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I don't know anything about Dune, does it have Magic (the Force)?
No. But it has drugs that make you accurately predict the near and far future. And turn you into an immortal worm eventually.
Not immortal, just long-lived and thick skinned
The voice… Prana-bindu, there’s others, but spoilers ahoy.
Yeah.
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But non of it is magic. More like crazy mastery of your own body to a degree that it seems like magic.The majority of force abilities is basically that. Voice control isn’t mastery of muscle or nerve, it isn’t magic in a sense, but controlling someone’s mind to do what you want for all intents and purposes is.
Also, where do you think Star Wars got inspiration for most of their force abilities at the start?
basically The Force then
Not immortal, just long-lived and thick skinned
True. My apologies. I fell for imperial propaganda for a moment.
It definitely has aspects that could be considered magic, but I wouldn't necessarily compare them to the Force.
Some aspects of it. "The voice" is basically jedi mind tricks. People that are attuned also get visions/senses of foreboding about the future. There's no telekinetic stuff as far as I know.
Sort of yeah
Yeah
Interesting, maybe I'll read the book. I'm trying to read more
You can get it on library genesis. Messiah, too.
This might be controversial, but the new Denis Villeneuve movies are much better than the book. Maybe watch the movies and read the book or trawl the wiki after for more context.
They're definitely better entertainment pound-for-pound. I'd contend that the book gives you a lot more to think about, so it really depends what you're after. I like them both a lot--I think they complement each other very nicely.
I'd compare it to The Lord of the Rings books vs the movies. The Movies are a great abridged series and they know what pacing is, but the books explain so much more and have several extra movies worth of cut content.
The movies are amazing but the first book is better.
Hard agree. The first book is an amazing experience and while the new movies are great on their own, they leave out a lot.
The third movie, covering Messiah, will probably be better than the book because the book wasn't as strong as the first in the series. It is even more cerebral and very very very far into the 'plans within plans' shit. A movie that simplifies that a bit in service of a tighter story has room to shine.