In which Villeneuve and his fellow scriptwriter fix one of my big problems with a character and a relationship in Dune, but also do something I'm in two minds about. All in all, it's a superb movie.

( Spoilers don't want to be the Messiah )

Brushing up on the French Revolution can have some eerie present day chill effects, especially with things like the September Massacres pepared, in hindsight, by a long time of wild conspiracy theories being believed, increasing hysteria in the social media of the day and the utter dehumanisation of anyone not holding one's own views in the ( Read more... )

Since the 1984 Dune directed by David Lynch is on Netflix, I rewatched it for the first time since being a teenager. Incidentally, back then I saw the film before I read the novel. I was intrigued without loving it, and it surprised me that it was considered a flop. Once I had read the novel plus the two following after that (I stopped after ( Read more... )

Back in Munich, where I have the chance to watch movies on the big screen (with masks etc.) in the original language: to be specific, the latest take on Dune. Aka Villeneuve filming the first part of the first, original novel. When a Dune unspoiled teenager sitting behind me realised this once the movie was over, she gasped in disbelief: "But ( Read more... )

Just a first bunch, I still have so much more to read.

Breaking Bad:

These lifeless things: Skyler post show, looking back, trying to find a forward, with an emphasis on the Skyler and Marie relationship: as devastatingly intense as the show itself.

Dune: (Or rather, the tv version)

In the first days: Irulan and the twins. I've always had a ( Read more... )

5 favorite/least favorite royal characters

I'm going with "least favorite" this time, and also with characters in the sense of fictional characters, which unfortunately excludes fictionalized versions of real people (like Shakespeare's kings, or various folk from Tudor era novels) as well.

1.) King Robert from G.R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and ( Read more... )

First, crossover goodness from the Multiverse ficathon (my own story is due on Wednesday, and I revel in the smugness of having finished it last week):

Battlestar Galactica/ Star Trek: The Next Generation:

Birth, In Progress: Stop me if you've heard this before: once upon a time there was an android, not content with being the way he was, ( Read more... )

...in haste, brought on by a busy day.

Dune:

Filigree Window takes place during the "Children of Dune" era, a Jessica pov, and the Jessica and Irulan interaction especially I found so very well done and poignant.

Doctor Who:

There is an Old School Episodes Love Meme , in which you can rave about any of the Old Who eps you've enjoyed, and ( Read more... )

Insomnia makes for early rec lists!

God Save The King - a Battlestar Galactica / Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover in which the Cylons infiltrate the Federation and a Six model meets Jean-Luc Picard. Dark and excellent. No spoilers beyond the basic BSG set-up (which means, honorh, that you can read it.)

An End Has A Start - Martha and the ( Read more... )