News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Nippon Television has just acquired Studio Ghibli by cmrdporcupine on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:48PM (#37601293)
Blade Runner 2 is basically .. fan fiction done by one of the best directors ever.

The story is pointless. The movie aimless. The visuals and acting and directing absolutely stunning. As lovely as it was to look at, I'd just like my 3 hours back. The original movie was a somewhat campy but beautiful film-noir sci-fi detective thing that actually didn't take itself that seriously, despite being aesthetically quite serious. The new thing took itself way way way too seriously.

But Dune 1 is amazing. Highly recommended, and I'm a deep Dune nerd (... but not the Brian Herbert crap, that's not Dune) for decades.

It's not the "same" as the book -- it lacks a lot of what's there -- but it's enough of the book and amazing in its own right that it's absolutely worth the experience.

Re:Nippon Television has just acquired Studio Ghibli by hvis on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:17PM (#37605194)
To be fair, the original Blade Runner was also basically fan fiction to the source material.

The second one was too, and though it was quite different in tone, I liked both.