Journal of the Vril

For all its visual, storytelling splendor, Denis Villeneuve's DUNE is very much the Reader's Digest version of the story.

Sorry Stellan Skarsgård, Ian McNeice, remains the best Baron Harkonnen!

Denis Villeneuve's DUNE, exists somewhere between David Lynch's version and the SyFy Channel Miniseries.

A bosomy redhead genetically engineered superheroine takes center stage in a novel that forgets its more pulp than hard Science Fiction.

The Phoenix's heir expanded his Federal Galactic Empire, and cemented Imperial power over the galaxy.

Director John Harrison spoke about not adding anything in his production of Frank Herbert's DUNE, which cannot be sourced to the novel. In this regard he viewed his job in much the same way Peter Jackson did when it came to Lord of the Rings. That is, serve the text, and author, not one's own personal agenda.