• Toes♀@ani.social
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    This might be a controversial opinion. I’ve only read the main book and skimmed a few of the others. Plus I’ve seen the newer movies.

    But I feel like the Fremen just want to be left alone and protect their people. So I’d say they are the good guys. I don’t wanna spoil it, but the book version of them was better than the movie.

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      21 hours ago

      “The Fremen are the good guys. I’ve only read book one though.”

      Me:

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          Let’s put it this way. “Dune” was originally supposed to cover the events of “Dune” and “Dune: Messiah”, but the publisher said it was too long and needs to be two separate books.

          Let’s put it another way: if you cut out all the foreshadowing in “Dune” that hasn’t paid off by the end, the book could be like 1/3 shorter.

          Actually I was surprised it ended with a conventional happy ending (more or less) for our protagonists when I read it the first time.