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by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 5:04am PDT |
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They leave out the explanation that Duke Leto's kindness to the people serves a military purpose: to attract the galaxy's best fighters, who in turn manage to train his armies within a hair as good as The Sardaukar; which is the Emperor's motivation for setting up the Duke's downfall in the first place. Leto knows he's stepping into a trap because his plan is to marry Atreides martial training with the toughness of the Fremen who arguably live in an environment tougher and more violent than the Sardaukar's home planet. (Warhammer 40k steals A LOT from this book).
They leave out the otherwise whip-smart Atreides staff knowing there's a traitor in their midst but dismissing Dr. Yueh out of hand because the "Imperial Conditioning" against doing harm, denoted by his forehead tattoo, was supposedly impossible to break.
Along those lines, you get no indication of the twisted intelligence of the Harkonens, like the fact that David Dastmalchian's "Piter DeVries" character was a mad genius who figured out how to break imperial conditioning. Nor do you even see Baron Harkonen's chosen heir Feyd Rautha or hear his plan to make Rautha an Atreides-tier beloved hero to the people of Arrakis by first oppressing them under the boot of Piter DeVries for several years, then letting Feyd Rautha "rescue" the populace.
On the flipside I DO like that, unlike the Lynch version, this movie makes very clear that the religious prophecy that Paul and Jessica use for their own protection was intentionally seeded in the population of Arrakis by Bene Gesserit imperialists.
And I like that Paul clearly has his "terrible purpose" foreshadowed. |
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Dune (2021) by Rafiki 10/22/2021, 9:46am PDT 
I also know nothing of the source material, and I thought it was really good. by pinback 10/24/2021, 4:23pm PDT
Re: I also know nothing of the source material, and I thought it was rea by Rafiki 10/24/2021, 7:44pm PDT
The stillsuits looked like they were all about to go spraypaint a house NT by Bad costumes all around 10/24/2021, 9:18pm PDT
Brataccas is my favorite bad game and they really cribbed from Dune a little by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/26/2021, 2:30pm PDT
Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by Mischief Maker 10/25/2021, 9:05pm PDT
Re: Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by Rafiki 10/26/2021, 11:07pm PDT
All of your moral interpretations of the plot are accurate. NT by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:36am PDT
SPOILER elaboration (only for part 1) by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 5:04am PDT
Re: SPOILER elaboration (only for part 1) by E. L. Koba 10/28/2021, 4:33pm PDT
Re: Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by E. L. Koba 10/28/2021, 4:58pm PDT
[REDACTED] is killed by what is effectively a drone. by A Samsung SSD 10/26/2021, 1:13pm PDT
I saw it in the theater, in a recliner, with extremely good sound system, and a by beer in the cupholder. 10/27/2021, 12:56pm PDT
Infinity War didn't rate? NT by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 2:33pm PDT
Marvel movies are ugly messes, every frame of Dune is gorgeous. by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:28pm PDT
Pretty goddamn generic by Frank Herbert 10/27/2021, 4:42pm PDT
You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? NT by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:59pm PDT
incorrect by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 5:20pm PDT
Lookit dese guys NT by Couple a purps 10/27/2021, 5:27pm PDT
gur, I read this as "IS actually". I might have to stop reading on my phone :( NT by laudablepuss 10/28/2021, 12:30pm PDT
Re: You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? by John Gulp 10/29/2021, 6:51am PDT
Re: You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? by Vidinfox 11/09/2021, 12:37pm PST
This is correct. by pinback 10/27/2021, 5:26pm PDT
Re: This is correct. by Frank Herbert 10/27/2021, 5:34pm PDT
Arrival was pretty decent. A few ridiculous parts NT by but largely good 10/27/2021, 8:34pm PDT
Scenes in a desert are going to be stark and striking automatically. NT by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 5:27pm PDT
Re: Scenes in a dessert are eye candy NT by caltropa after dark 10/28/2021, 4:56am PDT
Rewatched '84 and '21 recently. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 11:53am PST
IMO a couple of character moments are better in the '84 version by Fullofkittens 11/09/2021, 12:26pm PST
Agreed on #2, huge disagree on #1. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 12:30pm PST
Also I think the real Kwisatz Haderach in '84 is Duke Leto's unkillable pug. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 1:58pm PST
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