'Dune 2' Dropped A New Trailer And It Kicks Ass

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A boy becomes the Messiah of nomads on a desert planet that has giant worms that protect a commodity called Spice. Spice changes people into travelers, mystics and madmen. What price will he pay to become the new ruler of their universe?

The first trailer for this movie gave us a little taste of the worm and some of the other mainstays but MAN did this one get me fired up. We got a ton of action, explosions and our boy Timmy C giving a cool speech in his always surprising deep voice. I also loved getting a first look at Christopher Walken as the Emperor of the universe. 

I think my only complaint for this trailer is that it maybe revealed TOO much? That's kind of been a trend in recent trailers that I don't like. Keep me in the dark, baby. 

I'll also reiterate what I said when the first trailer dropped. Part 1 got a lot of praise and rightfully so. The book is incredibly dense and Denis managed to make the lore digestible while also giving us some of the best SFX cinematography in sci fi history. The cast was great and the action ruled, audiences seemed to click with it and it got a great reception. The biggest complaint I had with that movie, which dropped it down to an 83 for me, is that it didn't feel like it's own story. Obviously this was always meant to be the first movie in a multi-part story but look at some other successful franchise intros. 'A New Hope', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Alien', etc etc etc. They are all the beginning of a story, but those movies stand incredibly well on their own. I never got that with Dune. Now, that said, I think part 2 will not only be awesome but will make part 1 more enjoyable as well. Denis has said as much in some recent interviews too. The way the book is, you can tell Denis would probably rather do one 5 hour long movie than split it all up, but that would never fly.