makeshiftreaper

Cliffhanger is a generous term for "the movie doesn't have a 3rd act"

Don't get me wrong, I liked it but it just kind of stops instead of ends

It's like when Doom: Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out at the same time. People find it funny when two disparate properties release at the same time in the same space. Especially in the movie theater where double features are not uncommon, there's a lot of people who want to see both and think the high contrast in tone and style of movies will make for an interesting experience.

Personally I anticipate Oppenheimer being a pretty bleak experience so going immediately to Barbie after will be a fun palate cleanser

Before part 1 I was under the opinion that you could probably find a way to tell Messiah and Children in one movie and I think we'll certainly see elements of Children appear in part 3. I'm disappointed that this means we'll probably never see God-Emperor as a movie but I also understand that watching 2 hours of philosophy with a slug, his bio-engineered wife, and a zombie would probably be pretty unapproachable for most audiences. I almost think the way to make it palatable would be to tell the story from the PoV from a bunch of characters interacting with Leto over the course of a TV show