November 10, 2021

Mechinations Bonus - Dune (1984) and Dune (2021)

2 hours 49 minutes

It's a break week for the regular Mechinations coverage of Gundam 0079, but good news, Ignis and pmc have folded time to bring you this discussion of David Lynch's 1984 Dune and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune Part 1, with some book thoughts mixed in as well.

Further Reading:

'Dune' Has a Desert Problem by Rorana Hadadi https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/dune-has-a-desert-problem.html

Dune: An accomplished escape into the realm of cinematic Arab appropriation by Hanna Flint https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/dune-escaping-realm-cinematic-arab-subversion

"Perspective | The novel ‘Dune’ had deep Islamic influences. The movie erases them." by Haris A. Durrani https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/28/dune-muslim-influences-erased/

Is 'Dune' a White Savior Narrative? by Ali Karjoo-Ravary https://slate.com/culture/2021/10/dune-2021-movie-vs-book-white-savior-islam.html

Fun Goofs:

Alan Idaho: https://twitter.com/coolranchzaku/status/1454520338121994243

Hamburger Hamburger: https://twitter.com/HeehawwJ/status/1453871931606847490

Thanks to @fretzl for the intro/outro music

Thanks to @JJostar23 for the art

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Mechinations is co-hosted by Ignis Madax (@IgnisMadax), Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero), and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY)

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