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So did they use the word "Jihad" in the new Dune movie or what? (hexbear.net)

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I can see how they got away with not saying any Arabic terms in the last movie, but come on, are they really gonna ret-con the whole vocabulary of the setting to avoid upsetting some cracker groypers?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (9 children)

I only watched the first part, but you can't see it and not see Lawrence of Arabia and the white saviourism of it. (I realise that everyone's said this, but really it hit me hard).

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That’s kinda the point though, the Bene Gesserit seeded a messiah narrative a thousand years before Paul got there. Haven’t read all of dune, but hearing people talk about it, it seems like Herbert is deconstructing the whole ‘chosen one’ narrative. It’s supposed to be fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

Exactly, and there's a strong chance he only planned on doing the first two books but people didn't get this point so he makes it much more overt in the third and fourth books

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, the whole project is about "Maybe superheroes are kinda bad." < timestamped link to NBC interview with Frank Herbert

E) So happy my 5k comment was DUNEposting

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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