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The Guild.

People (re)discovering Lynch's Dune is a funny affair everytime because it leads to the inevitable question: "Why is Brezhnev there?"

Yeah lol it absolutely did not.

I do agree with this, controversial as it may be. As much as I want to see adaptations of Children of / God Emperor of Dune, Denis Villeneuve started and ended this trilogy with a clear vision, a distinct artistic intent and with any future sequels, this level of craftsmanship is simply not guaranteed. In our current media landscape and with Paramount / Skydance soon owning the rights to the Dune franchise, there is huge potential for Dune to be turned into another mega-franchise that puts content output over quality. Dune: Prophecy was already a massively flawed production; Shai-hulud beware if they actually touch more Brian Herbert books like Hunters / Sandworms of Dune. Dune does not belong to Villeneuve. Obviously. He made an adaptation of a highly successful saga of novels and gave it his own spin. I understand everyone who wants to see this story go beyond Messiah and as a huge Dune fan, I would obviously be there day one to watch it. The idea of God Emperor on the big screen is deeply fascinating to me. But Villeneuve absolutely has the right to make HIS Dune: Part Three the fulfillment of HIS own creative vision. If his final movie in the trilogy reaches some different conclusions than the book (like the twins being born already and in their teens instead of babies at the end of the narrative) I'm not outraged about this. Adaptation is a transformative process of interpretation and translation and if there is a great story to be told that involves teen Leto and Ghanima long before their activities in the novels, I think we should celebrate this instead of viewing it as the certain doom of all future adaptations. The right creative voice could carry on with this story no matter how different it is and if no other sequels happen, we should be glad about the amazing trilogy of movies we got.

I have never cared too much about Star Trek, though I did want to revisit some of what I'd seen before. Maybe now is a good time to watch The Next Generation for the first time instead? Patrick Stewart's character sounds so ... Inspiring.

An adaptation of Dune: Messiah should feel like the most colossal movie ever put to screen. After Dune: Part Two, I thought they couldn't go any bigger, but they did. The scale of these IMAX shots is pure insanity. That's what an intergalactic Empire should look and feel like.

Avatar: Seven Havens delivered 4 great episodes to finish its first Season. While I do think the series suffers from having too many characters, many of whom feel underdeveloped, Pavi and Nisha's journey in these episodes was fantastic. The animation felt more refined, the stakes were all there and the payoffs worked beautifully. The final episode is a very good ending for this first unit of the narrative, leaving us with an interesting conflict and a great set up for an exciting journey that feels like this story is just beginning. I wish we had gotten more answers about Korra's time and there were lots of shots in the trailer that were either cut from the episodes or are actually from Season 2, so in that regard I was slightly let down, but I know that in time, we will get all the answers we yearn for. Loved the sequence where the past incarnations are shown as start constellations and in general, I think this series carried on the mythos of this franchise beautifully. Overall, thanks to the great world-building and its good cast of main characters, I found this a very enjoyable season. Not perfect and it didn't have the punch that Korra Season 1 had in my eyes, but it's a very strong foundation for what comes next. Full ranking of the franchise because so many people have done it: 1. Korra Season 3 2. ATLA Season 3 3. Korra Season 4 4. ATLA Season 2 5. Korra Season 1 6. Seven Havens Season 1 7. ATLA Season 1 8. Korra Season 2 9. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (movie) Deepest pits of hell: Netflix Avatar series, Shyamalan's movie.

Heartbroken.

Pizzan al-Gaib

We went from people being ADAMANT that Villeneuve's Dune movies would not shows us a Guild Navigator to an Edric Popcorn bucket and softdrink cup. Never doubt Denis.

This cannot be real 😭😭😭 Glad to see Dune is still going strong after being the franchise that started the silly popcorn bucket trend in the first place.

And I really don't care about Dune opinions from people with AI profile pictures lol

Clever misdirection / omission of context from the trailer that makes it seem like Chani intends to kill Paul. I don't think the movie will take this route at all. Feel like this went above lots of people's heads & fueled those who already hated movie Chani in the first place.

Oh my god. Yes. Yes. Yes. I have never seen either movie in IMAX, this is amazing.

It's difficult to pinpoint the best casting of the Dune Trilogy, considering these movies have some of our finest veteran actors and almost every movie star of the younger generation you could think of, but this ... This might be in the top 3 for me. To even have her be such a presence in Part Two was a brilliant choice. Knowing that her real time to shine is yet to come makes me incredibly excited. Fascinating character and I love how much effort they put into her costumes and make-up in both films. She's a type of character I have never seen before.