Dune: Part One (2021)

[Lionel Mandrake]

I've been hooked on science fiction since I was about 12 years old.

I bought a Roku streaming device that supports Apple TV+ so I could watch the 2021 "Dune" movie. Since I have ethernet, I made sure the new device had an ethernet port. Otherwise I would have had to rely on Wi-Fi, which is vastly inferior.

It took me a while, but I did finally manage to watch "Dune : Part One" (2021). I liked the movie, but some of the dialog was unintelligible. I wished there were subtitles, but I couldn't find any. I'm looking forward to the sequel, which will be called "Dune: Part Two" (no major surprise there). There may even be a third "Dune" movie.

I also discovered that the Roku device works much better than my Blu-Ray player for streaming Netflix and Amazon Prime. From now on I will use the Blu-Ray player only for DVDs and Blu-Ray disks.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I am surprised that you couldn't find subtitles.

We watch almost everything subtitled anymore because directors have decided to keep the voices so low you can't understand half of what they say.

[Nictuku]

2. Roku should have Closed Captioning (CC)

I looked it up, and it seems like you just need to click on the * key on the remote to turn it on or off:
https://www.oodlestechnologies.com/blogs/how-to-enable-closed-captioning-on-roku/

But here are some more detailed instructions for various settings (I like to make the text larger, for instance):

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-fix-it-when-roku-closed-captioning-won-t-turn-on-5197182

Good Luck!

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. Apple TV+ ignores Roku settings

Instead, Apple TV+ has its own settings for subtitles. I finally found them.