{"id":668395,"date":"2026-01-02T06:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/668395\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:18:11","slug":"netflix-adds-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/668395\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Adds One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new year is now upon us and that means change, but we don\u2019t necessarily mean a bunch of resolutions that you may or may not keep in just a few weeks. Instead, the flipping of the calendar pages means that we\u2019ve started not just a new year but a new month as well, a time when streamers change up their programming a little, often adding a lot of new and exciting content for subscribers. This month Netflix subscribers who also happen to be sci-fi fans are in luck. The streamer just added one of the best sci-fi movies<\/a> of all time, and if you haven\u2019t already checked it out, now is a perfect time.<\/p>\n

Arriving on Netflix on New Year\u2019s Day is Dune<\/a> \u2014 but not Denis Villeneuve\u2019s 2021 epic. Instead, David Lynch\u2019s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert\u2019s novel is the one that is landing on Netflix and while the film may have underperformed at the box office and was met with negative reviews when it was initially released, the film has come to be a cult classic with estimation of the film dramatically changing over 40 years later.<\/p>\n

David Lynch\u2019s Dune is a Cult Classic \u2014 And It Was Ahead of Its Time<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no disputing that Lynch\u2019s Dune has its issues. The CGI used in the film hasn\u2019t exactly aged particularly well, some of the actors are very miscast (you probably forgot that Patrick Stewart was even in this, but he is and wasn\u2019t necessarily the best fit for the role of Gurney Halleck), and it has its pacing issues. That said, the film was well ahead of its time. Dune, as a story and an overall universe, is a morally complex sci-fi epic. There is a lot of nuance to Herbert\u2019 story and a lot of philosophy involved. While adapting those sorts of stories into live-action is not uncommon today \u2014 think Foundation or Game of Thrones or even some aspects of contemporary Star Trek \u2014 it was pretty unheard of in 1984. Especially as a mainstream studio film.\u00a0 In a sense, this version of Dune set the path for future stories that push the boundaries of what we see as right and wrong in these big, epic stories.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also something to be said for how Lynch\u2019s Dune really leans into some of the weirder elements of Herbert\u2019s classic. Part of what makes Villeneuve\u2019s take on Dune (both in Dune and Dune: Part Two) interesting in its own right is how elegant it is. There is something very streamlined and clean about that film in the best way possible, but Lynch\u2019s Dune doesn\u2019t shy away<\/a> from the horror elements of the story. In particular, there\u2019s Baron Harkonnen, played by Kenneth McMillan in the 1984 film. Not only is he gross but he\u2019s portrayed as being just horrifyingly awful. The scene we first are introduced to the character is one of actual nightmare fuel\/ He\u2019s not even the only part of the movie that is horrifying (don\u2019t get us started on the Spacing Guild) but it\u2019s certainly deeply memorable.<\/p>\n

Lynch\u2019s Dune is simply a movie that must be scene to truly be understood and it\u2019s one that is one of a kind. Now, it\u2019s back on Netflix making it a perfect way to kick off the new year \u2014 especially since Villeneuve\u2019s third Dune movie is expected in theaters next December.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new year is now upon us and that means change, but we don\u2019t necessarily mean a bunch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[8225,97011,77,3943,451,968,4097,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-668395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-david-lynch","9":"tag-dune","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-netflix","13":"tag-regular-news","14":"tag-streaming","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115824053702598855","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}