason Mamoa talking with a giant worm man.

@CircumlunarFeasibility

Ай бұрын

knowing momoa, from what he has been saying in the last couple years, he will probably say he is offended, and needs a safe space.

@bhante1345

Ай бұрын

He'll just end up having sex with worms.

@Blodhelm

Ай бұрын

@@runningcommentary2125 You and me both, book 4 is my favorite of the series.

When I was a kid my mum would often tell my young brother ‘you just don’t know when to stop’. I think Frank needed someone to tell him that.

@JJ_Magnificent

Ай бұрын

lolol

@reganvryer818

Ай бұрын

Why? The books are bizzare but so so good

@dondawest-ig4qu

Ай бұрын

true why tf kill the main character and die destroying the readers imagination?

@Regemony

Ай бұрын

Paul isn't the hero nor the main character....that's the point@@dondawest-ig4qu

@Geroaergaroe

Ай бұрын

@@reganvryer818 Anything after God Emperor was a mistake.

It is my personal belief that Frank Herbert, in his youth, fell deeply in love with a man from Idaho named Duncan, and he never got over it.

@DonSwaggin

Жыл бұрын

That’s Interesting asf

@esandrs

Жыл бұрын

"We named the dog Idaho!". Wait. Wrong series. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYNlr9eDj8zQdps.html

@ericsaldana8236

Жыл бұрын

@@DonSwaggin no it's not

@DailyDoseOfRandomLogic

Жыл бұрын

That's highly unlikely but I got your point.

@perisaizidanehanapi7931

Жыл бұрын

@@ericsaldana8236 yo calm down

So, the moral of the story is: _Duncan: "Ah shit, here we go again..."_

@JC_923

Ай бұрын

This reminds me of the bowl of petunias in hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Pretty damn interesting lore. Safe to say we won't be seeing the full story on screen

@LittleMopeHead

Ай бұрын

But knowing Hollywood, they will make sequels or even prequels and spinoffs in 10 years 😬

@kebabdevil6611

Ай бұрын

​@@LittleMopeHeadI don't think they can man, they would have to go completely out of script past the second book. The events are very abstract and philosophical most of the time and wouldn't really fit a visual media such as cinema. Maybe they can take the setting and throw in some bullshit substory in it.

@suryaerngratlokuta6706

Ай бұрын

Maybe they can evolve the visual story telling medium and make something as revolutionary that makes you lose track of time like 2001 space Odyssey

@Lord_Buckles

Ай бұрын

I think the furthest hollywood would be willing to go is god emperor but even thats a stretch, and i doubt denis wants to do too many dune movies, i heard he would like to do messiah though so we have that

@sdhjsjana72js

28 күн бұрын

@@kebabdevil6611 yeah the only way they could do it is if they don’t actually do it and change the vast majority of how the story plays out. it could maybe work as a play lol

.......yeah I can see why Villeneuve only wants to do the first two books and leave

Paul: I don't want to do this Dune Universe: Too bad.

@hritviknijhawan1737

Жыл бұрын

Paul: Mother, I don't want to do this. Mother: Too bad, YOU... will try.

@shambhav9534

Жыл бұрын

Paul successfully disengaged, but didn't anticipate sin son to re-engage.

@hwalnut7202

9 ай бұрын

@@hritviknijhawan1737worst line in scriptwriting history

@hritviknijhawan1737

9 ай бұрын

@@hwalnut7202 nah it's the best.

@alienfromlhs1140b

2 ай бұрын

duniverse

I would never have believed that anyone could have summarized all the Dune books in just 12 minutes. Well done, well done!

@Smoove_J

Жыл бұрын

“The Dune sequel books get weird.” Well put!

@Silverobots

Жыл бұрын

I started watching and figured it was 2hr video lol

@spaceace1006

Жыл бұрын

Our Host here, has an excellent Radio/Broadcast voice! So he makes it entertaining and interesting!!!

@kevindrane2919

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@charlesbduke7947

Жыл бұрын

Why are you singing praises for some one invested in mind shrink,(shortening the thought train on a subject).Think of the time it took you to read that story, the time you spent giving them a mental image , the joy of discovery with each new page. That is why you read these great works, not to shrink it to a 12 minute spot.

"Seeing the future is a curse a trap that takes away Paul's free will" This line can be applied to Attack on Titan with Eren's ability to see into the future

I've been a fan for 35 years and have read all 6 dozens of times. I always find something different each read-through. I have to say, you're one of smartest, most thorough reviewers I've ever encountered

@JORIS1234HOTMAIL

Ай бұрын

Whats your favorite? Mine is God Emperor of Dune 😊 reading it again for the fifth time 😊 Greetings from Antwerp

@tanmaysahoo7416

29 күн бұрын

How about the books that his son wrote? Did you read any of them, if so are they any good

@komplex6081

27 күн бұрын

What do you think of the recent movie adaptations? What do you think Dennis will do for part 3?

@TheBananaSlime

9 күн бұрын

@@tanmaysahoo7416Ive read 3 of them so far. I quite like them. They are not as deep as Frank’s original works, but they are fun and exhilarating sci-fi stories. I plan on reading many more.

Duncan Idaho has got to be the main character of this series, or at least represent a theme.

@aluskn

Жыл бұрын

True, even though he's variously a super-skilled soldier, a vat-grown mentat clone, and so on, he's still in a sense the 'everyman' character who represents the wider mass of humanity caught up in the power struggles of the rulers of the Dune universe.

@ddibbley

Жыл бұрын

I have always considered Duncan Idaho to be the true Kwisatz Haderach. Paul was a failure as he was a generation early. While Duncan was 'born' again and again, getting enhanced skills each time. Just my opinion.

@syedaiman5705

Жыл бұрын

​@@ddibbleyisn't that exactly what happened in " Hunters and Sandworms of Dune " ?

@speciale517

Жыл бұрын

I remember when I saw the original movie when I was a kid I cried when Duncan died. This was way back in the 80s. Then I grew up and read the books and Duncan was my fave character.

@NiteSaiya

Жыл бұрын

@@ddibbley Leto II was the true Kwisatz Haderach. Paul could've been but rejected it in the crucial moments. Duncan is just a man in most incarnations.

Duncan Idaho is a giga chad, gets revived multiple times, frees humanity, and gets sex powers.

@vlatepes1901

22 күн бұрын

No he's giga Duncan not Chad! Chad is Chad

When your friend starts telling you about their dream

@realdjaykay

22 күн бұрын

This😂

A new dune book is written: Duncan Idaho: oh god not again 😩

It's interesting how so many fans think that Leto II's Golden Path will save humanity even though a huge theme in the series is that you should be wary of powerful and charismatic leaders determining the fate of entire societies. I would not be surprised if Frank would have let the Golden Path end in a huge disaster if he had been able to finish the series.

@AltShiftX

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I think it's an open question whether Leto's Golden Path is even relevant in the later books, beyond peoples' belief in it -- Heretics of Dune ends with Odrade asking "Hey! Old worm! Was this your design?" -- "There was no answer".

@godhand291

Жыл бұрын

He managed to convince me. He was not just the leader that bound people together he was the outsider that people resented. He was not just an emperor but a predator. Blew my mind when Moneo realized what he meant. A predator forces it's prey to evolve to get away from it. If the Golden Path fails I think it would simply be because it didn't work, not because there was anything wrong with the idea in the first place. If leaving the Earth is analogous to a child leaving the crib, I think the Golden Path is analogous to an adult getting kicked out of the house.

@David-kd4qr

Жыл бұрын

I think that "the golden path" was about letting go of control. The whole point was to get humanity so locked up that it had to go explore, spread out and get so big that no one person could ever even dream on controlling them anymore. Without that humanity would stagnate and die out because it had become all about a few controlling everything. Leto II is an oxymoron. Controlling because it was the only way to let humanity be free. But it's also a little cheap because he can see the future so you can't really argue that he was wrong unless you doubt that he and Paul could see the future. Hard to see the "golden path" backfiring when the only other option was humanities extinction.

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

I never bought the idea that the Golden Path was meant to ensure humanity's survival by scattering us further across the universe. That's just moving the date of our extinction forward. I really liked the second idea Herbert presented, that it was intended so that Leto could eradicate prescience everywhere but in him, and then destroy himself so that no one could ever possess prescience again, thus freeing us from its trap. If only Herbert could have turned this idea into a book that wasn't a total slog to get through. Or did he even need that book to explain these ideas I just explained in three seconds? He could have worked them into Children of Dune.

@KingOfMadCows

Жыл бұрын

@@godhand291 but you don't have to abuse a child in order to get them to leave the house. Yes, people need to be challenged and tested in order to grow and learn but there's no need to be cruel and vicious about it.

I love that Dune is celebrated as this visionary science fiction masterpiece with a cohesive, detailed universe and believable, iconic characters - and also includes absolutely wild, out there sci fi concepts in the sequels. Zen clones, worm men, super speed, millennia-long schemes - but it's all somehow believable and consistent. At least the Frank Herbert novels. It's tragic he passed before finishing his last.

@Mitcheck315

Жыл бұрын

God Emperor of Dune especially is awesome because Leto jumps from a very impassioned debate about humanity's relationship with God to "idk the vibes I get from an all male military are kinda gay" in the space of like a paragraph

@vyshnavreddy9201

Жыл бұрын

@@Mitcheck315 Hahaha, so true

@Nomadmandude

Жыл бұрын

What? No it's not. Dune is a terrible universe...

@Slop_Dogg

Жыл бұрын

@@Nomadmandude that’s just like, your opinion man

@PrimulaXRin

Жыл бұрын

@@Mitcheck315 Leto is peak fiction book 4 really resonated with me.

Man, it's going to be so interesting to see what Dennis does with Dune Messiah.

man from a movie watcher standpoint seeing this, it's so out of the box seeing duncan getting ressurected 999 times

It's insane how much Dune did for science fiction.

@tymoteuszwiktorek1702

Жыл бұрын

That being said, "Duncan Idaho" is still the worst fictional name I've ever heard 😂

@wama2002

Жыл бұрын

@@tymoteuszwiktorek1702 it’s so goofy that it forces me to accept it with ease. Like “I guess this what we’re doing…Duncan Idaho….fuck it”

@JAEWST

Жыл бұрын

Could you elaborate. How has dune impacted science fiction?

@urbanpound

Жыл бұрын

@@JAEWST it influenced Star Wars

@diablo595

Жыл бұрын

It’s the lord of the rings of sci fi

If you want a story about feudalism, the nature of one's self, and family, you read the first three Dune books. If you want a story about free will and how we all must go on our own path you read the next three Dune books. And if you want to hate yourself for investing so much time into something that didn't matter you read the last two Dune books

@Demondzeta

8 ай бұрын

Don-t read pass the first book you said? Ok.

@dannytheman1313

8 ай бұрын

@@Demondzeta Yes I know the first book is separated into book one, book two, and three, however when people collectively refer to Dune they mention the book as a whole. If you only want to read the first one that's fine. There are people who have only read Enders Game or The Hobbit without ready any of the other follow up books doesn't take away from their brilliance.

@Demondzeta

8 ай бұрын

@@dannytheman1313 I just really liked the first one and the second one was horribly disappointing, so i-m not sure I want to read the rest.

@dannytheman1313

8 ай бұрын

@@Demondzeta The second one is more of a deconstruction of the hero's journey like Paul defeated the evil emperor and has been crowned king! And has no idea how to run the empire. But its not a terrible book it talks about the ramifications of paul becoming a religious figure. I recommend getting to Children of Dune if you want to finish the Paul story its really good. But you can stop whenever.

@anthonyhowrard526

6 ай бұрын

@@Demondzeta I hace re read all of them and get something out of it every time.

I can see parallel with Paul and the character of Eren Jager. The power of seeing the future but no power to change any of the outcomes.

I read dune once a year for about fifteen years. The other books in the series, I read about five or six times, each. The one thing I concluded, and this happened after I read Messiah, was that Herbert himself was not sure what he wanted to do with the overall story.

I know that Dune is an incredibly deep story, filled with complex worldbuilding and it has inspired countless stories But I can't help but burst out laughing every time Duncan gets resurrected

@UnknowinglyDerpy

Жыл бұрын

The man cant seem to get a rest

@JohnFourtyTwo

Жыл бұрын

Duncan's resurrecting is like Kenny being killed-off in every episode of South Park to be brought back in the next episode. 😁

@alexjaybrady

Жыл бұрын

to be loved by God might not be so great after all!

@tossapixeltoyournoelle

Жыл бұрын

He is the mothra of this universe

@underscore_5450

Жыл бұрын

It's crazy. In the later sequels written by Herbert's kids, literally everyone from all the books gets resurrected multiple times and then all the clones live happily ever after. Its wack.

Learning about the whole series as a whole, it now makes sense to me why the Dune books often don't make it beyond the first book in film/series adaptations (besides the obvious fact the series was never truly finished). The first story seems like a classical hero's journey that has revenge, heroism and becoming an emperor leading a proud warrior people in the end. The perfect (marketable) hero fantasy so many people like. Then the sequels promptly deconstruct that and show it for the pathetic idea it is. Paul's story shows us how the hero's journey likely WOULD pan out for most people (answer: poorly) and that makes us uncomfortable.

@lizxu322

Жыл бұрын

So true

@donvandamnjohnsonlongfella1239

Жыл бұрын

"You either live long enough to become the villain or you die fighting for something you believe in." - Twoface from The Dark Knight.

@mantasignatavicius7787

Жыл бұрын

@@donvandamnjohnsonlongfella1239 Wasn't it "You Either Die a Hero, or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become the Villain"?

@user-ol7bt4wp1j

Жыл бұрын

That’s imo the problem with lots of deconstruction post-modern stories They often just become self fulfilling telling you constantly "oh actually the world isn’t nice." And it’s like yeah of course the world sucks when everything tells you it really sucks and doesn’t take itself serious and all hope is sucked away. I mean after watchman basically everything is just *beep bob, Deconstruction, Deconstruction, Deconstruction, Deconstruction.* It becomes a tiring trope and lots of people are beginning to get tired by it. If you want to deconstruct then at least give some form of hope into the message unless your story literally is just self fulfilling despair.

@gabrielpelletier5162

Жыл бұрын

No, it often doesn't go beyond the first book because the rest of the series doesn't have a satisfying conclusion until Chapterhouse and because Messiah, despite being a crucial part of the story, isn't very marketable due to its intellectual nature.

You had me at dominatrix space invasion 🛐

Jason Momoa is about to lead this franchise

@user-kb6xi3eh7y

23 күн бұрын

Fr 😂

Dune Messiah is a tough read at first because it almost serves to make you stop rooting for Paul who you've been led to believe is the great hero of the series. I found it profoundly sad for the most part and difficult know who to enpathise with but man the ending hit all the right notes it completely won me over

@willmungas8964

Ай бұрын

It’s become by far my favorite on re-reads, I think it is slept on way too much in favor of the weirdness of Leto II.

@ManateeMentality

Ай бұрын

Sounds like it heavily influenced Attack on Titan

@sdhjsjana72js

28 күн бұрын

@@ManateeMentality just rewatched and fully finished that show after reading dune a few years back and i was amazed at how much eren made me think of paul. very similar characters dealing with similar terrible purpose lol

@Caffffe

24 күн бұрын

If I had known about Dune before watching AoT I woulda call the manga pure plagiarism when Eren starts to see the future.@@sdhjsjana72js

@alexryyan

24 күн бұрын

yeah that was the purpose. Somehow people didn't understand that Paul wasnt some mythical hero from the first book

So, the first book was sane, and the next 5 were way out there. Got it.

@fos9698

Жыл бұрын

I'd commit up to Book 4. The first book is a complete story, but I love the books that follow. After the Scattering, once it skips ahead thousands of years, it's almost like starting a new Dune series, with the exception of the omnipresent Duncan Idaho.

@aluskn

Жыл бұрын

@@fos9698 Agreed, the last two books are still worth a read but I felt that the first four do constitute a fairly complete story cycle in and of themselves, and the last two were written more because people (and probably publishers) wanted more and the author enjoyed the setting/characters, as often happens.

@ar4imond

Жыл бұрын

Second book is sane as well. It just cuts with the selfless hero crap.

@amimim69

Жыл бұрын

The first 3 is actually fine.

@sawtooth808

Жыл бұрын

@@ar4imond yes it does, it pretty much takes the p!$$ out of Lawrence of Arabia, and the White Savior trope

Both Dune movies have been amazing. The 3rd movie will definitely have billions die but I’ve got a feeling they’ll go in a slightly different direction from the books… either way I’m excited to see what’s in store!

After seeing Part 2 i had to find out what happens next and oh boy was i wrong. Seems like after Messiah the story shifts to spice overload and gets really wild. Just like the author said that even the characters are out of their control. Dune part 2 was fantastic and i would have never thought that the story would get this crazy afterwards. Still love Dune part 1&2 and after this even more.

Man, I loved this synopsis. Well done. I would argue against two things, however - Paul being emperor was not "a failure" so to speak, though Paul did fail. Dune (book 1) speaks of Paul's "Terrible Purpose," a Purpose that he both knows he must do but that he also fears because of the cost. The cost is to his humanity, billions of lives (through his Jihad), to the freedom of mankind, and to his legacy. Paul wanted more than anything to be a "good" leader - one who inspired others and who elevated the lives of others. He wanted to be a "good duke" like his father. He rejected that future and did everything he possibly could to prevent it from coming - to find another option. However, everything that he did just made things worse, because he was unwilling to do what must be done. Leto II's brilliance is that he saw the same future but instead of fearing and rejecting it, he embraced it. He knew what he was sacrificing - not only his humanity by becoming more Worm than man, but also his legacy. People would hate him for what he did to humanity. He effectively "broke" mankind. He also paid a price of unending restlessness via his consciousness being trapped in the proto-worm entities. It was to be like forever dreaming, never being able to awake. His consciousness continue for millennia to come. The second thing is that I would argue that the terraforming of Arrakis, leading to the death of the sandworms and the severe reduction in spice harvesting also wasn't a mistake. The Fremen certainly didn't fully understand the implications of what it was that they desired, and thus in that regard it was a "mistake" (I mean, by the time of "The God Emperor of Dune," the only remaining Fremen were known as "Museum Fremen" - basically historians that barely resembled the Fremen of Paul's day and age). The cost that the Fremen paid was to their strength as a people. I argue that this wasn't a mistake because without control of the spice, there is no way that Leto II could have held such sway over his Empire. Literally everyone had to come to him for spice and he was free to dole it out as capriciously as he saw fit. Without that one singular aspect, he would have likely still been a ruler, but would have been far less of a tyrant and would have not been able to usher in his "Golden Path." One of the most interesting revelations that I've had regarding Leto II when I reread the series as an adult was the fact that he knew exactly what he was doing and why - he chose the hardest path because it was the only right path that would lead to the salvation of mankind. Again, well done!!!

@Sheriff_K

Жыл бұрын

The way I saw it, was that Paul was too afraid to do what needed to be done, to sacrifice his humanity.. His son was far more brave and selfless. His son walked the Golden Path.

@kris0032

Жыл бұрын

This is why I like book 4! I greatly enjoyed Leto2’s different and lonely approach. He will be remembered as a tyrant- but to me he will also be humanity’s lonely savior.. the farthest from human yet the most human.

@adriancliton9706

Жыл бұрын

What you say is true. Wish i had time for the video.

@commentlurker3874

Жыл бұрын

​@@kris0032 so like Jesus except he will be remember as the devil?

@KlaxontheImpailr

Жыл бұрын

I like to think in a parallel universe, MatPat made a video about how Leto II actually was the true hero of the story all along.

I think it's important to point out that Book 2 as so miserable because Herbert sort of failed when he wrote book 1. He wanted that message to be evident, but he was sort of too good a writer to make it clear. People read it and thought that Paul was a standard fantasy hero and loved him and Herbert sort of saw that as a failure.

@RushWheeler

5 ай бұрын

That's weird, I always felt like painting Paul as the hero in this situation instead of *literally anyone else* just made me hate him more.

@nibblesnarfer

2 ай бұрын

Which is why he wrote Paul comparing his kill counts to Gengis Khan and Hitler, to make sure HE ISN'T supposed to be a Hero.

@ArthurlaFeber64

Ай бұрын

PAul knew he failed his universe.

@phillipA123

Ай бұрын

It's hard to consider him NOT a hero when you give him near ultimate knowledge and he says I will go down a path leading to an ultimate salvation. It's a utilitarian argument where he may do monstrous things but he does it with the alternative being worse than what he did. So how is he a failure or the bad guy? He just played the shit hand he was dealt the best way he possibly could.

@philipkarovski281

Ай бұрын

​@phillipA123 exactly what I was saying the other day, it's not like he wasn't the chosen one, he could see all shit possiblities and chose the one that would lead to humanity surviving

Book 4 sounds like a good place to stop since the Atreides arc finally ends with Leto II and humanity breaks out of its vicious cycle via the Scattering. Books 5 and 6 just sound like tying up loose ends involving the Bene Gesserit

@tankguy5312

10 күн бұрын

The god emperor story makes sense, just like any other stories about fight for your freedom and break the vicious cycle. Unlike Dune and other few badass books, it still accepts you in this alien environment and the unknown regions of space. The rest is just woke agenda, cops and robbers and war stories etc.

@Pdmc-vu5gj

Күн бұрын

​@@tankguy5312 You lost me at "woke" agenda.

Thanks for summarizing the Dune sequels in such a clear and concise way.

I love how Dune as a series continually overturns itself, to the point of being an entirely different beast in different eras. Messiah was a response to Dune, Children of Dune is a very, *very* different tone and then God Emperor is really like no other novel I can think of. Herbert took a lot of risks just being experimental and creative and crammed in so many ideas that I feel you benefit as a person reading and applying a lot of his ideas to real life, or at least understanding how others use conditioning and power.

@brandon-butler

Жыл бұрын

Foundation comes pretty close.

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

If only his ideas in the later books could have been matched by the increasingly bizarre and sluggish narratives.

@hycynth82828

Жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 i feel like if he had more years of writing maybe he could have finished the saga and start something new with mor cohesiveness

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

@@brandon-butler Depending on your tastes you may even find Foundation superior.

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

@@hycynth82828 For sure. He wrote plenty of books and short stories between the Dune books and he hadn't lost his touch. He lost the plot specifically with Dune.

Dune, even in its heroic first novel, has tinges of something sinister on the horizon. Paul can see the war in his name, and willingly believes he can avoid it but every move he makes pushes it closer, not further. Frank was never a fan of the conquering hero so he wrote within that framework but always hinted that this course of action was wrong. From it being known they were exploiting a set up religious prophecy, that was deliberately set up for the soul purpose of being exploited, to Paul's arrogance that he can subvert the coming storm. The book even ends on a sort of down note. Paul is Emperor but no one is rejoicing. He took the throne out of petty revenge afterall.

@dashiellgillingham4579

Жыл бұрын

I’ve only read the first novel, but the fact Paul was a supervillain was obvious to me.

@brettadkins4968

Жыл бұрын

@@dashiellgillingham4579 Read the next two at the very least (unless you didn't enjoy it of course) Paul's arc is worth the read.

@veramae4098

Жыл бұрын

And he is Emperor of the "known universe". Space is huge. "That's why we call it space," as Carl Sagan said. From the moment I read that banned groups could flee into the galaxy outside the empire, I knew there was something more going on, something being ignored.

@aleksandersokal5279

Жыл бұрын

Emperor killing his family, friends and legions of troops is not petty, that is a major reasons to seek revenge.

@theeffete3396

Жыл бұрын

@Dashiell Gillingham "Supervillian" is a strong word to use. He's more of an antihero (appropriately so, since the first book follows the "hero's journey" narrative).

Many years ago I read the entire series one right after another. It took me about 6 or 7 months. It gets increasingly wild, but is so engrossing. I highly recommend it even to those who think they've been spoiled by this video. There is so much that you can get out of it beyond the simple plot points. Herbert was a visionary and genius and skilled writer.

Thanks for the synopsis. Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune were very difficult reads.

I don't know if you're aware, but the picture of the plant you used when you describe the vegetation of Arakis is Portulacaria afra - a South African plant that's used to rehabilitate overgrazed arid areas and exceptionally good at carbon storage and promoting rainwater infiltration. A coincidence or a nice nuanced touch.

@mrhouse3412

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is a coincidence

@jethroreading7168

Жыл бұрын

I think that’s a shot from the 2021 film, in the ecological station sequence?

@crotalusatrox7931

Жыл бұрын

Fitting that the Portulacaceae...the Purslanes...being such a succulent xeric loving and thriving plant...that it would be one of dominants in colonizing this new habitat...along with Euphorbiaceae, Cactiaceae and xerix non-epiphytic terrestrial Bromeliaceae.

@Puppy_Puppington

Жыл бұрын

@@mrhouse3412 things just are.

@concept5631

Ай бұрын

Alt Shift X singlehandedly revived the speculative evolution community with one video. Man knows what he's doing.

duncan idaho, the william afton of dune 💀

@TheHatMan69

Ай бұрын

Underrated comment LMAO

@concept5631

Ай бұрын

Wouldn't that make William Afton the Duncan Idaho of FNAF?

@OvertheHedge06

Ай бұрын

Oh my God Dune and FNAF parrelled with each other I've officially seen it all

@casualrobot10101

Ай бұрын

I ALWAYS COME BACK

@5ftOfRage

Ай бұрын

He also kind of reminds me of Ultron because Ultron always finds a way to come back same thing you said for Hydra.

Great videos, thanks! Can't wait for your review of Dune Part 2, but even more for your Philosophy of Dune video (still hoping you will someday publish it 😬)

As much as I don’t want there to be more than three films, it would be really funny to see a wormy Leto resurrect Duncan Idaho countless times while the soundtrack chants along

The Dune sequels get more and more bizarre as they go.

@mort7987

Ай бұрын

Im sure Frank Herbert also used quite the amount of „spice“ in the creation of his novels

@Blodhelm

Ай бұрын

@@mort7987 Spice must flow.

@colown8319

Ай бұрын

It’s like jojos bizarre adventure

@JayantBaheti

15 күн бұрын

​@@colown8319jojo memtioned 🗣️🔥🔥

The latest dune movie got me interested in the books. Read the first one and just watched the 2000 miniseries. Your videos couldn’t have come at a better time

@pepperkelleher3594

Жыл бұрын

Juan Cena xDDD

@henrysmith8163

Жыл бұрын

Still have to recommend you read the sequels, at least up through God Emperor (though 5 & 6 are also excellent).

@alpaczka6078

Жыл бұрын

I'm concrete stan of yelling "those bastards" with explosions in the background

@sinephase

Жыл бұрын

If you go through them all, I do recommend Brian Herbert's final 2 books that finishes the story and his prequels starting with the Butlerian Jihad and Machine Crusade books

@koraysblog

Жыл бұрын

@@sinephase Why would you recommend those shit stains?

I really loved your summary of the books!!! Thank you!

Great summary, but you seemed to have missed a key point of the Tleilaxu master being aboard the ship at the end: he carries with him the actual key to saving humanity.

I love that it ends with the tribute to his wife. Because for me, the Dune series is a story of love and how love is one, if not THE, thing that makes us humans.

@sufnskanne469

Жыл бұрын

To bad he hated his son for being gay lol

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

I always thought there was not nearly enough love in the Dune universe. I actually think it's a key failing of the series. Everyone is a power-hungry monster and anyone who isn't e.g Kynes is killed off. This universe has many highly developed human minds, but all done in the service of power and domination. Whereas we see that all of the sophisticated 'inner technology' techniques in our world have all been put in the service of cultivating love and wisdom - e.g. Buddhist meditation, Christian mysticism, Sufism, Advaita Vedanta Hinduism, native American use of psychedelics.

@fredrik5827

Жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 yeah, for me Alia becomes mad because of lack of love, paul does what he does at the end of book 2 out of love, leto II realises love is what makes us human after alooooot of time. Jessica and Leto I do what they do out of love. Best Duncan Idaho, aka Duncan from book 2, is torn from love. And ofc it ends with star crossed lovers, Duncan and murbella. As well As the letter from Herbert to his wife

@fredrik5827

Жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 ofc there are tons of other ideas explored, these are mostly my initial surface feeling after have read them, but its the one that resonated with me the most at the time

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

@@fredrik5827 I accept what you're saying. I still think the series is too nihilistic and that there is not nearly enough grace and compassion - and love - in it for my taste. The examples you listed are pretty much it in six books. Fremen society in Dune is absurdly, irrationally violent. Kill off your best people in stupid fights? Why? What a waste, especially when you're already battling an existential threat. It's not until the very end of Dune Messiah that we get emotions other than cold calculation. The rest of the book is a nasty slog. Paul is an asshole. I know that's the point, but even so. The God-Emperor sacrifices himself to free humanity. That's a remarkable moment. But the rest of the book is kind of sterile. And the result of his sacrifice is pretty horrendous in the short term. Like, dear god, Frank. Cut us some slack! Duncan and Murbella aren't star-crossed lovers as much as they are sexually addicted to one another. Frank's letter at the end is beautiful, but it's not part of the story. I didn't get a sense of much going on between the two characters at the end. I love Dune, but it has its flaws. It's my personal preference, but I would pick the often-compared LOTR over Dune as a balm for the soul any day. It's a reflection of the very different backgrounds and personalities of Herbert and Tolkien. One thing that strikes me is that Herbert never saw combat in WW2, yet his books are graphically violent. Tolkien saw combat in WW1 at the Somme, one the of the biggest battles in history. He did not write about violence graphically. Neither did Robert Jordan, who was a gunner on a helicopter in Vietnam. Perhaps it was because they had actually seen war that they could never write about violence the way Herbert does. These are just my thoughts and if you disagree I certainly am not going to be offended. Art is in the eye of the beholder after all.

Did not know dune lore went so deep. I watched the movie without knowing anything about it and it is one of my favorite movies.

@Blodhelm

Ай бұрын

This just barely scratched the surface, a good summary but there's so much it would take several multi-hour long videos to explain, which I'm sure exist but reading the books is more enjoyable.

@IZ7IZ7

Ай бұрын

@@Blodhelm I love the first movie and the second just came out gots me hyped can’t wait to see it. I don’t do much reading but it’s definitely a series I wanna get into. Was gonna get the book at one point but didn’t wanna spoil the sequel. It is such a cool universe tho used to be a big Star Wars fan when I was a kid but this tops that by far. Super excited to go see that second movie

@sathira_anuk5179

Ай бұрын

​@@Blodhelm nah , book was boring, Movies are great

@MrBurns-ww4bs

Ай бұрын

⁠the audiobooks are quite good if that fits your schedule/medium better.

@sdhjsjana72js

28 күн бұрын

@@sathira_anuk5179 mfs really out here admitting they don’t like to read and can’t be entertained even by the most simple tales lol

This video is so good I keep coming back to it

I don't fully agree with your interpretation of Messiah. It is clearly explained in the books that in all possible futures there would be a monumental bloodshed throughout the galaxy... all the elements for the Holy War to start were already in place and it would have started with or without him. So likely the path he chose resulted in the least bloodshed (as messed up as that sounds).

I've been mystified by this and the last Dune video. I was never interested in the movie, and didn't know much about the book, but these summaries have been truly enthralling. Fantastical stories, mortifying concepts, thank you for making them so much more accessible.

@vyshnavreddy9201

Жыл бұрын

You really should read the books, these descriptions barely do justice. Be warned though, the books are long and you will have to put them down frequently to reflect.

@andreww4751

Жыл бұрын

because a movie is not accessible?

@allykaman9340

Жыл бұрын

@@andreww4751 No, not as accessible as this. I was never interested in the movie, whereas this video is free, convenient, and really well written to be succinct and still interesting/compelling.

@allykaman9340

Жыл бұрын

@@vyshnavreddy9201 before seeing these videos, I was not considering reading the books. Now, the first one at least is definitely on my to-read list.

@vyshnavreddy9201

Жыл бұрын

@@allykaman9340 My personal favourites are 4 and 5, God emperor and heretics. Stuffed full of contemplative monologues, soliloquies and conversations

It's been over 20 years since I read the Dune sequels, and I only remember three things: 1) that time Leto II covered himself in fish 2) God Emperor was secretly the best out of the series 3) The sentence "It could order him to blink, fart, gasp, shit, piss-anything" was in Heretics of Dune. I distinctly remember reading that, taking a moment, putting the book down, and thinking to myself "huh, well... that was quite the sentence I just read."

@_Jay_Maker_

Жыл бұрын

You forgot "adult beefswelling."

@squamish4244

Жыл бұрын

@@_Jay_Maker_ ...in his loins.

@ihavegymnastics

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree with point #2.

@gabrielpelletier5162

Жыл бұрын

As much as God Emperor is great, the ending is so anti-climatic; it just ends. It made me feel so unfulfilled. Thankfully, Chapterhouse had a satisfying ending.

@mackenziestorey620

Жыл бұрын

I'm currently reading Heretics. Good to know there is such a beautiful line to look forward to

This is the best and simple explanation i have seen

So you mean to say that Duncan Idaho was the main character all along?

“The emperor commands that you stop reading after children of dune” I remember having my mind absolutely blown away upon discovering that Dune had sequels when i was younger. I seriously thought it was only one book! So glad i read them all, despite some being better than others. I absolutely believe that, if brian hadn’t have taken over due to his death, that frank would’ve made dune have a sad or tragic ending if he was still alive. Good vid as always shift

@maninblack3410

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I feel like he never would’ve ended dune if he lived forever. To me dune feels like the story of humanity and how no matter how many problems we solve there’s always something on the horizon. Always something to work toward or struggle against. Always charismatic leaders with good or bad intentions. Always factions plotting against each other.

@Uulfinn

Жыл бұрын

Frank Herbert's Dune was critical of humanity but an important point is hope for humanity and our ability to change and adapt. I think Dune 7 would have had a hopeful ending and be about humanity's evolution.

@patreekotime4578

Жыл бұрын

God Emporer of Dune is one of my favorite books of all time. It is incredible. The horror of it is just intense.

@spiritualanarchist8162

Жыл бұрын

Brain hijacking the Dune universe IS the sad and tragic ending.

i remember the worm-emperor Leto II had a butler who was freaked out of him but also kinda his friend. That was a super cool dynamic to me cause i felt like it was a unique relationship in literature. a couple other characters stood out to me as novel in a similar way: Liet-Kynes and Duncan Idaho v.132 lol

I've read all the Frank Herbert Dune books but I've resisted reading the 2 Brian Herbert sequels that attempt to conclude the arc. I've heard mixed reviews on them and I know that it's literally impossible for them to match the depth of Frank Herbert's work but I'd love experience those amazing universe again and get some form of closure. Any recommendations from other passionate readers out there who took the plunge?

Dude what an incredibly concise video, thank you

Just have to give a quick shout-out to my boy Stilgar... could've killed Leto as a baby but didn't... couldn't help but feel deeply melancholic and sad everytime the "museum fremen" came up in god emperor... my thoughts always went to stilgar and how he would've cursed them! Often overlooked character imo

@corvus8638

Жыл бұрын

Stilgar, Moneo, and Jessica are my favorite characters after Paul

@crotalusatrox7931

Жыл бұрын

Agree.

@diggerpy

11 күн бұрын

Lisan AL GAIB!

I recently finished the 6 original novels and I just have to say, wow the art in this video is fantastic. I loved seeing the different interpretations of characters. Nayla, the Duncan ghola, Hwi, and Siona were especially great. Cudos the the artist(s). I also just have to say that going through the major plot points make these books seem a lot more readable and exciting than they actually are haha.. but again as you said, its about the ideas not the plot.

@AltShiftX

Жыл бұрын

Those portraits of Nayla, Duncan, Hwi and Siona were made for this video in Artbreeder, a free AI image gen tool! Gonna make more for future videos :)

@SacredDaturana

Жыл бұрын

Marc Simonetti is the GOAT!

@HevonCZR

Жыл бұрын

@@AltShiftX dude?? What are you doing? Remember the Butlerian Jihad!

@RuvenCH

Жыл бұрын

In case you don't know the 7th and 8th book written by the Son are actually after the extensive notes of Frank and finish the plot as he'd imagined it. Very much worth the read imo, very different style, but it works quite well given what the last book was supposed to be

@tde02021

Жыл бұрын

At the end of the day, aside from the first Dune book, the other books are absurdly dull. I would not recommend anyone a read.

This video is so well done...

Im going to need you to review this x men 97

I feel very strongly that if frank Herbert had more of an interest in honing the plot of his work into a more consistent and cohesive narrative it would have done a lot to bolster and flesh out his philosophical and existential ideas

@ChibsterofNurgy

Жыл бұрын

As much as I like the universe & really enjoyed the first book, I couldn't focus at all on the 2nd and 3rd. All the talking about possibilities of the mind and dreams really drew me out. I enjoyed the plotting and the action, limited as it was. I get why people enjoy the existencial ideas in it. I hate it.

@gunkulator1

Жыл бұрын

The narrative not being cohesive is a mirror of the Dune universe. Each successive book is a rejection of what came before. There is no overarching story of humanity. The best we can do is lay the groundwork for as much diversity and randomness as possible and then get out of the way.

@bunkie2100

Жыл бұрын

I highly suggest reading some of his other books. Free from the expectations of Dune fans, he produced some really brilliant books. For example, The Jesus Incident, about an insane colony ship AI which uses an entire world to explore its Lamarckian fixation is brutal, well-told, instructive and incredibly thought-provoking.

@martyemmons3100

Жыл бұрын

@@bunkie2100, is that the book that ends with the ship telling the people to decide how they will worship it (ship)?

@spiritualanarchist8162

Жыл бұрын

@@ChibsterofNurgy Same here.I I think a lot of people stranded somewhere in children of Dune and never bothered reading Emperor , heretics and chapterhouse.

Hey man I just wanted to tell you I really appreciate all your work. I've been seeing your videos since 2013 and the new Dune stuff is amazing. Don't know if you'll revisit ASoIF for House of The Dragon but I'll watch anything you put out.

@AltShiftX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yup, House of the Dragon and ASOIAF videos are coming.

@kingdancekiller

Жыл бұрын

@@AltShiftX Tyrek horse video incoming!

@gcarsk

Жыл бұрын

11:14

@brotherjohnnyxXxX

Жыл бұрын

@@AltShiftX 2:00 That's not Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohaim.

@CaleebTalib

Жыл бұрын

@@AltShiftX God love ya :)

hey ho, how is it looking with the philosophy of dune video? is this still gonna come out? i think you have summarized the content of the books so well and your final words that it is more about the ideasd and less about the plot is crucial to understanding the books and i feel like a lot more people could appreciate the saga more when realizing that and not be so frustrated about the unconventional story developments within the dune universe

This gets pretty freakin weird but I'd KILL to see a God Worm Emperor on screen, imagine how scary that would look. Reminds me of the Gravemind from Halo.......that would be FIRE.

@Pdmc-vu5gj

Күн бұрын

I find the God / worm emperor to be silly....the story falls apart despite his great imagination

The first Dune book is a wonderful masterpiece. I was a huge fan of the second book, personally. While not quite as flawless as book 1, I really enjoyed how you found yourself empathizing with both Paul and the conspiracy organized against him. I also thought there is some delightful trickiness to the question “how do you even conspire against someone who can see the future?” I also read book 3. (It was fine.) I couldn’t get into the fourth book at all, and never finished the series. TLDR: Thanks for summarizing the rest of the series. I can’t believe I almost got through my life without ever learning Duncan Idaho gets a magic penis.

@janmajer4662

11 ай бұрын

Someone should start cloning Jason Momoa with magic penis, for sale.

@thekiwininjasmusic4928

11 ай бұрын

i got half way theough book three and sadly gave up

@CbradyNJ

11 ай бұрын

@@thekiwininjasmusic4928 Same. After seeing this recap I think I made the right call.

@tremkl

11 ай бұрын

@@thekiwininjasmusic4928 Yeah… 3 is… alright. I think some of the Alia stuff is interesting. I think I mostly find it readable from the perspective that it’s a bit of a better resolving point, and does come out feeling like a trilogy. It’s a definite step down from 2, which despite me having a real soft spot for, I must admit is a definite step down from 1.

@fallenhobbit6554

11 ай бұрын

OMG underrated comment.

I thought the ending with Daniel and Marty was "just" a massive cliffhanger. "Aaah, now I'll never find out". But the fourth wall explanation presented by you makes perfect sense. Thank you!

@alandickey843

2 ай бұрын

There are 2 more books written from manuscripts by the son. Hunters of dune and sandworms of dune. Tidy the series up completely.

@johnq.public3302

Ай бұрын

@@alandickey843 Just like the Matrix has no sequels, the Dune series was never completed by unskilled hacks.

Oh boy can't wait to see what they do with Dune Pt.3. In some way I wished it ended with Pt2 on a high, but as well, I'm very curious what Denis Villeneuve will come up with to finish the trilogy.

Book 1: Paul become the savior of the Fremen, and becomes the emperor of the universe 😁 Book 2: ...This is a bad thing. 😢

If you don't mind me making a suggestion: How about you look into Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Everyone who talks about it tends to focus on the Shrike and the Time Tombs and while the Shrike is undeniably a great monster, there is so much more delicious worldbuilding in these books. There are tree ships! Spaceships that are real living trees! How's no one talking about that? Also for being first published in the early 90s, there is a very interesting depiction of the virtual world and AI. Not to mention the politics and the time travel and the poetry and so on.

@Glimmcomp

Жыл бұрын

This. We need a Hyperion analysis!

@LeoFieTv

Жыл бұрын

@@hhjhj393 Absolutly. I love that sci fi is shifting in a more green, more solarpunk direction. Today the radical idea is a hopeful future, lol

@l.a.3680

Жыл бұрын

These are great books!

@lyreparadox

Жыл бұрын

@@hhjhj393 You may enjoy "In the Court of the Crimson Kings" by SM Stirling - The Crimson Dynasty uses genetic engineering and organic tech for *everything* including medicine and guns.

@gigafuq8751

Жыл бұрын

those first two books are probably my favourite sci-fi novels after dune tbh, though I'm not fussed on the two sequels

i can not express enough how good is this video. In only 12 min I have the summary of 6 books with enough for someone that doesnt know about them! From here on you can read them for more or not. Its up to the viewer. Simple, spot on and understandable! Amazing!

I am someone who likes the journey more than the surprises, so I came here knowing full well I'd be spoiled since I don't mind, I am all about the execussion. This video plus the hype of just having watched the second movie (which will conclude with Messiah as said by Denis in an interview) have sold me into reading the whole 6 book series. I will steer away, though, from the rest of the series beyond the 6 books regardless. Edit: the constant resurrection of Duncan is very odd to me (yes, considering everything else), but it's earned the benefit of doubt

Aside from the very successful marketing campaign for it's potatoes, the state of Idaho owes most of it's name recognition/fame to 3 things: Frank Herbert, and his bizarre choice of name for his weaponmaster/ghola/mentat character; Gus Van Sant, who made the 90s visionary movie "My Own Private Idaho" - Keanu Reeves' break into actual serious acting (and one of the more famous roles for the late River Phoenix); The B-52s band, who named one of the very popular early 80s songs "Private Idaho" - inspired by the movie.

Very few feelings as of late provide as much joy as seeing a new video posted from your channel. I read this series many years ago and tried to explain to friends how wild they get but couldn’t explain it concisely and entertaining enough to keep them interested. I’ll forward them this video now that you’ve done exactly that!

Thank you for making this video about dune. Not many have read it all, especially by Frank’s original books. You are absolutely right about the ending, a beautiful way to sum it up. Again thank you for this, I appreciate it much

This was a great video man

0:44 Chairdogs?! That took the term "Dogsitter" in an entirely new direction...

YES, read them all years ago. You captured the essence of the entire story line. Wonderful presentation!!!

Great narration, far superior to just about anything I have ever heard on KZread, including reading style, voicing, pacing, and of course excellent command of vocabulary and composition such that we get the message briefly but thoroughly. 12 minutes holy cow brilliant.

Could you make a video on the Dune Encyclopedia, please?

I thought book/episode 1 was okay and looking forward to episode 2, but now I've heard what comes next. I wonder if any will be made into film from the third book...??

Indeed a wonderful video. Is “The philosophy of Dune” still in the making, or is it off the table?

@gerbenvandenberg9916

Жыл бұрын

I want to know this as well

@michaelsullo4751

Жыл бұрын

I'd wager it's still in the making but likely won't come out until the next movie at least has trailers. It's probably gonna be like 3 or more hours long too haha

@survivorchallenges

Жыл бұрын

he was probably making it, but HOTD kinda took over everything for like 6 months and now we're just getting back to normal.

@neutral_10

Жыл бұрын

He said it will be released sometime this year

@giomjava

Жыл бұрын

I'm also interested. Loved these vids

This video was a pleasure to watch as always, loved that you used artbreeder to depict the different characters too! I keep rewatching your first Dune video, this new video has definitely got me thinking of reading the books.

Thanks sir fit additional insights to Dune

Where is your Philosophy of Dune video you mentioned?? I could have sworn that I watched that video a while back…

I am legitimately so impressed with the way you easily explained this. I got the end of chapter house and genuinely had no idea what was going on past heritics other than space doms bad.

I love all these books immensely and this was a great video! But hearing the story summarized sounds like I’m on the most terrifyingly vivid acid trip I could ever wish or not wish to encounter lol

@martyemmons3100

Жыл бұрын

I believe you're on to something. In the 1960's, people took 'acid trips'. While in the Dune books, the 'substance' is the geriatric Spice.

@eddie_asante.1

Жыл бұрын

I'm asking myself if reading the books is going to be worth it.

@goldtiger9453

Жыл бұрын

The books sound scary and existential

@christophercarrillo2860

Жыл бұрын

@@eddie_asante.1 its great

@eddie_asante.1

Жыл бұрын

@@christophercarrillo2860 alright then. All the books ot just book 1?

I'm so glad I dropped the series after Children of Dune. The 1000 year time skip seemed like a good stopping point.

Rewatching and hoping we get that philosophy video soon. It'll be a great watch.