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   novasteve14099@gmail.com to Paul S Person   
   Re: Dune: A Short Review (no spoilers)   
   22 Oct 21 16:08:30   
   
   From: novaste...@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 22, 2021 at 9:34:52 AM UTC-6, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > 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.   
   > --   
   > "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   > "I have envied him long since."   
      
      
      
   Fortunately I have HBO Max so I can see it for free, still your reviews don't   
   leave me with much hope.   
   And unlike most everybody else I actually liked the Lynch version.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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