I love the "I recognize your footsteps, old man" -bit at the crawler, as it can be understood as him talking to either Gurney or the worm. It's a callback to earlier in the movie when he recognized Gurney's footsteps, but "old man of the desert" is one of the many names given to the sandworms.
Spoiler Dune Pt 2!! It just got even better, it's the first thing he says to him when they meet each other again, Paul was having visions in Pt1 because of the spice, it could've been a vision of them meeting in Pt2, and that's why he says it. The foreshadowing of Villneuve is actually amazing!
The important part about the vision of Jamis, and the fight Paul has with him is that it shows the audience that Paul's visions are not always literal. In the dream Jamis appears as a friend and says he will teach Paul the ways of the desert; in reality Jamis did just that, by teaching Paul that the way of the desert is to kill or be killed. Also, in the fight, Paul is by far the superior fighter; Jamis has no chance against him; the big hurdle he has to overcome is that he's never killed anyone before.
another thing is that in the beginning of the fight paul is getting his ass beat because all his life he's trained with the shields (as they are common in his society), but the fremen have no such thing and fight completely differently. paul had to quickly adapt his fighting style to account for no shields to survive the fight. and on a related note to the absence of shields among the fremen, they generally do not have any technology at all (unlike the greater society) because the vibrations of machinery attract sandworms, much like the way the rhythm of the thumpers attract the sandworms when they're activated in the sand.
It's less that the dreams aren't literal and more that they are possible futures. In most probable futures the two of them became friends, but from the point where Paul grabbed that weapon those futures weren't possible anymore so all Paul saw was either him killing Jamis or Jamis killing him. Paul still has the memmories of his visions tho, so Jamis was his teacher, just in a timeline that never got to exist. From Pauls perspective this small mistake didn't just mean he had to kill his friend, but also erase their entire friendship from existence.
@@SoloRogueStudios Spoiler for what will inevitably be in the first five minutes of Part Two in March . . . . . . . . Paul reflects on his prescient visions on the way to the sietch. They hold a funeral for Jamis, with each person present saying in turn, "I was a friend of Jamis" and recounting a story of them together. Paul says, "I was a friend of Jamis" as well. And Paul gives water to the dead. And from that point forward, he is Muad'Dib.
Dune is the grand-daddy of almost all things scifi in the same way Lord of the Rings is for fantasy. If you're a reader then read Frank Herbert's Dune, Herbert was a visionary and his ideas, worldbuilding and understanding of ecology (among other things) on a planetary scale is still phenomenal.
@@calebshelton6305 They are some of the best books ever written and quite chilling as well. Humanity is drawn to the darkness like a moth is to a flame. Another phenomenal series is Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. If you've walked the Chain of Dogs you'll know.
The only think I disliked about this new movie was their portrayal of the benegesterit. They were way too emotional, their much more stoic in the original book.
@@chrispatterson4083 I always think that discussion is very interesting. There are like 6 times Jessica cries in the book and she's described as choking up several times. Feels like the super cold robot Bene Gesserit idea comes more from the other adaptations than the books tbh.
@@TCO_404 Plus in later books Bene Gesserit are really afraid of Paul and Leto II. Jessica and Alia are really emotional in books compared to other Bene Gesserit (especially Alia). I think when people talk about ice-cold Bene Gesserit they mean Reverend Mothers, bcs they are more composed than sisters.
So fun fact: when they start tracking the worm, they say it's five minutes away at 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles). The book mentions that worms have a territory of about 300-400 kilometers each. If you do the math, that works out to being only about 40 minutes away from a sandworm on average. No matter where you are on Arrakis, you are never more than an hour from the nearest sandworm.
21:32 The Mom did not cheat on her husband. The baby’s eyes are blue because of heavy exposure to the spice. It’s sort of like how lead poisoning can cause birth defects, only the good version.
Technically, Jessica cheated on the BG Sisterhood. The Bene Gesserit have such exquisite control over their bodies they are able to control conception, even to the point of bearing sons or daughters. The BG did not want Jessica to bear a son, that was not part of their breeding program. They wanted the Kwisatz Haderach, the one able to see the future- but one the Sisterhood could control. Not this one.
11:10 The reason the Shadout Mapes is crying out is she's having a shock of religious revelation. Imagine you're deeply religious. A child has appeared who may be your messiah. Your church has sent you to test the mother. You are to give her a sacred relic if she is the true mother of the messiah, or kill her with that relic if she is false. The mother then passes the test, and you suddenly realize that you are standing in front of the mother of your messiah, and your messiah is probably just down the hall in another room. (Asking Jessica about the meaning of the knife was the test.) 13:52 This creature is not in the books. I am certain it was added to show how horrible the Harkonnens are. There are a couple of theories about it. It is possible it was created by the Bene Tleilax (you don't see them in this film). I think it is more likely that the Harkonnens created it themselves by taking people apart and putting them back together. Later, Dr. Yueh tells Leto that the Harkonnens are taking his wife apart like a doll. 14:20 The Baron is immensely fat. He uses suspensors (devices that float) to help carry his weight. He can increase the strength of the suspensors to float/glide in the air. 15:05 Yeah, "moisture" is the right word here. Most homes on Arrakis have airlocks to keep moisture from escaping. And you're liable to get killed and robbed (in that order) if someone spots you walking around with a 1-liter bottle of water. 19:00 Paul is trippin' balls on Spice. 21:30 Jessica has not cheated on Leto; her child is Leto's. The sisterhood has spent more than 10,000 years trying to breed their superman (kwisatz haderach.) Since they refuse to use genetic manipulation, they breed the humans the same way animals are bred now. Pick a male/female pair, breed them, and then see if the offspring has the traits you want. Rinse and repeat. The books don't say it specifically, but there are hints that the undesirable offspring are culled (killed) using the gom jabar (poison needle/pain box test). 22:20 Officially, Jessica is Leto's concubine. In reality she is like a common law wife. Leto will never marry anyone else. He only stays unmarried to let other houses think they can become allies through marriage. 27:00 At this point, Paul doesn't have control of his visions. As a side note, he does not see visions of the future. He sees visions of possible futures. Eventually, he will be able to pick and choose. The film does a good job of showing this with color filters. The visions that are orange are just possibilities. The visions that are not colored are things that almost certainly will happen and there's nothing that can be done to change them. 28:00 The Harkonnens walked away because they knew they had NO CHANCE against Duncan. 30:25 It may have been for humiliation, but I think it was most likely for security. The best way to search a person for weapons is to strip them naked first. 35:28 They're not just spitting into the coffee pot. They are each taking sips of water from their stillsuits and spitting that into the coffee pot. 35:40 No, the Emperor had a different plan: The Emperor was afraid of the Atreides because they were becoming popular in the Landsraad (similar to a Parliament). The Emperor was also afraid of the Harkonnens because they were getting insanely rich from mining the Spice. Since the Harkonnens and Atreides had a blood feud that had been lasting for centuries, he played them against each other. He ordered the Harkonnens to leave Arrakis, and gave it to the Atreides. Then, he gave the Harkonnens some of his Sardaukar soldiers. The Emperor knew that the Harkonnens couldn't resist the chance to wipe out the Atreides. He also knew the Spacing Guild would bleed the Harkonnens dry with extra fees for transporting combat troops. 40:00 The Baron survived the poison because the shield blocks fast moving objects. Most of the poison was moving too fast to get past the shield. However, enough did get past to almost kill him. The books don't tell us, but I suspect the bath is full of a liquid that is oxygen-rich, allowing him to breathe it. There are liquids like that in real life (such as a perfluorocarbon). You can find some "mouse breathing water" videos on CZcams. Since the poison was a gas, it makes sense that a breathable liquid would be used to wash it out. 42:30 Kristoff: "I'm gonna tell him." Anna: "Don't you dare!" 48:00 The vision where Jamis was training Paul was a possible future. Something happened (probably Jamis getting knocked down by Paul) that closed off that future and opened this one where Paul must fight Jamis. What is cool is that even though Paul was never trained by Jamis, Paul still learned those lessons through the visions.
The Bene Gesserit are trained to develop pretty incredible abilities. The most flashy of these is obviously "The Voice". But to your question at 9:26, yes, they do have a choice. One of the skills taught by the Bene Gesserit is total control over their bodies. When a member of the Bene Gesserit is pregnant, she can control the proteins in her own body to purposefully determine the sex of their child. They can choose to have either boys or girls, and the sisterhood's rule is to bear girls only. Jessica chose to have a son.
what i love is that the book more or less explains that the Voice is basically the "Put That Down Right Now" mom voice but with thousands of years of theory and practice.
The sisterhood as a whole don't have a rule to only bear daughters; Jessica was ordered to bear only daughters to Leto so that an Atreides daughter could marry a Harkonnen son and "seal the breach" between the two Great Families, and in turn that union would give birth to a Kwisatz Haderach that the sisterhood could control. But Jessica loved Leto so much that she gave him the son he craved, and in doing so also messed up the centuries-old Bene Gesserit breeding program.
@@CraigJudd Yes, good clarification. The BG rule about only bearing daughters is just a rule for Jessica in particular in that union, not a general rule for the entire sisterhood.
This movie is great with how many little details it has to the book. They took out huge parts of Gurney Halleck's character (which I don't mind). But Gurney was basically a bard in the original book, known for playing having mastered the balliset (a string instrument). There's many scenes in the book where he provides music or sings. In the movie they've left references to that. Paul going "Give us a song instead" might sound like a rude comment, but it really isn't. Also the many times Gurney quotes things is also from the book. There's one scene he shares with Leto, where he quotes some scripture and Leto smiles and goes "One day I'll catch this man without a quote and he'll look undressed."
8:50 the box trial. so the whole reason for Paul putting his hand into that black box was, because the reverend mother had to check to see if he was worthy basically. she wanted to see if he had his animalistic instincts that really all us humans have. had Paul pulled away, shouted and agony or really shown any other emotion other then dealing with it. she would of stabbed him in the neck and ended his life. in a way to the bene gesserit/reverend mother needed to make sure he was Paul wasnt like that, especially cause the power of the voice is kept the the bene gesserit which they are all female
to expand a bit more on your comment: the bene gesserit are a female-only religious cult (essentially) that have harnessed crazy powers through their secret training and have been planning to create the kwisatz haderach (the classic "chosen one" trope) through their meticulous breeding program. their official plan was to have duke leto produce a daughter with lady jessica, who would then be paired with a harkonnen male, and their son would be the legendary kwisatz haderach. however, lady jessica loved duke leto so much that she basically fucked up centuries of the bene gesserit's work by intentionally giving him a son/heir instead of a daughter, since the bene gesserit can control their biology and she could've birthed a daughter if she wished. so the kwisatz haderach came early in the form of paul atreides and needed to be tested by the bene gesserit to see if he was worthy to eventually, maybe, become the one they've been waiting for... this also explains why paul experiences visions even before he landed in arrakis and experiences the spice, and why his mom has trained him in the bene gesserit way (which is technically forbidden since he isn't female, but he got a pass due to the circumstances lol). so when he's forced to undergo the gom jabbar test, the reverend mother is testing whether paul could even pass the basics to prove his worthiness of the kwisatz haderach title- if he reacted to the pain like an animal, he would be killed for his weakness/culled to prevent any future interference from someone with powers outside of their group. if he could resist his animal instincts in reaction to the pain, he would be spared the gom jabbar and allowed to live. all bene gesserit have to pass the same test to officially join the ranks, which explains why his mother lady jessica is so scared for him. but she had been training him since he was born and taught him the litany against fear (the thing she recites, "fear is the mind killer..."). it's a really cool scene that shows how cruel and unforgiving the bene gesserit can be, but also that paul is strong and equipped to become who he was born to be (even if he doubts it for now).
@nebullae i love every bit of this comment. i was trying to be discrete, but you have said all i wanted too. I take it you have definitely read the books
Glad you liked it! Indeed, the story is quite compelling but worldbuilding needs its time, and they stayed pretty close to the original story and scenes of the book. Some details were omitted, but that's unavoidable when adapting such a lore-heavy book. As to give you some info on the lore and politics of the Duniverse, so it becomes a bit more clear: You have 4 major powerblocks in this universe: 1)The Emperor (and his army, the Sardaukar) 2)The Landsraad, consisting of a dozen Great Houses (and many Minor Houses, all vying for power). Think Game-of-Thrones here, but in sci-fi setting. ;-) 3)The Bene Gesserit; a semi-religious Order of women whom have certain powers (like the Voice, or being a Truthsayer, and some others not shown yet) and exert a lot of behind-the-scenes influence, but mostly stay low-profile 4) The Guild Navigators and CHOAM; a strong mercantile power, with a monopoly on spacetravel It was more or less explained in the beginnings when Paul talked with his dad on Caladan: House Atreides is a growing power, politically and military, and the Emperor feels threatened. But he can't directly attack the House, because otherwise the Landsraad (the ensemble of Great Houses) will turn against him. As said, they each constitute a "big power" in this Duniverse. So the Landsraad and the Emperor keep each other in check, as it were. Meanwhile, the Bene Gesserit are working from the shadows, on both sides - they primarily are concerned with their own plans and devices, to create the Kwizatsh Haderach. They manipulate from the shadows and actually form the third great power in this universe, but seldom show it openly. They also exert power by political marriages, or become concubines for political advantages - which is why Jessica wasn't married to Leto, though it was done to benefit him and House Atreides, not herself or the Sisterhood. The fourth independent power, which is hardly touched upon in this first part of the movie, is the Spacing Guild and CHOAM. They're like a huge mercantile power, and the Guild Navigators are the only ones able to move/teleport (technically folding space-time) between planets, so without them, there would be no viable interstellar Imperium. Which make them essential and an enormous powerhouse as well - though, of course... they are and remain dependent on the Spice. That's why: whom controls Arrakis, controls the Empire. So the Emperor can't directly attack a Great House like Artreides, or he risks all-out war with the Landsraad, consisting of the other Great Houses. Instead, he uses an indirect attack, with and through the Harkonnens - who want their fiefplanet back with all the Spice - doing the grunt work for him. The emperor knows they will be easily instigated that way, certainly because the Atreides and Harkonnen already have a centuries-old feud going on between them. It's a sort of proxy war, thus. He does help the Harkonnen to make sure they'll win - hence why he sends a few battalions of Sardaukar, his elite troops. But no-one (especially the Landsraad) may know about that. (That's also why they killed Liet, because she was going to expose the Emperor's meddling). Also, some details one might have missed in the movie: About the time in which the story plays: in the beginning of the movie they show it's the year 10191, but this is not 10191 AD, it's 10191 AG. AG (After Guild - when the Spice Guild was made and started exploring the stars), and BG (Before Guild) are the iterations used and the lore in the books gives some indication as how that relates to our AD (Anno Domini). The most precise date - with a high level of accuracy - is that the first Dune novel which is set in 10,191 AG, corresponds approximately to 23,148 AD. It is mentioned the "space age" takes place in 11,000 BG, and assuming this would mean it began in 1957 AD as this is when the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched, we can rebuild the whole timeline to our AD. So if you add the year 11,000 BG to 10,191 AG you’re left with a time span of 21,191 years. So if you add 21,191 years to 1957 AD, you’re left with 23,148 AD as the most likely date. Quite some time! Most casual watchers of the movie think it's almost 10000 years in the future, but it's actually more than twice as much! Now...as far as the melee fights and old/new tech are concerned, it's important to realize that in the Duniverse, while there is very high-tech at CERTAIN aspects, others are low tech (which gives the retro-feeling of the movie) but with a reason. It may seem strange at first sight, but note, however, that this has an in-story explanation, namely: thousands of years ago, there was a rebellion against "thinking machines" (AI) called the Butlerian Jihad. Humanity won (barely), but since that time there is a very strong taboo on creating anything resembling robots or AI, and humanity started to develop their own powers (aided by the melange/spice), such as Mentats (basically human supercomputers). This is the reason you don't see any highly developed robots, AI or even computers in this world. This mix of old and new tech is a defining, historically explained element of the Duniverse; it's part of the worldbuilding and lore. Now, specifically about the melee combat: maybe you missed it, but they explained the shields in that fighting scene; they said "the slow sword can penetrate it". This is a hint that ALL objects with high kinetic energy are stopped dead in their tracks when hitting the shield, but SLOW objects can penetrate it. Meaning: ALL of our "modern" warfare weapons would largely become obsolete: machine-guns and all fast moving shells/bullets etc. become useless, but swords and knifes that are SLOWLY moved can still reach a target through the shields. Making the use of swords and knifes, after thousands of years, the dominant way of fighting once again. It's actually a cool twist. That's all I'm going to say about it, because any more would get you into spoiler territory for part 2! ;-) Hope that made things more clear!
The Baron's bath was a spice bath to help him recover from the little bit of poison which got through the shield. In the 2000 mini-series of Dune explains the world much better than this movie. I think it is worth the watch.
The mini serie was so good even with the TV budget and the traitor plotline was well done, everyone in Paul entourage is loyal but they all could be the traitor.
49:47 Gurney and Duncan have been training Paul since he was a child in combat. As you can see neither one of them was a slouch. In the book the fight was even more one sided. Jamis never even laid a hand on Paul.
In the Novel the Sadukar shock troops are disguised as normal Harkonen foot soldiers and its a secret since its the Emperors personal troops. Duncan Idaho, when fighting in the palace realizes this by the way they fight saying "You know when you cross swords with a Sadukar."
Yes, they trusted the Doctor completely as he has undergone Imperial Conditioning, signified by the diamond on his forehead, that is supposed to make them unable to harm or betray those they serve. The Harkonnen figured out how to break that conditioning in Yueh via his wife. So it was completely unthinkable to them that he could ever possibly betray them.
As a kid I was visiting my friend when I noticed her mom's books. I picked this one out and started reading it .Then I HAD to see the films. I like this remake.
1- nice piece of trivia : when Paul says ”I recognize your footsteps, old man”, he is high on spice and refers to the worm. ”Shai Hulud” (the worm) in Fremen language translates into ”old man of the desert”. 2 - jessica didn`t cheat - the baby girl is hers and duke Leto`s, and she will have a pivotal role in the first 3 books. strangely, she didn`t appear in any of the trailers for Part 2 (he 2nd half of the first book). I hope to God they are keeping her as a suprise. Or maybe there will be a 4th trailer... Anyway, nice reaction, glad to see new generations (I`m oooold, 40+ :)) ) discovering one of the most influential sci-fi books of all time. March 1st can`t come soon enough!
The first dune novel was released in 1965. The first book was adapted into two parts. The second part will be released March 1, 2024. There are 6 novels written by Frank Herbert released from 1965 to 1985. The director has said he is going to adapt the second novel dune messiah which was released in 1969 and it's gonna be part 3. George Lucas took alot of inspiration from dune to help create star wars which cake out in 1977.
Star Wars OVERALL and mostly it's story isn't too much influenced by Dune because Lucas wanted to make Star Wars simpler than most other sci-fi works, but definitely certain aspects were very much Dune-inspired for sure. Pretty much any Sci-Fi is going to have some what inspired aspects of Dune because it's pretty much the grandfather of all things sci-fi in literature and film.
@@kcummiskey92Denis said that he is making Dune Messiah but it's going to be a longer wait for that then Dune part 2 he said he's taking some time off after Dune Part 2.
I got the book after watching the movie, and it is amazing. I used to love reading as a kid, but I hadn’t completed a book in probably 5 plus years until I got dune. It is amazing and delves into so much not explored in the movie
The hunter-seeker scene is particularly interesting. The person piloting the drone didn't know Paul didn't have his shield on, see the pilot slowed down just before trying to go through Paul's head, because only slow things penetrate the shield. And then, after Paul dodges the drone, he catches it before it can turn and hit the housekeeper.
Dune has been a huge thing for me. I only got into it about a year and a half ago. But I've been reading it since, I've finished God Emperor of Dune a while ago. And it's changed my view on what literature can and SHOULD be. Frank Herbert was a writer the likes of which there hasn't been since. On a list of the most important writers of all time, I'd personally put him above Tolkien, even. I've written one short story (mostly a fanfic, really), where I try to channel Herbert's writing. I think I succeeded, but who knows, no one else has commented on it. *Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.'* *- from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan*
When you finish the Dune series (just the Frank Herbert ones, the sons extensions aren't worth it) you should read The Dispossessed by Ursala La Guin. Only books I've found to give the same kind of feel as Herbert in Dune.
@@DrunkenCoward1 A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers. Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears. She focused on the words: “He gives moisture to the dead.” It was a gift to the shadow world-tears. They would be sacred beyond a doubt. That whole bit really spoke to me, a beautiful yet plausible superstition for a culture to have when water is valued above all else. Tears come at extremes in happiness and sadness, and every drop is precious, so it almost writes itself, so elegant. It shows how other cultures can have practices and norms that seem extremely strange, disgusting, and even morally wrong to you, but its a product of their unique circumstance. Makes me hesitant to read the next books because I've heard that they don't really focus on exploring that kinda stuff anymore.
@@Roach_Dogg_JR They focus on other things. I couldn't tell you what they explore, but they are still deep. They mostly focus on the danger of cults of personalities like the one Paul inadvertently shaped around his person. In ANY case, Dune: Messiah is a must read. It's the epilouge to the first book. My personal favourite book is God Emperor of Dune, but many don't like it because it almost feels like a random assortment of scenes - situational scenes of the main character basically just talking to people. But it is a beautiful book and story.
As is known by pretty much everyone in the civilised world with half a brain, especially those running a channel themed around movies. But hey, it's 2023 who need to know shit amirite....
The guy you recognised from Deadpool 2 also plays Thanos in the Avengers movies. Also the Voice that they used is a skill some of them can use. It is mostly used and taught to and by the Bene Gesserit. Also his mom would have told her of his dreams the mother is the only one who knows of them. He told Jason Momoa’s character only about the dream that concerned him. Outside of that it was only his mom who knows of his dreams. Has he watched anything with Jason Momoa in it yet?
This is a small part of the first half of the book Dune. The first in the series. All science fiction after is basically based on Dune. One thing it doesn't explain well is prior to the first book there was a great war with the machines so all but the most basic computers are banned. Enhanced humans take their place. That's how he was able to calculate the costs. The emperor runs the universe. But the navigators guild has great power they don't usuallyvopenly show. Bene Gesserits (women) manipulate everything behind the scenes.
29:30 Right?! She’s a total badass. This is why books 5 and 6 (the last two books in the series) are my favorite ones. The first book (Dune) only gives a tiny taste of the Bene Gesserit, but they are extremely powerful. Jessica is super cool, but Darwi Odrade and the other Bene Gesserit you meet later in the series flex those powers REALLY hard.
I'm a big fan of the Dune books, and I thought this movie was a great adaptation. It captured the feel of the story and the characters really well. I especially liked Zendaya as Chani.
oh, yes. there is a whole series of Dune novels that was published in the mid 1960's by Frank Herbert, and as far as I know, take place further in the future ( 20,181 A.D. or 10,181 A.G.- after guild)) than any other story (except for HG Wells' Time Machine in the 800,000's!)
Dune is one of the great foundational works of science fiction. I highly recommend reading the book if you have time. There’s a huge amount of background and depth that couldn’t be included in the movie. Part Two will be absolutely astounding.
The baron lived because of his hover device. He was cursed with genetic diseases because he assaulted the reverend mother mohiam (the older lady we see test Paul) and she cursed him forever. So he has to use the hover device to get around better. As you can see everyone else got killed almost instantly, but because he was able to float up out of the way, he barely lived. So the rest of the movie you will see him taking healing baths with spice in it (spice has healing properties and prolongs life) and the next movie he has even more devices to help him breathe and such. I highly highly recommend you go see part 2 in theaters. It is so so much better than part one. Better than almost any movie that has come out in the past two decades. It is so so good, something rare and special. Go see it in IMAX, biggest screen and best sound system possible. It is so damn worth giving up one video in your channel. Part 2 makes this first part look like a high school film, no lie. It is just that good. I’ve seen it three times in the first week. Just THAT good.
The small drone that came through the wall is a Hunter Seeker, they are so small and hard to detect that the operator cannot see very clearly through it. (Mostly because of the floating technology interfering with the camera)
The whole Voice thing is kinda neat. The Bene Gesserit are able to pitch their voice in such a way that it acts on the subconscious of the target. So with "Give me the water", it was close, so she had the urge to do it, and thought she was about to, but recovered. That's why later, when we meet the Reverend Mother and she does the whole "Come here. Kneel." it has the big cuts. Paul was completely on autopilot because of her commands. Edit: The Box was better explained in the books, and maybe in the Lynch movie. The box uses nerve induction to cause pain. Instincts tell you to pull away from the pain. A line that was used is "An animal caught in a trap will gnaw off its own leg to escape. A human would stay in the trap to catch the hunter, and remove a threat to his kind. What will you do?" The whole point is that the Bene Gesserit abilities are very powerful, and someone who can't control their instincts, a mere animal, can't be trusted with that level of power. Edit: The little bug thing was a Hunter Seeker. It couldn't see very well because of the dimly lit room, which is why it was searching. BECAUSE he didn't move is why he survived. Had he moved, it would have been drawn to the motion. That's why it attacked Shadout Mapes when the door opened. And you said you would have flinched. Which goes back to The Box. A flinch is the instinct to dodge danger, and Paul has complete control over himself :3 Oh, and shields work by blocking anything moving over a certain speed, thus why "the slow blade penetrates the shield". It had to be thus to allow air transfer, or the user would suffocate within minutes. But shields are also why combat has gone back to melee. Ranged weaponry simply bounces off, except for special weapons like the Hunter Seeker and the Slow Pellet Dart. But the shield still gives you time to deflect it, like we saw with Duncan. Then there's Lasguns, the beam of light chasing Duncan in his Thopter, and when the Sardaukar were after Paul and Jessica in the desert. If a Las intersects a shield, it causes a feedback overload in both devices, resulting in a blast equivalent to atomic detonation. The fight between the Harkonnen troops, the Atreides soldiers, and the Sardaukar.. Harkonnen troopers are brutal, but nowhere near as well trained as the Atreides soldiers, which is why the Atreides hold them off. But Sardaukar are the strongest official soldiers in the Imperium, which is why the Atreides soldiers were promptly slaughtered. The Harkonnen troops weren't engaging from the rear. But then you have Duncan Idaho, a Swordmaster from the school on Ginaz. One of the best melee combatants in the known universe, and he trains the Atreides soldiers. Which is why they fight so well, when combined with the loyalty brought by love the Atreides ascribe to.
I also think though, that the box is a trap for the bene gesserit. The animal that naws its own hand off to escape is actually free from the trap, much like Leto II intended...that they bite the hand that feeds them and find their own way to scatter and be free. It's ultimately a paradox in thinking from the Bene Gesserit that led them to think they were essentially untouchable.
The fight with Jamis, the vision was that he would teach Paul the ways of the Desert. That was before he failed to recognize drumsand and summoned a worm. But in the end, Jamis still taught Paul the ways of the Desert. The Desert will kill you if you are weak.
@@WhiteWolfDarkpawYeah, I'm really digging the metaphors and symbology of the visions in this movie. Works well for a visual medium rather than how it is in the books which is more of seeing straight-up renditions of all possible futures with your decisions as fulcrum. In the book, it's almost like being trapped in a superposition until you collapse the waveform by consciously choosing a set of events or future to pursue.
“Maud’Dib could, indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond the valley. Just so, Maud’Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us “The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.” And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning “That path leads ever down into stagnation.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune.
so the armor that they use, the force field armor. it is best for projectiles and if you have a bladed weapon or something like that. the shield made projectile weapons almost useless and so bladed weapons are the new meta in this world. the shield only gives you time to react it doesnt slow down the energy so if it hits it actually hits
so if a bullet hits youre shield .. then you can just move to the sides so bullet just passes you by? cause if the energy doesn't disappear like you said then there is no way a human being can parry the kinetic energy of a bullet.....
@@MrOnetedify No they simply deflect things above the speed the shield is set to. That speed can vary from supersonic projectiles to air itself. So a sword bounces off, a bullet bounces off, a slow moving dart with slowing wings is able to burrow through. The exact way that all interacts with kinetic energy isn't explained in the book. Maybe an attack on the shield pushes the wearer back, maybe a lot is absorbed into the shield somehow.
22:35 is poison darts, they’re dead. If they’re not the Harkonnens will finish them off later, and more brutally. Poison at that point from Yueh would have been a mercy
My first time in your channel watching you react to Dune. This has to be the most genuinely entertaining reaction ever, which can only come from someone who hasn’t read the book. When you have read it, you can be critical on how accurate the story is in the movie. But this is the best version in my opinion. Your comment on Tom killed me 🤣 l’ll be checking out your other reactions. Thanks for this one 😊
You should know that when making Star Wars, George Lucas took inspiration from Dune. But while Dune puts a lot of our Western storytelling on its head, making Dune a very dark/deep story. Star Wars just uses similar concepts in a matinée-like way.
That was very entertaining. Watching someone who doesn't know the story of Dune see the film. It's based off a very famous book series. I'm excited to see part 2 and they've already greenlit part 2 which goes into the 2nd book.
This movie takes place as the first part of the first novel in the series. The next release should conclude this book. As for any movie adaptation there are always things that get changed from the book to the screen. For example in the fight with Jamis, they fight in just their underwear essentially because it would be a waste of a good piece of equipment to have a stillsuit cut up. Also there is a funeral after this sequence in the book that the movie skips for some reason. In it they have rendered Jamis down for his water, which now belongs to Paul as is his right due to the Amtal Rule and not being able to use a suit. So to get his water back he gets the water. In the book they go down into the cave system and see a cistern of water gathered from a wind trap and the water is precicely measured out. The book was a master piece and I highly recommend you read it. But before you do, I would watch the next movie so that it doesn't get spoiled for you.
I legit get chills every damn time I watch this brilliant film - when the Sardaukar tracked them down in the desert and you hear the rising score as everybody stops and look at the door hear/feeling something's not right, with that one shot of Paul and his mother standing at the end of the hall, and then Duncan steps into frame between Paul and the door, before throwing off his cloak - knowing it was go-time! And as the score builds when he opens the door to find Sardaukar killing some Fremen and yells out "Sardaukar!" before then finally turning back to Paul again and salutes him one last time just before closing and locking the door behind him, to then turn back to the Sardaukar at the end of the hall - soooooo effin EPIC!!! That scene was absolutely perfect. Being a hardcore "Dune" series fan myself, for me that scene somehow managed to exceed my already high expectations of how epic Duncan's last stand would be, it was just absolutely... perfect. This is one of the best movies ive ever seen, i mean i was definitely biased going in, wanting to love it due to my affection to the book series, but like that Duncan last stand scene - as a whole the movie lived up to or even exceeded my high expectations. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL CHAPTER 2 COMES OUT!
Did you read the whole series? If you’re a big Duncan Idaho fan, you should really read the rest of the series if you haven’t already. That’s all I’m going to say. 😊
oh wow hey man! so cool seeing you discover another great story! :) it's based on a series of books (this is the 1st part) that greatly influenced how science fiction gets written a lot of sci fi before Dune had rather simple "man in the future goes to a planet and does things" type of narrative, Dune was written on top of layers of "okay, on this planet, why are things like this?" type of questions, the author basing his stuff on real world cultures and scientific/engineering concepts... it's so dense there's a few appendices at the end of the first book that's effectively like a short book of its own that explains the history of their universe and a bunch of other background things that get mentioned in passing seeing how you got through JoJo, I think you'll greatly appreciate Dune a lot too!
In a earlier version of the script the movie would have started with duncan idaho arriving at arrakis and finding the fremen. I think that they made the right decision but it would have been cool if we got what we got now and also duncan arrivinig at arrakis. One of my favorite movies would watch a ten hour version easely
The cutting themselves is because the Crysknife once drawn must taste blood before it can be sheathed again. It also keeps the knife from decomposing if I remember right.
while it may be outdated by 20 years you should watch the sci fi channel version of dune and children of dune they were like a miniseries of the first 3 books dune, dune messiah and children of dune story wise it was more accurate imo but this new version of dune looks great ... story wise not so much the david lynch version is coo to saw that when i was a kid and later read the books which were awesome
I know this is pretty late but the way the force field works it protects from fast attacks and can't protect from slow attacks. That's why Paul was folding a little bit when fighting jamis because he was so used to the fast stalling hits and slow lethal hits but once he acclimated he whooped his ass
Lol they let Duncan have the ship cuz they know who that man is. Literally one of the most skilled and feared fighters in this universe. Him and Gurney. Duncan slicing thru Sardakur is just a little look into it.
The guy in the duel was getting furious because to be repeatedly spared was insulting and dishonourable. Its why even Stilgar was asking "Is hey toying with him?" since it looks like he is mocking the man. Warrior people, its rude to not go for the kill lol
Lady Jessica is shady because she was born as a Bene-Gesserit but she loved Lord Leto. She gave him a son instead of a girl out of love and that changed everything. Everyone doubt her but she would never betray him.
The powers that Paul has is to see the past present and future all at the same time. So yes he can see visions of how it could go and avoid his own death. He also was able to see visions of Duncan's time where the "friend" taught him how to survive. The man who challenges him at the end was Duncan's friend, but because of visions that he can pull up visions of Duncan spending time with them and he can learn what Duncan learned... Without even being there
You asking if this is based off a book, made me facepalm so hard... and then sigh... Yes. Yes, it is based off a book. The book has more details due to it being a book and giving the character's inner voices. Honestly, if you like the movie, you should read the book and then watch it again. There will be things that make more sense. Like Thufar being a Mentat, a human computer.
25:00 nah they weren't leaving they were trying to man the ships to intercept the attack (+ getting the fleet out of it's position of sitting ducks against the bombardement.)
Paul's mother didn't cheat on the duke. she is carrying Paul's sister, the dukes daughter
I came here to post that. Thanks. I’m not sure where he got the idea that she cheated…
This. The blue eyes are not genetic, but environmental as a result of the spice. That's why we also see Paul with blue eyes in the later vision.
Also she's the Duke's concubine they never married for political reasons it leaves the Duke open for marriage to form alliances.
I love the "I recognize your footsteps, old man" -bit at the crawler, as it can be understood as him talking to either Gurney or the worm. It's a callback to earlier in the movie when he recognized Gurney's footsteps, but "old man of the desert" is one of the many names given to the sandworms.
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It just got even better, it's the first thing he says to him when they meet each other again, Paul was having visions in Pt1 because of the spice, it could've been a vision of them meeting in Pt2, and that's why he says it.
The foreshadowing of Villneuve is actually amazing!
@@robing8705just noticed that actually crazy
Yep! Even in the book he says this a few times to Gurney. They have such an amazing relationship.
Fun Fact: Dune, the original novel, was a major influence for George Lucas when he created Star Wars.
interesting
That worm was crazy
that makes sense...
Warhammer took so much of its premise from dune. Navigators, god emperor, banning artificial intelligence.
And Warhammer 40k, later. I mean, James Workshop lifted wholesale from so many things.
The important part about the vision of Jamis, and the fight Paul has with him is that it shows the audience that Paul's visions are not always literal. In the dream Jamis appears as a friend and says he will teach Paul the ways of the desert; in reality Jamis did just that, by teaching Paul that the way of the desert is to kill or be killed.
Also, in the fight, Paul is by far the superior fighter; Jamis has no chance against him; the big hurdle he has to overcome is that he's never killed anyone before.
another thing is that in the beginning of the fight paul is getting his ass beat because all his life he's trained with the shields (as they are common in his society), but the fremen have no such thing and fight completely differently. paul had to quickly adapt his fighting style to account for no shields to survive the fight.
and on a related note to the absence of shields among the fremen, they generally do not have any technology at all (unlike the greater society) because the vibrations of machinery attract sandworms, much like the way the rhythm of the thumpers attract the sandworms when they're activated in the sand.
not just that Paul is used to fighting with a shield, fast strike slow finish this ends up making look like he is toying with Jamis
It's less that the dreams aren't literal and more that they are possible futures. In most probable futures the two of them became friends, but from the point where Paul grabbed that weapon those futures weren't possible anymore so all Paul saw was either him killing Jamis or Jamis killing him. Paul still has the memmories of his visions tho, so Jamis was his teacher, just in a timeline that never got to exist. From Pauls perspective this small mistake didn't just mean he had to kill his friend, but also erase their entire friendship from existence.
@@Painocus Oh, damn. Is this explained by this point in the book, or is it something that gets elaborated on later in the story?
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Paul reflects on his prescient visions on the way to the sietch. They hold a funeral for Jamis, with each person present saying in turn, "I was a friend of Jamis" and recounting a story of them together.
Paul says, "I was a friend of Jamis" as well. And Paul gives water to the dead.
And from that point forward, he is Muad'Dib.
Dune is the grand-daddy of almost all things scifi in the same way Lord of the Rings is for fantasy. If you're a reader then read Frank Herbert's Dune, Herbert was a visionary and his ideas, worldbuilding and understanding of ecology (among other things) on a planetary scale is still phenomenal.
I'm reading through the series for the first time right now, and am on the prequels. They're so damn good man.
@@calebshelton6305 They are some of the best books ever written and quite chilling as well. Humanity is drawn to the darkness like a moth is to a flame. Another phenomenal series is Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. If you've walked the Chain of Dogs you'll know.
The only think I disliked about this new movie was their portrayal of the benegesterit. They were way too emotional, their much more stoic in the original book.
@@chrispatterson4083 I always think that discussion is very interesting. There are like 6 times Jessica cries in the book and she's described as choking up several times. Feels like the super cold robot Bene Gesserit idea comes more from the other adaptations than the books tbh.
@@TCO_404 Plus in later books Bene Gesserit are really afraid of Paul and Leto II. Jessica and Alia are really emotional in books compared to other Bene Gesserit (especially Alia). I think when people talk about ice-cold Bene Gesserit they mean Reverend Mothers, bcs they are more composed than sisters.
So fun fact: when they start tracking the worm, they say it's five minutes away at 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles). The book mentions that worms have a territory of about 300-400 kilometers each. If you do the math, that works out to being only about 40 minutes away from a sandworm on average.
No matter where you are on Arrakis, you are never more than an hour from the nearest sandworm.
They apparently burrow very deep then rise to the surface when they hear rhythmic noises
21:32 The Mom did not cheat on her husband. The baby’s eyes are blue because of heavy exposure to the spice. It’s sort of like how lead poisoning can cause birth defects, only the good version.
"A war! a war in my name!"
"Paul.... sorry i just wanted to get involved."
That was so funny i spat out my beer. well played.
i just got to that part, he’s hilarious lmaooo
Technically, Jessica cheated on the BG Sisterhood. The Bene Gesserit have such exquisite control over their bodies they are able to control conception, even to the point of bearing sons or daughters. The BG did not want Jessica to bear a son, that was not part of their breeding program. They wanted the Kwisatz Haderach, the one able to see the future- but one the Sisterhood could control. Not this one.
11:10 The reason the Shadout Mapes is crying out is she's having a shock of religious revelation.
Imagine you're deeply religious. A child has appeared who may be your messiah. Your church has sent you to test the mother. You are to give her a sacred relic if she is the true mother of the messiah, or kill her with that relic if she is false.
The mother then passes the test, and you suddenly realize that you are standing in front of the mother of your messiah, and your messiah is probably just down the hall in another room.
(Asking Jessica about the meaning of the knife was the test.)
13:52 This creature is not in the books. I am certain it was added to show how horrible the Harkonnens are. There are a couple of theories about it. It is possible it was created by the Bene Tleilax (you don't see them in this film). I think it is more likely that the Harkonnens created it themselves by taking people apart and putting them back together. Later, Dr. Yueh tells Leto that the Harkonnens are taking his wife apart like a doll.
14:20 The Baron is immensely fat. He uses suspensors (devices that float) to help carry his weight. He can increase the strength of the suspensors to float/glide in the air.
15:05 Yeah, "moisture" is the right word here. Most homes on Arrakis have airlocks to keep moisture from escaping. And you're liable to get killed and robbed (in that order) if someone spots you walking around with a 1-liter bottle of water.
19:00 Paul is trippin' balls on Spice.
21:30 Jessica has not cheated on Leto; her child is Leto's. The sisterhood has spent more than 10,000 years trying to breed their superman (kwisatz haderach.) Since they refuse to use genetic manipulation, they breed the humans the same way animals are bred now. Pick a male/female pair, breed them, and then see if the offspring has the traits you want. Rinse and repeat.
The books don't say it specifically, but there are hints that the undesirable offspring are culled (killed) using the gom jabar (poison needle/pain box test).
22:20 Officially, Jessica is Leto's concubine. In reality she is like a common law wife. Leto will never marry anyone else. He only stays unmarried to let other houses think they can become allies through marriage.
27:00 At this point, Paul doesn't have control of his visions. As a side note, he does not see visions of the future. He sees visions of possible futures. Eventually, he will be able to pick and choose. The film does a good job of showing this with color filters. The visions that are orange are just possibilities. The visions that are not colored are things that almost certainly will happen and there's nothing that can be done to change them.
28:00 The Harkonnens walked away because they knew they had NO CHANCE against Duncan.
30:25 It may have been for humiliation, but I think it was most likely for security. The best way to search a person for weapons is to strip them naked first.
35:28 They're not just spitting into the coffee pot. They are each taking sips of water from their stillsuits and spitting that into the coffee pot.
35:40 No, the Emperor had a different plan: The Emperor was afraid of the Atreides because they were becoming popular in the Landsraad (similar to a Parliament). The Emperor was also afraid of the Harkonnens because they were getting insanely rich from mining the Spice. Since the Harkonnens and Atreides had a blood feud that had been lasting for centuries, he played them against each other.
He ordered the Harkonnens to leave Arrakis, and gave it to the Atreides. Then, he gave the Harkonnens some of his Sardaukar soldiers.
The Emperor knew that the Harkonnens couldn't resist the chance to wipe out the Atreides. He also knew the Spacing Guild would bleed the Harkonnens dry with extra fees for transporting combat troops.
40:00 The Baron survived the poison because the shield blocks fast moving objects. Most of the poison was moving too fast to get past the shield. However, enough did get past to almost kill him.
The books don't tell us, but I suspect the bath is full of a liquid that is oxygen-rich, allowing him to breathe it. There are liquids like that in real life (such as a perfluorocarbon). You can find some "mouse breathing water" videos on CZcams.
Since the poison was a gas, it makes sense that a breathable liquid would be used to wash it out.
42:30 Kristoff: "I'm gonna tell him." Anna: "Don't you dare!"
48:00 The vision where Jamis was training Paul was a possible future. Something happened (probably Jamis getting knocked down by Paul) that closed off that future and opened this one where Paul must fight Jamis.
What is cool is that even though Paul was never trained by Jamis, Paul still learned those lessons through the visions.
The Bene Gesserit are trained to develop pretty incredible abilities. The most flashy of these is obviously "The Voice".
But to your question at 9:26, yes, they do have a choice. One of the skills taught by the Bene Gesserit is total control over their bodies. When a member of the Bene Gesserit is pregnant, she can control the proteins in her own body to purposefully determine the sex of their child. They can choose to have either boys or girls, and the sisterhood's rule is to bear girls only. Jessica chose to have a son.
what i love is that the book more or less explains that the Voice is basically the "Put That Down Right Now" mom voice but with thousands of years of theory and practice.
They have loads of other powers. There’s lots more about them in the last third of the series.
Nobody dares question the Lisan Al Gaiyb.
The sisterhood as a whole don't have a rule to only bear daughters; Jessica was ordered to bear only daughters to Leto so that an Atreides daughter could marry a Harkonnen son and "seal the breach" between the two Great Families, and in turn that union would give birth to a Kwisatz Haderach that the sisterhood could control. But Jessica loved Leto so much that she gave him the son he craved, and in doing so also messed up the centuries-old Bene Gesserit breeding program.
@@CraigJudd Yes, good clarification. The BG rule about only bearing daughters is just a rule for Jessica in particular in that union, not a general rule for the entire sisterhood.
It’s based on the first ever truly successful sci-fi novel ever
You calling it drone was the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while
This movie is the setup for the next one where all the fun stuff happens
This movie is great with how many little details it has to the book.
They took out huge parts of Gurney Halleck's character (which I don't mind).
But Gurney was basically a bard in the original book, known for playing having mastered the balliset (a string instrument).
There's many scenes in the book where he provides music or sings.
In the movie they've left references to that.
Paul going "Give us a song instead" might sound like a rude comment, but it really isn't.
Also the many times Gurney quotes things is also from the book.
There's one scene he shares with Leto, where he quotes some scripture and Leto smiles and goes "One day I'll catch this man without a quote and he'll look undressed."
This movie was a sonic assault at the theater. I would recommend catching a re-showing if they do that ahead of part 2.
8:50 the box trial. so the whole reason for Paul putting his hand into that black box was, because the reverend mother had to check to see if he was worthy basically. she wanted to see if he had his animalistic instincts that really all us humans have. had Paul pulled away, shouted and agony or really shown any other emotion other then dealing with it. she would of stabbed him in the neck and ended his life. in a way to the bene gesserit/reverend mother needed to make sure he was Paul wasnt like that, especially cause the power of the voice is kept the the bene gesserit which they are all female
to expand a bit more on your comment: the bene gesserit are a female-only religious cult (essentially) that have harnessed crazy powers through their secret training and have been planning to create the kwisatz haderach (the classic "chosen one" trope) through their meticulous breeding program. their official plan was to have duke leto produce a daughter with lady jessica, who would then be paired with a harkonnen male, and their son would be the legendary kwisatz haderach.
however, lady jessica loved duke leto so much that she basically fucked up centuries of the bene gesserit's work by intentionally giving him a son/heir instead of a daughter, since the bene gesserit can control their biology and she could've birthed a daughter if she wished. so the kwisatz haderach came early in the form of paul atreides and needed to be tested by the bene gesserit to see if he was worthy to eventually, maybe, become the one they've been waiting for...
this also explains why paul experiences visions even before he landed in arrakis and experiences the spice, and why his mom has trained him in the bene gesserit way (which is technically forbidden since he isn't female, but he got a pass due to the circumstances lol). so when he's forced to undergo the gom jabbar test, the reverend mother is testing whether paul could even pass the basics to prove his worthiness of the kwisatz haderach title- if he reacted to the pain like an animal, he would be killed for his weakness/culled to prevent any future interference from someone with powers outside of their group. if he could resist his animal instincts in reaction to the pain, he would be spared the gom jabbar and allowed to live.
all bene gesserit have to pass the same test to officially join the ranks, which explains why his mother lady jessica is so scared for him. but she had been training him since he was born and taught him the litany against fear (the thing she recites, "fear is the mind killer..."). it's a really cool scene that shows how cruel and unforgiving the bene gesserit can be, but also that paul is strong and equipped to become who he was born to be (even if he doubts it for now).
@nebullae i love every bit of this comment. i was trying to be discrete, but you have said all i wanted too. I take it you have definitely read the books
Glad you liked it!
Indeed, the story is quite compelling but worldbuilding needs its time, and they stayed pretty close to the original story and scenes of the book. Some details were omitted, but that's unavoidable when adapting such a lore-heavy book.
As to give you some info on the lore and politics of the Duniverse, so it becomes a bit more clear:
You have 4 major powerblocks in this universe:
1)The Emperor (and his army, the Sardaukar)
2)The Landsraad, consisting of a dozen Great Houses (and many Minor Houses, all vying for power). Think Game-of-Thrones here, but in sci-fi setting. ;-)
3)The Bene Gesserit; a semi-religious Order of women whom have certain powers (like the Voice, or being a Truthsayer, and some others not shown yet) and exert a lot of behind-the-scenes influence, but mostly stay low-profile
4) The Guild Navigators and CHOAM; a strong mercantile power, with a monopoly on spacetravel
It was more or less explained in the beginnings when Paul talked with his dad on Caladan: House Atreides is a growing power, politically and military, and the Emperor feels threatened. But he can't directly attack the House, because otherwise the Landsraad (the ensemble of Great Houses) will turn against him. As said, they each constitute a "big power" in this Duniverse. So the Landsraad and the Emperor keep each other in check, as it were.
Meanwhile, the Bene Gesserit are working from the shadows, on both sides - they primarily are concerned with their own plans and devices, to create the Kwizatsh Haderach. They manipulate from the shadows and actually form the third great power in this universe, but seldom show it openly. They also exert power by political marriages, or become concubines for political advantages - which is why Jessica wasn't married to Leto, though it was done to benefit him and House Atreides, not herself or the Sisterhood.
The fourth independent power, which is hardly touched upon in this first part of the movie, is the Spacing Guild and CHOAM. They're like a huge mercantile power, and the Guild Navigators are the only ones able to move/teleport (technically folding space-time) between planets, so without them, there would be no viable interstellar Imperium. Which make them essential and an enormous powerhouse as well - though, of course... they are and remain dependent on the Spice. That's why: whom controls Arrakis, controls the Empire.
So the Emperor can't directly attack a Great House like Artreides, or he risks all-out war with the Landsraad, consisting of the other Great Houses. Instead, he uses an indirect attack, with and through the Harkonnens - who want their fiefplanet back with all the Spice - doing the grunt work for him. The emperor knows they will be easily instigated that way, certainly because the Atreides and Harkonnen already have a centuries-old feud going on between them. It's a sort of proxy war, thus. He does help the Harkonnen to make sure they'll win - hence why he sends a few battalions of Sardaukar, his elite troops. But no-one (especially the Landsraad) may know about that. (That's also why they killed Liet, because she was going to expose the Emperor's meddling).
Also, some details one might have missed in the movie:
About the time in which the story plays: in the beginning of the movie they show it's the year 10191, but this is not 10191 AD, it's 10191 AG.
AG (After Guild - when the Spice Guild was made and started exploring the stars), and BG (Before Guild) are the iterations used and the lore in the books gives some indication as how that relates to our AD (Anno Domini). The most precise date - with a high level of accuracy - is that the first Dune novel which is set in 10,191 AG, corresponds approximately to 23,148 AD.
It is mentioned the "space age" takes place in 11,000 BG, and assuming this would mean it began in 1957 AD as this is when the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched, we can rebuild the whole timeline to our AD. So if you add the year 11,000 BG to 10,191 AG you’re left with a time span of 21,191 years. So if you add 21,191 years to 1957 AD, you’re left with 23,148 AD as the most likely date.
Quite some time! Most casual watchers of the movie think it's almost 10000 years in the future, but it's actually more than twice as much!
Now...as far as the melee fights and old/new tech are concerned, it's important to realize that in the Duniverse, while there is very high-tech at CERTAIN aspects, others are low tech (which gives the retro-feeling of the movie) but with a reason. It may seem strange at first sight, but note, however, that this has an in-story explanation, namely: thousands of years ago, there was a rebellion against "thinking machines" (AI) called the Butlerian Jihad. Humanity won (barely), but since that time there is a very strong taboo on creating anything resembling robots or AI, and humanity started to develop their own powers (aided by the melange/spice), such as Mentats (basically human supercomputers). This is the reason you don't see any highly developed robots, AI or even computers in this world.
This mix of old and new tech is a defining, historically explained element of the Duniverse; it's part of the worldbuilding and lore. Now, specifically about the melee combat: maybe you missed it, but they explained the shields in that fighting scene; they said "the slow sword can penetrate it". This is a hint that ALL objects with high kinetic energy are stopped dead in their tracks when hitting the shield, but SLOW objects can penetrate it. Meaning: ALL of our "modern" warfare weapons would largely become obsolete: machine-guns and all fast moving shells/bullets etc. become useless, but swords and knifes that are SLOWLY moved can still reach a target through the shields. Making the use of swords and knifes, after thousands of years, the dominant way of fighting once again. It's actually a cool twist.
That's all I'm going to say about it, because any more would get you into spoiler territory for part 2! ;-)
Hope that made things more clear!
Expertly explained, Sir 👌
Avid Dune book reader and this was a perfect summation of the major questions perhaps some of the casual movie viewers would need to know
This was amazing thx
Bro did an essay of Dune, jesus
Amazing
They let Duncan onto their ship because they weighed it up, and found they’d rather live.
The Baron's bath was a spice bath to help him recover from the little bit of poison which got through the shield. In the 2000 mini-series of Dune explains the world much better than this movie. I think it is worth the watch.
The mini serie was so good even with the TV budget and the traitor plotline was well done, everyone in Paul entourage is loyal but they all could be the traitor.
49:47 Gurney and Duncan have been training Paul since he was a child in combat. As you can see neither one of them was a slouch.
In the book the fight was even more one sided. Jamis never even laid a hand on Paul.
In the Novel the Sadukar shock troops are disguised as normal Harkonen foot soldiers and its a secret since its the Emperors personal troops. Duncan Idaho, when fighting in the palace realizes this by the way they fight saying "You know when you cross swords with a Sadukar."
Yes, they trusted the Doctor completely as he has undergone Imperial Conditioning, signified by the diamond on his forehead, that is supposed to make them unable to harm or betray those they serve. The Harkonnen figured out how to break that conditioning in Yueh via his wife. So it was completely unthinkable to them that he could ever possibly betray them.
As a kid I was visiting my friend when I noticed her mom's books. I picked this one out and started reading it .Then I HAD to see the films. I like this remake.
1- nice piece of trivia : when Paul says ”I recognize your footsteps, old man”, he is high on spice and refers to the worm. ”Shai Hulud” (the worm) in Fremen language translates into ”old man of the desert”. 2 - jessica didn`t cheat - the baby girl is hers and duke Leto`s, and she will have a pivotal role in the first 3 books. strangely, she didn`t appear in any of the trailers for Part 2 (he 2nd half of the first book). I hope to God they are keeping her as a suprise. Or maybe there will be a 4th trailer... Anyway, nice reaction, glad to see new generations (I`m oooold, 40+ :)) ) discovering one of the most influential sci-fi books of all time. March 1st can`t come soon enough!
Hope they adapt books 3 and 4. I've read the first four books, and Children of Dune is probably my favorite.
The first dune novel was released in 1965. The first book was adapted into two parts. The second part will be released March 1, 2024. There are 6 novels written by Frank Herbert released from 1965 to 1985. The director has said he is going to adapt the second novel dune messiah which was released in 1969 and it's gonna be part 3. George Lucas took alot of inspiration from dune to help create star wars which cake out in 1977.
Oh man, I can't wait for everyone to be upset that Paul isn't the hero when/if they release Part 3
Star Wars OVERALL and mostly it's story isn't too much influenced by Dune because Lucas wanted to make Star Wars simpler than most other sci-fi works, but definitely certain aspects were very much Dune-inspired for sure. Pretty much any Sci-Fi is going to have some what inspired aspects of Dune because it's pretty much the grandfather of all things sci-fi in literature and film.
@@kcummiskey92Denis said that he is making Dune Messiah but it's going to be a longer wait for that then Dune part 2 he said he's taking some time off after Dune Part 2.
I love the “ is he toying with him ? “ and the little glance at the end.
Basically, Dune did do Sci-Fi what Lord of the Rings did for Fantasy.
No,Lensemen is.
I got the book after watching the movie, and it is amazing. I used to love reading as a kid, but I hadn’t completed a book in probably 5 plus years until I got dune. It is amazing and delves into so much not explored in the movie
Same. Read 7 straight Dune books after that first one. It really is a special series
Duncan, the Kwitzatz Haderach!
The hunter-seeker scene is particularly interesting. The person piloting the drone didn't know Paul didn't have his shield on, see the pilot slowed down just before trying to go through Paul's head, because only slow things penetrate the shield. And then, after Paul dodges the drone, he catches it before it can turn and hit the housekeeper.
Dune has been a huge thing for me.
I only got into it about a year and a half ago.
But I've been reading it since, I've finished God Emperor of Dune a while ago.
And it's changed my view on what literature can and SHOULD be.
Frank Herbert was a writer the likes of which there hasn't been since.
On a list of the most important writers of all time, I'd personally put him above Tolkien, even.
I've written one short story (mostly a fanfic, really), where I try to channel Herbert's writing. I think I succeeded, but who knows, no one else has commented on it.
*Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.'*
*- from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan*
When you finish the Dune series (just the Frank Herbert ones, the sons extensions aren't worth it) you should read The Dispossessed by Ursala La Guin. Only books I've found to give the same kind of feel as Herbert in Dune.
Dune has some of the greatest quotes in all of fiction.
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"I did not mean to anger you, M'lord!"
"You do not anger me, Moneo. Sometimes you irritate me. That is the extent of it."
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A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!"
It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!"
He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.
Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears. She focused on the words: “He gives moisture to the dead.” It was a gift to the shadow world-tears. They would be sacred beyond a doubt.
That whole bit really spoke to me, a beautiful yet plausible superstition for a culture to have when water is valued above all else. Tears come at extremes in happiness and sadness, and every drop is precious, so it almost writes itself, so elegant. It shows how other cultures can have practices and norms that seem extremely strange, disgusting, and even morally wrong to you, but its a product of their unique circumstance. Makes me hesitant to read the next books because I've heard that they don't really focus on exploring that kinda stuff anymore.
@@Roach_Dogg_JR They focus on other things.
I couldn't tell you what they explore, but they are still deep.
They mostly focus on the danger of cults of personalities like the one Paul inadvertently shaped around his person.
In ANY case, Dune: Messiah is a must read. It's the epilouge to the first book.
My personal favourite book is God Emperor of Dune, but many don't like it because it almost feels like a random assortment of scenes - situational scenes of the main character basically just talking to people.
But it is a beautiful book and story.
it’s so good to see young people appreciate the Dune universe. I hope you like the second movie (and the third!)
An Academy award (Oscar) would be the highest honor for a film.
As is known by pretty much everyone in the civilised world with half a brain, especially those running a channel themed around movies. But hey, it's 2023 who need to know shit amirite....
@@ShadyLurker16 Get a life dude
Don't want to get called out for having half-assed content, don't make half-assed content.@@Tangerator
The guy you recognised from Deadpool 2 also plays Thanos in the Avengers movies. Also the Voice that they used is a skill some of them can use. It is mostly used and taught to and by the Bene Gesserit. Also his mom would have told her of his dreams the mother is the only one who knows of them. He told Jason Momoa’s character only about the dream that concerned him. Outside of that it was only his mom who knows of his dreams.
Has he watched anything with Jason Momoa in it yet?
Aquaman, maybe Game of Thrones too but idk. He recognized Theon/Reek in the John Wick video if I'm not mistaken.
This is a really good reaction, few people realized the meaning of the spitting that fast!
This is a small part of the first half of the book Dune. The first in the series. All science fiction after is basically based on Dune. One thing it doesn't explain well is prior to the first book there was a great war with the machines so all but the most basic computers are banned. Enhanced humans take their place. That's how he was able to calculate the costs. The emperor runs the universe. But the navigators guild has great power they don't usuallyvopenly show. Bene Gesserits (women) manipulate everything behind the scenes.
Bro this movie is so good wtf
29:30 Right?! She’s a total badass. This is why books 5 and 6 (the last two books in the series) are my favorite ones. The first book (Dune) only gives a tiny taste of the Bene Gesserit, but they are extremely powerful. Jessica is super cool, but Darwi Odrade and the other Bene Gesserit you meet later in the series flex those powers REALLY hard.
Wish Villeneuve would adapt the other Dune books, or at least Children and God Emperor.
I'm so excited for you to see this movie. You should definitely react to the trailers to Dune Part 2 after it.
I'm a big fan of the Dune books, and I thought this movie was a great adaptation. It captured the feel of the story and the characters really well. I especially liked Zendaya as Chani.
This movie is quite fun, thank you for reacting Don
Nice reaction man I was there with you! You are so lucky you only have to wait a couple months for Dune Part 2 😂
oh, yes. there is a whole series of Dune novels that was published in the mid 1960's by Frank Herbert, and as far as I know, take place further in the future ( 20,181 A.D. or 10,181 A.G.- after guild)) than any other story (except for HG Wells' Time Machine in the 800,000's!)
My favorite franchise of all time!
I like how he gets the voice from Deadpool, and not from Thanos
Dune is one of the great foundational works of science fiction. I highly recommend reading the book if you have time. There’s a huge amount of background and depth that couldn’t be included in the movie.
Part Two will be absolutely astounding.
The baron lived because of his hover device. He was cursed with genetic diseases because he assaulted the reverend mother mohiam (the older lady we see test Paul) and she cursed him forever. So he has to use the hover device to get around better.
As you can see everyone else got killed almost instantly, but because he was able to float up out of the way, he barely lived. So the rest of the movie you will see him taking healing baths with spice in it (spice has healing properties and prolongs life) and the next movie he has even more devices to help him breathe and such.
I highly highly recommend you go see part 2 in theaters. It is so so much better than part one. Better than almost any movie that has come out in the past two decades. It is so so good, something rare and special. Go see it in IMAX, biggest screen and best sound system possible. It is so damn worth giving up one video in your channel. Part 2 makes this first part look like a high school film, no lie. It is just that good. I’ve seen it three times in the first week. Just THAT good.
The small drone that came through the wall is a Hunter Seeker, they are so small and hard to detect that the operator cannot see very clearly through it. (Mostly because of the floating technology interfering with the camera)
The best SF movie I've seen ! Wonderful story, acting and technic involved in this film. Can't wait for part two !
Dune is THE book. Dune is what influenced Star Wars and literally became the bedrock for modern science fiction.
The whole Voice thing is kinda neat. The Bene Gesserit are able to pitch their voice in such a way that it acts on the subconscious of the target. So with "Give me the water", it was close, so she had the urge to do it, and thought she was about to, but recovered. That's why later, when we meet the Reverend Mother and she does the whole "Come here. Kneel." it has the big cuts. Paul was completely on autopilot because of her commands.
Edit: The Box was better explained in the books, and maybe in the Lynch movie. The box uses nerve induction to cause pain. Instincts tell you to pull away from the pain. A line that was used is "An animal caught in a trap will gnaw off its own leg to escape. A human would stay in the trap to catch the hunter, and remove a threat to his kind. What will you do?"
The whole point is that the Bene Gesserit abilities are very powerful, and someone who can't control their instincts, a mere animal, can't be trusted with that level of power.
Edit: The little bug thing was a Hunter Seeker. It couldn't see very well because of the dimly lit room, which is why it was searching. BECAUSE he didn't move is why he survived. Had he moved, it would have been drawn to the motion. That's why it attacked Shadout Mapes when the door opened. And you said you would have flinched. Which goes back to The Box. A flinch is the instinct to dodge danger, and Paul has complete control over himself :3
Oh, and shields work by blocking anything moving over a certain speed, thus why "the slow blade penetrates the shield". It had to be thus to allow air transfer, or the user would suffocate within minutes. But shields are also why combat has gone back to melee. Ranged weaponry simply bounces off, except for special weapons like the Hunter Seeker and the Slow Pellet Dart. But the shield still gives you time to deflect it, like we saw with Duncan.
Then there's Lasguns, the beam of light chasing Duncan in his Thopter, and when the Sardaukar were after Paul and Jessica in the desert. If a Las intersects a shield, it causes a feedback overload in both devices, resulting in a blast equivalent to atomic detonation.
The fight between the Harkonnen troops, the Atreides soldiers, and the Sardaukar.. Harkonnen troopers are brutal, but nowhere near as well trained as the Atreides soldiers, which is why the Atreides hold them off. But Sardaukar are the strongest official soldiers in the Imperium, which is why the Atreides soldiers were promptly slaughtered. The Harkonnen troops weren't engaging from the rear.
But then you have Duncan Idaho, a Swordmaster from the school on Ginaz. One of the best melee combatants in the known universe, and he trains the Atreides soldiers. Which is why they fight so well, when combined with the loyalty brought by love the Atreides ascribe to.
I also think though, that the box is a trap for the bene gesserit. The animal that naws its own hand off to escape is actually free from the trap, much like Leto II intended...that they bite the hand that feeds them and find their own way to scatter and be free. It's ultimately a paradox in thinking from the Bene Gesserit that led them to think they were essentially untouchable.
I love the :3 at the end of a long paragraph explaining sci fi technology and it’s narrative connections. It’s adorable :3
The fight with Jamis, the vision was that he would teach Paul the ways of the Desert. That was before he failed to recognize drumsand and summoned a worm. But in the end, Jamis still taught Paul the ways of the Desert. The Desert will kill you if you are weak.
@@WhiteWolfDarkpawYeah, I'm really digging the metaphors and symbology of the visions in this movie. Works well for a visual medium rather than how it is in the books which is more of seeing straight-up renditions of all possible futures with your decisions as fulcrum. In the book, it's almost like being trapped in a superposition until you collapse the waveform by consciously choosing a set of events or future to pursue.
“Maud’Dib could, indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond the valley. Just so, Maud’Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us “The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.” And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning “That path leads ever down into stagnation.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune.
so the armor that they use, the force field armor. it is best for projectiles and if you have a bladed weapon or something like that. the shield made projectile weapons almost useless and so bladed weapons are the new meta in this world. the shield only gives you time to react it doesnt slow down the energy so if it hits it actually hits
so if a bullet hits youre shield .. then you can just move to the sides so bullet just passes you by? cause if the energy doesn't disappear like you said then there is no way a human being can parry the kinetic energy of a bullet.....
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No they simply deflect things above the speed the shield is set to. That speed can vary from supersonic projectiles to air itself. So a sword bounces off, a bullet bounces off, a slow moving dart with slowing wings is able to burrow through. The exact way that all interacts with kinetic energy isn't explained in the book. Maybe an attack on the shield pushes the wearer back, maybe a lot is absorbed into the shield somehow.
22:35 is poison darts, they’re dead. If they’re not the Harkonnens will finish them off later, and more brutally. Poison at that point from Yueh would have been a mercy
It's based on what is considered one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever written.
My first time in your channel watching you react to Dune. This has to be the most genuinely entertaining reaction ever, which can only come from someone who hasn’t read the book. When you have read it, you can be critical on how accurate the story is in the movie. But this is the best version in my opinion. Your comment on Tom killed me 🤣 l’ll be checking out your other reactions. Thanks for this one 😊
im a huge near for Dune. the lore that is established before the current time we are watching is wildly crazy. the Butlerian jihad is mad crazy
You should know that when making Star Wars, George Lucas took inspiration from Dune. But while Dune puts a lot of our Western storytelling on its head, making Dune a very dark/deep story. Star Wars just uses similar concepts in a matinée-like way.
"Ill look after your mom" that line had me dead 😭
BTW In the original book, the worm that swallowed the crawler is significantly bigger than the one in the movie.
That was very entertaining. Watching someone who doesn't know the story of Dune see the film. It's based off a very famous book series. I'm excited to see part 2 and they've already greenlit part 2 which goes into the 2nd book.
By far one of my favorite movies even thought it’s a intro
This movie takes place as the first part of the first novel in the series. The next release should conclude this book.
As for any movie adaptation there are always things that get changed from the book to the screen. For example in the fight with Jamis, they fight in just their underwear essentially because it would be a waste of a good piece of equipment to have a stillsuit cut up. Also there is a funeral after this sequence in the book that the movie skips for some reason. In it they have rendered Jamis down for his water, which now belongs to Paul as is his right due to the Amtal Rule and not being able to use a suit. So to get his water back he gets the water. In the book they go down into the cave system and see a cistern of water gathered from a wind trap and the water is precicely measured out.
The book was a master piece and I highly recommend you read it. But before you do, I would watch the next movie so that it doesn't get spoiled for you.
The baby had blue eyes not because the mom cheated it was because staying in a spice filled environment turns your eyes blue.
OMG! I'm so excited to watch ur reaction to this. I just started 3rd book. Movies are fun! Keep going hard 😎
I legit get chills every damn time I watch this brilliant film - when the Sardaukar tracked them down in the desert and you hear the rising score as everybody stops and look at the door hear/feeling something's not right, with that one shot of Paul and his mother standing at the end of the hall, and then Duncan steps into frame between Paul and the door, before throwing off his cloak - knowing it was go-time! And as the score builds when he opens the door to find Sardaukar killing some Fremen and yells out "Sardaukar!" before then finally turning back to Paul again and salutes him one last time just before closing and locking the door behind him, to then turn back to the Sardaukar at the end of the hall - soooooo effin EPIC!!! That scene was absolutely perfect. Being a hardcore "Dune" series fan myself, for me that scene somehow managed to exceed my already high expectations of how epic Duncan's last stand would be, it was just absolutely... perfect. This is one of the best movies ive ever seen, i mean i was definitely biased going in, wanting to love it due to my affection to the book series, but like that Duncan last stand scene - as a whole the movie lived up to or even exceeded my high expectations. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL CHAPTER 2 COMES OUT!
Duke Leto and Duncan Idaho are some of the greatest characters ever written.
Did you read the whole series? If you’re a big Duncan Idaho fan, you should really read the rest of the series if you haven’t already. That’s all I’m going to say. 😊
@@tamarleigh Yes, I read it. _Love_ Messiah and GEoD.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 Yay! I love all six, but the last two are my favorites because there’s so much epic Bene Gesserit badassery 😄
oh wow hey man! so cool seeing you discover another great story! :)
it's based on a series of books (this is the 1st part) that greatly influenced how science fiction gets written
a lot of sci fi before Dune had rather simple "man in the future goes to a planet and does things" type of narrative, Dune was written on top of layers of "okay, on this planet, why are things like this?" type of questions, the author basing his stuff on real world cultures and scientific/engineering concepts... it's so dense there's a few appendices at the end of the first book that's effectively like a short book of its own that explains the history of their universe and a bunch of other background things that get mentioned in passing
seeing how you got through JoJo, I think you'll greatly appreciate Dune a lot too!
I remember going to see this when it came out, and the bass was rattling my bones. What a film.
In a earlier version of the script the movie would have started with duncan idaho arriving at arrakis and finding the fremen. I think that they made the right decision but it would have been cool if we got what we got now and also duncan arrivinig at arrakis. One of my favorite movies would watch a ten hour version easely
Paul doesn't necessarily see the future, he sees threads of potentialities
A movie called Drone absolutely sent me to the high heavens
"Drone" haha
0:16 This isn’t the Drone (2017) I remember reading about…
Sandworms are incapable of hearing, however, they possess the ability to perceive even minute vibrations.
I love your reaction. Thanks for this.
38:30 Little Book spoiler:
The fremen have a technique to literally ride on the worms, so she planned to escape that way before she was stabbed.
The cutting themselves is because the Crysknife once drawn must taste blood before it can be sheathed again. It also keeps the knife from decomposing if I remember right.
Paul got Jamis's bodily water, his wife, his kids, his apartment, and his coffee set. It was a nice coffee set.
while it may be outdated by 20 years you should watch the sci fi channel version of dune and children of dune they were like a miniseries of the first 3 books dune, dune messiah and children of dune story wise it was more accurate imo but this new version of dune looks great ... story wise not so much the david lynch version is coo to saw that when i was a kid and later read the books which were awesome
I know this is pretty late but the way the force field works it protects from fast attacks and can't protect from slow attacks. That's why Paul was folding a little bit when fighting jamis because he was so used to the fast stalling hits and slow lethal hits but once he acclimated he whooped his ass
Nha best comment section ever when I was watching the movie I was asking the same questions he was and this comment section just answered everything .
Love this! Can’t wait for part 2!
once the kris blade is unsheathed it cannot be resheathed until it tastes blood
"Let thy knife chip and shatter."
I’m here, I’m ready. Omg this was so cool
Lol they let Duncan have the ship cuz they know who that man is. Literally one of the most skilled and feared fighters in this universe. Him and Gurney. Duncan slicing thru Sardakur is just a little look into it.
The guy in the duel was getting furious because to be repeatedly spared was insulting and dishonourable. Its why even Stilgar was asking "Is hey toying with him?" since it looks like he is mocking the man. Warrior people, its rude to not go for the kill lol
Imagine a dune vr game almost like the Star Wars vr game
“I can see his mom doing smth mad” hahaha laughs in dune pt 2
Lady Jessica is shady because she was born as a Bene-Gesserit but she loved Lord Leto. She gave him a son instead of a girl out of love and that changed everything. Everyone doubt her but she would never betray him.
Without the Sardaukar (the emperors army) the atrieades would have won even with the harkennons having the element of surprise
"I can see his mum doing something mad...." Ah well....😅😅😅
Jamis _did_ teach Paul the ways of the desert. Unfortunately, not in the way he had hoped.
The powers that Paul has is to see the past present and future all at the same time. So yes he can see visions of how it could go and avoid his own death. He also was able to see visions of Duncan's time where the "friend" taught him how to survive.
The man who challenges him at the end was Duncan's friend, but because of visions that he can pull up visions of Duncan spending time with them and he can learn what Duncan learned... Without even being there
YES! I love you, Don!
“You turn around as well, I’ll look after your mom”
Lol
Just finished watching Dune 2 and can't wait for the final installment. Here for a recap.
You asking if this is based off a book, made me facepalm so hard... and then sigh...
Yes. Yes, it is based off a book. The book has more details due to it being a book and giving the character's inner voices. Honestly, if you like the movie, you should read the book and then watch it again. There will be things that make more sense. Like Thufar being a Mentat, a human computer.
fun fact - the small insect like poison attempt, it attacks anything that moves. thats why paul didnt move
25:00 nah they weren't leaving they were trying to man the ships to intercept the attack (+ getting the fleet out of it's position of sitting ducks against the bombardement.)