I saw today that Robert Pattinson has presumably been signed on to play Scytale (the Tleiaxu Face Dancer) and primary antagonist in Denis Villeneuve's upcoming Dune Messiah project. Pattinson is one of those actors I simultaneously love and hate, which may actually be a good thing considering the character he'll be playing in the film.
All this got me to thinking and I realized I haven't read Messiah in probably fifteen years at least, but acknowledging I now have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to reading, I still wanted to give it a go. To that end, I thoought a little musical accompaniment might be in order, so I ripped the various Villeneuve Dune soundtracks I have stored in my laptop to MiniDisc this afternoon.
I have all of Frank Herbert Dune novels in Kindle, so when I was done recording, I put the music on in the background and fired up the app. It seems to have worked wonders for keeping me focused. I'm about a quarter way through the novel and despite my disappointment of certain aspects of what Velleneuve did with the second Dune film, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what he brings to the silver screen with this story.