In regards to, Villeneuve. The backdrop to Incendies was the Christian v Muslim war in Lebanon. If I remember correctly the film focused heavily on the Christian side being bad more so than the Muslim side, even though it was the Muslims who eventually came to dominate.
Oh, ffs, the desert people are heavily based on Bedouin culture, and for a VERY good reason - it's well-adapted to super-dry desert conditions, for good or ill (raiding culture would be a side effect of living in a resource-scarce environment.) To use their language is just to reinforce the likely genetic and cultural origins of the human coloninist descendants themselves, and give the work its flavour. I mean, hell, the names Atreides and Harkonnen suggest right away a Greek vs Turkish/Ottoman metaphor right there.
And the Crusades were seen by Christians as being a WAR OF LIBERATION, whereas a Jihad is a war against the infidel. If I remember the books correctly, Crusade might actually be a more accurate word, though, now that I think of it. The Bedouin type people didn't want to be slaves to the spice cartel or something. Haven't read it since I was a teenager.
Not defending the change, but it did occur that the change might not have the psychological effect the art-rapists want it to have.
The Butlerian Jihad was literally the salvation of humanity and the direct avoidance of extinction, so now they've gone and replaced a good jihad with a good crusade.
Then, Paul's jihad is a looming horror he's desparate to avoid or mitigate though he knows it can't be stopped, so by making it a crusade, they're making those noble fremen into dirty colonialist crusaders.
Can we get Maree Stoermer Coleman screaming deus vult in the next trailer maybe...?
I am going to wait for reviews first and see how much political bs is pushing. In today's climate is impossible to not push at least a bit of leftist politics in to movies. So I expect some other gender swaps, a diversity quota so we get some mixed race utopia going on, a bit of feminism but hopefully not to much and of course LGBTQPP+
it was always going to be woke
Thankfully, the true Dune is still available. Grab a used copy of physical media and no one will be able to take it from your.
You mean the book, right? Because the movie in the 80's also sucked.
There are currently three screenplay writers listed:
Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Insider, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - old school writer, might not be woke idiot)
Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, The Mummy 2017, Passengers - he’s a hack, probably a woke idiot)
Denis himself (nothing major or recent, but he seems generally competent)
So the story could range anywhere from total garbage to relatively good.
In regards to, Villeneuve. The backdrop to Incendies was the Christian v Muslim war in Lebanon. If I remember correctly the film focused heavily on the Christian side being bad more so than the Muslim side, even though it was the Muslims who eventually came to dominate.
Well that's discouraging.
Oh, ffs, the desert people are heavily based on Bedouin culture, and for a VERY good reason - it's well-adapted to super-dry desert conditions, for good or ill (raiding culture would be a side effect of living in a resource-scarce environment.) To use their language is just to reinforce the likely genetic and cultural origins of the human coloninist descendants themselves, and give the work its flavour. I mean, hell, the names Atreides and Harkonnen suggest right away a Greek vs Turkish/Ottoman metaphor right there.
And the Crusades were seen by Christians as being a WAR OF LIBERATION, whereas a Jihad is a war against the infidel. If I remember the books correctly, Crusade might actually be a more accurate word, though, now that I think of it. The Bedouin type people didn't want to be slaves to the spice cartel or something. Haven't read it since I was a teenager.
Not defending the change, but it did occur that the change might not have the psychological effect the art-rapists want it to have.
That was the first thing that struck me...
The Butlerian Jihad was literally the salvation of humanity and the direct avoidance of extinction, so now they've gone and replaced a good jihad with a good crusade.
Then, Paul's jihad is a looming horror he's desparate to avoid or mitigate though he knows it can't be stopped, so by making it a crusade, they're making those noble fremen into dirty colonialist crusaders.
Can we get Maree Stoermer Coleman screaming deus vult in the next trailer maybe...?
I hope it turns out ok but I am worried as well.
I am going to wait for reviews first and see how much political bs is pushing. In today's climate is impossible to not push at least a bit of leftist politics in to movies. So I expect some other gender swaps, a diversity quota so we get some mixed race utopia going on, a bit of feminism but hopefully not to much and of course LGBTQPP+
But Paul is a Benevolent Superhero. He's Mighty Mouse.