The tough part of a Dune Messiah adaptation…
The tough part of a creating a good Dune Messiah adaptation is mainly in the pacing and characters involved in the plot of the book.
Dune Messiah focuses primarily on the plot to assassinate Paul Atreides. The book contains less action compared to the first book, and most of the violence that occurred during Paul’s rise to power are mentioned as part of a history that has already occurred for it’s characters. Additionally, movie goers will only recognize two of the conspirators. The princess Irulan and the Mother Superior of the Bene Gesserit.
Edric (A Guild Steersman) and Scytale (A Tleilaxu Face Dancer) represent new characters both in name and what they can accomplish with their genetic adaptations. This element of the characters may throw some people off and make the film feel more SCFI than the other films. Of course Dune has always been SCFI, but the first two movies don’t have much focus on the genetic manipulation that is occurring elsewhere in the Dune Universe.
