voltronblack
Superstar
He well educated the book go really in depth in his educating he was being train to be a Mentats are specially trained to mimic the cognitive and analytical ability of computers.
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I'm surprised Denis didn't really address mentats at all since he did feature Thufir and Piter doing it a bit in the movie. I'm gonna be really surprised if we don't end up with a LOTR style extended cut later this decade tbh.
Read the books leading up too God Emperor of Dune
and stop there IMO feel like that is a much better place to stop reading you are really missing out if don't get to that book
Props. I'll give it a look.
Paul is highly educated, as you could tell from him studying how the sandworms operate. His entire childhood was studying politics, learning how to fight/defend himself & learning the Bene Gesserit abilities. I think the Freman language came to him due to his abilities though, but I can't fully remember.
Twoedged_Sword
Pro
He did film the scenes but they were cut in the theatrical version.The studio didn’t want the film to be too long ( for good reasons).
He even filmed the Yueh and Jessica scene where Yueh talks about his wife Wanna and cries (very important moment in the book):
He promised that we would learn more about the Mentats in part 2.I know that Villeneuve doesn’t like director’s/extended cuts but I really hope the studio vetoes him in this regard. I want to see the extended cut. It would also help boost the blu-ray sales.
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That was weird, and there was a throwaway line about something being the next "logical move."
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."
DoubleClutch
Superstar
I didn’t read the books so I may be wrong, but it’s seems like the whole point of the movie is about him being the “chosen one” and him coming to terms with it and believing in himself/trusting his visions kind of like Neo in the matrix
There’s religion all interwoven throughout the film if you pay attention and recognize it so I’d say it’s religion/politics
the clear bad guy is the fat blob looking man. What is he really? He represents evil if Paul is the good in the movie
and does the sand monster have any other/deeper significance or is it just a brainless thing that tries to keep people off the sand
Sandworm stuff and how they relate to fremen is herbert doing bits about environmentalism. The fremen live in harmony with nature, they don't exploit it. The sandworm is important to spice production. Harkonens are basically the complete opposite with Atredies kinda being in the middle. I can't remember if they address it straight up in the book? but Atreides' home world is lush and beautiful with a rich biome and it's pretty clear while they don't live in harmony with the land like the fremen they do, it is not a totally exploitative relationship. They take care of their home basically.
They should, it's a damn good movie.People I wouldn't expect to be into this type of movie are raving about it on social media
voltronblack
Superstar
It is cover in the book the Harkonens have a good reason for being
at the Atredies
I want it.
MasterOfAllHeSurveyz
All Star
No. Charismatic leaders, even ones like Paul, should come with a warning label. That’s the whole premise of all the Dune novels straight from the man who wrote it. They’re more trouble than they’re worth.
Paul is going to be responsible for the deaths of over 60 billion people in a little more than a decade. His son is going to starve even more over several millennia.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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i had to run some of this bacc to fully understand what was going on so i feel that.. A show would have explained it better but those Comicbook girl videos are on point.. the lore of this series sounds dope..
Now i wanna read the books
