That’s fair. For my money, give me two movies under two hours each, not multiple three-hour epics *cough* Peter Jackson *cough*

As many years as I’ve been reading those books I never knew it was originally serialized. Cool. 

You’re not wrong - I think it could be done successfully as a single film, but I also think it could work as two films. For the casual moviegoer, one might be better, and for the super-fan, two would likely be better.

Personally I think that’s smart. Unlike The Hobbit, this is a novel that actually can support multiple films. Film 1 will be the fall of House Atreides, film 2 will be the rise of Muad’Dib.

Exactly, precisely correct. I think it will be fan service for the uber-nerds but the general public will yawn. There is sooo much lore in that universe... 

I’m going to be SO disappointed if the HBO/Villeneuve kerfuffle over streaming new movies tanks the Dune franchise before it can get off the ground. Life-long Dune fan here and although the original film has its charms, I’ve always wanted to see an updated version by a talented, reverent director. Villeneuve’s movies…

Thanks for the heads-up. 

I don’t consider myself an SJW, I just think language is important... I used to call silly things ‘gay’ and people I disliked ‘r_tards’ when I was a kid but now I’m grown up and not an asshole, so I don’t use those words. The problem with saying, “wow, she’s pretty for a black girl” has nothing to do with your “right”…

Sorry, what would be the equivalent to the rug in this scenario? Is “gimp” a noun or an adjective?

I’ll reply to you rather than the other people who pointed that out since you were actually polite about it... I was aware that it had a BDSM connotation from Pulp Fiction, but I thought it was basically the same term, like someone who was disabled or deformed or lived under the floor. I didn’t realize it was an…

“...his leather-thonged gimp on a leash.”

I hadn’t heard about that. Huh

When’s the public apology to Conan?

Is this supposed to be the final season? Anyone know? I didn’t read the book. 

The terrible casting had so much to do with why this movie sucked. When I heard Topher Grace was going to be Venom, I thought it was an April Fool’s Day joke. Eddie Brock was fucking jacked in the comics; he had a physique like The Rock. (Even Tom Hardy isn’t physically big enough in my opinion, although he’s got…

I’m in Canada, and a friend of mine in the U.S. recently posted family vacation pics of the Harry Potter theme park on Instagram. No masks, in line-ups, pretty crowded rides. I commented, “Wow, they’re opening up down there, eh? Up here in Canada most of that stuff is still shut down.” He got super defensive about…

Samesies

Footnote: the producer of the theme song’s name is Greg Ski and he worked with some of the Death Row rappers after that label imploded, including RBX, and produced a classic G-funk gangster rap LP, The RBX Files. You can hear a lot of it in the theme song.

That is how I described it to my friend who posted it... like a gut punch.

Friend of mine posted this and was I ever not ready for it. Emotional wallop. I’ve never heard of this singer before today, but wow.