@genmaicha No I haven't seen any hollywood stuff in forever. I was interested in the Dune remake because I liked Villeneuve's Prisoners and loved Lynch's Dune, but when the trailer for the first film came out it killed all hope I had based on how shitty and ugly and sparse and soulless and empty the film looked. I wanted giant sweeping golden sand dunes blazing under oppressive azure skies and it ended up looking like ass. your comments on the lack of authenticity when it comes to these hierarchical royal structures also speaks to this. I didn't watch any of them. I don't think these studios are capable of reproducing the work, they don't understand it, there is a spiritual disconnect