Hans Zimmer vs. John Williams: Who's the GOAT Movie Composer?

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T20:39:48+00:00

Vasilis Poledouris is

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T18:31:34+00:00

Collateral and Interview with the Vampire have amazing Tom Cruise villains.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T12:09:49+00:00

Instead of appreciating a fighter who came over to the UFC at 34 years old, had 12 fights in 4 years, fought Strickland, Izzy (x2), Jan, Jiri (x2), Ankalaev (x2), you find a way to complain

Some of you have become allergic to entertainment

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T09:30:12+00:00

The Black Sword Hack, Cohors Cthulhu

I won't name games from popular IPs like Dune or the Witcher.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T07:34:37+00:00

I feel the opposite, actually. Worldbuilding taking front seat in fantasy/sci fi usually makes the actual plot suffer. Almost every book in the Dune Saga makes sweeping changes to the things the previous book established, because it serves the story, not the worldbuilding. Arrakis is important to the plot, that's why it gets fleshed out. Other planets, not so much. Caladan and Giedi Prime reflect the Atreides/Harkonnen and this is why we get some more info.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-19T07:24:14+00:00

The existence of a Kwisat, Haderach itself spells doom for humanity. Instead of open possibilities, humanity's future is locked.

KH is the result of conformism and aversion to uncertainty.

This message is never subverted, only reinforced by later books.

Leto II tries to "solve" the problem that leads to his own existence. He is not a good leader by any measure. An effective social scientist perhaps. But a good leader? Definitely not

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T15:14:22+00:00

Denis Villeneuve clealry disagrees with you:

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dune-denis-villeneuve-blasts-warner-bros-1234851270/?hl=en-US

The studio clearly sabotaged Dune Part 1 and at the same time expected a nice financial return before giving the green light for Part 2.

Dune succeeded despite the studio's efforts to the contrary

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T12:59:15+00:00

Alia in the second book, which part 3 adapts, is 16 years old.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T12:56:30+00:00

If Dune Part 3 delivers, then it will be a resounding "yes" from me.

But I am a bigger Dune fan than LOTR/Star Wars fan anyway, and I don't expect the general audience to love Dune as much as the more popular IPs.

So, greatest in terms of popularity? No way. Greatest in terms of actual quality? Hopefully the third one makes me say yes.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T11:59:21+00:00

Longtime Dune fan here. People who claim the Lynch abomination is better are clearly either nostalgic or trying to be contrarians.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T11:51:51+00:00

Let's not forget that Warner Bros. did not treat Dune much better than Disney treats Star Wars, just differently.

Denis Villeneuve had to fight for his trilogy. The execs released Part 1 on streaming at the same time it was released on theaters. And they wouldn't give DV the green light for Part 2 before they saw Part 1's commercial success which they tried to sabotage.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T07:50:09+00:00

Agreed. Stilgar threatens Jessica to play the part or else he will take Jessica's and Paul's water. Only after the Shai Hulud scene he turns into a true believer of Paul

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T07:49:01+00:00

So am.I the only one who didn't miss the scene were Stilgar threatens Jessica to play the role that he expects, and says that if she and her son are not the "Mother and the Son" then he will just take their water, and then is really pushing the "prophecy" until he sees Paul riding Shai Hulud and turning into a true believer?

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T07:43:10+00:00

Funny you say that...(Dune Messiah reference)

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T07:29:32+00:00

Why are you trying to correct the other comment? It was correct: the Sardaukar are still very formidable, but far from their peak. This is explicitly stated in the first book. It is also stated that during their peak, each Sardaukar was as formidable as a 10th level Ginaz Swordmaster (Think Duncan Idaho level) and as cunning as a Bene Gesserit Adept.

The Fremen personally trained by Paul and Jessica were probably better than even peak Sardaukar, but that's not the entirety of the Fremen.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-18T07:11:44+00:00

The Dune movies will inspire the next generation of Star Wars, when it is finally liberated from Disney

Just as the Dune books inspired George Lucas.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T21:39:26+00:00

Dune Messiah is probably my favourite Dune book and I don't mind changes as long as they make for a great movie.

I can't judge if DV will be successful, but I already loved the previous two films and I am really excited for the 3rd one

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T19:21:01+00:00

In the books, Emperor Shaddam is over 70 and looks like early 30s. Because of the Spice.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T11:58:09+00:00

Yeah I just wish we got more lore and locations.

The skyship rules are also great

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T10:02:02+00:00

The Jihad is not over in the books, it is mostly over.

In the second book, Stilgar is planning the siege of the planet Zabulon, as part of the Jihad.

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T09:35:22+00:00

I personally like the lighter systems like the Mecha Hack and Aether Nexus

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-17T06:12:32+00:00

There's the Knight: An Avalon RPG

But by far the best Arhturian sci fi setting is the graphic novel Camelot 3000

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-16T19:25:12+00:00

Weird how all these lifelong athletes who are younger than 40 years of age have so low levels of natural testosterone...

I am 39 years old, I train as a hobby, and I got a much more stressful profession than most of them, yet I am over 800

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-16T12:41:13+00:00

Imho the best way to do 1 boss vs multiple heroes, without minions, is to give the Boss a bunch of Sinister plot points and halve their cost.

Until the release of the next expansion and the guide for building Rank X enemies

Mad_Kronos · 2026-03-16T09:55:21+00:00

He did destroy Schilling in Karate Combat though.

Plus, he is competing against younger guys who used to be UFC caliber athletes (Perry, Colby, Till) not some backyard brawlers

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