Tag: Frank Herbert

Astronauts exploring an asteroid 3D rendering elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Author
Gary Varner
Date
February 17, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Bene Gesserit (Dune), Dune (1965), Dune (film 1984), Dune (film 2021), Frank Herbert, Gom Jabbar Test (Dune), Harkonnens (Dune), House Atreides (Dune), Infodump plot risks, Irulan (Dune), Jessica (Dune), Kwisatz Haderach (Dune), Paul Atreides (Dune), Reverend Mother (Dune), Sandworms (Dune), Shaddam Corrino IV (Dune), Spacing Guild (Dune), Water of Life (Dune)}

Where Did Dune 1984 Succeed? Where Did It Fail?

_{The Hollywood Strike postponed the release of the sequel to the new film version of Dune until March so, for now, let’s have another look at the 1984 version} _{Gary Varner

February 17, 2024

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The decades-old film retelling relied on some risky techniques but they turned out better than we might have expected, given the scope of the plot. Read More ›

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Author
Gary Varner
Date
October 7, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Arts and Culture, Books, dune, Frank Herbert, Movies and TV, Science fiction}

Dune Review, Part 2

_{A long-expected betrayal} _{Gary Varner

October 7, 2023

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Arts & Culture}

The movie does a better job than the book in covering several of the intricate details involved. Read More ›

Concept of accusation guilty person girl.

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 8, 2022

Categorized
Psychology, Social Media

Tagged
Andrew Mahon, Cancel Culture (and science), Cancel Culture (its roots), Contagion (and Cancel Culture), COVID-19 (and Cancel Culture), Emma Camp, Frank Herbert, Groupthink (and Cancel Culture), Julie Overbaugh, Justin Trudeau (and Cancel Culture), Michael Egnor (on René Girard), mob psychology, Obscurity (and Cancel Culture), René Girard, Scapegoat (in Cancel Culture)}

Why Is Cancel Culture Such a Big Part of Our Lives Today?

_{To understand the Twitter mob’s destruction of lives and careers, it’s essential to address the immense power of groupthink} _{Denyse O'Leary

March 8, 2022

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Psychology, Social Media}

Just in time for International Women’s Day, Emma Camp, a female student at the University of Virginia, reports experiencing a wave of hostility when she suggested that non-Indian women could legitimately criticize the practice of suttee, by which a woman burns to death on her husband’s funeral pyre, voluntarily or otherwise. The reaction on Twitter suggests that Cancel Culture is its lifeblood. Meanwhile, virologist Julie Overbaugh, a National Academy of Sciences member who has made many contributions to the study of viruses, has been forced out of her teaching and research leadership positions because she had worn a Michael Jackson costume to a Halloween “King of Pop” party in 2009. Curiously, although one of her cited offences in connection with Read More ›