u/Existing_Landscape21

Just finished Dune Messiah in anticipation of the upcoming Denis Villeneuve movie this December, and I gotta say, I'm nervous. Despite loving the original Dune books. I found Dune Messiah kind of... underwhelming....

Here's some back story. I read Dune when I was 12 or so and thought it was fine, but not excellent. My guess is I was just a little too young to really get it. When I saw the DV movie I was blown away and how good it was. So naturally I re-read Dune the book and had a much better experience.

So I decided to read Dune Messiah in preparation for the december film. and to be honest, I wasn't that impressed. Not a lot happened in Dune Messiah. And what did happen was disjointed or kind of boring.

Anyone else worried the 3rd dune movie won't hold up?

I hold the unpopular opinion that the movies, in this case, are actually a little better than the books in some ways (fight me). I think Frank Herbert did such a good job at world building, but his writing didn't always present it the best. For Example: in Dune The betrayal of the Atreides is a surprise! but in the book we get a bunch of monologues from yueh. So we saw it coming from the very start. Similarly, the opening of dune messiah we learn the whole conspiracy no big reveal at the end. I know the plot with duncan doesn't end up the way they planned, but still. not that big of a secret what's going on the whole book.

It took someone like DV to really catch the vision of Dune and run with it. I started to really like the book, once I saw the movie. Maybe, if DV can pull this off, I will like Dune Messiah more after the movie.

Just curious, anyone ever done a “low mileage” training plan.

I’ve done 8 marathons, they have always been kind of standard training where I gradually add some distance/time on feet. Plus some cross training, intervals & all that jazz.

I’m just in a bit of a busier season of life, and I’m curious if there are smaller time commitment trading plans, but they are like more intense or something like that. So you can still make improvements.

Note: if you’re going to say something along the lines of: “ if you won’t put in the time don’t bother” don’t bother. I’ve enough races I know what I’m doing. I just want to know if anyone has done something along these lines successfully. So don’t bully me.

My 7 year old (1st grade) wants a kindle. She is an avid reader (reads at like a 3rd grade level).

- anyone out there give there young kids kindles love it or hate it?

- any internet safety concerns I should have?

- is there sufficient kids content out there? ( we mostly use Libby, probably won’t be buying many books)

Which is more interesting single/ double pilot mechs (Pacific rim, Gundam, battle tech) or small crew mechs?

The way I think of it is Gundam is parallel to fitter jet pilots

Whereas small crewed mechs would be more like tank crews.

There are lots of examples single crewed mech shows and video games. But not really of small crew mechs. I’m thinking you could get the dynamic of the crew of the roci from the expanse, but in a mech. Seems to me to be an untapped potential.

Anyone else think there is some potential in “tank crew” mechs? Or should we stick with the single, fighter pilot, approach?

I love thrillers, but I’m not that into cereal killer/ murder mister books.

I’m thinking like a Christopher Nolan vibe. Inception, tenet, memento kind of book.

Closes book I can think of that I’ve read is Dark Matter by Bake Crouch.

What else is out there?

Basically, about 20-30 min into basically all rides my toes fall asleep.

I’ve tried a lot of things,

- Cleat position

- Strap tightness

- Saddle angle

- Saddle positioning

- seat post position

The only relief I get is when I go down hill I can pull my feet up in my cleats and I feel the blood rush back in my toes. This hasn’t ever really stopped me, but it makes the transition to run a little harder.

What should I try next?

- New shoes?

-New seat?

-Professional bike fitting?

-Any thing else I can try?