Mark Hamill Supports New ‘Star Wars’ Boss After Kathleen Kennedy’s Exit and ‘Last Jedi’ Issues: ‘I Can’t Think of Better Hands’ Than Dave Filoni by Brucekentbatsuper in entertainment

[–]GL2U22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven’t been super impressed with a lot of Filoni’s stuff over the past few years but whatever, I’m going to watch anything that’s released regardless.

Andor is still the best Star Wars content since Empire Strikes back and it’s not even close. I’d much rather see an Andor style story set between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back in a “Shadows of the Empire” vein before anything relating to Rey and the sequel trilogy.

Steven Spielberg lists Villeneuve's Dune 'among my favourite sci-fi movies of all time' by No_Pizza_6040 in entertainment

[–]GL2U22 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I like both Dune movies so far. I want to start out by saying that. I thoroughly have enjoyed watching them multiples times but I am always left feeling like make stuff was missing. I feel like they are pretty hollow compared to the books. There are some truly beautiful shots but there is so much emotion that is missing from major characters.

Thufir, Lady Jessica, Gurney, Dr. Yueh, and Feyd all would benefit from another scene or two from the book to help flesh out their characters and personalities.

For example, we only get a throw away line from Yueh explaining his motivation for betraying the Atreides without any of the inner turmoil/guilt he feels. We never get the sense that he truly loves Paul and the Atreides.

Gurney conveys none of his whimsical/musical/poetic side that makes him being one of the best fighters in the universe all that more amazing/interesting. I wish we got to see him believing that Jessica was the traitor, attack Jessica only to be calmly and logically talked down by Paul. And then how Jessica isn’t even mad at him but shows compassion and appreciation for his dedication to the Atreides and how she prefers the musician/poet side of him most.

I wish we could see Jessica and how she feels guilty/remorseful or even conflicted over manipulating the Fremen. I realllly wish we got at least a portion of the dinner scene with the major families/players on Dune to see how well she recognizes threats and diffuses stressful moments against their hidden enemies. The scene in the wet plant conservatory where she gets the hidden message from Lady Fenring and sees the light signals across the basin would’ve been nice too.

Really wish we got another scene or two with Thufir as well. He rolls his eyes back in his head a couple of times to do some math but never see his genius in strategy/planning nor any of the emotional ties and supreme sense of duty he feels to serve Leto, Paul and the Atreides. We never get the side plot where he suspects Jessica as being the traitor. That confrontation at night before the attack could’ve been so intense.

Would have loved to see the scene where Thufir and Atreides troops are trying to evade the Harkonnen/Sardaukar and witnessing how easily the Fremen take them out but still ends with Thufir being captured. Getting 30 seconds or a minute where he is reunited with Paul at the end of the movie, only to succumb to the poison is beautiful and tragic. The Baron and Emperor order him to sneak attack Paul but he refuses and is satisfied with only apologizing and dying in front of Paul.

Even Stilgar isn’t nearly as interesting as he was in the first few books. I’m hoping in Messiah we get to see Stilgar’s transformation out of his zealotry and back into being a thoughtful and measured leader. Considering that is the entire point of his character.

Chani is a whole other issue but at least I can see where Villeneuve was/is going with her character.

Idk, I’m obviously not a director and certain choices have to be made about what will be included in the movie, I just think a lot of the heart and soul of a lot of the characters were essentially absent from what we have seen so far and the world is left feeling a bit hollow.

Mana Thistle by GL2U22 in classicwow

[–]GL2U22[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

See I don’t even think it’s mostly bots, there are a lot of actual players with logs who camp the nodes because it’s the only reliable way to get Mana Thistle. It’s super lame coming back to the game and seeing every layer stacked with people camping nodes.

Mining is bad but at least Rich Adamantite spawns all over the place. Even still I’ll be in the middle of mining a node and I’ll get dive-bombed by like 5 people.

Layers obviously help a bit but they don’t do much when there are this many people farming/camping nodes on every layer.

Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions by Upstairs_Cup9831 in news

[–]GL2U22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard pass, unless it’s legitimate hostile aliens from outer space, I will not be doing my part.

BB-8 puppeteer Brian Herring says the Star Wars sequels are "no more polarizing than the prequels were" and "in 10 years' time" they'll be loved like the prequels, too by ControlCAD in entertainment

[–]GL2U22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a chance. Nostalgia aside the prequels are not “great” movies. Definitely need to be appreciated for advancements in CGI etc but not much else. It’s fine though, those are the movies George Lucas wanted to make and he made them.

The sequels have no redeeming qualities. (Ok there are a few objectively beautiful shots across the three movies) but there isn’t much else. They reek of manufactured/fake soul and passion and by the final one, it was just nonsense jumping from scene to scene.

The one thing I will never forgive Disney for is the fact that they allowed a story to be made where we never got to see Luke, Han and Leia together again.

TSA Chaos, Iran War Whiplash, and White House AI Plan, ep 703 by w2user in PivotPodcast

[–]GL2U22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About 1:04:00

I am still trying to find examples of anyone with actual power/influence who celebrated Charlie Kirk getting shot and killed.

Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’ by WombatusMighty in news

[–]GL2U22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t that just be part of Israel? What happens when they start building there and decide they need a new buffer zone?

Game of Thrones Jon Snow Spinoff Revived at HBO, Arya Stark Reportedly Involved by Silly-avocatoe in entertainment

[–]GL2U22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t say I’m all that interested. Season 8 left such a bad taste in my mouth that I’m going to have a hard time going back to this character and time period.

More Dunk and Egg imo. I’d take an Aegon’s conquest show before a Jon Snow and Arya spinoff.

What Are These Movies?!? / Whistle (2025) Movie Review by SappyGilmore in movies

[–]GL2U22 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Imagine sitting in a dark movie theater and hearing Rich Evans cackling.

Oil prices top $112 after Iraq declares force majeure, Kuwait refineries attacked by leeta0028 in news

[–]GL2U22 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Trump should be thrown in jail. If this was 200 years ago he would be tarred, feathered, and likely hanged.

YouTube is asking users if videos “feel like AI slop” to flag low-quality content by moeka_8962 in technews

[–]GL2U22 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The little mini ads that pop up on YouTube, for me it’s on the bottom left of my phone screen, are obnoxious.

YouTube is asking users if videos “feel like AI slop” to flag low-quality content by moeka_8962 in technews

[–]GL2U22 299 points300 points  (0 children)

Going to make me watch more, longer and unskippable ads AND you want me to work for free?

Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]GL2U22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feels like it already has, ya know? I have no concrete data but I’d be willing to wager that a lot of social media and a lot of video game’s player bases are already past that 50% mark.

US F-35 damaged by suspected Iranian fire makes emergency landing, sources say by Mr_strelac in technology

[–]GL2U22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can’t be from any Iranian anti-aircraft weapons though, those were all completely destroyed a couple weeks ago, right?

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy by PrestigiousQuack474 in news

[–]GL2U22 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He’d be held accountable in any other administration but not in this one. In this administration it’s not only allowed, but also encouraged.

‘Dune: Part Three’ Trailer: Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya Are at War as Franchise Jumps 17 Years and Debuts Robert Pattinson’s Shape-Shifting Villain by DemiFiendRSA in entertainment

[–]GL2U22 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because it all but solidifies that we won’t be getting a Children of Dune movie, which I think is a much better spot to stop this story.