~Vintage depiction of the Occult, Superstitions, & What We Call the Paranormal Today: from “The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal: An Exploration of the Unexplained Forces that Affect Our World.” 2023~
~Computer Generated Image for Illustration of a Random Comet (or Asteroid) Compared to Downtown Los Angeles, from boredpanda on Pinterest; via investingDotCom~
!! – Comet vs. the City of L.A. Found In: Outer Space Est. Cost: $1 trillion* (L.A. GDP)
— #LosAngeles, #California is one of the largest cities in #America, stretching 502 square miles. It has a #GDP of $1 trillion, thanks to its many industries, including tourism, and, most famously, entertainment.
Some #comets can reach thousands of square miles in size, dwarfing the city of Los Angeles when compared side by side.
*** Should a comet this size hit the #Earth, the world would be destroyed almost immediately ***
–>> “Project 2025 is a collection of policy proposals to reshape the executive branch of the U.S. #federalgovernment in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.[2][3]
Established in 2022, the project seeks to recruit tens of thousands of conservatives to #WashingtonDC., to #replace existing federal civil service workers it characterizes as the “#deepstate“, to further the objectives of the next Republican president.[4] Although participants in the project cannot promote a specific presidential candidate, many have close ties to Donald #Trump and the Trump 2024 presidential campaign.[5]
The plan would perform a swift takeover of the entire executive branch under a maximalist version of the #UnitaryExecutiveTheory — a theory proposing the president of the United States has absolute power over the #executivebranch — upon inauguration.[6] …” ~Wikipedia
— I’ll get this out of the way, 1st: i give it 10/10!
— #Dune2 did a great job in the continuation from Dune1–logical #sequel; some #movies‘ sequels are lazily made just for the $, but #DenisVilleneuve & #JonSpaihts script was well-thought out–i’m still reading Dune-#Messiah, #FrankHerbert‘s writing approach is classically detailed by today’s standards. Impressive Villeneuve & Spaihts were able to script the Dune series into a great movie-form!
All #actors did excellent job! And we should never take for granted how well any movie’s #cgi –especially in hard core #SciFi–is used!
Speaking of Messiah: Dune 2 did a good job in addressing factions amongst the #Fremen regarding seeing #paulatreides as some Messiah-figure.
Lastly, there’s a bit of movement online of comparing Dune 2 as a kind of #StarWars, in particular, post-#pandemic movie-slumps…for all practical purposes, given this cinematic slump worldwide, the Dune franchise is our Star Wars for these times. ~Joseth Moore