Hello, Internet!

Welcome to Film Theory, the show that has milked the worm, drank the juice, and seen the universe.

My god, it's full of stars.

So something you're going to quickly learn about me is that I love science fiction, and there is no other story more important to the genre than Dune.

Have you ever seen a sci-fi movie go to a desert planet or have a complex political conflict that escalates into a galaxy-wide war,

that means a certain somebody read Dune.

Though the movie doesn't really explain this, Dune has set some 20,000 years in the future,

where there are a few noble families that walk a complicated political tightrope for control

of the whole galaxy.

Think Game of Thrones, but in space. Or I guess Game

of Thrones would be Dune without space. The most important world in this universe, however,

is Aracus, a desert planet home to the spice, a drug that expands your mind and lets

you see bits and pieces of the future. Without spice, in that future site, space

travel is impossible, and that's kind of important for your sci-fi space story.

Now, Dune has seen its fair share of attempted adaptations over the years.

Some bad.

The guild does not take your orders.

And others worse.

He who controls the spice controls the universe.

But finally, we have the perfect adaptation that this series deserves.

Just saying they have to make the third movie now, or we riot.

But in the meantime, now that Dune has well and truly broken into the mainstream,

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