I think good old Frank had the right idea by talking around the Jihad in generalities, keeping it vague. When each of us read _Dune,_ assuming we were going into it more or less fresh and without much knowledge of either of the dueling EUs, we each came up with our own idea of what the Jihad involved based on those few clues. I didn’t give it a great deal of thought at the time-it was so peripheral to the story-but I think I assumed it was a vaguely Matrix-like fight to the death against robots. But there are other directions in which to take it, many far more interesting than that. I think broad strokes of backstory like this are usually best left to each fan’s imagination. When someone gets around to writing a detailed “definitive” version of the event, it rarely compares to what we’d each imagined.
I have a different perspective as I read the entire series in chronological order starting with the Butlerian Jihad, and really love the machine wars and how it led to the era of the complete ban on machine intelligence.
aperson22222 the differing writing styles became obvious, if I recall my impressions rightly the Brian Herbert/JIA stuff was more gratuitous sci-fi while the Frank Herbert books come off more sci-fantasy. I suspect my own preferences forAI stories made me more interested in the machine conflict than the seemingly never ending intrigues of the Bene Gesserit for example, but nothing too controversial in my conclusion, the original Dune is the jewel (or is that spice?) in the crown.
@@skipintroux4444 Interesting how the Butlerian Jihad contrasted with Muad'dib's Jihad during the Golden Path. It seemed that in the former, humans had laudable goals and it was like an intifada,a shaking off of machine hegemony while Paul's war was a culling of himanity in order to fit on theGolden Path. The scope of this whole series is fantastic.
The Butlerian Jihad is one of the most intriguing and amazing stories from the Duniverse. Im seeking out the book to read but honestly think this has the potential to become an amazing cinematic saga. Im working my way through all of your videos on Dune and find them fascinating. Thanks Quinn.
I like this format of breaking down specific stories into small segments, I hope that you do more content like this, in any case thanks for all you have done and continue to do.
I'd personally stick to the first book. The rest drop in quality a lot and the core ideas and worldbuilding of Dune are all contained in the first book anyway. I suggest reading Cordwainer Smith or LeGuin instead.
I'm currently reading Battle of Corrin and its interesting to see the similarities and vast differences between this version and the one in the prequel novels.
If you compare the plot of Frank Herbert’s B.J., to that of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. They are nothing alike. Frank Herbert’s has so much more gravitas to it. You can tell he had a vision.
That's to bad you feel that. Brian Herbert's books are what got me into Dune as they're an easier read with more action. I think it's to bad so many people are hostile towards their vision when its likely their books get people interested in Dune. Just be glad they've tried to continue the story rather then letting it die with Frank.
@@isaacgriffin5690 It annoys me how many people consider that Dune Encyclopedia canon and hate on Brian and Kevin's work. Frank didn't write the Encyclopedia and said himself that it wasn't canon. He respected their work, but didn't accept it into his own canon. But, you can't change these purists minds. They'll go their entire life hating Brian and Kevin's awesome work for the sake of purity. They remind of some of those Butlerian cultists from that last trilogy. And they'll never know what I mean by that.
Brian and Kevin's writing style will never come close to Franks. I doubt if they got anyone to write more stories in the dune universe it wouldn't even come close. I have to say i prefer Franks writing. I've read all but the last book they put out, which I'll probably read b/c it has the dune name attached. I like most of their stuff, but a bunch just doesn't fit with what's in the original books. Whether or not they've been faithful to the notes Frank left, we'll never really know. I've never read the encyclopedia, hope to though so I can't really comment on that
I really like your videos. I happen to like the Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson books (Butlerian Jihad, Machine Crusade, and Battle of Corrin) better than the Dune Encyclopedia. But you really knock it out of the park when you narrate these. :D
They probably don't want to cause issues with the Muslims. It's a religious idea not just the word war so they don't flag it or whatever they do. It's all stupid the 90s and 2000s was all about reducing censorship the 10s are all about brining it back I guess. Sad really
Such a drastic change in format, when compared to your "Ultimate Guide to Dune" series! The Covid struggle may shackle your ability to produce content similar to those works of art. Or, maybe "The Algorithm" AKA the ethereal entity that motivates RUclips content, favors these shorter videos. Regardless, I love it, as always. I can't wait to see where you go. I've a few books to read before I go into the Dune "extended universe," so I'm metaphorically *lusting* for any morsel of information regarding this aspect of the "canon" timeline. It helps that you've clearly proven yourself to be a superfan, yet also astute enough to grasp some of the deeper themes inherent in the series.
This really is a great channel, I read all the Dune series many years ago being inspired by the Dino de Horrendous film directed by David Lynch (which I thought was very good all things considered) I think I might read them all again as there’s a lot to read. Thank you Quinnyour channel is a credit 👍🏻
5:48 I love this bit bc of the logic and cause&effect - only the rich with their wast resources could stay afloat, so if you’re lucky to be born in such a family you’re all set. And so the nobel families rose. With no government feudalism was the only outcome in such a large system.
First, I like this Butlerian Jihad much better than the abomination we got from Brian H. and Kevin A., and I think it's what Frank Herbert envisioned. Secondly, the idea of winning a conflict without battle sounds a lot like Miles Teg's way of doing things in Heretics.
This is really interesting, I wonder if Herbert thought about what his universe looks like now in 'present' day, then wrote reasons to explain that, or the other way around.
Interesting. Quinn, I have one question, although unrelated, is Scytale's inner narrative reference _"... Farok might never even have heard of a camel or of the Golden Age of Earth."_ (p51 Dune Messiah) The only reference to Earth or are there more?
Hey Quinn. Do you follow the Star Trek Picard? It looks like they have "adopted" the Butlerian Jihad and other ideas from the Dune saga .. what do you think?
Just some thoughts about the similarities... - Zhat Vash vs Quwat Milat is starting to look like Bene Gesserit vs Honored Matres (both female based secretive and powerful), and of course the crusade against synths like the Butlerian Jihad... bane of the old civilization and a new impending doom because they did survive somewhere in the universe, - Dahj/Soji/Jona may be a construct like Duncan Idaho Gholas. They could have their pre-ghola memories reawakened by forcing to experience some kind of psychological trauma (like activating Dahr in ep 1 or later Soji at assassination attempt), or... by sexual imprinting techniques (what Narek was trying to do), - Using doctor Yueh to kill Atreides in Dune and using Dr. Jurati to kill Maddox, - Hugh was killed by a needle dart like a Gom Jabbar, - the scene where exBorgs almost rip apart Narissa looked like the death of Beast Raban, - blue search-eyes on holo-Rioses like spice-eyes of Fremen...
I'm only really interested in the core six, so it shouldn't take me too long. Just need to stop procrastinating. All those video-games won't play themselves ¬_¬
Start with Dune and read in sequence at least the Frank Herbert series. I'm not a fan of his son's works. Like Christopher Tolkien, the son isn't the father as an author.
I Cant tell if I really love these stories or if I love your telling of them. You really should do voice over for audio books. You make even boring things sound really interesting. We're all going to need more real entertainment in these boring and anxiety producing self isolating times.
I wrote it under one of your other videos, but before Brian Herbert came with his prequels, I liked to consider Matrix and Dune to be parts of the same universe.
That is actually how I describe Dune’s history to the uninitiated. “Did you ever see the Matrix? Well that is essentially what happens 20,000 years before the story of Dune. So all thinking machines are banned, there are these human computers called Mentats...”
1. I’d love to see a film adaptation of this but doubt it’d resonate the same as the later Dune stories due to the sweeping changes in appearances and technology. 2. Dune is underrated in its “practical” predictions of humanity’s future.
RUclips has Dune: The Butlerian Jihad audiobook now do th same with Machine Crusade and Battle of Corrin, I would like to listen to the otherz also, please let me know if you can find/make the rest, thank you very much
Im proud to say i still have my original Dune Encyclopedia from '84. The paper cover is gone, the spine is fractured and the pages turned crumply and dog piss yellow. But I still read it every ten years or so. LOL
4:45sec Looks like a Genesis StarLiner from the game Star Citizen. Good choice, it fits right in there. Does anyone else play SC? Maybe one day it's space will be as vast as Dune.
Have you read The Book of The New Sun? Its had more side stories like dune past the core story. Your vids on it would be anything but torturous, its my faveorite book series.
Hard to believe, that the technology we see in the Dune universe works completely without any kind of computer, not even a simple calculator. This means, you need a button for every single function of every machine and a human that push these buttons when needed. Not really effective, but at least this creates a lot of jobs, I guess.
As a huge fan of the channel for a year or so now, and someone who's watched enough and even been involved in a bit of youtubing to know a HAIR about production...have you considered backing off with the camera some? I start your videos and feel like I've been cornered at a crosswalk by someone trying to sell me a multilevel marketing scheme, obviously before my brain registers what the content actually is. I watch a lot of historical channels so can only cite examples of such, but their presentation is similar enough that you might find them good references if only just for camera angles and set setup: The World War Two channel by Timeghost (who have their own channel by that name where they film the same way), Shadiversity, and Lindybeige are a few who show themselves on camera. Not that you need to show yourself, Mark Felton productions is one such example of only showing himself in his profile picture and it not hurting his channel growth in the slightest.
I always thought this war was against the thinking machines was more like a war against the Terminators or Men of Iron in 40k.I'm a 40k fan and I know that a lot of it was strongly influenced by Dune. I always feel like Dune is 40Ks backstory in a lot of ways 😅
I think good old Frank had the right idea by talking around the Jihad in generalities, keeping it vague. When each of us read _Dune,_ assuming we were going into it more or less fresh and without much knowledge of either of the dueling EUs, we each came up with our own idea of what the Jihad involved based on those few clues. I didn’t give it a great deal of thought at the time-it was so peripheral to the story-but I think I assumed it was a vaguely Matrix-like fight to the death against robots. But there are other directions in which to take it, many far more interesting than that.
I think broad strokes of backstory like this are usually best left to each fan’s imagination. When someone gets around to writing a detailed “definitive” version of the event, it rarely compares to what we’d each imagined.
I have a different perspective as I read the entire series in chronological order starting with the Butlerian Jihad, and really love the machine wars and how it led to the era of the complete ban on machine intelligence.
Skip Introux Hmm, interesting. I’ve never met anyone who read them in that order before. Please elaborate on your perspective.
aperson22222 the differing writing styles became obvious, if I recall my impressions rightly the Brian Herbert/JIA stuff was more gratuitous sci-fi while the Frank Herbert books come off more sci-fantasy. I suspect my own preferences forAI stories made me more interested in the machine conflict than the seemingly never ending intrigues of the Bene Gesserit for example, but nothing too controversial in my conclusion, the original Dune is the jewel (or is that spice?) in the crown.
should read dune the machine crusade
@@skipintroux4444 Interesting how the Butlerian Jihad contrasted with Muad'dib's Jihad during the Golden Path. It seemed that in the former, humans had laudable goals and it was like an intifada,a shaking off of machine hegemony while Paul's war was a culling of himanity in order to fit on theGolden Path. The scope of this whole series is fantastic.
Just the content we’ve all been looking forward to seeing
The puppy was well played. Well played indeed.
The Butlerian Jihad is one of the most intriguing and amazing stories from the Duniverse. Im seeking out the book to read but honestly think this has the potential to become an amazing cinematic saga.
Im working my way through all of your videos on Dune and find them fascinating. Thanks Quinn.
I like this format of breaking down specific stories into small segments, I hope that you do more content like this, in any case thanks for all you have done and continue to do.
Sun Tsu also had the idea of winning a conflict without a battle. If I remember correctliy he called it the hightest form of millitary leadership.
Yup. Someone must have left a copy of The Art Of War somewhere for FH to read. Ha!
yes..u need premium gasoline to win without combat
It may be the highest form of leadership but I'm guessing that very few generals have ever achieved it.
Cited very few Examples....
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
-Sun Tzu.
I loved the Butlerian Jihad series. Very well written imo. Erasmus was a great villain.
Just finished Dune. Now gonna start Messiah.
Rocco Debellis right on brother
Enjoy it, and read the whole series! Heretics and Chapterhouse are awesome!
Me too
I'd personally stick to the first book. The rest drop in quality a lot and the core ideas and worldbuilding of Dune are all contained in the first book anyway. I suggest reading Cordwainer Smith or LeGuin instead.
Rocco Debellis I hope you enjoyed dune as much as I did.
You present the worlds you describe with excellent clarity and sound visualization, great work!
Loved the puppy surprise ending. After such a very serious presentation, that but of levity was excellent.
This channel is great for "Dune" lovers. Quinn has a good narrator's voice.
Quinn, thou shalt not use the likeness of an adorable puppy to acquire Patreon supporters!
Is it alright if he uses the likeness of any puppy to obtain control of the Spice itself?
I'm currently reading Battle of Corrin and its interesting to see the similarities and vast differences between this version and the one in the prequel novels.
I'm reading The Machine Crusade right now. Just read The Butlerian Jihad.
Interesting you brought up Foundation for those bloodless victories, the description of it reminded me of Salvor Hardin completely owning Anacreon.
Best plug for patreon. That is such a cute puppy.
Thanks for the vid Quinn
its been a really shitty sunday until this
Agree. Thank u Quinn. 🙂
Looking forward to seeing the next video on the Butlerian Jihad. It is interesting to compare the two stories.
If you compare the plot of Frank Herbert’s B.J., to that of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson. They are nothing alike. Frank Herbert’s has so much more gravitas to it. You can tell he had a vision.
Brian is the case of the Apple falling hundreds of Meters away from the tree.
I ignore Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's Dune stuff: it's not canon IMO.
That's to bad you feel that. Brian Herbert's books are what got me into Dune as they're an easier read with more action. I think it's to bad so many people are hostile towards their vision when its likely their books get people interested in Dune. Just be glad they've tried to continue the story rather then letting it die with Frank.
@@isaacgriffin5690 It annoys me how many people consider that Dune Encyclopedia canon and hate on Brian and Kevin's work. Frank didn't write the Encyclopedia and said himself that it wasn't canon. He respected their work, but didn't accept it into his own canon. But, you can't change these purists minds. They'll go their entire life hating Brian and Kevin's awesome work for the sake of purity. They remind of some of those Butlerian cultists from that last trilogy. And they'll never know what I mean by that.
Brian and Kevin's writing style will never come close to Franks. I doubt if they got anyone to write more stories in the dune universe it wouldn't even come close. I have to say i prefer Franks writing. I've read all but the last book they put out, which I'll probably read b/c it has the dune name attached. I like most of their stuff, but a bunch just doesn't fit with what's in the original books. Whether or not they've been faithful to the notes Frank left, we'll never really know. I've never read the encyclopedia, hope to though so I can't really comment on that
Finally some more Dune content, great stuff as always!
I would love to hear your thoughts on what Frank Herbert was trying to teach us through the events and outcomes of the B.G.
I really like your videos.
I happen to like the Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson books (Butlerian Jihad, Machine Crusade, and Battle of Corrin) better than the Dune Encyclopedia.
But you really knock it out of the park when you narrate these. :D
I love those books too. Brian and Kevin don't deserve the hate they get.
Heathen! KJA is a hack.
Says jihad and waiting for YT to demonetises
Shows how silly the policy is.
"Butlerian Isolated Incident" just doesn't have the same feel to it.
Context matters
@@Jay-ln1co Isolated Incident lmao, it does sound funny af though. He really could just say the great revolt
They probably don't want to cause issues with the Muslims. It's a religious idea not just the word war so they don't flag it or whatever they do. It's all stupid the 90s and 2000s was all about reducing censorship the 10s are all about brining it back I guess. Sad really
Quinn, I just want you to know your videos are epic. Thanks for making quality content. 💯
Such a drastic change in format, when compared to your "Ultimate Guide to Dune" series! The Covid struggle may shackle your ability to produce content similar to those works of art. Or, maybe "The Algorithm" AKA the ethereal entity that motivates RUclips content, favors these shorter videos.
Regardless, I love it, as always. I can't wait to see where you go. I've a few books to read before I go into the Dune "extended universe," so I'm metaphorically *lusting* for any morsel of information regarding this aspect of the "canon" timeline. It helps that you've clearly proven yourself to be a superfan, yet also astute enough to grasp some of the deeper themes inherent in the series.
Every time I watch Quinn's vids, I want a Dune comic novel so hard! Much more than any movie...
The artwork in this video is awesome man! Keep that up, please!
This is, objectively, the *best* channel. Hands down.👇
My head is spinning. But I'm all in. Nice job young man. Jeez.
This really is a great channel, I read all the Dune series many years ago being inspired by the Dino de Horrendous film directed by David Lynch (which I thought was very good all things considered) I think I might read them all again as there’s a lot to read. Thank you Quinnyour channel is a credit 👍🏻
I love your vídeos. I had know this chanel by the Game of Thrones (HBO) vídeos, but the dune content (my favorit book) was what made me stay
I am in the Seattle area, thank you for posting this video while I sit my ass at home.
Time to reread Dune again!
5:48 I love this bit bc of the logic and cause&effect - only the rich with their wast resources could stay afloat, so if you’re lucky to be born in such a family you’re all set. And so the nobel families rose. With no government feudalism was the only outcome in such a large system.
You are the My Name is Byf of Dune! Your content is amazing, I can’t wait to see more.
Well played with that puppy, sir. Damn.. a clever bastard indeed 😂
Very nice of you to pull double duty in these hard weeks
Thanks again for all your informative videos!
Gotta Love Quinn and the Dune videos man!!! Awesome!!!
Love your content Quinn. Just found your channel after rekindling my Dune affair.
Hey Quinn please review the Dune inspired manga Five Star Stories by Mamoru Nagano. Its a good series.
Great video!
I just totally geeked out at work explaining the Butlerian Jihad to my coworkers.
you just earned yourself a subscriber!
Dude,
Great channel
Great work
Thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍
“Ideas of fire and SPICE”
Ah I love your stuff Quinn 🫀
Finally some Dune, my favourite stuff! I just can't stomach any more GOT. Looking forward to more Lovecraft as well.
Agreed!
Yes!!!!! I was waiting for this one.
"Thou shall not make a man in the likeness of a machine".
First, I like this Butlerian Jihad much better than the abomination we got from Brian H. and Kevin A., and I think it's what Frank Herbert envisioned. Secondly, the idea of winning a conflict without battle sounds a lot like Miles Teg's way of doing things in Heretics.
This is really interesting, I wonder if Herbert thought about what his universe looks like now in 'present' day, then wrote reasons to explain that, or the other way around.
Interesting. Quinn, I have one question, although unrelated, is Scytale's inner narrative reference _"... Farok might never even have heard of a camel or of the Golden Age of Earth."_ (p51 Dune Messiah) The only reference to Earth or are there more?
Well done with the puppy. How about some kittens too? They need our support too! 🐈💜🐾
Why do I get the feeling you're holding that puppy hostage? Lol!
Earth. It's such a simple name. I wonder what the other inhabitants in this universe call it.
Awesome!
Great video! As usual. :)
I loved the later books and I’m glad they were written.
Hey Quinn. Do you follow the Star Trek Picard? It looks like they have "adopted" the Butlerian Jihad and other ideas from the Dune saga .. what do you think?
Just some thoughts about the similarities...
- Zhat Vash vs Quwat Milat is starting to look like Bene Gesserit vs Honored Matres (both female based secretive and powerful), and of course the crusade against synths like the Butlerian Jihad... bane of the old civilization and a new impending doom because they did survive somewhere in the universe,
- Dahj/Soji/Jona may be a construct like Duncan Idaho Gholas. They could have their pre-ghola memories reawakened by forcing to experience some kind of psychological trauma (like activating Dahr in ep 1 or later Soji at assassination attempt), or... by sexual imprinting techniques (what Narek was trying to do),
- Using doctor Yueh to kill Atreides in Dune and using Dr. Jurati to kill Maddox,
- Hugh was killed by a needle dart like a Gom Jabbar,
- the scene where exBorgs almost rip apart Narissa looked like the death of Beast Raban,
- blue search-eyes on holo-Rioses like spice-eyes of Fremen...
@@demogorgonzola Aha .. you've caught more than I did. 👍
@Finn MacCool ripped off is more apt 😊
George Lucas and many others ripped off Dune in so many ways over so many decades. Nothing surprising.
@@sahamal_savu George Lucas is a bandit for the rip offs he did
I really need to read _Dune_ properly. I read a couple of them, out of sequence, in my late teens, but never committed to the full series
I read them back to back 4 times. Back when there was 15 books.
You could also just listen on audible.
I'm only really interested in the core six, so it shouldn't take me too long. Just need to stop procrastinating. All those video-games won't play themselves ¬_¬
Start with Dune and read in sequence at least the Frank Herbert series. I'm not a fan of his son's works. Like Christopher Tolkien, the son isn't the father as an author.
That is, indeed, the plan. This time
nice puppy. "thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a dawg."
love these vids on dune and i signed up for your book!
I Cant tell if I really love these stories or if I love your telling of them. You really should do voice over for audio books. You make even boring things sound really interesting. We're all going to need more real entertainment in these boring and anxiety producing self isolating times.
Have you listened to the Audio books of Dune read by Simon Vance?
They are my favorite way to listen to the 6 books of Dune.
@@MrCountrycuz No I haven't but I'm thinking that it might be a good way to go. I will look for that name when I look up those books. Thank you.
NGL the puppy was the best part of the vid bro
I wrote it under one of your other videos, but before Brian Herbert came with his prequels, I liked to consider Matrix and Dune to be parts of the same universe.
That is actually how I describe Dune’s history to the uninitiated. “Did you ever see the Matrix? Well that is essentially what happens 20,000 years before the story of Dune. So all thinking machines are banned, there are these human computers called Mentats...”
@@AethyrPrime Exactly!
But how did the fleets of the jihad navigate without machines 🤔
This video was better than the 3 books.
4:17 Hey, that's a Crusader Starliner, how'd that get in there?
Frank Herbert created such a rich and deep world. You videos do it justice, thank you for your hard work!
I need to know the music you use in these videos. It just....works.
What is this from? I only know the Kevin j anderson novels. I thought i read all of frank Herbert's also but I never heard this before
1. I’d love to see a film adaptation of this but doubt it’d resonate the same as the later Dune stories due to the sweeping changes in appearances and technology.
2. Dune is underrated in its “practical” predictions of humanity’s future.
Butlerian Jihad sounds like some sort of organized action against house servants.
What are the sources for this video. Interesting but different from Brain Herbert's books
RUclips has Dune: The Butlerian Jihad audiobook now do th same with Machine Crusade and Battle of Corrin, I would like to listen to the otherz also, please let me know if you can find/make the rest, thank you very much
Nothing more dangerous than a mother and nothing more terrifying then a grieving mother.
Im proud to say i still have my original Dune Encyclopedia from '84. The paper cover is gone, the spine is fractured and the pages turned crumply and dog piss yellow. But I still read it every ten years or so. LOL
I still have mine too. Cover a little beaten up but still attached
You can't have calculators!
Didn't you defeat us using starships?
Do as we say, not as we do!
I've always wondered what's the human limit for computerless technology
ever hear of abacus used for centuries to do math and steam punk or older gearing can be used with out embedded self aware thinking machines AI
@@klyanadkmorr Yeah, probably not for calculating FTL travel or doing the math needed for even modern high end engineering and weapons production.
Awesome makes me want to go out and destroy some Ai
I'd say I only joined your Patreon for the puppy but I didn't know about that. My prescience needs work.
I’m still traumatised about what happened to Paul’s pug puppy in the 1984 Dune film.
What the heck is that supposed to be at 6:31? It looks like the US Capitol Building?
4:45sec
Looks like a Genesis StarLiner from the game Star Citizen. Good choice, it fits right in there. Does anyone else play SC?
Maybe one day it's space will be as vast as Dune.
It's a little weird that you have The Incal next to Hitchhikers Guide...
Good job.
Have you read The Book of The New Sun? Its had more side stories like dune past the core story. Your vids on it would be anything but torturous, its my faveorite book series.
Hard to believe, that the technology we see in the Dune universe works completely without any kind of computer, not even a simple calculator.
This means, you need a button for every single function of every machine and a human that push these buttons when needed.
Not really effective, but at least this creates a lot of jobs, I guess.
The Crusades against the machines...crazy times man...
Wait so they had FTL before the jihad?
Same in Legends
Bro you look great in the hat.
My favorite book
Great video, makes me want to write epic scifi novels that are too long
Official prequel trilogy of Dune series made this video the Dune: Legend Universe.
Since that the new Dune movie is coming soon, I hope there will be future Dune movies and tv series.
"Thou shall Make No Machine in The Image of Mans Mind."
That was neat!
That puppy tho......... low blow
As a huge fan of the channel for a year or so now, and someone who's watched enough and even been involved in a bit of youtubing to know a HAIR about production...have you considered backing off with the camera some? I start your videos and feel like I've been cornered at a crosswalk by someone trying to sell me a multilevel marketing scheme, obviously before my brain registers what the content actually is. I watch a lot of historical channels so can only cite examples of such, but their presentation is similar enough that you might find them good references if only just for camera angles and set setup: The World War Two channel by Timeghost (who have their own channel by that name where they film the same way), Shadiversity, and Lindybeige are a few who show themselves on camera. Not that you need to show yourself, Mark Felton productions is one such example of only showing himself in his profile picture and it not hurting his channel growth in the slightest.
@Mark Victor Glad to know it's not just me. Just a little jaunting is all.
Very cute puppy :)
I always thought this war was against the thinking machines was more like a war against the Terminators or Men of Iron in 40k.I'm a 40k fan and I know that a lot of it was strongly influenced by Dune. I always feel like Dune is 40Ks backstory in a lot of ways 😅
I think Frank Herbert implies it to be like humans fighting against humans who use thinking machines.
Awww. Cute puppy.