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Nov 9, 2021 16:22
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just saw a post stating that the Sardaukar are actually speaking English, just a version of it that's brutally attenuated and has had lots of syllables stripped out. i kind of noticed it when he said "emperor" but didn't make the connection.
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Nov 9, 2021 16:32
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uber_stoat posted:just saw a post stating that the Sardaukar are actually speaking English, just a version of it that's brutally attenuated and has had lots of syllables stripped out. i kind of noticed it when he said "emperor" but didn't make the connection. they are bred for perfect throat chanting ability and they just gotta figure out how to talk through their gnarly vocal cords
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Nov 9, 2021 16:40
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Ror posted:they are bred for perfect throat chanting ability and they just gotta figure out how to talk through their gnarly vocal cords Sardaukar Throat GOATs?
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Nov 9, 2021 16:52
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uber_stoat posted:just saw a post stating that the Sardaukar are actually speaking English, just a version of it that's brutally attenuated and has had lots of syllables stripped out. i kind of noticed it when he said "emperor" but didn't make the connection. I figured the chanter and the sardaukar leader that piter speaks to on salusa secundus were speaking different languages because they sound completely unlike each other
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Nov 9, 2021 16:54
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what an absurdly low estimate in this era of cheap idle money it'll go for at least 15 times that
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Nov 9, 2021 17:04
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I rewatched the miniseries, first time since it aired. It's quite good. I mean ignoring some of the acting and production and bad CGI and low budget sets and directing, narratively I think it a better adaptation of the novel than Dunc was. It had lots of the little touches Dunc stripped out that shows more humanity, more to the characters, and more to the universe and Arrakis especially than just 3 or 4 armies fighting each other. I also think their version of the voice was better than Dunc. The voice as described in the novel would just sound like "these aren't the droids you're looking for" so I get the adaptations have to do something different, but Dunc was a bit over the top, especially with Jessica commanding the three guys in the ship.
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Nov 9, 2021 17:20
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stratdax posted:I rewatched the miniseries, first time since it aired. It has the advantage of time, being a TV series and not a film, which allows it to go deeper and spend more time fleshing out the politics and tertiary characters. I would suspect this is a side effect of the medium and not necessarily any credit to the skill of the writers, but I haven't seen the series. quote:I also think their version of the voice was better than Dunc. sure but, hear me out, it sounds badass
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Nov 9, 2021 17:24
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kalel posted:It has the advantage of time, being a TV series and not a film, which allows it to go deeper and spend more time fleshing out the politics and tertiary characters. I would suspect this is a side effect of the medium and not necessarily any credit to the skill of the writers, but I haven't seen the series. It will have less running time than Dunc part 1 + 2. The pacing is wonky in a couple parts but if it was as long as the movies will be when finished it would have gone a long way to smoothing those out. stratdax fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Nov 9, 2021 |
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Nov 9, 2021 17:26
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the scene in the thopter goes a long way toward helping you understand why people call them witches. scary scary witches.
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Nov 9, 2021 17:27
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(Cross post from boardgame thread): I'm playing Dune again this weekend, and was wondering if you guys had any ideas for either snacks I could make, or just general props? I made a couple of sandworm cakes in the past, and last time the dude playing emperor bought some tassel epaulets and a "prom king" sash, that was pretty hilarious. We're pretty far down the golden path at this point, so no reference is too obscure, I don't think. For what it's worth, I'll almost certainly be playing Bene Gesserit! I think I asked this before and someone suggested some blue drink as the water of life, this is a great idea.
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Nov 9, 2021 17:31
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!Klams posted:(Cross post from boardgame thread): You could make some gingerbread cake and say it is spice cake. That would be pretty nice. I always imagine spice tasting like ginger. I dunno why.
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Nov 9, 2021 18:07
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get some fancy glass vials and fill them with cinnamon and food grade glitter. spice ampoules. sprinkle it on your cake or put it in coffee. make fremen spit tea with it.
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Nov 9, 2021 18:19
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I've made punch with edible glitter and it's a lot of fun.
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Nov 9, 2021 18:36
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Impericole Slawdaukar.
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Nov 9, 2021 18:44
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Guannamole. e: Crushed bug juice boxes
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Nov 9, 2021 18:47
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Spice is obviously powdered Carolina reaper
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Nov 9, 2021 18:52
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!Klams posted:(Cross post from boardgame thread): It's spice coffee season! Ramc posted:It was fall again, and with the changing of the leaves the ancient Frank Herbert dared.
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Nov 9, 2021 18:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I1CbW1Kyj4 This thing is hilarious.. unfortunately I don't have time for a six-page essay explaining why
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Nov 9, 2021 19:26
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In all three filmed adaptations, those with the eyes of ibad still had defined sclera and irises. Do we know what Herbert thought they'd look like, it seems like they should just be all one blue with a pupil in the center.
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Nov 9, 2021 19:40
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They're described as blue-within-blue which I always took to mean both the schlera and iris is blue, with only the pupil being any other color. Then again, there are two Guild representatives present when Paul is about wrest the throne from the Emperor, who're described as wearing contact lenses - which, by the 1960s, were the hydrophilic kind we know today.
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Nov 9, 2021 19:50
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zoux posted:In all three filmed adaptations, those with the eyes of ibad still had defined sclera and irises. Do we know what Herbert thought they'd look like, it seems like they should just be all one blue with a pupil in the center. Guild steersman’s eye from the end of Dune: quote:a total blue so dark as to be almost black. Appendix to Dune: quote:IBAD, EYES OF: characteristic effect of a diet high in melange wherein the whites and pupils of the eyes turn a deep blue (indicative of deep melange addiction). I’m fairly confident he means “irises” for “pupils” here since the pupil is, definitionally, a hole in the eye out of which colored light doesn’t normally escape. In God-Emperor there’s a passage where Duncan thinks to himself that one of the museum Fremen can’t possibly be a Fremen because he can see his pupils as clearly distinct from the color of the iris. The point in that case would be that the whole eye becomes indistinguishable from the pupil. It’s all so dark blue it looks black.
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Nov 9, 2021 19:51
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galagazombie posted:The appendix about the Kynes is just a wonderful work of short fiction that can be enjoyed as it’s own self contained short story. Just this normal guy (compared to the duneverse) trying to explain advanced ecology to Klingons that only survives because the guy they send to kill him trips onto his own knife. didn't he actually kill himself rather than execute kynes?
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Nov 9, 2021 20:42
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sebmojo posted:didn't he actually kill himself rather than execute kynes?
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Nov 9, 2021 20:45
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sebmojo posted:didn't he actually kill himself rather than execute kynes? He busts in to kill Pardot mid lecture and Pardot says “remove yourself” and then ignores him. So he went forth and owned himself Pardot names his kid Liet for this guy
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Nov 9, 2021 20:46
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I think Kynes' death scene is excellent, and I wish it made it into more adaptations, though I understand why it doesn't. In my ideal adaptation, it would get an extended scene with Pardot lecturing about the potential of terraforming the planet, Liet seeing Arrakis transform into an oasis as he gets delirious from thirst and heatstroke.
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Nov 9, 2021 20:52
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threelemmings posted:It's spice coffee season! Flakey posted:Guannamole. Hollismason posted:You could make some gingerbread cake and say it is spice cake. That would be pretty nice. I always imagine spice tasting like ginger. I dunno why. uber_stoat posted:get some fancy glass vials and fill them with cinnamon and food grade glitter. spice ampoules. sprinkle it on your cake or put it in coffee. make fremen spit tea with it. Lots of great ideas, I'll try and do as many as I can! One guy is probably bringing his own Chilli Sauce, so, maybe you jest about Carolina Reapers but they're actually covered!
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Nov 9, 2021 21:10
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Halloween Jack posted:I think Kynes' death scene is excellent, and I wish it made it into more adaptations, though I understand why it doesn't. In my ideal adaptation, it would get an extended scene with Pardot lecturing about the potential of terraforming the planet, Liet seeing Arrakis transform into an oasis as he gets delirious from thirst and heatstroke. imaginary powerpoints appearing round him as he gestures at the air
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Nov 9, 2021 21:11
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I can't recall, in the new film does Paul learn from his holograms about the relationship between the worms and the spice? In the book and the Lynch adaptation, from what I remember, it's supposed to be a big revelation to him that "the worm is the spice; the spice is the worm." To that end,GhastlyBizness posted:Liet’s death in the film owned ... Probably wouldn’t on work on screen though. Kynes' death scene in the book is awesome. But apart from the fact that it would be really difficult to put to screen (if there's any scene that absolutely requires head dialogue, it's Liet hallucinating to themselves about ecology and the worm life cycle), it would be a major spoiler to this revelation that they're no doubt going to put into Part II. Unless I totally forgot, and Paul's holograms totally spell it out from the very beginning. Speaking of which, I'm glad we got at least one (exactly one) shot of someone riding a worm.
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Nov 9, 2021 21:58
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Mister Speaker posted:I can't recall, in the new film does Paul learn from his holograms about the relationship between the worms and the spice? In the book and the Lynch adaptation, from what I remember, it's supposed to be a big revelation to him that "the worm is the spice; the spice is the worm." To that end, floating kynes head
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Nov 9, 2021 21:59
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Mister Speaker posted:Kynes' death scene in the book is awesome. But apart from the fact that it would be really difficult to put to screen (if there's any scene that absolutely requires head dialogue, it's Liet hallucinating to themselves about ecology and the worm life cycle),
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Nov 9, 2021 22:03
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sebmojo posted:imaginary powerpoints appearing round him as he gestures at the air Knowing ecologists, they'll all have arial on a white background and be a mix of blurred photos, tiny graphs and a closing bibliography page with eight hundred entries
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Nov 9, 2021 22:10
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Not trying to dox anyone, but which one of you has the car with license plate "THUMPURR"? Are you trying to get this whole parking lot devoured?
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Nov 9, 2021 22:14
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When Kynes takes the Atreides to go check out a spice mining operation, Paul asks him about wiping out the worms. I think it's the first time the book outright says something about the spice/worm relationshipquote:Paul leaned back in his corner. His truthsense, awareness of tone shadings, told him that Kynes was lying and telling half-truths. And he thought: If there's a relationship between spice and worms, killing the worms would destroy the spice.
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Nov 9, 2021 22:44
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Shout out to that girl on TikTok doing the rad soundtrack singing
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Nov 9, 2021 22:55
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why is everyone so scared abpout the sardakars you can crush them with harvesters
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Nov 9, 2021 22:59
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ChubbyChecker posted:why is everyone so scared abpout the sardakars i would simply use the attitude jets on my transport ornithopters as improvised 'flame throwers' to drive them away
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Nov 9, 2021 23:00
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No respect!   
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Nov 10, 2021 02:52
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Baudolino posted:I am watching the miniseries. Its much better then it`s reputation. For what it is, a 20 old tv serie with very limited budget it is actually very good when you ignore the lovely combat scenes. stratdax posted:I rewatched the miniseries, first time since it aired. the overnight cultural rehabilitation of the miniseries going on rn is almost as pathetic as 'The Prequels Are Good'. remove yourself from my sight!
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Nov 10, 2021 03:31
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whichever one of you loving nerds buys that poo poo better scan it into a pdf and upload it to the forums or imma take your water mark my loving words
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Nov 10, 2021 03:32
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