Andy Weir

We're not doing a story about the world's greatest astronaut.

We're going to start with a schoolteacher's point of view on a core level, quote, the schoolteacher saves the universe, end quote.

Sounds preposterous and yet felt so right to me.

And I was thinking a lot about, like, I mean, the fact that our main character is a schoolteacher.

We love teachers.

We support teachers.

We love scientists.

We support science.

I was thinking a lot about the superhero era.

You know what I mean?

We're in a really cool era for big films that are branching us outside of the superhero era.

And you and I love the superhero era.

We cover those movies with love and affection.

But it is fun and exciting to see...

your Dunes and your Project Hail Marys and your whatever else the case may be that is, like, a big, giant spectacle that isn't necessarily tied to this idea of might equals right.

That's not all that Marvel had to offer, specifically, I would say.

Like, the Stark and Banner science bros part was, like, a huge part of, like, why Marvel was so endearing.

But there is fundamentally often this comes down to, like, who can punch the hardest, right?

And that's just, like...

And essentially that is what the Atreides force is trying to do, which is punch the hardest.