Rosa had to travel shortly after Anabelle was home on break and forgot her purse. I drove it down to her in college on a Friday night after I saw Dune Part 2 in the theater on Wednesday. I mentioned something about the film during our Daddy Daughter Dinner, and it started a long series of questions and answers about the Dune Universe.
“Wait, let me tell you everything I know
about Dune.
Timothy Chalamet is some guy named Paul.
There is a desert planet.
There is spice.
It flows… I’m assuming in some sort of waterfall, which is burgundy.
And that’s it."
Her
questions ranged beyond only the main novel and led us through events of the first four Herbert books,
touching very lightly on the last two. When she found out Spice smelled and tasted of cinnamon,
she brought up the Cinnamon Challenge from a few years back.
When
the summary was finished, she said,
“I think I need to see these now.
How is this so popular?
Timothy Chalamet is some guy named Paul.
There is a desert planet.
There is spice.
It flows… I’m assuming in some sort of waterfall, which is burgundy.
And that’s it."
“I think I need to see these now.
How is this so popular?
It is the goofiest thing I’ve ever heard.”
I
offered the Sci Fi channel Miniseries as something that covered more of the story,
but she said we had to watch the new ones, because she needed the Timothee Chalamet
reference point. By the time she came home for the summer, the second Blu Ray
arrived. Shortly after our Disneyland vacation, we watched both films in short
order.
On
the opening:
Anabelle- “What’s that?”
Me- “Sadrukar throat singing.”
Anabelle- “Why would they want to start with that?”
On
the first appearance of the Fremen on Arrakis:
Anabelle- “Zendaya !!
*pause*
That’s the ugliest planet ever seen. “
On
Jessica making Paul use “The Voice” to make her pass the water at breakfast:
Anabelle- “What was that?
Why didn’t she just give it to him instead of making him growl at her?”
When
pretty much anything slightly unusual happened throughout both films:
Anabelle- “uh huh.”
On
the Atreides space ship:
“It looks like a cannoli.”
On
the expansive and high-profile cast:
Anabelle- “Why is everyone in this movie?”
On
Piter being asked to calculate:
Anabelle- “Hey! Polka Dot Man! Is he a Spice computer?”
Me- “No, he’s a Mentat, all about training, not Spice.”
Anabelle- “uh huh.”
On
Caladan, the Atreides home world:
Anabelle- “But this planet is so nice. There's no sand on it.
Why would they want to leave?”
On
Jason Momoa’s character:
“Why is his name Duncan Idaho?
Everyone else’s name is fancy and weird.”
On
the portrait of the Old Duke:
Anabelle- *laughs hysterically*
"You didn’t tell me they were bullfighters.
This is so stupid.”
On
the explanation that the personal shields can block only fast movements, not
slow ones:
Anabelle- “What is the point?
That’s dumb.”
*Gurney Halleck takes Paul down a few notches training him*
Anabelle-“I like this guy. He’s loud enough.”
Aside- This is one of MANY 4K films where the music and effects were blisteringly loud, and the dialogue was a whisper. Thank you, Josh Brolin.
On
Timothee Chalamet’s appearance:
Anabelle- “How often does Paul wash his hair? Not enough.”
On
learning the Harkonnens were still based on Geidi Prime while they ruled
Arrakis:
Anabelle- “Oh they keep their planet. That’s good.
Theirs (Caladan) is too pretty to give up.”
On
the subtitles referencing a known language:
Anabelle- “Why do they speak Mandarin?”
Me- “They're humans who have long since colonized space.”
Anabelle- “What.
*long pause*
I thought they were Space people.”
On
the mounted head of the animal that killed the Old Duke:
Anabelle- “A bull!!!!
Is there bullfighting in this?
Might as well throw that in too.”
On
the Reverend Mother using “The Voice” successfully to command Paul:
Anabelle- “Oooh,
that’s what the water thing was about.”
On
the Fremen lamenting wail whenever mystical Arrakis stuff happens:
Anabelle- *refers to it as “the Dune song” or “the whine” but usually just joins in*
“AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.”
On
Jessica saying a Bene Gesserit mantra to calm herself.
Anabelle- “The what now?”
Me- “The Litany Against Fear. Its that thing on the back of my Dune shirt.”
Anabelle- “Uh huh.”
On
Paul completing the Gom Jabbar trial and removing his hand from the box where it
felt like it burned away:
[Aside- I thought they did a fantastic job with this scene.]
Anabelle- *deadpan* “His hand is fine. WHAT a surprise.”
[Aside Again- Apparently, she did not.]
On
Jessica being chastised after the Gom Jabbar test:
Reverend Mother- "You chose to train him in the Way, in defiance of our rule. He wields our power. He had to be tested to the limits. So much potential, wasted in a male. You were told to bear only daughters."
Anabelle- “What’s that?”
Me- “Sadrukar throat singing.”
Anabelle- “Why would they want to start with that?”
Anabelle- “Zendaya !!
*pause*
That’s the ugliest planet ever seen. “
Anabelle- “What was that?
Why didn’t she just give it to him instead of making him growl at her?”
Anabelle- “uh huh.”
“It looks like a cannoli.”
Anabelle- “Why is everyone in this movie?”
Anabelle- “Hey! Polka Dot Man! Is he a Spice computer?”
Me- “No, he’s a Mentat, all about training, not Spice.”
Anabelle- “uh huh.”
Anabelle- “But this planet is so nice. There's no sand on it.
Why would they want to leave?”
“Why is his name Duncan Idaho?
Everyone else’s name is fancy and weird.”
Anabelle- *laughs hysterically*
"You didn’t tell me they were bullfighters.
This is so stupid.”
Anabelle- “What is the point?
That’s dumb.”
*Gurney Halleck takes Paul down a few notches training him*
Anabelle-“I like this guy. He’s loud enough.”
Aside- This is one of MANY 4K films where the music and effects were blisteringly loud, and the dialogue was a whisper. Thank you, Josh Brolin.
Anabelle- “How often does Paul wash his hair? Not enough.”
Anabelle- “Oh they keep their planet. That’s good.
Theirs (Caladan) is too pretty to give up.”
Anabelle- “Why do they speak Mandarin?”
Me- “They're humans who have long since colonized space.”
Anabelle- “What.
*long pause*
I thought they were Space people.”
Anabelle- “A bull!!!!
Is there bullfighting in this?
Might as well throw that in too.”
Anabelle- “Oooh,
that’s what the water thing was about.”
Anabelle- *refers to it as “the Dune song” or “the whine” but usually just joins in*
“AAAAAaaaaahhhhh.”
Anabelle- “The what now?”
Me- “The Litany Against Fear. Its that thing on the back of my Dune shirt.”
Anabelle- “Uh huh.”
[Aside- I thought they did a fantastic job with this scene.]
Anabelle- *deadpan* “His hand is fine. WHAT a surprise.”
[Aside Again- Apparently, she did not.]
Reverend Mother- "You chose to train him in the Way, in defiance of our rule. He wields our power. He had to be tested to the limits. So much potential, wasted in a male. You were told to bear only daughters."
Anabelle-
“How is she supposed to control that. What…”
The
Reverend Mother- "But you, in your pride, thought you could produce the Kwisatz Haderach."
Anabelle-
“The WHAT!?!? There’s a ‘Z!?!’ That’s how you spell that?!?!?
Anyway, they can control that?
Why’d she have a boy? To make the kwizy blah blah blah?”
On
the arrival of the Atreides clan to Arrakis:
Anabelle- “Sand. There’s gonna be a lot of that there.
Oh, the demanding the water at breakfast makes more sense now.
They should invest in sunglasses.
Tim is playing a Spanish man now.”
*Does her own impression of the Atreides family bagpipes*
On
Thifur Hawat being mentioned for the first time:
Anabelle- “That’s his name? And over here is still Duncan Idaho.”
On
the first appearance of the Ornithopters:
Anabelle- *Flaps arms wildly in an Impression*
“They’re so stupid.”
On
the Arrakis architecture:
Anabelle- “The whole planet is brown. They should have used other colors on the buildings.”
On
the sacred trees outside the compound:
Anabelle- “Are they robot trees with disco settings? Like the Lorax.”
On
Paul watching the hologram about Arrakis information:
Hologram- “Sandworms can reach 400 meters long…”
Anabelle- “Whoah, that is a lot of meters.”
*Hologram demonstrates the Fremen non-rhythmic sand walk*
Anabelle- *Stares blankly* “Did you see that?”
*Hologram shows a small desert animal in a bush*
Anabelle- “A mouse.”
Me- “Muad’Dib.”
Anabelle- *Smacks me* “Why does it have a name?”
Me- “You’ll see.”
Anabelle- *smacks me again* “This is your fault.”
On
the introduction to the Harkonens:
*Their weird contortionist pet is shown*
Anabelle- “What was that?!?
We didn’t need to see that!”
*The Baron rises dramatically*
Anabelle- “Is he gonna sing.”
*The Baron starts hovering*
Anabelle- “WHAT? What? What? What?”
Anyway, they can control that?
Why’d she have a boy? To make the kwizy blah blah blah?”
Anabelle- “Sand. There’s gonna be a lot of that there.
Oh, the demanding the water at breakfast makes more sense now.
They should invest in sunglasses.
Tim is playing a Spanish man now.”
*Does her own impression of the Atreides family bagpipes*
Anabelle- “That’s his name? And over here is still Duncan Idaho.”
Anabelle- *Flaps arms wildly in an Impression*
“They’re so stupid.”
Anabelle- “The whole planet is brown. They should have used other colors on the buildings.”
Anabelle- “Are they robot trees with disco settings? Like the Lorax.”
Hologram- “Sandworms can reach 400 meters long…”
Anabelle- “Whoah, that is a lot of meters.”
*Hologram demonstrates the Fremen non-rhythmic sand walk*
Anabelle- *Stares blankly* “Did you see that?”
*Hologram shows a small desert animal in a bush*
Anabelle- “A mouse.”
Me- “Muad’Dib.”
Anabelle- *Smacks me* “Why does it have a name?”
Me- “You’ll see.”
Anabelle- *smacks me again* “This is your fault.”
*Their weird contortionist pet is shown*
Anabelle- “What was that?!?
We didn’t need to see that!”
*The Baron rises dramatically*
Anabelle- “Is he gonna sing.”
*The Baron starts hovering*
Anabelle- “WHAT? What? What? What?”
On Duncan's report:
On
the official ceremony of the Atreides taking over Arrakis:
*Stilgar approaches Paul at the table*
Paul- "How big was the place?"
Duncan- "I’d say 10,000 people. And there are hundreds of sietches."
Paul- "Millions of Fremen. You were right."
Anabelle- “Well, yeah. It’s their planet.
Duncan- "The Harkonnen estimate was 50,000 on the whole planet.
Anabelle- "Morons."
Anabelle- "Morons."
*Stilgar approaches Paul at the table*
Gurney- "Stop there. Hey! Hey!"
Anabelle- “I take it back he’s annoying.”
Anabelle- “I take it back he’s annoying.”
*Stilgar spits on the table*
Duncan- "Hold. Thank you Stilgar for the gift of your body's moisture. We accept it in the spirit in which it was given."
*Documents are read and conditions are argued*
Paul- "The Emperor has given me Arrakis as my fief to rule and protect..."
Anabelle- “I have a problem with ‘fief.’
So …
So far, I hate everyone.
*Thoughtful pause*
No, I kinda like Idaho man. He’s weird but not insufferable…
And that guy who spit on the table”
Anabelle- “I have a problem with ‘fief.’
So …
So far, I hate everyone.
*Thoughtful pause*
No, I kinda like Idaho man. He’s weird but not insufferable…
And that guy who spit on the table”
4 comments:
Bullfighting not till the 3rd book. Keep going!
I haven't reached that one in the re-read yet so I looked it up and found this exchange:
"According to the Dune Encyclopedia, Thufir Hawat set up a breeding program to produce high-quality fighting bulls.
It worked too well apparently..."
"Was Thufir's end goal to eventually breed the cow Kwisatz Haderach? The cow who can be in many fields at once?"
"Moo- addib"
As I age, I get my brain exercise by talking the long walk with my mind legs to end of your comedy obstacle courses
Glad to provide such a valuable service. Thanx for playing the home game.
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