I have a theory that some of the changes in part 2 exist to combat the critique that Dune is a "white-savior" narrative.
You heard that critique a lot in the lead up to the first film, and it's understandable. Dune is fundamentally an "anti-messianic" story, but you don't really reach that point until the second book. If all you read was …
I have a theory that some of the changes in part 2 exist to combat the critique that Dune is a "white-savior" narrative.
You heard that critique a lot in the lead up to the first film, and it's understandable. Dune is fundamentally an "anti-messianic" story, but you don't really reach that point until the second book. If all you read was the first book, it would be easy to get the impression that Paul is both protagonist and hero. I suspect Villeneuve made a lot of the changes he did to make that message more obvious.
I have a theory that some of the changes in part 2 exist to combat the critique that Dune is a "white-savior" narrative.
You heard that critique a lot in the lead up to the first film, and it's understandable. Dune is fundamentally an "anti-messianic" story, but you don't really reach that point until the second book. If all you read was the first book, it would be easy to get the impression that Paul is both protagonist and hero. I suspect Villeneuve made a lot of the changes he did to make that message more obvious.