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Re: Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by E. L. Koba 10/28/2021, 4:58pm PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

If you're wondering, in the books the three biggest weapons are shields, lasguns, and planet-cracking nukes. Shields bounce off nearly any fast-moving projectile, only carefully slow ones can penetrate. Lasguns cut through anything, but if they connect with a shield, they cause a small scale nuclear explosion, so they're only used in very limited circumstances. (There's a scene in the book where Duncan Idaho takes out a pursuing group of Sardaukar with lasguns by setting up a shield that blows up in their faces.) So fighting in this universe is primarily done through hand-to-hand combat by soldiers who know how to parry fast to activate their shields but attack slow to penetrate.


I thought it was fine they didn't explain any of this?

Today's movie going normie has been conditioned to accept that a dude with a bow and arrow can fight on even terms with a guy in a flying power suit, and also a literal god. So for normies all you need is a quick demo of the shields... while most nerds already understand the Dune mechanics
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Dune (2021) by Rafiki 10/22/2021, 9:46am PDT NEW
    I also know nothing of the source material, and I thought it was really good. by pinback 10/24/2021, 4:23pm PDT NEW
        Re: I also know nothing of the source material, and I thought it was rea by Rafiki 10/24/2021, 7:44pm PDT NEW
            The stillsuits looked like they were all about to go spraypaint a house NT by Bad costumes all around 10/24/2021, 9:18pm PDT NEW
                Brataccas is my favorite bad game and they really cribbed from Dune a little by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/26/2021, 2:30pm PDT NEW
    Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by Mischief Maker 10/25/2021, 9:05pm PDT NEW
        Re: Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by Rafiki 10/26/2021, 11:07pm PDT NEW
            All of your moral interpretations of the plot are accurate. NT by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:36am PDT NEW
                SPOILER elaboration (only for part 1) by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 5:04am PDT NEW
                    Re: SPOILER elaboration (only for part 1) by E. L. Koba 10/28/2021, 4:33pm PDT NEW
        Re: Dune is probably my favorite sci-fi novel of all time and I loved the movie! by E. L. Koba 10/28/2021, 4:58pm PDT NEW
    [REDACTED] is killed by what is effectively a drone. by A Samsung SSD 10/26/2021, 1:13pm PDT NEW
    I saw it in the theater, in a recliner, with extremely good sound system, and a by beer in the cupholder. 10/27/2021, 12:56pm PDT NEW
        Infinity War didn't rate? NT by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 2:33pm PDT NEW
            Marvel movies are ugly messes, every frame of Dune is gorgeous. by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:28pm PDT NEW
                Pretty goddamn generic by Frank Herbert 10/27/2021, 4:42pm PDT NEW
                    You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? NT by Mischief Maker 10/27/2021, 4:59pm PDT NEW
                        incorrect by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 5:20pm PDT NEW
                            Lookit dese guys NT by Couple a purps 10/27/2021, 5:27pm PDT NEW
                        gur, I read this as "IS actually". I might have to stop reading on my phone :( NT by laudablepuss 10/28/2021, 12:30pm PDT NEW
                        Re: You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? by John Gulp 10/29/2021, 6:51am PDT NEW
                            Re: You know Thanos isn't actually Josh Brolin in purpleface, right? by Vidinfox 11/09/2021, 12:37pm PST NEW
                This is correct. by pinback 10/27/2021, 5:26pm PDT NEW
                    Re: This is correct. by Frank Herbert 10/27/2021, 5:34pm PDT NEW
                    Arrival was pretty decent. A few ridiculous parts NT by but largely good 10/27/2021, 8:34pm PDT NEW
                Scenes in a desert are going to be stark and striking automatically. NT by laudablepuss 10/27/2021, 5:27pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Scenes in a dessert are eye candy NT by caltropa after dark 10/28/2021, 4:56am PDT NEW
    Rewatched '84 and '21 recently. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 11:53am PST NEW
        IMO a couple of character moments are better in the '84 version by Fullofkittens 11/09/2021, 12:26pm PST NEW
            Agreed on #2, huge disagree on #1. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 12:30pm PST NEW
            Also I think the real Kwisatz Haderach in '84 is Duke Leto's unkillable pug. by Mischief Shai-hulud 11/09/2021, 1:58pm PST NEW
 
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