Muad'pug
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Scenes from David Lynch's Dune featuring the House Atreides pug. (SLYT with wrong aspect ratio)
DTMFA.
posted by maryr at 6:37 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by maryr at 6:37 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
I like this dog.
posted by jquinby at 6:37 PM on December 2, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by jquinby at 6:37 PM on December 2, 2013 [7 favorites]
...better than the House Harkonnen plug.
posted by leotrotsky at 6:39 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by leotrotsky at 6:39 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
HE IS THE KIBBLES HADERACH
YES HIM IS
posted by Merzbau at 6:39 PM on December 2, 2013 [44 favorites]
YES HIM IS
posted by Merzbau at 6:39 PM on December 2, 2013 [44 favorites]
We Fremen have a saying [he stares at the Reverend Mother]: Dog created Arrakis to train the faithful. One cannot go against the word of Dog.
posted by Zerowensboring at 6:47 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Zerowensboring at 6:47 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even Dog has never seen!
posted by zombieflanders at 6:48 PM on December 2, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by zombieflanders at 6:48 PM on December 2, 2013 [5 favorites]
D O G E
posted by Artw at 6:51 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Artw at 6:51 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
In related Dune/adorable animal news.
posted by griphus at 6:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [14 favorites]
posted by griphus at 6:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [14 favorites]
Oh wow! Such prescience! Much frightening to women!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
You know, I've always loved this movie, but...am really I supposed to believe that the Fremen would have indulged in such an outrageous waste of water as a pug for however long Operation Desert Power lasted?
Nope. Deathstill. Day One.
posted by Casimir at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
Nope. Deathstill. Day One.
posted by Casimir at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
I have watched this movie a hundred times and this is the first time I noticed that dog in Gurney Halleck's arms as he leads a charge into battle.
posted by munchingzombie at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
posted by munchingzombie at 6:53 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
A pug is a licking animal.
posted by Artw at 6:55 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by Artw at 6:55 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
I remember your pug jabbar. Now you remember mine - I can kill you with a bark.
posted by zombieflanders at 7:02 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by zombieflanders at 7:02 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
This article is memorable if only for the phrase "so he went into battle against the Harkonnen invaders with the pug strapped to his chest in some sort of pug bjorn."
Pug bjorn.
posted by zombieflanders at 7:04 PM on December 2, 2013 [11 favorites]
Pug bjorn.
posted by zombieflanders at 7:04 PM on December 2, 2013 [11 favorites]
Unless! The pug's path was prepared by the Missionaria Protectiva, woven into the Mahdi prophecy!
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
posted by Casimir at 7:06 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
posted by Casimir at 7:06 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
[Unused HR Giger artwork of gigantic hideous pug]
posted by Artw at 7:07 PM on December 2, 2013 [12 favorites]
posted by Artw at 7:07 PM on December 2, 2013 [12 favorites]
After disappearing during the confusion of the fall of House Atreidis the dog reappears at Paul's coronation, having somehow survived the harsh climate of Arrakis.
You've worn a stillsuit before.
posted by Metro Gnome at 7:07 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
You've worn a stillsuit before.
posted by Metro Gnome at 7:07 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
ALIEN VS PUGATOR
posted by elizardbits at 7:08 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by elizardbits at 7:08 PM on December 2, 2013
"so he went into battle against the Harkonnen invaders with the pug strapped to his chest in some sort of pug bjorn."
pugilist
posted by DonnyMac at 7:10 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
pugilist
posted by DonnyMac at 7:10 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
He who can destroy a pug, controls a pug.
And, just because I can't watch Dune without thinking of this clip, I give you Dune re-dub.
posted by Guernsey Halleck at 7:11 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
And, just because I can't watch Dune without thinking of this clip, I give you Dune re-dub.
posted by Guernsey Halleck at 7:11 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
Were pugs rare back then?
posted by Napierzaza at 7:11 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by Napierzaza at 7:11 PM on December 2, 2013
In 1984, or 10191?
posted by zombieflanders at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [36 favorites]
posted by zombieflanders at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [36 favorites]
Back in 1984 or 10,191?
posted by griphus at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [33 favorites]
posted by griphus at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [33 favorites]
OH COME ON
posted by griphus at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [59 favorites]
posted by griphus at 7:12 PM on December 2, 2013 [59 favorites]
nerrrrrds
posted by elizardbits at 7:13 PM on December 2, 2013 [46 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 7:13 PM on December 2, 2013 [46 favorites]
3rd Stage Guild Snugillator.
posted by Artw at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Artw at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
"You have read that Muad'Dib had no playmates his own age on Caladan. The dangers were too great. But Muad'Dib did have a wonderful companion-teacher: a trusty pug whelped on the hellfields of Salusa Secundus and trained for obedience at the Mentat Academy, for loyalty at the Imperial Suk School, and for war in the Sword Halls of Ginaz. And there were usually some other people around, too, for when the pug was sleeping."
-from "A Child's History of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
posted by Iridic at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [25 favorites]
-from "A Child's History of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
posted by Iridic at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [25 favorites]
Maybe what this post needs is some silly old electronic music:
The spice must flow.
posted by poe at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
The spice must flow.
posted by poe at 7:17 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
It is by barks alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the tail of wagging that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire squirrels, the squirrels become a warning. It is by barks alone I set my mind in motion.
posted by Dr. Zira at 7:23 PM on December 2, 2013 [16 favorites]
posted by Dr. Zira at 7:23 PM on December 2, 2013 [16 favorites]
And, just because I can't watch Dune without thinking of this clip, I give you Dune re-dub.
I love that re-dub unreasonably. Such good puerile fun.
I love that re-dub unreasonably. Such good puerile fun.
"You are Paul...Muad'DEEB-uh."posted by Iridic at 7:23 PM on December 2, 2013 [4 favorites]
"Kewl."
"Welcome...to Larrytown."
One thought remained to him. Leto saw it in formless light on rays of black: The pug the day shapes and the day the pug shapes. The thought struck him with a sense of fullness he knew he could never explain.
Pugs.
posted by Iridic at 7:29 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
Pugs.
posted by Iridic at 7:29 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
I thought this was going to be about making fun of Sting. How can this not be about making fun of Sting?
posted by srboisvert at 7:36 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by srboisvert at 7:36 PM on December 2, 2013
Pug is the little dog that brings total obliteration.
posted by milk white peacock at 7:41 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by milk white peacock at 7:41 PM on December 2, 2013 [6 favorites]
OH COME ON
I know! They're not even in the same chronological system! 10191 isn't AD or CE, it's 10191 years after the Guild established its monopoly on interstellar travel.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:20 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
I know! They're not even in the same chronological system! 10191 isn't AD or CE, it's 10191 years after the Guild established its monopoly on interstellar travel.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:20 PM on December 2, 2013 [10 favorites]
Bark without rhythm and you won't attract the worm.
posted by codacorolla at 8:27 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by codacorolla at 8:27 PM on December 2, 2013
Here lies a toppled dog. His fall was not a small one.
posted by Vectorcon Systems at 8:31 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by Vectorcon Systems at 8:31 PM on December 2, 2013
I thought this was going to be about making fun of Sting. How can this not be about making fun of Sting?
It's not so much Sting that we should be making fun of, but his space underoos.
posted by chemoboy at 8:50 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
It's not so much Sting that we should be making fun of, but his space underoos.
posted by chemoboy at 8:50 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
BATTLEPUG!!! (a better epic tale than that Duney thing, IMO)
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
Patrick Stewart leading the charge, Pug-in-Arms, is one of the greatest things ever.
posted by Saxon Kane at 8:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Saxon Kane at 8:52 PM on December 2, 2013 [2 favorites]
You can't make fun of Sting, he WILL KILL YOU!!!
posted by Chrysostom at 9:03 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 9:03 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
I'm not saying it's not the greatest metafilter thread of all time, but it is pug there.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:26 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:26 PM on December 2, 2013
Who is the little pug? A pet perhaps?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:27 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:27 PM on December 2, 2013 [1 favorite]
Leto walked out into the desert, all his cells saturated with kibble. He lay down upon the sand and shortly, the first sniffle came. After its initial fear and confusion, the pug was sprawled completely over the length of his arm. It took several tries, but Leto finally managed to keep the pug's tongue from lapping at his face, rolling it back into a kind of drooly cowl shape. This was good. Sniggering had no place in the Great Transformation.
Hours passed. Other pugs joined the first, drawn by the scent of the kibble and the young boy rolling on the ground. To them, it was playtime; they could have no idea of what they would become. By the next morning, it seemed as though Leto's skin was covered in a fine bristly fur: impervious to all disease, yet strangely weak to fleas and tickling. The tickling, Leto thought, might eventually be a problem. Especially with that sister of his.
---CUT TO----
3457 in the year of his reign
"But sire, we have entirely used up our spi-"
"WOOF."
"Sire, I'm not sure you quite understand, millions of us will die and-"
The Dog Emperor of Dune raised a mighty paw and brought forth his favorite chewy Duncan.
The reverend mother took her companion by the arm, and they walked off. "It is useless," she said. "I just don't understand how anyone thought this would be a good idea. Something about actions producing opposites and maybe something else about sentient machines destroying humanity, I'm not quite sure about that part, it was implied. "
Behind them, the Duncan screamed. "YOU don't understand this??"
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 9:46 PM on December 2, 2013 [9 favorites]
Hours passed. Other pugs joined the first, drawn by the scent of the kibble and the young boy rolling on the ground. To them, it was playtime; they could have no idea of what they would become. By the next morning, it seemed as though Leto's skin was covered in a fine bristly fur: impervious to all disease, yet strangely weak to fleas and tickling. The tickling, Leto thought, might eventually be a problem. Especially with that sister of his.
---CUT TO----
3457 in the year of his reign
"But sire, we have entirely used up our spi-"
"WOOF."
"Sire, I'm not sure you quite understand, millions of us will die and-"
The Dog Emperor of Dune raised a mighty paw and brought forth his favorite chewy Duncan.
The reverend mother took her companion by the arm, and they walked off. "It is useless," she said. "I just don't understand how anyone thought this would be a good idea. Something about actions producing opposites and maybe something else about sentient machines destroying humanity, I'm not quite sure about that part, it was implied. "
Behind them, the Duncan screamed. "YOU don't understand this??"
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 9:46 PM on December 2, 2013 [9 favorites]
The dog is the spice. THE SPICE IS THE PUG
posted by mynameisluka at 10:02 PM on December 2, 2013
posted by mynameisluka at 10:02 PM on December 2, 2013
I have watched Lynch's Dune about 20 times and I would never have guessed that that dog had close to two minutes of screen time. Add yet another actor whose performance is much better than Sting's.
posted by senor biggles at 10:22 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by senor biggles at 10:22 PM on December 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
Play this video in its correct aspect ratio LIFEHACK \:D/
1. Run VLC
2. File -> Open Network…
3. Paste in the Youtube URL. Yes, it's that smart.
4. Video starts playing after a moment. Select Video -> Aspect Ratio -> 2.35:1
5. Thank me.
posted by jklaiho at 11:57 PM on December 2, 2013 [14 favorites]
1. Run VLC
2. File -> Open Network…
3. Paste in the Youtube URL. Yes, it's that smart.
4. Video starts playing after a moment. Select Video -> Aspect Ratio -> 2.35:1
5. Thank me.
posted by jklaiho at 11:57 PM on December 2, 2013 [14 favorites]
5. Thank you.
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:00 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:00 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
UNLESS!!! The pug is Daniel or Marty!
"They had a Tleilaxu Master, too," Marty said. "I saw him when they went under the net. I would have so liked to study another Master."
"Don't see why. Always whistling at us, always making it necessary to stomp them down. I don't like treating Masters that way and you know it! If it weren't for them . . ."
"They're not gods, Daniel."
"Neither are we."
"I still think you let them escape."
...
Reassuring faces. That thought aroused Idaho's suspicions because now he recognized the familiarity. They looked somewhat like Face Dancers, even to the pug noses ... And if they were Face Dancers, they were not Scytale's Face Dancers. Those two people behind the shimmering net belonged to no one but themselves.
PLANS WITHIN PLANS
posted by Casimir at 3:36 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
"They had a Tleilaxu Master, too," Marty said. "I saw him when they went under the net. I would have so liked to study another Master."
"Don't see why. Always whistling at us, always making it necessary to stomp them down. I don't like treating Masters that way and you know it! If it weren't for them . . ."
"They're not gods, Daniel."
"Neither are we."
"I still think you let them escape."
...
Reassuring faces. That thought aroused Idaho's suspicions because now he recognized the familiarity. They looked somewhat like Face Dancers, even to the pug noses ... And if they were Face Dancers, they were not Scytale's Face Dancers. Those two people behind the shimmering net belonged to no one but themselves.
PLANS WITHIN PLANS
posted by Casimir at 3:36 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
I'm just wondering what the hell would happen to the face of the pug that shares a tank of Melange with a Guild Navigator.
posted by longbaugh at 3:46 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by longbaugh at 3:46 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Y'know, as a young girl I was pretty sure I was supposed to be crushing on the baby-faced Paul, but I was all about his handsome Dad. Now I know why; he was the one with the cute doggie, yes him was. Seeing puppers with Captain Picard cemented it: the most handsome man on set gets the dog. (If Sting hadn't been in the looks-ruining clown hair, that dog would have been in his backpack during the fight scene.)
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:01 AM on December 3, 2013
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:01 AM on December 3, 2013
So in a David Lodge novel there's these English academics and at a party they play this game called Humiliation where they bring up the most notable work in English that they have never read, one confesses to having never read Hamlet which of course wins him the game (though unfortunately it later gets him sacked). Well, in any gathering of bookish sf fans, I can bring up that I've never read Dune... I AM UNDEFEATED!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:17 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:17 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Which episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was this?
posted by pashdown at 6:21 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by pashdown at 6:21 AM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
The snot must flow.
posted by nathancaswell at 6:34 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by nathancaswell at 6:34 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
Suggested pug scene for Paul / Feyd-Rautha fight:
Feyd has Paul on the ropes, gradually pushing his blade down towards Paul.
"My blade will finish you!"
And then suddenly...
Paul, using the distraction to his advantage, stabs Feyd-Rautha in the neck. Uses word to shatter Feyd's lifeless body. Pug raises leg, pees on Feyd's head.
posted by markkraft at 7:00 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Feyd has Paul on the ropes, gradually pushing his blade down towards Paul.
"My blade will finish you!"
And then suddenly...
Paul, using the distraction to his advantage, stabs Feyd-Rautha in the neck. Uses word to shatter Feyd's lifeless body. Pug raises leg, pees on Feyd's head.
posted by markkraft at 7:00 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Patrick Stewart leading the charge, Pug-in-Arms, is one of the greatest things ever.
If I were a better mimic of other people's drawing technique, I'd love to do a gigantic ink drawing of the pug charge in full majestic Paul Pope style.
posted by COBRA! at 7:12 AM on December 3, 2013
If I were a better mimic of other people's drawing technique, I'd love to do a gigantic ink drawing of the pug charge in full majestic Paul Pope style.
posted by COBRA! at 7:12 AM on December 3, 2013
Patrick Stewart leading the charge, Pug-in-Arms, is one of the greatest things ever.
Behold, as a wildass pug in the desert, go I forth to my work.
Maybe if Feyd-Rautha had had a pug he wouldn't have been such a dick.
posted by octobersurprise at 7:48 AM on December 3, 2013
Behold, as a wild
Maybe if Feyd-Rautha had had a pug he wouldn't have been such a dick.
posted by octobersurprise at 7:48 AM on December 3, 2013
Too bad no mention in Goodnight Dune, well not sure the book has a pug.
posted by jeffburdges at 7:50 AM on December 3, 2013
posted by jeffburdges at 7:50 AM on December 3, 2013
Which episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was this?
Picard and Rover at Arrakis! Rover, his tongue hanging out! Picard, with the Bones of Milk!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:26 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
Picard and Rover at Arrakis! Rover, his tongue hanging out! Picard, with the Bones of Milk!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:26 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
it blows my mind that someone had the technical expertise to do this but didn't realize/care that they were working in anamorphic and stretch it back out to 2.35:1.
posted by nathancaswell at 9:33 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by nathancaswell at 9:33 AM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Everyone knows to avoid the longer "special edition" at all costs, right?
posted by Artw at 9:54 AM on December 3, 2013
posted by Artw at 9:54 AM on December 3, 2013
Casimir: "You know, I've always loved this movie, but...am really I supposed to believe that the Fremen would have indulged in such an outrageous waste of water as a pug for however long Operation Desert Power lasted?
Nope. Deathstill. Day One."
Fremen pugs are trained to lick stray droplets of water that might condense and run down walls in the cool mornings, wherever they find them, and pee them out into specially designed filtration funnels. They are an invaluable part of the Fremen water collection system - a sort of combination roomba/stilsuit for their dwellings.
However, due to pug movement limitations, the Fremen pugs must be spaced every 50' on each floor.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:10 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
Nope. Deathstill. Day One."
Fremen pugs are trained to lick stray droplets of water that might condense and run down walls in the cool mornings, wherever they find them, and pee them out into specially designed filtration funnels. They are an invaluable part of the Fremen water collection system - a sort of combination roomba/stilsuit for their dwellings.
However, due to pug movement limitations, the Fremen pugs must be spaced every 50' on each floor.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:10 AM on December 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
THE SNORTER AWAKES
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:49 PM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:49 PM on December 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
fearfulsymmetry, you should read Dune.
If you don't read the book, at least read the appendix published with the book, "The Ecology of Dune." It's best to think of it as a prequel hard science fiction short story. It's about a mad scientist who convinces a desperately poor people that they can make their unlivable desert planet bloom through low-tech terraforming. Example: one part of the plan was hand-planting hardy poverty grasses in plastic dew collectors on the downwind side of sand dunes, fixing the dunes in place and forcing them to grow into giant windbreaks. That sort of thing. The science seems plausible to my eyes and the story is realistically pessimistic about how much intergenerational effort would be required for these methods to pay off. ("From three hundred to five hundred years") It's a great short story even if you have no interest in the space opera to which it is attached.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 4:06 PM on December 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
If you don't read the book, at least read the appendix published with the book, "The Ecology of Dune." It's best to think of it as a prequel hard science fiction short story. It's about a mad scientist who convinces a desperately poor people that they can make their unlivable desert planet bloom through low-tech terraforming. Example: one part of the plan was hand-planting hardy poverty grasses in plastic dew collectors on the downwind side of sand dunes, fixing the dunes in place and forcing them to grow into giant windbreaks. That sort of thing. The science seems plausible to my eyes and the story is realistically pessimistic about how much intergenerational effort would be required for these methods to pay off. ("From three hundred to five hundred years") It's a great short story even if you have no interest in the space opera to which it is attached.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 4:06 PM on December 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Ecology of Dune is here, apparently legally.
posted by Chrysostom at 4:17 PM on December 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 4:17 PM on December 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Okay, I'm conflicted.
At first I thought these were deleted scenes.
Second, I thought they were obvious photoshops.
A friend a couple of hours ago confirmed that the pug is in the actual movie, though.
My problem: I've seen Dune. I've seen this movie and don't remember the pug. I guess it's only in a few scenes, but still, wow, stealth pug.
posted by JHarris at 10:03 PM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
At first I thought these were deleted scenes.
Second, I thought they were obvious photoshops.
A friend a couple of hours ago confirmed that the pug is in the actual movie, though.
My problem: I've seen Dune. I've seen this movie and don't remember the pug. I guess it's only in a few scenes, but still, wow, stealth pug.
posted by JHarris at 10:03 PM on December 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
In the immortal words of James T. Kirk:
PUUUUUUGG!!!!!
posted by CosmicRayCharles at 10:20 PM on December 3, 2013
PUUUUUUGG!!!!!
posted by CosmicRayCharles at 10:20 PM on December 3, 2013
jeffburdges: "Too bad no mention in Goodnight Dune, well not sure the book has a pug."
Did you just make a book pug plug?
posted by IAmBroom at 2:43 PM on December 4, 2013
Did you just make a book pug plug?
posted by IAmBroom at 2:43 PM on December 4, 2013
Everyone knows to avoid the longer "special edition" at all costs, right?
I didn't. Now I do. Would be inclined to make a SPLICE MUST FLOW joke if I'd seen either one.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 4:15 PM on December 4, 2013
I didn't. Now I do. Would be inclined to make a SPLICE MUST FLOW joke if I'd seen either one.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 4:15 PM on December 4, 2013
I just realized this was my 300th post and I am a) rather proud and b) delighted in the fact that Discoman44 is probably confounded at his skyrocketing view count.
posted by griphus at 5:26 PM on December 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 5:26 PM on December 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Is it time to re-read Dune? I think it is.
Have the other books in the original series held up as well as the first one? Are the prequels worth a look at all?
posted by jquinby at 6:59 AM on December 5, 2013
Have the other books in the original series held up as well as the first one? Are the prequels worth a look at all?
posted by jquinby at 6:59 AM on December 5, 2013
What are you talking about? There is only one Dune novel, as everyone knows.
Three Star Wars, two Indiana Jones, and eight seasons of Simpsons
posted by Chrysostom at 7:04 AM on December 5, 2013 [3 favorites]
Three Star Wars, two Indiana Jones, and eight seasons of Simpsons
posted by Chrysostom at 7:04 AM on December 5, 2013 [3 favorites]
Have the other books in the original series held up as well as the first one?
Sure, except that there's this horror of gay people that goes through the whole series (including Dune itself).
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:50 AM on December 5, 2013
Sure, except that there's this horror of gay people that goes through the whole series (including Dune itself).
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:50 AM on December 5, 2013
fearfulsymmetry, you should read Dune.
Never! I will reign undefeated for ever!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:05 AM on December 5, 2013
Never! I will reign undefeated for ever!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:05 AM on December 5, 2013
(But then again I've not read Starship Troopers or The Forever War or Foundation or... actually I think I might be one of those fake nerds)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:06 AM on December 5, 2013
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:06 AM on December 5, 2013
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