moviefreakedmind said:
DominicCobb said:
moviefreakedmind said:
I always get a little annoyed when people imply that political angles of books are inherently bad. Unless the politics of a work of art are totally reprehensible I enjoy it. A lot of people complained about Black Panther being political, but isn’t that a good thing that they had a deeper story as opposed to the usual Marvel formula?
I think the politics they’re talking about are more like the boring Senate procedure stuff in TPM. Could be wrong though.
Oh, okay, that’s a little different. I think of that as just boring writing rather than “bad politics”.
Yes. No, I’m not saying politics in a story is inherently bad. I read Star Wars: Bloodline at one point, which is a story about Leia between ROTJ and TFA. She was part of the senate of the New Republic at the time, and the story, in part, explored her activities as a senator. That book was not boring. Nor was Fire and Fury (the book about Trump.)
I’m not saying politics in a story is objectively bad. I’m saying it may be subjectively unenjoyable for me, but likely also due to how it’s written.
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ChainsawAsh said:
chyron8472 said:
It’s not that I dislike science fiction. Ender’s Game is science fiction and I love that.
I guess wasn’t interested in the politics of Dune. Which… as I look at the synopsis on Wiki, seems to be much of the story. There are also a bunch of names and terms, and it was difficult for me to follow.
Granted I was listening and not reading so maybe reading it would have made things easier to track, but my wife said she had difficulty getting into it when she read it.
I would have kept listening had she not said anything, but I still don’t think I would have enjoyed it.
Politics are an aspect of [Dune], but it is (or at least becomes) more an exploration of the philosophical and ethical ramifications of having power than actual politics, if that makes sense.
Also, this summarization does not sound interesting to me at all.