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Frank Herbert was a genius

The parallels between Stilgar's story and religion in our very real world are stark and many.

People always told me that Otto tried to isolate Viserys from Daemon out of ambition. However… When has Daemon ever EVER shown Otto that he isn’t a threat to the crown?! Otto served as a hand for a long time. It was too long ago when two Targaryen brothers brought chaos to Westeros for ambition and war Maegor and Aenys and Aeny’s children. We know that Daemon loves his bro. But Daemon also loves power. Daemon is ambitious reckless ruthless merciless acts first thinks later, casually commits violence consistently. Why wouldn’t Otto think that Daemon is a threat to his much weaker older brother and to the realm? He’s not scared of Rhaenyra he’s scared of Daemon. And by medieval feudal standards he did what any father would do and secure the highest most beneficial, not necessarily happy, match for his daughter. The King is the most eligible man ever. So he secures her a the best match. I’m not saying he did something good as Alicent was not happy but that was what fathers did. And yes by Machiavelli from the Prince, in order for your reign to be secure you can’t have any threats aka potential heirs who can usurp you. In a world where male line goes over female line which Jaehaerys great council reinforced, as long as Aegon Aemond and Daeron live then Rhaenyra will never be secure especially when she intended to crown a bastard her bastard after her. Rhaenyra in the show versus the book may not have the stomach for kin slaying but Daemon who has no love for Otto or Alicent and by extension Aegon Aemond and Daeron certainly wouldn’t. He’s scared rightfully so as well. And even if Aegon chooses to be a figurehead we all know Otto is a competent leader and Aegon also has other people to provide good guidance such as Alicent Criston etc. people who know how to lead from experience. Rhaenyra will be influenced by Daemon who is not a good influence.

He is literraly me

The quote "It was a lessening of the man" still hits hard no matter how many times I think about it. I've never read the books and in my watch between the first movie and the next, thought characters may have just been weaker, but this shows the writers intent and the warning you describe here. Also clearly the directors respect the source material and I am excited for more.

During my first viewing of Dune 2, whenever the audience would laugh at Stilgar's lines, I would cringe. Having read the books, I knew Stilgar's path and couldn't see his decent into fanaticism as funny. I heard their laughter and realized they didn't know what was coming.

Well said, this was an amazing video

Paul's self-loathing is the genetic defect the Bene Gesserit would have weeded out in the next iteration. (spoiler) This is why his son arises as the kwisatz haderach.

I honestly honestly don't understand why Jessica just couldn't have waited a couple of months to undercover transformation so she didn't screw up her kid

I think there is also commrntary on the atreides family hijacking these inevitable forces and using them for better than they were intended. Paul could destroy the hierarchies if he chose. He could guard the power vacuum and never fill it. But inevitability is a drug like spice that you can submit to.

The music used here: valley of light by Yuriy leontiev czcams.com/video/-pWTlzZdfT0/video.html

I would not laugh at Stilgar. He feels that he is truly fulfilling his purpose in life, he is at ease; few can say the same.

In the end, HotD is just a GOT reboot. Otto - Tywin, Rhaenyra - Daenerys + Cersei, Alicent - maybe a bit of Catelyn, Larys - Littlefinger + Varys, and Daemon who is just Daemon because I can't remember anyone he could be a parallel. Even if the show tries to paint her in a good light by using the "f&b was written by biased maesters" and changed some things, it doesn't change the fact that by disrespecting her alliance with the Velaryons, war would happen later anyway due to of succession issues with strong children vs daemon children lmao

Hitler, Churchil, Stalin... wait... Churchil???

Truly I have never found something so fucking relatable. And never could I have thought it would be with one of my all time favorite actors. This life we live in isn’t promised and truly this world is a dark evil place. You can go from having it all to having what seems like pure hell in the palm of your hands. I’m beyond tired in this cold place but I don’t wanna let go just yet. There are people here that need me

What if his idea of going to South and drinking the poison to see the future so that he can find the narrow way to save so many people from death eventually will become the reason of death of millions he saw in dreams

i mean this in the nicest way possible, please find new music and add more excitement or SOMETHING to your voice i kept double checking if your voice-over was one of those bogus ai reviews that plague this site

After watching the first 2 movies, coming here to learn what to expect for the next film, what the fk is this series? These 2 new movies give no indication that worm people are a thing to expect.

It is science fiction. Fantasy. Fairy-tales for adults.

Great essay. I didn't read the books, so there are some plot holes for me in the movie. 1) what is the role of psycoactive substances? on the one side, allows you to travel through the stars, on the other... they are missleading? he didn't wanted to become a religious figure until he drank the water of life but on the other side, the spice somehow gave him some visions that were "real" insights into the future. So it is unclear to me why the psychoactives are part of the story. 2) what is the role of asking his inner voice? When he discusses with Chani and Duncan 'cause he didn't want to go to the south, he asks his inner self/Jamis for guidance and then he gets the confirmation he should go south to drink from the water of life to "see from the highest dune, as far as he can". So the message for me here is: don't trust you inner voice if you have noble intentions. Didn't find it to be a nice message. I see the story goes beyond political/religious figures themselves. It is mostly the projection (and reflection upon) the western concept of "pax romana": the ideal (assumption/delusion) that if one person or one system can control everything, then all humans will coexist peacefully with each other. This idea is first conceived by the benne jessarit through politics (we are going to design the ideal ruler), then by Paul through personal righteousness (If I'm in power, I can create order) and off course by the Fremen through religion.

Womp womp

To understand Frank Herbert’s Dune You need watch the Dune series released in 2000. Including Children of Dune released after it. This Hollywood woke version as usual does it no Justice

We are always being manipulated in some way. Your this so called your opinion of Herbert's Dune lesson is manipulation of how others see it into your view. The end Herbert says to be award balance make your own decisions but sometimes that requires self control and restrictions of the moment for future survival not equal to forced restraint. WW2 people chose to grow veggies to save for war not a forced denial of food. There is a difference in learning from a 'prophet' to learn your own choices vs mindless enforced behaviors with no regard to weighing to factors and outcomes

You forgot fictional story the human race ESCAPES GOING EXTINCT THRU BRED SELF STEMCELL LIKE ABILITY TO SENSE environment and future make decision and be free from predictive predators. IRL humanity will never learn outside the surrounding universe environment and our minute need to survive good or bad choices made

& his Mother's role, in all this ?????????????????????????????????

Even bigger problem is in people themselves, herd mentality, this is the biggest human weakness. We are social creatures and we feel a strong need to adapt witch allows us to live in harmony with other people. But this tendency has a negative side... It's better to be part of the herd and even if we're wrong we can all be wrong together, to be a black sheep is much worse. Individual is almost insignificant compared to a group that follows him.

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He was supposed to marry feyd 😂😂😂

I don't like the downplaying of Paul's true power in this video, he can see billions of futures by the end of it all. He was not an ordinary person placed into power accidentally. Which is more accurate to your quote at the beginning with true superheroes that were dangerous to humanity. It did not relate to dictators.

Wait what visions does Paul have that prevent the jihad?

Stalin was not a charismatic leader, he was a thug, a criminal, who had the fore sight to grab the power on offer through a fundamentally flawed ideology. Churchill was charismatic but did not lead Britain to mindless war he fought a war of defence and the very first election after the war ended he was out of office. Only Hitler is a representation of the point you were trying to make. A charismatic leader with a cult of personality who swayed millions to commit act of barbarism. The British acted out of self preservation, the Russians out of fear and ideological manipulation.

Rhaenyra is what rhaena the black bride would have been as queen i always say that

I dunno, i thought stilgar was hilarious. Exactly how i like my comic relief characters. Not even the original did it this good

Your beautiful analysis aaide, can we appreciate the way you narrate this? The music fits perfectly to your voice!

oh no someone came and deliverd us from shithole and gave us good life, literal undeveloped mentality from around the world irl

Faith is the psychological trick that keeps us from breaking down in the face of death and hurt. Bardem s Stilgar was such a great exploration of our desire for comforting delusion

Typical binary or either or logic: why can’t she be both?!

Imam-Al Mahdi. Look it up.

Stilgar doesn't care what you believe. He believes!

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Furiosa！

Dam, Alia Atriedes, sounds like a real Greek tragedy.

She got harkonnen curse.

She was a victim. The whole reason the Bene Gesserit hated abominations is because of what happened to her. Jessica was cruel for what she did and I've never really seen a satisfactory answer for it.

In Islam evil is not justified even if it results in good. The ends do not justify the means. We're responsible for our own actions and will be judged for what we do. "And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend." Quran 41:34