Dune: Part Two FYC Panel | Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts (moderated by Chloe Zhao)

Video taken from the Warner Bros. FYC page.

[@tykjenffs]

Oh how I wish we got Jon's TRUE version of Prometheus without Damon Lindelof's nonsense. Thanks for the uploads!

[@SunsetRogue]

_“We understood that Frank Herbert was disappointed by the way the readers perceived the first novel... He wanted to do a cautionary tale about messianic figures. In order to make sure that his ideas were clear, he wrote a second book…”_ This is a recent false narrative Denis Villeneuve keeps repeating in interviews and I’m tired of hearing it. Nerd Cookies uploaded a video that discussed Villeneuve’s mischaracterizaton of Frank Herbert’s intentions: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHLZnKCJqNGph5I&pp=ygUSbXl0aCBkdW5lIG1lc3NpYWgg Herbert had parts of Dune Messiah and Children Of Dune written BEFORE the first novel was even finished. Herbert had Paul’s trajectory already in place. He WANTED readers to fall under Paul’s spell and view him as a heroic leader in the first novel, just as the Fremen did in his fictional story. The real-life reader reaction mirrored the Fremen reaction, as Herbert intended. Then, in Dune Messiah, Herbert showed readers why this was a mistake, how following charismatic leaders often ends up in disaster. He once said, “I am showing you the superhero syndrome and your own participation in it.” Needless to say, the future repercussions for the Fremen are ultimately negative and it would be the same result in real world politics. Mr. Villeneuve, you are distorting Herbert’s legacy, portraying him as a not entirely competent storyteller in order to magnify the importance of your adaptation.