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But I'm having bad luck. Our local 70mm theater site won't even open, it must be overloaded. I'm hoping other people are having issues, too, so I can get good seats.

Anyone else have any luck?

A massive, loyal-to-the-messiah dessert warrior culture (of which said messiah’s mother became an adopted member), a secretive order of women mystics pulling the strings on human civilization, weapons inspired by the Javanese kris, a heavy focus on political intrigue and machinations, a strong focus on a near-instantaneous method of traveling, and so on and so forth.

I’m astounded that the book Origins of the Wheel of Time completely failed to mention Dune when listing out all the inspirational works and events for Robert Jordan’s magnum opus.

I was rewatching the film recently and again I was impressed by the use of language. In the training scene with Gurney, there was a direct quote from the book - "you're not in the mood for fighting? Wtf?" (Paraphrase). Most of the film also used Dune language. But I felt that when Paul and Jessica were alone in the desert, they stopped speaking "Dunish" and started speaking English. Did anyone else notice this / feel this way too?

From Chapterhouse Dune

From Chapterhouse Dune

I love the noise it makes and how it manages to look like a helicopter and biology inspired. And the wing folded dive to get to the spice harvester is just fantastic.

Memory never recaptures reality. Memory recon-structs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short. —MENTAT HANDBOOK

I had the opportunity to see the first 10 minutes of Part 1 in an advanced teaser back then. I wish they also did the same this time around, as this seems to be an exclusive event instead of opening it to a limited number of audiences from the public.

Denis Villeneuve's second Dune movie has moved up the 2024 film schedule, and will now release on March 1

Are memes cool here? I've got a bunch of Dune ones

He who controls the spice, controls the Monopoly game…. Legendary has just introduced a new version of the classic game Monopoly, with a Dune theme.

Interesting article on Frank Herbert's evolving take on environmentalism, and how a book series forged in the 1960s could impact the real world of tomorrow.

The release of Dune 2 has been delayed until March 15, 2024. Bummer but I get it. :(

• Dune: Part Two is set for a November 3, 2023 release with a six-week IMAX run, showing potential changes in the movie industry, favoring non-superhero films.
• IMAX's prioritization of Dune: Part Two over Disney's The Marvels suggests a shift in the industry towards storytelling and inclusion, offering more opportunities for diverse genres and impacting future Hollywood releases.

Denis Villeneuve's much-anticipated Dune: Part Two releases on November, 3, 2023, with a six-week IMAX run, indicating a potentially good change in the movie industry. With Marvel's next theatrical release, The Marvels, scheduled to hit theaters a week later, there was an expectation that Dune: Part Two may be moved to next year to accommodate this. However, IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond confirmed Dune: Part Two won't be delayed.

Dune: Part Two's predecessor Dune was a box-office hit and already proved its lucrative nature as a franchise, with about 20% of the earnings coming from IMAX alone. Not to mention, this success was in 2021 when there were still hesitations about public movie-going as the COVID-19 pandemic was a larger concern. Without the setbacks of the pandemic, and an even longer IMAX run planned, Dune: Part Two could make even more money, indicating how the IMAX experience is not just for superheroes and Disney.

Dune 2 Is Taking Priority In IMAX Over Disney

Richard Gelfond put rumors to bed, confirming Dune: Part Two's IMAX release is on track. In the Q2 IMAX earnings call, transcribed by The Motley Fool, Gelfond explains why a postponement won't happen. "Dune [Part Two] is already in the midst of a marketing campaign. There are trailers out. There are lots of materials out," he said. Gelfond elaborates that a postponement would cost extra money since all that promoting would need to be redone whenever a new date was picked.

While Gelfond acknowledges that The Marvels is a great option to have on standby since it's Marvel, he solidifies that Dune: Part Two takes priority since moving its date would make its competition unclear, potentially damaging box-office sales. Additionally, with The Marvels having limited promotional content so far, mostly due to the SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA strike, the shift away from superhero movies as an automatic IMAX release may not be surprising. The most recent Disney and Marvel releases, while performing well at the box office, don't compare to the speculation that Dune: Part Two could beat Dune's box office success.

IMAX's Dune 2 Plan Could Show The Future For The Whole Industry

Marvel still holds a high standing when it comes to cinematic releases. For instance, The Marvels' prequel Captain Marvel, released in 2019 and grossed just over Dune's mid-pandemic income. This suggests that superhero films while facing potential postponements or less turnout, might have some work to do. As James Gunn, who has active involvement in both Marvel and DC, shares on the podcast Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, movies need to be about story, less about over-saturated capitalizing on the superhero genre, and should answer the question, "What makes this story different that it fills a need for people in theaters to go see?"

For the industry as a whole, IMAX's favoring of a sci-fi sequel over a Marvel movie indicates perhaps what Gunn is hoping for. By prioritizing films outside the superhero genre, it gives more space for a focus to be on story and inclusion rather than spectacle and action. It seems IMAX echoes this sentiment since Gelfond explains that the IMAX slate for 2023 includes 10 more local language films than originally estimated. Dune: Part Two, while still an English film, opens the door for more diversity in genre, at the very least, across IMAX screens, which could impact how future Hollywood movies get released.

I started working on chat AI tuning today. I manually reworked the entire Wikipedia article to the right format needed for an AI character. I also set up the greeting format to match when Leto meets Siona in the Sareer. The dialogue example I used is the last back and forth between Leto and Malky. I'm trying to embed the entire history and prompting the character as a new ghola in a post canonical era.

So what would be interesting to ask Leto? What would be interesting responses? I'll share the character file if it gets interesting. I'm looking to learn at the moment before attempting to apply these techniques to a larger and more serious effort to use this to learn computer science proper.

I saw the Lynch movie around 10 years old. Where was this when I was a kid? ;)

I'm still quite early on in the book, I'm starting to feel really, really stupid. The ghola is here and we understand about the plots to overthrow Paul. We can see cracks in the empire and the criticism of religion in the form of the blind faith that people have in Paul. I understand the overall themes and I love them.

However were I'm up to Paul has just taken a shit load of Spice and had a vision of a falling moon. Ok symbolic.... I get it...but I feel completely lost whenever he starts to have a philosophical debate with Ghola. I've got no clue. ME STARING AT WORDS BUT ME BRAIN NO UNDERSTAND.

• Paul Raged. "What do you know of prescience?"

• "I've seen the oracle at work," the ghola said. "I've seen those who seek signs and omens for their individual destiny. They fear what they seek."

• "My falling moon is real," Paul whispered. He took a trembling breath. "It moves. It moves"........ bla bla bla and then:

• "My moon has a name," Paul whispered.

Mate, you can whisper it or shout it. I've got no clue what the feck you're going on about!

Ok this section is just an example and I can see what the Ghola is getting at. But so much of the book so far just has me stopping and asking, what are you on about!?

I'm finding it really tough going. Do things become clearer? I'm just feeling really thick right now... so stick it to me Dune community of Lemmy.World....am I just too thick to read this book?

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