[Frazod]

I've been rereading the second half of the novel over the past couple of days, as well as steeling myself not be too annoyed with changes they'll make. The most glaring one seems to be

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giving Chani a massive GURLPOWR!!!!! update, much like what Jar Jar Abrams did to Uhura. Gone will be the quiet, supporting, third-tier character and in her place will be a YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME, MR. KWISATZ HADERACH!!!!! superwoman. That's already bled through in some of the trailers. Much like changing Kynes to a woman, I'll just try to chalk it up to the price of doing business in modern Hollywood. And obviously there's a finite amount of mileage they can get out of it, since Paul becomes emperor at the end. Of course, God only knows what other annoying shit they might sprinkle in, or needlessly omit.

I know I'm not representative of the target audience, and have enough faith in Villeneuve to believe that he won't go full Abrams here. But still......

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I'm also surprised by how much the trailers have given away. Once you get to the Paul/Feyd duel, you're only a few minutes away from the credits rolling.