In the original book there is no instantaneous space travel.

Instantaneous space travel was also possible before the Spice was discovered. They used thinking machines to calculate the space folding mechanics, originally. After the Butlerian Jihad that was no longer and option and most attempts at interstellar travel failed miserably. Then came the Spacing Guild with its…

Ehh, kinda sorta. Duke Leto was a calculating, power hungry nobleman who had concluded that the best way to obtain influence and loyalty was by being seen as honourable and trustworthy. He wasn’t just nice out of the goodness of his heart, but because he thought that it would guarantee prosperity for his house. He…

Why’d that be strange? House Atreides claims to descend from King Atreus, the father of Agamemnon, as in the guy from Homer’s Iliad. Idaho is a fair bit newer than that. 

Maybe slightly, but not about anything vitally important. Dune only gets really crazy in the sequel novels.

Like that it’s an adaptation that’s done in a different time by different people, and is going to be its own thing, not a carbon copy of the original? But as I recall, Faye was quite capable of cooperating with the guys when needed in the original anime, as well.

It came out outside the US and China last month.

There is such a thing as subtlety. The story makes you want to call out the white guy who sets himself up as the Messiah of the religious natives in order to get a revenge on his enemies and claim the ultimate authority in the universe for himself? Not a coincidence or an accident, you’re supposed to be bothered by…

I’ve seen it, but since you haven’t I don’t dare to spoil it too much. But rest assured, it’s made clear that the Harkonnen and Atreides are rival noble houses in a greater empire, both subject to the same Emperor, not forces of fundamental good and evil in conflict. The Atreides are portrayed as the unquestionable…

The Harkonnen were cartoonishly evil in the source material, too. Villeneuve just removed the “cartoonish” part. Everything else that you describe is still intact, and can still be used for the sequel. I don’t see why the connection that you mention wouldn’t be usable.

The film clearly wants to remove all the campiness that was present in the portrayal of the Harkonnens in the previous adaptations and portray them as a deadly serious threat. Both the Lynch and the TV adaptation made them too much of a joke, and Villeneuve is taking an effort to avoid that, along with the omnipresent…

Don’t forget some of the most hilarous overacting:

To be fair, we can’t even get an adaptation of Dune where Baron Harkonen doesn’t fly around and rather just just slightly hovers. Though, I’ve long since made my peace with this adaptational change since it’s too cool a visual.

You can render paper waterproof with a bit of wax.

Bad locations, rooms or entire buildings, seem to be a staple of ghost-like experiences. I don’t believe in supernatural phenomena, but I have no trouble believing that various things can cause a space to become physically and mentally unhealthy for the people spending time in there; social, chemical, microbiological,…

You do know that start keys are also easy to fake, right? And much cheaper, too.

Well, and lots of romanticism of nomadic people (and the somewhat problematic trope of the “civilized” outsider taking charge of them — Dune has been called “Lawrence of Arabia in space” for good reason).

Not present for the first season, clearly.

All she probably actually wants is the people to know that the claims made in the series aren’t true. And with the lawsuit and the subsequent publicity, that’s pretty much accomplished already. The actual results of the case itself probably aren’t relevant to her.

Better get one with steel legs next time. My Ikea desk would probably stay standing even if I removed all the screws and pegs since all the pressure is directed downwards.