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I agree and am ecstatic for Villeneuve's Dune!
by otachack 6y ago
I agree and am ecstatic for Villeneuve's Dune!
- Cactus2018 6y agoDune (2020) Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xhJrPXop4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xhJrPXop4
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoAs a die-hard Dune (1984) and book fan, I'm not really ecstatic yet. Old movie had some unique qualities, and would be a great movie if it was 7 hours long. Also, why on earth they changed jihad to crusade in new movie?!
- Simon_says 6y ago> Also, why on earth they changed jihad to crusade in new movie?! Have you been in a coma since 1984?
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoYou mean we should not use the j-word for a destructive religious war because it can offend some extremists?
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago> Also, why on earth they changed jihad to crusade in new movie?! Do you really have to ask or do you not believe words have associations that aren't their exact dictionary definitions? Dune was written well before the word was associated with religious extremism in modern times, the word didn't have the associations of terrorism and caliphates and 9/11.
- bdefore 6y agoSays a lot that the word crusade does not carry such associations and colloquially leans more toward an admirable passion.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThing is, Dune is literally a book about religious extremism, it is one of it's most important themes. So changing this term gets massive thumbs down from me.
- arethuza 6y agoAren't they describing the attack by Harkonnen and Imperial forces on the Atreides rather than the later jihad by the Fremen - the latter presumably being in the next movie?
- godelski 6y agoAnd don't forget about The Foundation! It's a good time to be a fan of Space Opera. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804484/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804484/