David Lynch, DUNE,1984, Cocktail

[Gideon235]

I've read that thing is called a squoob, a kind of beetle

[FUCKINGPOLCORE]

extract from a litle worm;-p

[manco82]

Orange Mocha Frapaccino!!!!

[PufferBluntman]

Beetle juice!

[TheCJFace]

yummie

[RyanFromUltrasound]

I love Sting's face. He's like "Oh you guys..."

[mlcoo17]

@RyanFromUltrasound Exactly, perfect description.

[MEATYOKERRable]

wow over the top to the point of camp. No wonder this is "camp"

[TehHampsterHead]

Space insect juice box. I wonder what flavor it was?

[nyerguds]

@TehHampsterHead "Space insect", obviously :p

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

The Hardonens want the spice to replenish their stock of face cleansing products. Sting took it all, so everyone else has acne. That explains everything!

[NINJAinTIGHTS]

Frank Herbert's House Harkonen= brutal, sadistic and yet cunning, intelligent and threatening.

David Lynch's House Harkonen= batshit insane and full on retarded...and not in the good way. If these guys can become a Great House then...well...lol.

I mean I have nothing agains Lynch but this movie was outright laughable in sooooo many regards. Still it had an amazing soundtrack and some nice vistas and scenes.

[Gideon235]

I think that thing is called a squoob, living food, the drink made up of the blood and bodily fluids of that thing, i think it's a type of insect

[doobiesmoke15]

What was that little think he squished?

[caflagel]

Which version of the film is this? Is it the theatrical version? ( which I have not seen.) I know it is not the extended version ( The 2 hours 56 minute one) because I watched that one recently and this scene, as well as the flower boy heartplug scene, was not in that version.

[alienvspredator444]

@caflagel theatrical

[caflagel]

@alienvspredator444 Thanks!!

[PufferBluntman]

MY PLAN!!!!

[EarthTremor]

They don't make juice boxes like those anymore

[racookster]

At no time when reading the book did I get the impression that the Harkonnens were as filthy and disgusting as this movie made them out to be. For some reason, I had an image of the Baron as kind of like Henry VIII: fat, corrupted by power, self-indulgent, cruel, but not this foul smelly idiotic chuckling diseased lunatic. This dude was just over the top!

But he had such beautiful diseases.... :P

[EarthTremor]

@racookster damn straight. I saw the duke as someone with more cunning and less flamboyance

[Johnlindsey289]

@racookster

Lynch perverted a great novel with his weirdness and grossness, the Baron is suppose to be a clean faced smart and wise evil baron instead of a diseased clown. It's just a fucking Lynch creation, you glad there is gonna be a new 4-part big screen Dune movie coming soon that will erase the memories of this turd?

[racookster]

@Johnlindsey289 I didn't know there was. Yeah, I wish 'em luck adapting that story. So much of it involves intangible things -- plots within plots that are difficult to explain in film without a ridiculous amount of expositional dialogue -- that I have my doubts it can be made into a good film... or four of them. Anyway, good luck with that!

I'll even admit that I don't hate Lynch's version as much as most. At least some of the visuals were magnificent. But it was still way, way off the mark.

[Johnlindsey289]

@racookster

But a big screen 4 part can do the book justice even by a director who grew up and cares about the book unlike Lynch who never read the book or cares for it. Ridley Scott should direct it and it can be as epic as LOTR. There has been plenty of movies inspired by Dune novels like The Matrix, Star Wars, Avatar, The Dark Crystal, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds, etc.

[racookster]

@Johnlindsey289 Well, like I said, I wish them luck. I just see Dune as unadaptable to film. I thought the same thing about Heinlein's Starship Troopers -- which, in its original form, is a long description of a political system and the philosophy underlying it -- and I was right. The movie was just a mindless action flick that disrespectfully satirized Heinlein's philosophy. An accurate adaptation of the book would come off like a PowerPoint presentation. I fear the same is true of Dune.

[monkeygoodcipherbad1]

@racookster .... actually I thought the way the adapted Starship Troopers was pretty decent... the fascist "feel good" propaganda cut scenes got the point across pretty well... I thought the movie was well done... and Dune as well... I agree with you somewhat... it's kind of like A Clockwork Orange or 1984.... it's hard to get a feel for the way the brainwashing etc effects people when watching it, that type of stuff only has it's full effect in print. Powerpoint presentation... hahaha nice.

[racookster]

@monkeygoodcipherbad1: This is off-topic, but the thing is, Heinlein's novel wasn't fascist. It was radically libertarian. He was trying to propose a democratic system that would resist corruption by special interests (which ours does not; look at the results!) and the best he could come up with was limiting the vote to people who had made sacrifices for their society. He said later that he didn't think his solution was perfect, but that limiting it to male property owners hadn't been either.

[monkeygoodcipherbad1]

@racookster .... so who determines what a sacrifice is? The war department? There would only be one special interest in that case. Doesn't every citizen make a sacrifice when the enter the workforce? Should only people with jobs vote then? The problem isn't "special interests" in general, it's which "special interest" is more worthy than the next? The "common good" is a special interest as well... what's good for the goose sucks for the duck. I think libertarianism is more about $ value.

[monkeygoodcipherbad1]

@racookster ... I think mainting value and competition is crucial. If there is a monopoly on what a contribution to society means, that is fascism. Fascism by definition is monopoly on government ... government based on an ideal, and everyone working to maintain that ideal, or else facing exclusion. I think George Carlin said it best when he said "The Nazi's lost WW2, but fascism won." We have more laws in this country than we have people. All based around the same ideal of what's perfect.

[monkeygoodcipherbad1]

@racookster ... and you're right this is off topic LOL

[racookster]

@monkeygoodcipherbad1: This is off-topic, but remember: Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers at about the same time Eisenhower was giving his "military-industrial complex" speech. Heinlein, being born in 1907, never dreamed that the military-industrial complex would be seized by war profiteers. It took someone in Ike's position to see that.

Libertarianism isn't about dollars, but philosophy. I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but the fact that it's philosophical is good enough for me.

[dewfall56]

@racookster My guess is Lynch decided to make the Baron, and the Baron's world, as vile on the outside as he is on the inside, making him a completely detestable.

[mindarinas]

@dewfall56 heh

[spase667]

I thought it was a rat, the first time I saw it.

[joewalter222]

Beetlejuice!

[philagon]

Smashed Thing Cocktail: Thing must be captured fresh, with no injuries which could lead to unsavory bruises and sour taste. Thing must be squeezed and served promptly to maximize taste, preferably in cryo-managed glass housing. Thing will emit a deflating cry when squeezed; remains spoil promptly, so dispose in boiling acid open air garbage disposal.

[ATreeSnotling]

@philagon Holy Shit My Friend

You A Space Cook?

[yodummy]

One of the best si-fi novels ever written.. Don't get it? The world needs more ditch diggers.

[Chrisdrumz]

@yodummy Judge Smails?

[goldsak]

Feyd is not amused.

[unincorporated1]

The Beast Raban was freakin hilarious!!! Oh those Harconins, sigh.

[dude75able]

@unincorporated1 you know your gay for all of them

[unincorporated1]

@dude75able LOL... thanks for the funny comment, but no!

[dude75able]

wut the hell was in that drink box?

[derblicker]

@dude75able a green creature whatever thing

[dude75able]

@derblicker gimme some of that with some Tequila!

[NoobUBoob]

a big turd. uh. i believe it was some type of bug or sand creature from the planet they were on. ive seen that over and over again, but you still cant make out what it is.

[MakerNation]

@NoobUBoob Looks like a baby bird to me...

[nwpamundsen]

sting like to fart in public - true fact

[todd7416]

Cool drink box!

[lilbrothaaa]

I'd buy that for a Dollar!

[cobchob]

feyd goes in his mind "chicken nuggets with feet"

RANDOMNESS FTW!

[cellblockearth]

He who controls the spice, controls the universe....

[MrJE6229]

this movie was complex,,,,,,maybe to deep for some of you guys...too many plans within plans.

you need a simple movie

[lilbrothaaa]

And too many feints within feints!

[derblicker]

@MrJE6229 i liked it much and still love it more than the tv editions.

[Johnlindsey289]

@derblicker

TV editions? the extended cuts?

[derblicker]

@Johnlindsey289 yep dune 2000 was a tv version

and there was also a tv edition of lynchs film.

[Cocarat206]

Feyd-Ruatha is just kind've like "Stupid bastards..."

[thedarkallies]

No wonder this stupid movie went over-budget.

it sucks

[BW23KURVO]

Gourmet!

[VitoPossilipo]

That is such a stupid and placative scene!

It has nothing to do with the novel.

[Naxwell]

Someone needs to upload the scene just after this.

[shinra18]

Looks like a stag beetle to me, that kinda thing.

[zer0bot]

Upon many, many, many viewings of this, my friends and I have determined that it is a trussed mouse or rat or similar Harkonen rodent. Juicy.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

The beast rabban is a filthy bastard.

[lamontsphurba]

LMAO......

[vladdyboy123]

That's something I'd drink.... XD

[rat4cooler]

It's a miniature negro E.T.!!

[revoltingmexican]

what is that thing?  some insect in the glass?

[thejesusburger]

THIS IS GOLD