Paul spoke truthfully to Chani at the end. Paul's marriage to Irulan is a necessary political maneuver. I'm looking forward to the third movie. Thanks for publishing your reactions.

paul isn't necessarily being selfish, the vision with Chani being burnt can be seen as what would happen if he stayed in the north. so to save Chani he went south even knowing the cost. and in his world political marriage is the norm for his class, his mother didn't marry Leto so they could keep open the option of a marriage if it brought a big enough political gain. i really recommend reading the book or listening to one of the newer audiobook versions

@angelagraves865

2 ай бұрын

There are also a lot of really great videos on YT. Quinn's Ideas is my favorite. Nerd Cookies and The Lorebrarians also put out good, informative Dune videos.

Dune had inspired parts of Star Wars. Dune was written in 1965, Star Wars released in 1977.

"When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows" -Frank Herbert, Children of Dune Powder!! 🤣 The lost Harkonnen! I remember that movie. You guys are hilarious 🤣🤣

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

That is a great quote, Angela! And the whirlwind seems to be closing in on us. Thanks for watching!

@alanfoster6589

2 ай бұрын

"Powder" was a fine film. Also a direct take/update from the great Olaf Stapeldon's ODD JOHN. Stapeldon was an early, and enormously influential European SF writer.

One of the main points Frank Herbert, the author, was trying to make is that we should be skeptical of charismatic leaders. I think this movie does a great job at carrying that message. Everyone likes Paul but most people notice that he's not quite the hero by the end. That said, its also a real tragedy for Paul. Once he takes the water of life, he sees a very bleak reality. In all his future visions but one, their enemy's prevail and the Fremen suffer more than they ever have before. The only way the Fremen can win is if he unites them in a holy crusade. So he is ultimately faced with the choice: die or be responsible for the deaths of billions. Its a curious philosophical question to ask anyone....push a button to kill billions of other people or don't push the button and you and your family will die.

Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam (the one who tested Paul with the Gom Jabbar) is Jessica's biological mother/teacher. Jessica's parentage was kept secret from her as well from the Baron. Only the higher up Reverend Mothers knew of this, no one else.

Austin Butler is really becoming a stand out in everything he's in. You guys should definitely watch Elvis !

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

Coming soon

Dude, this universe is infinite mote complex than you think. There are 20 books, this two movies are only one fucking book.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

That is amazing! I hope the Dune super fans understand where the noobs are coming from when reacting with such small amount of context. Thanks for commenting!

My dudes, Powder was pretty intense for a movie. Thanks for the throwback to my 20s. And I enjoyed the throwback with a chuckle.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

5:24 "Reverend Mothers are tasked with holding the memories of all the Reverend Mothers that came before them, I’ll be given centuries of pain and sorrow." "Is it dangerous?" 🤦‍♂️

they do shrink down the time covered from this part of the book the events take place over several years

@user-jz8ow3xv8t

2 ай бұрын

I think lotr trilogy did this too.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

All movies do this. They have to.

Everyone knows that Powder was really just Michael Jackson just wearing a bald cap

Paul should have just waited on Dune for the Great houses to muster their forces, prep and group up and wait for them to do the same thing they did to his dad

To keep in mind from the books - Paul can see the future possibilities, but he cannot See the other Spice Mystics (Spacer's Guild, Reverend Mothers). And they cannot See him in their visions. Neither can he See his cousin, Feyd-Rautha. It's only briefly mentioned that Feyd does something in the movie that Paul can't see and it surprises him. As for the Baron -- the Emperor's Truthsayer, the one who tested Paul in the first movie, she was the one who 'secured the bloodline' with the Baron as a younger man, and she's Jessica's mother. Reverend Mothers and advanced Bene Gesserit students have the ability to transmute poison in their own bodies, but they also can store toxins in their bloodstream safely and produce them at will through their skin, so the touch of a Reverend Mother can be lethal. Part of their defenses. After the Reverend Mother tested the Baron as a young man, she Poisoned the Baron Harkonnen with her touch over time so that his thyroid was destroyed and he became the floating blob we know and hate today. He couldn't control his body shift. Gaius Helenna, the Reverend Mother Truthsayer, knew that if he were allowed to come to power as a healthy man, they couldn't control the appetites of the Baron. This way he was neutralized and brought within their control for life.

@Usernumber777

2 ай бұрын

I like this adaptation , when Paul says there is a narrow way trough, the image of his knife in hand in Feyd’s chest is brilliant

A guy from my school went as powder for Halloween.

yeah you guys totally missed the point the point is about charismatic leaders need a warning label... May be hazardous to your health this is quote from Author him self

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

Please explain your understanding of our point.

In Feyd-Rautha’s (Austin Butler) celebration sequence the grand fight occurs early on in the film as the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) and Lady Margot Fenring (Lea Seydoux) join the inhabitants of Giedi Prime to watch. It was up to cinematographer Greig Fraser who shot the sequence on black-and-white infrared to deliver Villeneuve’s vision. Btw, Paul's Jihad's casualties were 61 billion lives, the sterilization of ninety planets, and the "demoralization" of five hundred additional worlds. Furthermore, 40 different religions were wiped out, along with their followers.

14:20. Old af here. I got it and cackled. Then felt bad that I didn't make that connection.

14:36 And THAT is how you introduce a villain!! I heard recently that in order to prepare for this role, Austin Butler spent 4 months in Budapest, Hungary, training with a former Navy SEAL!

oh yeah i remember powder

Rabban is a bad boss. Stilgar is my favorite.

I subscribed because this was the only reaction to equal me in saying this comment 16:35. For that I may buy a cup.. As for the 1986 version. I was six. Saw it about 9/10yo. It feels almost like a stage version of this one. I never really got it. But I fully understand what was going on after these two new versions. There NEEDS to be a third. Anyway. I'm sticking around. I see another comment like that and I'll donate.👊👍🙌

@sandrakiefler4649

Ай бұрын

1984 not 1986 btw my dude

I think the comment on todays politics is spot on. Even if it's not in the books, whats important is how you interpret it. Additionally why would you choose between a monster who tortures up front like the harkonnen and a monster who breaks every promise, like Paul?

Great reaction. But there is another theory.......... Paul was manipulated by Stilgar. He needed a "weapon" to get back at a Universe that took his peoples resources, made them slaves, and hunted them like Rats. I think the Fremen used Paul as that weapon They started the "Holy War". Paul wanted to prevent it. He lost control to the Fremen. Paul thought he could tone things down. And as you hinted. He did think we was the better alternative to the status quo. The Emperor, The Baron, and the Reverend Mother had to go. Paul was the better alternative.

@Elios0000

2 ай бұрын

the thing is Paul has to much empathy to walk the golden path... his Son Leto II rules for 1000's of years with iron fist and trillions die

@donny1960

2 ай бұрын

@@Elios0000 Also in the books. Paul states that he did not have the courage to take that path. He basically asks Leto II to forgive him.

Austin Butler is SUCH a star, he’s very captivating!!

Powder, product of lightning strike on his mother while pregnant. Cheers.

It irks me that the Baron could just call The Great Houses to bear. Space Travel through the Guild is forbiddingly costly, and it can take up to a month. Guild Heighliners have lots of passengers, you don’t just jump to the front of the line. Not on a whim. It’s not like mobilizing your military forces for a Skype call. Also, the Landsraad accepted Paul betrothal to Irulan and his ascendancy to the Throne, in the book-The whole reason he planned to marry her. It makes no sense that if they rejected his ascendancy that he would A-Wed Princess Irulan, and B-Spare the Emperor’s life.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

How do you know?

@technofilejr3401

2 ай бұрын

From the way Guild Heighliners are portrayed in this and the first movie they are just orbital platforms containing a fixed wormhole. You fly out to the one you want and dive in. No need to worry about redirecting traffic.

@richlisola1

2 ай бұрын

@@BluntReactionsBB How do I know how the book went? I read it.

@richlisola1

2 ай бұрын

@@technofilejr3401 Yeah, I don’t know what was up with that. Not at all how they are described in the novel. They are basically massive cargo ships, transporting everything from people to goods. A Great House would send its ships inside the Heighliner to be stored. Travel itineraries and storage space would have to be arranged. It takes time to guide the ships in, like Air Traffic Control, and there are already hundreds of other passengers going to points unknown elsewhere in the Known Universe. And anyone ahead in the line, goes to their destination first. So even though the travel is instant, the wait is not. I recall the book saying it took a month for House Atreides to reach Arrakis.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

Didn’t realize the entire comment was related to the book. I am hearing there are twenty or so books. Where do these movies fall in the book order?

You can discuss these movies and motivations of the guys in the movies, BUT the true story of Dune is MUCH more complex then you can think off and spans 30 000 years ! the two movies are only showing a very small part of this story. By the way I think USA politics is irrelevant here and pointless !!!! reading the original books is much more relevant to understand Dune.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

A movie is not a book but rather an adaptation, in most cases, of general ideas and the central narrative thread explaining the real world in a way that people can make a connection. Obviously, you prefer to live in fantasy, and you have the right, for now. Once that right is gone, maybe you will see the relevancy. The best course of action is to stop watching movies if your approach to movies is they have to be exactly what you imagined in the first place.

@phoenixrising8231

Ай бұрын

​@@BluntReactionsBB Well you're missing the central theme on the book & movie as it relates to American politics. Beware of charismatic leaders. Only one nominee can be equated to a charismatic leader. Of the cheap game show variety.

Please comment on the movie and not the crazy politics we have today, simply because you guys don't know what the frack you're talking about. I get enough of real BS politics on every lying, twisted news channel. Besides, this is suppose to be a reaction channel, and with that last sentence being said, I enjoyed your reaction.

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

You seemed to have missed the fairly obvious themes and meaning of Dune as it exists as THIS movie in which the filmmaker and his team clearly go out of their way to-generally-parallel western society and its glaring faults and the basis of that comes from religious indoctrination. Duh. And, if you listen to what we say, you’d know we really have no interest in politics, we choose no side, and people like you are the problem. If all you want is to find information to validate what you already think and believe (to which I would say be careful what you believe until you understand what that actually means) why don’t you simply stare at your twisted reflection in a mirror and talk to yourself all day, every day? That would complete your fall into true narcissism.

@bruno3778

2 ай бұрын

Relax! They weren’t sharing their personal, political beliefs; they were simply comparing what went on in the movie to our present governments and politics, which I think was spot-on!

Not a BIG fan of Villeneuve's take on Dune, but Paul speaking to the Fremens is easily one of the BEST things that happened in a movie this year.

I get so disappointed when men simp over women. Didn’t like your, “men ain’t shit “ comment. The same could be said about women with some of the examples yet you don’t do that. You could’ve looked at it like he made sacrifices for what he thinks is right.

@alexisc7565

2 ай бұрын

I love when men get offended over the slightest critique of how men act lmao

@BluntReactionsBB

2 ай бұрын

Well, genius. Our editor is a woman. And, if you’re paying attention to the movie, Paul in no way does what he thinks is right. At all. He gives in. This is so obviously a cautionary tale, a tragedy. Sorry to have to mansplain to you but you’re embarrassing. Love, Bryan P.S. Read a book.

@user-jz8ow3xv8t

2 ай бұрын

​@@BluntReactionsBB I think chani burning is what finally pushed him. He's definitely not betraying her. My guess is irulan won't be his intimate partner because he loves chani.

@technofilejr3401

2 ай бұрын

@@user-jz8ow3xv8t In the Dune books both Paul and his mother let Chani know Irulan is just a political marriage. In the sequel she and Paul don’t even live together. Paul lives on Arrakis with Chani .

@user-jz8ow3xv8t

Ай бұрын

@@technofilejr3401 makes sense.