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So, I'm reading "Dune" and I just realized something: Baron Vladimir Harkonen is the most goony character in literary history: 1. Fat. 2. Unsightly facial sores. 3. Wears rediculous hair. 4. Speaks funny. 5. Holds futuristic views about everything, including sex (heart-plugs instead of heart-throbs, but you get the point). 6. Longs for plans within plans, although they are objectively awful. 7. Literally looks like this: The only thing missing for a complete Helldump-bingo is loving anime. What do you think?
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:27 |
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Well he likes little boys
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:37 |
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He doesn't look like that, are you really reading Dune or just watching Lynch's movie? He's a fat non-crazy future space jerk noble and he loves diddling boys but the levitator belt (second phase of the Holtzmann effect was it?) and sores and heart-plugs and balls-to-the-wall murderous insanity are a David Lynch original.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:38 |
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goons haha!
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:43 |
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Pochoclo posted:He doesn't look like that, are you really reading Dune or just watching Lynch's movie? and one of the many reasons why it's bad dune owns, david lynch does not
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:54 |
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Nah the movie was great, especially if you watch it when you're eight years old.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:58 |
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Babby Sathanas posted:and one of the many reasons why it's bad actually david lynch is good & his movies cool
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:58 |
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Pochoclo posted:He doesn't look like that, are you really reading Dune or just watching Lynch's movie? called out OP
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 13:59 |
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Also the op didn't say he was crazy and murderously insane, only direct reference to the movie was the pic. I coulda swore he was supes fat tho, guess I read the book a p long time ago.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:00 |
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"Presently," —the beginning of every paragraph ever written by frank herbert
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:05 |
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SHISHKABOB posted:I coulda swore he was supes fat tho, guess I read the book a p long time ago. He was supes fat. He did have suspensor things in the book, but they didn't make him fly. They just helped lift his fat rolls so that he could walk around.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:09 |
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Hey OP you're not reading the book. In fact, you're watching a movie. A moving picture. A book is filled with words and doesn't typically contain many pictures. edit: Ignatius J. Reilly is the gooniest character in literature.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:12 |
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tiananman posted:Hey OP you're not reading the book. In fact, you're watching a movie. A moving picture. A book is filled with words and doesn't typically contain many pictures. Harold Lauder is right up there, too. (Whether or not you agree that The Stand is "literature")
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:22 |
The Tao Jones posted:Harold Lauder is right up there, too. (Whether or not you agree that The Stand is "literature") the best part about him is he worked out and interacted with people, and without realizing it became a normal person. When he became aware of this he had to come to grips whith who he wanted to be, he could be a normal cool dude if he wanted, but he actively chose to hold on to his nerd getting shoved in lockers mentalitiy and set off a bomb over it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:35 |
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Babby Sathanas posted:
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:41 |
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The first 30 mins of David Lynch's Dune were pretty good but then it all goes to poo poo. This film has to be the most poorly paced film I've ever watched.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:42 |
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It's the only cinematic adaptation of Dune that got the atmosphere right, though.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:45 |
years ago i picked up some random dune book wondering what all the hubbub was about. I flipped it randomly open and it was talking how some 10y/o became a full member of the tribe and participated in its orgies. i was like man this series is prob not for me and put it back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaM5Mv-TTo
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:50 |
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Tace Vim posted:5. Holds futuristic views about everything, including sex (heart-plugs instead of heart-throbs, but you get the point). he's in the future you goof
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:51 |
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SniperWoreConverse posted:years ago i picked up some random dune book wondering what all the hubbub was about. I flipped it randomly open and it was talking how some 10y/o became a full member of the tribe and participated in its orgies. i was like man this series is prob not for me and put it back Don't pick up a Dune book at random. Don't read anything except the first book of Dune, unless you're a die-hard fanatic of the series. Also spice orgies... eh, okay, I'm not gonna defend Herbert on that one, he gets creepy sometimes, but it's such a small part of the book that it's usually forgivable.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:52 |
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The second book is sort of not really ok but really yeah just read the first one, and even it is a bit dry
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:54 |
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Mutant Headcrab posted:He was supes fat. He did have suspensor things in the book, but they didn't make him fly. They just helped lift his fat rolls so that he could walk around. The flying stuff meant he had a really hilariously awesome death though.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 14:56 |
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Pochoclo posted:He doesn't look like that, are you really reading Dune or just watching Lynch's movie? I saw the movie before reading the book, so for better or worse, that's how I always see the Baron.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:02 |
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The first book is one of the best sci-fi novels ever written. It's so good that you may be tempted to read some of the sequels, but just don't. The movie is good, but it's not a good adaptation of the book.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:22 |
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Ferid posted:The second book is sort of not really ok i see waht u did tehre
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:25 |
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I'm going to admit, I've read a lot of sci-fi and it's my favorite genre but I could not get very far into Dune. I thought I would really enjoy it and maybe it's over my head or it's not my subgenre or something. I tried watching the movie but quickly realized it was not going to be anything like the book. I feel like I'm missing out.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:44 |
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the book had it's moments but mehhhh The movie was great. SciFi writing is often very, very bad.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:45 |
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considering the fact that he was poisoned into being fat by a space lesbian, I can agree with this overall assessment.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:47 |
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:47 |
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This is really all that needs to be said imo. pretty sure sting won an academy award for this performance
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:56 |
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Trixie Hardcore posted:I'm going to admit, I've read a lot of sci-fi and it's my favorite genre but I could not get very far into Dune. I thought I would really enjoy it and maybe it's over my head or it's not my subgenre or something. I tried watching the movie but quickly realized it was not going to be anything like the book. I feel like I'm missing out. Try again the book is good
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:57 |
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It helps if you remember that Herbert was a bigger religious studies nerd than Tolkien was a linguistics nerd.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 15:58 |
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I'm just gonna quote myself itt toonecroid posted:do yourself a favor and read all 6 of Frank Herbert's books. God Emperor of Dune is the best, after the first
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 17:40 |
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Trixie Hardcore posted:I'm going to admit, I've read a lot of sci-fi and it's my favorite genre but I could not get very far into Dune. I thought I would really enjoy it and maybe it's over my head or it's not my subgenre or something. I tried watching the movie but quickly realized it was not going to be anything like the book. I feel like I'm missing out. Don't worry, you're just a moron. Most people are.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 18:00 |
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Dune is the poo poo. Just don't read any of the poo poo Brian Herbert put out after his father's death. Really you're best off treating it as a trilogy and only reading the first three books.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 18:09 |
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necroid posted:do yourself a favor and read all 6 of Frank Herbert's books. God Emperor of Dune is the best, after the first this, though it took me a second read to fully appreciate everything going on in that book
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 18:12 |
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God Emperor is not that great and the beginning of the end for the series imo. When you start doing retarded time skips like that you may as well come up with an original setting.
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 18:17 |
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welp I found it fascinating exactly because of the time gap and because of Leto II the all-knowing sad manchildworm
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# ? Jul 28, 2014 18:21 |
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This is a good thread, my Lord. *spits on u table* this thread is gay and stuped
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