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"and the fact that Muslims still exist and are important in the future isn't just like "flavor", it was an innovative idea at the time in science fiction and st
by FrustratedMonky 3y ago
"and the fact that Muslims still exist and are important in the future isn't just like "flavor", it was an innovative idea at the time in science fiction and still is."
But, think of the alternative.
The Fremen are an 'extremist' religious group, that easily kill any foreigner, and are manipulated into a 'jihad'.
If the Movie doubled down to making them "Islamic Flavored". Then the movie and director would get crucified for portraying Muslims in an un-favorable light.
The book might have used Islamic Flavor, but it does not do it to show Islam favorably. It shows them as radical brutal desert dwellers.
- Apocryphon 3y agoOn the contrary, as the Fremen are shown to be the oppressed indigenous, the movie would be stoned for casting jihad in too positive a light, as an admirable ideal! The book hardly shows the Great Houses nor the Imperium as any better than the savage freedom fighters. If anything the series isn't really sympathetic towards any particular subgroup of humanity.