Cinema. Sci-fi. Plays with @mangoeshuman. Founder @Which Colour You Want.
Joined April 2019
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Ever notice that in Dune humans fly spaceships between planets but don't use a single computer?
That's not a plot hole. It's completely on purpose. The movies barely explain why, but once you know, almost everything else in Dune starts to make sense.
About 10,000 years before Paul Atreides, humans did exactly what we're doing right now. They built thinking machines to make life easier. They let the machines do their work and make their decisions, hoping it would set them free.
Instead, the people who controlled those machines gained the power to enslave everyone else.
Humanity eventually fought back in a holy war called the Butlerian Jihad, and won. The thinking machines were destroyed.
To make sure it would never happen again, they made one rule sacred: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
But getting rid of computers created a problem: who would do their work? The answer was humans.
Mentats are trained from childhood to think like computers. Navigators use the spice to glimpse the future and steer ships safely through space. The Bene Gesserit spend generations pushing the human mind and body to their limits.
Every superpower in Dune exists for one reason: there are no computers.
That's my favorite thing about Dune. It's also the most terrifying. Dune isn't a future without AI. It's the future after AI.
Frank Herbert wrote that in 1965.
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DIGGER is the kind of movie people will look back on in ten years and say it was a masterpiece.
And I want everyone to know, I’m ahead of all of you.
DIGGER is not only a masterpiece, it is one of the best films of the decade, I’d even say it is one of the best films ever made.
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I find myself going back to Nemik's Manifesto. It really hits me, especially nowadays.
Ending the manifesto with, "Remember this- Try" is surprisingly powerful. That is the one thing we have to continue to do. Try.
What a brilliant show. Must watch.
And @Ella_AlShamahi is just too good.
Before civilisation, before comfort, there was survival. Journey back to the moments that changed what it meant to be human. 🌍
Discover Human, premieres 24th August | Monday - Friday | 9pm only on Sony BBC Earth.
#SBBCE #SonyBBCEarth #FeelAlive
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أحد أجمل التفاصيل في The Odyssey كان قرار نولان بعدم السماح لنا بسماع أغنية الحوريات في مشهد يُعد من أقوى مشاهد الفيلم.
ما جعل هذا التفصيل مميزًا إلى هذا الحد هو المعنى الحقيقي وراء الأغنية نفسها:
“كل الأشياء التي تمنيتها أن تكون.”
“كل الأمنيات التي تمنيت لو أنك لم تتمنّها أبدًا.”
“إنها تخبرك بأن أكثر شيء تريده، هو أكثر شيء تعجز عن نيله، وأن أكثر شيء عجزت عن نيله، هو ما كان لديك يومًا… ثم فقدته.”
“إنها أغنية عن كل الوعود التي عجزت عن الوفاء بها.”
فعندما لم نسمع الأغنية، شعرنا برغبة الحصول على شيء لن نحصل عليه! وكأن أوديسيوس لم يكن يصف ما عاشه فقط، بل كان يصف شعورنا نحن كمشاهدين.
تحول المشهد إلى أغنيتنا الخاصة؛ لأن لكل شخص أمنيات مختلفة، وندمًا مختلفًا، وأشياء فقدها ولا يستطيع استعادتها.
ولهذا السبب لم يسمح لنا نولان بسماعها. لأن إعطاءها لحنًا محددًا كان سيجعلها مرتبطة بتجربة واحدة ومنظور واحد فقط. لكنه ترك المساحة لخيال كل مشاهد ليصنع أغنيته الخاصة… تلك الأغنية التي يعرفها وحده، امنياته، وعوده، وكل الاشياء التي خسرها.
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Christopher Nolan says THE ODYSSEY is ultimately about the idea that a society can only function through respect for strangers.
He believes that, despite nearly 3,000 years since Homer wrote the epic, that fundamental truth about human nature hasn’t changed.
What a legendary piece of filmmaking. #theodyssey
