« expeditions | Main | a more pleasant accident »
March 10, 2003
children of dune
Ooooh...terribly, terribly geeked out and excited for Sci-Fi Channel's follow-up to Dune: Children of Dune. Will be watchin' it on Sunday at Gurl's place. Supa-psychic kung-fu, fabulous sets and Susan Sarandon! 8pm, Sunday on Sci-Fi.
For you non-geeks, here's a brief synopsis: The adventures of Paul Atreides, heir to a political dynasty, began in the year 10191. In the midst of an ongoing power struggle among the Great Royal Houses, the Emperor Shaddam IV sent House Atreides to the desert planet Arrakis (also known as Dune) to oversee the production of Spice. Spice is the most precious substance in the universe because it makes possible interstellar space travel; extends life; and enables people to see into the future.
Soon after the Atreides' arrival on Arrakis, Paul's father, Duke Leto Atreides, was assassinated by rivals from House Harkonnen. Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica, a mystical "Bene Gesserit" witch with powers of mind control, were forced to escape into the desert.
Rescued by the Fremen, a fierce desert people who believed the young Atreides to be the Mah'di ó the messiah of their legends ó Paul began to recognize his power to shape the future. Under his mother's tutelage, he honed his own considerable Bene Gesserit talents and began to see into the future.
Eventually, Paul accepted the mantle of his fate. Marshalling the Fremen "desert power," Paul ó now known as Muad'Dib ó led the Fremen in a successful revolt against his enemies, the corrupt House Harkonnen. He seized control of all Spice production on Arrakis and forced the emperor and other Great Royal Houses to accept him as their new ruler.
Muad'Dib preserved peace and united the ruling houses by marrying the Emperor's daughter, Princess Irulan. But it was a marriage in name only, because Muad'dib's heart belongs to his concubine, Chani, the future mother of his heir.
Posted by jimbo at March 10, 2003 10:56 AM
Comments
Don't forget the whole "anti-computer and robot" mentality they have as well, as the result of the great war of the machines.
Also the homo erotic as well as incest behavior of the Harkkonen.
I liked Alya (Paul's little sister) she was freaky but cool.
Posted by: DAX at March 10, 2003 11:29 AM
I saw a billboard for it last night when in a taxi w/ friends after rehearsal & told them how excited I was for it, and all I got were blank stares and a "why?"
*sigh* It's DUNE, people - let your imaginations run wild, m'kay?
Posted by: Rob at March 10, 2003 11:37 AM
dune, the sci-fi remake, was crap, through and through, almost as bad as the original butchery done to Frank Herbert's work. I expect to be equally disappointed with this tirade, interrupted by coke-is-it.
I have the DVD of sci-fi's dune available for $10 to anyone who wants it.
Posted by: hexed at March 10, 2003 12:52 PM
ME ME ME!!! I WANT IT!
And bite your tounge for heresey against geekkind. While Lynch's adaptation really caught a groovy feel to Dune, it was way too short to satisfy the needs of the storyline.
Sci-Fi's adaptation, while a little distracted at times, ROCKED.
Posted by: jimbo at March 10, 2003 1:05 PM
I have been looking forward to this for a LONG time. I am gonna go and set my Tivo to make sure I don't miss this!
Posted by: Scott at March 10, 2003 1:11 PM
Behold the power of geek. All bow before it.
Posted by: sam at March 10, 2003 3:04 PM
Did someone mention homo-erotic incest?
Sunday... 8pm... SciFi Channel........got it.
Posted by: Darren at March 10, 2003 4:47 PM
I enjoy the way geeks give head, but don't really find bowing before them to be too interesting...generally :-)
Posted by: hexed at March 10, 2003 4:48 PM
YESH I did mention Homoerotic incest.. those funny Harkonnen. .. Now the guy who played Feyd in the Sci-Fi channel remake.. yummy.. but not as yummy as my Woofie (aka Woodchuck).. but still yummy none the less.. I wonder if there will be any yummy people in this net installment...
Posted by: DAX at March 10, 2003 11:06 PM
uhm...scifi is advertising the children of dune to air at 9p on sunday...at least down here in florida [but, hey, we've been known to mess up nationally televised events in the recent past -- LOL ]. Just don't want anyone to miss it. I'll be parked on the couch surrounded by my geek menagerie. Now, if i can just convince my non-geek husband to watch with me. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Scott at March 11, 2003 10:10 AM