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   Paul S Person to Thor Odinson   
   Re: Dune: A Short Review (no spoilers)   
   22 Oct 21 08:34:19   
   
   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On 22 Oct 2021 07:50:18 GMT, Thor Odinson  wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:01:10 -0700, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >   
   >> Can you at least /tell/ they are flash-forwards [1]? For example, by   
   >> toning down the color saturation. (Preferably /not/ by flashing a red   
   >> light throughout the scene, as at least one film did back in the late   
   >> 60s or thereabouts).   
   >   
   >You really can't. There's no color saturation or other "dream effect".   
   >It's just another scene stuck after the previous scene. It's actually   
   >quite jarring. *I* knew it was a flash forward because I know the story   
   >but I do think it will be difficult for someone who is new to the story.   
   >I won't give out specifics, but there is one character that you see more   
   >often in flash forwards than you do in the current time of the story and   
   >it leaves you wondering, "where did this person come from?" oh wait, it's   
   >another flash forward.   
      
   That's ... unfortunate.   
      
   I'll be adjusting the price I am willing to pay to rent it ...   
   downwards.   
      
   But I'm sure I'll see it eventually.   
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   "I have envied him long since."   
      
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