Is Dune derivative? - Lemmings.world

I just saw the first movie with a friend and the thought went through my mind. I’m not really sure what something being derivative means, so I looked it up and apparently it’s more subjective than I realized. What are your thoughts?

Pretty sure I read some other book with a people wandering a desert for generations and a prophesied Messiah, but I can’t quite put my ginger on it… /s

Now when you say “the first movie”, do you mean the David Lynch one from the 80’s or something different?

I can’t quite put my ginger anywhere. He has a perpetual case of the zoomies
I wrap my ginger in wax paper and keep in a clay jar to preserve freshness.