Month: November 2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 2

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Posted by Ceridwen Posted on November 16, 2021 0 Comments on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 2
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Banner photo of all the main character's in the Villeneuve Dune arrayed along a sandy horizon. Paul Atreides is in the center, looking over his shoulder at the viewer.

Part the second of our discussion of Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s Dune. We discuss the film after the Atreides land in Arakeen: how terrifying lasguns are, what a badass Duncan is, how funny coffee services are, and one…

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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 1

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Posted by Ceridwen Posted on November 9, 2021 0 Comments on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 1
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black and white line drawing of a sandworm rearing up while coiled on the sand, a sun hangs low on the horizon

Two Nerds crawled out of their mouse hole to go to the actual movie theater to see Denis Villeneuve’s new Dune adaption, which is the the first time we’d been to the theater since the pandemic started. This was definitely…

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Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune: The Miniseries

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Posted by Ceridwen Posted on November 4, 2021 0 Comments on Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune: The Miniseries
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The actors playing Ghanima and Leto Atriedes stand side by side, looking slightly off center. They are wearing stylized court attire.

In which we discuss the SyFy channel’s miniseries which encapsulates the second two of the Dune trilogy by Frank Herbert: Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Though the production was written, produced, and largely acted by the same people, the clunkily…

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