If you have n’t seenDuneorDune II , now is a very confusing time to be on societal media , seeing C. W. Post about some hombre name " Paul " and course assuming they ’re some kind of controller , before the post pivot hard to talking about space louse .
The films , like the cultus classic 1984 variant , have get a fairly dedicated fanbase who enjoy the movies ( in part ) for their big , wacky alien public , including the planet Arrakis , a desert planet containing a drug known as " spice " that is defend by gigantic George Sand / space worm .
While a silly idea , it ’s undeniably fun . But not everybody is on board with suspending their mental rejection , and one of those mass is , of course , Neil deGrasse Tyson .
" It ’s quite the spectacle , " deGrasse Tyson toldThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert .
" This picture takes property in sand dunes . And there ’s a worm that ’s very thirsty , and they just plow through the Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin , and they ’ll find you if you make a sound that repeats . "
In the movie , they use a machine called a " thumper " to marshal the sandworms to the airfoil , where it typically would go on a kill fling .
" I ’m just saying you ca n’t thump moxie , " deGrasse Tyson excuse , beat his fist . " If you do this to sand , nobody else is go to hear it . Because it ’s Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin . "
" If you wanted to insulate yourself acoustically from your surroundings , fill the volume with grit . No one will hear you . "
Neil deGrasse Tyson does have a mo of a reputation forquestioningthe skill behind sci - fi pic , up to and including space - mavin movieStar Wars . However , he told Colbert that he does let these thing go in ordination to enjoy the movie .
Another aspect he constitute difficult inDunewas the religious rite of passage the indigenous inhabitants of the desert earth go through : tantalize on the back of the sandworm .
" They have the worm just going straight . Fast . That ’s not how physics work . Have you ever had a snake pursuit you as a uncoiled snake ? No . They ’ve got to curl , and they press off the Robert F. Curl . That ’s what the curling is . "
In a compromise to Colbert , or to keep his own suspension of disbelief in tactfulness , deGrasse Tyson agreed that perhaps they are move with some other mechanism , though the only idea he could think of on the spot was that the propulsion come from pooping .
