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Yeah, then they had to go and have an outdoor sietch... not really sure what the point of that fairly major detail change was (I understand books have to be changed to make movies, but I like to understand the reason behind the changes).Freakzilla wrote:The stillsuits in the minis were more accurate than those in the movie. At least they had hoods with face masks. I believe they had cloaks over them, too.
Yes, that was very weird.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, then they had to go and have an outdoor sietch... not really sure what the point of that fairly major detail change was (I understand books have to be changed to make movies, but I like to understand the reason behind the changes).Freakzilla wrote:The stillsuits in the minis were more accurate than those in the movie. At least they had hoods with face masks. I believe they had cloaks over them, too.
That was so they could show the spice orgy for the extended cut; and Chani's breasts.Freakzilla wrote:Yes, that was very weird.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, then they had to go and have an outdoor sietch... not really sure what the point of that fairly major detail change was (I understand books have to be changed to make movies, but I like to understand the reason behind the changes).Freakzilla wrote:The stillsuits in the minis were more accurate than those in the movie. At least they had hoods with face masks. I believe they had cloaks over them, too.
Robspierre wrote:Chan'is breasts
)SandChigger wrote:Robspierre wrote:Chani's breasts
(It's not the breasts I object to, but the apostrophized separation.
God, that drove me nuts. Even worse, everyone was out in the open without stillsuits! The air doesn't magically get any less dry because somebody says the S-word!A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, then they had to go and have an outdoor sietch... not really sure what the point of that fairly major detail change was (I understand books have to be changed to make movies, but I like to understand the reason behind the changes).Freakzilla wrote:The stillsuits in the minis were more accurate than those in the movie. At least they had hoods with face masks. I believe they had cloaks over them, too.
Very true. I'll grant that the mouthpieces were clearly more accurate in the Syfy version. The suits were somewhat better in the Lynch version though I don't think they were ever described as black....and of course the cloaks were definitely more accurate in the miniseries; they were barely used at all in the Lynch version.TheDukester wrote:As opposed to stuffing a garden hose up your nose and not even bothering to cover the mouth or the top of the head, right ... ?
Yeah, that's an excellent conservation strategy. I mean, no one ever loses any moisture from the mouth or the top of the head, right? Right? Hello?
"Hey, Stilgar! It's pretty cool how this planet-wide desert only affects our noses, huh?
"Word up, Muad'Dib. 'Ware my Weirding Module! Heeeeeee-yah!"
If you had a cloak over it then it wouldn't make any difference, so the still suit itself could have been any colour.Superdog wrote:Why would they wear black when trekking around in the desert in broad daylight? It makes no sense.
)Is it already Thursday in Tomorrowland?SandChigger wrote:Dude... you must be as drunk as I am... 'cause that made perfect sense.
Oh shit... I have to be up again in four hours!
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A Thing of Eternity wrote:If you had a cloak over it then it wouldn't make any difference, so the still suit itself could have been any colour.Superdog wrote:Why would they wear black when trekking around in the desert in broad daylight? It makes no sense.
Four things cannot be hidden — love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.
It was and it is!Freakzilla wrote:Is it already Thursday in Tomorrowland?
I guess, but that just doesn't seem Fremen to me. A cloak could be destroyed or made useless by any number of things that could happen in the desert....so your stillsuit should be the most camouflaging color(s) possible and it should not absorb unnecessary amounts of solar energy by being darker than sand. Above all the Fremen are a practical people, and black ain't too practical in the desert. There's a reason you see so much white in the Bedouin wardrobe.A Thing of Eternity wrote:If you had a cloak over it then it wouldn't make any difference, so the still suit itself could have been any colour.Superdog wrote:Why would they wear black when trekking around in the desert in broad daylight? It makes no sense.
Indeed, but I don't think that has anything to do with simply being visible against the sand even if you're not in motion -- so camouflage is still important. I think that quote speaks to the dust that a "striding man" kicks up, and the tracks he leaves as well as his silhouette against the distant background (dunes, salt pan, mountains, sky) even if he happens to match the color of the sand immediately around him.DuneFishUK wrote:Four things cannot be hidden — love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.
I don't think it's ever mentioned again.Shaitan wrote:...I wonder what makes them "reflective or admissive" of radiant heat....