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One minor correction... Spreading Alia's water among the sand was not the Fremen equivalent of spreading someone's ashes. Alia had become "abomination" and her water was deemed unclean and had to be discarded in the desert rather than reclaimed. A Fremen's water belongs to the tribe but her water was given to the sands. Very nice summary! Thanks!

Shame we may never get to see Leto as a 3500 year old worm god emperor on the screen. His sacrifice for the golden path would be so cool to see.

Mother gives birth to twins & dies during the process; husband loses said wife despite his efforts to avoid her death. Damn did George Lucas really finesse his way into a multibillion dollar franchise by ripping off Dune step by step?

I loved Children of Dune so much. I was 17 when I watched it, had my first serious girlfriend, got my license and first car, was playing in a band, and the series was just so epic at a wonderful time in my life.

Also in DM & CoD, Chani was being given contraceptives by Irulan, which Paul knows about and allows by inactivity : this is due to him having foreseen Chani's death after birthing Ghanima (Leto II is not in his father's prescient vision)- so Chani goes along without having children for quite a while (yet wanting them badly) because Paul is afraid of losing her. In a bout of tragic irony, she died after the Twin's births because her body had become so weakened from the contraceptives which Irulan had given her and Paul had "allowed" her to ingest; if he had only stopped Irulan, Chani's death could have believably been prevented. Sigh. We can see the future, but not all of the paths that led to that future.

2000s scifi TV was it's own amazing genre. We got so many great shows Children of Dune,Firefly,Farscape,and Stargate sg-1 it was in a league of its own.

Abomination was a term used most commonly by the Bene Gesserit to describe individuals who could not control the ego-memories that had surfaced within them. These ego-memories usually surfaced after consumption of the Water of Life, or through direct genetic inheritance in pre-born children.

"Princess Wensicia Corrino, daughter of Emperor Shaddam and 'HIS' sister Irulan." That's 'excellent' research we have here.

Shaddam V. did not die, he was sent to "Exile" on his own Planet and forced to reduce the military strength of house Corrin (his house) to 1 Legion of Sardaukar as police force and not conduct any form of military operation or training.

I think the real acting challenge for Timothy Chalemet will be to play Maudhib after the time skip. When they make the sequel to Dune 2021.

I have fond memories of the Miniseries. It's definitely one of those pieces of art that are way over their heads and their ambition far surpasses their talent (and budget). But damn it if they don't have their heart in the right place and give their 1000% regardless. "Children of Dune" has a heart, and you can't help but to respect it for it, no matter how flawed it objectively may be. Plus, the OST freaking slaps.

The 2000s mini series and Children of Dune are the best adaptations to date. Really loved the casting, story telling, look and feel of them.

I forgot about this series, thanks for the refresher! Never realized how much it was like GOT before GOT was a thing. Damn, I really really hope they make more DUNE movies!

The 2000 -2003 series really served the novels right. It may lack on graphics (which isnt their fault) but the storyline is top tier for me.

This takes me back to my younger days.

The entire plot of anything dune related: "y'all got anymore of them space drugs?!"

ive seen this miniseries 50ish times and ive been a fan since i was 11 😅...i guess its time to watch them one more time🤪 thanks for the video!

Holy crap I haven't thought of this miniseries in years! Now that I know what the books are about, it'll be interesting to see how it compares.

Susan Sarandon. Worst casting in the miniseries. I forgave the aging of the twins, although it did make their abilities less dramatic IMO, because making them closer to adults made it easier to tell the story. But casting Sarandon as the YOUNGER sister to Princess Irulan was just HORRIBLE, just a wrong wrong choice. It's too bad they weren't able to cast Saskia Reeves as Lady Jessica again; I think she was an excellent choice in the Dune miniseries. 1. Jessica was not Leto's wife, she was his concubine, just like Chani is Paul's. A child from a concubine is legally acknowledged and can inherit as long as there is no child born from a legal marriage(and Paul swore he'd never sleep with Irulan so that would never happen). This is one reason why Leto never married, the other was because keeping his options open to marriage made it easier to deal with other Great Houses in the LANDSRAAD. 2. The original Lynch version did have Paul mentioning to his mother that she was the daughter of Baron Harkonnen. It was literally mentioned in passing, although the later extended cuts of the movie gives a little more info. The Dune miniseries focused on that fact a bit more.

I thought that spreading water on the sand was more akin to being shamed in death. The Fremen recycled the water of their dead. If you died in shame in some way, or were a hated enemy, your water was discarded on the sand. Did I read it wrong?

In this miniseries, Paul was responsible for the deaths the Rev. Mother and Navigator, along with the others, not Alia. He knew he was going to 'die'/leave and just before doing that he took measures to eliminate all of his biggest enemies (even if she was involved, this was clearly dad shutting the door on all his big enemies).

Any real fan of The Dune Universe needs to listen to the audiobooks. Frank Herbert left detailed notes on EVERYTHING, and the production of the audiobooks took time and effort to pronounce people and place names the way they were intended. This may sound trivial but there are a lot of words in the books that dont have a standard English equivalent. Thats part of the beauty of Herberts creation, the details. For instance...no one in any of the books refers to "baby sandworms". Its because they have a name. Sandtrout. And pouring Alia's water on the sand is nothing at all like scattering someones ashes. She was an Abomination. Under normal circumstances the persons water belonged to the tribe. A person's water dosen't just refer to whats in their canteen, but to the water in their body. At death, a body would be taken to a place where the water is removed and tokens for the amount given to the immediate family or the winner of the fight depending on circumstances. Because Alia was an Abomination, even her water was tainted spiritually and was poured on the open sand for the sand and little Makers to cleanse. (Another name for Sandtrout). And another thing... Abomination wasn't a mental breakdown. Mental breakdown was a symptom. Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers and some others who had gone through the Spice Trance had "Other Memory" in which real conversations and knowledge could be passed to the person from their Lineage. Paul and Leto II were special because they were the only Men who had ever lived through it. Alia was an Abomination because she became a Revered Mother in utero, because Lady Jessica was pregnant and didn't know what was about to happen. Alia was a weird child because she was basically a mature woman inside. Eventually one of her ancestors drove her insane and had "possessed" her. The Dune Universe is full and rich with detail and character. LOTR with all its beauty and depth, is a bedtime story in comparison.

This was the miniseries that introduced me to dune

alia was cursed from before her birth and her suffering and death is really saddening

the children of dune miniseries is actually the sequel to the dune miniseries syfy released in 2000. it was probably the best adaptation of the book until the new one. the 1984 version is something else altogether. they had to make so many sacrifices from the source material to get that one out. great movie in its own right just not really dune.

One correction I have is that you said that the mini series does not talk about Alia being married to Duncan, the mini series actually explicitly say they are married at various points of episode 2 and 3.

This was a good series and does a lot to help people understand whats going on. Its a very complicated series.

Loved the first video and looking forward to these series of videos. Great job.

No one talks about the Syfy miniseries. Thanks for bringing it up.

The mini series is good for explaining to newbies exactly what's going on politically. I must correct you on the dynamic between Duke Leto and Jessica. Jessica was Leto's concubine for the same reason Chani is not Paul's wife officially.

9:05 hearing James McAvoy's high voice right here is so jarring after just having watched his movie called Filth yesterday lmao

Thank you for this insightful breakdown of the ending of Children of Dune! 🌌 Your analysis really helped clarify some of the intricate plot points and themes explored in this captivating miniseries.

excuse me Thinkstory can I tell you about our Lord and savior Worm God Leto II

A 2 part Children of Dune following Messiah of Dune would be interesting... I don't know how they top "Inama Nushif", though - that song is a freaking masterpiece tear-jerker...

Growing up in the mid 80's and an early 90's child, my older Gen X cousins exposed me to wonderful lore and books of Dune! I always wondered how they all tied together along with the SciFi's adaptation! This was something I never knew I needed!

8:47 it was a priest of Paul's own religion, not just an assassin. Important detail.

In my opinion the next three books by Herbert, God Emperor, Heretics and Chapterhouse, should never be brought into a video format. They should remain in their book form and no movies could to them justice.

My favorite part of the TV miniseries version of Dune shown throughout this video was the scene where Paul becomes Mua Dibe through a kaleidoscopic special effects sequence that was supposed to represent his spirit journey culminating in perfect spiritual enlightenment. It was made even better a few years later when the exact same special effects sequence was used in the movie Southland Tales when the character played by the guy who played Stiffler in American Pie also achieved perfect spiritual enlightenment and became one with the universe. He then turned to his buddy sitting with him in a tricked out pickup truck after they used the truck and a chain to rip an ATM out of a bank wall. He said, after ascending to a higher state of consciousness and achieving spiritual enlightenment, "We're taking the ATM with us to Mexico."

9:42 pouring someone's water over the sand is as far from a respectable gesture as possible. Her water was seen as cursed and evil, it wasnt a favor.

GOD EMPEROR, your pronunciations are _spot_ on... sometimes I wonder if you've even watched the series or if you're tonally deaf.

Children of Dune is ok for a 2000s series, but the first one is better. Compared to most shows now both are better. Children of Dune is a bit confusing and a bit too odd and hard to decipher compared to Lynch's 1984 film or the first Dune miniseries. I think Lynch could have made Children of Dune more entertaining.

Dang! This video made me want to watch all of my 4 Dvds again (Dune 2000 (1) and Children of Dune (3) 2003. Too bad the quality on a 50" tv is not what it used to be, lol. But I will watch them will all the same.

Never thought it needed an explanation. That was pretty self-explanatory.

Whew. This might be a good book series, but it could stand to be reimagined for the screen.

People who haven't read the whole series often struggle to understand the golden path and Precognition in the dune universe. The reason Paul decides to give up the golden path is because he lacks the mental strength to see through 3000 years of manipulations and sacrifices to achieve it. Precognition in dune is like the scene from avengers endgame when dr strange looks at the futures to see how to win! Except Paul and Leto II can see basically their entire lives(and further), what they cant see the benne gesserit training and mental conditioning and their genius level intellects allow them to fill in with educated guesses. So the golden path is already mapped out before them from very early on in there precognitive lives. So no surprises nothing new for the entirety of the lives from the point they gain there full vision(not perfect vision). SPOILERS: Also they are trapped by the golden path for it to be successful they have to follow only pathways in which it succeeds. Chani must die, paul must lose his vision, alia must fall to abomination. One of Paul or Leto must take up the golden path and become Sandworm! Paul as shown struggles letting his loved ones die and become lost(abomination) he struggles standing by letting what must happen happen and never being able to confide in anyone. But his vision does show him a way out for himself, he can have a son a son who is stronger, tougher and who will never back down from all the Golden path demands, though it will also end in Paul's death. What is the Golden path: it is the only way humans can survive the great enemy, its a specific pathway through time that achieves one goal, The ability by humans to never be able to ruled by any BEING with precognitive abilities. It will remove humans from precognitive sight(of any kind-this is important). The great enemy................... turn away if not wanting to know this!!!!!!!!!!!! Is the 2 great machine A.I.'s which survived the machine wars which destroyed earth and created the dune universe as we know it. Think terminator skynet but instead of a defense program it was created to serve as a do everything butler for the grossly hedonistic humans of basically just ahead of our times, maybe 200-300 years in our future. They took over and enslaved humanity for thousands of years. Why the golden path vs the machine A.I.'s because the machines primary way of tactical control and superiority is through predictive algorithms. In a way they have vision as good of the future as Paul and Leto. Ours through genetics there's through superior computing power(world sized computer). hope this helps people!!

I watched the SciFi mini series of Children of Dune so many times and this is the first time I completely understand it! Thank you. Didn't think Leto II returned to the capital. That wasn't shown in the series. In fact his sister married the Corrino boy but declared he would never be husband to her! And you say she had his children? Completely contradicted in the mini series

Golahs aren't supposed to carry their original memories, duncan was the first exception to that

thank you! I read both those damn books 2 times... and I still wasn't quite sure what the hell happened...

The problem is the sand trout are like actual fish you can put on your hand on like a glove they become flippers on his feet in the books right after the sandtrout attach to them.

I don't know how Denis Villeneuve plans this to fit in his series. It is foreshadowed in the first movie, and they cut a vision where Paul is blind, but either the series ends with Dune Messiah - which would be bizarre - or they continue on to finish Children. It may be that those two books get another life on the small screen to continue the story.

not to mention leto and ghanima are actually only 9 years old in COD, not in their late teens/early 20s in the sci-fi version

Shaddam did, NOT die in the first Dune book.

To clarify Alia would attack them because Stilgar killed Duncan not because Duncan killed the "boy toy"/

Great video

Aside from his guest appearance on Foyle's War, this is James McAvoy's best work.

Will you do Emperor: Battle For Dune the PC game which came out in 2001?

I think that Leto's transformation from human to god is the best plot line in scifi ever. It very effectively scratches a deep, instinctive cultural itch held by many people.

Its got 2 be done as a series like on hbo or something just so much content

Love your videos and this video, but why do you ignore the Dune Miniseries from 2000 that was what Children of Dune was a sequel to and only refer to the 1984 version that isn't connected?

If anyone is interested, "Ghanima" (long "a") translates from Arabic as "Triumphant", the correct name. Not to be mistaken with "Ghaneema" (short "a" long "ee") which means "Trophy".

I loved the miniseries, especially James McCavoy.

I just watched the miniseries and they do refer to Duncan Idaho as Alia's husband.

Being an abomination doesn’t mean that someone has become “Psychologically unsound”, it means a Pre-Born has lost control of their ancestral memories.

this entire series is the best version so far, as telling the story of Dune and its first sequels. The new movies are spectacular to watch for special effects , camera angles, lighting, music, actors, etc. But it goes so far from the novel that it cant be considered better than a SCI-FI channel mini-series.

This should have been a Game Of Thrones type series on a premium Network instead of a few long movies

The Preacher character arc reminds me of Medivh in Warcraft 3

Leto II Atreides is my favorite character in the books. ghanima is really cool too.

And then Leto the 2nd turns into a worm

After watching Dune Part 2 and then watching this video, I think Denis Villeneuve's Dune Messiah should be very interesting! Also, it's so apparent now that Star Wars copied a lot from Dune.

Is there any other way to watch the miniseries other than the ones uploaded to youtube with dubious quality and huge censor bars? I sadly no longer have the VHS recordings I made as a kid, let alone a VHS player to watch them lol.

when was this filmed? i watched dune in germany in theater weeks ago? I thought it was out everywhere..

The 2003 Miniseries is a sequel to the 2000 Miniseries not the 1984 version you don't seem top specifiy that at any point so I assume you haven't seen it.

Good summary of the movie. Though the books are different in many small ways. For example Susan sarandon's character had nothing to do with the creation of Duncan Idaho she is not even in the book Dune Messiah.

YESSSS!!! Excellent video with superb details! I finally got around to watching The children of Dune and I'm glad that I did as I am listening to all of the Dune books via audiobooks. It's an amazing saga/trilogy and I do encourage anyone who fancies sci-fi to give it a read and or listen. 🎤😁🤘

Just has been restarting the miniseries of Dune [2000] and Children of Dune [2003].

Wait in the scene when she is informed of Duncans death one of the priest says "I'm Sorry Duncan was" and she interrupts and says out loud "MY HUSBAND". And I have seen the series recently they very much reference in moments that they are indeed married in the mini series.

I feel like George Martin took some major inspiration from these books.

Spoiler alert ... Jessica learns the fact she is the daughter of the baron when she becomes RM, which is the part not yet covered in the current movie. She takes the place of the RM in the stitch she is now going to at the end of the new movie. Alia becomes abomination when her own personality is taken over by the past memories she got when she became RM.

"And without further a-dune

is that james mcavoy on the thumbnail?

I really want to see this. I wish they'd re-release it

3:31 he walks into the desert bc he's blind and fremin culture banishes the blind. This was the only way for his children to maintain a fremin claim to the thrown when they're 18. He also kind of gave up, but that was the less important factor.

For the most part, i think the Dune/Children of Dune was far supetior to the original Dune move and the new Dune movie as well. The next part of the new Dune movie hopefully will make up for the first installment which I recently saw. Just my opinion !

this series is done extremely well(except special effect or CGI). Future professor X and Borg Queen both here LOL. only thing is that the ending of this series leave me curious about next story. but I think no one would make it to TV series or movie because it is way too complex.

2:19 what the hell? Surely you meant Wencisia is "the daughter of Shaddam, sister of Irulan". Not "daughter of Shaddam and his sister Irulan"!

the television series portrays them as married as well, in the scene at 07:23 she specifically says "he was my husband"

So Jason Mamoa could be back if the make more movies

Imagine live action God Emperor of Dune

Sci-Fi Channel's Children of Dune is actually a sequel to their 2000 version of Dune with William Hurt. It was low budget and was made in Czech Republic but the script and the acting was far superior to the 1984 David Lynch/Dino Delaurentis version. The 2000 Sci-Fi version also explained the political dynamics of the Landsraad.

No thats not it. There are six by herbert and also his son picked uo his father s nites to make more depth and history in this . Not the same writing style obvs .but fun

A comic book nerd would see the Island of Krakoa giving the side eye to a Gola.

The deposed emperor still lives on Salusus with just 1 legion of Sardukar during the events of Dune Messiah

THINK STORY!!! Please hear this, I think you would love CHUCKY TV SERIES. it is totally something up your ally. episode 1 and 2 are out now.

Water is spread on the sand because the tribe rejects an abominations water.

The soundtrack is AWESOME

Chani wasnt being poisoned, it was just the contraceptive given her by Irulan. There were side effects though.

Great summary of this mini series that generally didn't do a particularly good job

the scifi channels 2 dune miniseries are sooooo underrated it's not even funny. Sure, the graphics are not up to today's standard but the acting and story is 100% top notch and anything that may be a shortcoming is easily overlookable and of no consequence. I have watched them both dozens of times over the years and they are my go to sci fi watches over all these years. The acting and story are top notch from start to finish and todays movie may look better but it lacked the depth the scifi channel series had and as pleasant to the eyes the new movie may be, it is long but is hurried the entire time and they try to get so much in, they leave so much out and IMO the new movie has not done Dune proper justice at all. I hope they do it right with the 2nd half ....

this is random but can you please explain the hulu movie False positive