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So, I finally got to see Dune at the IMAX last night. Spoiler free review follows: I loved it. It gets so much right. The costuming was beautiful, the composition of shots was gorgeous. The SCALE of it was spot on. The VFX all felt weighty and real, and those things that needed to be imposing...

Wow, then they have fundamentally misunderstood Dune as a whole. I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: "May be dangerous to your health." One of the most dangerous presidents we had in this century was...

Yeah, glad to see the cast be more diverse. Makes sense. Had lots of fun laughing at the neckbeard fanboys screaming "DUNE IS RUINED... WOKENESS EVERYWHERE... DUNE ISN'T POLITICAL BRO... Hahahaha. Fucking hell. I am assuming most of them haven't ever read the books. :lol:

Off to see this on Sunday at IMAX. Looking forward to it. Consensus amongst fans seems positive.

Hmmm... this makes me not so sure.

Probably the best new SF show in quite some time. It reminded me of B5 in its scope, and the production values and acting are all top quality. I felt some seasons lagged a bit, but the payoff has always been very cool. The S3 conclusion had the same 'epic' feeling of later B5 when things started...

For inexplicable reasons... only Children can pilot these giant robots. :borg:

Pretty excited for this. I think Villeneuve has done some good work in the past, I especially enjoyed The Arrival. I disliked Blade Runner II: Electric Boogaloo, but more for the script than the direction. It definitely looked and felt the part, but I struggled to care about any one character or...

Yeah, I use NordVPN for a certain degree of online privacy and you can also use it to fool steaming sites into thinking you are elsewhere. Want the USA catalogue on Netflix, no problem. For instance, I can watch Adult Swim, whilst actually being in the UK. I also will occasionally use torrents...

Pretty sure I've seen CW shows on Netflix UK in the past. Plus, with a VPN, no issues. It's what I do these days. In fact yes, the Sabrina reboot and Arrow are both on Netflix UK.

Oh yes, now that would be an interesting switch up! There really is a LOT of scope for tinkering and making it something distinct from the original show. JMS has made it abundantly clear it will be different. It's weird seeing fans argue about actors and using old story lines. If I see 'do the...

Wild speculation on my part, but I kinda expect a lot of new characters that occupy the same kind of thematic roles as the existing show. So, the trajectory of say 'Londo' is roughly the same but it's 'Kronkulon, the Centauri Ambassador' or whatever, this time around.

Ohhh, thanks for this! Can I also say, 10/10 for your signature content. Love Kurt Vonnegut.

Totally off topic, but UK represent :bolian:... I just realised there are a LOT of fans from the UK here. P.S. I have no idea what that emoji is but it looks like a thumbs up?

From JMS on Facebook:

The intro sequence was bang on the money. Bit unsure how I feel about what looks like a direct adaptation into live action, but I'll check it out for sure. Love the original anime.

I must admit it is nice discussing this here, Facebook and Reddit are unbearable, it's a torrent of 'noooo, this will ruin everything' and 'I will raze the earth and salt it before I watch a show with a new cast', etc, etc...

It does bode well, that in his tweet JMS mentioned the B5 reboot in the same breath as Westworld and BSG. This means the show will be a drastic overhaul, which I can totally get behind. We'll be getting something very different, and I'd wager, nothing like a straight remake that some fans seems...

I have seen plenty of CW shows pop up on Netflix. I feel like distribution will be fairly global.

It's an American TV channel partly owned by WB and partly owned by CBS I think. Tends to cater towards teen audiences, shows are often a bit low budget. They've had the most success with adaptations of DC comics properties for series: Arrow, The Flash, Lois and Clark and other stuff like Jane...