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Foundation vs Dune (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My partner never read the books and easily caught the massive religious manipulation angle through the film. The even more massive scale of it all was obviously not revealed because of when it takes place, but it's still present

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Helps that it's outright stated near the beginning of the movie.