1148
Every theater (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

Dune messiah a franchise exploit? How?

It's based on the next book in the series. There is a reason for it to exist beyond making money.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago

anyone who was in for the love of the art already read the books.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Meaning what, that movie adaptations are not necessary? I know that.

The posted list put Dune in with movies that were made based purely on the success of their predecessor, which is not the case for Dune.

Now, while the sequel wouldn't have been made if its predecessor hadn't been successful, the books are the driver behind making the movies.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, e.g. I stopped paying attention to spider man movies for a few years, but the other day I was doing a recap and found that there is a movie with actors/characters from 3 different versions/reboots with the multiverse excuse...this is some dystopian shit.

I know that comics always had heavy intertext and "guest characters", but having the scriptwriting be driven by stupid circumstantial corporate decisions to buy IP rights to a specific character and then have to restart it multiple times to keep the rights going feels...dystopian?

(but I'll be thankful if you have any better words than dystopian to describe this bullshit, gpt suggests "soulless" ๐Ÿ™ƒ).

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
1148 points (98.7% liked)

Comic Strips

17812 readers
1000 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS