#dune

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I just took a sneaky arvo off to rewatch Dune at the cinema and I freakin love it for the giant massive beautiful Denis Villeneuve/Frank Herbert mashup it is. (It's so pretty!)

HOWEVER, a couple of things have lead to a mighty debate on the way home:

a) Cheesecloth🧐

b) Lasers🧐

c) Soggy Jessica🧐

"Una gran población controlada por una pequeña pero poderosa fuerza es una situación muy común en nuestro universo. Y nosotros conocemos las condiciones básicas en las que esta amplia población se acaba volviendo contra sus guardianes:

1. Cuando encuentra un líder. Esta es la amenaza más volátil contra la élite; se debe a toda costa neutralizar, comprar o mantener a todos los posibles líderes bajo control.
2. Cuando la población reconoce sus cadenas. Hay que mantener a la población distraída, ciega y sin capacidad de hacerse preguntas.
3. Cuando la población percibe una esperanza de escapar de sus ataduras. Nunca debe siquiera imaginar que esa posibilidad de huida es factible."

Los hijos de Dune.

Seen one of these posted without credit, so sharing some more here because they are amazing and I'd buy every single one of them if they existed.

Made by New Zealand model maker and 3D artist Natalie Stevens (natalie.3dblah). More of her work here:
https://www.instagram.com/natalie.3dblah/

Barboe Dream shuttle from Star Trek the next generation, all in bright pink, with the label 'BRB1-E' on the side and the tagline "warp nacelles really light up!".
Barbie Dream loader, from the film Aliens, in bright pink and purple colors, and the tagline "Authentic poseable forks and flashing safety light!"
Barbie Dream Viper, from Battlestar Galactica, all in bright pink and the tagline "dolls not included, some assembly required"
Barbie Dream Sandworm from Dune with the tagline: "playset includes dream saddle, maker hook, & thumper" and "squeeze-to-open jaws with delicious cinnamon scent!"

I just read an unimaginably stupid article asking why always envisions a capitalist future and demanding that science fiction must break away from it. My response to that is simple: science fiction IS a critique of It, as a genre, exists in response to capitalism, not divorced from it. Think of every science fiction universe that you have ever fallen in love with: etc. Almost all of them present a vision of the future either after rejecting capitalism, languishing under it, or exploring the reality of a post-capital fascistic and/or feudal society. Science fiction begs us to grapple with contemporary issues or yearn for a world where those issues do not exist, just as every literary movement has before it. To loudly proclaim that science fiction must cease capitalist critique because it …

For some reason I am drawn to works of art, like certain literature that is vast and sprawling, has a huge cast of characters, interlocking plot-lines asf. That's why I'll probably be reading In Search of Lost Time for the rest of my life, or or . Classic , , are other examples.

During the pandemic I discovered the enormously popular . I read all 130 episodes available & then its creator announced he's going to take a break for health reasons, just when a huge battle arc had been set up. This break went on for months but this week I did one of my routine checks & found out there are new episodes! Yay..

I figured I haven't done . I'm Carmela (she/her), a family/community medicine doctor from the 🇵🇭. I'm interested in science. But this acct is for nerding out. I love: , etc. My hashtags are indicated in my profile but in short they are: