“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
Ça fait un moment que j'avais envie de refaire les posters de DUNE avec ce jeu de mot pourri qui me parasitait la tête. Voilà encore une utilisation de Photoshop bien productive.
bts: j'ai choisi deux posters de proportions semblables, avec un personnage sur le premier et deux personnages sur le second, mais au second plan, pour appuyer le propos du montage.
Many new concepts and ideas are introduced in the earliest chapters of the series, but a key part of the Dune universe is the Spacing Guild Navigators. In a universe that thrives on interstellar travel, this group holds a pretty important position. They don't usually take center stage, but their lore and history are as dense as...
I just read an unimaginably stupid article asking why #SciFi always envisions a capitalist future and demanding that science fiction must break away from it. My response to that is simple: science fiction IS a critique of #Capitalism It, as a genre, exists in response to capitalism, not divorced from it. Think of every science fiction universe that you have ever fallen in love with: #StarWars#StarTrek#Expanse#Foundation#Dune etc. Almost all of them present a vision of the future either after rejecting capitalism, languishing under it, or exploring the reality of a post-capital fascistic and/or feudal society. Science fiction begs us to grapple with contemporary issues or yearn for a world where those issues do not exist, just as every literary movement has before it. To loudly proclaim that science fiction must cease capitalist critique because it is overplayed is an admission that you do not understand the genre.
The Butlerian Jihad against “thinking machines” happened 10,000 years before the events of Dune:
“This is the literal, narrative reason for the purging of any use of the machines: People in this world felt an overreliance on such technology that inevitably changed how society functioned for the worse.”
On March 8, join me, Ed Ongweso Jr, and @brianmerchant for an in-depth discussion of DUNE: PART TWO and whether we need to take a page from science fiction to smash the “thinking machines.”
The Oregon Coast Inspired the Novel ‘Dune.’ Does the Sci-Fi Tale Foreshadow Its Fate?
"In Herbert’s original “Dune” work, the dedication page reads “to the dry-land ecologists, wherever they may be, in whatever time they work, this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration.” Many scholars have taken these words to heart, extolling the nuggets of wisdom “Dune” can teach humanity about oil, geoengineering and climate change, reported Jess Romeo for JSTOR Daily in 2021.
But as far as the films go, not everyone agrees that these adaptations focus enough on the environmental issues that helped inspire them.
In an opinion article for Sierra Magazine, film critic Rebecca Long writes that both popular “Dune” movie series, including director David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation and Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and “Dune 2,” films “downplay the novel’s environmental message and treat the book’s ecological themes as extraneous rather than essential.”
#Dune is a thing again. This is a sketch I drew whenever it came out the last time. I hope this drawing gives the subject the gravity it deserves. #pencil_sketch_real
Our writer argues that, despite its flaws, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part 2 hit at just the right time... and is illustrative of a bigger problem in Hollywood.
Dune: The History Of The Spacing Guild Navigators (www.thegamer.com)
Many new concepts and ideas are introduced in the earliest chapters of the series, but a key part of the Dune universe is the Spacing Guild Navigators. In a universe that thrives on interstellar travel, this group holds a pretty important position. They don't usually take center stage, but their lore and history are as dense as...
The Response to Dune: Part 2 Is Less About the Movie and More About Current Hollywood's Problems - IGN (www.ign.com)
Our writer argues that, despite its flaws, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune: Part 2 hit at just the right time... and is illustrative of a bigger problem in Hollywood.