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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I'm not saying it couldn't have been done.
I'm saying it would've been ****ing weird for audiences with no concept of the books. This baby shows up and kills the damn Baron? WTF?
Trying to explain how all that abomination stuff works would've sent the audience cross-eyed and messed with pacing a TON.
Again, I think as folks that have read the books, we have to consider the cognitive dissonance that would've come to those that haven't. These movies don't get made if they're just for the book readers so we have to accept concessions to those that AREN'T if we want to see some of these things brought to the screen.
The LOTR series is a fantastic example of this. It's such a good complement to the books that the entire Tolkien universe is better for them existing. If that means that the ents get a little less back story or Tom Bombadil gets essentially ignore...okay. As a book reader, I'm bummed by that, but it's a trade I'm more than willing to make to have these movies exist.
I'm fine with excising Alia from the story in the short term for the sake of story and appeal to the common audience. I just think there are OTHER creative decisions made that did more damage than that WITHOUT making the movie better or more accessible to the audience writ large.
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How is it suddenly such a difficult thing to explain? They were able to adequately explain it in the '84 movie with simple voiceover narration. I mean, it's not like Alia shoots out of Jessica's box and strangles the Baron with her own umbilical cord. Everybody knows who she is and why she is the way she is. We're not talking the end of Interstellar here.
And let's not forget, Alia is a far more important character than Chani, and they reduced her to an unborn embryo. Chani is nothing more than a background character - Paul's eventual concubine and the mother of his children. THAT'S IT. No special abilities, no great intelligence, no strategic acumen; just a faithful, loyal, mundane woman who loves her man. Period. But not in ZENDAYA'S CHANIVERSE! She must be a superninja****, and take up half the movie!
God I hate this ****ing movie. Every time I think about it I hate it more. ****!
