The mechanical training dummy in Dune always fascinated me. When I read Dune as a kid, the scene on Caladan in which Paul´s training dummy is described, very much defined Paul as a character for me. It made clear that he did not grow up like a normal child but instead lived under constant threat of being assassinated, always preparing to be ready and fight for his live to his best ability. Not much later, shortly after their arrival on Dune, the scene with the hunter seeker happens and confirms this impression.
I found these three designs for the dummy on https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Dune_Wiki
The left and middle image are pretty close to the design described in the book if I remember correctly. While the left image shows the dummy in action, with lots of different rotating, hacking and stabbing blades, the middle image shows the dummy in standby, with retracted blades. Both designs were made for the movie adaption by Lynch.
The right image is an alternative approach, deviating from the design described in the book but in a way that fits canon well in my opinion. Suspensors are common tech in the Dune universe, just think of the omnipresent glowglobes that light so many scenes in the story. Therefore, sticking a suspensorglobe into a traing dummy seems like a pretty obvious thing to do. The person standing next to the "Suspensor Drone" is Gurney Halleck. The art is by Mark Zug, created for the Dune Collectible Card Game by Last Unicorn Games.
H.R. Giger, the famous creator of the Xenomorph in the science fiction classic ALIEN, was also part of the all star team that worked on Jodo's Dune. The enclosed design of the castle fits perfectly with the description of Harko City in the books, which is probably just a happy coincidence. The elongated back of the head is an obvious resemblance to the aforementioned Xenomorph.
As you might have guessed, the unnamed character in the middle is Thufir Hawatt. Open in new tab for bigger image.
Since the thread got upvotes by the majority but only comments from a few party poopers who were obviously not appreciating me sharing this great find with you all, I decided to lock it. I just don´t have the nerve for that kind of shit today.
Hej hej, fellow comic art enthusiasts! I am quite excited to show to you what I just found. While searching for a good digital copy of Jodorowsky´s legendary Dune script, I stumbled upon this incredible analysis of the script, made by the fine people of www.duneinfo.com. It seems to contain the full or at least a big part of the script (in varying image quality) and does a great job at summarizing Jodo´s version of the story en détail. The article presents an insight into this mystical project, which I and probably many of you, have never had before, enjoy! www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowskys-dune-uncovered
I will keep posting selected images from the script, in the future. Here´s an example:
Nice use of historical design elements imo, they also both look like hippies, lol. I wonder why he made Gurney so short though. As far as I remember he was never called short in the books, right?
How come the people who say they need automatic weapons to defend themselves from their government at the same time cheer for giving their government absolute power?
Finally a ride that in fact deserves a "this machine kills fascists" sticker!
You are welcome! Now please tell all your friends about it and emphasize they should watch it on Netflix to make that second season happen!
Putting the slide in as a reference would have been kind of cheap at this point imo. As an AKIRA enjoyer, I found the AKIRA references in SR very satisfying. I just made some direct comparisons from memory for another thread earlier today:
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What do you think !johnny_enzyme@lemm.ee? Not so much of a whoops. is it?
I think this is the coolest picture in the series. I love her character design overall and especially the style of her robe.
I am unsure, maybe someone who remembers the movie can give us a hint?
Things like this are more than just mildly infuriating to me as a collector. To help all of us calm down after the shock and also to redeem Carlsen Comics, at least a little bit, I present to you my Akira "Original Edition" also known as the "Phone Book Edition". The layouts of the issues are not accurate to the millimeter but the production tolerance is definitely precise enough to not feel bad about it.
So, my opinion is invalid, but yours is okay?
Please read your first comment again. You didn't present it as your personal opinion, but as if the game was objectively bad, which is what I have contradicted.
I also wrote in my last comment.
If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.
So I obviously did not declare your opinion invalid as you can see.
You, however, are using biased sampling
No, I am not. The ratings I linked are based on the ratings of everyone who played the game, not just people who played the game and liked it. It´s just that the vast majority of people who played the game liked it, so the ratings are impressively good. What do you even mean with that critique? The only people who can rate the game are the people who actually played it, right? So no, I do not see a flaw there.
What about people who don’t like what you like? They’re not spending $50 on a game they don’t like.
How would they even know they don´t like the game without buying and playing it? Besides that, I generally recommend buying games on sale and also to make use of the refund function of steam if you do not enjoy a game.
I tried DOS (1 & 2) because of the reviews and my live for games like Baldur’s Gate and Pillars. But this game series wasn’t for me and I’m allowed to say so.
I agree, and again quote what I wrote earlier
If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.
and like everyone else who felt that way, you were free to leave a negative review that impacts the games overall rating, which I assume you did.
I hope it is clear now that I at no point intended to invalidate your opinion, which I do in fact respect. So let us stop this nerd battle, my fellow rpg connoisseur, shall we?
And?
And that shows that you are obviously in the minority with your opinion. Most people who played Divinity 2 gave it a positive rating, so many even that it got the excellent ratings I linked before.
Sequels are more likely to be purchased by people who liked the original game.
I never played the original game and anyway liked Divinity 2 a lot. I think it's an outstanding rpg and recommend it to anyone interested in the genre. If you don´t like it that´s fine but don´t present your individual opinion as being objective.
Exactly, Kyle MacLachlan was perfect for the role of Agent Cooper but I will never get what Lynch was thinking when casting him as Paul Atreides.