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Mr. Pancakes (I hope it's ok if I call you that. Because I really wanted to!)
Thanks for watching my edit and your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the edit, especially since you weren't able to get into the miniseries.
I didn't cut the Reverend Mother scene at the beginning short, but you are right that I cut the reference you mentioned. The Reverend Mother that tells him this is actually the Fremen one. She appears to him in a dream and it's one of my least favorite scenes in the entire mini-series. I sacrificed that moment to get rid of a terrible scene.
There actually aren't any other moments to add in when Paul is being accepted by the Fremen. I think because I trimmed a lot of other moments out it feels like that moves quickly. I was hoping the montage of him learning, and then participating would help. I'd like to note that Paul doesn't actually lead until toward the end of the film, but he becomes trusted by Stil and the rest of the Fremen, and they let him advise.
There is actually a voice over from Jessica over the ending that I cut. This does explain the Paul/Irulan situation, but it also deflates the ending and makes it about Jessica and Irulan instead of Paul. Since Irulan says exactly what ends up happening before the fight with Feyd, I had hoped it would be clear enough. I did have some concern about the clarity of that plot point, but at the end of the day I'm happy with the decision I made.
I do not mean to argue with any of your feedback, which is very valid. I just like to point out why I did the things I did. All of the criticisms you had were very specific choices I had to make. Such is the struggle of removing almost two hours out of a story and hoping it all makes sense!
I'm considering Children of Dune, but I honestly don't have as much experience with that one, I've only seen it twice. It'll take a few more viewings to see if it's something I'd like to work on.
Thanks for watching my edit and your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the edit, especially since you weren't able to get into the miniseries.
I didn't cut the Reverend Mother scene at the beginning short, but you are right that I cut the reference you mentioned. The Reverend Mother that tells him this is actually the Fremen one. She appears to him in a dream and it's one of my least favorite scenes in the entire mini-series. I sacrificed that moment to get rid of a terrible scene.
There actually aren't any other moments to add in when Paul is being accepted by the Fremen. I think because I trimmed a lot of other moments out it feels like that moves quickly. I was hoping the montage of him learning, and then participating would help. I'd like to note that Paul doesn't actually lead until toward the end of the film, but he becomes trusted by Stil and the rest of the Fremen, and they let him advise.
There is actually a voice over from Jessica over the ending that I cut. This does explain the Paul/Irulan situation, but it also deflates the ending and makes it about Jessica and Irulan instead of Paul. Since Irulan says exactly what ends up happening before the fight with Feyd, I had hoped it would be clear enough. I did have some concern about the clarity of that plot point, but at the end of the day I'm happy with the decision I made.
I do not mean to argue with any of your feedback, which is very valid. I just like to point out why I did the things I did. All of the criticisms you had were very specific choices I had to make. Such is the struggle of removing almost two hours out of a story and hoping it all makes sense!
I'm considering Children of Dune, but I honestly don't have as much experience with that one, I've only seen it twice. It'll take a few more viewings to see if it's something I'd like to work on.
