I just saw the first movie with a friend and the thought went through my mind. I’m not really sure what something being derivative means, so I looked it up and apparently it’s more subjective than I realized.

What are your thoughts?

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Modern sci-fi is pretty much all derivative of Dune. So if you look at a modern adaptation of Dune today you might think “this is just Star Wars/Star Trek/Warhammer 40K/etc.” But it’s in fact the other way around, Dune doesn’t take from Star Wars, Star Wars takes from Dune.