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ll the anticipation for Dune 3 has me thinking of the last two films again.
I still think the most frustrating thing about Villeneuve’s Dune is that everywhere he made it simpler, he made it more dumb.
Baron Harkonnen is a prime example.
In the book, and both previous adaptations, he encourages Rabban to be a brute and “squeeze” the people of Arrakis so they will rebel, then he can send in Feyd as a savior whose relatively lighter (for a Harkonnen) touch will be seen as a blessing.
But that’s too much context for Villeneuve.
In his Dune, Harkonnen is an idiot who misjudges the people of Arrakis and only sends in Feyd because Rabban fails to squeeze them as tightly as Harkonnen wanted.
It diminishes Vladimir Harkonnen’s cunning and makes him less of a threat to the Atreides and the Emperor.
It’s just more boring.
One has to wonder if Dune 3 will continue the trend. Please let me know what you think.
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Do people realize there actually were world wars and that until like 150 years ago 99% of the globe were subsistence farmers who did back breaking labor 12 hours a day 6 days a week to sit down to like potato’s boiled in creek water and half of all babies just died as babies
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They are literally telling us that if Democrats are winning they will call the races early, but if Republicans are winning they won't call the races until tomorrow or later.
That is literally what they are saying, without any exaggeration.
They are telling this to us straight up, to our faces.
Democrats are heavily favored in public polling in the House and in several key Senate races. If those numbers prove accurate, it’s possible that NBC News could project control of both chambers on election night. But it’s more likely that determining the winners will take time. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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You will not allow yourself to keep anything you don't feel that you deserve. You could be crowned as god emperor of the universe, the resplendent riches of all existence laid at your feet, and you'd give it up, sabotage it, destroy it all, just to prove to that little simpering voice in your head that it was right. None of this was ever supposed to belong to you.
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what a shame it would be to spend your life dreaming about what you could become and then retreat the moment the pursuit begins asking something serious of you. you wanted to find out what was possible. well, here you are. don’t flinch now.
100% accurate.
RW = bottom up localism
LW = top down totalitarianism
So much of leftist discourse begins with the phrase “if everyone would just…” and then they insert the topic they wish everyone agreed on. And since of course that’s impossible, the answer is to use force to compel compliance.
Right wing discourse begins with personal responsibility then builds from there. You cannot have governance without self governance.
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The first one was fun. Lots of familiar elements, a galaxy spanning conflict, cool lightsabers and force powers, new alien worlds to explore, funny robots. It had one of the best twists in games. It felt both original and like a classic star wars story. A very solid game.
The second one was about cosmic horrors too terrible and great to imagine. All of the usual heroes are dead or useless. The evil isn’t visible. There’s no massive fleets or super weapons, just a radiating sickness slowly draining the life from the universe. It transcends the Star Wars franchise and is possibly the best RPG ever made.
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*THE SUN WAS DARKENED. AN EMPEROR TREMBLED. AND A MAN FROM HEAVEN DIED.*
Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the very years in which Jesus Christ was crucified, something extraordinary was recorded in the imperial chronicles of China.
In AD 31, under Emperor Guangwu of the Han dynasty, the sun was eclipsed.
The ancient Chinese record declares:
“In the day of Gui Hai, the last day of the month, there was a solar eclipse. [The emperor] avoided the Throne Room, suspended all military activities and did not handle official business for five days.”
— History of the Later Han Dynasty, Chronicles of Emperor Guangwu, Year 7.
Imagine the scene.
The emperor of one of the greatest civilizations on earth, surrounded by his armies, ministers, and imperial splendour, was so shaken by the darkening of the heavens that he withdrew from his throne room.
For FIVE DAYS, the affairs of his empire were suspended.
He trembled before Heaven, confessing his own unworthiness.
Then came an astonishing imperial proclamation:
“Yin and Yang have mistakenly switched, and the sun and moon were eclipsed. The sins of all the people are now on one man. Pardon is proclaimed to all under heaven.”
— History of the Later Han Dynasty, Vol. 1.
Read those words again.
*The sins of all the people are now on one man.*
*Pardon is proclaimed to all under heaven.*
And there is something still more extraordinary.
An ancient omen text preserved in the Chinese historical commentary contains these amazing words:
“Eclipse on the day of Gui Hai, Man from Heaven died”.
— History of the Later Han, Astronomical Annals, No. 18.
Now turn your thoughts from China to Jerusalem.
There hangs the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, crucified beneath a darkened heaven.
From the sixth hour until the ninth, darkness covered the land.
The earth shook. The rocks were rent. The veil of the temple was torn in two.
And there, upon that accursed tree, the sins of God's elect were laid upon ONE MAN.
Not an earthly emperor trembling beneath Heaven's judgment, but the King of kings bearing divine judgment in the place of His people.
Not an imperial pardon issued by a frightened ruler, but everlasting forgiveness purchased by the precious blood of Christ.
What extraordinary words to find in the chronicles of ancient China during the very generation of the crucifixion!
Consider the sovereign providence of God.
He who appointed the hour of Christ's death also governs the sun, moon, and stars. Not one heavenly body moves without His decree. Not one emperor reigns independently of His will.
While the kings of the earth trembled beneath the heavens, the Lord of heaven and earth was accomplishing the redemption of His Church.
And the pardon purchased at Calvary would eventually be proclaimed throughout the nations, even to the distant shores of China.
*“The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” — Isaiah 53:6.*
The heavens declare the glory of God.
And history itself unfolds according to His eternal decree.
The prequels are filled with so much aura - anyone pretending otherwise has lost touch with their inner child and is actively repressing their higher calling.
The red letter media attack on the prequels and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Remember this scene was specifically used an example in the Red Letter Media review as an example of Lucas's incompetentence as a filmmaker compared to J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek. Mike Stoklasa intercuts this Phantom Menace scene and another tonally similar one with a bunch of frantic Abrams Trek action scenes with people yelling at each other and the lens flaring and the camera teetering around everywhere, and he says the Abrams Trek scenes are better. People actually watched this and were like, "Yeah that's a good point, this is really insightful stuff."
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There is really only one scene that is just Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan sitting down in the conference room discussing the trade dispute. It is about 20 seconds long, and it basically consists of the Jedi being served drinks by the protocol droid, Obi-Wan commenting on how long the Neimoidians are keeping them waiting, and Qui-Gon saying that he senses "an unusual amount of fear for something as trivial as this trade dispute."
Then we cut to Darth Sidious appearing for the first time to the Neimoidians, contemptuously upbraiding one of them for his cowardice (remember? he calls him "stunted slime"), and then ordering the Neimoidians to kill everyone immediately.
Then we cut to the Republic pilots panicking as a gun emplacement suddenly swivels toward them, right before the transport is blasted apart in a huge, fiery explosion--at which point we cut instantly to the Jedi in the conference room suddenly leaping up and dramatically activating their lightsabers.
This is essentially all there is of the boring trade dispute talk in conference rooms that supposedly had people falling asleep in their theater seats. There's like a single twenty-second scene. Obviously that scene is given a relatively calm and uneventful vibe (though with hints of something maybe being not quite right), because it is supposed to provide a contrast to the sudden carnage inflicted at the command of Darth Sidious, which causes the Jedi to instantly leap out of their seats and spring into action.
This is literally good pacing.
When you point out that the pacing here leads to an opening most similar RotJ they suggest oh but RotJ had so much more tension. The same folks suggest that prequels tension is lasting because lack of danger to certain characters. Ok then so who is in danger in that opening? Certainly not Vader. The imperial officer? "Is Vader going to choke this random nameless officer we just met for 10th time" is tension? The menace of the scene comes principally in the threat of the emperors arrival, and I would not say a verbal threat of a future event is exactly trying to go for maximum dramatic force. Which is not actually a problem, its meant to be slower build so that Jabba isn't overly eclipsed too quickly by the Empire. Much slower, in fact, than TPM.
The pacing of the scene here is meant to establish menace. You know, like in the title. We then go to the conference room and watch our intrepid heroes talk while we also watch a secret conspiracy plotting their death they are oblivious too. This is known as dramatic irony. But these guys do not know what that is. They do not know *anything.*
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@jacobfastpro literally anakin crashing out screaming that he’s on fire and nobody is coming to him out, and everyone is like wow that guy is crashing out! “I HATE YOU”
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Naboo's Law:
On a long enough timeline the very dumbest thing George Lucas ever put in a Star Wars film will turn out to have been prophetic, genius, and a biting commentary on American Empire.
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The Star Wars story accidentally contains the seeds of this transcendence btw. The galaxy is not saved when Luke conquers his hate and becomes a pacifist. The galaxy is saved when Vader turns his hate towards the Emperor and kills him out of love for his son.
Yes, Star Wars at its most mythopoetic would have transcended both the Jedi and the Sith. Luke would have gone through the Freudian integration of the id and superego by the ego, becoming the kind of man Nietzsche called a “Caesar with the soul of Christ.” This is what the final trilogy ought to have been. Unfortunately for us, no one (and especially not George Lucas) has any idea what that man would be like.