re: Dune 2 will release on Max May 21 at 12AM

I agree with everything you said but I’m not going to give up on it yet. We have to remember that WB was coming off the financial bomb after bomb including extended franchises so part 1 had to be done very carefully leaving a lot of stuff out and 2 wasn’t greenlit until after 1 was out. Then 2 had a bigger budget and needed to have more mass appeal so that one was streamlined in terms of world building and scope. I’m not going to fault DV for operating under these restraints. This should’ve been a 4 movie series that’s been cut down to 3 and initially wasn’t guaranteed even 2 and it’s done well enough to warrant extending the universe. Now DV has said he’s only going to do the 3 movies then he’s out though he will stay on to consult and help with further installments. All said it’s a good thing that we’re finally getting Dune done well enough to bring this universe to the general public and if they make the right hires going forward we can still get a satisfying universe from this IP.

Exactly, they make a point to not have her tell Paul she loves him and to qualify that she’ll stick with him only if he does what she approves of. She continuously makes it a point to stress that she’s only fighting for her people not for Paul and she says she doesn’t trust him well into their relationship because he’s a foreigner. This leaves their relationship and Paul’s choices pertaining to Chani weightless even though they try to convince you to feel something about it. She’s also very hypocritical when it comes to her own people always claiming that she’s so committed to Fremen culture even though she’s in constant opposition to it.