Dang I liked Dune. I had the feeling Villeneuve was the guy to pull off how big and foreign the universe is but he created one of the most vivid film-worlds I've ever seen
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Replying to @17cShyteposter
The majority of complaints I've seen (and that I have) are about specific choices and the way the characters fit in the world (casting, screenplay, fight sequences). Every set / costume / shot feels like part of a larger world with its own logic and it's great.
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Replying to @RemainsStellar @17cShyteposter
Blinky shields? Dumb. Weird rituals before combat? Great. Villains? A bit under-motivated individually. Villain aesthetic and overall fit into the story? Incredible. As soon as we see that people kowtow to their leaders on Gendi Prime we know who's evil and how and why.
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Replying to @RemainsStellar @17cShyteposter
Shields are from the book and necessary to explain why they fight with edged weapons mostly instead of lasers. And it’s Giedi Prime.
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The book explanation of why they don’t fight with lasguns is ridiculous and self-contradictory. The movie should just skip it.
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It’s not really contradictory, but it ignores a tactic I just thought of. If shooting a laser at a shield causes both to explode, why not have a lawn dart with a time delayed laser attached? Throw it (or shoot it) near the enemy; laser hits enemy shields, and both explode.
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Replying to @dpinsen @SpeakingBee and
Covered in the books - the resulting explosion can't be distinguished from a nuclear strike and using nuclear weapons in combat is a "violation of the convention" that would result in all the houses uniting to destroy the offender.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @dpinsen and
Maybe I'll go back and check later, but I'm rereading it now and as I recall after the Harkonnen attack they (I think Idaho in particular, but not sure) do intentionally trigger a lasgun/shield interaction, in part to discourage continued use of lasguns. I forget the exact setup.
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Haven't read it in a long time but yeah, Idaho plants a shield as a trap - it gets hit with a lasgun.
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