Denis Villeneuve – Two Nerds Sitting On A Couch

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 2

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on November 16, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in books, Dune, futures, movies, podcasts, space Tagged anal dentata, Arakeen, Arrakis, coffee services, Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Frank Herbert, Game of Thrones, House Atreides, lasguns

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…

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part 1

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on November 9, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in Dune, movies, podcasts, space Tagged Bene Gesserit, court intrigue, Denis Villeneuve, dreamers, Dune, epic fantasy, Frank Herbert, House Atreides, Lynch's Dune, Ralph Bakshi, throat singing, white savior

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…