The Hidden Secrets of DUNE's Darkest Planet

[@michaellascarides]

One of my favourite shots in the movie is when the Bene Gesserit nuns arrive to watch Feyd Rautha's fight, and as they walk from the interior light (normal) to the exterior (infrared) their cloaks change from black to white. It's such a subtle transition I didn't even clock what was happening until subsequent viewings but it's SO GOOD.

[@PrimerCinePodcast]

Man I love that scene and I did not realize hahahah

[@clamrollvideos]

I know in reality they probably did this with digital effects, but man do I want a BTS on how they accomplished this. The regular film to IR blend is just exquisite.

[@monad_tcp]

​@@clamrollvideosshould have used sodium lamps, it would be even more amazing.

[@i3arnon]

@@clamrollvideosthey filmed the scene with both IR and regular cameras simultaneously and faded between them.

[@hermannabt8361]

What I don’t get is that humans can’t see IR light. Have the Harkonens evolved to see it?

[@themugwump33]

The absolute BEST thing about this channel is that it uses the same visual concepts to teach you about the visual concepts it’s discussing. The amount of extra work required to pull this off cannot be understated…. We’re talking 10s of manpower-hours for just single shots and sequences. This makes EVERY video an absolute joy of education and entertainment!!! This is premium KZbin folks, and I’m fucking here for it!!! Big shoutout to all the team behind the scenes dealing everyday with phone calls like “hey, did you pick up the oil for the oil bath sequence? What’s the ETA on getting the 3D printed models to work? Did you get my notes on the script? Did we figure out what went wrong with the overnight render? Etc… You guys do such high quality work, that you make it look like you have a team 20+ people!

[@DamiLeeArch]

YESS thank you for this recognizing this!!! For that particular oil sequence, it went something like "let's try to scan Dami's head and make her bald" **tries and fails** "what substance can we use for black oil that can also wash off easily?" **tries with linseed oil, lube, shampoo, detergent, with food colouring.** "but how can we keep the head submerged against the buoyancy of the liquid?" **modifies the 3d print head and prints the handle to keep head down** "what kind of bucket can we use for a clean shot?" so on and so forth... 😆

[@YodaWhat]

@@DamiLeeArch - That extra effort is great, but why do you mispronounce words, like at 6:15 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmTPnI1jbNWFd68 where you say "longetivity"? I mean, you sound like a native English speaker who should know that is _not a word._ Does somebody else write your scripts, so that you come upon certain words unprepared? Because IF you write your own scripts, it is a double mystery that you mispronounce "longevity," turning a four-syllable word into FIVE syllables.

[@BlissfulForever888]

@@YodaWhat are you really sure that's not an actual word? I googled and I am not sure anymore!

[@mattolsen3345]

​@@BlissfulForever888 Longevity is a real word, their comment is critiquing how it was pronounced. To me, it feels like a pointless barb-overly nitpicky and phrased in a way that's more destructive than constructive. People occasionally mispronounce words, especially when reading from long scripts. These minor slips can easily be missed in editing or decidedly not worth re-recording. Striving for absolute perfection often creates unnecessary barriers to completion. For reference, the correct pronunciation of "longevity" is long-JEH-vuh-tee (phonetically: /lɔnˈʤɛvəti/). The channel's host pronounced it as long-eh-TIV-uh-tee (phonetically: /lɔŋɡeˈtɪvəti/). Ultimately, it’s a small thing in the grand scheme of the effort and quality they delivered.

[@cmaden78]

Soooo in Hitler's volkshalle...it would have rained spit?😅

[@Hero19093]

I am not an architect, and never been interested in such topic, but the way Demi explain things is so awesome and fascinating. Also love her humor. Greetings from Latam!

[@chrishaven1489]

Interested people are interesting people. Architecture or any topic sounds interesting if the person explaining it is super-interested in the topic

[@RevShifty]

Exact same thing here. But her enthusiasm and the details and history she provides adds so much texture and context to the topic that I can't help but be interested. It's almost infectious.

[@JimTheFly]

Things are well-explained, kept relatively simple, and presented with both seriousness and a lighthearted touch at times to keep it from getting too bogged down with serious topics. Between Dami and Fred from The B1M, I could listen to discussions about architecture for hours at a time.

[@Bakarost]

Same

[@SoNonWoo]

I am in AEC but I found her because of mechanical keyboards. Love this stuff.

[@ZephrusPrime]

I was a personal trainer for 20 years. I had painted my studio including the celling in a warm bagel color. Added some warm lights that pointed up the walls along with some fresh green plants. Because I had a lot of early morning appointments, I wanted my clients to feel refreshed, like they were working out in a natural space filled with warm light from the outside sunrise. It definitely made a big impact on their attitudes and positivity. Having white walls with white fluorescents was a huge contrast in comparison on their behavior. Colors and emotion are real.

[@Kellethorn]

I'm way more inclined to think the government is trying to turn us into mindless sheep with fluorescent lights than with fluoride in drinking water 😂😂😂

[@FatTracksMusic]

Easily the craziest cinema experience of my life seeing this planet's first scene in Dune

[@sebastianmoore4494]

The color theory goes unbelievably hard in Dune 2

[@martinjrgensen8234]

It was mind blowing. Genuinely feel sad for the people who didn’t get to see it on a big screen

[@sebastianmoore4494]

@ that film is one of the reasons I want a home theater in the future

[@MaticTheProto]

Saw it on the largest imax screen and wow!

[@nikushim6665]

My reaction was the opposite, i was appalled by how much part 2 butchered the source material.

[@ellisbkennedy652]

I never thought about the noise in the colosseum, for the fighters it must sound like they're fighting in hell itself, a barrage of screams and shouts all blurred out by eachother, voices made of gunpowder, demon handlers inching just outside your peripheral, god what a good movie

[@colourofthunder]

This is the first time the YT algorithm has worked for me. Imagine if our schools had this level of production value and information. I forgot the sponsor segment was... a sponsor segment! I have never subbed to a channel so fast and started eating up the back catalogue. The closest thing I do to architecture is mathematical inspiration in music. I am blown away by what I am seeing here. Kudus galore!

[@therealmrbill-iam]

Same!

[@KenGold666]

i like the host

[@igamewhenimbored7696]

What an absolutely excellent video. Covers great sci Fi, history, historical fiction, psychology, architecture, and the intersections of all of them. Top tier content

[@yadai4188]

The resemblance with H R Giger's work is no coincidence, he made some concept art for a cancelled Dune adaptation by Jodorowsky, including several sketches for the Harkonnen homeworld, really great drawings, its nice to see that vision somewhat represented here

[@karkajouautomaton4882]

Those designs were also adapted for the 1984 Dune.

[@lydianoack4552]

Some of the furniture for indoor sets even got built and is on display in the Giger museum.

[@mikeciul8599]

I think one of the designs was also used in Prometheus!

[@ivanm3342]

@@mikeciul8599the engineers would feel right at home on Giedi Prime

[@Aldo.flores]

Actually Jodorowsky with out knowing, formed the most important cinematic team in history, despite his Dune adaptation never seen the light, his team worked in other sci-fi productions during the 80’s, creating the masterpieces of the gender we all known such like Alien, where Giger created the Xenonorph, the engineers and all that impressive world inspired in his own art, and now that had been the inspiration again for the Harkonens world at Geidi Prime

[@CausticLemons7]

Dami Lee 2022: Architecture Dami Lee 2023: People spaces Dami Lee 2024: Liquefaction and sandworms This is the kind of innovation we need! 🤩

[@jeffreyhoadley5697]

As I can see said in a lot of comments here, I can't stress how much you are reaching a Non-Formally educated yet highly interested demographic. I am a grossly uneducated 40-year-old from the deep South who always struggled in school yet found his passion for learning in his thirties. Your channel has been a great source of entertainment information and thought processes that would not have been introduced to me and others and I just want to express my appreciation for you and your team.

[@osonhouston]

Old dogs can learn new tricks 🤜🤛

[@Christv420]

Isn’t it wonderful that if one wants to there’s so much to learn and so many cool people to learn them from? I’m right there with ya, highly uneducated 40 something from the northeast and I appreciate videos and creators like her so much.

[@michaelpells1440]

Learning is lifelong. Kudos to you for doing it in your time and in your way. Keep it up!👍 I’d also encourage you not to label yourself as “uneducated.”

[@iannnn1455]

I study literature and these types of analyses are what we need, and always needed. There's so much perspective out there that allows us to break free from dumb and simplistic criticisms of art like "oh I don't like that" "I like that" But why tho? And looking at Dune through the lens of architecture just adds more depth and appreciation for the film than some people give it credit for. And I know, as a fan of Dune myself🤣

[@Geker3]

Honestly I would say Geidi Prime in new Dune movies is the best visual of the century so far. The elements of Nazzi's architecture with Giger-esk finish and color scheme is chilling like a horror movie even without a single visible drop of blood.

[@joegreen4501]

Yall got Hitler fever get a grip

[@therealmrbill-iam]

Man this is some high quality content. Great writing, great delivery, great visuals. Fantastic work

[@franklix]

She’s using an Ai generated imagery person on the screen, it’s not a real person speaking to you on the video

[@FrostTyler]

14:13 In the movie, the announcer says, "Under the light of our black sun," during that scene.

[@riley8704]

Our *GLORIOUS* Black Sun!

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

Black Sun is the best thing that happened to Harkonen.

[@emu314159]

Which is a genius addition by these guys.

[@arenomusic]

Why would they call it their "black sun" though? We don't call our sun our "G-type main sequence sun"

[@thedarkone9552]

@@arenomusic because it may be a black dwarf, a theoretically possible celestial body which follows a white dwarf stage. It takes immensely long time for such a sun to get to such stage, hence so far no black dwarf suns exist so far and won't for a very long time.

[@brambledemon1232]

Indoor rain from people’s breath. Gross.

[@oovii808]

Singin' in the rain...

[@PaperBoatTV]

These videos drawing parallels between fiction, architecture and history are difficult to make and you guys absolutely nail it. Very well written, neatly filmed and cleanly edited. I keep showing this channel to more and more people and you keep justifying it. Keep up the great work!

[@mattata-san]

there is no way people like you exist

[@PaperBoatTV]

@mattata-san I'm pretty sure I exist, I even pinched myself to make sure

[@mattata-san]

@@PaperBoatTV this is sad man.

[@PaperBoatTV]

@@mattata-san ya wanna see my toxic comments? If that entertains you better

[@mattata-san]

@@PaperBoatTV show me your IQ test results.

[@PaulShanley]

This video is another example why I subscribed to your channel to begin with. Thank you for your sublime efforts, content, and presentation.

[@daylight8253]

this is gonna fuel my dune obsession❤

[@erri4433]

This reminded me to put the soundtrack on as I do chores today 😂

[@LuisSierra42]

@@erri4433 goosebumps

[@nikushim6665]

Odd, most of the people i have met obsessed with Herbert's work absolutely hated this film. Sure it looked pretty and "artsy" but nothing about part two was faithful to the book, hate to see how bad he's gonna butcher Dune Messiah next. So far the only faithful adaptation (as much as people #### on it for its low budget and corny acting) was the mini series. At least it tried to follow things word for word.

[@LuisSierra42]

@@nikushim6665 It has 8.5 in IMDB and 92% in RT and made bank at the box office, everyone loved it. The fact that it changed some things from the book, doesn't automatically make it a bad movie. The book is the book and the movie is the movie

[@LuisSierra42]

@nikushim6665 It has 8.5 in IMDB and 92% in RT and made bank at the box office, everyone loved it. The book is the book and the movie is the movie

[@incredibleedibledez]

I never thought about the psychology behind making the coliseum circular rather than triangular. It would make you feel like you’re pitted or rooting against the other side rather than everyone coming together for the spectacle!! Nice video!! Love this so much!!

[@ritodey]

I absolutely love Dune, and because of this video, I'm even more obsessed with its architecture. The connection between architecture and the psyche was amazing. Hats off to you!

[@친환경계획그룹청연]

Wow, this video absolutely blew my mind! The way you dissected Giedi Prime’s design inspirations-from Albert Speer’s Germania to the twisted fascination with black plastic-was so brilliantly done. I love how you tied architectural history and psychological influences together, and your 3D printing segment with the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon was just icing on the cake. Your analysis of the triangular coliseum’s crowd control and the infrared cinematography really drove home the eerie, oppressive vibe of the Harkonnens. This kind of deep dive is exactly why I’m addicted to your channel-seriously next-level content! Keep up the incredible work!

[@XerrolAvengerII]

the black sun was such an evocative artistic decision! very cool and shocking to the audience! It helps make Geidi seem even more alien and hostile than Arakis

[@Tottinette]

So glad that my love for Dune got the algorithm to recommend your channel. That's seriously outstanding work, thinking, culture, research, analysis, editing, presentation... You also deliver with such passion! Thank you for that spark, thank you for giving so much. Instant fan.

[@RealisticMgmt]

Dami x Dune, the crossover the world needs during these trying times.

[@VisitorOf22]

Two forms of beauty melted together just now.. ♥

[@mattata-san]

you need to check your brain if thats the content you worship

[@VisitorOf22]

@@mattata-san Do explain. I''m sincerely curious as to why.

[@mattata-san]

@@VisitorOf22 Read my main comment. This is an 80iq circlejerk

[@VisitorOf22]

@@mattata-san yeah i'm gonna scroll a lump on my finger trying to find yours in 960 other comments...

[@michaeldeluca1144]

This video is a home run for me, please make more. I like the psychology of architecture especially. There's a lot to say about movies ,pop culture images and architecture. What we see where we live and who we become. ❤

[@marcusperry9481]

Speaking of home runs, the CINCINNATI REDS are quite the ball team. Thanks for engaging.

[@FireandFlame]

4:43 minor note: "Prachtstraße" means more like a magnificent or glory avenue

[@glorialiedtke8931]

Can confirm 👍

[@AsgardVenture]

Boulevard is actually the correct English translation for Prachtstraße. As far as I know it didn’t really have a street name as it was part of the planned Nord-Süd-Achse.

[@Nippelmoe]

Was looking for this.

[@Cluis.]

Also wanted to comment this!

[@selectthedead]

Danke and thank you , it's not the people's Road.

[@Nabomb60]

Wow, I just stumbled across this video and I absolutely love the way she is presenting these points of view and analysis. GREAT VIDEO, it is fun to see great movies getting a deeper look.

[@CIinbox]

Kudos on the scale model of the arena! It really brings it's massive size into perspective. At first I thought the head emerging from the liquid was a shot from the movie. Well done!

[@michaelpontinen3871]

Thanks! A brilliant Dune analysis.

[@danieldabbas]

Bruh, this channel and this lady are going places... Crazy edit, wonderful writing, amazing music! It's one of my favorite channels for sure!

[@Jhenmou]

I cannot explain fhe absolute obsession rabbit hole I feel into watching dune specifically about giedi prime, harkonnens and feyd rautha, this video just dug me an extra 20 ft down , God bless 😂❤

[@lausenteternidad]

The Geidi Prime sequence was one of the most powerful. They really made "planet psychopath" and generated a lot of feelings and more subtle story telling. Really appreciate these kinds of analyses where we see how each element adds to it.

[@CaedenV]

1) How does your production quality just keep getting better?! You have one of the most beautiful shows on youtube, and even your ad-hock B-roll shots look better than most people's sets! I am constantly blown away! 2) As always, thank you for going into a deep dive without spoilers. I live a life too chaotic to catch movies at the last good theater in my area that gives a proper 'movie experience', and movies like Dune I always wait for that sweet sweet 4k HDR release to 'watch it right'. I was going to pick up Dune 2 shortly after disc release, but was told that someone already got it for me for Christmas... It has been a looooong wait of avoiding Dune related content for fear of someone ruining something new or interesting on the movie's take on the content. But when I see you guys release something, I know that anything in there is only ever going to be additive to the experience because you aren't a critic, and aren't a reviewer. Everything you guys do deepens appreciation for what you cover, and it is truly awesome! ... Now... Why youtube takes a month to have your videos show up in my suggestion feed... man this platform is extra broken lately *sigh*. Its like youtube realized this last year that they were giants among hobbits, and decided they could trash their platform while still being the best, and they have unfortunately been right. I just wish they had a standard of excellence half as good as your channel on it!

[@AnymMusic]

12:43 not to mention, if I'm not mistaken, the triangle is the strongest shape with the fewest amount of lines. It's effective, strong, calculated. Something the Harkonnen are way too good at. I might read a bit too much into it, but thought it was an interesting thing

[@tinyzx]

Love this!

[@dwolvin]

*cough* Hexagons are the bestagons. But in all seriousness, 'best' shape depends on what you are using it for. Spheres are best for pressure related stuff, while triangles are going to be the simplest shape to fill volume. But it certainly made an amazing arena, way more interesting than anything with more sides and shallower corners, that would feel to 'fair' for the Harkonnen.

[@AnymMusic]

@@dwolvin what are hexagons if not a bunch of triangles 👀

[@FiolarinKanmi]

I don't know what makes your videos so captivating the music,the attention to details and extensive research or the delivery of speech everything is just awesome making boring thing interesting Watching all the way from Nigeria

[@ioanaceca]

Hi Dami. I'm currently doing a PhD in the use of Brutalist Architecture in Science Fiction. Brutalism has such a fascinating relationship with sci-fi, both visually and thematically. Your videos are an amazing source of ideas. So thank you, and if you have any other resources, ideas, or references that could help me explore this topic even further, I'd love to see them.

[@tipfertool5457]

There is a good overlap into Dystopian fiction for this.

[@DamiLeeArch]

that's super cool! please send me an email so we can connect!

[@nuwanda2702]

You should check out the game control and there's also a youtube video talking about it

[@ioanaceca]

@@nuwanda2702 I played the game already, thank you for the suggestion.

[@sebastienroy8164]

If you want additional ideas for your research, checkout the old sci-fi series Lexx if you don't already know about it. I don't know much about the academic side of architecture but I think that particular sci-fi series could fit your curiosity about visual and thematic Brutalism within Science Fiction. Hope it helps, good luck with your PhD!

[@induplicable]

This is such a great channel. I always admired amazing architecture but never really got it, the art in it, the ways that music, and poetry click for me. So to have an architect who is clearly passionate about architecture, explain the ideas involved, while also weaving in insights about design is greatly appreciated. Plus the production values are stellar. Also love how in this video (and others) you go into the emotional influence architecture has on us. DUNE was amazing.

[@corriban]

It's so interesting to hear you speak german. For my foreign ears you don't have much of an accent when speaking english, but you do have a very distinct asian accent when speaking german. Kudos for the very detailed pronounciation in any case.

[@artemkompaneets4945]

Hey, writing this comment to express how motivated and inspired you guys make me with your videos. Such deep dives are absolutely kicking it in every direction, cuz they focus both on writing, on tech, on scifi, on architecture and many more! This one in particular has hit me hard, because Giedi Prime in this Dune was something that gives me chills to this day

[@DragonTubeAlpha]

I study Worldbuilding for both academic and writing purposes, and Dune has been always held as one of the major cases in science-fiction. Its cohesiness allow future developments in other forms of expressions and artists - not only fanfiction or oficial writers - that build their own versions on such well-layered foundations and give the next solid step for even further developments and speculations. What this video shows and its own conclusions is a proof of that. Thanks, awesome material, I'll recommend.

[@Omni0404]

Can I ask you something? What do you think about the world building in Brandon Sandersons Mistborne series? I feel it's seriously underrated and when I finished the books I felt like I just finished LOTR for the first time.

[@maximeteppe7627]

@@Omni0404 not OP but for me I give it credit for being very different from standard fantasy and interesting, but it's not THAT rich (the mgic systems allow for cool action scenes, but the world being an oppressive monoculture makes the worldbuilding fairly stripped down, even with the kandra and the terris to spice things up. All in all Mistborn is all about having a brisk, satisfying plot. That said I'll recommand the way of kings by the same author, which has much more vibrant worldbuilding.

[@Omni0404]

@@maximeteppe7627 Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. ✊ Edit: I believe all of Sanderson's works are considered to be the same universe. There's already a lot of cross pollination between them.

[@DamiLeeArch]

what are your other favourites?

[@victorsago]

When it comes to Worldbuilding, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is very good. And he describes dome of the architecture in different cities of that world, too. It's easy to picture and to "feel" the differences that it has on psychology of different cultures in that world. And the masters of Worlbuilding are Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont. The world in their "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series is so rich and varied it's mindblowing!

[@lbGkifoo1bj12e9plhjfWA]

2:39 - all of this was made possible thanks to our sponsor....

[@paulm5857]

I’m only a casual appreciator of architecture, but these videos are always so good I keep coming back for more. Great job! 👍🏽

[@lonniejames6674]

I just love how just grok everything about the movie. I read the book when I was a young man, back in the 70's and was fascinated by imagery. Thanks for making such a great video.

[@couchpotatoe91]

Well, there goes your youtube monetization! Thanks for still bringing videos like these to us, love y'all!

[@DamiLeeArch]

thank you! 🙌

[@GojiCenter]

Love this channel, everytime I watch I learn something interesting and get inspiration.

[@karithay]

FWIW Giger designed the visuals for the Harkonnen for Jorodowski's failed Dune film. I felt the use of similar visuals in the recent films to be a nod to that work, as it was very on point.

[@MarcusHuels]

I absolutely love your video editing and content style. Great work bring together all the many different, interesting aspects of this video's research, anthropology, architecture, and social compentents. I absolutely lost this!

[@kristiw.1823]

I've watched the first movie too many times to count, due in large part to the sheer grandeur of the cinematography, sound design and world building. There are so many details within each society that are perfect for you to explore on this channel! Thank you for showing us so many historical and scientific "easter eggs" that I missed. You never cease to educate and entertain.

[@RevShifty]

Same here. A lot of details almost require multiple viewings to notice or take in, and no matter how many times I've seen it I still see something new every time. I'm glad it's such a good movie, and that he's so skilled, because that combines to make it a real pleasure to watch, no matter how many times.

[@JayzVeez]

Glad some people appreciate the mastery of the Dune movies. I'm so tired of the haters saying Lynch's version is better and using brainrot words to describe it like "trash" and "its mid" and "that's cap" 🤦‍♂️ It's a beautiful movie. Everything from aesthetics, the story telling, the world building is skilfully composed. I love the mysticism of the first movie and the simmering tension of the second. Villeneuve deserves the accolades for Dune.

[@mymatemonkey]

@@JayzVeez The Lynch version of Dune is simply not Dune, period.

[@anupew3276]

@@mymatemonkey Lynch version is very good, but also very chaotic for someone not already familiar with Dune. It was cut by producers to about half the length Lynch originally wanted the movie to be so a lot of stuff is missing and as an isolated piece of media it doesnt makes as much sense as it should have. Also if Im not mistaken Lynch wanted to be disassosiated from the film because of that. The Dune TV series did a way better job as an adaptation simply by being more complete and coherent. Not sure how good the Villeneuve Dune is as a Dune, havent seen it yet, just some short clips and technical background (using IR camera, Helios and Jupiter lenses,...). Only Dune that was simply not Dune was Jodorowsky 'Dune' project.

[@alivennart]

This is easily the highest quality KZbin channel out there for me, thank you! And I've just finished reading Dune, inspired by seeing the films to check out the book. I think that the films represent the Harkonnens in a much more extreme way, and it plays so well into the narrative. Love them! And love this channel, thank you!

[@alivennart]

*love the Dune films, not the Harkonnens 😅

[@dieselsk8]

The Dune book series is so rich, in so many areas, that it is possible to make countless episodes, explaining countless of these things, in thousands of areas of knowledge. I would like to see this project continue. Keep up the good work Dami and "may NOT thy knife chip and shatter"

[@21vanvarun]

I just wanna say thank you Damy for such interesting insights , facts, knowledge and a way of deliverance that is massively engaging. I love this channel

[@sindre.]

“The Greeks laid the foundation…Ha ha” 🤣 Architecture humor ❤

[@5nowChain5]

They just copied what came from long before and was lost to the Atlantic.

[@Peavey311]

Also made me think of the Asimov Foundation series, which while perhaps not as influential as Dune is a force of its own.

[@dadsvanlife126]

@@Peavey311 Psychohistorians and Bene Jeserit have similar designs on the future. And then there is a collateral damage on the way there.

[@mattata-san]

very funny, kid. where did your humor get you huh? designed another glass cube? modern architects are pitiful.

[@DCB20]

@@mattata-san No matter how much shit you write she will never notice you 😂

[@BlueGiant69202]

Well done! I freaking loved seeing the hand gestures of a full blooded human in living colour and the way black and white images and films were spliced around those beautiful, well-focused clips! Certainly the foundations of House Lee have been built using agricultural grade polyethylene drainage tubing and not ordinary weeping tile that is easily crushed.

[@PaperTigerLive]

This is so weird.. I finished the book on Monday, watched the second movie yesterday and searched up dozens of discussion threads on the Giedi Prime scenes during work today. And I return home and I see this video from you, who I discovered a month ago, pop up on my feed. Surreal.

[@dadsvanlife126]

the AI is getting good at giving you what you want.

[@PaperTigerLive]

@@dadsvanlife126 AI didn't upload this at a time where I was really looking for this

[@RogueBoyScout]

Oh wow, this comment to confirming something I really truly believe. I can't prove it as fact, I don't have enough data to draw definite conclusions, but it seriously seems to point in the direction of my hypothesis!

[@krysisstorm2703]

I am 42 yrs old. I saw the 84' version of Dune when I was like 8. The 3 hour long director's cut is STILL one of my top 10 movies of all time! I read all 6 of the original books and the 7th(Finished by Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son)in high school. I believe I was 16 or 17. Still one of my favorite books series, along with Lotr, The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches by Anne Rice, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and all of the Issac Asimov stories that take place in the I,Robot/Foundation universe. I'm also a huge Marvel Comics guy. The new version is also amazing. It is better is some ways, and not as good in others. I love knowing about different people's interpretations of a good source material. If I were do a film adaptation, I think I would have a more ethnically Diverse cast from the Imperium. Denis Villenueve did a good job of Diversifing the Fremen, but Largely the cast of characters from everywhere else were pretty European-esque. I don't mean to sound racist, but logically, with "white caucasians"having always had the smallest world population in reality, and the fact with humanity having spun out into thousands of worlds across the galaxy (in canon)I would expect the landsraad to be more ethnically Diverse. Even the name Shaddam seems more central western or south western Asian, like The Arabian peninsula or India.

[@lancheloth]

Wow finding Dune universe so young, you might like visit the pre-dune novels the machine crusade, butlerian jihad and pre-guild world even the guild novels are good. Hope you find your new favorites in them...

[@krysisstorm2703]

@lancheloth I have the vast majority them already. The last one I read came out I think in 2016 or 17!

[@lancheloth]

@krysisstorm2703 niceeee...

[@slam_down]

15:15 Hey Dami. Here's something you might find interesting. Images with "warm" or "cool" tones don't evoke this sense of warmth or cold in me and I notice it in my peers who are also from tropical countries where there is no perceptible colour change across the seasons. To us it's just more blue and more red/orange. So I think there's definitely some psychology involved somewhere in there.

[@rakhuramai]

Fun fact: some indigenous cultures can't actually see the colour blue. They see it as a shade of green. They can actually recognise many shades of green and even consider some of them distinct colours.

[@raystarzee3929]

Discovered your page as I’ve been researching about brutalism buildings for my 3d art. Your channel been super useful and absolutely amazing . Thank you and I can’t wait for more 🙌🏽

[@janthummler3548]

I really regret not watching this movie in theatres just for this scene allone. It really stuck with me. Also, I am astonished about the level of detail that wwent into the design and what it all implied. That's why I love your channel, it's so fun to learn these things!

[@KelvinLKY]

Not only the scene, the soundtrack makes it even more overwhelming.

[@raymondjacobs1955]

I don't know of anyone that is better at sponsor integration. I've been impressed in all of your videos and completely willing to watch them all the way through.

[@gempursuharto]

I love how normal it is to geek out on dune

[@dannyt4663]

I love your videos. Each one is so fascinating, considered, and well-produced. Every time I feel like I learn something interesting and worth thinking about

[@Feefa99]

While the black sun doesn't make much scientific sense it's still pretty cool idea. That's why I love good movies as visual medium.

[@tgiacin435]

To be fair, we don’t know what other stars are out there. After all deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense, but the real universe is always one step beyond logic

[@arbhall7572]

Geidi Primes sun is not Black. The atmospheric pollution and active terraforming efforts to combat the pollution have "stained" the sky. Light passes through all the exotic chemicals and pollutants, that 100% reduce the span of your life, dramatically, filters it into weird ranges and spectrums for ALTERED human perception. The atmosphere of the living areas is 100% laced with chemicals and narcotics. Your perceptions are altered on Geidi Prime, along with your body. Chemically and in the vast majority of cases surgically. Harkonen citizens have a number of artificial implants in them that allow them to survive on Geidi Prime, to just exist there. Its a counter espionage tactic. Only those vetted and altered by the Harkonen can live there. Anyone that "snuck" onto the planet, cant see, cant hear, cant breath, eat, or sleep properly. All of it requires Harkonen intervention. This is the true and proper scale of Harkonen oppression.

[@elFulberto]

@@Feefa99 yeah, those inky fireworks didn't make much sense to me either. But it looks cool so I quickly stopped trying to explain it to myself and just enjoyed the experience.

[@oneMeVz]

There's literally a star type called a "black dwarf", which is a white dwarf neutron star that has cooled off. But the lifetime of a white dwarf's heat dissipation outlasts to the death of the universe, so Giedi's star is unlikely a black dwarf yet, even though it's 20,000 years in the future. Giedi's star most likely is a white dwarf. Another interesting fact, if the star is a white dwarf, it also means it's a super nova remnant, meaning Giedi Prime long ago was caught in the blast, which scoured all possible life and impregnated the surface with heavy metals, which would be the likely industry Giedi Prime was colonised by the Harkonnens for.

[@tgiacin435]

@ that would make sense, personally I’d love to see how giedi prime looks after it falls under Atredies control

[@nakedshot5813]

Aww! I'm so falling in love with this channel!!!! I love how much more lays behind what meets the eye!

[@MoeColt]

"Pracht" translates to "Splendor" . Very interesting video as someone who read all the books, seen all the movies and still lives in Germany. Thanks for all the research.

[@mattata-san]

further proof that reading doesnt equal being intelligent

[@MoeColt]

@@mattata-san you just read this, so I 100% agree.

[@mattata-san]

@@MoeColt ok linker Heuchler

[@ExantisKraestor]

I must say, that sponsorship integration was really natural. It actually shows us the results you can get from the product, so it interested me even though I had no plans to get a 3d printer.

[@e.s.5529]

I think this is my favorite episode you have ever done...BRAVO !! such an amazing job you do.

[@EyeKahnography]

Just got the SO hooked on watching these with me due to great knowledge and a blend of excellent storytelling and combining history, architecture, inspirations, science, and sci-fi. There's so much thought that goes into set design. People live in the fictional paces so it's really fascinating to see what's practical but also important to them so the environs tell the story of the people, their priorities, and their culture.

[@kaizen2049]

Eagerly waiting for this one! My favourite movie would love to have a deep dive into the architectures & psychology of it all❤ & who better than dami to guide us through it ❤❤❤

[@tgiacin435]

Just wait for messiah then, they really go into the nazi imagery especially when Paul compares himself to Genghis Kahn and Hitler especially since trillions were killed, and 90 planets sterilized. And you also have Muad’Dib’s palace being absolutely huge, and the throne room causes a forced perspective that makes Paul look so much bigger than he actually is. And the only other building that comes close to size of Muad’Dib’s palace is the temple of St. Alia of the knife

[@sigh-fitv2780]

Great Vid! 100% on voice, really improved a lot! Keep it up!

[@christophersmith108]

This video _really_ exemplifies the dilemma I find myself caught upon whenever a new DamiLee offering appears: do I satisfy my urge to watch it immediately, on whatever screen is most readily accessible (usually an iPhone), or do I resist this urge, so as to enjoy it unspoiled in its proper environment, on a large, high-resolution, colour-corrected screen? You and your people are really becoming very, very, good at this…

[@Flutterbyby]

Watch it twice 😊

[@tinyzx]

I agree with @Flutterbyby 😎

[@Tensooni]

You just broke the scale that measures how much I geeked out over this. Wel played.

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

How does this pop up RIGHT as I'm in the middle of watching DUNE. 😂

[@jusurluck6094]

I swear I’m watching dune on max right now 😮

[@赤帝-g8u]

also rewatching :o

[@cat43_]

How does your choices work with first nations sacred ground?

[@stonefree7973]

The Bene Gesserit are sending a sign 😂

[@dangarcia1617]

Because the algorithm gods see all 😂

[@cameronlabone6050]

Best ad I've seen for a 3d printer plug in a while 😂 been considering upgrading thanks for that. Great entertaining take on the subject as always!

[@Flutterbyby]

Your logic & flow of thought is simply fascinating, if not more than the information you thread together. Definitely on my list of people I’d like to have long conversations with to pick their brains.

[@swedhgemoni8092]

You know, I'd subconsciously wanted the Harkonnen home world explained and you shed a great deal of light on the inspiration behind the newest film iterations and gave me a newfound sense of appreciation for cinematography, psychology and even architecture. Even your sponsor was interesting (which is rare for most videos).

[@section9809]

A beautiful, intelligent, educated woman discussing Holtzmann shields? Thank you, interwebz!

[@franktakos6527]

This is my first post & the first time I've seen & heard Dami Lee & I must say I really enjoyed her knowledge & presentation of the subject. I have only one slight comment (& I know I'm being pragmatic here), but at 11.08 into the video Dami uses the word "exasperated" when I feel she means "exacerbated", but apart from that she gets an A+ from me ... & I'll also be tuning into Dami's other presentations - well done

[@Cortesevasive]

i dont know what any of those 2 words mean tbh

[@kenchalmers433]

Yes it seems to be a common mistake these days.

[@kenchalmers433]

Ok, sorry since you brought it up, you are being pedantic not pragmatic.

[@wonderwhyiwonder3458]

Great video, and I get that it's a casual aside, but the notion that the Greeks had to go to nature because they were starting architecture de novo is wrong and plays into a certain type of European chauvinism. The Archaic period, when we start to see what we think of Greek architecture, only starts in 800 BCE. All sorts of people have developed sophisticated architecture in the Mediterranean basin before then, with the Greeks clearly having a familiarity with the monumental styles of North Africa, the Levant and West Asia, as well as the older cultures of the Peloponnese itself. EDIT : Would love to see a video from you on bronze age architecture!

[@themexyeti]

9:23 As a 3d printing pro I have to correct you here (I know it might been the ad script) the problem with the layers on the top of curved surfaces is not resolved by a smaller nozzle, a Smaller nozzle gives you more resolution in the XY plane, for when you have small walls or details in your model, details observed from a top-down view (not sideways), the layers on top of curved surfaces can be minimized by reducing the layer height from the standard 0.2mm to .08mm (this usually augments the printing time if you print the whole model with this reduced layer height) Bambu Studios, Prusa Slices and basically every other slicer gives you the option to have dynamic layer heights, so you can print your model fast at 0.2 or even 0.25 layers and then change to 0.08 in the top curved surfaces.

[@maximeteppe7627]

in this case I think my solution would have been to print on the side, making the curve happen on the XY plane. there are only blocky ribs on the z plane, so if you rotate the whole thing, the only issue is potentially having to add and then remove supports between the ribs

[@DamiLeeArch]

we already used 0.1 layer height with a 0.2 nozzle for the curved part!

[@DamiLeeArch]

@@maximeteppe7627 that would create too many structural trees and make the print time much longer

[@rosagabbert5036]

It's amazing to see how a passionate person can explain things so captivatingly. Well done to you and your team!

[@markmuller7962]

Such an insightful documentary like always! I'm so grateful this channel exists

[@bazoo513]

Dami, your videos just keep getting more and more fascinating.

[@chrishaven1489]

I recommend watching Arcane, animated netflix series. I think the architectural world-building in that show is really, really cool

[@osmia]

The algorithm put your video in my feed a couple days ago and I saved it to watch later and just getting around to watching it now And boy am I glad I did so. Great video!

[@TouhidAlaminBarbhuiya]

16:12 Dune fangirl confirmed😅

[@zumair6957]

She fully geeked out😂

[@Amy_D_Cruz]

Really interesting video... I love the way you mix up philosophy, ideology and architecture... That's very unique.... Could you please make a video on Space Tori settlements or any kind of Floating Space Settlement in the scenario of lack of space on earth and on any planet... ??

[@craigdelaney8737]

Yes. I love It. I'm Sixty Five years of age and I remember reading the book back in school.. they had placed me in a Remedial Reading class.. I watched as certain other students were trying to read Dick & Jane... BORED, I looked around and saw a book shelf with new paperbacks on it. I asked the teacher if I could read one. She said yes. I picked up DUNE... [Yeah; I shouldn't have been in that class..] I was also introduced to "Stranger In A Strange Land" "Martian Chronicles" and others.. .. My little complaint with the newest remake Is that it smothers the metaphysical aspects of the story. Making it somewhat mondaine. But I understand that 'Is' the difficulty in bringing the story to the Big Screen. And I [So...] wanted to see the Space Navigators! And watch the 'Folding of Space' as they go from world to world.. .. You Did Great with your interpretation and work!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾 Keep Going! I'll watch..🖖🏾💕

[@asura7915]

to be fair navigators dont show up in the first book

[@stephen1r2]

the older David Lynch film tries to have the meta-physical parts, but it seems to be an acquired taste. I like it, but some don't. Feyd is Sting! Jose Ferrer is The Emperor, Patrick Stewart is Gurney Halleck It's oddly awesome

[@lucasdigital]

Another engrossing and thought-provoking voyage into the confluence of architecture, culture, and science fiction. Great stuff!

[@fairy6818]

You know, with Subnautica 2 announced. I kinda want you to make a video on Subnautica's architecture or something. The game has a cult following, you'll get millions of views guaranteed.

[@matiasblaken]

I'm not an architect, but I came to this channel through the video "Architect reacts to 5 famous Sci-Fi movies" and since then I've been fascinated by how you explain the power of the art of architecture, how it can influence us and how it can go beyond simple design and functionality, but literally be a reflection of our psychology and human condition according to our time, culture and ideologies. It's fascinating! I'm a filmmaker and the truth is that your videos have been an inspiration to me, both to write stories and to think and imagine in which worlds to place them. And it has been your content, how well it is narrated, your passion for this beautiful art that has opened my mind and made me think about my way of writing not from the characters, but from where they are located and what stories can appear in those worlds. Every time you quote a book, I want to read it. Or every time you quote an architect, artist or designer, I want to meet them. To understand how they saw the world and how they understood the construction of it to draw conclusions about our way of living as human beings. Greetings and very good video as always! ✨🍒🍉🍄✨

[@coyley72]

Dune pt 1 & 2 are simply masterpieces of cinema. The world building is exceptional.

[@JayzVeez]

Amen to that! Remarkable movies. Some of the best to be released in the last 10 years. So glad I bought the 4k UHD boxset.

[@icenarsin5283]

I love your work, your ideas, your presentation, your articulation... You are amazing.

[@djparn007]

Thank you, Dami. 💙💙💙

[@AmazePaulz]

'even their harvesters look like... ticks!' I am loving the perspectives you're exploring here. Massive Sci fi fan, and reader. Never made the architectural link to the reich when i watched it.

[@LuxOgre]

Dami, you are my queen and I will build you anything you ask 😭 thank you for the dune content!!! I feel like there is soooo many fun architecture marvels to review in the dune universe. The Arakeen Palace 😍

[@tgiacin435]

Yeah, Muad’Dib’s palace would make the volkshallen look like a run down shack. Hell, I bet Hitler never thought to design his seat of power to have a forced perspective that makes him seem bigger than the average person

[@Omni0404]

This is pretty cringy.

[@TheNeoMosala]

I hope you do more Dune planets. This is fascinating. I don’t know much about architecture but I do know sci fi and you are spot on in your analysis

[@squatch545]

I love you Dami !!!

[@alexandrebuttercat6019]

So interesting !! Great job on the content!! Love Dune and the creative direction they took, it's rare that I love a movie that much after reading the book.

[@seboat]

5:07 Look like Tenochtitlan sun pyramid xP