In this video I talk through the ideas I wrote about in my latest buttondown essay:
https://buttondown.email/niall/archive/does-dune-part-2-have-a-post-credit-scene-or-how/
Copyright disclaimer- This video makes use of some copyrighted materials for the purpose of criticism and commentary. The materials have been used under the provision of fair use and the sincere belief that the use of these materials is suitably contextual and transformative.
Movie clips used in this video:
The Blob (1958)
Flash Gordon (1981)
Master of the Universe (1987)
Iron Man (2008)
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:59 Going on for a bit too long about compulsive phone use
00:07:28 dune: part two article
00:13:10 “click” as a dead metaphor
00:19:20 a brief history of post credit scenes
00:23:36 marvel sludge, dr strange 2
00:32:50 scrolling, Freud’s Death Drive and the Will
00:37:10 everything everywhere all at once
00:39:48 outro
00:42:04 Does Dune: Part 2 have a post-credit sequence?
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I genuinely tried to make sure that the title and thumbnail made it obvious enough that this wasn't a "does x have a post-credit" sequence clickbait but I guess I underestimated the will to find out if this is the case for Dune:Part 2. IT DOESN"T HAVE ONE. There ya go!