Dune in 2024: "A man in Harkonnen uniform skidded to a stop ..."

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[@pkmadsen2850]

This book has a special place in my heart. To this day, I remember the moment I found it in my junior high school library, pulling it off the shelf, that brown and orange cover and my mind was blown. This was about 1980-ish. And then the excitement of new books (actually written by Frank Herbert) coming out in subsequent years. I'm glad that new generations have found it ... sad it was a movie that did it. Glad this movie didn't suck as much as previous. Sad that the following movies will change story elements to appease movie audiences.

[@mtngrl5859]

Steve, Thanks for bringing out some inconsistencies in Dune. I believe it comes down to dramatic devices vs reality. I find it not likely that Duke Leto wouldn't have more guards on duty & that he wouldn't be walking down halls unescorted.

[@ingridfitz5677]

This chapter always makes me nervous. I tend the clench my teeth so if it were me I already would have bitten down on the tooth and killed myself and Dr Yueh.

[@dcle944]

Maybe I missed something. If he knew it was a trap, why did he bring his whole family there? Why didn’t he go alone?

[@squamish4244]

The Emperor wouldn't have allowed it. He wanted the Duke's whole family out of power, without the chance to come back.

[@dcle944]

@@squamish4244 Maybe I missed something because I thought they were there just for a visit. They had their own planet. Sort of like the king of Great Britain went to visit a country they colonized.