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  1. You have to understand that he instantly saw the 10000 years of his genetic line, his fate, his ancestors, the past, the future. The infinite present. He is now an omniscient being. It is inescapable. It's a bit of determinism too.

     

    "Paul" dies when he drinks that blue liquid. Whoever comes out... is the Kwisatz Haderach. Doomed to be trapped in his destiny that he can't escape from.

     

    I thought the movie explained it just enough for me, but I understand how it can be confusing. 

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  2. The last shot of the movie is literally anyone but Paul because as Denis said, as soon as Paul wakes up from drinking the blue water, we are done following things from his perspective. 

     

    He is now a stranger to us. It's almost not the same character, so changed he is. We see the remainder of his actions through the lens of other people until the end of the movie. His perspective is lost to us. It's fully intentional.

     

    So no one remains but Chani to end the movie on. She's the second emotional core of the movie, so she's the only logical choice at this point. It has nothing to do with diversity. And I don't think Denis is afraid of the white messiah thing. He has already done great work showing us how terrifying a figure Paul is at the end here, before the 3rd movie is even made (which doesn't portray Paul in a positive light)

     

    But you are right, what a terrific movie. Going a 2nd time in IMAX this week. I haven't had an experience in theaters like this in years. Must repeat! As written... 

     

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  3. I've always had a love-hate relationship with binge releases.

     

    As a viewer, it's nice to be able to watch it all in one go, not gonna lie.

     

    But like you, I think that the weekly release model really offers something. Discussion.

     

    It's nearly impossible to discuss a TV show in a binge release model. Most of your RL friends have either watched 0, 3, 5, or 7 episodes, you have no idea. On the Internet you can only discuss the season as a whole, nobody is interested in discussing individual episodes, because nobody remembers the details because they watched it all in like 1 day. Plus, the added value of speculation between episodes is lost. And it's definitely not inconsequential. It's actually a big loss because it's really fun.

     

    So yeah. Love hate relationship.

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  4. 26 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

    Dune 2

    $1.25M PRE (10.6%)
    $2.15M FRI (10.5%)
    $3.35M SAT (11.6%)
    $2.25M SUN (10.5%)
    $0.9M MON (12.3%)
    $1.4M TUE (17.1%)

    $0.93M WED (14%)

     

    Week 1 will be $13.2M. Full run shall be $40M+

     

    Increase from Mon to Wed, that's kinda crazy

  5. By the way, I feel like a lesson in Denis Villeneuve's name is in order. I've seen so many interviewers butchering his name. In fact, 99% do so.

     

    It's pronounced like this:

     

    Duh-knee Vil-nuhv

     

    Read the above out loud in English. There you go, that's how it's pronounced in French. Congrats, you are now among the select few who can pronounce his name properly.

     

    Literally nobody in the anglosphere pronounces his name correctly. Except, now, you. :ph34r:

     

    source: we come from the same place, and I'm something of a linguist myself (cue meme here)

     

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  6. 4 minutes ago, dudalb said:

    Label me as very skeptical about any Dune project not based directly upon The Herbert novels.

     

    Except if it's a TV show about the Bene Gesserit (based on Appendix materials from the first book I guess?), it could have real potential to flesh out the universe, and be good in its own rights. It could literally happen like 10,000 years before the movies and still both make sense and tie in with the movies.

     

    I am cautiously optimistic.

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