Dune: Part One (2021) - Baron Harkonnen Bath Scene [HD]

[@theQuickRundown]

I'd buy his bathwater.

[@adriandotg]

same here bro

[@MrVictor1227]

🤢

[@gojitsar7505]

I would too. Glad to be a part of this meaningful conversation.

[@Missssrooty]

He’s a pedo

[@psychohelmetfounder]

Wtf is that?

[@thedoruk6324]

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

[@arthurfleck629]

We’ve met before, very recently, and yet, strangely, I can’t remember where it was

[@arthurfleck629]

Fascinating, what are the chances of us meeting once again like this, you know, now that I think about it, I think it was another Dune video, one about the Sardaukar. I suppose the chances aren’t so low after all

[@adipuppi]

thriving

[@natetran9987]

thing about dune planet is the sand, it's coarse, its rough, irritating. it gets everywhere. you really need a hot oil bath soak at the end of the day.

[@thedoruk6324]

@@natetran9987 I mean dune planet actually has water just deep underground and ironically nobody bothered to dig deep enough although it is usually spice or the worm poop that gets everywhere

[@alecaquino4306]

We already knew that Stellan was a phenomenal actor. But I'm also incredibly impressed with Dave Bautista's portrayal of Rabban. He's really come a very long way as an actor!

[@matkeso]

Especially under Denis Villeneuve - if you also see Blade Runner short

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

He still reminds me of Drax.

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

@KTV 4U doom?

[@amuroray9115]

@KTV 4U I hope you’re not talking about Doom the video game……

[@resetpassw0rd]

Bautista movie carrier is what Rock actually wanted to be instead of this clowning.

[@101Phase]

I just noticed a wonderful little detail: when Raban is giving his report, look how his eyes are darting back and forth. It gives off a slight sense of panic, like someone who knows they screwed up and is desperately hoping they wouldn't be found out. When he's saying it's a 'certainty' they're dead, he is absolutely trying to convince himself of that too. This tells us that despite his strength and brutality, Raban is terrified of the Baron, even while the latter is at his weakest

[@sectorgovernor]

Good details and also its book accurate. In the original Dune novel there is part where Rabban think about the Baron rarely killed family members however he has painful punishments. In Brian Herbert 's House Harkonnen novel, once the Baron was so angry of Rabban (he messed up his plans with a stupid action) that he beated him severely than exiled him to Lankiveil for a while. Also, that was the moment where the Baron have started to consider Rabban maybe won' t be a good choice as the Harkonnen heir. (It happened years before the birth of Feyd.)

[@sectorgovernor]

In the book, it was Iakin Nefud(Harkonnen captain) who reported about the storm though. However I understand why there was no time for a smaller character, so it was reasonable to give Rabban that line.

[@Zlarel]

What's funny is in the book the Baron lambasts the guy for being so certain they're dead without having confirmed it, but on the inside he's equally certain and isn't actually that worried.

[@christianealshut1123]

Yes, he comes before the Baron exactly in the same attitude that Jessica comes before Gaius Helen Mohiam; they have similar body language and facial expressions.

[@sidekickerbrohoof9584]

Oh bro the book makes it very clear he's scared of his uncle lol.

[@jackmehoff5436]

“You have no idea how much dark chocolate it took me to take this bath here. I only have one requirement…. More chocolate.”

[@yawgmoth6568]

to bathe here fit's better

[@danielplainview2584]

I got a fever…

[@johans3164]

No wonder Wonka is his greatest enemy. Wonka is the true Lisan Al Gaib

[@yummypizza3209]

banheira de nutela

[@loremtod]

​@@johans3164you're genius

[@smikkelbeer7890]

Insane that they got Winston Churchill to play in this movie.

[@anenemystand5582]

I can actually understand this man when he speaks. Clearly he is not churchill.

[@chaoticneutral7573]

My lord you gave promise not to hurt them Churchill: Yes, but Brittain is Brittain, it takes the weak. My Brittain * starts levitating * my EMPIRE

[@beyondintervals6606]

So this is how Thanos is born.

[@thefrustratedboyy]

Not funny

[@thefrustratedboyy]

@@anenemystand5582 he doesn't even look like Churchill he had hair on his fookin head

[@gonzaloNMF]

For those who don't know, when the baron says: "You have no idea how much it cost me to bring such a force to bear. Now I only have one requirement. Income." He's refering to the high cost of interstellar travel to move the troops set by the Spacing Guild. In the book it is stated that the whole Harkonnen operation is worth 70 years of spice harvest, quite a lot if you come to think that they had been exploiting Arrakis for 80 years.

[@TheMaabusAdmiral]

Holy shit, they owned Arrakis for 80 years and almost 90% of it is gone in a single operation

[@3hutp]

This is why this show is probably better than Star Wars. SW is essentially a children's movie. You know that there'a a galaxy with different planets and species but it doesn't have the elaboration this story has where trade and money are a factor just like in the real world.

[@3hutp]

How can it be so expensive though?

[@TheMaabusAdmiral]

@@3hutp every ounce we send into space is thousands of dollars. Imagine moving an army with munitions, food, supplies, and everything else light years away

[@gonzaloNMF]

@@3hutp The Spacing Gild can charge whatever they want, since they have the monopoly of space travel. Besides the Spacing Guild doesn't want all the houses to engage into a frenzy killing, since that would dwindle spice production. That's why large scale warfare is discouraged by setting high fees for moving troops.

[@cheshirekat8273]

I love the design of this scene. The part where the Baron says: "Kill them all", then sinks back into the black sludge, the sounds, the music that kicks in... Love it!

[@costco_pizza]

Agreed, very frightening and well-made scene!!!

[@preparetoholdyourcolour7080]

The whole film is epic

[@michaelmcgee2026]

@@costco_pizza the mad king said it better

[@kubakl2151]

Fun fact: In the book it was Rabban who asked if he can kill the Fremen, Baron was angry at him for this and yelled that he asked to squeeze the planet of spice, not murder the locals. And....I wont spoil the rest but.....as the "book version of Baron" would say: plans within plans within plans, feints within feints I hope we will see much more of Baron in second part of Dune-movie :)

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Book baron ignores the fremen, while rabban wants to kill them.

[@immortanjoe9362]

I'm glad Dave Bautista got this role. He's definitely flourishing as an actor. And Stellan Skarsgard is phenomenal, as usual.

[@paulira7407]

Dave is the most talented in terms of acting ability compared to his two former coworkers (Johnson & Cena).

[@patrickharwood6598]

@BPJ Honestly I think arnold schwarzenegger was a better actor than the rock or at least he took more creative roles. Compare Terminator, Last action hero and Predator to the rock in a jungle.

[@samanthab1923]

No Feyd?

[@beyondintervals6606]

So this is how Thanos is born.

[@helvis7336]

not surprising. isn't professional wrestling basically acting?

[@Stringfellow-xo6do]

"I only have one requirement, INCOME". That small piece of dialogue sent shivers down my spine.

[@javiersandoval29]

Corporate greed for you

[@bingobongo1615]

And yet he wants to waste money on a fremen genocide... I mean this isnt a huge thing but kill them all makes absolutely no sense here and is the opposite of the book (enslave them)

[@pirobomandias]

@@bingobongo1615 The Baron wasn't aware of how much Fremens actually inhabited the planet, both he and Rabban thought they were a minor inconvenience, therefore I don't think it'd have been such an expensive task.

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

It's a big part of the plot and unfortunately probably wasn't super clear to audiences, either. The Baron having been secretly accumulating spice so that he had a vast reserve to sell during this period of disrupted spice production was how the whole secret war was going to be financed. It's one of the things I love about the novels because it shows how shrewd the Baron was, how this whole thing has been decades in preparation.

[@cosmobane6995]

HR: "So, what's your main motivation in joining us" You: "I only have one requirement, INCOME"

[@charlesshoultz3319]

It's interesting to consider the idea that the Emperor pitted the Atreides and the Harkonnens against each other to weaken both of them. That he saw them both as threats to House Corrino, and saw a chance to kill two birds with one stone. The Atreides he eliminates outright (or so he thinks), while by forcing the Harkonnens to pay for their attack, he depletes their wealth substantially, and so removes a major source of their power. Both houses were viewed as threats by the Emperor, so he pits them against each other to his own benefit.

[@CegeRoles]

As the Baron said, the Emperor is a jealous man. A dangerous, jealous man.

[@n.w.1803]

And perhaps he can use the chaos unleashed on the economically vital planet to assume direct Imperial control of Arrakis, vice either the Atreides or Harkonnen...which would not only consolidate Imperial power to his house, but perhaps shift the balance of power to him personally, from the Spacing Guild..

[@skateforzero357]

And then Paul completely fuckes up his plan, banishes him to a prison planet, and continues to dismantle the completely social hierarchy. I love it.

[@sawtooth808]

@@skateforzero357 only to have his son Leto II, morph into a humanoid sand worm 🪱 and go even further than the Harkonens 1000’s years later, plus it’s not like Paul and his younger sister Allyah (sp) were tree hugging free love hippies, but now I’m jumping ahead here.

[@halleck3]

Yes. And don't forget, the Baron presumes to challenge Fenring later. But Fenring reminds him that if the Baron tries to make known the Emperor's role in it, he'll find Sardakaur commanders to attest they acted on their own and without orders from the Emperor. He even tells the Baron that he hopes the Emperor won't have to move against HIM.

[@NamMyohoRengeKyo-d9u]

When are we getting some limited edition Baron bath water?

[@Santinho123]

😩

[@adriandotg]

@@Santinho123 Hello there!

[@theelectricprince8231]

Water inflation will hit a 1000 year high bro

[@Santinho123]

@@adriandotg Come here my little friend.

[@IgnatiaWildsmith1227]

@@Santinho123 general kenobi

[@rex788]

I love how scary they make Baron in this film. The old film the Baron was very comedic, did not come off as a dangerous ruler at all.

[@pressanybutton1880]

Dunno about that. The heart plug scene in Lynch's flawed masterpiece is pretty terrifying.

[@rebboy17]

@@pressanybutton1880eh. He still came off as a more floating fool. This barron seems so much more serious and no nonsense

[@blueshit199]

the old baron was also memorable for that tho. he was like a saturday morning cartoon villain, but I loved that

[@chrisdawson1776]

This Baron was also comedic, even more so. No one could take an albino Nikocado Avocado lookalike seriously.

[@lombremic4840]

The Baron being injured by the attack was one of the best changes from the novel, ties in nice with Frank's idea of spice as a metaphor for oil

[@dogmanbitehurt8243]

Wdym metaphor for oil?

[@lombremic4840]

@@dogmanbitehurt8243 Herbert based the idea of spice off of oil, a real life resource that if we did not have or ran out of, entire countries would collapse.

[@Geokinkladze]

It's an opinion that Herbert based the spice on oil. Another opinion is that it is based on his experiences with psychedelic drugs.

[@Llamazone-Prime]

@@Geokinkladze I'm personally in camp oil. Drugs are cool and all, but i don't think entire countries will collapse if they run out of weed. Maybe Florida or Bristol in the UK would fall, but not whole countries.

[@Geokinkladze]

@@Llamazone-Prime It's nothing to do with being cool. It's simply about demand. Any product that is sufficiently demanded causes economic instability when supply is interrupted. This happened with oil, it has also happened with food. Heck it even happened with Tulips once. The reason the spice is so demanded in Herbert's universe is because of it's health enhancing abilities (ultimately leading to longer lifespan) and it's effects on awareness. As a product it has little in common with oil. The spice itself is really a drug. The economic effects of it's supply being interrupted are the same as for all products that are sufficiently demanded. Imagine the implications of a halt in silicon chip production for example.

[@lukebingus9432]

The fact that you can hear Atreides officials being tortured quietly in the background is chilling.

[@franklesher4459]

For a moment, I was asking what was that noise in the deep. But when I heard it again, I noticed some small screams and it was at this moment, that some unspeakable horror was happening outside.

[@tulipalll]

do we have any confirmation about that?

[@HallowedManhattan]

Yea I confirm it

[@ProfessorxVile]

Somebody in another comment speculated that those aren't the Atreides men... they're the Harkonnen guards who closed the dining hall doors and left their Baron in a room full of poison gas. It could also be a mix of both.

[@minhtue90]

Good hearing, I can’t hear it ~

[@binghamguevara6814]

The homage to Apocalypse Now is huge: the head coming out of the water; the heavy built bald-headed genius-and-mad leader; the soft bellowing voice; the “kill them all” line. I think people may have missed it.

[@schnacker41]

Villeneuve has said in an interview that Apocaplypse now is one of the films that has influenced him the most as a filmmaker

[@zackcross7190]

I just picked up on that. The Baron does give off a Col. Kurtz vibe.

[@YasonYou]

I saw this pointed out in a video, but the way he touches his forehead is also similar to apocalypse now.

[@famousdraven5443]

Stellan Skarsgård is absolutely channeling Marlon Brando's performance in Apocalypse Now and is WONDERFUL! Right down to the seemingly war-weary body language.

[@catwrangler7907]

We didn't it looked fake compared to Brando

[@eduard252]

Interesting bit of trivia - both actresses playing the servants in white robes have alopecia. It's a condition where people lose all hair on the head (alopecia totalis) and the body (alopecia universalis). So this look is not a makeup with a bald cap and they both naturally look like this. Their names are Joelle Amery and Dora Kápolnai-Schvab if you want to look them up.

[@thedoruk6324]

+Eduard loosing all the body hair seems like a positive trait not the head tho

[@gymir5226]

Bane: Thank you!

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Also interesting trivia I stuck my foot in human feces yesterday because some homeless dumb fuck didnt bury his crap very well.

[@gonzaloNMF]

Lucky for them they're good looking. If I shaved my head I'd look terrible.

[@dbell1016]

I don't know if you've read the books, but the baron was very much into young boys. His original plan was to kill everyone of house Atreidies except Paul, have him broken, and put in his harem. Piter, his mentat, advised against this explaining how difficult and dangerous Paul would be to break. On several occasions, the baron comments on how pretty he thought Paul's eyes were. The actresses playing the parts may have been female, but they were meant to be young boys.

[@franzhaas3712]

Dave Bautista to me is officially the best actor to come out of wrestling. You can tell he is committed to the craft. I'm excited to see him grow.

[@Rawdiswar]

So much better than DJ

[@franzhaas3712]

@@Rawdiswar In all the years of acting, his muscle has just got bigger.

[@KamikazeChinaman]

John Xina has been good too.

[@franzhaas3712]

@@KamikazeChinaman I see would you did there, lol.

[@williamcampbell2656]

Quite an achievement! There's Baron Ratske Oliver, Randy Macho Man Scofield , Hulk Paul Hogan... but yeah, has better acting skills than the Rock or a tomato. Agreed

[@andrewgardiner1077]

The thing I like about Stellan’s portrayal is that the Baron is cold and calculating, making each one of his few words count. He has an icy dignity and menacing aura, compared to the psychotic madness of the 1984 film, or the campy flamboyance of the 2000 miniseries. Stellan’s Baron doesn’t mess around. He is more like Colonel Kurtz or Wilson Fisk.

[@Xtian982]

Interesting you refer to Colonel Kurtz. The first scene we see of the Baron in this version of Dune he is in a steam bath and wipes is head in a similar way to Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. A way too similar to be a coincidence.

[@Grayfox988]

@@Xtian982 Also this scene looks a bit like Willard emerging out of the water with dark face paint at the end of AN.

[@baddunwell2306]

@@Grayfox988 Hell yeah! I just replied to a comment about this. They even had a nod to the burning palm trees from the opening of AN!

[@hoeckergestalt5584]

@@Xtian982 viilleneuve said he drew inspiriation by apocalypse now so i dont think coincidence here

[@youtubeisinconsistent9169]

Definitely inspired by kurtz

[@thisguy7175]

The sound of the bath water and it’s bubbling is so guttural, relaxing yet it belies such a dark power

[@osamaz2780]

And you can breathe it in, imagine sleeping inside warm fluid like that

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

Water? He's a floating fat man, and he's bathing in long-chain hydrocarbons (fats) to replenish his evil fat powers!!

[@I-speak-U-shut-it]

It sounds like an upset stomach before Batista spoke

[@LAZER904]

It was eerie

[@Parkodox]

what I find crazy about this scene is that you can faintly hear the screams of atredies soldiers being tortured behind the door

[@farismdlana327]

wow didn't know that

[@90maducc]

Yeah, you’re right. It’s faint, but it’s there. Halleck wasn’t joking when he said that the Harkonnens were animals.

[@travismord4175]

Wow. I never noticed that before. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@rustythecrown9317]

That's actually the fans of the book realizing what shit this film really was.

[@Parkodox]

@@rustythecrown9317 bro I’m a fan of the books and I thought this movie was awesome

[@Afineaddition]

I honestly love how this scene is sandwiched between the two scenes of Paul navigating the storm. It’s discordant, but it somehow works

[@stanpines9011]

It's like surfacing from the water for a gasp of air before diving in again

[@novemberalpha6023]

​@@stanpines9011 from the spice you mean??

[@jdfigs5916]

Dave as Rabban is fantastic

[@arthurfleck629]

Perfect casting right there

[@alstor4746]

Indeed, seeing him talking with such fear and submission make the Baron even more scary.

[@arcadealchemist]

yeh dave does play a R-Tard very well.

[@alexanderangelkov6338]

@@arthurfleck629 i only didnt lile zendaya.

[@KnIf0rTITAN]

Problem is Rabban is supposed to be incompetent idiot who loves violence too much, that's why the Barron uses him to be a set up for his brother... Dave does not come off that way.

[@seanwilson4350]

Dave Bautista acts so well with his eyes. Early in the scene, he is trying to avoid eye contact with the Baron's bath, presumably over fear of reprisals or punishment. But as soon as the Baron emerges and encourages him to squeeze hard, Rabban's eyes visibly change to a kind of eager blood-lust. Chaos and carnage is what he lives for.

[@SuperMrBentley]

"You dont know how much uranium it took me to build this reactor. I only have one requirement.... BORON AND SAND"

[@Schyderap]

In just a few lines of dialogue Dennis managed to portrai Baron a lot more faithful than Lynch in a whole movie. The "squeze Rabban" line was an unwanted comedy in Dune 1984 but here it's explained logically - the Harkonnens need a lot of income because of high costs of the Atreides operation

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

That and Rabbans oppressive rule would play into his plans for Feyd.

[@kamilpotato3764]

Tv series VBaron is best portrayal

[@rustythecrown9317]

villenueve butchered the adaptation... missed too much to make a coherent string of continuous thought. Rubbish.

[@Schyderap]

@@rustythecrown9317 yeah well that's like your opinion, man

[@draem01]

@@rustythecrown9317 let me guess, you're a Lynch's dune fanboi bitching on the new film for attention, am i right?

[@deltaomega2136]

If the Baron had been a little more genre savvy, he would have realized "No one could survive that" means they're most certainly still alive.

[@VictorIV0310]

He did, in the book. No body recovered so he knows they’re still out there.

[@Grahf0]

Ah, to be a learned, villain. Having a subordinate come up to you and say "But sir, *he's* just one man! What can one man do?" And you respond by saying, "Here, let me show you", and then promptly put a bullet in their head.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

@@VictorIV0310 Actually in the book he was certain Paul and Jessica were killed in the storm, he just didn't tell his soldiers that because he didn't want them getting lazy.

[@nomadhakunamatata5793]

@@Grahf0 would love to see that.

[@speedracer2008]

True, but, in fairness, he did have other pressing matters to attend to, so he likely didn’t have the time to make sure they were dead.

[@ptinatlanta6815]

What I love about this scene is actually how muscular the baron is which is accurate. Yes by this time he bloated up due to poison but before,the baron was strong and actually quite vain.

[@andrewgardiner1077]

In the Prelude to Dune trilogy, the Baron wasn’t fat at first. He was absolutely jacked and shredded, often showing that physique off proudly. He got fat because he violently raped Gaius Helen Mohiam, and the Reverend Mother chose to infect him with a disease that destroyed his muscular physique and caused rapid weight gain. This portrays the Baron as a powerfully-built person, who happens to also be very fat.

[@LabTech41]

@@andrewgardiner1077 To be fair, there's a large percentage of the Dune book fanbase that consider basically anything written by the son after the father's death to be quasi-canon at best. As such, whether the Baron is fat because of Bene Gesserit bio-control or because of his own innate excesses is unclear.

[@edwelndiobel1567]

Do they have dune books where all the different stories are actually in order and dont jump around?

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

That guy definetly went to the Marlon Brando Apacolypse-Now School of Acting.

[@ImmortanDan]

@@edwelndiobel1567 I mean, the first four (the ones I've read) are pretty coherent. In the original author's vision, Harkonnen leaders were generally likely to grow fat because of their greed and attitude towards indulgence. Feyd was noted to not have that tendency.

[@alexmelik4030]

"Squeeze rabbit, squeeze hard." Gosh I love the auto subs, they add so much giggles.

[@osamaz2780]

I just realized the first servant is playing a musical instrument that manipulates the drug high Baron is on, mentioned in the book

[@pepi88]

THANK YOU!

[@mitchkronowit3633]

Thanks! I searched for this video just to find out what she was tapping. At first I thought those black keys were for making the Baron’s bath goop since they’re both black. Now it makes more sense. Yeah, I gotta read the books.

[@damonbradley2593]

What is that device called she is playing? I wrote a 23 second song about it lol

[@jenniferlavigne5374]

@@damonbradley2593 Yes I'd really like to know if that instrument is real or fictional.

[@QixTheDS]

@@mitchkronowit3633 I think they are the magnetic "stones" you can buy at a craft store or online. Small, black ovals that make a weird noise when they link.

[@id2609]

I love the dune's whole aesthetic, no matter the version. They are so alien and unique.

[@doobadood]

I like how the changes here. In the book, it was a harkonnen captain (recently promoted after the last one died in leto's poison) talking to Baron instead of rabban. The changes of the speaker really work well here especially on Leto and Paul(for those who dont know some of Paul's line are originally said by leto in the book) but it really fit here naturally

[@piotrbrys8008]

Exactly, these are the right kinds of changes - ones that keep the meaning and the tone of the original book but change the story slightly to make it fit in a film.

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

What lines of Leto and Paul?

[@doobadood]

@@pseudonymousbeing987 one of it is the part when they were in the thopter with kynes. Paul frequently asking questions like what if they shield the harvesters, etc. Some of it where the exact same lines from the book but instead leto was the one asking question. Also one is the part where they were meeting stilgar, in the last part where paul's asking something about honoring him before he go it was leto who said that line. I forgot the others as I hadnt reread the book in a while but it was a small but interesting changes and knowing that villeneuve actually read and pay attention to the book.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

To be fair the Harkonnen captain was an extremely minor character who didn't really do anything in the books so I can totally understand why they cut him out completely.

[@blackolantern5666]

Such beautiful visuals in this movie. I’m glad I experienced this in the theater. And I didn’t know I saw it on the FINAL day of it being shown theaters..... lucky me!😅

[@user-jk1jv5vu8x]

Man... when this was out there's a covid outbreak in my country, so yess lucky you 😭

[@63565989]

Yeah I'm really glad I watched it in theatre as well

[@Cybrix]

@@user-jk1jv5vu8x Sounds like it was / is a media outbreak.

[@davidtalon5553]

Dam right !!!

[@blackolantern5666]

@@davidtalon5553 Divine intervention!

[@gabrielpichorim8191]

Rabban is so attached to his duty he is never satisfied with himself, deep inside him, he knows he is a failure, that he could have done more, that is what he was raised to believe. He is a giant of a man, probably one o the best warriors in the universe, the words of the Baron are his actions without resitation, still no matter how determined he is, how imposing, he is still afraid. Baron is a dangerous man, everyone should fear him, the harkonnen culture is brutal, no life is worth if they are not constantly put to use. The acting, the writing to translate this to our minds without making it obvious, while telling an entire different narrative, without focusing on any background is brilliant.

[@costco_pizza]

Well said Gabriel. I completely agree. Denis Villeneuve is the master of "show, don't tell". Thank you for your comments and for appreciating this masterpiece of a film.

[@GM-kp7yw]

I agree. And it also should be expanded. In book, Rabban was the only one who warned the Baron, that they shouldn't underestimate the Fremen, and they should head count them, as they might be far more dangerous than they appear to be. He also was the only one who questioned Baron control over Yueh, but it seems this was not showed.

[@Gabronthe]

I wish I could favorite a comment.

[@digitalwayfarer7404]

Great insight.

[@christianealshut1123]

Well, not to mention that Rabban is aware that he will always be second fiddle to his brother Feyd although he is the elder of the two. He's always there to do the dirty work which Feyd is not meant to do so as not to tarnish his "golden boy" image. In the book, the Baron explains that he will first send Rabban to Arrakis to subdue to populace, and then send in Feyd as the savior from the tyranny of his brother. As far as I know, this was also used in the David Lynch version, but I am not sure of the TV miniseries now.

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

"Edge, Rabban, edge hard..." "And the Fremen?" "Goon them all."

[@granthefato340]

my rizz. my skibidi

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

@@granthefato340 "My toilet..."

[@WhyTho525]

Book accurate Baron

[@joselopez6990]

My Desert, My Arrakis, MY DUNE

[@newpage6441]

I like this line

[@kjanjusz7007]

Roll credits (ding!)

[@onedeadcat]

My Island, My Formosa, My TAIWAN! - Some fat leader from China

[@rustythecrown9317]

My money , I want it back for sitting through the 2 plus hours of garbage this fanfic actually was.

[@joselopez6990]

@@rustythecrown9317 were you able to sit through Avengers: Endgame which which is about half and hour longer than Dune

[@rubeng370]

1:00 He has one of the coolest villain voices

[@afellowhuman8944]

My man almost died and decided to swim in Coca Cola to heal

[@ChefBubbaNips]

Castrol 10W-30

[@brandonhallam51]

Olive oil and Vinegar... Probably bobbing for bread pieces at the bottom of the tank

[@DeathBringer769]

@@brandonhallam51 That has got to suck as an actor going "underwater" in oil and vinegar, lol. Just imagine the eye burn as it drips down your face.

[@sheldrickotieno7541]

more like crude oil and coctail sauce LOL

[@davecrupel2817]

I thought it was crude oil. 🤢

[@SYKA55]

Therapist: Fat Palpatine Isn't Real and he can't hurt you Fat Palpatine:

[@Mr.cladmaniac]

Space kingpin

[@sectorgovernor]

And now, Stellan Skarsgård is in Star Wars... (Luthen from Andor)

[@SYKA55]

@@sectorgovernor haven’t started watching andor yet, is it any good?

[@sectorgovernor]

@@SYKA55 The story goes pretty slowly... Sometimes it is boring and I like Star Wars

[@SYKA55]

@@sectorgovernor I think most tv shows I've watched the first season is slowest. But i gonna watch anyway thanks for your honesty and keeping it simple.

[@gogogadgetgore]

The ambient music playing in the beginning is so beautiful.

[@blacklight4720]

I feel that is the right way to portray Baron Harkonnen, not some silly flying villain that serves more as comic stress relief rather than an antagonist.

[@sephiroth22635]

I love the fact the Baron totally underestimated the Fremen in this scene.

[@sanquis]

everyone underestimates the Fremen until their blade finds them

[@derek96720]

Honestly, without Paul teaching them the weirding way and modernizing their army, the Fremen would have continued to be wiped out, expert survivalists or not.

[@VladiSSius]

Everyone underestimated the Fremen because the one who face to face with the Fremen are not alive to tell others not to.

[@longpham-sj5sv]

The Harkonnen estimated there are only about 50K Fremens lol

[@FallenOne669]

I chuckled when he said, "kill them all." What, all 50,000 of them?

[@utewbd]

His voice in this movie is on the level of Darth Vader. So powerful. Fits the role absolutely perfectly.

[@Desmaad]

It reminds me of a bullfrog.

[@eybaza6018]

Maybe not even near Darth Vader, that's unmatched,but still menacing as hell.

[@armchairmaster]

Baron bathing in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. In the end, Italians would survive the Holy War.

[@abominusrex3205]

Bautista sure is becoming good..I like the aura he is giving here, unstable, angry and being in awe at his uncle who is far more cruel and powerful.

[@cameronclare5084]

The attention to the lore of the dune universe is great. The young bald androgynous person is playing Semuta music. It's a type of drone music used in conjunction with a drug called semuta, to produce euphoria in the users of the drug.

[@obsidian00]

This is now THE definitive DUNE movie…I can not wait for part2…

[@rustythecrown9317]

You need to read the book if you think this garbage was in any way faithful to Herbert's dream.

[@obsidian00]

@@rustythecrown9317 …read it first way back in ‘87 and yeah, this is the closest we will ever get to the books!

[@rustythecrown9317]

@@obsidian00 if thisa is the closest we ever get to the books , they may as well never do another... this was how not to make a film.

[@obsidian00]

@@rustythecrown9317 Ehhhhhhhhhh…agree to disagree.

[@jagaloon216]

@@rustythecrown9317 I agree. I was devastated by the thoroughly unimpressive score. The Sardaukar were a profound disappointment. So was Duncan. No sign of Feyd! 'What the hell is going on here?' - I thought throughout the film.

[@davidpesekmuller3883]

Seeing Baron emerge from the tub hits different when you get to watch a chocolate ad before this

[@rustythecrown9317]

Harrowing...lmfao... nothing harrowing about the drab , flat show this flick turned out to be.

[@33LB]

'ate atreides, 'ate duke leto, 'ate the fremen, 'ate walking 'luv me grub, 'luv me nephews, 'luv spice, 'luv me dune simple as.

[@blueshit199]

no wonder he's so fat if he ate a bunch of ethnicities and the concept of walking itself

[@soniclogan0668]

Reading this in the voice of The Baron just made my day💀

[@NixonRules963]

I never realized but it sounds like you can hear the screams of people being tortured in the background. God every scene with the Harkonnens is beautifully disturbing

[@PenTheMighty]

Yep, those are the screams of Atreides soldiers that were captured. The ones that didn't escape were tortured to death (or worse).

[@leegibson5469]

I actually think the Baron survives on corruption and pollution. He draws strength from death.

[@Afineaddition]

He also needs his fresh supply of wonderful kitchens

[@swiety1981]

With genes from baron no wonder Paul went on genocide mode.

[@thatkidwiththehoodie]

The water in Harkonnen bodies is said to be too polluted for the fremen to drink…

[@TonyHanin]

Seeing Dave Batista scared and uncertain is enough to undestand power of baron. Great film.

[@txmonkeyking]

If you listen closely at the beginning of the scene you can hear Atreides soilders screaming as they’re being tortured in a nearby area

[@andresgajardo9273]

I love when good actors are given good material like this. Loved every Baron scene ❤

[@TreewwwyYzzerdd]

The sounds of people being tortured, or worse, in the background gives so much added creepiness.

[@vojtechdjakov7271]

From all adaptations Stellan's baron is the most vicious

[@rustythecrown9317]

Hard to tell , he's hardly in the film and says next to nothing. The only reason people think there's character development here is because they might have read the book so know it already.

[@Saurophaganax1931]

​@@rustythecrown9317 I wouldn’t say he’s vicious because viciousness requires a level of emotional investment that he’s not capable of. The way he baths as the screams of people being tortured near by are audible. His obsession with income. The way he casually commands the extermination of the Fremen, as if genocide is little more than an after thought to him smacks of something even darker than viciousness. It’s just cold, cruel, indifference tinged with sadism. He’d wipe out a civilization as callously as one would spray some insects for nibbling at his crops. He’s not a vicious dog, he’s a callius and brutal capitalist who spends human lives like coin.

[@imcostalong]

The amount of parallels the Baron, in terms of shots, has to Colonel Kurtz is unreal lol

[@uncleandy2412]

Yup.

[@pyromaniac709]

Who?

[@JudgeHolden2003]

Colonel Walter E. Kurtz from "Apocalypse Now" played by Marlon Brando ​@@pyromaniac709

[@NickWright]

1:05 how hedge funds began.

[@ginansl361]

Hahaha

[@el34glo59]

Lol

[@drewpowers7236]

Thanks to this scene I now conduct all my business meetings submerged in my bathtub. Business has never been better

[@spooneater9001]

The only bath scene you wouldn't think would get 2 million views

[@favidcooljay4862]

This movie was surprisingly awesome in my book the best not only sci Fi movie but the best movie to come out in the last decade

[@mrquirky3626]

"winds at 800km/hr" See, even 20,000+ years in the future, the metric system is still going strong. You're going to have to adopt it eventually Americans.

[@novemberalpha6023]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@nobody-wk6ej]

*Starts rioting with guns and Bald Eagles*

[@derek96720]

We already use it for numerous applications, including engineering, science, and military. Naturally it's hybridized with the imperial system, be we still use it.

[@Panos-xo9rc]

You know what they call a quarterpounder with cheese in Arakis?

[@ved3046]

@@Panos-xo9rc Imperial with cheese

[@chsstrr9577]

I tell ya - there’s nothing quite as soothing as a balsamic vinegar soak after a hard day of spice dealing.

[@arealbigboss]

this is the equivalent of taking a bath when you're sick and blasting lo-fi tunes

[@theengineerguy8607]

You don't catch this without a tuned ear knowing what you want to seek, but if you listen VERY closely, there are screams in the background every time Rabban or the door behind him is on frame. Apparently they are the screams of surviving Atreides soldiers being tortured. Found this out thanks to a comment somewhere. Cool attention to detail.

[@Jude8907]

Stellan is so good in virtually every role he plays

[@felipe96ification]

You can hear someone being tortured

[@arthurfleck629]

Yeah, I thought I heard that too, but what if it’s even worse?!? I mean, think about it… aside from those two bald women you see very rarely in the movie, like twice I think, there are no female Harkonnens, which means that almost all females that are born are killed at some point, likely at *birth*, which few exceptions, those probably being the females required to reproduce and therefore continue the existence of the Harkonnen force altogether. Given all of this, there’s a decent chance that one or more babies is either being born or killed in the background.

[@arthurfleck629]

Honestly sounds like a freaking maternity ward at 00:25 and 00:38

[@whereami2477]

Holy shit I never noticed that. I'm gonna assume that'll be the Harkonnens that closed the doors when Leto released the poison, or the guys who came in to clean up the bodies thinking the Baron was dead

[@scott-gaming.8834]

I doubt the harkonnen would go to that extent of brutality, they most likely just don’t enlist women to the military, as a contrast to the atreides who do.

[@scott-gaming.8834]

Babies don’t make screams like grown men, its most likely atreides POW’s from the siege

[@qwellen7521]

Fun fact; this is also how Dick Chaney held his conferences while he was VP.

[@novemberalpha6023]

My Desert, My Iraqis, My Dune....

[@DeathBringer769]

Ah, I thought this was how his friend communicated while healing after Cheney shot him in the face with a shotgun during a hunting trip, lol. Y'all remember that?

[@el34glo59]

😂

[@travjt2]

0:56 “Look out, I think Moto Moto likes you :)”

[@jacksypher3403]

Scenes like this are so interesting because of the slow methodical burn. I couldn't care any less about the action sequences. The politics in Dune has always been its best quality. Similar to Game of Thrones in that respect.

[@costco_pizza]

Absolutely. Respect to you sir for appreciating this great movie.

[@dm121984]

The casting in this movie is pretty damn awesome - everyone looks and acts their parts extremely well.

[@heikkint]

This scene, the bath water, the interior.... has a nice futuristic 'live, love, laugh' -vibe to it.

[@baronvoncyclonus7966]

This design for the Baron (without all the weight), along with Bill Skarsgard’s smile, would be the perfect look for Judge Holden in a Blood Meridian adaptation.

[@arthursouza9641]

They are trying for years to adapt this novel. Cormac Mccarthy Magnum Opus.

[@Mechulus]

"... winds at 800 kilometers an hour..." - Baron rises "WTF is a kilometer?!?"

[@hochfeldjessie85]

Giedi Prime seems to have switched from "imperial" to metric.

[@kevinhillary4057]

0:37 the sound design in this scene is incredible

[@Scot-Tube]

Yeah, it's great, there's similar examples through the film. Things hinted at and things you might miss first time

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

The Baron on his Sigma grind.

[@Ghost-fv6lw]

The virgin duke leto vs The Chad Sigma Baron

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

@@Ghost-fv6lw you have a wonderful comparison cousin.

[@warrens.5933]

I love that Bautista is a bona fide main stream actor now, I really like him in every role Ive watched!

[@amna989]

The music played by a slave before Rabbans arrival is very ambient.

[@1138shirerat]

Baron Harkonnen is a simple man. He enjoys luxurious baths, showers and a good meal.

[@princessirulancorrino4695]

The Baron scares me so much that his head slowly emerging from that dark water frightens me to no end. Incredible villain

[@GGE]

Joe Rogan in the sensory deprivation tank like

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

In the books it was pointed out this one attack cost *60 years* worth of spice production harvests in transport costs alone. The Baron basically emptied out his life saving piggy bank to kill the Atredes

[@alexandragabitto2573]

I love that this is a reference to Herbert’s use of “spice” in his series as a stand-in for fossil fuels. How rich would you have to be to have so much oil that you could literally bathe in it?

[@lordswaine5238]

That's considerably more sinister than the '80s version.

[@CeciShaw]

Do you hear screams in the beginning of scene? Like someone is getting tortured next door, while the Baron goes about his treatment.

[@AnthonyBerkshire]

You can hear torture in the background

[@erickariuki6842]

I see Luthern's rebellion succeeded and he's top dog now.

[@lastsipahi]

I was expecting a furious "Did you see the bodies?!" dialog but whatever, the scene is already powerful enough.

[@Tom-ys5ik]

I must admit, Stellan's portrayal of the Baron is truly the best IMHO, he is Truly frightening. The other two Dune movies/series the Baron was a sort of buffoon, almost to the point of being downright silly. But Skarsgard's rendition shows the Harkonnen menace and ruthlessness

[@ushalweerathunga7081]

After watching Chernobyl I can easily recognise Stellan's distinctive voice anywhere.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Literally a stellar actor :)

[@lukedaduke3533]

good to see Boris Shcherbina found work after handling the chernobyl disaster

[@peloquin5652]

another masterful performance by Stellan Skarsgård

[@brianm3160]

I love the fact that they aren't as comedic as the last film

[@test-bl2kc]

they are brutal

[@edoardodenegrigarcia6798]

*bRrrRRrutal

[@alroma5869]

They are not human, they are BRRRRUUTAL!

[@MrImastinker]

And thank god for that, because the Harkonnens should not be amusing. They should be frightening.

[@rustythecrown9317]

And nowhere near an accurate representation of the book.

[@STFU255]

Had to watch the film multiple times. The more you watch, the more you appreciate it. Just well done.

[@rajiv45321]

People with names Vladimir be really wildin tho

[@Zogsmog]

Love the bath attendant uniforms, a tribute to the 1984 Dune.

[@spaceyote7174]

I like how on paper the Baron bathing in raw crude oil is a far more bizarre rendition of this scene than the Baron sitting in a sauna but as executed onscreen it comes across as *far* less weird than the 80s movie version

[@PolishGod1234]

He reminds me of Colonel Kurtz by the way he looks and talks

[@matthewwinters4404]

i have literally been non stop been recommended this movie by youtube the last 3 days. every single thing i see is this video for some reason please help.

[@Bergen98]

In the book, Baron actually barely escapes the room with Leto. Showed that he is incredibly smart and very difficult to defeat. But this scene did almost impossible it improved what was already pretty good