Comparing Dune Versions

COLOR CODE
AGREEMENT	VARIATION	NOT SAME STORY	IMPOSSIBLE	PC CHANGE

COMPARING DUNE VERSIONS

TOPIC	BOOK	1984 TV & ORIG 177m	1984 THEATRICAL 137m	1984 DIRECTOR 156m	2021-2024 321m

INTRO EXPLANATIONS	None (Terminology)	Irulan long	Irulan short	Narrator & Drawings	About Fief Change
NAVIGATOR & EMPEROR	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
BENE GESSERIT USE OF TELEPATHY	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
FOLDING SPACE	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PAUL ON BLUE WITHIN BLUE EYES	Asks	Knows	Knows	Knows	In Filmbook

THE BOX	Green Metal Cube	Green Cube	Green Cube	Green Cube	Green Rectangular Prism
GOM JABBAR	No Description	On end of Thimble	On end of Thimble	On end of Thimble	Straight Needle
WHO TELLS OF KWISATZ HADERACH	Mohiam	Mohiam	Mohiam	Mohiam	Jessica
ORNITHOPTER FORM	Bird	Tiny Wings	Tiny Wings	Tiny Wings	Dragonfly
MOON 1, MOON 2, & SUN	Never Up Together	Moons Up Together	Moons Up Together	Moons Up Together	Eclipses - Moons and Sun

WEIRDING METHODS	Voice & Body Motion	Weirding Module	Weirding Module	Weirding Module	Voice & Body Motion
GLOWGLOBE SHAPE	Sphere	Bird	Bird	Bird	Torus
HARVESTER SHAPE	Long Beetle on Tracks	Ladybug on Lugged Globes	Ladybug on Lugged Globes	Ladybug on Lugged Globes	NASA Crawler Or Octopus
CARRYALL SHAPE	Huge Bird	Large Wedge	Large Wedge	Large Wedge	Octagon And Balloons
MAPES & JESSICA MEET	During Unpacking	In Office	Not shown	In Office	After Hunter-Seeker

HUNTER-SEEKER SHAPE	Metal shard	Syringe	Stringe	Syringe	Insect
LIET KYNES	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female
DON'T MENTION THE DUKE	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
WHY HARVESTER RESCUE NEEDED	Carryall Stolen	Carryall Stolen	Carryall Stolen	Carryall Stolen	Carryall Fails
SPOTTER CONTROL LOCATION	Ornithopter	Harvester	Harvester	Harvester	?

LETO TOTAL SHIPS FOR RESCUE	5 Ships 3 Or 4 Men Each	1 Ship, All But 8 Men	1 Ship All But 8 Men	1 Ship All But 8 Men	3 ships, 7 Men Each
SPOTTERS CARRY CREWMEN	2	2	2	2	None
STRATEGY MEETING	Stilgar brings body	Meet with Kynes	Meet with Kynes	Meet with Kynes	Stilgar, Examine Fremkit
OLD DUKE PORTRAIT & BULL HEAD	Discussed	Seen	No	No	Yes, Plus 2 Sculptures
WEIRDING ROOM	Several times	None	None	None	None

TOPIC	BOOK	1984 TV & ORIG 177m	1984 THEATRICAL 137m	1984 DIRECTOR 156m	2021-2024 321m

HEART PLUG	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
THE PALM TREES (LATER BURNED)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
THE BANQUET	One Chapter	None	None	None	None
OILY BARON	No	Shower	Shower	Shower	Bath
BARON KILLS SLAVE BOY	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?

POISON SNOOPER	Ceiling Mount	Handheld	Handheld	Handheld	Ceiling Mount
SIGNET RING (LETO PAUL)	Not Described	Oval, Little Finger	Oval, Little Finger	Oval, Little Finger	Round, Middle, Index Finger
INVASION REPORTED AS UFOS	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SARDAUKAR UNIFORM	Not Described	Welder Helmet	Welder Helmet	Welder Helmet	Motorcycle Helmet
BATTLE LANGUAGE	On Pack Radio After Attack	In Generator Area	In Generator Area	None	?

WHO SAW FLASHING SIGNALS	Jessica	None	None	None	Leto
WHERE DUNCAN IS KILLED	Eco Test Station	Palace	Palace	Palace	Eco Testing Station
ATREIDES ESCAPE AIRCRAFT	2 Thopters 1st remote crippled	1 Liftship	1 Liftship	1 Liftship	2 Thopters
LASGUN-SHIELD EXPLOSION	Planted Shield	No	No	No	No
FEYD FIGHTS ATREIDES CAPTIVE	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes

HARKONNEN MURDER ATTEMPTS	Feyd Attack Baron	No	No	No	Baron Attack Feyd
COUNT FENRING	Yes	?	No	No	No
MARGOT FENRING & FEYD SEX	Yes	?	No	No	Yes
WHO KILLS YUEH	Piter	Piter	Piter	Piter	Baron
HOW LEFT WING DAMAGED	Storm	Hit Terrain	Hit Terrain	Hit Terrain	Storm

PAUL USES THUMPER TO CROSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
THUMPER LENGTH	1 m	3 ft	3 ft	3 ft	1 ft
THUMPER SOUND	Deep Drumming	Bass Note	Bass Note	Bass Note	Clack
KYNES LAST SEEN	No Stillsuit, Dies	Destroyed Stillsuit	Destroyed Stillsuit	Destroyed Stillsuit	Worm Ate With Sardauker
WHAT IS A MUAD'DIB?	Constellation & Real Mouse	2nd Moon Shadow	2nd Moon Shadow	2nd Moon Shadow	Real Mouse

TOPIC	BOOK	1984 TV & ORIG 177m	1984 THEATRICAL 137m	1984 DIRECTOR 156m	2021-2024 321m

THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN	Once	Multiple Times	Multiple Times	Multiple Times	?
JAMAS & PAUL FIGHT	In Plain Clothes	In Stillsuits	Not in Film	In Stillsuits	In Stillsuits
DEATHSTILL	Used, But Not Seen	Seen In Use	None	Seen In Use	Seen In Use (Suction)
CHAKOBSKA SPOKEN	Rarely	Rarely	Rarely	Rarely	Often With Subtitles
"WATER FALLS FROM THE SKY"	Yes	No	No	No	?

PAUL GETS JAMIS'S WOMAN	Harah	Seen (No Name)	No Mention	Seen (No Name)	No Mention
JESSICA TAKES WATER OF LIFE	Voluntarily	Voluntarily	Voluntarily	Voluntarily	Take It Or Die
WOL EFFECT ON ALIA	Premature Birth	Not Shown	Not Shown	Not Shown	Not Shown
SANDWORM TOP SPEED	4.4 mi/hr or 7.2 Km/hr	27 mi/hr or 44 Km/hr	27 mi/hr or 44 Km/hr	27 mi/hr or 44 Km/hr	70 mi/hr or 115 Km/hr
PAUL USED # MAKER HOOKS	2	1	1	1	2

WHY FREMEN FIGHT SMUGGLERS	Set Trap	Thought Harkonnen	Thought Harkonnen	Thought Harkonnen	Stop All Spice Mining
GURNEY ON PAUL & MUAD'DIB	Finds Out Here	Not Shown	Not Shown	Not Shown	Had Already Guessed
FAMILY ATOMICS SHOWN	No	No	No	No	Yes
WEAPON USED ON MINING	Missiles	Weirding Module	Weirding Module	Weirding Module	Magnet Mines
GURNEY ON TRAITOR JESSICA	Attacks Jessica	No	No	No	No

SARDAUKAR AMONG SMUGGLERS	Yes	No	No	No	No
JESSICA ON PAUL TAKE WOL	Doesn't want	Not Shown	Not Shown	Not Shown	Wants it
PAUL TAKES WATER OF LIFE	In Seitch Alone	In Desert With Chani	In Desert With Chani	In Desert With Chani	In Tent With People
PAUL WOL EFFECTS	Paul Unconscious	Worms Bow To Paul	Worms Bow To Paul	Worms Bow To Paul	Paul Unconscious
HOW PAUL REVIVED	Chani Uses WOL	Not Needed	Not Needed	Not Needed	Chani's Tears

REVEREND MOTHERS PAUL WOL	What Was That?	Nosebleed	Nosebleed	Nosebleed	?
PAUL SEES THE NOW	Guild Ships In Space Above	Guild Ships In Space Above	Guild Ships In Space Above	Guild Ships In Space Above	Not Shown
PAUL PLAN TO STOP SPICE	Plant WOL Over Pre Spice	Seitch Water Kills Worms	Seitch Water Kills Worms	Seitch Water Kills Worms	Atomics Destroy Spice
PAUL FIRST PUT SIGNET ON	On Taking Ducal Power	When Ring Found	When Ring Found	When Ring Found	In Stilltent After Crash
PAUL LAST PUT SIGNET ON	Same (only once)	Same (only once)	Same (only once)	Same (only once)	On Taking Ducal Power

TOPIC	BOOK	1984 TV & ORIG 177m	1984 THEATRICAL 137m	1984 DIRECTOR 156m	2021-2024 321m

CHANI OPINION OF PAUL	Loves Paul	Loves Paul	Loves Paul	Loves Paul	Opposes Paul's Power
NORTH ARRAKIS & SOUTH ARRAKIS	No	No	No	No	Yes
PAUL & JESSICA ARE HARKONNENS	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
PAUL & STILGAR LEADERSHIP	Paul Is Duke	Smash Knife Before Battle	Smash Knife Before Battle	Smash Knife Before Battle	Paul Is Duke
ALIA TROUBLE IN SEITCH	Yes	No	No	No	Still Unborn

EMPEROR LIFTSHIP SHAPE	Classic Rocket Ship	Losenge Shape	Losenge Shape	Losenge Shape	Sphere With Flats
BARON GOES TO ARRAKIS	Already There	Flies Own Liftship	Flies Own Liftship	Flies Own Liftship	Not Seen
RABBAN'S DEATH	In Battle	Emperor/Sardaukar	Emperor/Sardaukar	Emperor/Sardaukar	Gurney
IRULAN MEET WITH LADY FENRING	No	No	No	No	Yes
SHOOT NOSES OFF SHIPS	Yes	No Mention	No Mention	No Mention	No Mention

ATOMICS DELIVERY	Planted	Planted	Planted	Planted	Missiles
"PAUL = MUAD'DIB" SOURCE	Emperor	Alia thru Mohiam	Alia thru Mohiam	Alia thru Mohiam	Paul
BARON'S DEATH	Alia	Alia/Sandworm	Alia/Sandworm	Alia/Sandworm	Paul
LETO II SON OF PAUL	Killed by Sardaukar	No Mention	No Mention	No Mention	No Mention
PAUL "SEND THEM BACK" TO:	Guild	Emperor	Emperor	Emperor	?

THUFUR'S DEATH	Emperor's Needle	Pulls Heart Plug	Pulls Heart Plug	Pulls Heart Plug	Own Knife
PAUL & FEYD FIGHT	In Trunks Or Girdle	In Stillsuits	In Stillsuits	In Stillsuits	In Stillsuits
HOW FEYD KILLED	Knife Chin Into Brain	Knife Chin Into Brain	Knife Chin Into Brain	Knife Chin Into Brain	Knife In Heart
IDEA PAUL MARRY IRULAN	Paul	Paul	Not Seen	Paul	Irulan
IT RAINS ON ARRAKIS	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

FILM MUSIC	No Music (Book)	Rock Band Toto	Rock Band Toto	Rock Band Toto	Weird Tonal Desert Sounds

COMPARING DUNE VERSIONS

THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 VERSIONS OF FRANK HERBERT'S STORY "DUNE". HERE ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BOOK AND 4 OF THE FILM VERSIONS. NOTE THAT NONE OF THE FILM VERSIONS FOLLOW THE BOOK VERY CLOSELY.