Well yeah, most accurate theory is that it’s dr. Yeauh’s wife. After the harkonnens had taken her apart like a rag doll and probably experimented on her to create this abomination. It probably knows a human language hence why the voice worked. That being said, I’m not sure if the voice works on beings that don’t understand human language or beings that can’t hear, like the harkonenn soldier that was deaf.
@@Machiavelli2pc That's a bullshit theory with no backing other than "I saw one character and heard about another, they must be the same character". It adds absolutely nothing to the story.
@@bobbob5541 if you look it up, the vast majority of people believe it to be Dr. Yeuh’s wife. From the hands of the creature to the head (all look human, the head looks somewhat like a disfigured human head). The Harkonnens have a fetish for disfiguring humans and for disgusting pets. They might have used bene tleilaxu biological technology to do so. It could also be face dancers, chair dogs, or some sort of sex pet. I hope this isn’t spoilers but there aren’t any aliens in dune, all of the abominations are humans that have been genetically manipulated for specific purposes. Even the pets. The only exception *might* be shai halud. Edit: I might also add, yes- having the pet be Dr Yeuhs wife *does* in fact add to the story, as it shows how disgusting the harkonenns are. If you’ve read the book, the harkonnens in this dune movie are like Christian saints in comparison. The pet being dr yeuhs wife adds to their brutality to some extent. The Baron also has a fetish for disfigured human pets, whether for sex or humiliation purposes. I don’t think ‘bullshit’ is a nice term to describe this theory, especially for people who have read the books and are trying not to spoil things but know what happens, like me.
@@Machiavelli2pc I'm well aware that Harkonenns mutilate and modify humans, and that creature is almost certainly a disfigured human. But there is no reason to specifically think that "pet" is dr. Yeuh's wife. The only connection is that they're both (presumably) human characters in the same movie, and both are Harkonenns' captives. "vast majority of people believe it to be Dr. Yeuh’s wife" Even if this sweeping assumption was true (they did a survey or something? nobody invited me!) it wouldn't make it any more credible. Theory isn't good because it's popular. If the vast majority of viewers thought Piter de Vries and Chani were the same person it wouldn't make it true.
I pooped my pants in the IMAX showing. I felt so embarrassed. Then she used the voice and everyone was shocked, and I pretended that this was the reason for pooping my pants. Thanks Reverend Mother.
@@atarian345 Or it could be that he always thought the pet could not understand, and now is a bit shocked to learn that thing has listened in on so many evil conversations. Now Pet has to die.
@@christianmoreton9326 Similar to my read, I sensed his mentat mind processing the new information. I never thought that the pet probably overheard numerous conversations like that before, that's an interesting idea.
@@teenageboyhormonalrage I really think it's unlikely that the sandworms came from Earth. There is too much water on Earth and it wouldn't make sense for humans to have the ability to harvest spice on their own home planet.
@@asturias0267 Sandworms only evolved to be as they are because they were brought to Arrakis, highly recommend you read Children of Dune! It explains the life cycle of the Sandworms and what they were before all of the water on Arrakis was hidden beneath the sands by the pre-sandworm stage creatures themselves (sand-trout)
I'm more of a "Romancing the Stone" kind of guy, when it comes to "villain pets". You know. Ira? The guy with the two Crocodylia for pets, with one later severing the hand of ANOTHER villain in the movie? Whilst this second villain was holding a RESPECTABLY large emerald in that same hand? No? My apologies, I will see myself out, then.
@@christianflores7583 "common theory" more like it's parroted by the same people over and over, with those that didn't read the books. It's clearly a product of the Bene Tleilax.
I doubt the creature is Dr. Yuehs wife (though this would shed some new light on the Harkonnens ability for creepiness). The Baron was shown to stick precisely to his word : He insisted that letting the desert kill Paul and Jessica would quality as "not having harmed them himself". It seems logical the Baron would keep his promise to Dr. Yueh the same way. Reuniting him with his already murdered wife : Kill the Doctor. Reuniting him with a genetically altered wife would have meant for the Doctor to undergo the same transformation. (Also : Showing a tortured/mutilated Bene Gesserit to the revered mother and expecting her not to notice would have been a really dumb move on the Barons part).
yeah the whole this thing is Yuehs wife talk doesn't make sense imo as well. As you said it wouldn't be logical and the Baron is a lot of things but he ain't dumb. Idk what it is and i think that's a lot more intriguing than just oh they turned the doctors wife into a spiderthing.
@@ad9s_ In the Dune universe, there are no highly intelligent alien life discovered yet... These are products of the Bene Tleilax; humans who put genetic editing to an extreme.
Tlielaxu genetic modification, the Bene Tlielax is an order that pushes the limits of augmentation beyond any sense of moral decency. they wield technology that is capable of healing the most severe of injuries (the barons poison exposure) and at the same time capable of creating perversions of life such as vladimir's "pet"
@@o.f.7. Truthsaying is a bene gesserit skill that the Reverend Mother possesses. I don’t think it’s ever explained whether it’s a skill that can be learned but I think it just requires a great understanding of psychology mixed with some spice mumbo jumbo. Paul is also a truthsayer even though he doesn’t necessarily know it. Piter essentially tried to lie to someone who’s literal job is to be able to tell if someone is lying and is so good that the emperor trusts her.
@@o.f.7. She learned to detect lies through subtle cues, her own inner awareness. Later Herbert would explain it, even guide people. Herbert was raised by several middle aged and older women who taught him their tricks. Women of that age are very perceptive.
Hope Charlotte Rampling has more scenes in part 2 and Dune: Messiah. She's a phenomenal actress - she has an aura about her in a lot of her roles. Very similar to Vanessa Redgrave and something which a lot of good actresses lack. She more than deserved her Oscar nomination for 45 years. That throwaway remark "It understamds" was sharp. She knows the creature is some Tlielaxu abomination deliberately brought out by the Harkonnens for the meeting.
@@leocmen I always wondered if this scene was a way to pay homage to the 1984 movie (the bene gesserit witch must leave) and in this scene she is the one doing to commanding (the thing must leave).
Villenueve finished the movie, reviewed the footage with all its straightforward story and plot, and at the last minute thought ".....Okay maybe just ONE little quick tribute to Lynch and Jodorowsky to keep things weird."
One? You only saw one? Okay, this is probably the most obvious, but there were a few others. There is one scene near the end where the music sounds a lot like the theme from the Lynch version.
@@spectre111 oh I noticed that too. It was super subtle, but there were a few musical notes that almost made me think it was going to go into Toto's Dune theme.
@@ReaganLodge When I heard that in the theater i must have been grinning like an idiot because I knew exactly what they were trying to do and it worked! It's kinda like the theme to Jurassic World, its similar to the original theme but its not a straight up rip off.
@@clag1109 The Lynch version from 1984 has a lot of 'weird for the sake of weird.' The TV version cut out a lot of that stuff and made it kinda boring. This version takes a little from both.
I loved how we got this scene for free, it had no bearing on the plot except to show that the Harkonnens are sadistic Bastards. But we already know that so the rev mother is just like “Get that nasty fucking thing out of here. I don’t even want to know what it is I don’t want to see it.”
Yeah, I felt like this scene was mostly to highlight Villeneuve's vision for the Harkonnen's evil aesthetic, and show how they are NOT the same Harkonnen's that Lynch was giving us in 1984. Instead of being a constant motor-mouth monologuing villain, with over-the-top gross-out scenes, Villeneuve's Baron is insidious, and quiet, but so, so OTHER. And it's that disgusting creep of the evil and the inhuman, into otherwise normal human behaviour, that makes him really, really vile. I didn't love everything about the movie, but damn do I feel like he knocked it out of the park with the Baron.
the human spider must be a Tleilaxu genetic experiment of sorts. The Bene Gesserit order are well aware of and familiarized with Tleilaxu "products", having used them in the past
I believe this is inspired by a very rare early edition cover artwork for Chapterhouse Dune. My dad used to read it out loud to me as a “bedtime story” when I was very young and I remember the cover had the very faint image of a human-headed spider with glowing eyes in the background that was kind of hard to see unless you stared at the cover for a minute. What’s strange though is that to my knowledge, there isn’t anything like that in the text of Chapterhouse, unless I missed it completely. It’s been many years so I can’t remember.
No, the thing was likely been used as a listening device by the Telaxu (or however you spell it) which piter is apart of. The Bene Gesserit and the Telaxu hate each other. The face is Piter being pissed that he got caught
Remember just because thinking machines are banned in the dune Universe doesn't mean genetic manipulation and genetic alterations aren't. Look up chair dog, Futar and Sligs for reference.
The Dune series is an example of a 'biopunk space opera.' Like wherever Star Wars would have a droid, an AI or cyber implants, Dune would have some kind of biological modification or augmentation.
Wanna? She was killed, so no. I like to think it was once one of Baron's most despised enemies whom he had Bene Tleilax turn into this as punishment. Either that, or the sick fucks just wanted a genetically engineered man-spider just because.
I think it's not so much that she's worried about what the pet might hear - but she's also irritated that the Harkonnens feel comfortable enough around her that they have no problem letting her see this abomination that they've created. She's reminding them that she doesn't approve of their depravity.
@@poggybiscuit862 is this a serious reply? First not everyone thinks the wife thing is true. Second where did i say it was her? Third regardless of that theory it’s obviously been experimented on and the creator confirmed that it was human once before.
I love the subtle expression of “Just so” that washes across Pyter's face when she says that it understands. I really wish there was more of him in part one. The actor was great.
i love how just with that mascot resume the brutality of harkonnen, the book take many pages to tell, but here with just that was enough. And more is coming x3
In theaters it was so dark i thought it was a giant spider but now i wish i never saw what it really is. It looks disgusting & apparently it was a human before 😕
I didn't realize that this was. Like. An actual human experiment. I just thought it was a giant spider and I went 'aw how cute :)' the first time I saw this movie.
Wanna or not - it understands human language and Piter lied about it. So it seems to be a kind of secret listening device in addition to its function as a pet. The Dune books make particular reference to the use of humans and animals as weapons or for data transmission. The "pet" offers the possibility of recording the conversation, even though they were actually shielded against eavesdropping. And since the head appears remotely human, it can probably speak to reproduce the recordings. Creepy thought...
This isn't in the novel. There is no mention that the Harkonnens ever had a pet. The human-hand spider is purely a creation of the Dune 2021 film. Possibly to demonstrate the existence of the Bene Tleilax.
I don't know why I enjoy this bit as much as I do, just how it's eating out of a bowl thats moving while it eats reminds me of my old cat but it's like a spider with human hands. Nice touch to the scene
In the book, this meeting took place between Count Fenring, Baron Harkonnen and Piter in regard to bolstering their invasion with the help of the Saudakar. Not ANY member of the Bene Gesserit order was present for that matter, (especially Reverend Mother Mohaim) the Baron despised them. I understand why he was left out of the movie because he was not a major character and making a convenience for the sake of plot continuity and time , but Fenring was the emperor's right hand man in plotting since they were kids.
would be hilarious if he just showed up for the confrontation with the emperor in part 2. no introduction, no explanation, and just shows up to fist bump paul and then leaves.
Didn't Vlad raped her (because Bene Gesserit mind control bs of attempting to make the Kwisatz Haderach) hence why he got obese and somewhat paralytic as a curse from her?
I love the power of Voice and how it sounds on this movie, but I hate the way it was used here. The Voice's influence only works when the individual that is used on has been analyzed after saying some words, a phrase or even one or two sentences. It's not magic, it is a technique of manipulation that is projected on the individual targeted based on understanding the way the person communicates. The Bene Gesserits or the Kwisatz Haderach flex their vocal cords and muscles to create a voice that persuades the individual, a sort of short range hypnosis which allows the user to command the individual, this voice lingers in the person's mind and creates an effect that moves the subconscious and the conscious mind in tandem. This is why in the breakfast scene when Jessica tells Paul to use the Voice to compel her to give him the water, we are shown that her mind is making her act but since it was not yet well done, she caught herself before she actually grabbed the glass.
I think in this instance she could've just said the same thing without the Voice and it would've had the same effect. That thing was just scared of her and understood her.
@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 Indeed, that's how it should had been played off, but they used The Voice effect to give the appearance that The Voice was all magical and powerful. It is what annoyed me, the weird creature was a creative license that Villenueve took, Ok, acceptable, considering that in the novels like in god Emperor of DUNE there is a start of weird creatures that even Leto II (III) has such as Deerwolves and so forth. Also many fans of the movie say that this is what Dr. Yueh's wife was turned into, or that this was Yueh's wife. Another possibility in the sense of her death and a nice creative choice, though fan made. But still, it is the portrayal of The Voice that was wrongly used and it should have been as you said it should had been.
@@EternalRoman How do you know she hasn't met this creature (or another like it) before and registered it? And how do you know that this registration is required for creatures like this? Is there any mention of the Voice being used on animals or lesser beings in the books? If not I don't think you can say this was 'incorrect'. Maybe not canon, but there could be more to it than what you referenced. I totally get what you're saying-that the movie didn't elaborate on the Voice as the book did, and presented it as a kind of super power, but I'm sure that was due to the limitations of adapting this to 2.5 hours (it would take more screen time to explain/show that level of intricacy)
@@44142726 It seems you have not read the source material to plant such a question. The novels were entirely clear on HOW and with WHOM The Voice works with. All I stated comes from the creator of the original novels themselves, all 6 originals books, and even the son of the author has not altered this. That being said, to answer your confusion, it is clear that the Reverend Mother has never encountered neither this creature within the film, nor any like it because firstly she refers to it as "the thing" clearly indicating her limited knowledge of the creature though not surprised of its existence (this due to the novels' group known as the FaceDancers or Tleilaxu, whom dabble with genetic creations and manipulation in the Empire and wouldn't be pass them to create such things, even when they are not canon to the novels), and Pyter claims it doesn't understand speech, and as the Reverend Mother uses The Voice on it, she counters that it indeed does understand. This was made to make sure it does, and to make sure if it did or not. Another confusion you have is that The Voice works on all things the same, when it clearly does NOT, no matter if the creature was of a multitude of the same kind, the user of The Voice requires to understand and register the individual plain and simple. It gets to the point that even in the Novels, anyone that starts getting training in the Weirding Way is no longer compelled by The Voice, or at least has some resistance of its influence. Others have a solid mind that is basically almost impossible to be compelled by The Voice. Another thing that George Lucas "Borrowed" for Star Wars when the Jedi Mind Trick doesn't work in Watto. I would suggest to read the novels, and if you have, to re-read them again on this point, which is the whole reason I made the observation to begin with, so that fans of the film grab the novels, or even get to the audiobooks and hear it for themselves. It's a win win regardless for you and anyone that likes this film as well.
Being the Reverend Mother, I'm sure that she observed it in her way in... She used the voice but it didn't sound as distorted as when she used it on Paul or when Jessica used it on the Harkonnen soldiers
Most likely, in Dune there exists a civilization called the Bene Tleilex who specialise in genetic manipulation. It is likely the spider creature was either bought by the Baron as a pet, or an enemy of his sent to be transformed by them as a punishment. Some have speculated its Doctor Yeuh's wife as the Baron had her captive but for her sake I hope not. What the Bene Tleilexans do to people is a fate worse than death, combine that with the depravity of the Baron and its all together not a fun time.
It’s not his wife, to do that to someone and keep it as a pet would denote someone the baron really hated. Yueh’s wife was just a pawn and was killed when she became useless.
I love your sense of irony. Piter was a twisted mentat. The Reverend Mother had no love for anything but her order. The Baron was just disciplined enough to avoid being done in by his family.
@@Carlito_Brigante i have the same impression, he kept dr's wife to tear her apart and re-synthesize her in a pet like form. Even if the dr had the creature, what could he do to bring it back to a wife's form?
This is a nod to the book fans, it's not Yuehs wife she's long dead. It's a product of the bene tleilax, another major power in the Dune universe. This scene never takes place in the book. It was Count Fenring, who went to see the Baron.
I definitely misinterpreted this in the cinema. I interpretted the "It understands." as "It won't understand normal speech, but it'll understand the voice just fine." (before it's later introduced that the voice won't work on people that can't hear it). In retrospect, she's just calling his bluff. I do like the idea of her pulling out the voice as some kind of 'universal language' though.
It's human, when she says "it understands". Then you see the look on piter face, he realizes the "pet" does understand them. It's more then likely something the Baron has to show off his wealth, and it's also a spy for the bene tleilax who would have created it.
Screen Rant article suggested that might be Dr. Yueh's wife Wanna Marcus that the Baron genetically altered. Also, it might be a nod to Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed Dune movie who wanted to include a "Tarantuwolf" pet in his version of Dune in the 1970's.
I don't think it was Yueh's wife, she was just a pawn and it would be easier to kill her and spare the expense of doing that. This thing looks like it pissed the Baron off in it's previous life and it's living it's life this way now.
Wouldn't the Bene Gesserit mother, with all her powers, have recognized her then? (Yueh's wife was also a BG). That's the reason I don't buy that theory...
I cannot say that I buy into the "Wanna theory," so instead I find that this scene works really well as a very creepy way of hinting at the Ixians and their genetic experiments.
VFX artist reveled its was actually a human. They showed the model and it has human hands for its feet, a bum and a human head at the front, all difficult to see in the film version but i love sublet details like that, they don't just flash it in a bright lite room saying "HEY LOOK AT THIS!" Its in the shadows, not really in full frame, less is MORE!
Like Chekov's gun I do not believe Villeneuve would waste a single second of film time for no good reason. Herbert and the Herbert family have very specifically stated there are no sentient aliens anywhere in the Dune universe. When the Reverend mother spoke the words "IT UNDERSTANDS" the film was announcing this creature was absolutely a modified human. The implications of this thing being human and retaining enough of its humanity to understand spoken words is nothing less than utterly terrifying. It would be especially horrible if the creature had once been a beautiful, graceful, and influential woman later reduced to an existence of horror and disgust! The creature forced to slurp up it's sustenance from a dirty bowl on the cold unforgiving ground of a Harkonnen dungeon. I can think of no worse fate!
Does it understand because it's still partly human? Or does it understand because even a dog understands 'Get out!" with that much force, much less the compelling power of the Voice behind it?
It's an homage to Lynch's 'cat/rat' thing that Thufir Hawat was supposed to 'milk' to obtain the antidote for his residual poison. Just a bit of silliness.
I’m pretty sure Spider-Man won’t be so Friendly if he saw that Spider. Imagine if his Spider-Sense allowed him to talk to that Spider and he learns that it was once human. Baron dies right then and there.
Harkonenns in the book were cruel, but dont condone treachery or lies. When the Baron said that Yuehs wife is still alive, its unlike the baron to lie. It only makes sense that he was referring to this abomination.
I don’t understand the whole “there are no aliens” thing. If humans inhabited livable planets, then it stands to reason there is “alien” life, not intelligent, but life. As far as “no computers”, how the hell do the space ships and other aircraft fly? I just can’t fathom computers not controlling orinthocopters and ships in some capacity.
There is no AI. There is a difference. And just because a planet is habitable for us, does not mean it is for any other potential life forms. The situation with AI and alien life in the Dune universe is absolutely a possibility.
@@mfenix88 so for instance Caladan was a barren planet with no ocean or greenery, but at some point it was terraformed, with plants and animals from earth? I’ve just started reading the book for the first time and am trying to get an idea of the universe it takes place in.
The more I see the Bene Gessirit in this movie, the more that I like them. Herbert casted them as a capable, pragmatic group of people. Here we see them. Really like their head gear. Probably wards off electronic probes.
I know that this thing being Yuehs wife is far from being suggested in the film, but i still thing it would be such a powerful detail and add to the movie. Its very perturbing, gruesome, and it would be a really effective way to give depth to yuehs character and understanding how Yueh could treason his house and strict code. I really hope there is a extended version of this film
The "activate silence" line sounds like it involves some form of speech recognition, which would imply an AI. How is that possible in the Dune Universe? Or is the silence cone activated manually by the Baron?
@@dmar4194 In God Emperor of Dune, a character notices there's a console with a keyboard in his room, and while he's a 'prisoner' some anonymous person is text messaging him. He wonders just how advanced that console is... There's also Ix and Richese, two competing houses who are basically Apple and Microsoft, building the majority of the machines and ships for most other planets. It's rumored they both have illegally-advanced machines.
There's a difference between the AI of a program that can recognize speech patterns to provide pre-programmed outputs and that of a true artificial intelligence.
“It understands”
Savage.
Well yeah, most accurate theory is that it’s dr. Yeauh’s wife. After the harkonnens had taken her apart like a rag doll and probably experimented on her to create this abomination. It probably knows a human language hence why the voice worked. That being said, I’m not sure if the voice works on beings that don’t understand human language or beings that can’t hear, like the harkonenn soldier that was deaf.
@@Machiavelli2pc damn thats horrible
@@Machiavelli2pc That's a bullshit theory with no backing other than "I saw one character and heard about another, they must be the same character". It adds absolutely nothing to the story.
@@bobbob5541 if you look it up, the vast majority of people believe it to be Dr. Yeuh’s wife. From the hands of the creature to the head (all look human, the head looks somewhat like a disfigured human head). The Harkonnens have a fetish for disfiguring humans and for disgusting pets. They might have used bene tleilaxu biological technology to do so. It could also be face dancers, chair dogs, or some sort of sex pet. I hope this isn’t spoilers but there aren’t any aliens in dune, all of the abominations are humans that have been genetically manipulated for specific purposes. Even the pets. The only exception *might* be shai halud.
Edit: I might also add, yes- having the pet be Dr Yeuhs wife *does* in fact add to the story, as it shows how disgusting the harkonenns are. If you’ve read the book, the harkonnens in this dune movie are like Christian saints in comparison. The pet being dr yeuhs wife adds to their brutality to some extent. The Baron also has a fetish for disfigured human pets, whether for sex or humiliation purposes. I don’t think ‘bullshit’ is a nice term to describe this theory, especially for people who have read the books and are trying not to spoil things but know what happens, like me.
@@Machiavelli2pc
I'm well aware that Harkonenns mutilate and modify humans, and that creature is almost certainly a disfigured human. But there is no reason to specifically think that "pet" is dr. Yeuh's wife. The only connection is that they're both (presumably) human characters in the same movie, and both are Harkonenns' captives.
"vast majority of people believe it to be Dr. Yeuh’s wife"
Even if this sweeping assumption was true (they did a survey or something? nobody invited me!) it wouldn't make it any more credible. Theory isn't good because it's popular. If the vast majority of viewers thought Piter de Vries and Chani were the same person it wouldn't make it true.
The Voice really lacks power outside of a theater, the negative pressure the low bass makes it crazy to experience.
It’s terrifying to hear in Dolby Cinema
Yeah. I mean whenever the Voice was used in the theater literally the whole theater was shaking
I pooped my pants in the IMAX showing. I felt so embarrassed. Then she used the voice and everyone was shocked, and I pretended that this was the reason for pooping my pants. Thanks Reverend Mother.
Yeah, it sounds kinda lame here lol
Agreed
I love how despite how emotionless Piter is, his expression screams "Alright fine, damn."
😂😂😂😂😂😂 I laughed way too hard at this
He was caught in a lie
@@atarian345 Or it could be that he always thought the pet could not understand, and now is a bit shocked to learn that thing has listened in on so many evil conversations. Now Pet has to die.
@@christianmoreton9326 yes indeed, it’s clear that thing has been present around him listening and he has never realised it until now.
@@christianmoreton9326 Similar to my read, I sensed his mentat mind processing the new information. I never thought that the pet probably overheard numerous conversations like that before, that's an interesting idea.
Fun fact : this animal is a native species to Australia.
I thought so
Nah, the Australian version is larger and has more legs.
@@samuraichicken2315 and has wings
@@heristyono4755 And healthbars.
an example of the average Australian football hooligan
It’s even scarier when you realize there are no ➡️(𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓)⬅️ aliens in the dune universe. Meaning that thing was once human.
That is actually a good point
Besides, you know, the worms.
@@Yukikazehalo the worms were actually brought to arrakis, they didn’t evolve there, meaning they could very well have evolved on earth.
@@teenageboyhormonalrage I really think it's unlikely that the sandworms came from Earth. There is too much water on Earth and it wouldn't make sense for humans to have the ability to harvest spice on their own home planet.
@@asturias0267 Sandworms only evolved to be as they are because they were brought to Arrakis, highly recommend you read Children of Dune! It explains the life cycle of the Sandworms and what they were before all of the water on Arrakis was hidden beneath the sands by the pre-sandworm stage creatures themselves (sand-trout)
To be honest this was one of the best villain pet ever. And again i see massive influence from Giger.
Well, it's just first onscreen sci fi villain, who have human centipede as domestic pet.
I'm more of a "Romancing the Stone" kind of guy, when it comes to "villain pets".
You know. Ira? The guy with the two Crocodylia for pets, with one later severing the hand of ANOTHER villain in the movie?
Whilst this second villain was holding a RESPECTABLY large emerald in that same hand?
No? My apologies, I will see myself out, then.
It would be great if you could actually see it.
@@Grahf0 i got the reference :)
HR Giger's mind is truly eternally fucked up. I love it.
Remember, there are no aliens nor artificial intelligences in Dune
Ooohhh shit this is new to me. I just step into the universe of Dune and this face bro.
Chills, straight chills
@@battlefields2mine common theory is that thats the doctors wife. Genetically modified as punishemnt, look at the creatures feet those are human hands
Ok, so I think I see what you're going for here, but what are the worms then, exactly?
@@christianflores7583 stupid theory
@@christianflores7583 "common theory" more like it's parroted by the same people over and over, with those that didn't read the books.
It's clearly a product of the Bene Tleilax.
I doubt the creature is Dr. Yuehs wife (though this would shed some new light on the Harkonnens ability for creepiness). The Baron was shown to stick precisely to his word : He insisted that letting the desert kill Paul and Jessica would quality as "not having harmed them himself". It seems logical the Baron would keep his promise to Dr. Yueh the same way. Reuniting him with his already murdered wife : Kill the Doctor. Reuniting him with a genetically altered wife would have meant for the Doctor to undergo the same transformation. (Also : Showing a tortured/mutilated Bene Gesserit to the revered mother and expecting her not to notice would have been a really dumb move on the Barons part).
Coincido. Aunque en el libro uno percibe que el emperador, la reverenda madre y el barón toman te con cuchillos entre los dientes.
yeah the whole this thing is Yuehs wife talk doesn't make sense imo as well. As you said it wouldn't be logical and the Baron is a lot of things but he ain't dumb.
Idk what it is and i think that's a lot more intriguing than just oh they turned the doctors wife into a spiderthing.
This is Bene Tleilaxu product. Bene Gesserit hates them.
@@pkral78 bingo, someone's read all the books.
Naaah, it's the Doctor's wife.
It " *understands* " because it was once human.
Right on point, Man 👉💥
really ? how did it turn into that spider ? what’ happened ?
@@ad9s_ In the Dune universe, there are no highly intelligent alien life discovered yet...
These are products of the Bene Tleilax; humans who put genetic editing to an extreme.
Tlielaxu genetic modification, the Bene Tlielax is an order that pushes the limits of augmentation beyond any sense of moral decency.
they wield technology that is capable of healing the most severe of injuries (the barons poison exposure)
and at the same time capable of creating perversions of life such as vladimir's "pet"
Yeh those feet... look a lot like human hands. Creepy.
Creature: Fine, I got an audition for Bloodborne anyway.
Underrated
Imagine trying to lie to the Emperor’s truthsayer.
Can you explain? I don't know much about the lore.
@@o.f.7. She has magic powers that allow her to detect lies
@@o.f.7. Truthsaying is a bene gesserit skill that the Reverend Mother possesses. I don’t think it’s ever explained whether it’s a skill that can be learned but I think it just requires a great understanding of psychology mixed with some spice mumbo jumbo. Paul is also a truthsayer even though he doesn’t necessarily know it. Piter essentially tried to lie to someone who’s literal job is to be able to tell if someone is lying and is so good that the emperor trusts her.
@@o.f.7. She learned to detect lies through subtle cues, her own inner awareness. Later Herbert would explain it, even guide people.
Herbert was raised by several middle aged and older women who taught him their tricks. Women of that age are very perceptive.
Hope Charlotte Rampling has more scenes in part 2 and Dune: Messiah.
She's a phenomenal actress - she has an aura about her in a lot of her roles. Very similar to Vanessa Redgrave and something which a lot of good actresses lack. She more than deserved her Oscar nomination for 45 years.
That throwaway remark "It understamds" was sharp. She knows the creature is some Tlielaxu abomination deliberately brought out by the Harkonnens for the meeting.
She, ahem, has a couple of scenes, yes...
@@benjaminodonnell258 This was her final scene in the movie sadly. Let’s see if she reappears in the next one.
@@costco_pizza If Part 2 follows the book as closely as Part 1 did, she'll have a big role in two big scenes at the end of the next movie.
I hope she will...
_"Silence!! I remember your Gom Jabbar... Now you remember mine!! I can kill with a world!_
@@leocmen I always wondered if this scene was a way to pay homage to the 1984 movie (the bene gesserit witch must leave) and in this scene she is the one doing to commanding (the thing must leave).
She nailed it, Like when a person is sick and tired of BS from a spouse and the "mother in law is standing right there.
Oh yeah!
....One might say that she IS the mother-in-law....at least for the Duke!....bwa-ha-ha....
@@wintermooonwolf "Activate the Rape Antibodies!"
@@skebaba918 ...bingo...
Yeap, this is a good way to put it too.
Do not mess with middle aged women.
Villenueve finished the movie, reviewed the footage with all its straightforward story and plot, and at the last minute thought ".....Okay maybe just ONE little quick tribute to Lynch and Jodorowsky to keep things weird."
One? You only saw one?
Okay, this is probably the most obvious, but there were a few others. There is one scene near the end where the music sounds a lot like the theme from the Lynch version.
@@spectre111 oh I noticed that too. It was super subtle, but there were a few musical notes that almost made me think it was going to go into Toto's Dune theme.
@@ReaganLodge When I heard that in the theater i must have been grinning like an idiot because I knew exactly what they were trying to do and it worked! It's kinda like the theme to Jurassic World, its similar to the original theme but its not a straight up rip off.
am i dumb how is this a callback to them? just that its a grotesque creature? not tryna be condescending i just don’t understand
@@clag1109 The Lynch version from 1984 has a lot of 'weird for the sake of weird.' The TV version cut out a lot of that stuff and made it kinda boring. This version takes a little from both.
I loved how we got this scene for free, it had no bearing on the plot except to show that the Harkonnens are sadistic Bastards. But we already know that so the rev mother is just like “Get that nasty fucking thing out of here. I don’t even want to know what it is I don’t want to see it.”
She was showing her mastery of the situation. I wish that she had not had to show Voice to Piter.
Piter could make something about of Voice.
Yeah, I felt like this scene was mostly to highlight Villeneuve's vision for the Harkonnen's evil aesthetic, and show how they are NOT the same Harkonnen's that Lynch was giving us in 1984. Instead of being a constant motor-mouth monologuing villain, with over-the-top gross-out scenes, Villeneuve's Baron is insidious, and quiet, but so, so OTHER. And it's that disgusting creep of the evil and the inhuman, into otherwise normal human behaviour, that makes him really, really vile.
I didn't love everything about the movie, but damn do I feel like he knocked it out of the park with the Baron.
the human spider must be a Tleilaxu genetic experiment of sorts. The Bene Gesserit order are well aware of and familiarized with Tleilaxu "products", having used them in the past
That thing used to be human..let that sink in.
It is "human", it's a product of another major power in the Dune universe. Something you don't start seeing till the 2nd or 3rd book.
The important question is: Does it remember being human?
@@ZRRero it knew enough on "get out."
I believe this is inspired by a very rare early edition cover artwork for Chapterhouse Dune. My dad used to read it out loud to me as a “bedtime story” when I was very young and I remember the cover had the very faint image of a human-headed spider with glowing eyes in the background that was kind of hard to see unless you stared at the cover for a minute. What’s strange though is that to my knowledge, there isn’t anything like that in the text of Chapterhouse, unless I missed it completely. It’s been many years so I can’t remember.
I did a search, the image on the cover is striking when you see it, great call on your part, - Berkley trade paperback edition / October 1986,
your dad read you chapterhouse dune to bed as a bedtime story the fuck? did he read you heretics too? based dad
@@croydonrudeness1079 can you link an image? I couldn’t find this cover :(
@@AverageVideoGameJoe www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/4/45/BKTG06028.jpg
on the right hand side, it's pretty freaky.
@@croydonrudeness1079 you got a question fam ^^
That face after “it understands” is a completely “oh shit” moment, it understands, which means it has heard EVERYTHING discussed around it.
More likely "oh shit, Reverend Mother didn't fall for this bs, and she's powerful af"
I thought that the way she can communicate directly into people's heads transcends language and she made it understand
No, the thing was likely been used as a listening device by the Telaxu (or however you spell it) which piter is apart of. The Bene Gesserit and the Telaxu hate each other. The face is Piter being pissed that he got caught
Never trust the tleilaxus
Casting her as mohiam was perfect. Actually the casting for this movie in general was on point.
what is "the " mohiam" ?
@@vonn4017 the reverend mother gaius Helen mohiam, Aka the women in the scene.
@@MrAwsomenoob she's not "the mohiam"
Mohiam is her sur name
Minus chani
Just let him enjoy his little bowl of cornflakes in peace.
Remember just because thinking machines are banned in the dune Universe doesn't mean genetic manipulation and genetic alterations aren't. Look up chair dog, Futar and Sligs for reference.
The Dune series is an example of a 'biopunk space opera.' Like wherever Star Wars would have a droid, an AI or cyber implants, Dune would have some kind of biological modification or augmentation.
The Tleilaxu are very reflective of that
Ah, the Slig: nothing says “eat up” quite like a green slug thing with robot legs and a gun.
I like to think that thing was Dr Yueh's wife.
Wanna? She was killed, so no.
I like to think it was once one of Baron's most despised enemies whom he had Bene Tleilax turn into this as punishment.
Either that, or the sick fucks just wanted a genetically engineered man-spider just because.
This was the last scene I watched before leaving. Once she said "GET OUT," I left.
like that.... ! :-)
I think it's not so much that she's worried about what the pet might hear - but she's also irritated that the Harkonnens feel comfortable enough around her that they have no problem letting her see this abomination that they've created. She's reminding them that she doesn't approve of their depravity.
YOU DISMISS MY SPIDER-MAN IN HIS OWN HOUSE???
Establishes House Harkonnen's total depravity and Reverend Mother's badass formidability. I suddenly want to go sit in a very well-lit room.
I remember this scene in I-Max, when I regained consciousness I was in the lobby. I had to walk back to my seat again.
It is so dark I may as well be watching a blank screen.
All the people debating if it was once human it literally has human arms and hands as it's legs. What else do you need?
All the people say it's yueh's wife... How many wives do you know with 8 arms and legs 🤦♂️
@@poggybiscuit862 is this a serious reply? First not everyone thinks the wife thing is true. Second where did i say it was her? Third regardless of that theory it’s obviously been experimented on and the creator confirmed that it was human once before.
@@victormaldonado5762 I wasn't saying against you haha, I was adding to your point
@@poggybiscuit862well they obviously added more arms and legs to her hence it being a sick experiment.
Charlotte Rampling's delivery on the line "get out" is perfect. Barely lets Piter finish his sentence.
Thats Dr. Yeuh’s Wife 😨
Even though I'm repulsed by it, I still felt a bit sorry for it when it had to leave.
You can see the poor thing got no quality of life though. 😣
I remember being unnerved when I realized it had 8 legs and human hands 😧
You know that can't be natural...😨
Little guy was just minding its own business, eating a succulent meal. Poor hungry thing :(
@@spectre111 Because she is human. genetically modified
@@mishikookropiridze Exactly, that's why it's so creepy!
down to the tiniest details with this film. the twitch of its fingers when it’s yelled at. chilling detail
Piter was like: Holy shit grandma... fucking hell.
I absolutely love that dolly shot at 0:14
I love the subtle expression of “Just so” that washes across Pyter's face when she says that it understands. I really wish there was more of him in part one. The actor was great.
If you look closely, that thing has human hands.
i love how just with that mascot resume the brutality of harkonnen, the book take many pages to tell, but here with just that was enough. And more is coming x3
In theaters it was so dark i thought it was a giant spider but now i wish i never saw what it really is. It looks disgusting & apparently it was a human before 😕
"If you ever see something that looks human but isn't, or was once human but isn't any more, reach for your axe." Some Beaver talking to some kids...
Villeneuve’s muse : spiders
I didn't realize that this was. Like. An actual human experiment. I just thought it was a giant spider and I went 'aw how cute :)' the first time I saw this movie.
What is this thing? The scene is not in the book. My best guess would be weird experiment from the Tleilaxu tanks?
It’s Wanna
Wanna be
@@plasmaarmelund
Oh god, if this is Wanna, this gives a complete new light on the Harkonnens.
Wanna or not - it understands human language and Piter lied about it. So it seems to be a kind of secret listening device in addition to its function as a pet. The Dune books make particular reference to the use of humans and animals as weapons or for data transmission. The "pet" offers the possibility of recording the conversation, even though they were actually shielded against eavesdropping.
And since the head appears remotely human, it can probably speak to reproduce the recordings. Creepy thought...
@konluci_4
The wife of Dr. Wellington Yueh
This isn't in the novel. There is no mention that the Harkonnens ever had a pet. The human-hand spider is purely a creation of the Dune 2021 film. Possibly to demonstrate the existence of the Bene Tleilax.
Correcto... no está en la novela....
I like how she knew it was leaving without ever looking at it.
Based on the established lore of the Dune universe (the Duniverse?), the only way that thing can understand human speech is if it was once human...
For some reason, they don't show its head here but WETA Workshop's sketches actually depicted it as having a human face, so yeah it used to be human
Perfect actress for a role like that. Her deadpan expressions are on point for someone used to be in control.
I don't know why I enjoy this bit as much as I do, just how it's eating out of a bowl thats moving while it eats reminds me of my old cat but it's like a spider with human hands. Nice touch to the scene
i see worst creature in Australia tho
In the book, this meeting took place between Count Fenring, Baron Harkonnen and Piter in regard to bolstering their invasion with the help of the Saudakar. Not ANY member of the Bene Gesserit order was present for that matter, (especially Reverend Mother Mohaim) the Baron despised them. I understand why he was left out of the movie because he was not a major character and making a convenience for the sake of plot continuity and time , but Fenring was the emperor's right hand man in plotting since they were kids.
would be hilarious if he just showed up for the confrontation with the emperor in part 2. no introduction, no explanation, and just shows up to fist bump paul and then leaves.
Didn't Vlad raped her (because Bene Gesserit mind control bs of attempting to make the Kwisatz Haderach) hence why he got obese and somewhat paralytic as a curse from her?
@@choysakanto6792 No, that is part of the books his frank herberts son wrote.
@@xenn4985 They shit all over his fathers work.
Side note Count Fenring was in the SciFi channels mini series version, low budget but one of the best book adaptations.
I love the power of Voice and how it sounds on this movie, but I hate the way it was used here. The Voice's influence only works when the individual that is used on has been analyzed after saying some words, a phrase or even one or two sentences. It's not magic, it is a technique of manipulation that is projected on the individual targeted based on understanding the way the person communicates. The Bene Gesserits or the Kwisatz Haderach flex their vocal cords and muscles to create a voice that persuades the individual, a sort of short range hypnosis which allows the user to command the individual, this voice lingers in the person's mind and creates an effect that moves the subconscious and the conscious mind in tandem. This is why in the breakfast scene when Jessica tells Paul to use the Voice to compel her to give him the water, we are shown that her mind is making her act but since it was not yet well done, she caught herself before she actually grabbed the glass.
I think in this instance she could've just said the same thing without the Voice and it would've had the same effect. That thing was just scared of her and understood her.
@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 Indeed, that's how it should had been played off, but they used The Voice effect to give the appearance that The Voice was all magical and powerful. It is what annoyed me, the weird creature was a creative license that Villenueve took, Ok, acceptable, considering that in the novels like in god Emperor of DUNE there is a start of weird creatures that even Leto II (III) has such as Deerwolves and so forth.
Also many fans of the movie say that this is what Dr. Yueh's wife was turned into, or that this was Yueh's wife. Another possibility in the sense of her death and a nice creative choice, though fan made. But still, it is the portrayal of The Voice that was wrongly used and it should have been as you said it should had been.
@@EternalRoman How do you know she hasn't met this creature (or another like it) before and registered it? And how do you know that this registration is required for creatures like this? Is there any mention of the Voice being used on animals or lesser beings in the books? If not I don't think you can say this was 'incorrect'. Maybe not canon, but there could be more to it than what you referenced. I totally get what you're saying-that the movie didn't elaborate on the Voice as the book did, and presented it as a kind of super power, but I'm sure that was due to the limitations of adapting this to 2.5 hours (it would take more screen time to explain/show that level of intricacy)
@@44142726 It seems you have not read the source material to plant such a question. The novels were entirely clear on HOW and with WHOM The Voice works with. All I stated comes from the creator of the original novels themselves, all 6 originals books, and even the son of the author has not altered this.
That being said, to answer your confusion, it is clear that the Reverend Mother has never encountered neither this creature within the film, nor any like it because firstly she refers to it as "the thing" clearly indicating her limited knowledge of the creature though not surprised of its existence (this due to the novels' group known as the FaceDancers or Tleilaxu, whom dabble with genetic creations and manipulation in the Empire and wouldn't be pass them to create such things, even when they are not canon to the novels), and Pyter claims it doesn't understand speech, and as the Reverend Mother uses The Voice on it, she counters that it indeed does understand. This was made to make sure it does, and to make sure if it did or not.
Another confusion you have is that The Voice works on all things the same, when it clearly does NOT, no matter if the creature was of a multitude of the same kind, the user of The Voice requires to understand and register the individual plain and simple. It gets to the point that even in the Novels, anyone that starts getting training in the Weirding Way is no longer compelled by The Voice, or at least has some resistance of its influence. Others have a solid mind that is basically almost impossible to be compelled by The Voice. Another thing that George Lucas "Borrowed" for Star Wars when the Jedi Mind Trick doesn't work in Watto.
I would suggest to read the novels, and if you have, to re-read them again on this point, which is the whole reason I made the observation to begin with, so that fans of the film grab the novels, or even get to the audiobooks and hear it for themselves. It's a win win regardless for you and anyone that likes this film as well.
Being the Reverend Mother, I'm sure that she observed it in her way in... She used the voice but it didn't sound as distorted as when she used it on Paul or when Jessica used it on the Harkonnen soldiers
Is that a human turned into a literal spider?
Most likely, in Dune there exists a civilization called the Bene Tleilex who specialise in genetic manipulation. It is likely the spider creature was either bought by the Baron as a pet, or an enemy of his sent to be transformed by them as a punishment.
Some have speculated its Doctor Yeuh's wife as the Baron had her captive but for her sake I hope not. What the Bene Tleilexans do to people is a fate worse than death, combine that with the depravity of the Baron and its all together not a fun time.
It’s not his wife, to do that to someone and keep it as a pet would denote someone the baron really hated. Yueh’s wife was just a pawn and was killed when she became useless.
I love this scene as reveals a lot about all the characters depth & healthy respect for each other 👏🙏👍
lol
I love your sense of irony.
Piter was a twisted mentat. The Reverend Mother had no love for anything but her order.
The Baron was just disciplined enough to avoid being done in by his family.
Sad pet moment
I once read a theory that this creature is actually Dr. Yueh's wife, Wanna, who was turned into this thing by the Harkonnens.
That’s the exact same thing I thought just now scrolling through the comments
Didn't the Baron say "join her" when he killed Yueh? I thought that implied she's dead
@@vasvas8914 Yes, but Yueh also said she’s getting picked apart by them. So like she’s part of that amalgamation.
@@Carlito_Brigante i have the same impression, he kept dr's wife to tear her apart and re-synthesize her in a pet like form. Even if the dr had the creature, what could he do to bring it back to a wife's form?
This is a nod to the book fans, it's not Yuehs wife she's long dead. It's a product of the bene tleilax, another major power in the Dune universe.
This scene never takes place in the book. It was Count Fenring, who went to see the Baron.
Behold....
*THE GIANT ENEMY SPIDER!*
GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD! MY BEAUTIFUL FIANCE!
I definitely misinterpreted this in the cinema. I interpretted the "It understands." as "It won't understand normal speech, but it'll understand the voice just fine." (before it's later introduced that the voice won't work on people that can't hear it). In retrospect, she's just calling his bluff. I do like the idea of her pulling out the voice as some kind of 'universal language' though.
It's human, when she says "it understands". Then you see the look on piter face, he realizes the "pet" does understand them. It's more then likely something the Baron has to show off his wealth, and it's also a spy for the bene tleilax who would have created it.
I guess I’m the only person in the world that thought this scene was absolutely hilarious😂😂😂
Saw the front of its face on a concept artwork and it’s actually terrifying
Screen Rant article suggested that might be Dr. Yueh's wife Wanna Marcus that the Baron genetically altered. Also, it might be a nod to Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed Dune movie who wanted to include a "Tarantuwolf" pet in his version of Dune in the 1970's.
"She" understands
@@PiedrasdeSopa76 * it understands
@@CD-BVL yep
I don't think it was Yueh's wife, she was just a pawn and it would be easier to kill her and spare the expense of doing that. This thing looks like it pissed the Baron off in it's previous life and it's living it's life this way now.
Wouldn't the Bene Gesserit mother, with all her powers, have recognized her then? (Yueh's wife was also a BG). That's the reason I don't buy that theory...
Its a Tarantuwolf from The Metabarons, a comic book that was written by Jodorowsky. It's a homage to Jodorowsky's vision for dune
Looks like a Grafted Scion. You can parry some of their attacks.
i high-key was whimpering when that spawn of satan pet was on screen
I saw this shit in imax and i have actual arachnophobia 😬
The creature at 90% is the wife of yueh
I cannot say that I buy into the "Wanna theory," so instead I find that this scene works really well as a very creepy way of hinting at the Ixians and their genetic experiments.
That's the Tleilaxu, not the Ixians.
@@Leitis_Fella Thank you. I got my shadowy scientists crossed, lol
@@222LoneWolf It also doesn't really work for the Tleilaxu for religious reasons I won't get into for spoiler reasons.
So perhaps just a super low key bit of foreshadowing the chairdogs, if nothing else, lmao
VFX artist reveled its was actually a human. They showed the model and it has human hands for its feet, a bum and a human head at the front, all difficult to see in the film version but i love sublet details like that, they don't just flash it in a bright lite room saying "HEY LOOK AT THIS!" Its in the shadows, not really in full frame, less is MORE!
The way the camera comes over to her face is the funniest thing ever, this scene creeps me out but is also kinda funny with that. Denis is the best
Like Chekov's gun I do not believe Villeneuve would waste a single second of film time for no good reason. Herbert and the Herbert family have very specifically stated there are no sentient aliens anywhere in the Dune universe. When the Reverend mother spoke the words "IT UNDERSTANDS" the film was announcing this creature was absolutely a modified human.
The implications of this thing being human and retaining enough of its humanity to understand spoken words is nothing less than utterly terrifying. It would be especially horrible if the creature had once been a beautiful, graceful, and influential woman later reduced to an existence of horror and disgust! The creature forced to slurp up it's sustenance from a dirty bowl on the cold unforgiving ground of a Harkonnen dungeon. I can think of no worse fate!
Even worse than that, according to the script, it's raw flesh in the bowl not food.
this is like seeing those stilt-walking swamp guys in Fury Road for the first time again
I haven't seen you in a while
@@nomansblog2025 hello, I take it you are a fellow Half-Life or Deus Ex fan?
@@blueshit199 Yeah, I'm a fan of HL
@@nomansblog2025 sweet
That creature has a human head attached to possibly a human-spider hybrid torso with eight human limbs arranged like spide legs.
Good stuf 😨
the creature, is it Dr. Yui's wife mutated to this?
No, it's a creation of the Bene Tleilax.
Does it understand because it's still partly human? Or does it understand because even a dog understands 'Get out!" with that much force, much less the compelling power of the Voice behind it?
It's an homage to Lynch's 'cat/rat' thing that Thufir Hawat was supposed to 'milk' to obtain the antidote for his residual poison. Just a bit of silliness.
Could you make the screen a little darker.
Do we ever know what that thing is?
A human spider hybrid or a human transformed into a spider, look up WETA's initial sketches
Omg it has human hands!
I love that transition from watching the pet thing leave to the Reverend Mother's face, the direction in this movie is so natural and smooth.
I’m pretty sure Spider-Man won’t be so Friendly if he saw that Spider. Imagine if his Spider-Sense allowed him to talk to that Spider and he learns that it was once human. Baron dies right then and there.
so dark I could almost see it
Harkonenns in the book were cruel, but dont condone treachery or lies.
When the Baron said that Yuehs wife is still alive, its unlike the baron to lie. It only makes sense that he was referring to this abomination.
I don’t understand the whole “there are no aliens” thing. If humans inhabited livable planets, then it stands to reason there is “alien” life, not intelligent, but life. As far as “no computers”, how the hell do the space ships and other aircraft fly? I just can’t fathom computers not controlling orinthocopters and ships in some capacity.
There is no AI. There is a difference.
And just because a planet is habitable for us, does not mean it is for any other potential life forms. The situation with AI and alien life in the Dune universe is absolutely a possibility.
@@mfenix88 so for instance Caladan was a barren planet with no ocean or greenery, but at some point it was terraformed, with plants and animals from earth? I’ve just started reading the book for the first time and am trying to get an idea of the universe it takes place in.
@@warrenstemphly5756 ahhh fair enough, yeah a lore master will be able to give you a more comprehensive response on that matter
I love when movies get creative like this. But why do they always have to make it so dark you can't see shit.
The pet was from the same place that created PITER......Tleilaxu Tlaylaxsu tleelaxzoo
You know the Baron claps those spider cheeks every now and then. You just know.
That "thing" used to be the genetic freak, Big Poppa Pump, former wcw, wwe champion so show some damn respect!
When you have family drama to sort out and your stepdad's in the room
It was fun watching this and thinking "I'm not sure if there are aliens in Dune. Nobody's mentioned them... I don't think that was an alien."
I don't think there are any aliens in Dune.
there are, but there's no intelligent aliens
Damn it, Denis Villeneuve, we're not doing Enemy 2.
*get out.* _casually makes the entire imax screening room vibrate_
This scene felt like a wes anderson bit
Really enjoyed the film but why couldn't they turn the bloody lights on?
I find this scene funny. It’s like…fiiiiiine, I’ll go.
I like to think that look means that it understanding Galach (dune english) is a surprise to the Harkonons.
Will someone tell me what that thing is?!?!?
The more I see the Bene Gessirit in this movie, the more that I like them. Herbert casted them as a capable, pragmatic group of people. Here we see them.
Really like their head gear. Probably wards off electronic probes.
I know that this thing being Yuehs wife is far from being suggested in the film, but i still thing it would be such a powerful detail and add to the movie. Its very perturbing, gruesome, and it would be a really effective way to give depth to yuehs character and understanding how Yueh could treason his house and strict code. I really hope there is a extended version of this film
The "activate silence" line sounds like it involves some form of speech recognition, which would imply an AI. How is that possible in the Dune Universe? Or is the silence cone activated manually by the Baron?
Maybe it's just a real dude listening and performing the actions instead of an AI?
Never clear what the exact limit of "no AI" was. I doubt they have a mentat around every corner doing computer work.
Very interesting point
@@dmar4194 In God Emperor of Dune, a character notices there's a console with a keyboard in his room, and while he's a 'prisoner' some anonymous person is text messaging him. He wonders just how advanced that console is...
There's also Ix and Richese, two competing houses who are basically Apple and Microsoft, building the majority of the machines and ships for most other planets. It's rumored they both have illegally-advanced machines.
There's a difference between the AI of a program that can recognize speech patterns to provide pre-programmed outputs and that of a true artificial intelligence.
watching this in the theater i was used to recognizing what i was seeing from the book
when it suddenly cut to this i almost jumped
WHY DOES IT HAVE CHEEKS!?!?!