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I've been debating if I want to watch that - though not in theatres, though, since Covid's still surging bad in my state. I don't know much about the Dune franchise other than it being very beloved, but I've been seeing some gifs on Tumblr of it and it's definitely piqued my interest.

The movie is good, but not worth the covid risk if it's as bad as you say it is in your area.
Especially since the movie is also online (HBOs online platform has it already).

Just wanted to comment if you like reading try the original book. I didn't read the sequels but read the original when it came out. I want to see the remake movie but will wait til it's out of the theaters

If you have any interest in going back and reading the later books, please go into them knowing that the later books were never planned and they'revery dissimilar from the first book. After the success of Dune, Frank Herbert wrote the others for some easy money and not because he had a vision for them. But what really makes them so different is that he started hating the first book (his personal philosophy and politics changed a lot as he aged) and tried to "fix it" with the subsequent ones.

They can still be fun reads, but if you go into Children of Dune (and beyond) expecting more Dune you're in for a disappointment.

Minor issues aside that's frickin gorgeous~