Dune with John Hodgman
The sleeper must awaken. The filmography must contain a flop. We\u2019ve arrived at the Planet Arrakis aka the Desert Planet aka DUNE (1984) - David Lynch\u2019s attempt at wrangling Frank Herbert\u2019s space epic into a single studio blockbuster. Did it work? Not really. Do we have fun talking about it? Hell yeah, we do! John Hodgman joins us to talk about all things \u201cspice\u201d - including the infamous glossary of Dune terms handed out in theaters, and a wild anecdote about Peter Berg reading Dune on an airplane.\xa0We talk about Lynch\u2019s decision to turn down directing Return of the Jedi, the differences between Lynch\u2019s take on Dune and Denis Villeneuve\u2019s more critically successful version, and David finally gets the chance to let his Fremen freak flag fly by going FULL NERD.\n\nBuy John\u2019s Books\nWatch Dicktown on FX/Hulu\nListen to Judge John Hodgman\xa0\nSee Judge John Hodgman on Tour\nSubscribe to John\u2019s Substack\nGet your Congratulations merch\xa0\n\nJoin our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes.\nFollow us @blankcheckpod on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and X! \nBuy some real nerdy merch.\nConnect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord\nFor anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices