John?
I watched Lynch's DUNE last night b/c of this thread. And once again, I raged against DeLaurentis and family for doing that to the book(s). Patrick Stewart charging into battle with a Pug under one arm and a rifle in the other. Sheez.
Thank god Herbert died.
Now, the knife thing: I 'stepped' the video through the knife scene. Sting's knife (the Emporer's knife) has a double hilt which look like Corinthian (or is it Doric or Ionic? , i.e, flat, with curled down ends, coiling in a spirl) column tops, and a blade shape that is sort of like an enlongated spoon, with the spoon part cut off at the top.
Pretty Boy's crysknife is the shaped tooth of a worm, actually, nice looking design...don't know about function. I lack the proper knowledge of blade design to tell you what maker it resembles, but I'd describe it as a large 'scapel' shaped blade, maybe 10 inches, with the dropped blade stretched out from what you would expect from a real scapel, or hunting knife. The handle appears to be black leather with a half-moon shaped silver butt-cap.
Just imagine the Dune story done by Lucas and Peter Jackson, collaborating! They could shoot in Australia; follow the book, not get into elaborate sets and spend the money on decent casting.
anyway...I suffered for you, John. One of the great fiction realties ever created were trashed by Laurentis and his ?daughter? Did he get to Clan of the Cave Bear too? Another great book destroyed by the film-makers. :grumpy:
