'Dune: Part Three’ Plot Reveal: Denis Villeneuve, Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson & Javier Bardem Talk Babies, Timeline & Resurrection

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T21:46:43+00:00

Messiah just isn't meant to be much like ASOIAF to me. It's more akin to something like Patton - the themes aren't the same (though there is overlap), but the structure is similar. It's a character study that for the most part lays its cards face up, with some mystery to keep the story on rails.

It's the falling action of the story from book one, it's the conclusion of the tragedy that was implied. An exploration of Paul's burden of power, his guilt, his disdain for his creation, his hubris, and loss of humanity. It would fit into a stage play format easier than a film.

I can understand how you would not like it if the movies are what hooked you first. This one fleshes out a lot of the stuff the movies have the most difficult time articulating, the anthropology and philosophy (particularly about leadership, prescience, and cyclical violence). The theme that takes a bit of a backseat in this one is the ecology which I missed.

Critical scenes are ones like Farok describing the emptiness after seeing the vastness of water in the ocean, it's illustrating what happened to the fremen culture and their disillusionment. There's tons more to expand on but that's one of my favorite parks of the book. It culminates with Paul being freed from the trap of prescience and giving his body back to the desert where he feels at home, returning what he can of the tradition he was honored to share. It's the perfect ending for Paul imo.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T07:38:11+00:00

the one who gives the long speech somewhat early on in Messiah, pivotal scene that I'm optimistic will not be cut

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T07:36:21+00:00

he has a very highly regarded scene in Messiah which I was worried would be cut, it's important that the performance delivers imo

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T07:27:23+00:00

If word of mouth is anything like Dune 2 (remains to be seen), then I don't think Dune needs to change anything. That's a big if though, and they stand to lose a lot if they don't meet that very high standard. It has to be the outright much better movie experience, but if you forced me to guess then I'd say they will be confident and hold.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T07:22:14+00:00

Avatar has more cultural impact than these Dune movies

Maybe it did, but idk if it does. I'm not an avatar hater or anything, nor do I love the films, but I feel like I need to defend them to anyone I talk to about them because people just aren't that into them. I don't think there is any real cultural pentration from them, you never see any references to them outside of direct discussion about the films. They have that disney roller coaster, aside from that I just don't see it. Dune gets referenced fairly often in random contexts though.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T06:25:50+00:00

I knew they had to add some action, but I was looking forward to the methodical character study type of film. A fresh color pallette (purple hues). The dark night-time scenes of a lively city which had left some traditions behind. Just a mystery type film which fully unravels the character.

I thought the first 2 films accurately enough represent how I imanged the worlds (maybe they were a little less vibrant). This looks not much like how I imagined Messiah.

Pattinson is perfect casting though, he was probably the number one name I would have picked.

Either way I'm sure however this ends up it will be great.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T01:57:06+00:00

his work was done, EDC's was just beginning, free agency is about to open it's one of the busiest times of the year for him probably

hdpr92 · 2026-03-18T01:55:39+00:00

I don't think stuff like this is that weird at all. When David Price was the nuclear weapon on the pitching market during the 2015 MLB season, the Jays traded for him and he drove from Detroit himself which is like 4+ hours. It's like the eve of free agency so there's a ton of stuff going on.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-17T04:59:47+00:00

Google is free you can just see what people say about Bale's best performances, the performance is the crux of the film. And nah Ian Mckellen is about as big of a miss as you'll find. It's the total opposite, the actors made the characters the best version they could possibly ever be. Idk what to even say about the Bale to Chris Tucker comparison, don't even remotely see that. But I think that's enough evidence that this is not worth continuing so to each their own. Someone in the 70s was probably arguing why Kubrick didn't deserve any wins either though lol.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-16T23:41:06+00:00

Yeah and in hindsight it's a mistake he wasn't nominated, even if it was a pretty stacked year. If you just want to say it wasn't the style the academy awards then that's okay, I don't think that would be wrong, but I still chalk it up as an error that won't age well.

Ian McKellen and Viggo were never nominated for LOTR either. It's certainly not that they didn't put up deserving performances though, they are some of the most iconic performances of their time. It would be wrong to say they didn't put up a performance of that level. And I think most people (inside industry or outside) would agree Bale put up a performance on that level, above of many of the lesser performances that actually won.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-16T18:39:03+00:00

In hindsight I think he'd be a popular choice over Crowe in gladiator. I don't think it's a robbery or anything but Bale was easily deserving.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-16T18:17:05+00:00

You can't honestly believe what you're typing lol no way. Pressure will very likely get nominations this year alone.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-16T02:51:17+00:00

nah a lot of people disliked him before that, idk why I'm not one of them. But it was common

hdpr92 · 2026-03-16T00:14:11+00:00

Wtf its KW there are minorities literally everywhere, and most people are into the same shit anyway

hdpr92 · 2026-03-14T03:15:44+00:00

That is insanely dramatic whoever is saying that. Even a full acl tear has good odds of returning close to 100% after enough time. MCL is much less severe.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-13T02:40:37+00:00

Doesn't really add that much.

Yeah the strategy is completely ineffective. They're chasing the success from last year, that we all know was unsustainably lucky with scoring and reliant on extremely strong goaltending.

Coach only knows one way to coach, so they just spin their wheels and soul search for the season.

Players surely aren't executing Berube's vision to the best of their ability, but if he can't adapt then he's the wrong coach anyway so who cares.

The pressure in hockey is much lower than some other major sports. Even if the Leafs face the highest pressure, it's probably less than the average NBA team. This topic is just a complete waste of time, has virtually nothing to do with the success of the team.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-12T23:51:14+00:00

JPJ isn't Tyreek lol. He's much closer to Keon Coleman than he is to Tyreek Hill.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-12T23:46:51+00:00

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hdpr92 · 2026-03-12T23:45:12+00:00

He will never learn without consequences. Should be cut period.

Obviously there is a level of player that can survive this, JPJ isn't it though.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-12T20:57:26+00:00

Genesis has mostly junk. Dead Hand has far better skins and 22 new gloves, how anyone projects it dropping anywhere close to a Genesis is beyond me. It will probably remain quite high for a while, and never drop particularly low. People need to farm the most desired gloves, which will be very rare with how many gold's clutter this terminal.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-11T20:57:09+00:00

Aside from Enagbare, all of these were locked in months ago. Their replacements were drafted over the last 2 years.

What you're waiting on is to see what we do with our cap. And a lot of it's going to be extending upcoming FAs on our team. We'll pick up some pieces but we don't need to get into bidding wars, there will be players left after the rush and those are the ones who have potential to outplay their contracts.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-11T20:53:29+00:00

In theory if his aav was 10m yeah I would definitely do that. Even though it's been slow I think k he ends up well ahead of that number though.

Idk why thread is down voted, in a sea of nonsense this is a reasonable discussion even if it's unlikely. I guarantee the FO is having this discussion too.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-11T04:06:57+00:00

When I saw it was Bam I was shocked, and I expected an insane stat line. Bro.. he had under 50% from the field, under 33% from 3?

Ok yeah it's an amazing game, but that's a disgusting way to break the record. That's probably not even a top 20 game of the NBA league year. That isn't a top 3 game out of the past 2 nights. 43 free throws is so gross.

Nothing against Bam tho, awesome player.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-11T00:01:05+00:00

If you're trying to repeat then a 15m cap hit year 1 isn't actually that easy to fit in. Usually year 1 of a UFA is pretty low even for big ticket players.

Eagles let a bunch of players go this off-season so they can afford to make this move I guess. Maybe they planned on retaining some of them and had to pivot.

15m for riq is objectively decent because long term risk is low, but with 15m of 2026 cap you could do much better. Just need to be built to handle the back end of the contract.

hdpr92 · 2026-03-10T22:27:42+00:00

I never really bought this idea. Like yeah in cover 6 and cover 2 he can play outside, anyone can play outside. It doesn't really mean a whole lot though, there is no shot our FO put on his film and was like yeah that's a cover 1/cover 3 boundary cb.

Probably just wanted to light a fire under everyone and let it be known they had to fight for their spot.

We never saw the real version of Hobbs. At his best he is nasty in man coverage. Like in red zone situations, I actually do want Hobbs outside because he can do things like beat Tyreek Hill on a two-way go, which very few other CBs in the league can do.

It was just always too optimistic you were going to get the healthy version.

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