Dune | It's Hard to be a God

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  • Опубліковано 18 кві 2024
  • Today we are talking about Dune and the Soviet Union science fiction story Hard to be a God and how they can reinforce and reflect each other. Thank you so much for watching.
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  • @Eye_Of_Odin978
    @Eye_Of_Odin978 12 днів тому +706

    Wow, he deleted the video.
    Couldn't even stand by your own slander, huh?

    • @gubbasgubbas
      @gubbasgubbas 12 днів тому +1

      Nope hes a narcissistisk kid

    • @TRANSGENDERISM_is_PharmaPsyop
      @TRANSGENDERISM_is_PharmaPsyop 11 днів тому +40

      This boy has never been punched in the face , I can smell his fear all the way out here in this white rural town

    • @Onepinkcrayon
      @Onepinkcrayon 11 днів тому +21

      This is what happens when you believe you deserve someone else's success more then they do.

    • @yore5
      @yore5 11 днів тому

      @@TRANSGENDERISM_is_PharmaPsyop I'm a softie lib from LA (commiefornia) and even I shriveled in cringe trying to get through that hitpiece. Especially the "you should assume every white person is racist. especially if they're from RACIST appalachia". WTF kind of lefty radicalization is this guy on?

    • @Darkchipper07
      @Darkchipper07 10 днів тому

      Do you hang your fuck ups on a fridge?
      Lord, you just comment this on every video.... That's sad.

  • @Biohazard219
    @Biohazard219 12 днів тому +960

    Time to get a 9 to 5 job

    • @chanr9531
      @chanr9531 11 днів тому +38

      Breadtuber’s worst nightmare 😂

    • @Chilling_Chilling
      @Chilling_Chilling 11 днів тому

      Papa Mutahar CLAPPED this FAEGEET's cheeks hard with facts and evidence and now he's deleting videos to try to remove the evidence from the internet 😂😂😂

    • @muffinman6048
      @muffinman6048 11 днів тому

      @@chanr9531 LMAO, socialism becomes a tough sell when you see how much tax the government takes from your paycheck. That alone explains why so many socialists are on welfare.

    • @Col.Roy_Mustang
      @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому +9

      This youtube title: *A look inside this content creators thoughts on themself*

    • @SurvivenTerry
      @SurvivenTerry 9 днів тому

      Are you serious?! A job would make him earn money and he would actually have to move out of his mom's house.....yeah no liberal does that, thus why they are worthless in life.

  • @AJX-2
    @AJX-2 11 днів тому +345

    My favorite part of Dune is when Baron Harknonnen follows Paul on twitter to psych him out

    • @trmn7060
      @trmn7060 10 днів тому +18

      Dastardly even for a Harknonnen.

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 10 днів тому +11

      my favorite part in praise of shadows channel is when he got called out, didn't directly apologize to the person he slander, but instead to his pandered fans. what a soyboy of him.

    • @HuffinStufff
      @HuffinStufff 7 днів тому

      Lol

    • @delster
      @delster 7 днів тому +3

      My favorite part is when Paul makes a YT video about how someone is _literally the Baron Harkonnen_ for having a small political disagreement.

    • @AngusBassSumner
      @AngusBassSumner 7 днів тому

      I'm sorry but the chances that Wendigoon didn't know his fan were abusing Zane are so slim. How could he not take it as subtle intimidation. Wendigoon seems to be in twitter a lot so he would've the hate comments but still chose to do nothing

  • @southernscythe2494
    @southernscythe2494 11 днів тому +203

    You can delete whatever you want. The Internet never forgets.

    • @Rurik_Luci
      @Rurik_Luci 6 днів тому +1

      He can delete it. We're still assholes. We still got other comment sections!

    • @thevastidity888
      @thevastidity888 5 днів тому

      What's sad is if he didn't do that. Buffed his critical thinking and intelligence by reading analysis books of movies and literature. He could've had something good going but he was too stupid.

  • @vyshu7
    @vyshu7 12 днів тому +268

    Where did your latest video go?

    • @Nephel
      @Nephel 12 днів тому +28

      The lil kitty deleted it.

    • @gubbasgubbas
      @gubbasgubbas 12 днів тому +9

      Goo goo gaga mode😂😂

    • @36mrblu
      @36mrblu 11 днів тому

      Went back up his ass

    • @wtalley117
      @wtalley117 11 днів тому +18

      Bro is having a leftist meltdown 😂

    • @FBI-wn2qo
      @FBI-wn2qo 11 днів тому +11

      The same place his meds went probably

  • @twohorsesinamancostume7606
    @twohorsesinamancostume7606 12 днів тому +162

    Just came here to point out the fact that this idiot tried to label Donut Operator as "pro death to anyone who doesn't share his views" and the video he held up as an example of that featured an incident where the person in question was a wife beater who took his wife hostage and put a gun to her head. Which is why police breached and shot him.
    Care to explain why you would label a violent felon with a long history of domestic violence threatening his wife with death as a "victim of state violence?" That would strongly suggest that you're pro domestic violence, would it not?

    • @cartoonz4665
      @cartoonz4665 12 днів тому +32

      The guy was also a pdf.file

    • @trmn7060
      @trmn7060 10 днів тому

      It's because leftists have a fundamental problem with processing reality and have more empathy for violent criminals then innocent people

    • @yggdrasil2
      @yggdrasil2 10 днів тому +15

      And beneath that was a video featuring the cops shooting an innocent person. As in, Donut Operator actually wrote that in the title, not really the style of someone who loves state authority no matter what.

    • @The1mbeany
      @The1mbeany 9 днів тому

      hes simply part of the commie cult

    • @mainsource8030
      @mainsource8030 9 днів тому +10

      @@yggdrasil2 correct, even though he is a retired cop, he calls out there misdeeds when its appropriate

  • @june5769
    @june5769 12 днів тому +373

    pretty gay move to remove the video
    i hope more people will unsubscribe

    • @TRANSGENDERISM_is_PharmaPsyop
      @TRANSGENDERISM_is_PharmaPsyop 11 днів тому +31

      well his pronouns are in his bio so anything less than gay would be sus

    • @BIGDAWGSUZZY42069
      @BIGDAWGSUZZY42069 10 днів тому

      I man you said gay in a derogatory manner ..SoyLaden is gonna send the leftwing deathsquads after you

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 10 днів тому +2

      Gay?😂

    • @Col.Roy_Mustang
      @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому +5

      This youtube title: *A look inside this content creators thoughts on themself*

    • @JasenJohns
      @JasenJohns 10 днів тому +1

      He cruises, but cannot pick up.

  • @Mopark25
    @Mopark25 10 днів тому +96

    The irony of ShoeOnHead being responsible for your rent being paid this month 😂

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 10 днів тому +19

      And yet he still chose to wear a Hawaiian shirt while dissing wendigoon. 😂

    • @Exercise-01
      @Exercise-01 6 днів тому +1

      ​@@carpo719You can't make that sheeaat up.
      😁

  • @bruh-bf6ns
    @bruh-bf6ns 11 днів тому +130

    For anyone who doesn’t have twitter this man slandered multiple creators even claimed one was an abuser with zero proof then deleted the vid when he was called out

    • @cartoonz4665
      @cartoonz4665 11 днів тому +21

      Some extra info:
      he didn't just accuse him of abuse but straight up rape, something that he could have disproven in 1 google search. and his reason for not doing the google search was he thought it wasn't important cause Brandon is a conservative (he's not). basically this guy is happy to spread anything to make you look bad if you politically disagree with him, and i mean anything.

    • @loaf_of_beans1619
      @loaf_of_beans1619 8 днів тому

      @@cartoonz4665even further to the point, the person who originally claimed that Brandon buckingham is a rapist (which he is not) is somebody that IDOS would fervently disagree with across the board and only agreed with in this instance because it assisted his faux point. IDOS is a person who doesn’t actually have an opinion and only parrots whatever he hears because he either wants money or praise and it has landed with him getting neither.

    • @chomp7927
      @chomp7927 6 днів тому

      @@cartoonz4665 And he said that people that don't agree with him shouldn't be allowed to make or watch art, he literally said that people that don't agree with him should not be allowed in public, he said that the mere act of liking a post on twitter is enough to make you bad enough to be worthy of the above treatment, he called one entire color of people in an entire region of the country evil and they must be assumed to be evil until proven otherwise, this botched conversion surgery attempt at a man is a sub human piece of shit that deserves to be called out on all the shit he actually said. Just adding on to your post so people can get the fuller picture lol

    • @Rurik_Luci
      @Rurik_Luci 6 днів тому +3

      With how he chose to speak, he also drew a line and then went on the same side of that line as child predators.

    • @regularman6328
      @regularman6328 5 днів тому +1

      ⁠@@Rurik_Lucihe has the pdfile mustache so if we use his logic he is a predator.

  • @Hudson_Hawk2024
    @Hudson_Hawk2024 12 днів тому +324

    This guy, just like Matt Binder, looks like someone who lurks at playgrounds and drives around in a busted ice cream van to lure children to him.

    • @DoctorMangler
      @DoctorMangler 12 днів тому +1

      Yeah he seems a lot like a sicko groomer. There's something wrong with him.

    • @user-fw9eq2ew1e
      @user-fw9eq2ew1e 11 днів тому +4

      Thank you for saying what I've been thinking of Matt Binder

    • @Nijmegenjongen
      @Nijmegenjongen 11 днів тому +5

      But also the type of guy to say that about others because he wants to project what he really wants

    • @BB-rt9nc
      @BB-rt9nc 10 днів тому +4

      Pretty sure he’s not allowed within 1000ft of a playground

    • @aphaes1
      @aphaes1 10 днів тому +3

      He does have that classic Choe-moe look.

  • @Hambo325
    @Hambo325 12 днів тому +298

    We know what you did.

    • @Daemon__Sultan
      @Daemon__Sultan 12 днів тому +9

      He's screwed

    • @nota13xxsfbiagent32
      @nota13xxsfbiagent32 12 днів тому +5

      god wendigoon fans are such cornballs.

    • @Pacman110298
      @Pacman110298 12 днів тому

      ⁠@@nota13xxsfbiagent32lick harder

    • @TairyHesticles
      @TairyHesticles 12 днів тому

      ​@@nota13xxsfbiagent32 I come from the Tribe of Buckingham to see the downfall of this disgraced man. The corn harvest will be bountiful this season.

    • @walnutwahluigi7221
      @walnutwahluigi7221 12 днів тому

      @@nota13xxsfbiagent32bundle of sticks

  • @omniscient420
    @omniscient420 12 днів тому +174

    You need to make an apology video next.

    • @TheAttendee
      @TheAttendee 11 днів тому +20

      Time to bust out the ukulele!

    • @omniscient420
      @omniscient420 11 днів тому +8

      @@TheAttendee And wear a Hawaiian shirt

    • @AngusBassSumner
      @AngusBassSumner 7 днів тому

      That would completely undermine his whole point in that video. Where he didn't say anything wrong. Just called out conservatives

    • @bradenhagen7977
      @bradenhagen7977 5 днів тому +2

      ​@@AngusBassSumner
      Falsely accusing people of rape is wrong. I think you're just blinded by partisanship.

  • @ryanyost6745
    @ryanyost6745 9 днів тому +20

    Sounds like you're not Dune II good.

  • @JuryRigJohn
    @JuryRigJohn 11 днів тому +19

    You’re spine is made of applesauce

  • @theunironicboomerang
    @theunironicboomerang 10 днів тому +14

    What's it like being a liar and a slanderer and getting ratio to holy hell?

  • @neoncacti
    @neoncacti 12 днів тому +90

    It's hard to be slanderous

  • @Brad-ly2wl
    @Brad-ly2wl 12 днів тому +76

    Get a job. UA-cam isn't working out for you.

    • @andyshepard4309
      @andyshepard4309 9 днів тому

      To be fair. UA-cam IS a job
      This freak, however, sucks so bad at it, he's jealous of other people doing it better

  • @landoftheninja
    @landoftheninja 9 днів тому +20

    Glad you're getting the reception for showing us the person you truly are.- An Appalachian

  • @kingstarscream3807
    @kingstarscream3807 10 днів тому +13

    *insert laughing janitor from Austin Powers Goldmember*

  • @ComtrollerReviews
    @ComtrollerReviews 11 днів тому +28

    I see the tendency to not do enough research is a common trend with you

    • @gobshite99
      @gobshite99 10 днів тому +4

      Yeah it sounds like hasn't read or watched Dune either.

  • @ernestcamboriii4809
    @ernestcamboriii4809 7 днів тому +5

    Hey Zane, when you saw that pdf file get his head blown off, did you get upset because you were thinking, "omg that's literally me"?

  • @garmmermibe5397
    @garmmermibe5397 9 днів тому +16

    Zane: "My source is that I made it the fuck up."

  • @gnilda8955
    @gnilda8955 Місяць тому +119

    A small correction at 18:03 the movie is not soviet, it's Polish. The difference is that Poland was never a part of the Soviet Union, although it was dependant on it. Thats why Poland is called a post-communist country and not a post-soviet one. This is important to say because „Wilczyca” is called the first true polish horror.

    • @Veneurr
      @Veneurr Місяць тому +11

      I came here for this comment :)

    • @Rough_Estimates
      @Rough_Estimates 10 днів тому +13

      Bro can't even do basic research, that's way above his capabilities

    • @Col.Roy_Mustang
      @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому +8

      A small correction: *This entire channel is worthless*

  • @meekz710
    @meekz710 12 днів тому +19

    Starbucks called and said you aren't qualified for the position you applied for. Sorry

  • @SaintWombo
    @SaintWombo 10 днів тому +12

    Zane / It’s Hard to be a Fraud

  • @Kaiyanwang82
    @Kaiyanwang82 Місяць тому +72

    "Harkonnen" was selected because to Herbert sounded Russian (even if it sounds more Finnish). So, yeah. I doubt it's just the axis. Feyd doesn't sound German at all, and Wu is Chinese not Japanese.
    BRUH

    • @robertalfaro2849
      @robertalfaro2849 Місяць тому +3

      Well he did say “coded”, so he doesn’t really have to be specific. Chinese, Japanese, whats the difference really if you think about it?

    • @Kaiyanwang82
      @Kaiyanwang82 Місяць тому +24

      @@robertalfaro2849 For one, they were on opposite sides in the very conflict he's talking about.
      I like the author in general but he's coming out as very superficial and not well informed this time, almost forcing a meaning where there's none.

    • @robertalfaro2849
      @robertalfaro2849 Місяць тому +13

      @@Kaiyanwang82 I’m aware. I was making fun of the video. I also mostly like this channel, but he does word his opinions very oddly sometimes.

    • @greasybumpkin1661
      @greasybumpkin1661 Місяць тому +17

      ​@@robertalfaro2849 video essayists always overestimate their intelligence

  • @blakeappine
    @blakeappine 4 дні тому +6

    I love how the comments section is full of people ripping on this guy for being sympathetic to pedos. Some times the internet does have a bright side.

  • @planetdrinker5385
    @planetdrinker5385 9 днів тому +5

    How small do you feel? Pretty damn micro I'd say

  • @momofro1819
    @momofro1819 8 днів тому +4

    kinda fun to see how the comments from a month ago are

  • @yggdrasil2
    @yggdrasil2 Місяць тому +29

    Small issues:
    * The Harkonnens are of Finnish descent.
    * Kynes was actually born on Arrakis and I think he is hinted to be half-Fremen.
    * The Butlerian Jihad did not destroy all knowledge, just all computers on a level close to human intelligence.

    • @nuuclearneil4394
      @nuuclearneil4394 11 днів тому

      So even before his dogshit hit piece he was still getting basic shit wrong 😭😭😭😭

  • @Catalyst512
    @Catalyst512 7 днів тому +5

    hey buddy, the rent was do a couple days ago, you arent answering my calls, gimme a ring buddy

  • @josephkelly4893
    @josephkelly4893 9 днів тому +8

    It’s over for this dude

  • @TairyHesticles
    @TairyHesticles 12 днів тому +20

    I live in Oklahoma and I'm a Native American.

  • @concar2179
    @concar2179 9 днів тому +15

    You'd better start selling plasma, its gonna be a hard year for you.

  • @mxbass1036
    @mxbass1036 9 днів тому +11

    When you slither back, we'll be here.

  • @saigen7271
    @saigen7271 10 днів тому +4

    I'd say "touch grass" but apparently the last time you did that, you cried to the internet about how you didn't have a shuttle arranged instead

  • @iamhungey12345
    @iamhungey12345 12 днів тому +40

    Many people would have been happy to even get 100k subs.

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 10 днів тому +5

      The unfortunate fact is that once people reach a certain status they believe they can say anything, even if it's really stupid.

    • @nightmarishcompositions4536
      @nightmarishcompositions4536 2 дні тому

      I was very happy and grateful just to reach 1000 haha. The ego and entitlement of some folks, I swear.

  • @mofolee
    @mofolee Місяць тому +11

    The German TV series of Hard to be a God wasn't that bad either - it was a lot easier to follow than the modern art film.

  • @jameseast9229
    @jameseast9229 10 днів тому +14

    Rent’s due in the morning, Gabe.

  • @ericnunya
    @ericnunya Місяць тому +136

    ive never heard of hard to be a god what a fever dream

    • @BrendanSmallButera
      @BrendanSmallButera Місяць тому +3

      It's crazy to think what might be out there that we simply don't know exists because of language barriers...

    • @redwinedrink
      @redwinedrink 12 днів тому +7

      @@BrendanSmallButeraits also crazy to be a fan of this guys videos

    • @Col.Roy_Mustang
      @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому

      This youtube title: *A look inside this content creators consience*

    • @Col.Roy_Mustang
      @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому +2

      ​@@BrendanSmallButeraIt's crazy to unironically be a fan of this toddler

  • @username-ru6ul
    @username-ru6ul 9 днів тому +7

    Bro i watched this video weeks ago, and began watching many of ur vids. Then this whole situation happened and now I’m kinda disappointed man. Don’t go after people, apologize, and stay in ur lane bro.

  • @nwo_news
    @nwo_news 12 днів тому +7

    Hey bro! Have you tried chilling yourself?

  • @stevemachuga6194
    @stevemachuga6194 Місяць тому +30

    I’ve always imagined Yueh as Chinese. In the first movie he does speak Mandarin to Paul very briefly

    • @23Lgirl
      @23Lgirl Місяць тому +12

      He probably think that all Asian's speaks the same language.

    • @xdead01x
      @xdead01x Місяць тому +1

      ​@@23Lgirl🤣

  • @BrownCookieBoy
    @BrownCookieBoy 9 днів тому +10

    Horror movie unlocked:
    Spiderman 2, rent scene.

    • @MondomondoTime
      @MondomondoTime 6 днів тому +1

      Where is my money!!! It's free country but not rent free country

  • @petrilofberg1758
    @petrilofberg1758 12 днів тому +10

    You look like noah samsen from wish.

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 10 днів тому +1

      Yeah they're both kind of fucked up

  • @liquidchris4147
    @liquidchris4147 9 днів тому +7

    I loved the part in Dune where Paul calls out the Harkonnens for being bigoted and not accepting of certain people only to realize hes doing the exact thing hes accusing them of while pretending hes a good person for doing so!
    Great work on the video man, you must've really put in a lot of effort into your research to give such a compelling piece of media your signature perspective and writing!!!

  • @Black_Heart_Defense
    @Black_Heart_Defense 12 днів тому +8

    Maybe you shouldn’t maliciously lie about people for an attempt at clout?

  • @scudthedisposableassasin1775
    @scudthedisposableassasin1775 10 днів тому +4

    It's hard to be a breadtuber

  • @A3dr0nix
    @A3dr0nix 10 днів тому +13

    The crusade against breadtubers continues ☕️🗿

  • @TheHalflingLad
    @TheHalflingLad Місяць тому +56

    If you ever have the time to dig through more of Strugatsky Bros' writing, you'll find that inaction in the face of crisis was a repeating theme for them. I feel they constantly struggled with the question of how the right choice can be made at the right time, and whether such a perfect choice is even possible.
    You keep finding protagonists pinballing between fight, flight, and freeze, and each time there's a sense of regret for the decision made, whatever it was. "Prisoners of Power", "Escape Attempt", "The Second Invasion from Mars", "Lame Fate", "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel", and on, and on, and on...

  • @scapeagoat2520
    @scapeagoat2520 Місяць тому +12

    Amazing Road to El Dorado reference

    • @neddles33
      @neddles33 Місяць тому +2

      I've spent years trying to figure out whether El Dorado is an unusual adaptation/ heavily inspired rework of Hard to be a God and that song is winking at us, and as time goes on the more sure I am that it is.
      Either that or Elton saw the parallel and decided to troll.

  • @its_scuffed
    @its_scuffed 4 дні тому +3

    Litteraly the only reason I know this guy exists is because the people he slanderd mentioned his name. He's a truly depressing guy, I hope he can work on himself and change for the better

  • @gloriouscaesar
    @gloriouscaesar Місяць тому +181

    Genuinely so refreshing to see analysis like this. Film criticism and film essays, i feel, have become so cynical in searching for things that do not work rather than actual insight. This essay inspires creation and revives my soul

  • @realnatko13
    @realnatko13 12 днів тому +3

    Bro heard you late on rent again, how was the last video performing for you and why was it taken down? No flamenko, just genuinely curious

    • @comguzzler
      @comguzzler 11 днів тому

      He made a bunch of false accusations and said a bunch of hateful racist things and then he deleted the video when he got called out

    • @realnatko13
      @realnatko13 10 днів тому +1

      @@comguzzler I know I was just hating

  • @lonecycle4849
    @lonecycle4849 Місяць тому +34

    Someone named Duncan Idaho; still the hardest thing to believe in all of Dune.

    • @BedeBowman
      @BedeBowman Місяць тому +1

      Indiana Jones

    • @saymyname2417
      @saymyname2417 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@BedeBowman​- Equally silly but both names likely have the same purpose - to link them subconsciously to America.

  • @annieainegoolie1749
    @annieainegoolie1749 Місяць тому +19

    Small correction: the Keynes that Duke Leto meets is the son of the first Keynes and a Fremen woman, who was raised to be both a Fremen (and can ride sand worms) and the next Imperial planetologist to replace his father to protect the great ecological project of the Fremen.

    • @ruthbennett7563
      @ruthbennett7563 Місяць тому +7

      Additionally, Chani is Liet-Keynes’ daughter (with a fully Fremen wife) in the books.

  • @matthewkleihege781
    @matthewkleihege781 10 днів тому +4

    Even god can’t save you from this downfall, BOY! Mess with the bull get the horns. Career terminated!

  • @morganghetti
    @morganghetti 10 днів тому +3

    You tuning in those Starbucks applications?

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
    @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 13 днів тому +43

    ITS ALSO HARD TO BE A LOSER BREADTUBER TOO HUH 💀💀💀
    PRIVATED THE VIDEO HUH? GUESS WE GOTTA DIG DEEP FOR FLESH

    • @chanr9531
      @chanr9531 12 днів тому +8

      Bro just decided to self destruct his channel for absolutely no reason 💀💀

    • @allenharper2928
      @allenharper2928 12 днів тому +2

      ​@@chanr9531It was crap anyways.

  • @theniftycat
    @theniftycat Місяць тому +18

    Hard to Be a God blew my mind when I was 13. thank you for reviving it in my memory and pinpointing its themes!

  • @barryjamescunningham5293
    @barryjamescunningham5293 6 днів тому +3

    When i was in the local walmart i saw a poo on the floor. I thought it was him....

  • @15sherpinski
    @15sherpinski 8 днів тому +5

    In praise of slander

  • @uumanebs
    @uumanebs 12 днів тому +24

    "Horror is about love" - Continues to do nothing but spread hate and bigotry.

  • @user-sb4ri9iz3z
    @user-sb4ri9iz3z 9 днів тому +6

    Illogically Zaney!

  • @JasenJohns
    @JasenJohns 10 днів тому +3

    Oops. I'm Appalachian, so arrived here by accident. It's ok. Don't fuss. I'll show myself out and won't be back.

  • @LiterallyCanada666
    @LiterallyCanada666 Місяць тому +48

    one of my favorite channels talking about one of my favorite books? holy shit let’s go

    • @bradvk3553
      @bradvk3553 11 днів тому

      Looks like you'll have to find a new channel, this dude is a total pos.

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 10 днів тому +2

      is he still your favorite after what happened?

    • @LiterallyCanada666
      @LiterallyCanada666 10 днів тому

      @@rollingvice ? what happened

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 10 днів тому +2

      @@LiterallyCanada666 well you got to search it by yourself, to form your own opinion. because my opinion going to be bias. long story short. he made a hitpiece video to slander wendigoon & his friends. just because wendigoon like his slenderman video and follows him on twitter.

    • @eduardopantoja9115
      @eduardopantoja9115 7 днів тому

      ​@LiterallyCanada666 he harassed Windagoon and tried to make him seem like a racist natzi even though he's not

  • @kawaipistolet405
    @kawaipistolet405 Місяць тому +22

    To briefly expand on the issue of "WWII-coding" of the book - you are reading the language references too shallow. The Empire speaks inglo-slavic while heavily infused with Turko-Persian imagery and language because the particular sources for Herbert are the Russian military operations in Armenia during the XIXth century (we also have chacobsa from that), the Byzantine and Persian exploitation of the Arabic tribes (this is referenced directly several times in the first book and also links with the Greco-Persian wars over then-christian Armenia) and, obvsly, the times when Herbert writes the book, e.g. the Cold War. Herbert has also never served actively in the military - he spent the Second World War as a photographer in the dockyards and briefly visited Vietnam as a reporter (which occured after he finished the first book).

  • @af1shyscheme453
    @af1shyscheme453 Місяць тому +29

    I really appreciate your video essays for introducing me and many other people to lesser known works of art.

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 12 днів тому +6

      yeah its also teach me that making a hit piece with subpar evidence is idiotic. now, i don't have to pander more to my remaining audience so i don't go broke.

    • @codypatton2859
      @codypatton2859 12 днів тому

      Too bad this guy is a commie that tried making a slanderous hit piece on one of the most beloved creators on the platform.

    • @droopy6372
      @droopy6372 11 днів тому +3

      He should delete his channel lol

  • @710.gavvvvv
    @710.gavvvvv 5 днів тому +3

    You can’t come back from this your rent money is due for the month💀💀😂

  • @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT
    @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT Місяць тому +12

    Dune parts 1 and 2 were simply amazing, story changes aside. Like I’m amazed they were able to make it THIS GOOD.

    • @General_Maximus
      @General_Maximus Місяць тому +3

      personally i feel like the whole "Paul is a villain because he's white" Is a pathetically low resolution butchering of the original message, and an incredibly harmful message that's becoming all too common in pop culture and has elicited real world harm. But hey, I just ACTUALLY go outside and stuff, what do I know?

    • @saig7570
      @saig7570 Місяць тому +8

      @@General_MaximusI feel like saying that the movie makes Paul a villain because he’s white to be rather disingenuous to what the movie is doing. In general, criticizing imperialism isn’t fundamentally criticizing white people, and making parallels to history isn't pushing an agenda. But looking at the movie specifically, I don’t think it simply makes Paul a villain. On one hand, yes he comes off as rather cold by the end, but the movie spends so much time establishing him as a genuinely empathetic guy who has the right intensions. When that transformation happens, it’s less that he is evil and more that we aren’t with his perspective anymore as he makes these really troubling decisions. We’re distanced from him so that the consequences of his choices are made clear rather than us seeing his visions that would justify that path. That does look evil in one sense, as the movie is criticizing him for taking advantage of the Fremen and twisting their culture, but it would miss the point to say this happening is because of who he is fundamentally. Paul’s goodness early on goes to show that even good intensions can get perverted, and that this is especially dangerous when people aren’t critical of their leaders, whoever they are. The movie is critical of the Fremen placing so much faith in Paul and the Bene Gesserit being arrogant and manipulative, too.

    • @VS-kf5qw
      @VS-kf5qw Місяць тому +11

      @@General_Maximus Great works of scifi often reflect real life my guy. "White guy schemes his way into power over non-white people" is a very common historical occurrence. Pointing that out is not "real world harm", but hey if that ruins the story for you there's still Avatar, Dances With Wolves, and about a billion other movies where the guy gets a happy ending.

    • @joelaugustin6407
      @joelaugustin6407 Місяць тому

      ​@@General_Maximuswhere in the movies or the book for that matter was his race turned into an issue? Or are you just internalizing the brain dead takes of a bunch of twitter imbeciles on the right and left whose entire life's purpose is now "politicize everything"?

    • @PSYCHOSCION
      @PSYCHOSCION 6 днів тому

      ​@@saig7570I'm only here because of the recent drama surrounding this "intellectual" and when I saw he made a dune video I had to see what he would say about the masterpiece Dune 2. I say this because I wanted to see what people said before that terrible video thought of his "essay" and stumbled upon this one.
      Maximus reply is straight-up retarded and there is no defense. I'm just replying to your view of Paul and what you think the movie perception is making Paul to be. Before anything else, I haven't read the books and most of what I understand comes from a couple of videos, My stepfather who read them, and of course the movie. I don't think the movie is making Paul to be a villain in any sense. Yes, Paul starts off as a clearly black-and-white morally good man. His transformation to me isn't made to make him a villain but to separate him from the common people. We are talking about a man who inherits god-like abilities and sees what needs to be done. He is Dunes Aragorn, Anakin( Literally without the fall to the dark side), Harry Potter, Katniss, Neo, and many more who follow the simple hero's journey or are forced to sacrifice for the greater good
      From the Start, everyone wants to make Paul assimilate into the Fremen. Everyone encourages it, making him a better fighter, tactician, leader, and friend. Paul tries to because one with them for his care of Chani and vice versa. His mother because she wants to take advantage of the people and Paul. Stilgar from the jump is indoctrinating Paul and everyone into thinking Paul is their savior. Saying Paul takes advantage of the Fremen like he is a dark being seems disingenuous. It seems like Paul is more of the Fremens( Stilgar) and his mother's sword. It's only after the Fremen's base gets leveled does Paul realizes he must become this to intact his revenge and also save the people he has become a part of and loves.
      I don't understand how Paul takes over the Fremen and twists their culture when all he does is not adhere to one rule before taking leadership. This one rule he breaks to keep his friend, mentor, and surrogate father alive and together. I don't think the movie is critical in the sense of the faith in Paul. The only way to back it up is that Paul is for all intents and purposes an evil outsider to take over the Fremen and twist into his whatever is through Chani which seems rather forced and doesn't belong. The Fremen should have faith in Paul since he has delivered time and time again and shown loyalty in the best way he can. He has bled, killed, followed, led, loved, and made friendships with them. back to him being a villain of sorts seems rather idiotic from my perspective. The villains are clearly the Harkonnen, Bene Gesserit, and the Emporer. The Imperialist Criticism is only there in the sense that Paul is basically afraid to be the ONE to make this Jihad/ Crusade happen. Paul is the only one in this movie who doesn't want to Jihad. Not even Chani is heard or seen opposing this idea.
      To Summarise I think Paul is a Good man and Painted to be a Tragic Character in the end. He lost his home, Father, friends, his love, his black-and-white goodness, and his mother since she went of the deep end. He didn't want to become their leader/ savior but was forced to and sacrificed for the greater good. Paul does everything within reason to keep those he loves safe while yes avenging his father. I don't see how that makes him a villain. If anything doesn't this make him somewhat more human along with him being a demigod. I feel most people would do whatever it took to protect those they cared for. Paul seems almost relatable disregarding the fact that he is a Dune God.

  • @CertifiedScaryGuy
    @CertifiedScaryGuy 11 днів тому +3

    Are ya having fun yet son??

  • @chrisball3778
    @chrisball3778 Місяць тому +2

    I only know 'Hard to be a God' from the Aleksei German film. It really is hard to express what an oppressive atmosphere it generates. It's overwhelmingly claustrophobic, disorientating, bleak and above all disgusting. Almost everything in the film's world is just completely caked with mud and blood and shit. It's almost like a parody of what some people imagine medieval times were like, except played with a completely straight face, so you're forced to just sit in it and wallow helplessly in its filth. It's a brilliant and powerful work, but as acknowledged here, it's a massive slog to sit through.

  • @carpo719
    @carpo719 10 днів тому +2

    Was the God too far to the left or did God have undesirable friends on twitter?

  • @SamuraiMujuru
    @SamuraiMujuru Місяць тому +4

    Oh man, Hard to Be a God is the same authors as Roadside Picnic. I'm gonna have to check it out.

  • @xabraxasx
    @xabraxasx 12 днів тому +3

    gotta be one of my favorite schizo posting youtubers

  • @Dirtbag10417
    @Dirtbag10417 Місяць тому +21

    I think this is the fastest I got to seeing your newest uploads lol. I have to see if I can beat 33 seconds!

  • @marzupalami
    @marzupalami 7 днів тому +1

    How is this INCREDIBLY BIGOTED youtube channel still in existence?

  • @xtramujas
    @xtramujas Місяць тому +26

    Great video! Here is my contribution to the Soviet part of the story and the Strugatsky Brothers. Firstly, it is difficult to analyze a “Soviet” work because the Soviet Union had several different eras. The most important one for this work is the post-World War II era, which is being criticized in this book/film. The Strugatsky Brothers make a clear critique of the Soviet leadership at the time, but these are deep Maxiist Lenilist works. These can be seen in the role of Anton who, after arriving in Arkanar, must do his job in accordance with Lenin's vision from1902's book "What Is to be Done?" about The Spontaneity of the Masses (to fully understand the subject i recommend reading it). Lenin concluded that there would be no spontaneous socialist revolution; a socialist revolution could only be achieved through a closed and centralized Party of committed socialists, which would be the instrument to lead the working class. The “party”, in a Marxist-Leninist view, has completely different roles as parties in Western politics. Anton's role is an allegory for the partisan work necessary to bring about revolution, be it cultural or political, but he does not carry out this work, and when he does he exercises it diligently and becomes detached from it, becoming a mere observer of the situation. He was supposed to help in the development of society, but ended up with a centrist view of learning by mistake, when Lenin wrote about learning by "example" (again, read "What Is to be Done?" there is no one to explain it better them the man himself). Anyways, it's a super complex conversation, sorry for my English, but long story short: This is a book about the way the Soviet Union was moving away from the fundamental principles of its revolution. A book that criticizes the regime, but not socialism itself.
    All the best!

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 Місяць тому +2

      Great comment, very helpful if one is to read or watch the works and not misread them.

  • @Col.Roy_Mustang
    @Col.Roy_Mustang 10 днів тому +2

    This youtube title: *A look inside this content creators thoughts on themself*

  • @dmoncandy4573
    @dmoncandy4573 Місяць тому +6

    Crazy how I’ve never heard about this and I love Roadside picnic and S.T.A.L.K.E.R

  • @Homus1337
    @Homus1337 12 днів тому +5

    silly billy

  • @thesinfultictac5704
    @thesinfultictac5704 Місяць тому +5

    Hey nice shout out to Le Guin ! Ill have to check Noon 22AD
    I read that some company has the Left Hand of Darkness flim rights, hope they don't fuck it up!

    • @neddles33
      @neddles33 Місяць тому +1

      There's a 100% chance. Between the casting, gender politics, politics politics, the ending... there's so many chances to go sideways

    • @thesinfultictac5704
      @thesinfultictac5704 Місяць тому

      @@neddles33 If Genly is white casted, we riot

  • @user-gy6vr1od8b
    @user-gy6vr1od8b 9 днів тому +3

    Time to start panhandling

  • @DocJerky
    @DocJerky 6 днів тому +4

    3.3k likes to 6.5k dislikes. I know not everybody can see the dislikes, so I am doing a public service. Just like the Sanitation department takes away the trash, IPOS needs to be shoveled into the dump and forgotten.

  • @lemokemo5752
    @lemokemo5752 9 днів тому +3

    I used to be a subscriber enjoying some of your videos about art. N.b past tense!

  • @AZTECKTHEBIGBOSS
    @AZTECKTHEBIGBOSS 11 днів тому +1

    Enjoyed the part where this guy admits to love dogs the same way the pope loves little boys.

  • @brendenmoore5513
    @brendenmoore5513 Місяць тому +27

    Love how much In Praise of Shadows content we’ve been getting this year, and things you’ve been covering. Also, absolutely loved the intro. Was quite a delightful surprise with my headphones.
    People, this comment was made before he made “that” video when all he was making videos on were movies and books. I had no idea he was going to implode a month later after I made this. Stop bothering me.

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 12 днів тому +3

      until he creates some hit piece because of jealousy.

    • @brendenmoore5513
      @brendenmoore5513 12 днів тому

      @@rollingvice what am I supposed to do with this comment?

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice 12 днів тому

      @@brendenmoore5513 nothing. just search better content creator to fanboy at.

    • @allenharper2928
      @allenharper2928 12 днів тому

      Lol
      Palpatine- Ironic.

    • @Ba11leFieldAce
      @Ba11leFieldAce 6 днів тому +1

      Well , seems like someone spoke a little bit too soon...

  • @endeavour3d
    @endeavour3d Місяць тому +1

    there was also a late 2000s PC game also called Hard to Be a God, which is where I first heard of this book series, that took place immediately after the first book as a sequel of sorts

  • @petrolandcoffee
    @petrolandcoffee Місяць тому +6

    i've never heard of Hard to be a God. looks like i've got some kino to track down

  • @c.w.8200
    @c.w.8200 Місяць тому +2

    I mean, the first movie was powerful no doubt but I have never struggled so much with sensory overload in a movie theatre. I went to see it because my ex insisted on going even though I admittedly struggle with many movies but this one was insanely hard on me. I have been wondering if even neurotypical people were overwhelmed or mesmerized, which isn't necessarily bad but for me it became difficult to follow the story as if the stylistic bombast was swallowing my mind.

  • @thechad2276
    @thechad2276 9 днів тому +6

    I usually don’t like watching people fall this hard but I’ll make an exception this time

  • @momofro1819
    @momofro1819 8 днів тому +4

    If your reading this, dont stop making content. Record and write content about this experience of getting cancelled. It would be an interesting video, as long as your actually nuanced and not a cry bully like before. Be raw, be honest and create art. As long as you dont give up, its never truly over.

    • @blissfulzane7154
      @blissfulzane7154 7 днів тому +2

      If that was his response right after the backlash, he would be in the internet's good graces again. Be direct about the slander, the incorrect information for each individual, etc.
      Being humble goes a long way.

  • @leon.benedict
    @leon.benedict 4 дні тому +2

    Where can we mail you a "Dont quit your dayjob" shirt?

  • @relaxingsounds4431
    @relaxingsounds4431 9 днів тому +5

    In praise of shadows is openly friends with abusers who put out cigarettes on their girlfriends!

    • @Ba11leFieldAce
      @Ba11leFieldAce 6 днів тому

      And he eats golden retriever puppies!!

  • @cantthinkofaname750
    @cantthinkofaname750 12 днів тому +19

    Flop

  • @definemax
    @definemax 12 днів тому +8

    bro is noah samsen temu edition

  • @sudevsen
    @sudevsen Місяць тому +4

    In Praise of Sanddunes and Spiceworms

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 Місяць тому +2

    The spice must flow… the shadows must be praised lol

  • @mcnuttington7122
    @mcnuttington7122 12 днів тому +4

    Low test individual

  • @LikeMothsToAFlame
    @LikeMothsToAFlame Місяць тому +1

    There is a version of 'Hard to be a God' from the 80's which features a brief appearance of Werner Herzog, which should be on UA-cam for free.