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Suitable for mature persons.
NOTE: Medium level sex scene, Medium level violence
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Yes it keeps to the books more faithfully than the movie did but the production really lets the plot down. It doesn't make you fall asleep but after an episode you are not wanting to jump up to put the next one on either. Frank Herbert die hard's only.
Children of Dune is a three-part miniseries based on Frank Herbert's novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune). At the time this miniseries and its predecessor Dune were two of the three highest-rated programs ever to be broadcast on the US Sci-Fi Channel.
The future of humanity is left in doubt as the twins of Paul Atreides become embroiled in the turbulent political landscape of Arrakis. Born with special abilities and superhuman prescience that not only empowers them but place them in considerable jeopardy amongst their kind Leto (James McAvoy, Atonement) and Ghanima (Jessica Brooks, Supernova) continue the fight against the malevolent forces of Baron Harkonnen.
With the looming threat of civil war amongst the Fremen and Princess Wensicia’s (Oscar winner Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking) own devious plot to assassinate the Atreides heirs, their survival is paramount to ensure the future of the universe for generations to come.
Includes ‘Making Dune's Children: The VFX revealed’ featurette – 14 Mins.
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Children of Dune Review
"…Children of Dune ups the ante by delivering an even more complex and layered story as well as combining the events from two of Herbert’s Dune novels, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. For this six-hour, three-part mini-series, Greg Yaitanes takes over the directing chores this time around with Harrison providing the teleplay. This is the story of the fate of Paul Atreides/Maud’dib (Alec Newman) and his twin blood heirs Leto II (James McAvoy) and Ghanima (Jessica Brooks).
Without getting too much into the soap opera-like details of the story, Paul/Maud’dib becomes increasingly disenchanted with the empire he’s created. The Fremen jihad has left the galaxy united but at a great cost – the universe has suffered with millions dead and currently teeters on the brink of civil war. Fanatics and politicians make grabs for power as Paul deals with his own deification. The solution to all the galaxy’s problems may lie within his own, yet unborn children. If I offer anymore details, I’d simply be summarizing the extensive plot and there’s a lot of it. This may be the unavoidable flaw that director Yaitanes has to contend with – in order to be faithful to the story, you’ve got to tell every last detail. And in telling the details, he succeeds. Though I haven’t read the books in years, “Children of Dune” does hit all the major story turns that I remember and even some ones I forgot. I was even more impressed that Leto II’s transformation into a kind of super being is handled so well, both by actor James McAvoy’s performance and with the help of some breathtaking special effects. The mini-series balances the soap opera nature of the epic tale while providing some truly stellar action effects sequences.
Those let down by the recent demise of Star Trek, made even more evident by the awful final outing Nemesis, should turn their attention here. The results are clearly better when the creators in charge obviously have a reverence and respect for the material, unlike Rick Berman and those currently crashing and burning Paramount’s crapfest known among former fans as the “long-ailing Star Trek franchise.” “Children of Dune” gets it right on many levels and is must-viewing for fans of true science fiction.
In addition, the series has its share of surprises. There are some steamy love scenes that take sex and skin to the limit especially for the Sci-Fi Channel, jaw-dropping effects that blow away recent big screen sci-fi, along with respectable cameos from Susan Sarandon as Princess Wensicia from rival House Corrino, and Alice Krige as Lady Jessica. On top of that, the sandworms are just way cool. I hope the success of this series prompts Sci-Fi Channel brass to bring other classic impossible-to-film science fiction novels to the screen.
Ultimately, “Children of Dune” is a worthy adaptation that will satisfy purists and introduce the world of “Dune” to a whole new generation of fans." Film Threat
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