History Series / FrankHerbertsDune

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike in the book, the Baron ''doesn't'' reveal the identity of the House Atreides traitor while briefing Feyd on ThePlan. On a Meta level, this is meant to not spoil the reveal that it's actually [[spoiler:Wellington Yueh]] (since readers of the book find out who TheMole is early on and the literary dramatic tension thus plays differently). In universe, it can probably be justified by the Baron exulting in his own cleverness and for operational security reasons. Given Rabban's presence at the briefing in this version, it's probably not a bad idea to withold such crucial information from someone as stupid and impulsive as Rabban (a precaution that's vindicated after Rabban goes LeeroyJenkins trying to assasinate Paul).

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike in the book, the Baron ''doesn't'' reveal the identity of the House Atreides traitor while briefing Feyd on ThePlan. On a Meta level, this is meant to not spoil the reveal that it's actually [[spoiler:Wellington Yueh]] (since readers of the book find out who TheMole is early and the dramatic tension thus plays differently). In universe, it can probably be justified by the Baron exulting in his own cleverness and for operational security reasons (given Rabban's presence in this version, the Baron may be ensuring his nephew doesn't do anything stupid with this ''very'' critical secret).

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike in the book, the Baron ''doesn't'' reveal the identity of the House Atreides traitor while briefing Feyd on ThePlan. On a Meta level, this is meant to not spoil the reveal that it's actually [[spoiler:Wellington Yueh]] (since readers of the book find out early and the dramatic tension thus plays differently). In universe, it can probably be justified by the Baron exulting in his own cleverness and for operational security reasons (given Rabban's presence in this version, the Baron may be ensuring his nephew doesn't do anything stupid).

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: A variation when the Baron is briefing his nephews on ThePlan. Feyd-Rautha rightly points out that the other Great Houses will protest the strike on House Atreides. However, the Baron counters by arguing that as a very popular man, Duke Leto's correspondingly accrued the same level of resentment and jealousy. The other Great Houses, like the Baron, will thus actually be glad to be rid of Leto – though unlike the Baron, they’ll never publicly admit it.

* TruerToTheText: The miniseries takes some liberties with Frank Herbert's book, but compared to the 1984 David Lynch movie, its fidelity is nigh-slavish.

* AgonyBeam: The gom jabbar test requires Paul to place his hand a box which causes excruciating pain. The pain so severe that he imagines his skin must be boiling off the bones, but when he removes his hand from the box it is unharmed.

For the other live-action adaptations of ''Dune'', see ''Film/Dune1984'' and ''Film/Dune2021''.

The ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' miniseries, billed as ''Frank Herbert's Dune'', is a three-part television adaptation of the 1965 novel ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' by Creator/FrankHerbert. The novel is often credited as "the masterpiece of science fiction" and is famous for the interweaving of politics, economics, and religion in its action/adventure plot, much of it drawn from real-life global politics of the 18th and 19th centuries. A co-production between the United States, Germany, Italy and Canada, the miniseries aired in December 2000 on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]].

The ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' miniseries, billed as ''Frank Herbert's Dune'', is a three-part television adaptation of the 1965 novel ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' by Creator/FrankHerbert. The novel is often credited as "the masterpiece of science fiction" and is famous for the interweaving of politics, economics, and religion in its action/adventure plot, much of it drawn from real-life global politics of the 18th and 19th centuries. A German-Italian co-production miniseries aired in the year 2000 on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]].