Thursday, September 12, 2024

Dune Part 1 Section B Through a Kid’s Eyes


On Paul putting on a stillsuit:
Keynes- *whispers* “He shall know your ways as though born to them.”
Anabelle- “Oh, you tuck in your pants?
You’re the messiah! 
This is so dumb, if I was going out into a sandy desert, I’d tuck my pants in too.”
 
On the harvesters being constantly threatened by sandworms:
Anabelle- “They have to move a million times a day. They just shouldn’t get Spice.”
Me- “It’s needed for space travel.”
Anabelle- “Then don’t.”
*The flier to pick up the harvester breaks when a worm is coming*
Duke Leto- "How many men on that crawler?"
Anabelle- “It’s about to be none.”
 
On Paul walking on the desert floor for the first time:
Anabelle- “Oh he DIDN’T tuck his pants in.
I feel that’s impractical.
Ooh look- Spice.
It’s sparkly. 
*Thoughtful pause*
Probably edible glitter.
Hey Paul, maybe you should put your deserting mask on.”
 
On Paul talking to his mother:
*Jessica wonders why she’s having strange thoughts*
Anabelle- “Maybe because you’re a weird space nun.”
*Jessica advises Paul to remain unmarried to leave it open for “political alliance”*
Anabelle- “That’s kinda crazy.
I wanna see Zendaya. I don’t care about these people “
 
On the Sadrukar attacking Arrakis, destroying everything and killing many:
Anabelle- “This is no good.
How are they going to get Spice.
This plan to get rid of them (The Atreides) seems too complicated.”
 
On the distinction between Duncan and Gurney:
Anabelle- “’War Master’ and ‘Weapons Master’?
Sounds like the same thing to me.”
 
On Paul and Jessica captured by Sadrukar and taken on an ornithopter:
Sadrukar- “Let’s feed the cub to the worms.”
Anabelle- “Yeaaaaaah!”
Sadrukar- “And give her a long goodbye.”
Anabelle- “Uh… no, let’s not do that.”
Paul *trying to use The Voice* “Don’t you dare touch my mother!”
*It has no effect*
Anabelle- “Ha ha! He doesn’t have the nunnin’ powers yet.”
*We find out that Sadrukar is deaf*
Anabelle- “Ah.
There is a severe lack of worms in this movie. I was promised worms.”
 
On the Harkonens in the Atreides dining room, with the Duke Paralyzed:
Anabelle- “Wow, he has a great view of the Bull head.
*pause*
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
*The Baron floats over to Duke Leto*
Anabelle- “He doesn’t need to hover that high.”
*Duke Leto releases the poison gas in his tooth, the lament plays*
Anabelle- “AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.
Oh, the Baron is still alive.
So unfortunate.“
 
On Paul and Jessica taking the ornithopter:
*The lament plays*
Anabelle- “AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.
It’s the sparkly cinnamon song.”
*Paul starts having visions and complaining about them, saying armies are shouting his name*
Jessica- “Your name is Paul, Paul Atreides.”
Anabelle- “Yes, that is his name.”
Paul *using The Voice* “GET OFF ME!”
Anabelle- “That is no way to talk to your space nun mom.”
Paul- “You made me a freak!”
Anabelle- *laughs* “I can’t take Timothee Chalamet seriously.”
Rosa- “Why is he a freak?”
Anabelle- “Because his mom is a space nun, and she gave him weird space nun magic powers.”
The space nuns are called ‘beets’.”
Me- “Bene Gesserit.”
Anabelle- “’Beets’ *pause with smug grin* I know everything about Dune.”
 
On Paul talking to Kynes about the “Voice From the Outer World:”
Anabelle- “Oh my God! 
Will you can it about the Lisan al-Gaib! 
It’s not real. It’s space nun stories.”
 
On Paul and Jessica flying into an enormous sandstorm:
Anabelle- “There’s a lot less worms in this story only about spice and worms than there should be.”
*Paul and Jessica recite the litany against fear*
Anabelle- “Not this again.”
*Paul mentions they must flow with the visions*
Anabelle- “The Spice is flowing…  
In a waterfall.”
*Cut to the Baron in a healing tank being told about the storm*
Anabelle- “Eww what is that?
Oh, a healing bath. 
Like a bacta tank.”
*Back to the storm, the lament plays*
Anabelle- “AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.”
*Then the wings fall off the ornithopter*
Anabelle- “AAH!!!”
 
On Paul and Jessica running from the crashed ‘thopter across the sand to rocks:
Anabelle- “They should do the little dance."
*Shakes her butt*
"That's me when I don't want a sand worm.”
 
On the worm rising up and roaring at Paul:
Anabelle- “That’s worm for, 
‘Isn’t that the Lisan al-Gaib? Hey Paul.'”
 
On the group of Fremen appearing
Anabelle- “Is that Zendaya?
I’ve had enough waiting for Zendaya.
Oh, it’s a million Fremen. I hope one is Zendaya.”
 
On the introduction of the Fremen “weirding woman:”
Anabelle- “Does that mean she is a Beet?”
 
On the first non-vision appearance of Chani:
Anabelle- “ZENDAYA!  I’ve been waiting!”
 
On Janis challenging the idea of bringing Paul and Jessica along with the Fremen:
Anabelle- “Are they gonna fight?
Yes, cause Janis is being a jerk.
I hate everyone in this movie.
Except Zendaya…
and the spitting guy.”
*We see all the Fremen in their stillsuits*
Anabelle- “Nobody’s breathing with their mouth.”
Chani- “I don’t believe you’re the Lisan al-Gaib.”
Anabelle- “Me neither.”

Janis- “Where is the outlander!!!!!”
Anabelle- “Give him a second he’s talking to Zendaya.”
Paul- “I’ve been seeing you on my dreams.”
Anabelle- “That was SUCH a creepy voice.
Doesn’t he go crazy or something?
Me- “It’s complicated.”
Anabelle- “Of course it is.”
 
On the crysknife fight:
*Lament plays*
Anabelle- “AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.”
*The Fremen chant Kwisatz Haderach during the fight*
Anabelle- “There’s no way it’s spelled like that.
Did he just stab him?!?!
AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.
*Pause*
Well he kinda sucked but still.
Anyway.
AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.”
 
On the final shot of one of the Fremen riding a Maker:
Anabelle- “There’s someone standing on the worm.
*stares in disbelief*
‘Cause that’s effective and practical.”

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2 comments:

longbow said...

I always agree with that sentiment about keynes being impressed Paul is wearing his stillsuit "desert style" or "slip fashion" or whatever he says. Good design should only work one way and the whole frickn planet is desert. Is there a formal gala way of wearing a stillsuit in sitch? why are you wearing your stillsuit in sitch? are you to lazy to use the latrines like everyone else?

Jeff McGinley said...

Thanx for joining in , the more times I've read Dune, the more I realize its the quality of the writing and the big concepts more than the individual mechanics of things that make it such a well regarded work.