DUNE RECAP - Everything You Need to Know Before Dune Part 2!

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Dune has a long, complicated backstory. The Emperor, the Bene Gesserit, Arrakis, Spice, Atredides--and the first Dune movie may not be fresh in your mind. So we've made this ScreenCrush recap to watch before you see Dune: Part 2!
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[@ScreenCrush]

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[@KuhMeelYuhn]

link does not work

[@NotSoSvenn]

i thought they wanted a male so they could see into the future? Then why are they mad at her for having one?

[@ryank9782]

fun note about the shields if you shoot them with a laser it causes a nuclear like explosion. also the machines tried to rule over humanity, but the humans fought back and won in the Butlerian Jihad, "thou shall not make a machine in the likeness of a man" something like that i think.

[@teaser6089]

1:25 Actually Game of Thrones is Dune but medieval fantasy, as Dune released like 40 years before GoT did lol

[@bulletdancestorm554]

One of my favorite parts in the first book was after the Jamis fight Paul cries. And the Fremen are amazed that he would give his water for someone he barely knows.

[@shahaf75]

Which was sadly left out of the movie. It's one of the more powerful omens for the Fremen but movie adaptations miss.

[@arroberson8796]

​@@shahaf75definitely missed that one. Dammit Denis

[@jgonsalk]

@@arroberson8796 Totally!

[@ionnicoara6657]

That would have been a crazy add up at the end..

[@edschell9411]

Dude I just explained that part to my daughter while watching the movie. Love that part too.

[@SlackersForHire]

It's worth noting that there are no confirmed "aliens" in Dune, at least not humanoid ones. Every character and faction we meet is a branch of human, some of which are barely recognizable as such, particularly the Guild Navigators or even this versions depiction of the Harkonnens. It's very much a story about the infinite human potential for good and evil as well as the paradoxes of human nature.

[@JoeyPsych]

don't forget the Tleilaxu

[@cheddar2648]

Doesn't the book mention some? But they are side notes.

[@JoeyPsych]

@@cheddar2648well, species yes, but there's no intelligent alien lifeforms

[@TheDalisama]

Well, I don't believe we ever find the origin of the Sandtrout, but they could have just been made by humans.

[@imbarmstrong]

Frank Herbert was adamant that his story was about Humanity. Thus there were no aliens. The Sandworms don't gain anything even resembling sentience until after the death of the God Emperor of Dune. The worms are more a plot device to explore humanity.

[@woodrobin]

And, of course, the similarities between Dune and Star Wars are because George Lucas read Dune and 'borrowed' a lot of tropes and themes from it when he wrote Star Wars.

[@Evghenios79]

yeah people forget that Dune preceeds Star Wars :D

[@TheDarkNet-.-]

They both stole their ideas from the, "Terra Papers".

[@dan7291able]

You can tell the exact same ting happened to the Matrix creators too

[@redbarchetta8782]

@@TheDarkNet-.-Not

[@AsimovVibes]

Both George Lucas and Frank Herbert were inspired by Asimov's Foundation.

[@karendinkel9040]

So from the sand worm point of view, the whole story is people keep walking on their ceiling and stealing their poop.

[@orlandomartinez2124]

😂😂😂

[@thomaslarrea1265]

my favorite parts of this video are when the dog doesnt say anything

[@bill5563]

fuck glad im not the only one who found it annoying.

[@manuelmontiel123]

Hahahaha 😂 word.

[@willd9794]

My fav parts are when u dont exist in it oh wait thats every video thats good

[@franciscooliveros7942]

The dog is the Best!

[@anontimothy8]

Dude and that dog have 1.5 million subscribers, but I'm sure your opinion is important 😅

[@Safetyman99]

"It's the far future, but everybody's kind of medieval". -- that made me laugh.

[@peacefulwarrior2024]

We live in medieval for someone in the future.

[@Devilspuppets89]

You’re alone with that thinking

[@peacefulwarrior2024]

@aldicka1289 lol, that is so obvious. What you think ppl in medieval time thought that they live in medieval? Even 2565 years would be medieval for ppl from 2965.

[@-Olea-]

@@Devilspuppets89erm no? it's kinda obvious

[@Si_Mondo]

Time is a flat circle....

[@SweetSourPickle]

This is the best informative video on Dune. You didn't explain just the movie but also some of the crucial information, like I had no idea they destroyed all the tech somewhere in the timeline.

[@alanparsonsfan]

@SweetSourPickle Google 'Butlerian Jihad'.

[@JMacSD]

yeah, but not ALL the tech, just thinking machines

[@electryc03]

Im betting we'll be forced to do that in the future, if AI turns on humanity, or humans revolt for not feeling like they have no purpose anymore@@JMacSD

[@Optimistprime.]

It was a good video but Dunes background is vast. He did miss a lot but it'd understandable.

[@RenlangRen]

It is important to note that humans didn’t destroy computers so they could evolve, humanity was enslaved by AI and treated like animals by computers and androids (along with group of people who had transferred their consciousness into machines named “titans”.) This sparked the Butlerian jihad where humans overthrew their AI overlords.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

The original novel is one of my favorite books. I reread it every 5 years or so. In the movie they say that the year is 10,191. What they do not tell you is that they are not using the our calendar. Their calendar starts with a war against thinking machines. It's similar to the Terminator but the battle's were fought on hundreds of planets. Earth was destroyed during that conflict. You do not need to know that information to enjoy the movie. I just love the backstory.

[@SG-us4gz]

That's a cool bit of info, thanks for sharing!

[@marcamusprime9513]

I think that we do need to know that kind of stuff to understand the story beyond just a cool looking sci-fi film. We need that Herbert philosophy which permeates through every line in the book.

[@arvelcrynyd6311]

The Butlerian Jihad. Although I think the movie is trying to distance itself from the term "jihad".

[@marcamusprime9513]

@@arvelcrynyd6311 And the OCB that was given to Paul by Dr. Yueh. The Orange Catholic Bible.

[@paulking4908]

I did not know that the Earth was destroyed I thought due to them destroying all computers the location of Earth was lost

[@PulseTriangle]

The jemis vision was not just symbolic. Paul is metally aging rapidly though hos transition, because he actually lives those timelines. He lives a full timeline with Jemis as a mentor and friend, and so it is heartbreakingly tragic that he has to kill someone who he sees as a friend, but that friendship cannot be reciprocated in the reality he walks. It's how he just knows things, because he lived them in his mind

[@dan7291able]

I agree, one of the more special things about the film to me, was this Jamis person being so friendly and kind and mentor to Paul in his visions, and then its the end of the movie and the 1 fremen that hates them IS Jamis and Paul has to kill him .. there was something so interesting about the conflicting versions of Jamis, but deep down, you kind of understand whats happening

[@imbarmstrong]

It was a really cool way to illustrate how Paul perceived different strands of the future. I suspect it was put in because it puts it explains a core part of Dune Messiah and I suspect is foreshadowing for thay should they ever make Dune Part 3.

[@esburnside]

"So he becomes a sandworm?" "You have no idea..." I've read the books and this is 💯

[@johnparadox9429]

However, I understand Denis is not doing "Children", just going through Paul's story in Dune Messiah.

[@esburnside]

@johnparadox9429 you're correct but let me nerd out mate

[@arvelcrynyd6311]

I'd really like to see them make the films up to God Emperor, that would be awesome.

[@hurgcat]

i believe that the trilogy will print so much money we will get children, probably not from dennis but if it does decent we might even get GEOD, i would die a happy man. also, i am on team film heretics and chapterhouse. CHAIRDOGS ON THE SILVER SCREEN BABY

[@crushingit5128]

@@johnparadox9429yeah if this prints enough money and if people hear that Paul is just a fraction of the whole Dune legacy I foresee studios being open to tackling future sequels.

[@slomdagg]

Between the corny dog and plugs, couldn’t finish this

[@Qeduhh365]

Great video. My only concern with showing all of these parallel moments/content in Star Wars is that people might have the impression that Dune stole EVERYTHING from Star Wars when in fact it’s the other way around, lol

[@mic7504]

That's some impressive Prescience Frank Herbert used when he wrote DUNE in the early 1960's..to steal Gorge Lucas's ideas from the early 1970's.

[@Greg-dr2st]

@@genosnatsukihe’s right ..

[@fleshytrash]

They are both completely different worlds

[@colby1398]

​@@mic7504Think you read that the wrong way, my dude. He said it was the other way around. As in, Star Wars stole from Dune, which is correct.

[@colby1398]

​@@fleshytrasheh, not really.

[@woodrobin]

Re: Shields and swords: It's also really dangerous to shoot at a ship or personal shield with lasers or charged particle beams. One of three things will happen: the shield absorbs it and you wasted a shot (best case scenario), the shield partially absorbs it and 'burps' out a coronal discharge of energy back in the direction of the beam, becoming a temporary flamethrower pointed right back at you (not the worst case, but it ain't good), or the beam overloads the shield and it explodes, turning your target into a momentary mini-nuke (worst case). There's a small chance whatever was inside the shield will survive the overload. There is very little chance that you were close enough to shoot them and far enough away to not get killed in the blast. So, basically, you could try to overload the shields and blow up the ships (and that possibility is why nuclear bombs are not permitted in inter-House warfare upon pain of death, by the Emperor's decree -- never mind that if you use them on Dune, you could disrupt or contaminate Spice production, and then *everyone* would gang up on you if they even suspected you were planning it). But it turns the battlefield into an unpredictable minefield where you and your opponents could get caught up in a chain reaction if you start messing around, so swords and knives are considered the safest and most precise means to go after your opponents.

[@zachpullara5048]

Why not just spam Hunter seekers?

[@woodrobin]

@@zachpullara5048 You could, I suppose, but I would imagine there are electronic counter-measures for those. They're effective as little sneaky assassination tools, but you could probably protect against them if you knew they were likely to be deployed in a swarm. Also, due to the ban on thinking machines, they aren't tiny drones. Each one is operated by a human pilot, so you'd need a horde of people to remotely pilot the horde of drones -- so why not just deploy the horde of people? In God-Emperor of Dune, Leito II foresaw that he had prevented a possible future where the Ixians (a technologically oriented culture on the planet Ix who tended to defy the Imperial ban on thinking machines and other technologies whenever they thought they could get away with it) developed a type of self-replicating, self-piloting hunter-seeker that replicated out of control and eventually consumed all life in the known universe for raw material to make more hunter-seekers.

[@shiva.19]

Nice information

[@d3ltaohniner261]

​@@woodrobinsimilar to the "grey goo" scenario.

[@Gilotopia]

This shield explosion effect is honestly a big weakness. There are so many strategies that could use this unpredictability effectively yet nobody tries them.

[@JoeyPsych]

"You either die a hero or see yourself become a sandworm" "You have no idea" That one got me real good.

[@evmadic]

It's not 10k years into the future, it's 10k years AG (after guild). In the Dune timeline, the guild isn't founded for another 15k years, making the story of Paul Atreides about 25k years into the future.

[@mattp1337]

Probably for the best that you glossed over the whole prequel novels, the backstory of why thinking machines are forbidden. Some people really HATE those books. Most of the thinking machine characters were very cheesy villains, but Herbert's son did a decent job of laying out a backstory that includes the origins of the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Spacing Guild, the Emperor, many of the great houses that play important supporting roles, the Harkonnen/Atreides feud, and the Fremen, as well as establishing lore for the technology of the Dune universe, without it all feeling like fan service.

[@strykrpinoy]

The Bene Gesserit series is coming this year on MAX fyi.

[@mattp1337]

@@strykrpinoy I'll watch for it but keeping my expectations modest.

[@JUMPMAN-uu3bg]

Do you think its worth reading the books in chronological order, or just the order they were released

[@ML-tf5xp]

​@@JUMPMAN-uu3bgread the 6 original first

[@ML-tf5xp]

The prequels and book 7/8 if I remember correctly, where in my opinion the worst books ever written.

[@kanenlogan2095]

You misunderstood the Gom Jabbar, it's not a test for Bene Gesserit potential. In the book it's a test to see if you can rise above your animal instincts to avoid pain, with the knowledge that a single touch from the needle at your neck will kill you. The idea is if you recoil from the pain you touch the needle and die, therefore preserving the evolutionary trajectory the Bene Gesserit have in place. In all of Frank Herbert's books Paul is never 'confirmed' to be the "chosen one", it's actually implied to be his son Leto II.

[@paisan8766]

And the whole idea of a “The One” is questioned by Herbert

[@kanenlogan2095]

@paisan8766 exactly, Herbert's commentary was so much deeper then religious prophecy, it was about using religion as a tool to manipulate society and how this results in unnecessary war (Paul's Jihad).

[@FTWSamFisher]

Yeah pretty sure Paul even kinda realized hes not "the One" after a while

[@ChristopherB123]

By becoming the first male to survive the water of life, he IS the Kwizatz Haderach, so in that sense he does become "the one." However, that doesn't turn out as well as anyone seemed to think it might. Leto II becomes, for lack of a better term, "another one" who then spends the next couple thousand years correcting things by making choices that Paul was unwilling to make. [greatly oversimplifying here...]

[@Smithurene]

Whoa, a spoiler alert would have been nice!

[@joemzd]

"...become a sandworm." "You have no idea". Yep. I saw Part Two at a preview screening. It meets and exceeds *all* expectations.

[@SG-us4gz]

Same, and same, loved it.

[@shahaf75]

I wish I shared your opinion. I saw the preview and, although it's a good movie, it is not the book. I love the Dune book, it's my all-time favorite. The movie adaptation is good, but it's not the same story. I don't want to post spoilers, so I won't go into details. Anyone who's a book purist will know when they see the movie...and you should. It is stunningly beautiful, the adapted story is good, the acting is...okay I guess, but overall, the movie is great. It's just not the Dune I wanted. Also, great foreshadowing by Screen Crush for CoD\GEoD.

[@user-fx5cd4px3k]

villeneuve said that adapting a book to a film is a destructive process@@shahaf75

[@harkonnen3672]

​​@@shahaf75people who are overtly obsessed with frame by frame adaptation of a book, ruin cinema.

[@stonaraptor8196]

Cutting out entire plot lines and characters, changing characters, changing the ending is not being obsessed with a frame by frame adaptation of the book... @@harkonnen3672

[@grimzadi2480]

It is incorrect that Paul is "the One" after the test with the Gom Jabbar. It merely indicates that Paul has the ability to control his emotions and is worthy of the power he was born into. Paul only becomes the Kwisatz Haderach after surviving the Water of Life. If that isn't in part 2 we have a major problem. Lol. Super excited to see it Friday.

[@TheYeahMan55]

it's because he was the only male to pass the test with Gom Jabbar. Proving he is "the one" A male had never passed the test before

[@threegreencharms]

Seconded

[@SOFTWAREMASTER]

Did you see it? I don't want to spoil it. Hopefully you enjoy it haha.

[@grimzadi2480]

@@SOFTWAREMASTERI did! It was freakin' AMAZING. I can't wait to go see it again. And for Part 3!

[@JazAcrossTheWorld]

Right? Not Paul being a White Savior 😭

[@someOldBaldguy]

There is spice out there somewhere else. Just undiscovered. In the books they learn that Dune used to have water until the sand trout arrived. It was also found out that the sand trout were brought to Dune, meaning they exist somewhere else in the universe. Sand trout make it possible for the planet to produce spice

[@dan7291able]

interesting

[@ElChris816]

As a fan of the Dune book series, Part 1 was simply amazing. I'm going into Part 2 completely aware of just how awesome it will be. Great breakdown.

[@AussBosss]

Saw part two Sunday night and it lives up to the hype. Incredible in IMAX.

[@arashf6094]

I will be seeing dune 2 in imax this sunday as well

[@SG-us4gz]

I managed to get to go to an early preview screening of it at my local IMAX on Sunday, and I was genuinely blown away. I liked the first one well enough, but loved the 2nd. I am a cranky middle aged guy who generally dislikes theaters, but If you live anywhere near an IMAX theater showing it, it is very much worth the trip. Movie was excellent and deserves to be seen on a huge screen.

[@isaaclavoie]

The first movie is so good.. the sounds, the score, the treatment of the source material, the casting and the acting... It's all so good.

[@zachpullara5048]

The score and the cinematography really make it just amazing

[@AmyAmore99]

I literally just finished the movie, barely understood any of it, and immediately came on here for an explanation. I now feel much better equipped to see Part 2 with my husband tonight. Thanks for the help!

[@Mady-lo6qb]

It might be helpful to watch the Dune tv miniseries made in about 2000 thereabouts.

[@user-oi9rk9hs5n]

One thing thats kind of breezed over in this recap is just how much paul outskills jamis in their duel. Everyone expect paul to get destroyed or have a hard fight and within the first exchange hes screaming at jamis yo concede and you can see the shock on jamis's face as his pride forces him to start daring paul to kill him..crazy scene

[@dan7291able]

' I see you found the mood.'

[@xenidus]

I was bummed they didn't talk about why Paul was "playing" with Jamis. In the book it is explained that Paul had never fought an unshielded enemy before, so he was slowing his strikes to penetrate his enemy's non existent shield. He was literally re-learning how to fight and overcome all of his lifetime of training in real time, which made it look like he was slowing down his kill strikes.

[@TIMHARTTT]

As an Arab this movie was absolutely amazing , hearing all those words in Arabic is epic.

[@HarmonicWave]

Isn't the "Mahdi" a character in Islam, their anointed one or something?

[@saileshrachapudi8486]

I really hoped they say Jihad instead of Holy War

[@TIMHARTTT]

@@HarmonicWave yeah you are right, and we actually do believe that a “Mahdi” will come in the future to fight alongside Jesus Christ peace be upon him and defeat the army of antichrist, of course the character was rewritten so it would not appear so Islamic and create a controversy for the film makers.

[@TIMHARTTT]

@@saileshrachapudi8486 I don’t think they are brave enough to use it 😂

[@dsdsds2011]

@@HarmonicWave it’s an Islamic figure who is believed to appear at the End of Time to rid the world of evil and injustice. It’s said he’s a of Muhammad, and will appear shortly before Jesus and will lead the Muslims to rule the world.

[@brrrrharrr]

DUNE backwards is spelled ENUD

[@EvanAdnams]

But DUNC spelled backwards is CNUD

[@Captionjones]

Prince among men

[@michaelhodges250]

Mentally ill spelled backwards is LLIYLLATNEM. so that's cool. 😊

[@brianherrera1390]

popcorn.

[@jauken83]

Lisa Bonet ate no basil.

[@jedthezed3599]

There's a ton of similarities between Dune and Star Wars because George Lucus took a lot of things from Dune. Self admitted by Lucus.

[@TheMister123]

Ryan's / Pavel's inaccuracies are around the 11:00 mark or so. Paul isn't "the one", at least not yet, during the course of the first movie. He's potentially "the one", just as there have been other potential boys/men who could have been "the one", but were determined not to be. Two that were named are Feyd Rautha and Count Hasimir Fenring (the latter of whom was not adapted for the movie). The most recent iteration of the Bene Gesserit's plan is that Feyd Rautha and Lady Jessica's daughter were to have been arranged for marriage, and THEIR son would be the Kwisatz Haderach. But Jessica short-circuited that plan by having a son instead. The test was not to show that he is "the one", but to show that he is "human", able to control his impulses more than an animal. Everything else is basically right, I think.

[@JesseArt]

I thought Screen Crush would point out her very specific line "Good luck, Human. I hope you live" and dissect its meaning and intent. A little bit of a miss, but overall, a pretty good summary for those who have yet to read the books.

[@mitchbarber4748]

And he’s not even the only “one”. As the Reverend Mother alludes to, the BG have other plans, other breeding programs, other contingencies. Lady Jessica’s path was the one closest to bearing fruit, but the BG never limit themselves to one path. And men can train in the ways of the BG, but they can never get past what you could call the acolyte level. Only women can transform the water of life and become Reverend Mothers, gaining access to past lives, history and knowledge of the BG. When men try, they die. Effectively, a spice overdose gives women access to the past. A different kind of spice overdose gives men access to the future (thus all guild navigators are/were men). The Kwisatz Haderach is someone at the fulcrum between the two, able to access both.

[@MrSmokinDragon]

@@mitchbarber4748Yup, as the Reverend Mother says in part 2 - BG doesn't hope, they plan

[@malik6091]

I appreciate you acknowledging in the beginning that the first one could be very confusing. I feel seen now 😂

[@serendiggiity6506]

idk why i was laughing nonstop at 1:49 LMFAOO "oh so they put sparkly sand in their ships?" "NO! Its a narcotic"

[@zeroreyortsed3624]

Kinda glossed over why they destroyed the machines. It was because the AI took over and tried to destroy all humans. So they were stuck in a decades long universe spanning war. And when the humans finally won, they destroyed all thinking machines. And outlawed their use. It is a very complicated story. And honestly fell off for me after book 3 or 4 i think. The prequel books were good though. And tell how the atreides harkonnen fued began. 10,000 years before. As well as the beginnings of Duncan Idaho's bloodline. If they ever get to the God Emperor of Dune, I'm pretty sure audiences are gonna be like WTF is going on.😂

[@itshurtsszn]

A lot of people don’t realize Dune is what helped usher in the SciFi we know today. I’m loving the remake of Dune and can’t wait to see how far with the material they go.

[@linkaran512]

Part 2 will blow your minds. It was great.

[@ChrisMrPeligroBoone]

Gonna rewatch Dune today to refresh for the part 2 coming out this week. But this recap is PERFECT. Great timing 😁

[@mattcliburn]

Can't wait to see it in Imax

[@underoath427]

First movie in years I've absolutely had to see in IMAX. I think it's going to be epic!

[@markkjacobson]

Part 2 was great. Saw it Sunday night. Excellent recap of part one.

[@mus_cetiner]

Regarding no guns. I think they did have lasguns and were outlawed, as hitting the shields with then, will cause an atomic explosion. I might be wrong.

[@SG-us4gz]

There are definitely guns in the 2nd movie.

[@jareddoig]

correct - outlawed but they are around and can be used

[@GenikaXVI]

They hust dont use them cuz almost evryone has shields so only melee works because it resists to speed

[@jonny-b4954]

@djdAlso they're using shields on Arrakis in the movies. So that's a change from the book? Why can't they use shields on Arrakis?

[@chaoli5679]

​@@jonny-b4954 It's explained in the video, shields make worms go crazy.

[@aaronsmarvelousworld5855]

I have never been more excited to see a film in theaters. I am overflowing with anticipation and am over the moon about seeing the sevond half of the great science fiction novel of all time!!

[@hero12347]

In Arabic Muad'dib means polite. Also Lisan al gaib means tounge of the absent

[@iLazarus_xD]

Got to watch it this past Sunday in one of AMC’s fans first showing and it was amazing. 10/10 movie. It’s definitely a film that needs to be experienced in theaters.

[@SG-us4gz]

Same, I hate theaters but this deserves a viewing in IMAX for sure. Super glad I got to catch that preview showing, even if it was PACKED.

[@dinkinpark]

They‘re not Starks and Lannisters, Starks and Lannisters are Atreides and Harkonnens 🙌🏽

[@caleb_riordan]

I tried to find the books near me once but I couldnt. Anyway, this recap makes me realise how much star wars is inspired by Dune. Also perhaps Attack on Titan with the memories of the future thing, and landing in the paradox that comes with knowing what choices you make before you make them.

[@kearifan]

yes, i see the resemblance attack on titan with dune too

[@Haldurson]

In the novel "Dune", Duke Leto is described as having dark olive skin, and that the Atreidies are darker in skin tone than the Fremen. I've heard some rather simplistic interpretations of the Dune Saga as a 'what savior' story. I don't want to give spoilers, but Paul is not exactly the savior of the Fremen. Plus, remember that the Fremen are a technological people hindered by their environment. Their superstitions were planted by the Bene Geserit to make them easier to exploit. And Paul exploits the hell out of them, making him less of a savior, and more of an antihero. And Paul IS NOT 'the one'. In the David Lynch, version, he most definitely is. But Denis Villeneuve is a lot more faithful to the spirit of the novels, and so he knows that Paul is NOT the Fremen's savior. Frank Herbert wanted Dune to be a cautionary tale, that one should beware of Messiahs.

[@doop6995]

As a book reader that was an excellent recap and background info. Great video!

[@caseyforever3855]

The first few minutes of this video were pretty brutal to get through, but thank you for finally getting the show on the road. Great video in the end!

[@michaelknopp9388]

Five minutes in to this video and you have -GREATLY- enhanced my understanding of the first film. Having not read the book(s?), this is such a rad thing! Shirt purchased well earned! I’m off to do right now. 🤗🤗🤗 - Mike

[@michaelknopp9388]

GREATLY was supposed to be highlighted. Whoops. GREATLY enhanced.

[@ruemeeks-johnson2198]

Dude. Important back story. The Baron used to be physically beautiful. He only has that hideous bulk because he is cursed. By the Reverend Mother. As revenge. For rape. Which was revenge for taking his seed. For making Jessica.

[@Emanon...]

Don't fatshame the Baron. He's the Lizzo of Dune.

[@user-fx5cd4px3k]

not cursed, poisoned

[@threegreencharms]

Did not know that. Thanks!

[@ML-tf5xp]

If you consider the prequels cannon

[@heil5373N]

Dune 2 "Witness Me!" next. I wanna know the "deeper" relationship between House Atreides and House Harkonnen.

[@user-vo1hb3ob7l]

"whatever man just keep bringing me that" part made me laugh 😂🤣🤣

[@gandalfbmg]

Doug with the casual Children of Dune spoilers...

[@colby1398]

Is it really a spoiler when the books were written 50 years ago?

[@DeminicusSCA]

Dune is not "like" starwars Dune is not "like" game of thrones , dune came before them , by a lot. Dune was partly inspired by The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence AKA Lawrence of Arabia.

[@ethancash7078]

Just because something came before doesn’t mean they aren’t similar lol

[@jonniboye6399]

I think the comparison is for casual watchers who didn't read the books - the Star Wars movies came before the Dune movies as did the GoT series. The assumption is most people who saw those two franchises will also be interested in the Dune movies, and it provides a quick and easy reference so viewers can understand the context. What was said in the video is absolutely what someone might think watching Dune pt 1 if they had not read the books before but had seen Star Wars. I understand your point that it's important to identify the source material, but for the sake of simply understanding it I think the video does a great job!

[@evanb6862]

Super excited to see Part 2 Friday night. I have Dune Messiah to start reading after watching it as well.

[@Thayanelesse]

Ok. the best part of this video was the “don’t you dare”when D wanted to spit. OMG I died laughing

[@s70driver2005]

Im sorry but that dog character is annoying.... just explain the backstory.

[@SPlRlT1]

Nah Doug has been apart of this channel for a longgg time. Go watch another review channel

[@jaybae2547]

Not a fan of your format. The Q and A with the dog is annoying

[@jimmywoodworker8799]

Dump the floor mop.

[@junayedhasan8906]

Thats what makes this channel unique then the others

[@faithchristina6323]

then don’t watch it 😂

[@chevylatino]

The dog is SO ANNOYING. It's not even the dog's fault. I'm not sure why the KZbinr needs a gimmick when his pacing and editing are just fine. They stand on their own merits.

[@ianlu9962]

then don’t watch it?😭😭

[@Kliphie]

“Die a hero or become a space worm” caused a big LoL 😜

[@jmojocat1944]

Star wars is a mixture of Dune, John Carter Warlord of Mars, and Samurai movies put in a blender

[@socialtendencies5738]

This video was ruined with the stupid dog bit.

[@SPlRlT1]

Go watch another breakdown channel the. Doug is goated

[@janzalud216]

Cannot stand the dog jokes

[@jordongee2347]

Dude...seriously. Stop. It's not as funny as you think.

[@janzalud216]

@jordongee2347 its not a joke. I had to quit it, otherwise i was interested. But the dog jokes ..

[@fvalles]

Then don’t watch 😊

[@janzalud216]

@fvalles i didnt. Ive switched it off. Why does everyone have such grave problem with it :D im flattered by all the attention, but i suggest you focus on more important stuff

[@bradleyroth2125]

​@@janzalud216Got 2 mins and 31 seconds in before stopping the video and coming to the comment section to say the same thing. Lol.

[@BradDavis_vr]

The second use of the "eyes rolling up into head" sound effect really got me for some reason. Couldn't stop giggling.

[@BloodKills]

Been so excited for part 2, I even pre-ordered tickets for the first time ever, and am seeing it with DBox. It'll also be the second time ever experiencing DBox and I loved it on Way of Water.

[@walkerrashad948]

Sir the hell with all your side jokes and side stories tell the story of the movie dune , keep it simple !!!!!!

[@jarnea.7988]

i'm sorry man, wanted to get invested in this video and your channel but i really can't stand the dog skit interrupting any kind of flow of the vid / story.

[@qarljohnson4971]

It's pretty lame *ss, but it's a ritualistic thing that helps ensure his happy daze keep on keeping on.

[@SPlRlT1]

Go watch another review channel the. There are tons of others. Not as good as this channel though

[@baurdt]

For all the Star Wars and other references, Dune came first in the mid 1960s. So you can see who absorbed plot details from whom.

[@nicolaspardinamarco5604]

Liteally looking for screencrush of Dune yesterday JAJAJAJA

[@rogue2818]

Glad we are picking up from the horrendous True detective breakdowns

[@AngelofHell1311]

Great Recap 😁I just saw Dune Part 2 without seeing Part 1. I watched this Video just before going and was able to follow the second one easily.

[@saturdae8656]

Shout out to Doug for the Lonely Island reference 😂😂😂

[@icps86]

YESSS! thanks for this!

[@tylerbingham2152]

I saw Part II on Sunday and I can say without hesitation that it is: the best sci-fi film ever and also in the discussion with The Godfather Part 2 as the best sequel ever. It is a masterpiece. Every element of filmmaking at it's absolute peak.

[@michaelmurray6197]

Ummm, mankind didn't ban computers in order to evolve. It also isn't possible to travel faster than light in Dune without spice, even with computers. They banned computers because the AI rebelled against them. It was called the Machine Crusade, and it would have been just as amazing or more amazing than the Dune movies. Basically imagine Terminator, but on an interstellar scale. At the start the humans were losing, but it wasn't possible to travel faster than light, so it was a war that took decades for AI ships to wipe out one planet after another. But then humans discover how useful spice is. Imagine skynet in space trying to fight back when they don't know what planet humans will attack next, and the humans know if they will lose or win each of those fights.

[@AmigaMuadib3D]

I loved the way the viewer would hear the characters' thoughts that Lynch's Dune had implemented, was a bit dissapointed that this version did not have that...

[@mettacitta2000]

Just watched Part II which was utterly amazing. Just wanted to say that your recap made the experience the best that it could be. Thank you so much!!!

[@user-ok7nw3hd4k]

This film was made for IMAX and it truly is the best way to see it.

[@darnes12]

ordered that spice crispies t shirt, genius.

[@jtmplmbr4465]

Thinking machines were band in Dunes lore after the Butlerian Jihad freed mankind of the Ai oppressors. It wasn’t because they just decided to move past AI. Mankind was almost wiped out

[@van_dfrd6749]

I stopped watching this video at the 3 min mark. I wanted to see a recap. Not an ad for a journaling app and random banter.

[@mohamadhoseinf1560]

Now this is a THOROUGH recap, THANK YOU

[@lazysayso]

Just rewatched Dune and came straight here before my 7pm showing for part 2! great video!

[@capedukewuhaha]

"it's my hand in a box" ...nice one Doggo

[@KaneAsIAm]

Thanks for the summary! I definitely needed it! I knew nothing about Dune when I saw it a couple of years ago. But I was immediately hooked and I’m excited for part 2.

[@franco8685]

This really helped cause I had no idea what was going on in part 1, now I can watch part 2😂

[@yourtube1424]

Doug : You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a sandworm Ryan : You have no idea…. 😂😂 If you know how far the Dune story goes with Paul, his kids and their kids then Jesus Christ, would be interesting to see that adapted 😂

[@theawesomeman9821]

My friends want to have a watch party for Dune Part 2 this weekend and I just want an excuse to hang with my buddies. However, I don't remember much of Dune Part 1 because I walked out on it after 40 minutes from boredom. I appreciate watching this to prep me for Dune Part 2.

[@Nooroodin84]

The part where Paul started to freak out in the tent is actually my favorite scene in the movie… don’t know why. It’s just that good.

[@charlottegerken4477]

Paul was trained as Batman, John Wick, Anakin, and Bran Stark... I never looked at it that way... but you're right! 😅

[@Queen_Kc2020]

This was so helpful for a person who never saw the movie! Now I can watch the second one without being completely clueless. Thanks!

[@lucasbyrne258]

as someone who really wants to get into dune but rarely has the time to rewatch a 3hr movie i appreciate this so much

[@edsmith4821]

I get the Sandworm eating the harvester showing the sheer size of the beast but it must have gotten indigestion because that would be like swallowing a die cast metal kids toy hard going in and tough coming out 😅

[@Waydisturbed]

They didn't just ban computers to develop human capabilities. They banned them so that humanity would never again be enslaved by thinking machines. The Butlerian Jihad is pretty fundamental to the backstory.

[@charliekealoha]

HAHAHA I did not need this recap but I sure as hell enjoyed it. I love how people just go over the details in their own way and you killed it. Good job folks.

[@frantzauguste4722]

Man ty so much for this video. I was completely lost watching this movie. Now I feel I can see part 2 and actually know who is who. Hopefully I can follow part 2 better 🤞🏾

[@Scout555]

The ads every four secs are crazy

[@cmorris9494]

I watched the first dune again last night. I probably won't watch 2 until a few weeks after it comes out. I am not big on crowds.

[@KemmetMedia]

That last part though... "You have no idea" 😂😂😂

[@ValmisFilm]

Thank you very much! I am going to watch part 2 today and this was really helpful. I did see the first myself, of course. But did not remember anything by now...

[@oxyzzmoron]

Thanks for this Summary, I really needed it because I didn't understand some key points after watching Dune. It's a good movie but not as great as everyone made it out to be but I did buy my Dune 2 ticket.