So I went to see Dune part Deux over the weekend, and this is the second time I saw it. The first time was with the wife two weekends ago, but my oldest son showed no interest. So I just forced him to go. My review is as follows:
You know what happens…They know you know what happens…You know, they know, you know what happens…So they fuck with it anyways to suit a “modern” audience.
You try getting a date wearing a snot valve.
It was inevitable it would deviate from the books. The biggest complaints I’ve heard was 1) turning Chani into some sort of girl boss she wasn’t at all in the books, and isn’t even attractive and 2) the Harkonens were supposed to be totally gay. So which is going to get the most complaints from the mob by being faithful to canon? I’m going to be honest but making the Harkonens both ruthless and gay would probably be a bigger issue. It really could’ve been worse but it only offends Dune nerds, who aren’t nearly as obnoxious as other Sci-Fi communities. I’ll let you pick your own example.
¡Enlaces!
It looks like the white woman named Steinbaum is cruising into Mexico’s June election. Not sure how well this will be received by feminists on this side of the border when Mexico beats the US to the punch electing president girl boss.
Mexico City facing a severe water shortage. Cue the Montezuma’s Revenge jokes.
How the Texan plan works: 1) they must physically see person cross illegally. 2) arrest them. Any questions?
Yeah…no. Just watch the biopic starring Salma Hayek. It has nudity,
The US State Department denies involvement in the current protests in Cuba. I’m inclined to believe them, as they most likely want the communists to succeed.
I’m sure it exists and I’m not looking that hard, but when I looked up news for Haiti I could only find it quickly on BBC and Al Jazeera. Not on a US media site. Weird.
Bolsonaro now facing charges for (get this) falsifying his own COVID19 vaccine records.
I’m stuck looking for SOC2 reports today, so I’m going to play this.
Sounds like something from Goop.
” I’m going to be honest but making the Harkonens both ruthless and gay would probably be a bigger issue. ”
Remember when lesbians protested theaters over Basic Instinct?
Actually, no.
I’m with you — but I could see it happening “How dare you associate us with serial killers!” or something.
As if every community can’t have psychopaths…..
Had a reader cuss me out because I made a woman the villain.
But if you made her the heroine you would be saying women being the fairer sex can only be noble and pure, which is sexist in its own way.
My reader was a FEMINIST, dammit!
I have a vague recollection of someone asking some black actor when Hollywood would be “post-racial” (my word, can’t remember the question), and the actor said, “When black men can be villains.”
I’m not sure how well that’s turned out now that we’re back into segregation, but my reader was super upset that of all the nefarious characters I had, it was the woman who was most villainous of all.
Maybe she was mad because the woman villain wasn’t carrying her own water? That she was the hand up her puppet’s ass? I dunno. I was like, have you NEVER heard of Poison Ivy, Cruella de Vil, and every step/mother figure in every fairy tale ever?
Oooh, and Peyton Flanders was terrifying.
Annie Wilkes
Nellie Olsen
Alex Forrest
Lady MacBeth (I mean, really. Now we’re just getting ridiculous)
The Grandmother
Mrs. Danvers
Ugh, that’s frustrating.
That’s a dick move.
I dunno. I remember from the 80s, the villains often having some sort of “sexual perversion”, usually including the gay. King, Koonz, and Barker were examples my mom happily handed down for my reading pleasure as a kid. I remember asking myself, why are they even bothering with this shit? It doesn’t impact the story in any way.
“Opposition to Film ‘Basic Instinct’ Rises : Entertainment: A coalition of women’s and gay rights activists fears the movie’s depiction of bisexuals and lesbians will result in increased violence against women.
March 21, 1992”
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-21-me-3817-story.html
Ah, yes, the “x will result in increased violence” trope. Still going strong over 30 years later.
I have noted that I listen to old radio, and when the news segments come up it is a stark reminder of just how little the propaganda has changed since the 90’s. It’s all the same shit, occasionally slightly repacked, but only slightly.
Radio from the 1990s is not old.
Gabriel Heatter, Edward P. Morgan, Fulton Lewis Jr.–that is old.
The future is now, old man.
The Baron Harkonnen isn’t ruthless because he’s gay. Him being gay is arguably the only unobjectionable thing about him.
Seizing on that instead of, oh, him turning an entire planet into a slave pit seems to miss the point.
Or it’s very, very telling.
The Baron was just following his orders from the Emperor.
Enthusiastically.
As the books were written in the sixties, Vladimir Harkonen’s gayness was used to show just how deviant he was.
Yet he fathered Jessica, so he wasn’t the gayest of gay men.
If I recall correctly, the Harkonnen nephews were straight.
And abused by the Baron, or at least the pretty one was.
If you consider his treatment of women (in this movie) as heterosexual, I suppose. Though he does entertain a Bene Gesserit adept.
Movie? I haven’t watched any Dune movies since the Lynch version, nor do I plan to, because I dislike the franchise.
I was thinking of the books, which I read back in the 2000s.
Fortunately for the movie makers — I read the books once, I think (honestly I’m not sure I made it through all the sequels). Unfortunately for the movie makers, the sequels killed any caring I had for the books or a movie… so I really don’t care what they do.
I will say that Zendaya seems to just have resting cranky face… I dimly remembering her smiling a couple of times as Mary Jane in the Spider-Man movies… but she seems to just be trying to out-Daria Daria.
Hell of a step down from Sean Young. Her crazy hotness had me mesmerized as a teen.
(nods in agreement)
Blade Runner is one of the movies that defined beauty for me, what with her hair and smoking.
I think she’s cute. And she doesn’t show her age, so she can play a lot of different roles.
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but isn’t the character supposed to be about 14? If so, she looks like it.
More of a script problem than an actress problem.
I read the book decades ago so I’ve forgotten most of the details. I remember the worms, the desert, the box of pain (not to be confused with Velcro), but that’s about it. So deviations from the books don’t bother me that much.
Zendaya is cute enough. I’d do her again.
I like the fact she’s not gratuitously beautiful. They live in the fucking desert. And I think Christopher Walken was the one real miss on casting.
He was cast as a troll
It worked. He did pretty good though. He only really slipped into Christopher Walken for one line.
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Small enough part that he couldn’t chew up to much scenery. He could’ve made the argument (from the book) about Paul’s use of the family atomics.
I read the books a number of times when I was young. I thought Dune 2 was an epic movie in it’s own right, and did a decent job of following the story line.
“Not sure how well this will be received by feminists on this side of the border when Mexico beats the US to the punch electing president girl boss.”
Well, Canada already beat the U.S. to the punch. So has Israel, India, and most of Western Europe.
Houston beat NYC in electing a Mayor of Lesbianness.
What? Didn’t the US elect Obama.
Seems a bit harsh, especially since he’s always claimed to be unvaccinated.
Hopefully nobody in the US is noticing this. We’ve already got enough bullshit lawfare going on.
“he openly criticized a move by Sao Paulo state’s governor to buy vaccines from Chinese company Sinovac when no other doses were available”
Wouldn’t anyone criticize that?
Your music links are muy bueno.
Gracias
The Drinker gave Dune 2 a generally positive review. I am looking forward to seeing it when it starts streaming.
We saw it in IMAX – and it was worth it.
thanks
Yeah, I will stream both at the same time (roughly).
I don’t know why the DC establishment wouldn’t want to go back to the old Cuban style – man, the opportunities for corruption?
“Disabled Colorado boy, 12, broke both of his legs after losing control of his wheelchair on a ramp and slamming into wall at school, as staff failed to render aid or inform his mother, lawsuit claims”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13215543/disabled-boy-broke-legs-wheelchair-ramp-slamming-wall.html
Damn.
In my day, we would have laughed and told him to walk it off. And then laughed some more.
In my day you weren’t even accidentally conceived yet.
“Ecuadorian migrant who strangled her baby and dumped him in trash is RELEASED from prison following 12-year stint and immediately transferred to ICE custody: ‘The heinousness of her crime cannot be overstated’
During her trial, two psychiatrists testified that Guaman had an IQ of only 53 after having suffered brain damage when she was kicked in the head by a horse when she was seven years old.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13215561/ecuadorian-migrant-strangled-baby-released-ICE.html
The old a horse made me retarded defense.
If we get her kicked again, think it’ll straighten out her eyes?
I’ll just leave this here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrBd2e3vd5c
Somebody fucked that. Crazy, retarded, and ugly. It’s not a surprise, but worth noting.
There’s always a simp that says, “Good enough.”
Always.
There is someone, somewhere who will fuck any given human.
I remember listening to some story about how thalidomide was now being used to treat leprosy and the docs made a big stink about how important it was to make sure that the women lepers were on birth control because they didn’t want them getting preggo and having a flipper kid. All I could think about was how many dudes are into fucking lepers?
With the internet I now realize that there are probably a lot of hot leper chicks on Only Fans.
How many male lepers are there?
Three and three-quarters.
Illegally immigrating to the US is so difficult you need at least an IQ of 53 to even try.
I thought killing babies was just asserting your reproductive rights.
Fuck that unibrow commie. She’s beloved by the left because of her idiotic politics, not her art.
Plus her crippling accident.
She screwed Trotsky for sure. Probably too long in the tooth for Fidel and Che
I’ve seen some of those clips of Don Lemon interviewing Elon Musk. Without all the (alleged) demands, it’s clear why he was fired. Lemon seems to think he’s still at CNN, sticking it to the man and bravely defending The Narrative. This is your new boss, dipshit. You don’t have to kiss ass, just listen to some Tim Ferriss podcasts and learn how to be curious and ask good questions without being hostile.
learn how to be curious and ask good questions without being hostile.- Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,
Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Chris Cuomo. That one was fantastic. They are not at all politically aligned, yet they were able to have a conversation and it turned out to be really interesting.
He was fired almost immediately, Elon said his format was boring, just a rehash of CNN. Also the dude asked for everything except a magic pony as payment for being on X. He’s not that cool or big a draw.
Guy was getting less viewers on CNN than the average Drinker video.
And yet there are layers of CNN management that don’t get that.
Simping for Biden is hard work on the talent. They need layers and layers of narrative checkers.
Or maybe even Joe Rogan. He’s a good interviewer because he lets his guest talk.
For which he gets criticized, of course. You’re not supposed to just let people say things, it’s imperative that you correct anything that might be “problematic” at every opportunity, and inject the proper narratives.
Yes. There are dozens of good podcasters who can ask interesting questions, and all of them have tons of listeners. But the mainstream outlets keep shutting their doors because they all say the same thing, so why would you choose one over the other?
Don Lemon tried using that interview to get back in good with the leftist media.
I’m sure the job offers are going to start rolling in any day. Maybe he can get a job at Vox or Deadspin.
Where did Olbermann land?
Last I heard he was on some shitty lefty news network that no one has ever even heard of.
On his head when he was a baby.
WINNAR
Yep, had no idea I was giving him that kind of set up.
Russ Roberts from Econtalk is the best interviewer I have heard.
Someone mentioned how you never, but never, interview your boss. You cannot be both a good journalist and a good employee at the same time.
“Are YOU double-jointed? Study says you’re 30% more likely to get long Covid”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13215125/Are-double-jointed-Study-says-youre-30-likely-long-Covid.html
Now they are just making shit up.
The risk is greater if your per capita consumption of cheese is high. And if you get long Covid, you are more likely to die tangled in your bed sheets.
What is the link to green jelly beans?
I heard starchy root vegetables are at high risk of long COVID.
Are they 30% more likely to get any imaginary disease, or just long covid?
Now?
It is OK. I bought an upgrade for my tiger repelling rock online. It now also protects me from long covid.
The only thing that sucks, is I can’t just outright buy the long covid protection. Now I have to renew my subscription yearly. Oh well, totes worth it!
There is a strong correlation between long covid and npr listeners.
Why are these communities obnoxious? Because they want faithful adaptations of the shit they love?
Akshually, it’s because they are populated by a bunch of pedantic nerds, who want faithful adaptations.
Yes. That’s exactly what makes them obnoxious. Case in point: the new Star Trek films making Sulu gay upset George Takei.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/george-takei-reacts-gay-sulu-909154/
That’s probably the first intelligent, thoughtful thing that’s come out of Takei’s mouth in decades. Why should I find that more obnoxious than mindlessly making a classic character gay because the original actor happened to be so? Mega-corporations fucking with source material to virtue signal.
And here’s the thing – the properties they invest all this money in is only worth the money because of the built in fanbase. So maybe they should just give them what they want inst4ead instead of trying to appeal to a modern audience that doesn’t even exist?
In that example, they don’t discuss Sulu being gay at all in the movie. Everyone just inferred it because Sulu was sitting next to a guy at a party.
There’s also the part where cinema is supposed to be an art form, different people interpret it in different ways.
They don’t discuss it in the movie, they just will tell you in every interview they do that it was their intent. And the only reason they didn’t make it obvious in the movie is to avoid getting kicked out of certain markets.
I think if the most thought provoking debate a movie can inspire is whether a character is gay or not, it’s probably a pretty shitty movie. Especially when it’s a completely superfluous detail completely unrelated to the plot or whatever meaning the story may have. But you basically summed up modern cinema. Empty virtue signaling while Hollywood elites jerk-off to the thought of how enlightened they are.
You know what will sell tickets? A mashup of Predator and Tropic Thunder. I want to the Predator to hunt a bunch of actors filming in a jungle in Central America.
“I ain’t got time to act!”
“Everyone just inferred it because Sulu was sitting next to a guy at a party.”
G_d I hope those same people don’t see our Zoom chats.
Watching the Chick-Fil-A CEO polish a black dude’s shoes on stage, on camera to make up for his whiteness convinced me that the corporate idiots who do this kind of shit are as moronic and bereft of honor as any pol.
It’s our first anniversary!
Anniversaries aren’t First.
caption:”Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Oh, I guess you do.”
You have something on your face.
Do you know where that tongue has been?
Congratulations.
He’ll have to lick his ass for an hour to get that taste out of his mouth.
Happy Anniversary.
Happy Puppyversary!
Adorbz
Is there no end to OMB’s perfidy?
Hmmmm…. So many questions that need answers. I wonder what might have been going on (at King Walz’s orders) in 2020 that led to a lot of OD’s? And as a taxpayer, am I really mad that you didn’t give the idiots on the Minneapolis City Council $1M. I wish more bureaucrats would pay attention to the stupid things pols say and use it as justification for not giving them money.
Everyone knows there is only one true girl boss in Scifi/Fantasy: Aviendha
She kinda Tarded, isn’t she?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYn8W_wsHVs
Im not sure how, but somehow this week Im going to use “snot valve” in a sentence to a friend or colleague.
You’re a good man, I’m sure you’ll make it.
Take the good news where you can find it.
‘member the days when we were told we should be emulating Europe? I do and I bet those calls wont be made by the same proggies now.
We should emulate Europe in many ways. Like school choice in Sweden. Or no minimum wage in Denmark. Or maybe lower corporate tax rates. Oh, that’s not what they mean?
Anyone still ’round? My job, after-school daycare for rich kids, is absurd. Ant poison? Leave in the cafeteria, per School policy. I got ‘in trouble’ for picking kids up on the jungle gym so they could get their hang time. Pesticide in the cafeteria? A-OK. Picking kids up? Neddy No-No.
I’m also a bit foggy. I’ve taken my meds and a bit of Klonopin. Just an oddity. Not an emergency. But I do notice. Made a nice tomato/mozz mix. Hrm.
Have you tried getting them to change their gender? Because apparently that’s all the rage.
One girl did change to Vaughn on me for one day. Apparently she’s done it before, but just that once with me. I pretty much laughed in her face. I also work with a MtF. Not sure how far. Doesn’t pass. Quite chill. Is quite open about her troubled past. Just. All sorts of mental fuckery. Just an obvious Red Flag of a troubled person, desperate, saying “This thing might help! Full steam!” Doesn’t seem to have ‘fixed’ much. Uh huh.
And I was specifically told the Policy was for all. I can’t pick them up. Uh huh. I’m thrilled the end-date to this gig is coming up.
Well, despite attempting to make inroads with the general public that cannibalism isn’t all that bad when potentially facing it in reality, shuts people up.
Also, a week later the State Department is finally deciding it should help American’s depart…after refusing public use of the diplomatic airfield.
Sry, missed the midday thread, but
The Late P Brooks on March 19, 2024 at 11:15 am
Can you have it generate an image of something which can then be 3D printed?
StabilityAI does make another module (Stable Zero123) that generates a 3d model from an image.
from MSN:
NATO forces confirmed on Ukrainian soil, not in combat roles
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The Spanish newspaper “El País” reports that NATO soldiers are presently in Ukraine, emphasizing that their presence is not a recent development and that they are not engaged in combat operations against Russia.
According to “El País,” the presence of NATO soldiers on Ukrainian soil has been confirmed by statements from Emmanuel Macron and the foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski.
NATO countries’ soldiers are already in Ukraine, and I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the ambassadors of those nations for taking such a risk. They themselves are best aware of their identities, said Radosław Sikorski during a conference in the Sejm, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Poland joining NATO.
Moreover, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz disclosed at the end of February that British and French soldiers are stationed in Ukraine.
El País discusses that NATO soldiers have been stationed on Ukrainian territory for many years, with the United States having military representatives monitoring weapons deliveries.
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[head desk]
Oh, Im sure its nothing to worry about….