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Before streaming, TV had short episodes and rarely developed characters beyond 30minutes. THE MOVIES were sort of the place to get more fleshed out stories and characters, but as streaming began to allow true long form work to be done, and cable TV shows began developing incredibly long character arcs, the feature film began to feel a bit thin, by comparison. It is still an important craft or art, but certainly the movies are feeling the need to develop characters further, pushing features into that 3hr territory. Dune is that next step, making half a movie that will fit into a whole later on. I can't say it is a harbinger for the art and craft of feature films, but it certainly is blurring the lines between a mini series and a movie.