Dune Illustrated TV Prologue (1984)

The prologue that appears at the start of the Extended/TV Edit of Dune, this replaces the introduction by Princess Irulan and explains some of the history of the Dune Universe with artwork and a narrator, who is not Frank Herbert, despite rumours.

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[Jtronique]

It is not in his Wiki, but I'm pretty sure I read a long time ago that it was Kris Kristofferson. I wish I could remember the name of the magazine, it is a long out of print one that advertised new movies coming out on VHS. There was a detailed article about Dune, about each version of Dune , and the difference in Pan and scan technique vs Letterbox (Does anyone remember?) I actually think the old VHS copy of the TV show had Kristofferson in the credits...

[DuneInfo]

@Jtronique I think the article you are referring to is "Building the Perfect Dune" by Sean Murphy that appeared in Video Watchdog #34 & #34. It is available online (search for "Building the Perfect Dune" - I can't post the link in the comments for some reasons)

No mention of Kris Kristofferson though

[CountessEntwistle]

Who did these paintings and who actually did the voiceover? I can't tell you how many people I've had to tell that it isn't Frank Herbert narrating. >.>

[DuneInfo]

@CountessEntwistle The narrator is uncredited, but I've seen people claim it is actor Robert Loggia!

[Jtronique]

@JackRussellTerrier2 Funny you mention it, I just saw Moebius' storyboards (what survives) last night on dune info dot com, and the predominance of Ginger which predates Lynch's collective vision appears to be the case. These search words in Google will bring up the page. "Jodorowsky on Jean "Moebius" Giraud"

[Rgoid]

"The Spice must flow."

[GreyhawkGrognard]

@HighPriestofLemuria Technically, the Mentats aren't a school in the same way the Bene Gesserit and the Guild are, but rather the products of the Bene Tleilaxu like gholas or face dancers. But if you wanted to extend the definition you could say the same about the Suk school of anti-assasination conditioned doctors, and the Ginaz school of swordmasters...

[HighPriestofLemuria]

The intro isn't correct. The Mentat are another school that survives to the movies present era.

[JackRussellTerrier2]

I saw 2 different kinds of dogs on there. The one the Duke is holding looks to be a pug derivative. The dogs living thousands of years from now will look nothing like today's, just as those living thousands of years ago look nothing like today's.

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Warhammer 40,000 certainly comes to mind with this film, as do other things.

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Arrakis = Iraq?

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Shaddam = Saddam?

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Is Giedi Prime inhabited by a race of gingers?

[Lion85]

That was pretty awesome!!