What grass starvation does to the perma-online
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Surely, you've heard of "tabloids"?
Don’t call me Shirley
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I was raised in a deeply conservative fanatically religious culture and I put out a sarcastic and "too cool for school" energy a lot of the time. What do you think counterculture is? I remember in the movie she's got a whole social circle of people who are on the same page as her.
Personally I think Zendaya plays Chani pretty well, and her character doesn't feel out of place to me.
You had access to a counter culture, though. All the fremen know is other fremen and maybe the occasional harkkonen. I appreciate what you're saying, but I still feel like it doesn't seem organic in context.
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They earn money off of it. This guy probably doesn’t
You know how some jobs give you homework to demonstrate capability? This is part of his interview/onboarding for said tabloids.
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I actually really like the story of Dune, but I kind of have to agree that the writing leaves a lot to be desired. The fact that Herbert constantly switches perspectives with no indication in the middle of chapters, or sometimes even in the middle of paragraphs, drives me up the wall. I almost couldn't finish them because of that.
So, just some advice, avoid Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen at all costs. I'm totally okay with not being spoon fed every detail of what's happening as I read, but that's not for everyone either. I first read them when I was a teen some 30 years ago and never found it hard to keep track of anything. I was too eager to find out what was going to happen next! The whole story is flush with character nuance so I could usually grasp who was saying/thinking what once things got going
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Since when does Spider-Man takes place in California?
They got confused and thought they were talking about actual Zendaya.
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They earn money off of it. This guy probably doesn’t
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I'm pretty sure their point is tabloids exist because there's a market of thousands if not millions of people that want to know about and think about people they don't know, such as this guy.
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Yeah, but that isn't why people like it. Like Harry potter and Wizarding world of the transphobe.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You expressed surprise that Herbert is a rabid conservative. I pointed out that the book you claim to like is a celebration of fascism.
Yeah, but that isn't why people like it.
Correct. People like Dune because it’s the biggest book they’ve read, not because they were paying attention to the prose or narrative quality of its insane plot.
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You expressed surprise that Herbert is a rabid conservative. I pointed out that the book you claim to like is a celebration of fascism.
Yeah, but that isn't why people like it.
Correct. People like Dune because it’s the biggest book they’ve read, not because they were paying attention to the prose or narrative quality of its insane plot.
The storyline is a fascism. Frank thought libertarianism would stop what he was writing about. He didn't want fascism but wrote about it. The second book is mostly about Paul falling apart and dying. Even though he thought he could follow a perfect path to being a perfect leader.
I personally don't care much about literary complexity. I find it interesting, and that's all that matters to me. If you disagree, that's fine too.
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The storyline is a fascism. Frank thought libertarianism would stop what he was writing about. He didn't want fascism but wrote about it. The second book is mostly about Paul falling apart and dying. Even though he thought he could follow a perfect path to being a perfect leader.
I personally don't care much about literary complexity. I find it interesting, and that's all that matters to me. If you disagree, that's fine too.
Fair enough. I don’t begrudge your enjoyment.
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Zendaya was great in spiderman but she's the absolute worst choice for chani. Her "too cool for school" sarcastic persona doesn't fit with a primitive tribal religious fanatic at all.
To non US people who aren't exposed to the same celebrity overexposure (unless it's by choice) and have no particular opinion on Zendaya, she's ok. Haven't seen part 2 though.
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To non US people who aren't exposed to the same celebrity overexposure (unless it's by choice) and have no particular opinion on Zendaya, she's ok. Haven't seen part 2 though.
It's not celebrity overexposure in my case. I like Zendaya, I'm not tired of her and would like to see her in more stuff. I just think she was the wrong actress to play chani.
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I've noticed a lot of infantile and absurdly maximalist takes on Lemmy lately. it's kind of souring me on the project.
jesus christ i thought you said "marxist", that sure changes the tone of your comment
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I'm pretty sure their point is tabloids exist because there's a market of thousands if not millions of people that want to know about and think about people they don't know, such as this guy.
Yes, thank you. For some reason, I'm always surprised when trying to be evocative backfires into misunderstanding.
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Don’t call me Shirley
The edit to make "Surely" bold is the icing on the cake.
