Defending Frank Herbert's Dune From 2019 Politics

well I traditionally like to try to keep the major talking points in the current political hot plate off this channel there are certain things that need to be discussed at least I believe so and by that I mean if you're one of those people who gets easily bothered by anyone that has a different opinion than you this might not be for you because I'm gonna touch on a lot of those points where people usually will come up with those favorite buzz phrases of mine like toxic racist bigoted sexist misogynist you can get called all kinds of things like that if you have a different dissenting opinion from from you know social media or whatever but one one label you can call me is a defender of Dune and I will never ever shy away from that and I will always defend une and by me by that is by everything that Frank Herbert wrote in his 1965 novel and if you have a problem with that you might want to skip this one because there are a lot of things that are being said right now about dune the the movie adaptation that's coming in 2020 that already had me a little hot under the collar if you can't tell and we're going to talk about it now [Music] you you hey what's up bookworms Mike here today to talk about doom because if this is your first time find the channel you don't know dune is my favorite book of all time and when there's a movie adaptation coming out for my favorite movie of all time I'm gonna be following along with the production quite quite closely and there's been a lot of let's just call him faint pieces and I knew this was gonna happen I knew this is gonna happen this novel was written in 1965 the the phrase that likes to get thrown around these days is problematic for anything that was written before like 2015 especially in science fiction and fantasy so I knew that there was gonna be a lot of thang pieces coming out with this and I told myself I was gonna let myself get annoyed by them but I read an article this morning that really really just rubbed me the wrong way and like I said in the intro it might upset some people you know I'm usually pretty tight-lipped on this stuff I like to say I don't on this channel but I don't talk about things that don't need to be talked about but when it comes in regards to something that I consider a Bible to me and you're basically I know they're gonna be throwing that whole problematic whatever out there with this book but when it's just total I'm gonna call it out and this this article by the playlist that I read this morning sorry a lot of this stuff is just complete garbage it is complete garbage and I can tell for a fact that the person who wrote it Charles Barfield has not read the book and I don't want to say Rebecca Ferguson has not read the book but I kind of questioned it a little bit and I'm gonna kind of go into it what I've gotta do first is tell you exactly what it is she said I've said many times I've gone on record with this that I understand that the time that we are living in in entertainment in Hollywood is that social agenda is very much at the forefront I do know people that work in industry and they have told me they have been trying to get screenplays sold and they have gotten screenplay rejection letters that say all we need you to do to buy the script from you is to revise it put some kind of social issue into the story so basically a story that has no place for 2019 politics they've been told you need to put some 2019 politics into it and it'll have an easier time selling this you know to a buyer I understand that I understand that and I'm gonna let most of that slide I mean obviously I did my Star Wars to the point to where I'm just out on Star Wars but dune being directed by one of my favorite if not my favorite current director in Hollywood right now denis villeneuve i know i say his name wrong don't let's just ignore that did any V I'm gonna call him din evey for the rest this video someone I know is a very very huge fan this book and you know you're always gonna worry about studio interference in things like these I understand not all things can be filmed page 4 page from a book and I understand that just because a movie is getting made it doesn't mean that they're coming and taking the book off your shelf and you can't have it anymore I understand that but when Danny has gone on record numerous times that this is his dream project and he wants to make a very faithful adaptation to dune stories like this start to bother me I look I knew we were gonna get stuff about white Savior and things like that I knew I knew that that was gonna happen and I don't bother me but this one here really really just rubbed me the wrong way and let me let me kind of set it up here is that Rebecca Ferguson is playing lady Jessica arguably the female lead in dune others will say is Shani I still believe it is going to be lady Jessica especially in this first movie she's going to have a huge huge role if she is a super important character through the entire do saga not just the first book so I love the actress I really liked her in Mission Impossible rogue nation both Mission Possible maybe she's been in I'm really excited to see her in doctor sleep coming out next week so I have no problems with the actress whatsoever get that out there in front I think she's fantastic I've enjoyed everything I've seen I was actually seeing her more than ice can't think of it at this moment but when she was asked about her character um Lady Jessica on her honor pressed to her for for dr. sleep she hears me kind of set up the article here it says Ferguson was asking about her character Lady Jessica and how her character is going to translate to the 20/20 film for those that aren't aware the story Jessica is a bene Jess or a woman that is also the mother of lead character Paul Atreides and the you pine for Duke Leto and given that description you can probably see why the VDV might be interested in giving Jessica a bit more agency and empowerment then Frank Herbert did in his novel what okay she goes on to be quoted as saying completely and utterly honors the strength of Jessica the MIDI gesture that she is even though she is a concubine and her rights are not as high as the king or what her son becomes Diddy is very much aligned with creating empowerment and powerful moments for her where they are needed I thank Frank Herbert when he wrote it he didn't really live in an understandably equal environment and the book is great it has beautiful moments in it but it's not really where we are or where we should be the article continues with as she mentioned Herbert's depiction of the character isn't completely outdated and horrible however as with many of the novels of that era the idea of female empowerment isn't held in the same regard as it is in 2019 so updates are going to be made this is dog guys how can you make lady Jessica any more empowered than she is in the book that's absurd it's absurd also she's referring to Leto as king there are no kings in dune okay that makes heat stuff like that that he's a Duke that is very very different that makes me think she did not even crack open the book I'm sorry I'm sure I'm sure didn't begin everyone on copy in this movie he gave them a copy of this book to read and I'm hoping that she just didn't even open up this book and Dani is just kind of catering to ego with this kind of stuff because I feel like this novel is way too important to this guy for him to make those kind of changes if they aren't being mandated by the studio but I mean honestly women pretty much run the show in dune they are in control you know how it isn't Wheel of Time triple it that's how it is in dune the bitty Jesuit sisterhood they basically control the entire universe to the point of fabricating an entire prophecy thousands of years ago and everyone listens to it plus they got clairvoyant abilities they got the weirding way they got the ability to manipulate someone with their voice this is ridiculous I I think that she clearly lacks the understanding that that Danny Vee has of dune I mean if he has empowered lady Jessica like like she says he has then he's only following the book even closer than I expected because lady jessica is one of the most important and powerful characters in the entire dune saga I mean just thinking about some of the particulars in that first book there's a chapter where lady Jessica she can't run she confronts a thief or about thanks I don't wanna get too much into spoilers guys cuz I do want you to read this book if you have not yet okay I'll be doing my review of do before the movie comes out next year but I don't want to I am only gonna touch on very very basic things here because I don't want to ruin this book for you because I feel like everyone not only should read this book I want them to experience this book alright so I'm not gonna get too much into exact plot details I'm gonna make a few points here so minor spoilers I get very minor spoilers but she confronts foofer and he comes away absolutely fearing her after zero physical contact and this dude isn't scared of anything alright the min tete master of assassins fears her after only a conversation she's unstoppable in tune man she hypnotizes our Conan executioners you know so they don't get executed she ninjas still guard into submission she has a conversation with shout-out Mapes about the fate of love Duke Leto and you know she learns a Freeman are way more than what they appear Danny V is not empowering lady Jessica Frank Herbert empowered lady Jessica this is ridiculous man and like I said this article tells me that Ferguson either has not read the book or they're serious change the source material you know there is literally no way you could empower lady Jessica Moore without flipping her and Paul there is no way and I argue she's even more powerful than Paul in many things it would just become completely impending a new story and I believe I just think Denny's got he's got way too much love for dune to do that see the dune supersaurus mètode' for me it is something that must be protected and if they're gonna try to 2019 Hollywood it up the whole thing is going to fail Miz you know I already said that I don't believe that dune is for casual audiences so you're gonna have to do something to kind of get the casual eyes it which makes me think they're gonna put more action in it that there actually is in the book but this isn't the way this is definitely not the way so I truly hope this is just a case of the actor not knowing the source material and for lack of a better phrase kind of making it all about them that's my hope at least you know I mean the the basic nuts and bolts of it here is it lady Jessica she outwits the smartest mentat she beats the best fighter in hand-to-hand combat she bests the entire Binnie chest root and she sets her son up as emperor of the known universe jessica kicked ass from page one of dune but I'm pretty sure this is about that whole bound concubine thing so they felt like they got to build her up in different ways you don't need to Frank Herbert built her up okay this is ridiculous so removing if they even like think about me mentioned the whole thing that she's a comment here I always think maybe this means they're just gonna kind of remove the whole part about her being a concubine and just make her his wife which ruins stuff later in the story it ruins the very last line of this novel but I can see them not wanting that hold 2,000 and medium mob you know slate coming after him or something like that during their promotional tour for dune and getting that I mean it worked out okay for Joker but you know the media tried to completely bomb Joker like I see them completely trying to do that to this so I'm hoping this is just them getting out in front of that I really really do if not this would be the biggest disappointment for me since probably Batman V Superman as far as just completely ruining something because this is sacred to me this is dear and making changes just to please a small minority group would be ridiculous and yes I say small minority group in I don't mean women I mean people that thinking that you know basically that ray from the last Skywalker is the best and most well developed character of all time I mean that group so take that as you will if you guys feel like you got to give me a thumbs down or something like that because you know I disagree with your political affiliation guys that's ridiculous like I said if you know anything about me it's nothing like that this is all about dune this is nothing about political affiliation I feel like I've got to protect this book and I will protect this book till my dying frickin breath so if you have a problem with that I do I can't say I apologize but I'm sorry you feel that way so what do you guys think do you think I'm making a bigger deal in this it has to be I might be I might be I'm very very protective of this source material do you think that they're just gonna go ahead and Hollywood 2019 the hell out of this you

Channel: Mike's Book Reviews

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Keywords: dune, frank herbert, lady jessica, sjw, woke, denis villenueve, rebecca ferguson, bene gesserit

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Length: 13min 30sec (810 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 02 2019