What would that prove, either way? Does that mean something like Memento (which, incidentally, opens with a scene "narrated" by the character's real-time inner thoughts) "fails the medium" because no other film shares its structure?

Dune's quite a unique film.

You just don't know what you are talking about. As usual.

Be disturbed no longer, for it was actually Anthony Perkins who got minced.

That doesn't explain why you think* it's okay to present a person's inner thoughts on paper, but not on film.

*not that there's anything wrong with thinking that, but your wording implies that you think it's an objective truth.

And films are (usually) shot in third person or "God" mode, so what's the difference there?

In case I wasn't clear (I hadn't realised you haven't read the books before) I was specifically talking about the Dune books when I mentioned literary inner thoughts. They're in there, just like they are in the film, and they're integral to understanding the characters. There's no way you could convey their meaning with a bit of "smell the fart" acting.

I don't see how that has any bearing on the portroyal of inner thoughts. In books, they're written down. In films, they're spoken. I don't see why one should be inherently better than the other.

Engineering has always encompassed art. But most engineers aren't good enough at engineering to do any art. It comes after the business and applied science aspects are complete.

I'll grant that all the humanities classes I took in college were review of HS. But all the math and science the humanities majors took were review of middle school.

Just think how much better it could have been if he had studied typesetting. He might have had actual applicable knowledge.

Claiming Jobs had much to do with the invention of postscript is historical revision anyhow.

No. The statistic you refer to (% employed in field) merely shows that engineers are promoted to management more.

Why doesn't the same apply to the books? There are "voiceovers" throughout.

I'd much rather have Dune's voiceovers that have to be subjected to an "as you know" speech.

Why would they want to? Most of the humanities profs couldn't pass it.

I'm still waiting for the 'Emperors New Clothes' moment. But 'they' really will have a hard time topping some of the stupid things they've already said. If Chomsky still gets respect, despite being an apologist for genocide (among many other 'bad things'), there is no fixing it.

Yes I know 'computational linguistics' is a grey area, but Chomsky's work is not. His primary assertion 'Brains have language wired in' seems to be proving out to be wrong. Only took 40 years.

That would piss Dors off.
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Well, it's unlikely to be Slashdot with drivel like this.

Ah, you didn't hear? They just discovered an error in the standard leap year calculation, so everyone has to skip April 2nd this year.

I think you underestimate Sir Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing and James Earl Jones. They were certainly top league.

Chicken unaffected.

No, it's convention. It's like telling someone they're not going to make a brilliant impression as an undertaker if they keep wearing their Elmo tie to work.