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Ah yes. Stalin famously used the jury trial system to prove opponents guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
You know... the rigging and the, uh.... witch hunt..... and the crookedness. And stuff.
The movie wasn't going to spend a half hour explaining worm riding minutiae. I would say that was a wise film-making choice.
Well, you watched it rather than spend that time whining and saying "woke" as many times as possible, so not well.
Books and movies are different mediums.
Some people just can't accept this.
There were some changes I was a little disappointed in, but overall a tremendous adaptation. One I've been waiting about 40 years fro. Thank goodness Villaneuve was entrusted with it, as he did a tremendous job.
Oh nos. Not a PDF File.
LMAO. Oh please, keep this going. I haven't had a laugh this good in a while.
Of course, what you did was get all high and mighty and start lecturing people about the book and how no one knew it as well as you did. When I told you you were wrong, you called me a "fucking retard" for thinking what actually happened in the book is indeed what happened, because you get your info from little online synopses. Rather than admit you didn't remember the chapter, you started insulting me for not knowing the book as well as you did.
And then you deleted it because you looked so stupid. Keep crying about it.
I don't give a shit who knows the book and who doesn't, I just pointed out you were wrong while you were lecturing and insulting people because you claimed to know it so perfectly.
BTW, for what you "proven"- Thufir isn't the main character in that chapter. He doesn't appear in it at all, he's merely referenced.
So go delete that post, too. LOL
LMAO. You get your info from a little synopsis on a fan site. No wonder you have no idea what you're talking about.
I can play that game too:
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/dune/book-2-chapter-13-summary
"Feyd-Rautha fights a slave gladiator.
He has previously killed 99 other slave gladiators.
This gladiator is a captured Atreides soldier.
The gladiators are supposed to be drugged, but from his movements the crowd can tell this isn’t the case.
This is part of a ruse concocted between Feyd and Thufir Hawat to make Feyd’s victory all the more heroic."
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/dune/book-2-part-13
"Baron Harkonnen and the crowd are unaware that Feyd-Rautha has colluded with Mentat Thufir Hawat to ensure a unique gladiatorial fight takes place today. The slave has not been drugged as is usual; the heightened danger for the heroic Feyd-Rautha will whip the crowd into a frenzy when they realize this truth. In case the slave begins to get the upper hand on the Harkonnen noble, Hawat has imprinted a key word into the slave’s mind that will paralyze him when uttered, leaving the slave open for an easy kill."
"Feyd-Rautha has a brief moment of concern that Thufir Hawat may be trying to secretly have Feyd-Rautha killed. But he can see the sense in Hawat’s plan that the slavemaster will be blamed for betraying House Harkonnen by entering a dangerous slave into the ring, while Feyd-Rautha will gather accolade and respect for besting such a menacing opponent."
Or, you know, I can tell you what happened because I actually know the book, unlike you.
I know it well enough that I can pick it up and immediately find the chapter where it happens and type a quote from the text of the book:
"The plan Thufir Hawat had devised was admirably simple and direct, Feyd-Rautha thought. The slave would not be drugged- that was the danger. Instead, a key word had been drummed into the man's unconscious to immobilize his muscles at a critical instant.."
If you're going to lecture people about the book, it would probably be a decent idea to know what you are talking about.
The gladiator scene is a plot concocted by Thufir and Feyd. The gladiators are supposed to be drugged, but they arrange for this one not to be. He has had a trigger word ("scum") planted in his mind to have his muscles give out so Feyd can easily kill him. people see that he sin't drugged but no one in the audience can tall about the command word.
The plan is designed to raise Feyd's popularity as well as frame the slave master so Feyd's man can be installed.
It was definitely not a plot by Thufir to have Feyd killed. If you think that is what happened, you don't know what you are talking about and shouldn't be acting like you do.
Yeah, feels like a missed opportunity to not do longer versions to be released to hardcore fans.
My only real complaint was Chani turning on Paul and leaving at the end. I can only assume it's setting something up if he gets to do Dune Messiah, but even that feels hard to square with how that book goes.
I thought a lot over the last couple of years about how you do Alia without it looking ridiculous. I am not sure it's possible. A 2 year old running around stabbing people and being wiser than almost everyone else. I think the change they made worked. No complaints about it.
But...but.... the woke. It's so scary. It's all that matters.
Whatsoever shall we do? It's so scary.
Oh, Noes! Not "woke"!!!!
Why don't you go run and hide under your bed before the big, bad wokes come get you?
LOL.
That's a lot of typing when "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about" would have sufficed.
Too true.
Yeah, why? So hard to think of a reason. LOL.
Thank you. That is the funniest shit I have read in a long time.
LMAO
Imagine being stupid enough to not only believe that nonsense, but to be posting it and thinking it shows how smart you are.
Just laugh at him. That's all he's worth.
Yes. It was "Logan Dead. What an impact" or something similar.
No, I have wokeness to spread.
Or is it CRT? Or "Open borders"? What is it you've been ordered to get your ignorant little panties in a twist over this week?
Poor little snowflake. LOL.