DUNE Part 1 | Movie Reaction | Arianna's First Time Watching 2/2

[@itsrickus3582]

Being deaf is actually an incredibly strong ability in this universe. It kind of showed that without being too direct. She signs to Paul that one is deaf, hinting he cannot be forced by The Voice and they'd have to bait the other one and use him to kill the deaf Harkonnen. Super cool details.

[@tastyneck]

Thanks for the explanation. I obviously knew that being deaf meant The Voice wouldn't work on him. But I thought it was more that they didn't have to worry about him hearing her use The Voice and knowing what she commanded the other to do so he could defend himself. I didn't really think about it in the way that you put it, that it's an actual advantage in a situation like this. That being deal is an advantage more than a disadvantage.

[@kng_bg1616]

So the voice can be defeated by noice cancelling headphones.

[@itsrickus3582]

@@kng_bg1616 genius

[@Hal2718]

​@@kng_bg1616Yes because these are not psychic abilities. The voice is just exploiting human biology and psychology. Prescient visions are also not psychic abilities. Paul was trained as a mentat and is also sensitive to the spic. His brain is unconsciously working out the calculus of his actions and the spice which is a hallucinogen serves up those calculations as prescient visions.

[@WaddIes]

being deaf watching the movie the first time was horrible tho.. they whisper so much it was impossible to understand anything x)

[@frmthefuture]

during paul's fight, everyone's truly shocked, because paul's besting one of their best fighters with relative ease. as the fight goes on, paul begins to mimic both jamis' movements and attacks. this shocks even stilgar, as the only person that had beaten jamis [till that point] was him. so when stilgar asked jessica if paul was toying with jamis, it's because paul had well over a dozen chances to kill but didn't. jessica tells stilgar paul had never killed anyone in live combat but had been trained by two of the imperium's greatest warmasters [duncan and gurney] since he was a child. also, you have to remember, paul is supposed to be MAYBE 15years old when all this is happening...

[@gaz-l621]

Babs Olusanmokun is also a massively underrated performer in these movies. He's completely believable as a fatherly mentor in Paul's visions, but also as a vicious warrior in their duel. I'm really glad he's gotten a chance to show his talents more widely now he's in Star Trek.

[@sensaiuriah5440]

​@@gaz-l621bros voice is rough but soothing at the same time 😂. They needa have him in a game or voice acting

[@nickrubin7312]

"All the signs are there!" Damn, that's Stilgar's level of belief right there

[@leonwilliams9589]

LISAN AL-GAIB!!!

[@jleos0095]

⁠​⁠@@leonwilliams9589Lisan Al-Gaib!

[@derekdecker555]

Dune was actually the first book I bought with my own money. Being a nerdy kid with no friends, I didn’t really have much use for the money I made mowing lawns and whatnot. Went into a local bookstore and asked the dude working the counter for a recommendation. Told him I already read all of Tolkien’s stuff and was looking for something different. He went back and slapped dune down on the counter. One of my best purchases to date.

[@blockboygames5956]

That is a great story. Thank you for sharing. I wish you all the best! :)

[@StayFractalesque]

Pauls visions are all possible futures, that's why he says theyre "confusing" ..and btw, They're all called Ornithopters regardless of number of wings.. IIRC, in the books, the mechanism that flaps the wings is actually biological.. some kind of mollusk that always vibrates and the ship uses electical current to stop the vibrations when not flying.. then remove the current to start flapping again.. this is so in event of catastrophic electrical failure, the ships will still fly.. or something like that.. interesting eh?

[@bigwezz]

I don't think that's quite it when it come's to the visions. Its not possible futures, its just Paul trying to interpenetrate what he is seeing. Jamis did teach him, but Paul took that literally, and saw Jamis as an actual tutor/teacher teaching him the ways of the desert.

[@NestorCaster]

@@bigwezzop is right, it’s actually possible futures. Since Paul doesn’t first know how to interpret the possible futures, and what they all mean, all together, he gets confused-- understandably so. Quite literally in a alternate future, Jamis is the one to teach him, it’s also the same future that he almost dies in that fight-- but Paul chooses another path, and uses what he sees in those alternate futures to not only predict Jamis’ moves, but also to help him choose a different path, which makes a different future, than what he saw, initially.

[@bigwezz]

@@NestorCaster I get what you're saying, but I don't think that is it. Paul had to die to become the Kwisatz Haderach, and by killing Jamis, he did that. The line "when you take a life, you take your own" underscores that. Jamis taught him the ways of the desert, its brutal lesson of survival, so that part of his vision was also correct, but just not how he interpreted it.

[@andromidius]

@@bigwezz Its a bit of both. Its a mixture of possible futures and metaphor, depending on the intensity of the vision.

[@ayanleman]

​@@NestorCasteri don't think its a future where he almost died but rather never fought Jamis at all. If you notice, Jamis cuts Paul's wrist as a mercy in the visions (and paul returns this alternate timeline kindness to Jamis in this timeline)

[@lithium23]

The great houses are all royalty, so like European royalty, they are all distantly related. Which is also why Leto Atreides didn't marry Paul's mom, he had to keep marriage as an option open for alliance purposes with other Houses. It would be like a prince marrying a commoner.

[@KthulhuXxx]

Spoilers for the future (I can't remember which book off the top of my head): ... ... ... ... Lady Jessica actually is of a Great House. She's the Baron's daughter.

[@axebeard6085]

Not exactly. Jessica was Bene Gesserit. In the Duniverse, Bene Gesserit have a special place. So even if a woman is born a commoner, becoming a Bene Gesserit elevates her above being a commoner. The Bene Gesserit are very selective about the women who join their ranks. It is fairly common knowledge that many Bene Gesserit are usually either nobles or exceptional commoners. What isn't known publicly is that all Bene Gesserit are on a breeding index. Typically, a woman needs to have an acceptable genetic code to become Bene Gesserit. I think there may be a few exceptions, such as a character in the later books named Sheeana who has qualities that are more important than breeding.

[@lithium23]

@@axebeard6085 Bene Gesserit are not royalty though, which is why Jessica is a concubine. Might as well be a commoner, in that context. The reason she bred with royalty to begin with though was her genetic code you are right there.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@axebeard6085 But still marrying a girl from a Great is preferable to marrying a Bene Gesserit and I don't have to explain it

[@Hal2718]

​​@@lithium23 That's not why though. He only didn't marry her so he could leave his house open to a possible alliance with another house through marriage. Has nothing to do with her station in life. Besides that, other heads of houses have married Bene Gesserits before. They are not excluded from marrying royalty by any convention. It was purely a political move.

[@alanfoster6589]

The sandworms can only travel through sand. Rock stops them. Otherwise the fremen could not survive.

[@bittybaff3541]

It's never explicitly stated, but that's the very reason why they destroyed the shield wall. It protects the plateau from storms and worms, neither bother the fremen. Doing so puts the cities and villages at the mercy of the fremen, puts control of the planet into their hands alone. Those who can't survive the desert, can't hide from it anymore

[@axebeard6085]

14:00 There's an old Bene Gesserit saying: "Never count a human dead until you've seen the body. And even then you could make a mistake."

[@NestorCaster]

18:42 : Jamis is not mad cuz Jessica bested Stilgar, Jamis is incensed because they are not only strangers, but Paul and Jessica are off-worlders that were recently their planet’s rulers,and thus their oppressors-- and now Stilgar is just gonna let them join their people… it’s not just disgraceful and dishonorable, it’s madness to Jamis. And it was definitely his own vision that Paul sees Jamis in.

[@swish007]

jessica was the Duke's concubine technically but the book describes how their love for each other was as deep as husband and wife. The duke never married her for political reasons and regretted it at the end. bene gesserit concubines were "assigned" to different houses without any choice in the matter (for breeding/bloodline manipulation purposes). it would have been a disadvantage for the Duke to marry his concubine thus closing any window for a union between him and one of the other houses by way of marriage. But the book fleshes out more how much Jessica and Leto deeply loved each other which always struck me; especially given how rare a real love like that seems in the high-stakes political world of dune. But even at the very start of the book, it's made clear that Leto (and house Atreides) was doomed and their love wouldn't last; so it was a tragic romance

[@chand911]

Nice. Haven't had a solo Arianna reaction in a hot minute.

[@StayFractalesque]

Was happy to see her feeling this movie as much as she did.. I felt it could have gone either way honestly..

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@StayFractalesque This movie is like that, most people love it but some just hate it outright

[@JakobBerry]

The Atreides aren't the best fighters. They're good for sure, but besides the fremen, the Sardaukar are pretty much the best fighters in this world. It's just Duncan who's an absolute beast.

[@rschroev]

What I seem to remember from the books is that the Atreides' army is relatively small but, under impulse from Duncan but also Gurney, very well trained; not to the same level as the Sardaukar, but close enough that it was one of the reasons why the emperor got afraid of the Atreides.

[@JakobBerry]

@@rschroev That make perfect sense.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@JakobBerry Atreides weren't always the best but Gurney trained them to become so awesome

[@JakobBerry]

@@Darkstar_Dayne I'm learning. I only read the first book something like 30 years ago, so it's great to get brushed up on things.

[@aaronrosby1644]

I got the sense that after a while, the Sardukar maybe got lazy and we resting only on their reputation as being “the best” and the atraiedes were creeping up to their level of not surpassing them.

[@axebeard6085]

6:10 Yes, Jessica was Leto's concubine. That is why she was called "Lady Jessica". If they had been married, she would have been called "Duchess Jessica".

[@woeshaling6421]

I like the analogy that Paul’s vision is like holding sand in your hand. Seeing grains of the future shifting and falling through your fingers giving glimpses, but always changing.

[@axebeard6085]

10:50 About the soldiers of the Imperium at this point in the film: In the Imperium, it is widely believed that the Sardaukar are the ultimate fighting force in the known universe. At one point, this was true. However, the Imperium had been letting the Sardaukar go soft. They could still easily wipe out the army of a single house, but there were some inherent weaknesses. For example, the Sardaukar did not have any kind of "Kobayashi Maru" training program with no-win scenarios. They were so used to always winning, they had difficulty dealing with a loss. Its difficult to compare the strength of the Fremen to that of the Sardaukar at this point. The Fremen were skilled guerilla fighters with unshakable religious fervor who would fight to the death. (The religious division was an invention of the film.) However, the Sardaukar were products of a training program that had a knowledge base spanning thousands of years. Next in strength would be the small force of Atreides that Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck had trained. They were almost as good as Sardaukar, and a few (like Duncan Idaho) were better than Sardaukar. Next would be the general armies of each house. Obviously, bigger houses with larger resources would usually have better troops, but this wasn't always the case. The Harkonnens were an immensely wealthy house, but their soldiers were conscripts. This is why you saw soldiers backing away from Duncan Idaho when he got into the ornithopter. However, that all changed when Paul joined the Fremen. Paul began a training program with the Fremen. He taught them the fighting skills and battle tactics he had learned from Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck. After 2 years of this training, the Fremen had reached the point where they were better than Sardaukar. There's a scene near the end of the book where the Emperor's Sardaukar had captured Paul's sister Alia, but the Sardaukar had barely escaped because they were nearly wiped out by Fremen women, children, and old men.

[@justinhaines8771]

Paul wasn’t seeing anyone else’s memories. He was seeing a future where Jamis accepted him. That branching timeline just isn’t the one that came to pass.

[@jforden78]

The dragonfly craft are called Ornithopter or Thopter for short. The one Paul and Jessica escape in is a smaller two-seat model as opposed to the larger one they observed the Spice Mining earlier in the movie.

[@axebeard6085]

12:13 Liet-Kynes' death is one of those rare instances where the film version is SO MUCH BETTER than the book.

[@enriquepelenato4956]

Me personally I prefer the book, it's much sadder, as he starts hallucinating his father giving him a seminar/lecture to him about the ecology of Dune to which he tells his long gone father to literally stop lecturing him lol. He's left for dead in the bare desert with no still-suit after being tortured by Harkonnens all night which is a horrible way to way to go. Then he collapses on top of a hot ground which would be like a frying pan at that point, declaring himself a "desert creature", the spice blow beneath him thankfully puts him out of his misery and he's killed by the very planet he tried to tame. Just In that short scene in the book we get an explanation of where the spice melange comes from, it's correlation to the worms, and how far back Kyne's lineage goes back with educating the Fremen on how they can terraform Arrakis, the unsung heroes of the story..... It's where science meets religion, the voice from the outer world will help achieve both Kyne's and the Fremen's spiritual goal of turning Arrakis into paradise...... it's also exactly why I didn't like part 2 because it deliberately cut all this stuff out which really maimed the story in my opinion.

[@pablom-f8762]

I really like this detail: her stillsuit is the only one to spring water when stabbed. Makes so much sense, she would have hydrated and fill up all catchpockets before returning to the sietch from the meteorological station. Very Fremen-like thinking by Villeneuve.

[@WildCanuckidan]

Favorite comment from Arianna - during the desert flying pursuit scene: "Omg, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, pull up, pull up, I dont know....." 😀

[@benmason9755]

When Paul sees Jamis in the future, this is from a possible branch in which he did not invoke the duel and so they become friends, and Jamis mentors Paul. So when they fight and Paul is forced to kill him, it shows him that the future isn't fixed, that it can be changed by his actions. At this point he realises how dangerous his visions can potentially be, and how careful he must be not to make further mistakes, like here where he is instead forced to sacrifice someone who could otherwise become a close friend and very useful ally.

[@LeeCarlson]

The flying machines on Arrakis are called "ornithopters" or "thopers" for short because they fly by flapping their wings.

[@tanimal3964]

Dune was both Denis Villeneuve's and Hans Zimmer's dream project, they were both massive fans of the book, so you will see a lot of care put into doing the story justice.

[@l.jboylan6704]

btw its not the atradies that are better than the imperial guard, thats just how good Duncan is.

[@pabloc8808]

Yeah Duncan and Gurney are I believe the best or some of the best fighters in the entire known universe, any Atreides footsoldier having been trained by them can make short work of the Harkonnens. That's why they needed the Sardaukar

[@92silverman]

False, the Atreides are regarded as the best among the houses, other than the saducar.

[@th01m3nn]

​@@92silvermanThat's literally what he said

[@MM-hi]

So good he gets cloned lmao

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

​@@MM-hi Like 30 times

[@loftyguy11]

I love the symbolism of Chani giving him the knife he uses to take a life for the first time. In doing so, the old Paul died, just as he saw.

[@kingscorpion7346]

the look Jessica was giving at the end was that she noticed how Paul looked at Chani, and she didn't approve, because Paul must keep the possibility of an alliance with another Great House open through marriage. that was why Jessica herself wasn't married to Leto Atredies, she was only his concubine through the Bene Jesserit and not from a Great House.

[@wilwaycoholland4337]

Paul sees all possible futures. He didn't want to kill Jamis because he did see futures where he was a friend and a mentor. The book explains it better but killing Jamis devastated Paul, because he loved him and he didn't know why.

[@axebeard6085]

9:15 The Sardaukar soldiers are using suspensors. This is the same technology that allows the Baron to float around.

[@Vikumbra]

Can't wait for you to react to part 2, they really are the best when watched together

[@thephenome1462]

Just gonna add, that Denys Villeneuve also directed Arrival, which always deserves a mention. But yeah, this movie was incredible, the better one of the two, in my opinion, having seen both at the theaters, and having read the corresponding book multiple times.

[@tomaskennedy]

11:34 That’s short for Ornithopter. (Ornithology is the study of birds)

[@Dunc25535]

He sees multiple possibilities of future events, but he cant control them yet so in some you see possible friendships, deaths ect.

[@alesksander]

Yep i interpered hi abillities as more refined guesses and interpertation what could happen. Afterall Paul is learned mentat also.

[@Dunc25535]

@@alesksander of course its explained so much more in the books but I still think Denis did a perfect job of giving you a taste of his abilities without doing a Zach Snyder and have a group of characters just dump exposition at each other for 20 mins haha

[@alesksander]

@@Dunc25535 Totally! viewers are not treated as total morons yeah. Deduction from "vision" is very clear another suggestion where answer could lie.

[@michaeljenningsyyz]

He also did Arrival, which is an amazing sci-fi movie. If you haven't seen it, it's a must see.

[@axebeard6085]

11:30 They are called "ornithopters", or "thopters" for short.

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Definitely go right into Part Two asap, the more you remember the first movie the better the 2nd is.

[@lathspell87]

I still love the scene with Duncan Idaho killing those several Harkonnen's, and then the other 3 or so just back away. Makes me laugh every time I see it. You never really see that in a movie. Usually, you have one badass killing everyone, and all the bad guys just keep on coming with no care for their own lives. Those three dudes didn't want any part of Duncan.

[@cheetos1231000]

Part Two is even better. I can't wait for you and Maple to react to it

[@philipgodsworth4764]

Nobles calling other nobles cousin was a thing, exactly.

[@92silverman]

Duncan Idaho was regarded as the best warrior, house atreides has the best soldiers in the great houses but the saducar were the ultimate soldiers dor the emperor.

[@axebeard6085]

13:50 I'm pretty sure "that" is a musical instrument, but I could be wrong.

[@WhiteWolfDarkpaw]

The Sardaukar are the best official army in the Imperium, with the Atreides being arguably the 2nd best. They're only 2nd best because Duncan is a Swordmaster of Ginaz, the universes greatest fighters, and Duncan trained the Atreides army alongside Gurney, who was a gladiator in the Harkonnen slave pits. The Fremen put even the Sardaukar to shame, though.

[@cbretschneider]

Dune does visions better than any other story. They're confusing and contradictory because Paul see's potential futures. The future is not predetermined. Arianna should definitely check out the books. She's love them.

[@Larwick]

Looking forward to seeing you and Maple check out Dune 2. Villeneuve is the goat.

[@zissoulander]

Can't wait for Ariana's reaction to Dune 2 as it goes OFF and I have no doubt so will she.

[@user-cz1yu1tc8e]

The first corpse in long line in Paul's name.

[@jtonguam]

Highly recommend reading the books. They're not easy to read but definitely worth it. Also definitely worth it going to see Dune 2 in theaters. Especially if you have a good theater that has Atmos sound system.

[@axebeard6085]

8:35 That's muad'dib. Muad'dib is the star of the show. ;)

[@b_g_c3281]

20:44 The future is a constant flow of millions of billions of _'if'_ and _'maybe'_ ...Paul saw _a_ potential/possible future wherein Jamis became Paul's mentor, but that wasn't a future that would come to be [[ ...As to why that's the case (( ...besides of course it being the author's choice... )), I would like to reckon that it was the consequence of probably, at the absolute least, one, infinitesimally small(( and most likely unconscious )) action that Paul, or Jessica(( or both )) did... Think of it in terms of 'The Butterfly Effect' [[ ....which by the way, is, I believe a very engaging film that also hinges on understanding time😉 ]]

[@bowi1332]

Part 1 is a masterpiece.

[@axebeard6085]

6:00 No, the Barron didn't lie. Yueh's wife Wanna was already dead.

[@pablom-f8762]

Strange as it might sounds, he would honor the accord. In his own twisted logic, blackmail would stop working if word gets out, you might as well off yourself and no more Baron's schemes.

[@nicolaiboensch6643]

Paul saw a vision of Jamis as his friend/mentor and was sad when that possible scenario could not be.

[@cjperry2731]

Please watch and upload Dune Part 2.. It is twice as epic and an even better movie..

[@cliveklg7739]

The visuals of this film are amazing. I'm not so much with the storytelling. IMO the SyFy miniseries did the story better. They had a pretty great cast as well. Some great costumes and sets. Digital effects not close to as good. And they film the desert scenes in a sound stage with a painted background, though that was easy to get used to and kind of had its own retro vibe. I do especially like some of the little details, like the pitting of the windows of the thopter after it crashed.

[@JonatanE]

Arianna believing in the false prophecy and thinking the worm ''recognized him'' feels very on brand for some reason

[@AJ-gk7bn]

Looking forward the dune part 2 reaction!

[@axebeard6085]

5:00 At one point, French nobility would call each other cousins. Its a recognition of each others nobility. Frank Herbert copied that for Dune.

[@nicoreuel2092]

The Jamis fight is my favourite part of this movie. Had Jamis just been cool, the future where he teaches Paul would’ve come true (even though it technically does through visions anyway). Had Paul chosen to “no be in the mood” (Gurney’s lesson), he would’ve have died like in his vision but instead he rose to the occasion and won, fulfilling the path of Lisan al gaib

[@willhess28]

Fantastic reaction vid Arianna! Thank you (and the crew) so much for the content, y'all are awesome! Much luv ✌️

[@danielallan8061]

The houses Harkonnen and Atreides are related through blood as far as I remember (take a guess at who Jessica's father and mother are). You are also correct that it is a formality because they are both great houses. Think of it as space Game of Thrones. I was actually disappointed with the fight scene at the beginning of the video because it simplified too much for me. The Sardaukar were dressed in Harkonnen battle dress. This is a feudal system. The Emperor cannot be seen to be taking sides in a dispute between two houses. The movie is solid, but some of the changes were disappointing and unnecessary in my opinion.

[@znk0r]

The deaf guy means they cant use the voice on him.

[@DecSteele]

Duncan fucking Idaho 🫡 any book readers, any good details from the book omitted from the movie ?

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

If I remember right, Duncan gets shitfaced on duty at one point and is reprimanded for it. lol He's more about instinct and personal loyalty than rigid principles.

[@salvation122]

There's a lot of little stuff. First off, Paul being able to use the Voice is a Big Deal - men *do not* have Bene Gesserit abilities, nor the ability to learn them; it's genetically linked to women (which is why the Reverend Mother says he's a waste.) There are no computers because of an AI rebellion sometime in the distant past; calculations are done by extremely rare and highly trained individuals who are literally one-in-a-million. If you shoot a laser at a shielded target, it triggers a reaction similar to a small hydrogen bomb, which is why everyone uses swords.

[@Hal2718]

Piter De Vries (Baron Harkonen's twisted mentat played by David Dastmalchian) was devastatingly cut short as a character. He had a few lines in the movie, but then the movie jumps to the part of the story where he dies. He had a much more significant role in the book.

[@sensaiuriah5440]

Too bad u and maple couldnt watch this together 😢. But part 2 immediatelyyyy

[@ernestorodriguez791]

👍🏾

[@dquanissavage6287]

Diegesis Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@AustinDpOwers89]

I liked part 1 fine, but I liked part 2 a lot more.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

What a marvelous reaction video. I'm glad you fell in love with this story watching with you was like watching it for the first time. Which is really fantastic cuz I read the book back in the late '70s as a teen. You get this, You're a little sci-fi nerd and This story is incredibly dense. You might have to watch it again to get all the details but you get the story. Bravo great reaction I cannot wait to see Dune 2 with you ❤

[@LuminairPrime]

I am watching the FUCK out of Part 2 of this Dune Part 1 reaction

[@sergo67.58]

HEY!!!YOU NEED WATCH PSYCHO(1960YEAR) AND MISERY(1990) BEST HORRORS!

[@GodxMischief]

that guys deaf, does that mean that cant use sign language? lmao 🤣

[@MetastaticMaladies]

I love Dune, I hope these movies get people to at least read the first book or two, they are so good.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite Dune movie!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@StayFractalesque]

Yeah? ..you didn't vibe with part2 as much?

[@anonymouslypseudonymous2060]

David Lynch crying in the corner fr

[@chadgill4544]

Thank you for a solo reaction. More of this please.

[@erndaburn7745]

I'm just here for my daily dose 😂

[@michaelriddick7116]

Rebecca Fergusson is amazing in this! 💗🥰🥰🥰😁

[@michaelriddick7116]

Both Pt1 and 2 are fantastic!

[@Bhint320610]

Mahdi!!!!!!!

[@christopherplummer1299]

Dune is to sci-fi what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy.

[@williambranch4283]

Part 1 is world building, seems slow. Part 2 is action packed.

[@MrNihilist74]

Why the picture from the 1984 version of dune? I hope you react to the 1984 version of dune also. Nice reaction.

[@Diegesis]

i thought it was a fun touch

[@Wendy-oxox]

Thanks loved your reaction. Hope you watch Dune part 2 that just came out not too long ago.

[@neilbrideau8520]

You read a lot of sci-fi and have not read Dune? From which rock?

[@jbwade5676]

😢😢

[@MusicGuyFK]

Water we dune hair

[@thestokes91]

reaction was a bit over the top, wasnt it?