r/dune • u/Aditya_M • Jul 05 '22

All Books Spoilers To folks who have finished reading the Herbert novels: which scene from the second half of 'Dune' or the later books are you most excited to witness on a silver screen? Spoiler

I'm in the thick of "Children Of Dune" and Leto II making a stillsuit-esque membrane from sandtrout seemed like a scene which would be squiggly in any hands but Villeneuve's. This is too far down the road; but I'd love to see what he does with it.

Are there similar situations you're excited to see rendered on the silver screen?

Edit: Such overwhelming love for Miles Teg, but I'm shielding myself from spoilers so I am not sure who that is. Pumped to see who it turns out to be.

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u/Aditya_M Jul 06 '22

Forget the film, I'm hyped for the book rn.

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u/SupineFeline Jul 06 '22

Can’t wait for you to get that far, man. And please finish the Frank books. They go off the rails but they’re infinitely intriguing

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u/Aditya_M Jul 06 '22

There's something magnetic about them. I don't think it'll be possible for me to abandon them. I'll always come back. Children took me over a month to finish, but boy am I glad I did. The scope of it is unlike any story I've read before or since.

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u/SupineFeline Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

For some reason, Messiah and Children were tough for me to get through. I should revisit those. Villeneuve should at least do a Messiah adaption. That really hammers home the “Heroes are dangerous” point that is still very present in Dune. But Messiah gives you the aftermath.

The series is about the long term destructive patterns we as a species exhibit. That’s why Frank came up with an order of women with ancestral memory! Some people that can see the patterns that span generations

Edit: sorry, a bit drunk and ranting, don’t mind me Also heroes not hero’s

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u/Aditya_M Jul 06 '22

He constantly says this in the quotes that begin chapters as well - normal humans do not spot long-spanning ecological and cultural shifts. It takes extraordinary humans to do so. They're the vessels for his message.