Spotlight on Fandoms: SciFi's Children of Dune (miniseries)

[atreideslioness]

Children of Dune
Fandom Spotlight!

By Leto II and Ghanima Atreides
(AKA: future_sandworm and atreideslioness Had Too Much Sugar This Week.)

Comments

[blondecanary]

\o/ IC ftw! *giggling a lot* Wonderful job of explaining all this, I think. But I may be too familiar with the canon to tell.

[atreideslioness]

Yay! Thank you!

[future_sandworm]

Thank you :D

[the_merriest]

Ooooooooooooh. Nifty.

So, a question. If someone knew nothing of the canon except what she'd picked up from clips here and there -- could you dive straight into CoD, or would you need a crash course on the Dune miniseries so you weren't left staring in confusion at all the shiny terms and people?

[atreideslioness]

Honestly, I think you can watch CoD on its own. It actually combines books 2 & 3, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune, and sums up the events of Dune right at the very beginning.

And if you get lost, you can always poke one of us over AIM, or just read the wiki entry for Paul Atreides. It's a very detailed and complex world, but I think SciFi did a great job of keeping it simple.

[future_sandworm]

I agree!

[atreideslioness]

Every time you use the Dunecat icon, I end up choking on my tea. True fact!

[hotceltogoth]

Eeee, this was awesome. Like, seriously, seriously awesome. <3

And yea~ah on the incestuousness. OMG. (Also, that first hat you linked to? I actually quite like. My sister would rock it.)

[atreideslioness]

YAY HATS!

And I do love that the cast and director were willing to Go There in regards to the twins' relationship, and I think they did a fantastic job.

[future_sandworm]

Funny hats aren't necessarily a bad thing. Also, I think their relationship manages to be that intimate without being weird.