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@clacke @Quinnypig Unlike personal net worth that can and is converted into cash from shares individuals hold themselves, companies net worth is only a potential value based on the shares spread between all the stockholders. As such this value can greatly fluctuate without really affecting any single entity, which tells me it's mostly meaningless.

I wouldn't have expected this outcome but it isn't entirely surprising to me, all it takes is just a downward hum for Amazon (1.5 million employees) share price and an upward hum for nVidia (26,000 employees) share price, without any regard to pretty much anything tangible since it's all potential anyway.

@clacke I like that this test exists but its increased depth compared to the Bechdel test also makes it more vulnerable to arguing since it tests less factual aspects of a fictional work. Both "independent plot arc" and "story independent of supporting a male character’s narrative are abstract concepts that are highly subjective.

The Bechdel test is more limited, of course, but at least it can be independently verified even by anti-feminists.

@clacke I like the 1984 version more because it was bolder visually, and played out more like a thriller than an action movie, which does feel closer to the book where action scenes are kind of abstracted away. The 2021 version is visually impressive, but less aesthetically daring and a tad too fighty, which dissipate a little the constant paranoia developed in the book that everybody is feeling at all times at this level of political power.

I also agree with @tipjip about Jessica who doesn’t represent the frightening Bene Gesserit cult very well.

I’m still looking forward to the subsequent Villeneuve movies.