DUNE Explained: The Biggest Questions Answered
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- The biggest questions of Dune 2021 explained. The Dune ending and full movie has left fans and viewers with many questions, especially those who haven't read Frank Herbert's science fiction novel. Paul's visions, the Bene Gesserit, Baron Harkonnen's escape and the emperor are just some of the elements that a Dune Part 2 will address. In this breakdown of Denis Villeneuve's Dune, I've explained all of the biggest questions for readers and non-readers of the book, alongside easter eggs and things you missed. There are heavy spoilers in this video.
Paul Atreides leads nomadic tribes in a battle to control the desert planet Arrakis. Dune is an upcoming epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve with a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Eric Roth. The film is an international co-production of Canada, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is the first of a planned two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert, which will cover roughly the first half of the book. The film stars an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.
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0:00 Intro
1:35 Gom Jabbar Test And The Bene Gesserit Explained
3:55 Paul's Visions, Jamis And Final Fight Explained
5:33 The Fremen Prophecy Explained
6:59 The Purpose Of Stillsuits And The Importance Of Water
8:49 The Sandworm, Thumpers And Sandwalk Explained
11:45 Crysknife And The Voice Explained
13:43 What Was The Emperor's Scheme?
15:25 How Does Baron Harkonnen Survive?
18:31 What Are Lasguns And Why Were They Only Used Twice?
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Here's my explained video where I breakdown all the biggest questions from Denis Villeneuve's Dune. As a starter, you can check out my full movie breakdown here: ua-cam.com/video/T_f_AHDM3Lo/v-deo.html
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I don't normally comment on videos but your take on Dune has been spot on. Kudos to you! Also, Cortex's extended Dune trailer was THE BEST dune trailer of them all. Really well done, thank you!
@Kalda Forn An Avengers fan here!!No offence!
In the Dune saga it’s said that the worms are NOT native to Arrakis but we’re introduced from another unknown planet.
in reality, the shield would just slow the bullet down until the bullet was slow enough to penetrate, making projectiles adapt to cause damage at low speeds, which we see with the use of the dart guns which sit there and bore there way through the shield. I mean I get the whole narrative reasons and world building reasons, but a heavy dart machine gun would wreck people pretty decently id imagine lol
The Baron hiding from the poison on the ceiling then having to recover in goo was awesome.
Actually preferred this action to the quick unaffected Baron escape in the book. Made more sense to me. And gave Letos death more meaning and less a failure.
@@TheWayfarerFamily same. And the visual of him clinging to the wall made him feel like an animal.
@@kurkindal1234 yes exactly so creepy.
@@TheWayfarerFamily agreed!
@@TheWayfarerFamily I thought it was funny hiding on the ceiling like that😆
It's also important to note that one reason the Bene Geserit had a huge problem with Paul's birth was that it may have ruined a centuries-long plan to engineer a kwisatz haderach emperor that they could control like a puppet.
The BG came to Caladan to kill Paul.
Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam admitted that the test was rigged against him.
But Paul passed the test anyway so they had to let him live
Is Paul the kwisatz haderach if the BG can’t control him? In the books it appears to be that way. It doesn’t go into much detail about how they would control him
@@LordLootus it was mentioned in the book that they would manipulate the environment that KH would be raised in. Jessica giving birth to a male heir maybe have foiled the BG's plan.
@@LordLootus In the novel, when asked, Paul says "I'm something...unexpected."
This suggests that he already knew of the possibility of the future that his son creates.
@@digitalbookworm5678 he knew. He dodged that path for himself and left it for his son to carry the burden.
Paul wasn't 'pampered' on Calidan.
He essentially grew up in a royal house version of military school. Even time spent with his Mother was hard physical and mental training.
He was pampered.
I agree he was not a primadonna. He didn't live in a lap or luxury. He was trained in many things. He had mentat abilities, he has bene geseret skills, along with his martial skills, added with his military training. This conditionally prepared him for what's to come. Which makes him quite formidable, if he was soft, he would've failed the box test, albeit losing his life.
@@nodrama490 lol, ok troll, name one line in the book to support that?
@@NR-rv8rz tell me where he wasnt? as a boy was he or not pampered? what is you definition of pampered?
@Kalda Forn youre not making any sense
Your understanding of Lady Jessica's character in the beginning of your video is incorrect.
The book makes clear that having a son and not a daughter with Duke Leto demonstrated her love and loyalty to the duke over the BG order.
The reason for her not interfering with Paul's test is that it would have resulted in Paul's death at the hand of the Reverend Mother by the gom jabbar.
The BG order were not convinced, Paul could be the Kwisatz Haderach (the one who can be at many places at once), being a male. They would prefer seeing him killed than showing any sings of development. Again because he is a man, not a woman as they had been expected and anticipating a woman gtpm Jessica. His sister Alia and his son Paul II also could be considered as prospects of the title... but for the BG order the Kwisatz Haderach had to be a male, because females could not open the required connection to past experiences. But Alia commits suicide because of a treachery or betrayal against Paul.
The Kwisatz Haderach must be a male direct descendent of both Harkonen (male) and Atreides (female) parents according to the BG order expectations and plans.
Not certain whether Paul is such a cross-breed between both houses and why exactly BG order has chosen specifically those two houses, as there are houses as well. And they probably have had other prospects as well. A bit unfinished concept.
Very true, however Paul perceives it as her betraying him and that colors their relationship for the entire book
@@PASHKULI So then the BG planned that the Kwisatz Haderach would arise from House Harkonnen?
Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam mentioned that the BG had other candidates for Kwisatz Haderach.
In the books, there was at least one failed Kwisatz Haderach. Failed as he was sterile.
@@okolona1 BG goal is to have or to procreate the Kwisatz Haderach. They do not care from which exact bloodline it would be, but I think (not sure) they wanted it to emerge if possible from a male Harkonen and female Atreides. Any other skilful man would have fit perfectly though.
Thank you, I'm not the only one that picked up on this.
The sandworms are not native to Arakis, in the books it is shown that Arakis used to be a water planet, until the sand trout weere introduced.
I did not know this. I knew about the old dream but didn’t know it was a water planet. Makes total sense though cause of all the sand and the worms are perfect for terraforming though water can kill them.
@@flewprettygood8911 water doesn't kill them. It's actually how spice is created.
I've been looking more into dune because I've never even heard about it until this movie and WOW the stuff is deep
@@sjohn5779 wait until you realize who the real main character is that spans across all 6 books
@Animality Official yes
I read Dune for the first time in 1978 along with everyone else at my university. This new movie is a strong adaptation of the first half of the book. A pleasure to watch. Detail after detail is nailed.
The only downside is that the dialogue is dumbed down from the book.
The duel between Paul and Jamis is significant on another level. Throughout the movie up until that point, Paul has largely been caught up in events - just reacting to events put in motion by others, and later trying to survive, not exerting much in the way of personal agency. A couple of scenes earlier, Paul had a vision of what might come to pass if he and his mother used the engineered prophecies of the Missionaria Protectiva left in the Fremen culture by the Bene Gesserit to gain standing among the Fremen, seeing the possible future Fremen Jihad as an unquenchable fire spreading across the galaxy, consuming all in its path. The situation with Jamis is an inflection point - the moment when Paul could most readily choose to either walk the path of becoming the Kwizatz Harderach, fulfilling the terms of the engineered prophecy of the Lissan Al Ghaib and so becoming Muad'dib with the knowledge of the galactic scale carnage that lies ahead in that future, or he could turn away, either allowing Stilgar to fight Jamis in his place, whereupon Paul will live but will never have influence and power enough among the Fremen to have his revenge on the Padasha Emperor and the Harkonnen, or he could fight Jamis and allow Jamis to kill him, thereby avoiding the Jihad by another route, though a personally costly one. Paul foresees these options, seeing how the fight could play out in his death, and for the first time makes the active choice to set his feet on the path that will cause the symbolic death of the Paul Atredies that was, and will begin the ascension of the Kwizatz Haderach in earnest. These are the few shifting pebbles that will trigger the landslide, the seemingly (on the scale of the Imperium) minor event that is in truth the fulcrum upon which the fate of the galaxy will turn.
" I am the fulcrum. I am the giver and the taker.... I am the master of Fate!"
Just imagine how would a person, not familiar with books or the movie, react to such a comment? Hilarious 🤣
But, humour aside, totally agree with your point, as it is a moment where Paul stops being pulled by the flow and begins his own motion towards the future he chooses
Excellent break down. I thought the film handled this brilliant, and it's a great contrast to when Paul blindly hands his fate over to literally the winds of the storm in the Ornithopter. Then the Jamis fight he finally takes control of his fate.
Seemed like it was heading that way anyways, with or without Paul though.
@@Neolithika I disagree. The fremen were incredibly tough, well adapted to their environment (though it’s hinted that before Arrakis, the origin of their people was on Salusa Secundus, aka this is an offshoot of the Saudarkar), but they were divided into familial sietches and lacked unity of purpose and leadership other than through culture. Liet Kines is kind of like their “Lawrence of Arabia,” an outsider who goes native, but Kynes was taking a slow (possibly unsustainable) path and didn’t have the respect and command over all the fremen. To make another comparison, Kynes is like John the Baptist, a necessary step to pave the way for a “greater” entity.
Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides is a game changer. Not only does he benefit from the groundwork laid by Kynes and the Bene Gesserit god myth, but he brings his lifetime of feudalistic leadership training, combat abilities from masters of training in Gurney and Jessica, and of course his latent abilities to see possible futures. He also has the will and motivation to change things up for the Fremen, and take on the greatest human powers in the universe.
The Bene Gesserit aren't told to only have daughters who are then paired with noblemen from outside the breeding program. The noblemen themselves are also products of the breeding program. Jessica specifically was ordered to have only daughters, but another sister might be ordered to have sons, depending on the needs of the breeding program.
When Paul say, "I recognize the your footsteps old man." Immediately Gurney grabs Paul to pull him up to the Orithopter. This seems to be in reference to the scene earlier in which Gurney tells Paul not to have his back to the door and Paul says I would recognized you footsteps and calls him Old Man during the shield training.
It’s a double entendre. Shai Hulud translates to “Old man of the desert”….
That's correct. The line is nothing to do with Shai Hulud, it's all about Gurney Halleck. Obviously Paul is having a Spice-fuelled experience and has a glimpse of the future when he is going to be reunited with Gurney in the desert, after thinking he was dead. It's foreshadowing of something that's going to come in the next film.
@@tbirdparis Oh, I hope so. I really am a fan of Josh Brolin.
@@tbirdparis yep was thinking this a few days ago and hadn’t seen it covered on any UA-cam videos , but I bet money in the sequel Paul will say that line again “I recognize your footsteps old man”
The worm never looked down at Paul and Jessica. Sandworms are completely blind, they can only hunt by sensing the vibrations of moving sand. While Paul and Jessica were running through the dunes, it knew exactly where they were; but since they walked over the rocks, the vibrations from their running suddenly stopped. Worms avoid the rocks, because they can't dive on rocky ground, so it was just waiting for it's prey to make new vibrations by moving onto sand again. It didn't knew Paul and Jessica were there, right down it's gaping mouth.
Its face mouth looked like a giant eye and i dont think by accident!
@@Atlas99973 Doesn´t look like an eye at all, but even if it did, it woudn't matter. It's well explained in the books how the worms hunt. Also, if it could see Paul, why would it turn around and go after the thumper vibration?
Im not discounting this comment i agree with it, but thinking about it, we are explaining the worm's actions in only a scientific light. Everything about the dessert is shrouded in mysticism, and the worm might very well have been able to sense them even though they wernt giving off the vibrations any more. The entire movie is grounded in symbolism and that scene might very well have been laced with many.
They could sense each other, using the Force
@@jorge-alberto It Saw Paul
Went out to watch this on IMAX at 11:30PM. the whole theatre was full of people and time went so fast. Everyone was completely immersed and didn’t notice the 3 hours. In the end we all clapped.
I agree. This movie is set-up, betrayal, and conversion to Islam which isn't much to speak of, but the visuals are so good you don't notice the length or get bored in any scene. It didn't fall high on my top 300 movies as it only came in at 251, and yet I do want another movie to get into a better story as opposed to more explanation.
@@ReligionOfSacrifice I don't think it had anything to do with Islam. In fact, the elements are closely associated with the Christo Judioasm where Jesus is believed to have spent 40 days and 40 nights in the Arabian deserts. With sandworms closely depicting the snake of the desert that was subdued by Jesus Christ.
@@jobsmine, the Mahdi is the name for the Islamic Messiah or Christ. The Arabic being spoken by the people in the desert was used to avoid a made up language. I agree that the movie is not going to make them do a Hajj or anything like that, but the reality is they did borrow from Islam at times.
@@ReligionOfSacrifice not exactly. It’s hebrew. And Jesus christ spoke Aramaic (Hebrew for now) as for most Israelis and Pharisee at that time. In fact the New Testament was published in Greek that were directly transcribed from Aramaic.
@@jobsmine, the twelfth Imam or Mahdi is an Arabic term in Islam. Mashiach is the term Messiah in Hebrew and that is like saying Christ in Greek. Not sure what your credentials are, but that you would call the Mahdi something in Hebrew and not Islamic Arabic sort of makes you one not to trust in logic.
Dune is referring to Islamic terms and words throughout. Thus the movie can be called: Part one is set-up and part two is betrayal and part three is the conversion to Islam such that the people in the desert can think of him as their Mahdi or Islamic savior.
“Here I am…” that part got me so hard!
And Paul computing different possible futures while in a fight and pull some Neo VS Agent smith moves on that fremen was crazy good!
"Here I remain."
@Kalda Forn Haters gonna hate.
@Kalda Forn and yet here you are, going out of your way to tell people about how this is a trash film, even though if the film actually was trash it would have immediately been common knowledge from the hundreds of thousands of views, and from the many reviews by people with much more of a following or audience than you. Imagine being so small, thus the idiom “haters gonna hate” holds true. It’s a slow movie in parts, sure. It’s subtle in many parts, yes. That doesn’t mean it’s trash. It’s one of the more faithful book-to-film adaptations, in company with LotR, and that’s no small feat given the source material. It isn’t lacking in emotion, there’s emotion all over the place. Happiness, sorrow, panic, calm, rage, and fear. It’s all there. You just might have missed it.
You didn’t care for it, and you’re entitled to your opinion. This movie isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. It doesn’t need to be. For what it is, it’s my favorite film in quite some time, and arguably the best film of the year
“I was a friend of Jamis. He taught me that when you kill, you pay for it”
- Duke Paul Muad'Dib
Paul had no trouble killing those Harkknnen in the thopter. So Janis was not his first kill.
@@okolona1 Technically correct (especially in the book) but in the film too since Paul obviously trips up the first of the Harkonnens (the one who hit him) and makes him fall out of the 'thopter.
On the other hand, I presume the "feel" of actually thrusting a knife into another body is something else again and not something anyone would forget doing for the first time.
Who 5he heell is Janis?
@@dagny-maya1504 you saw the movie?
If yes, I can tell you who he was…
@@mpalfadel2008 i believe that question was because there is no Janis. But a Jamis in other hand..
It's not a sequel. It's merely a continuation. The sequels would be Dune MESSIAH and CHILDREN of Dune.
This is correct, more people need to understand this
@@DG-gx4sg The other 3 📚 books are Dune GOD EMPEROR, Dune CHAPTERHOUSE, and HERETICS of Dune. These books take place, a few thousand years, in the distant future. Frank Herbert died before finishing, the seventh and final book 📖, in the Dune series.
@@andrewforte3852 But rejoice his son and kevin anderson finished the trilogy by ruining it, and ignoring the other books and lore.
You cannot forget Emperor God of Dune and dune Chapter House
@@robertthompson4393 I didn't forget. There is six books in the Dune series. The seventh book was never finished. Frank Herbert died before it was completed. However his son as you know has carried on his legacy. Writing a series of popular yet controversial Dune books.
One aspect of the fight between Paul and Jamis is the way in which Paul felt remorse for having killed Jamis. He claims that Jamis's chief lesson as a freind was to teach him that killing someone has a price-especially when one has to kill at close range; when one can see the eyes and face of his opponent. Many veterans can relate to such a feeling and they never forget the images of those they had to kill in such a manner-often feeling great remorse and even a kinship with their victim.
It also showed him, I hate to use the word "becoming a man". Stepping away from being a child, and embracing whats coming even if he didn't want it.
Stilgar makes the point about him toying with him, and then they find out it's a fight to the death. In a way stop being a "child" time to become a "man".
Dr. Wellington Yueh was not a weak man his imperial conditioning was broken by the Harkonnens
Small correction: Mua’Dib is the Fremen word for the desert mouse that he sees in his Holobooks and when he and Jessica emerge from the and after they sleep in the tent in the desert.
In the books he selects this name himself, after he is accepted into the Fremen.
He didn't make a mistake, you mis-heard. He said "Mahdi" not Muad'dib...this guy knows what he's talking about when it comes to Dune lore 😂😂😂
Nobody has paid attention to the mouse this is huge foreshadowing into Paul's future and decision making
The mouse is muad'dib wise one of the desert right where pual gets his name
And the little voice Paul hears is that of the mouse.
The mouse appears several times. Paul even sees it in the hologram right before the hunter seeker enters the room.
I think Paul identifies himself with this creature. Small but resilliant.
I don't think Paul's "old man" comment during his first spice vision was meant to refer to the sand worm, but rather Gurney as he approached from behind him and Paul recognized the sound of his step as he said he could in the sparring scene earlier in the film. He also referred to him as "old man" to tease him in this scene as well.
It's also possible that the sand worm simply couldn't see Paul and Jessica before Jamis distracted it with his thumper. It's not something I've really thought about before, but does the sand worms even have eyes? I figured they navigate entirely by feeling vibrations and that it was momentarily blind as they were standing completely still and that it would have attacked the moment they attempted to run away.
I had the same reaction. I kept whispering 'don't move'
You're right about both. With how sandworms dwell mostly underground, I doubt they have eyes at all, so the one chasing Paul and Jessica was most likely trying to 'sense' them before it got distracted by a thumper. And yes, Paul's vision in front of the harvester was pretty lucid. He was seeing things but he was also aware of his surroundings and could react to them (but so distracted by his vision that he didn't think to save his a** before it was almost too late)
It was a reference to Paul having visions but also being aware of his surroundings. That Paul can now see into the future just seconds away.
@@Dularr not the future per say but “possible futures” almost like Quantum projections, that’s why he benefits from advices of the fremen he killed without even meeting him while they were trapped in that Dune’s Helicopter “life is not to be stopped and understood but you need to go with the flow of it” that saved them their and that’s why he stops fighting his destiny and go with the fremen.
@@oniriscope I meant what I said. Paul develops the ability to see the future in near real time.
"For 100s of years we've traded blood for blood, but no more, Your Son is dead, Your Concubine is dead, tonight the House of Atreides falls, Your bloodline ends forever!!"
Duke Leto.....
"Here I am, Here i remain....CRUNCH!"🌬😱😱😱😱
That got me deep!
In my opinion the most powerful scene in the movie
@@morelifeoverhere exactly. Absolutely broke my heart with Leto. I cheered as that tooth crunched and did a little "HA-HA!" (Nelson muntz style) at Piter. little tw@.🌬🤢💀
Paul is starring at the sandworm, because of the rocks... sandworms won't get across rock.
When the Shadout Mapes showed Jessica the crysknife, Jessica was going to call it a “maker of death”, but as soon as she said “maker” (a term for sandworms), the Shadout Mapes reacted as she did.
And they detail this so well in the book. That Missionaria Protectiva really did lay the groundwork for Paul and Jessica to survive and thrive with the Fremen.
Jessica made the mistake of not drawing blood before resheathing it though if you go off the book. Obviously this was omitted for some reason which was a tad disappointing in regards to accuracy but not a huge issue (and I’m certain Dennis would be aware this detail).
I consider this to be an important detail. Jessica is only lucky that the word she chose happened to echo the word Mapes was thinking of. Jessica doesn't know, even then, that the sandstorm are called 'makers' by the Fremen. It tells us that, while the Bene Gesserit's Missionary Protective has seeded ideas into Fremont culture, they are general ideas that manifest themselves organically. Paul and Jessica's path among the Fremen isn't a paved road or a delineated playbook. They still have to tread carefully, pay attention and respond appropriately for things to go well.
These details, which are everywhere in the book, are very difficult to bring into a visual medium.
Sandworms. I hate autocorrect.
@@craiggallagher4461 The knife was not fully unsheathed. In the desert the firemen who pulled their knives during the skirmish with Jessica did cut their arms before sheathing their crysknives
The worm with the harvesters and the worm that chases Paul and Jessica are not the same. The size is very different. The term Shai-hulud is used by the fremen to refer to all sandworms, not a specific one.
Maybe I missed it when I read the book, but I'm not sure about Yueh being "weak" exactly. The plan with the tooth seems to relate more to Leto being able to get up close and personal with Baron Harkonnen; Yueh suspected that his wife was already dead, and in some way probably already considered that he'd be killed anyway without ever getting close to the Baron.
You are correct. It's not only that though. He was conditioned to be unable to inflict harm by the Suk medical school.
"You do not truly know someone untill you fight them" thus he did become his friend through battle.
I'm fine with spoilers. The low budget dune miniseries has already satisfied me long ago. But the epic 2021 is no doubt a spectacle.
Watch on 1.5x speed for a normal talking pace. Thank me later.
...And, you get to see Javier and Josh in the same scene.... Finally!!!
What the Baron did to eliminate Paul nyiufrnjrj is a microcosm of what he did to end the Atraites as a whole, dropping them off in a desert to die.
I love how there's explanations for all the weapons in dune
They also have "atomics" nuclear weapons, it's explained in the books that they are banned. They should be used in the 2nd part.
@@spencers4121 Well, in the book, they show what happens when a Lasgun hits a shield in the final battle. (An atomic explosion happens)
10:50 I assumed Paul referring to the 'Old Man' was him talking about Gunny running up behind him to save him. Earlier in the movie, Paul is mildly-scolded by Gunny for having his back turned to the door, to which Paul replies: "I'd hear/know if it was you, old Man".
Wasn't is actually Thufir in the book?
In the book, when Jessica is faced with shadout mapes and the crysknife, she was going to call it a maker of death, which is the wrong answer. But luckily after the first word mapes shrieks and cuts off Jessica, she didn’t know it was a maker, she just got very lucky
Really nice to hear from someone who has read the books, extensively, and yet, not be a snob about it. I've reread Dune for 30+ years, and often find it hard to explain certain concepts to non-readers. The prohibition on AI is usually the first question mark, so, perhaps that could be covered in more depth.
Thanks for the upload!
The shoutout mephs did not draw blood after the dagger was unsheathed.
She doesn't didn't have to, only in declaration of a duel would she need to. She held the knife as a gift and provided the sweat from her palm to it.
As a person who read the book twice and is still confused, thank you
Confused about what?
The ending was all about Paul visions. Paul was "swiping left" on his visions.
@Kalda Forn I thought I was the only one. I didn't like Bladerunner 2049 either. Chalamet is sleepwalking through most of the film. Several other characters were deadpan and uninspiring as well.
@Kalda Forn Yeah, I don't know what is the deal with Hans Zimmer. Lately his composing has become so impressionistic and abstract, but barely musical. About as much articulated emotion as throwing a rock through a window.
@@aliensoup2420 I agree that the music for Dune wasn’t all that great tbh, idk why EVERYONE else seems to think it was amazing, also the sound design of the movie in general isn’t that great in my opinion. After watching it in theaters when I watched it at home I had to hold the remote and turn it up when people were talking and WAYYYY down when the music came on, wish they would have leveled out the sound design more so I could comfortably keep it at one steady volume. Other than the music and sound design though I absolutely LOVED this movie though. I can definitely understand that it’s not for everyone, but I have never seen the other movie or show, or read the books, so this movie was completely 💯% new to me and I thoroughly enjoyed it and cannot wait until part 2. I also hope that Denis makes more after part 2 and it becomes another huge franchise in the modern day movie culture, like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe among other things.
@@blainejackson2857 I also enjoyed the movie but didnt like the soundtrack I've been joking about it a lot recently how it would be quiet then just BOOM BOOM BOOM CHECHECHE 😭 and scream then the voices idk I couldnt help but laugh at a few places just because it felt strange
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen:
Can someone explain what
that fleshy row of organic-lights is down his back/spine? Is that the anti-gravity device that allows him to float? It's so knarly looking!!!
Yes, those are anti-gravity suspenders. Duncan uses them too in the fight with the Sardaukar.
Paul didn't attract the sandworm at all. That sand worm was always meant to chase them regardless. What he changed was fighting in his mother's behalf.
Yes. And to be clear, the reason Jamis had to die was not Paul's doing or any mistake that Paul made in attracting a sand worm. As you say, the sand worm was already coming. When they stepped on the drum sand, that only hastened its approach. But Paul had no way of knowing he was about to step on drum sand. And in any case, I fail to see any connection between that and the fight between Paul and Jamis. That was totally Jamis' choice. He called out Stilgar for having been bested by Jessica and Stilgar said not now. Then Jamis called out Jessica and Stilgar said you can't call her out. Then Jamis said he would challenge her champion and that was when Paul had to step forward. It was Jamis' decision to fight for the leadership of the seitch that led to his death, not any mistake made by Paul. Paul's visions are only possible futures. But that doesn't mean he has the ability to control the actions of others that could also influence events.
@@skiziskin That's true too. There's a chance that Paul didn't change anything, but it's Jamis that changed the outcome, or it could be the mother who changed the outcome by fighting the guy and beating him, or it could be the guy who attacked the mother. I think the main concept here when it comes down to it is free will. Because Paul can see only one specific future. But it's never set in stone, it can alway's change or subject to change based on I guess free will. The choices that you make or the choices that other people make, it's never clear what the choices of people are going to be. But the circumstances will alway's follow the same predicted path. It's up to them to follow that path or deviate. So yeah It could have been anybody but who really knows who stepped out of the path. Or maybe multiple people did at the same time.
Wow. This is the best Dune explained video out there. Thank you!
Excellent explaination. I espedially appreciated you making the destinction between the one who speaks the prophecy and the one why who fullfills it. Greatly apprecaied.
Brilliant movie. Hopeful for Part two.
Good video, but the sand worms are not native to Arrakis. Of course very few in the Dune universe know this, so a minor detail
Why didn’t Shadout Mapes draw blood with the crysknife when she unsheathed it and gifted it to Jessica? That was done in the 1984 film but not this one.
Somethings have to be cut, it was one of them.
I wondered that too. It would only take a few seconds to explain, or even just show, that the knife must be blooded before being returned to the sheath. It's a worthless gift
@@spencers4121 or i guess not cut in this case
*rimshot*
it was not completely pulled out of the sheath. had it been the Mapes would have bloodied it
Thank you very much for this video
Good analysis especially that on the use of personal shields to foster an environment and culture where the melee are principally used for combat. Well done...
The future Paul saw involving Jamus was accurate. It was just that Paul misunderstood the vision, thinking it was his own death not Jamus’. Jamus did indeed show him the way; through being killed by Paul, Jamus made Paul a Fremen.
Fun fact : "Lesan al ghaib" is an Arabic word that literally means (the tongue of the absent or unknown) , which means the speaker of the future.
Love the synopsis thank you. Addicted to the series and hate waiting.
I went to the theatre without any information about Dune. Never even seen any trailer.
Later at night I've watched the 1984 version. I was so intrigued I had to watch it. The Lynch version looks rushed after Paul and Jessica met the Fremen.
I'm pretty hyped up for part 2.
I love the 84 Lynch version, but it falls short of the book by a lot.
If you want a more accurate version try to find the Scifi channel Mini series, the CGI isn't great they had a limited budget. But the acting is good, and follows the book far better.
They also did Children of Dune, which is the 2nd and 3rd books combined.
After I watched the movie in the theater I found some people outside who had never seen any of it or read the books and I told them if this thing becomes success I'm really hoping for at least a minimum of five more movies to tell the story of the Dune Saga. Because after the second part of Dune you have the books of Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, Emperor God of Dune. And I believe the last one Frank was writing with called dune chapterhouse
I would love it if you could discuss aspects of the Fremen culture worldbuilding, it’s foundation, definitions of certain words, and if they’ll have Paul do what’s in the book regarding the care of Jamis’ family, and the Fremen “water as money” culture.
Please refer to the Bene Gesserit Indoctrination of New Colonies Manual Volume 1.
Greetings from DK. As one of those, that haven’t read the book, and feeling quite confused after watching the movie two times, this is the best video I’ve seen, explaining the the Dune universe and answering all the questions left after watching the movie.
That means a lot to hear and that it helped. Hope you enjoyed the movie!
The movie left a lot out, great for those that know the lore. Not so much for others, and this was still 3 hours and only half the book lol.
POV: you are the baron's lunch
luv my desert
luv my arrakis
luv my food
simple as.
"You have a wonderful kitchen, cousin!"
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Grill them all
@@Sk4M_.RangeroftheNorth is that what he said. I couldn't understand
@@aceofhearts573 yeah bro.
i enjoyed this video. Thank you
This was brilliant. Thank you
well done mate...excellelent video mate
The reason Paul sees Jamis as a friend in his vision is because he’s accessing Idaho’s memory. They shared a drink together and it has spice in it so Paul shares Idaho’s experience/memory. This scene was cut in the final film so you didn’t see it.
Time to wait for the extended edition.
Are you sure? I always thought it was one of Paul’s possibly futures
The reason for Jamis being mentioned as a friend in the vision is revealed during Jamis funeral ceremony where the word "friend" is very significant for both Paul and the Fremen. I don't understand why this is overlooked in so many analysis videos. Jamis becomes Paul's friend through the fight and by Paul taking his life. Paul didn't change the future of his vision, he followed it exactly. It's just that the visuals of the vision are symbolic, not literal.
16:10 Iirc the Harkonnens in the book were masters of torture and Wanna is kept alive and on Piter's pain amplifiers. Yueh decides that in exchange for working with them, they let Wanna die and the Baron was being "generous" by letting Yueh "join" her. Wish they showed this in the movie to really highlight how "brutal" the Harkonnens were.
@10:45 you misunderstand the line of Paul saying "I recognize your stride old man" near the harvester, seconds before Gurney grab him and put him on his feet while the sandworm arrives. It is not a reference to the worm but to the scene with Gurney on Caladan when he is training against dummys and Gurney told him not to turn his back to the door. Then Paul says he recognize his stride.
@@dinadanalcedines628 Sure. The words used are exactly the sapme though "I recognize your foot steps... Old man." So I don't think paul knows that the worm is called Old Man by the fremen. So I'm right on this one. ;-)
@@yanngoffin2073 The spice allowed Paul to connect with Shai-Hulud and he could probably sense how ancient it was. It's a double entendre.
@@Ermac6195 not yet way too soon for this kind of knowledge. No double entendre here. Hé recognize thé steps of Gurney who is comming to grab him from behind to bringé him back.
It doesn't make any sense that Paul didn't know all that much about the Bene Gesserit as he even received training in the voice but it is far more likely that this is a literary device to explain to the audience what is going on. It is just one of those little quicks we need to accept. As Jessica is explaining the Bene Gesserit to Paul what she is really doing is explaining it to the audience. It makes this seem more natural rather than doing voice over narration to explain the things the audience needs to know.
No. Paul makes the old man comment in the desert bcz he told the weapon master that he could recognize his steps, which is the person that walked up on him in that scene.
Maybe Paul can use The Voice on the sandworm.
Question on the hunter seeker. Why did it stop in front of Paul's eye? Is it because he stopped moving? And if the maid did not open the door how would Paul have stopped it? I can't remember how this played out in the book
I don’t remember how it plays out in the book, but in the movie I got the sense that it detects movement. That’s why Paul stood very still. When the housekeeper opened the door the hunter seeker zoomed at her, but Paul stopped it before it could kill her
It detects movement.
In the book it just so happens that Jessica had asked someone to go summon Paul at that time. That is how Paul was able to grab it when it flew past him to kill the person opening the door to Paul's Chambers
And how is it supposed to kill if you can just grab it .
@@mynamejeff8401 Paul got lucky. The Hunter Seeker goes into your body, up your nerves, right to your brain in seconds. Shields slow them down enough to grab them, but Paul didn't have his on. The Shadout Mapes saved Paul's life by opening that door.
Nice work with the video. Just want to offer an idea: the scene where Paul references "old man" during the worm attack on the harvester... I'm thinking it's a call back to his sparring session with Gurney. Paul mentions his footsteps in both scenes... maybe it has "duel" meaning (i know its 'dual' but its a pun attempt)
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Yeah I thought he was meaning Gurney when he said it. Paul hasn't got any relationship with the worms yet, but i think it was just showing his abilities when on spice, i also think the spice was talking to him. "The Kwizats Haderach must rise!"
In the book, Shai-Hulud is noted to mean “old man of the desert.’ It’s likely a reference to that.
@@ixianmachine yes you're absolutely right. it does say that in the book. But here's why I came up with what I mentioned:
1. Pre sparring scene, Gurney admonished Paul for standing with his back to the door. Paul says, "I could tell it was you, by your footsteps, Gurney Halek." Paul also makes it a point to tell Gurney that he'd, "know the difference," if someone imitated his stride. During their sparring, Paul also refers to Gurney as "Old Man."
2. When Paul is in his trance, he says, "I recognize your footsteps, old man..." then jump cut to Gurney grabbing Paul's shoulder.
3. Shai'hulud has no feet (But he is many feet long).
@@bunnyofdoom4501 Ha ha. Yep. It was definitely a double fan service moment.
I must have missed Paul calling the worm 'Old Man of the Desert' in the Harvester scene. When Gurney was coming up behind Paul as he was kneeling, Paul says in a sort of snarky tone, 'I hear your footsteps Old Man', recognizing Gurneys footsteps, which brings him out of the vision and they begin running. I'll have to watch this movie again once the Blu-ray comes out.
Another great video.
Keep it up man 👍
Hey man, I’m reading the book and came across this, have already watched your video twice 🤝 loved looking at the brilliant comments too
Jamis should have accompanied Stilgar to meet the Atreides…es? in Arakeen, but stood back and had no lines, but just locked eyes with Paul for a moment… and maybe spitting on the floor before he leaves? aside from appearing in the prologue, he doesn’t show up until Paul’s vision in the sand storm, but he plays such a huge role in the narrative.
same with Dr. Yueh… he needed more development, even if they had to invent it for the movie.
Excellent video !
thank you for this
Nicely done.
The Baron had the shield because the repellent effect of subatomic particles of the Holtzman Field is what allowed the Baron to float. He turned the Holtzman field up to a higher setting, reinforcing the field, when he suspected danger.
They only wanted to remake this movie because they want to improve the visual, using the technology we have today. I already know the story in summary but its worthwhile to watch it.
I think the storytelling has improved too
I hope they do explain some more of the machinations because I’ve never understood how the Emperor could replace the Harkonnens with the Atreides, only for the plan to have the Harkonnens return and wipe out the Atreides and what, act like no one in the known universe was gonna find out?!?! How is there no civil war to follow after that treachery?? Lol
The Emperor is basically a title of a CEO of CHOAM (Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles) a huge interplanetary corporation that controls all trade. The Landsraad is basically a board of directors of which Leto Atreides is one of the members. Leto started to gain a ton of popularity across the whole directorate and other baronies, which started to worry the Emperor. As a CEO, the Emperor, can be voted out of his position if he is no longer popular. So he secretly joins the Baron's plan. Vladimir Harkonnen is highly disliked by every other member of the board, so the Emperor is confident that if the Baron wipes out the Atreides there will be no one else popular enough to take away his position.
Also, the Harkonnen & Atreides houses have hated each other for many hundreds (if not thousands) of years. So if the Emperor gave the popular and liked Duke Leto the fief of Dune, then the other houses would possibly look at this like even the Emperor is liking Duke Leto and wants to entrust him with more power and stuff. While the Harkonnens come in and wipe their house out with the secret help of the emperors troops, people would just think that the Harkonnens got angry that the Atreides had “taken” (been given) “their” fief of dune and so they took revenge by killing them all and taking back over the planet. Also, since the Harkonnens are MUCH more successful and faster at harvesting Spice and getting it out into the universe for everyone to use, while the Atreides were NOT that good at collecting spice (because of the Harkonnens sabotaging them before leaving the planet) people might be willing to look the other way for the Harkonnens and just giving them a “slap on the wrists” such as giving them a big fine or something of the sort. Not 100% sure, that’s just what I would assume with everything that I know about the Dune universe so far.
The Atreides were amassing a force that could rival the Saudarkar, the Imperial legion. The Emperor feared that the other Great Houses in the Landsraad (sort of like a council or Parliment, the way I understand it) would obey Leto as opposed to himself.
Now, the Harkonnens and Atreides had a long standing legal blood feud, called "Kanly" in the books. The emperor decided to team up with the Harkonnens and eliminate his enemies. That way, if anything goes wrong, the Emperor can just say that it was a Kanly thing.
I thought Timothy says “I hear you old man” because that’s what he said to Josh Brolin when he was walking into that training scene, so he knew he was coming.
In the 1st book, the use of shields would provoke the sand worms into a frenzy, the harkonen and sadaujar thought they had an advantage against the freemen. Duncan Idaho used that fact to prevent the sadaukar from hunting them and the freemen down in the desert.
You nearly hit on the one things that irked me about the movie. Stillsuits are extremely valuable for living in the desert and need to be kept in working order. Knife fights, even with a large difference in skill level, will result in both combatants being cut. So the fight between Jamis and Paul should have been without them wearing the stillsuits as it will result in both suits being damaged to some extent. In the book, I believe the duel was done in the nude for this reason.
great explained video, good job. I want to read the book, tried to buy but seems there are too many versions. Do you know which one is I should buy?
Unless you get the new graphic novel, there aren't any different versions.
Just make sure you get DUNE. Followed by DUNE MESSIAH, then CHILDREN OF DUNE.
Yes, Paul's dreams are sometimes inaccurate, like it is described in the books: Because the future is not yet decided, he sees possible futures, the further he looks the more obscure it seems, depending on the choices he is yet to make. And also his dreams are symbolic in the sense that Jamis did actually become his teacher, just not in the way he saw in his visions. He taught him the ways of the desert in the sense that the desert is ruthless, he had to kill to be accepted amongst the fremen. In another vision Chani kills Paul. That is also symbolism, since Paul has never killed a man, and as the Bene Gesserit voices told him before the final fight, your old self dies if you take another life, and Paul has to die for Kvisatz Haderach to rise. And Chani was the one, who gave him the Chrisknife for the duel. Excellent job by the director I think.
Just hoping we get a new remake of the RTS game I played growing up. The movie was epic. They finally got it right.
I think it is still in original books that the worm is not native to Arrakis.
Harkonnen reminds me of Wallace !
Baron kills yueh. He could have used a tooth trick himself
Movie is the best cinematic experience I had in years
There are special anti-shield guns that fire projectiles that slow down when hitting shield and slowly work their way up through it, you can see a scene when Harkonenns attack during the night and Duncan Idaho fights his way through the palace corridors and encounters few soldiers (I think it was sardaukars) and he gets shot. This buzzer sticks to his shield and with great effort with an edge of his sword/knife he glances/brushes it away and it flies off the screen. So there are guns but not to that extent as our armies use them.
Here's my question. In the movie when Stilgar first meets Paul on his way out he says I recognize you meaning he knows the prophecy but when he fights Jessica i the desertand she bests him he asks why didn't you tell us you was a weirding woman? Which is the fremen term for bene gesserit. If he already knew of Pauls prophecy why didn't he know about Jessica?
That's a good point actually.
He knew about the prophecy indoctrinated into them by the Bene Gesserit. However, the prophecy didn't say anything about his lineage. All it said was that a man would come from a distant world, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. Also, fremen do correlate their Weirding Women to Bene Gesserit. They have been taught to think that they are not the same.
Ah I thought it said something about the son of a bene gesserit would come. Maybe you're right
Hang on remember how the house keeper reacted to Jessica knowing about the knife
The old man part, Paul was referring to Gurney coming to get cause he knows sound of his foot prints
I have a problem...the shield blocks fast moving things such as blades but allows slow moving particles like air so the user does not suffocate. Ok, so why didn't the poisoned air make it past the shield?
It slowed the rate of gas exchange between inside and outside the shield. I think this is explicitly stated in the book somewhere? The combination of a smaller initial dosage and that the Baron engaged his suspension lifts (not letting any more into his shield) prevented it from killing him long enough for his servants to ventilate the room and get him in to emergency treatment.
@@march4652 I'm sure there's a reason in the book too, Herbert was known for not missing details. I get that he levitated to avoid the poison but u figure even the tiny amount he was exposed to point blank wouldve killed him. And tbh, I would've LOVED if the baron died. That would have enraged his nephew and now you have a protagonist and antagonist who are young inexperienced men stepping into their new leadership roles at the same time and seek revenge from each other. I like that sort of two sides of the same coin story.
It's weird to me that the gom jabar test/scene is always referred to as such. It should be called the box test, right? Gom jabars pop up in other scenes throughout the story but isn't this the only time the box is featured? I know the gom jabars can kill so that's neat... but the box is much more intriguing imo.
The box test is nothing without the Gom Jabbar though.
The entire point is that you have to focus on the Gom Jabbar, not the box, so you don't die. By focusing on the GJ, you're thinking like a human, considering other, less apparent threats while your hand is caught in a trap.
19:35 Also the Laansard forbiten use atomics vs humans will generate an absolute retaliation from all Houses vs the agressor. Even so, in the novel, Duncan use a shiled/laser trap to slow down the Sardaukar, so them "think twice before using a lasgun again"
Part 2 is Greenlit!! Wooohooo!!!
Having just watched the film after another adaptation- I thought that if 2003 mini-siries used some sheet to cover their footprints, as they drag behind, wouldn't the sand-walk also explain if they were hard to track due to mimicry of natural patterns?
Good video.
Speeding this video up to 1.25 speed makes this sound like a normal speech pattern.
Jessic accidentally convinces Mapes that she is the prophesied one. Jessica was going to call it a "maker of death" and Mapes cut her off when she heard "maker." The Fremen call the sandworms "Makers." That's what Mapes was wanting to hear.
I like what they did in dune miniseries where the Fremen dragged these small hammock things to mask their footsteps so it sounds like sand blowing around. I think it makes more sense than the desert walk.
17:19 but did the Baron switch on his shield when up close & personal with Yueh?
He did not fear Yueh. He did fear Leto, even in his incapacitated condition.
Paul names himself Muad’Dib, so the Fremen didn’t call him that yet. It wasn’t mentioned in the first film but was hinted at with the little sand mouse.
I always took the "You still have much to learn. I will show you the ways of the desert. Come with me" vision as a statement as to why Jamis challenges Paul. To show him the way of the desert, which is kill or be killed.
The spider thing was the Doctor's wife. It's very much hinted at and with scene compositions.