• Tehgingey@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I’ve never read the prequels either, but a series on the Butlerian Jihad would be pretty fucken sweet I think

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      10 months ago

      a series on the Butlerian Jihad would be pretty fucken sweet I think

      I thought that as well and so gave the prequels a try.

      I’ve never read the prequels either,

      Honestly, that was for the best. The writing was ok but a pale shadow of the original. (think the film version of LOTR vs The Hobbit…)

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        10 months ago

        It was interesting seeing some of it fleshed out, but I’m not a fan of Brian Herbert’s contributions.

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      10 months ago

      I was in the middle of reading Dune for the first time when I saw The Matrix and my first thought was “Holy shit it’s the Butlerian Jihad”

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        10 months ago

        “we broke out of Zion and use swords now. We also use aliens high on DMT to fly around space. Overall, things are better”

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          10 months ago

          To be fair to the Dune universe, the reason they used swords was because shields made projectile weapons useless and Lasguns and shields just killed everyone (like a mini-nuke on both sides).