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[โ€“] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I don't personally care about any of the films mentioned, but I guess that's to each their own.

You keep bringing up Adolf Hitler as an example by the way, but when Frank wrote this book, Hitler had already died decades ago and his personality cult was dismantled. Frank still deemed it necessary to warn folks about the dangers of personality cults though, and given by the fact that there have been many more since I don't think that message can ever be said too loudly or clearly.

[โ€“] panthera_@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago

Quite true but I prefer that the story be about the romance between Paul, a person who doesn't want to be a leader but has to in order to avenge his family and free the Fremen and Chani, the girl of his dreams who initially doesn't like him but begins to love him when she sees his courage. Instead of Paul becoming evil, the story should revolve around Paul and his love for Chani. The end of the story should be Arrakis belonging to the Fremen and the rains returning. The rains could have stopped because invaders changed the weather in order to mine the spice.