From 109, Earlier this week, we introduced you to the parody children's book Goodnight Dune. But that's not half as bizarre as the real coloring and activity books released with the Dune film. Enjoy coloring those dead bodies, kids!
The Dune activity book series was released in 1984 to promote Universal's Dune adaptation, apparently with the thought that recipes for mind-altering cookies and drawings of syringe-shaped missiles would have parents rushing their kids to the theaters.
See more examples here
BONUS: Read "Goodnight Dune" here
2 comments:
When I was taking Biology in high school, the teacher had a worm stored in a jar filled with sawdust. When one of the kids asked with disgust, "What's that?!" he responded, "Have you ever seen Dune? It's going to grow up to be one of those things."
I swear I was the only one laughing and never fit in in high school.
You know, most of the movie tie-in products aimed at young children are just awful. I especially noticed this around the time that Phantom Menace came out, and there were all these little "Princess Amidala storybooks" and Jar Jar coloring books and so on, and I was cringing at all of them.
I mean, A 14-year-old is fair game, right? Some kid buying comic books or action figures or whatever...he or she is old enough to have developed some skepticism and commercial savvy and say "this sucks" when necessary. But a little kid can't tell the difference...and anyway, I don't think little kids should have any brand-name characters to play with. I mean, you've got your whole fucking life to be target-marketed; can't you be given a break when you're that young?
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