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Dune
Jun 9, 2024 10:54:48 GMT -5
Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 9, 2024 10:54:48 GMT -5
Yall are readers but I have a feeling you wouldn't be big into George Herbert. Honestly, I haven't read a whole book since I was a kid so reading a series isn't even a discussion. Anyway we watched the remake last weekend and the sequel last night. I hate that the movie version story is so open ended so I went online late last night to try to make sense of it all. Apparently even the books end in ambiguity albeit with a bit more context as it relates to the survival of humanity and the role of religion in that effort. It feels to me like even with that revelation (no pun intended) it's only a segment of the overall concept. Or maybe it's the whole of it, I just don't know. Ugh,.
I've heard that they are already working on the next part but hoping that they wrap it up on that one and not try to take the series into The Fast and Furious territory with 10, and the Star Wars with 200 prequels and cartoons. Do the author a solid and wrap it the hell up!
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Post by minx on Jun 9, 2024 11:43:21 GMT -5
I did read Dune a long time ago and it was a long and complicated saga with a very ambiguous ending as you noted. And the ending did make sense though because it was hard to tell as the story went on who were the bad guys and who were the good - very much like real life.
The Harvard Lampoon did a fantastic send up of the book. Dune - Desert Planet. Nothing there but deserts, and the people dreamed of steak. The whole tagline was "Steak for dinner. Sometime soon."
A good friend of mine used that line all the time. If a group of us were going out to dinner, he'd say "Steak for dinner. Sometime soon."
I can't think of the book or the movie without thinking of Bob. He was a great guy - kind, generous and funny as hell. Unfortunately he died in his sleep due to a heart attack when he was in his mid-40s. A good person gone too soon. I hope he's snarfing steaks in heaven.
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Dune
Jun 9, 2024 14:30:19 GMT -5
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Jun 9, 2024 14:30:19 GMT -5
Did you read all 6?
According to the blurbs (about out to Reddit) the one we watched last night Dune 2 was fairly true to the second book.
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Dune
Jun 10, 2024 8:17:20 GMT -5
Post by minx on Jun 10, 2024 8:17:20 GMT -5
Only made it through the first.
My crowning achievement in reading consisted of two books: 1) Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. A tome of a book and I read it cover to cover. The first two chapters were truly amazing - so well written and the plot line he set up was fantastic. That was it. I read the rest in the hopes that somehow those first two chapters would re-emerge and tell a coherent story. The consoling fact was that I talked to others who did the same, so I didn't feel quite so foolish. 2) Left Behind. Again, a brilliant premise. What would happen if the rapture occurred today? And the first chapter was pretty riveting. Planes crashing because their pilots suddenly disappeared. Doctors in the middle of operations who no longer had a patient on the table. Stuff like that. And the second chapter dealt with the confusion of those left behind. What just happened? Sadly, much like our pal L Ron, the promise disappeared and the book became one long evangelical soap opera. Very disappointing.
Last book I read was Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange. About a family of Indians over generations. Like the title, the book wandered from here to there, and at times it was hard to keep track of who had descended from who. But it was a good book.
I just finished Shogun on Hulu (I get a free ad-filled subscription from my Verizon plan). Super good, and very true to the book up until the last episode. That veered off the ending of the book itself, but not in a bad way - you could see the future, but not how they get there. So open for a second season, but if they don't do one, you won't feel ripped off either.
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