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You were fuming the metal armed man had pushed you out of way and taken away your kill.

“I swear next time you pull me away from the line of fire I will kick your ass,” you say to Cable.

“I swear next time I see be in front of the line of fire I’m going to tell your brother all the amazing times I’ve been inside you,” says Cable with a smirk.

“I don’t see how that’ll affect me, it actually quite the opposite he might just kick you ass and get you off my back,” you say.

Cable still held that smirk and says, “That sweet.”

“Go fuck yourself,” you say leaving the man at the entrance of the X-mansion.

In that moment you swore to yourself that you were going to do exactly what he threatened to say to Wade. Petty, of course but necessary. You walked into the kitchen where Wade your brother was sitting eating a protein bar that you assumed Colossus had given. You decided to spill the beans on your nightly activities with the grumpy man who was following you.

“Hey Wade, guess what, Cable and I have been fucking,” you say.

Wade in his Deadpool suit turns and looks at the man behind you.

“What the fuck, Cable, my sister is off limits you just broke the bro code,” says Wade.

You smirk and turn to look at Cable who is frowning at her. He had only been joking with you about telling you brother.

“Yeah, I’ sure he wants to share some of the things he likes,” you say poking the fire.

“(Y/N), this is an inappropriate topic to talk about with other people,” reasons Colossus.

“Don’t worry Colossus, I was just about leave,” you say.

You go to your room and change out of your stealth suit into something baggier. Maybe you overreacted and you should have kept your sex life a secrete from your brother, but this was to teach Cable a lesson. What lesson? You had no fucking idea you were to annoyed to think. After a couple of hours, you heard a know on your door and you know it was Cable. You open the door to see Cable with a black eye.

“I hope your happy,” says Cable.

“I hope you learned to not take my kill,” you say.

“Drop the attitude, you had your fun, you should have stayed and seen the fight that went on,” say Cable.

“I told you he would kick your ass,” you say.

Cable looked you over but said nothing and just sat on you bed. You shrug and go back to watching Schitts Creek. You were interrupted again by a knock on you door again.

You groan but say, “Come in.”

It was Wade.

“Look this was a surprise to both me and Colossus but I think both of you are good together,” says Wade.

“What?” you asked Wade.

“Well he took the punches with honor I guess. He told me what happened. Next time don’t tell me when you guys are fucking. Your my sister and I don’t to know what you do with whoever,” says Wade.

Cable stands up and shake Wade hand. You roll your eyes at the two men and go back to your show. Wade leaves and Cable starts to take off his shit and shoes. He sits closer to you.

“I’m sorry I took your kill, it’s just I got nervous that the fucker would shoot you,” says Cable.

“I know, just try not to do it again,” you say.

Cable lays next to you and kisses your cheek.

“I’m sorry for embarrassing you,” you say.

“I’m glad you told the fucker, just don’t tell people what we do amongst ourselves,” he says.

“Can’t promise you I won’t bring it up to annoy the shit out of Wade,” you say.

Dune is everything we were promised. It’s a film whose ambition matches its mythical scale and radiates imagination. The next installment can’t come soon enough.

In 10191, the universe is ruled by an Emperor who assigns the exploitation of planets to the many powerful ruling houses. Interstellar travel is possible through “spice” a substance found exclusively on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis. For 80 years, spice harvest has been overseen by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård). Now, Duke Leto I of House Atreides (Oscar Isaac) is the new steward of Arrakis. This shift puts House Atreides, particularly Duke’s son, Paul (Timothy Chalamet) in danger.

This sci-fi epic’s a 156-minute colossus. Before the story can even begin, there’s a lot of ground to cover. Sometimes, it means inelegant exposition (such as a training sequence in which Paul is reminded of the way forcefields work) and even with it, things can be hard to grok. If you miss every crucial name and the reason for everyone’s actions fly right above your head, Dune still grabs you. You can tell this story is set in a living, breathing world whose history and people are meticulously detailed in historical records that would take a lifetime to read.

What prevents you from ever becoming completely lost is the world. The flying dragonfly-like ships move in a way that makes sense. You can see how we'd someday come up with the mining equipment on Arrakis. The houses, politics, and schemes feel like they come from our past - seems certain things never change. Your gut knows it's building towards something grand. Paul’s ominous dreams hint at a big conflict coming up. The question is whether he will become the man he needs to be in time to face it.

On any world, the stakes would be high but on Arrakis, under these circumstances, it’s on another level. The filmmaking makes Dune feel immense; on the same scale as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. You can feel Dennis Villeneuve’s passion. The art direction, cinematography, and score make this coming-of-age story the stuff of legends.

My only experience with Dune was the 1984 cinematic catastrophe by David Lynch, which might’ve helped me make sense of everything that was going on. I didn’t read the book, I only know that more sandworms and battles are coming. Maybe it will take you a bit to understand what everyone’s talking about but that’s where the running time becomes an advantage. You'll be able to catch up as we are introduced to more relatable ideas like the customs of the Fremen, how Paul feels about the responsibilities being thrust upon him, his relationship with his mentors (played by Jason Momoa and Josh Brolin), and those recurring visions. Dune is one to see on the biggest screen possible. It may teeter on biting off more than it can chew but I’d much rather see a film take chances than try nothing new. (Theatrical version on the big screen, October 23, 2021)