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Dune: Part Two Is Brutal, Barbaric and a Total Blast: Review
You might know the story. You can’t imagine the visuals.
Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Zendaya as Chani.
Photographer: Niko TaverniseIf it’s true that science fiction is a mirror of our time, Dune isn’t a particularly flattering reflection.
The original novel, written by Frank Herbert in 1965, envisioned a universe several thousand years in the future where space travel is a reality, but male-dominated feudal systems have stuck around. There are emperors, dukes, soldiers and peasants; when women have power, it’s only exercised in the shadows. War is still fought (often with swords), and religion remains the dominant means of controlling the masses.