SANDWORMS (The God of DUNE) EXPLAINED

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  • Hey guys what’s happening? Niyat here with film comics explained. As requested, today we’re going to be exploring the Sandworms featured in Frank Herbert’s expansive Dune universe.
    The Sandworms, also known as Geonemolodium arraknis, Shaihuludata gigantica, and shai-hulud to the fremen, were the dominant life form on Arrakis before the time of Leto II. As with many Fremen words, Shai-Hulud is more than a descriptive term for a physical entity.
    It alludes to the Fremen belief that the sandworm is a physical embodiment of the One God that created and governs the universe. Originating from the Arabic word Shayʾ-Khulud which translates to "Thing of Eternity" or "Thing of Immortality" - Linguistically, the many poetic translations all speak of the size, age, and power of the sandworm.
    From "Old Man of the Desert", "Old Father Eternity" to "Grandfather of the Desert". The sandworm was an autotrophic animal that inhabited the planet Arrakis, basically an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, and other chemicals. In this case, the coveted Spice Melange.
    Where they originated is unknown, but they were introduced to Arrakis before the events of the Butlerian Jihad. There they lived in the vast deserts and sand dunes that stretched across the surface of the planet. Attracted to rhythmic vibrations on the surface, they would breach in pursuit of the origin of such movement.
    This was an effort to defend their territory. Thus, to see a worm and live to tell the tale was extremely rare. Unless you were a badass Fremen of course, who achieved mastery over the beast. For more on that, check out my videos on the Fremen and Paul Atreides, links in the description.
    In this video, we’re going to explore the creatures in great detail, breaking down their lifecycle, physical characteristics, and the massive effect they had on Frank Herbert’s Dune universe.
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  • @toddkes5890
    @toddkes5890 ปีที่แล้ว +3900

    One fun part is that since the territory of a worm can be up to 400 square kilometers, assuming Arrakis is roughly earth-sized, and Worms only live on 80% of its surface, that means there is ~400 million square kilometers of worm-inhabited land or about 1 million worms on Arrakis. It also means that wherever you go in the desert, you are never more than 30 kilometers (or 18 miles) away from a worm.

    • @ndirirarokauari1006
      @ndirirarokauari1006 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      That's crazy

    • @autopsipath
      @autopsipath ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Potentially 1 million male adult worms.

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Wtf!!! Thank you for doing the math but I wish you won’t have, ignorance is bliss 😂😂😂

    • @CountingStars333
      @CountingStars333 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not enough water. They're gonna kill themselves.

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      and THAT is how you can have enough spice to enable galactic travel on a gigantic scale

  • @WilliamFord972
    @WilliamFord972 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +444

    The fact that Herbert developed biochemistry for the sandworm is next-level nerd.

    • @LeNoLi.
      @LeNoLi. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's not biochemistry technically.

    • @wall-e7179
      @wall-e7179 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@LeNoLi. It is until you reveal otherwise

    • @markjoshua8940
      @markjoshua8940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is technically.

    • @brettshannon4032
      @brettshannon4032 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think he got the basis of the idea from fungal ecosystems. Definitely super nerd, but gotta love the super nerd shit.

  • @offworld_coop
    @offworld_coop ปีที่แล้ว +1269

    I really liked the 1984 version when the worms appeared and there's lightning coming from their faces, so epic. The new versions are still dope and actually more terrifying because their mouths are just a massive black hole staring at you.

    • @DrBright5558
      @DrBright5558 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The danworm teeth likely act as some form of balleen, and the lightning in the origional was caused by static electricity from its vast size.

    • @clit_niblr0375
      @clit_niblr0375 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      As much hate that David Lynch's 1984 film version of Dune receives it still holds up as a really well made movie. The performances were great, the action, the sets and costume designs were all excellent.

    • @astralclub5964
      @astralclub5964 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “Bless the Maker and His water.
      Bless the coming and going of Him.
      May His passage cleanse the world.
      May He keep the world for His people. ”

    • @hag8752
      @hag8752 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The lightning from the static of the sand moving is such a nice touch

    • @brendanfelice2623
      @brendanfelice2623 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      a lot doesnt hold up, especially thanks to the new movies.
      its bad by all standards on cgi at points, and it really is a story meant for now. lynch ruined what couldve been even bigger movies@@clit_niblr0375

  • @greenkoopa
    @greenkoopa ปีที่แล้ว +2855

    Tremors got weird when it went to space

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect ปีที่แล้ว +344

      "Broke into the wrong god-damn rec room, didn't you, you bastard?!!"

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +200

      Bruh lol

    • @aaronstdon6778
      @aaronstdon6778 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lol fact's

    • @fanofmediastuff269
      @fanofmediastuff269 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Nah, this is more tame than tremors

    • @abrahamnarvaez1730
      @abrahamnarvaez1730 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      There is legend of a dynasty hidden on arrakis who guard the universe from the monsters that lurk beneath the sand. They are siech gummer lead by their leader called Burt

  • @AnonymousViewer
    @AnonymousViewer ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Flash fact! if you're a fan of Fatboy Slim and listen to "Weapon of Choice", This lyric, "Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm." is a reference to this.

    • @twilightparanormalresearch186
      @twilightparanormalresearch186 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @alfonso marcos so alternative medication? Nice scam

    • @thetheory6159
      @thetheory6159 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not terrible advice overall ; if you keep your actions unpredictable, it becomes much harder to catch you out.

  • @jakeg3733
    @jakeg3733 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    Frank created a fascinating and unique organism. Hell, the whole ecology is fascinating. I always wondered exactly _who_ brought the sandtrout to Arrakis, and for what purpose. They can form their own, entirely self-contained ecosystem which is something we don't see in life here on Earth. Personally, I think they were deliberately designed in a lab somewhere eons before Dune, although why you'd want to do this to a planet I don't know. Maybe it was a primitive attempt at terraforming. Find a planet that has water but no breathable atmosphere (these could be pretty common according to some studies on exoplanets), introduce sandtrout, and in a few thousand years you have a planet that's inhospitable as hell but you can survive on, as in you can breathe without a suit

    • @HopeisAnger
      @HopeisAnger ปีที่แล้ว +48

      So the worms would be intended to terraform a Stage-0 planet into a Stage-1. I like that, but what was the next step, cause that's still a long way from a Stage-4 (hospitable) much less a Stage-5 (earth like) or a Stage-6 (tailored environments, so called gaia worlds). Fascinating.

    • @jakeg3733
      @jakeg3733 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@HopeisAnger Warning, wall of text incoming here lol... So the idea is to just gain a foothold on the environmentally hostile world. While the resulting climate would be barely inhabitable (as we see on Arrakis as of book 1) and not able to support a large population, it would still provide a significant advantage to would-be terraformers. The ability to move around at will without a pressure suit or really any breathing apparatus cannot be understated. It would allow in-situ resource exploitation and construction of further terraforming equipment on a scale that'd be impossible if you're confined to domes and pressurized vehicles
      You can start moving people to the planet to serve as a labor force, and they can then use other methods to make the world more habitable. In fact it is subtly implied that was the plan, but events elsewhere in the empire put a stop to it, followed by spice being discovered; at that point the worms become essential to interstellar travel, and the planet has to stay at level-0 for civilization to function
      But anyway, we know that it takes millennia for the worms to do their work. They are essentially doing what submarines do when submerged for long periods, but instead of using electrolysis to generate O2 they are using their unique physiology. What's so cool about them is that the water isn't all destroyed (well, converted), much of it is sequestered by the sandtrout so it would be available for later use. So the next step would be gathering this water as the Fremen did, while at the same time building satellites in orbit that can user either some kind of fancy sci-fi EM field (what Leto did in the book IIRC) or sun shades to alter the influx of energy from the star to the surface, and if need be adjusting their orbits (or sticking them at appropriate lagrange points) to create a 24 hour day/night cycle. Drought resistant flora can also be propagated, as the Fremen also did to anchor the flow of sand and gradually create "islands" if you will of more water-rich land in the desert, which can be expanded over time along with more temperate flora that provide desirable attributes and the appropriate microbes
      The biggest downside of this that I can think of (and I'd argue we definitely see this in Dune) is mission creep. This method of terraforming is neither fast nor easy. It takes thousands of years and requires serious commitment and resource diversion for that entire period to work, yet people do not live that long so over time the original plan could be distorted and crucial information/context may take on different meaning. This is a common sci-fi trope (If you've played the Homeworld games, you'll see the similarities here) and for good reason, it's true to human nature. Now, this could also be a benefit because if this grand plan evolves into a religion like it did with the Fremen, people will see it through to the end even without fully understanding or remembering the past or the task at hand
      One last thing; I remember reading somewhere that the origin of the first book was Frank Herbert doing some research on desert ecology, specifically erosion and the plants that can be used to halt it, or at least slow it down. So it could very well be that he was thinking along these lines when he wrote the book and thought up the sandworms. I doubt we'll ever know now, but the what-ifs here are fascinating!

    • @HopeisAnger
      @HopeisAnger ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jakeg3733 Thanks for the explanation. I need to do more research.👍

    • @eckee
      @eckee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wdym fascinating an unique? It’s a worm lmao

    • @justmyself1000
      @justmyself1000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I find it incredible how detailed and deep everything was well thought out!

  • @residentelect
    @residentelect ปีที่แล้ว +500

    Hey Niyat, just wanted to say a massive thanks for all the Dune content you've been uploading these past few months.
    By my own admission, I was initially somewhat overwhelmed by the depth and complexity of the lore, so your uploads have not only helped me understand but also further my enjoyment of both the movies and the graphic novels.
    Great job as ever, mate 👍

  • @CZpersi
    @CZpersi ปีที่แล้ว +147

    My favorite fan-fiction idea was the concept of Sandworms as avatars of transdimensional creatures. Similar to how Calebans are described in Herbert's "Whipping Star". It would explain their existence in a universe that has no true "aliens" as well as the strange effects of Spice Melange produced during decomposition of their physical bodies. It would also explain their violent reaction to Holtzmann field, which disrupts the time-space continuum.

    • @jakeg3733
      @jakeg3733 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's really interesting. In that case the Fremen would actually be correct about them being Gods or the manifestation of God

  • @AllyourBase3
    @AllyourBase3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    There has been some absolutely amazing art done of the sandworms of Dune. Thank you for including so many

  • @TruthNeverFade
    @TruthNeverFade ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Thanks you so much for posting so much dune content. I'm currently reading the whole series, right now reading God Emperor Of Dune. The lore is massive! Your videos help a lot. Keep it up!

    • @filmcomicsexplained
      @filmcomicsexplained  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hope you enjoy it!

    • @quaker1874
      @quaker1874 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dude, you're in for a treat! Definitely continue on with Heretics of Dune, then Chapterhouse Dune.

    • @TruthNeverFade
      @TruthNeverFade ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@filmcomicsexplained thanks so much! I love it :)

    • @TruthNeverFade
      @TruthNeverFade ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quaker1874 you bet! Can't wait 😊

  • @DimitrisVi
    @DimitrisVi ปีที่แล้ว +532

    Sandworms are possibly the only alien organism in the Dune universe. Their origins are unknown.

    • @Teapotman2
      @Teapotman2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No

    • @DimitrisVi
      @DimitrisVi ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Teapotman2 ?

    • @etherstrip
      @etherstrip ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@DimitrisVi I have not seen the movie, but in the books at least, Dune is full of living species. Starting with Muad'Dib, the mouse Paul gets his name from.

    • @DimitrisVi
      @DimitrisVi ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@etherstrip The origin of the sandworms is a mystery. It's never explained where they came from. In the Dune universe there aren't any "aliens". All the humanoids evolved from humans for one reason or the other and the creatures are from earth or the result of experimentation. The AIs in the later books have their origins also in humanity. For the sandworms though we don't have an origin.

    • @etherstrip
      @etherstrip ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@DimitrisVi I have only read Frank Herbert's works. Brian's I tried but it really did not live up to expectations and I consider they are no more than a fanfic. That leaves my Dune universe with much less explanations and much more mysteries.

  • @Strawhat_Fred
    @Strawhat_Fred ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Oooh perfect way to start my weekend! Been wanting a good sandstorm lore video

  • @diegoandres2499
    @diegoandres2499 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your videos had help me a lot since i started to look more into Dune's lore, keep the good work!

  • @thomasa8814
    @thomasa8814 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Who knew Sandworms and Anakin Skywalker had something in common.

    • @pfthorin4733
      @pfthorin4733 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Though the worms are better written characters, with more depth and verisimilitude, than Ep 1-3 Anakin.

    • @thomasa8814
      @thomasa8814 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pfthorin4733 Sandworms have more depth, I see what you did there 😏

    • @pfthorin4733
      @pfthorin4733 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thomasa8814 😳I didn't.... until you pointed it out... 😱😂🤣

    • @richardwalker2513
      @richardwalker2513 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Anakin didn't like sand though... it's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere!

  • @Mansini77
    @Mansini77 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Niyat, all your recent Dune uploads is getting me pumped for Part 2 dude!

  • @humansnotai4912
    @humansnotai4912 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yet another world class video from Film Comics Explained. The depth of knowledge conveyed along with the high quality production is simply phenomenal.

  • @ok0_0
    @ok0_0 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I just watched this movie. I've read the books, but the cinematography was something else

  • @Aku9466
    @Aku9466 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I love all of the Dune videos you’ve done. My parents read the books but I could never find the time to dig into them. You helped me digest the story and aspects of the books but by bit and I love it. Keep up the great work dude!

  • @prophez23
    @prophez23 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Super awesome video! I've been a huge Dune fan since I first discovered the books and then later David Lynch's Dune and I enjoy learning all I can about it. I am really looking forward to the second half of the new Dune movie. The first part was so amazing. I was very apprehensive at first but they did an outstanding job on it. It would be cool if they kept going and expanded further into all the other books and lore. But whatever they do it'll be awesome.
    Long live the fighters!!

  • @Filterdissman
    @Filterdissman ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Niat you never disappoint! Thank you for posting another video about DUNE!

  • @ashlindemeritte7593
    @ashlindemeritte7593 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Keep these dune videos coming i am invested.

  • @lappesjl1
    @lappesjl1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The one thing you cannot disparage about the 1984 version was the quality of the acting. Jurgen Procnow, Patrick Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Jose Ferrer, Sting, Sean Young all extremely talented actors.

  • @HerculesCoronaBorealis
    @HerculesCoronaBorealis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great quality deep dive per your other videos. Thank you.

  • @andilaus5071
    @andilaus5071 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Keep up the good job!!!!thanks for all you do!!!😊

  • @Cold_soup._.
    @Cold_soup._. ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No idea what's going on but your voice brings me comfort

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The giant sandworms was the only part of Dune 1984 that I even liked or understood. They also ate the guy that played Bluto on Robin William's Popeye.

  • @sasquatchhadarock968
    @sasquatchhadarock968 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The idea that they generate their own food answers the most obvious plot hole in the Worm- how such a large creature could ever find enough food to power its movement through the sand.

    • @patrickchuan4550
      @patrickchuan4550 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only the sandtrouts generate their own food, not the sandworms.

    • @patrickchuan4550
      @patrickchuan4550 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I read a bit more about the sandworms. Even if they can "generate their own food", it probably won't be enough. At this point, I rather imagine them having Evangelion S2 Engine. Problem solved.

    • @bort6414
      @bort6414 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That actually makes less sense. That would essentially make the sandworms perpetual motion machines, able to spontaneously reduce entropy in a system without exploiting gravity or some other non-polar force.

    • @chlorophytum5314
      @chlorophytum5314 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I mean yeah, it fixes a plot hole in the same way as "I said it works so it works"

  • @DJ_GoLion
    @DJ_GoLion ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Niyat I was hoping you could do one (maybe more than one) about the video game series Little Nightmares. I've played it a couple of times but I'm still a bit confused about the story and the history of Number Six.
    Keep up the great work. Your Dune series inspired me to pick up the first book.

  • @Marcelo83uk
    @Marcelo83uk ปีที่แล้ว

    The artwork is just incredible!

  • @lynnclapper997
    @lynnclapper997 ปีที่แล้ว

    Possibly your best video

  • @HerculesCoronaBorealis
    @HerculesCoronaBorealis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just one more like! You really are the real deal. Thank you. Going to watch Dune 2 next week.

  • @seaztheday4418
    @seaztheday4418 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Dune Encyclopedia canon isn't necessarily considered 'true' to canon - the in-universe lore is that it's 'written' by various historians and is thus full of wild guesses, accidental inaccuracies and even deliberate misinformation for political reasons. It's fun to read, and elaborates on a lot of the details that aren't covered in FH's novels, but I would have used a big ol' caveat when using it as a reference for anything.
    FYI the real canon is that they start as a microorganism stage called Sandplankton (which the adult worms also sometimes eat). The Sandplankton live in the sand, eating spice as they grow into the Sandtrout. Then, the Sandtrout gather water together into a pre-spice mass. Once enough water is gathered, an explosive reaction occurs, during which groups of Sandtrout bind together and become Little Makers, or juvenile worms, often used for the Water of Life ceremony. This reaction also creates the Spice found in a Spice Blow (like the one that takes out Liet-Kynes). The Little Maker worms grow, and grow, and grow, slowly becoming behemoths. Once the Giant Worms become old and big enough, they reproduce by dissolving into millions of those microscopic Sandplankton, thus starting the cycle again.

    • @seaztheday4418
      @seaztheday4418 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Source: God-Emperor of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert (aka you can't use the argument that the Brian/K Anderson prequels don't count as this is all Frank-canon)

    • @Iflie
      @Iflie ปีที่แล้ว

      That doers make far more sense than eating the females. Such a giant 1000 year old worm dying in a single reproduction after which many die in the explosion doesn't ring true.

    • @spudthepug
      @spudthepug ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was wondering where the male/female worm thing came from.

  • @ajb6359
    @ajb6359 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That last scene was so bittersweet. Terrifying to think of what would happened to be swallowed by one. How easy it would be

  • @TheGreenAnorak
    @TheGreenAnorak ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "It's the slow spoon that stirs the coffee." Hmmm, I got that wrong.
    "Where there is sugar & creamer, there is always coffee, always." Hmmm I got that wrong to.
    "For he is the Baristas Haderach." Darn it I got that wrong as well.

  • @julesmpc1314
    @julesmpc1314 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well done!

  • @DeathMetalDerf
    @DeathMetalDerf ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I thought the way they did the sand worms in the new Dune was actually very excellent and quite terrifying indeed. I was concerned that I'd look too fake or too monsterous, but they did a great job with it.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Really surprised how much I loved Dune and it's rich Lore, it has made me want to dive into the books.

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Couldn't agree more, mate.
      Give the graphic novels a go as they are a joy to read.
      Although it's cheaper on Kindle/e-reader, I paid a little extra for the hard cover printed versions which was well worth it.
      The artwork by Raúl Allên and Patricia Martin is stunning.

    • @Jordy120
      @Jordy120 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dive away mate. You wont regret it.

    • @IrishTechnicalThinker
      @IrishTechnicalThinker ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You know what, I'm going to order some of the books on eBay. These videos have really made my interest much greater. Thanks for your recommendation to dive in.

  • @visivante
    @visivante ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love the Dune videos.

  • @SirFleetingFury
    @SirFleetingFury ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love it! Longtime viewer, and you just keep getting better with time. 👍🏻

  • @bensim87
    @bensim87 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Touching on what resident elect said I knew that dune was a vast universe as far as the lore behind everything I just didn't realize how vast. I realize that there are multiple books that Frank put out but I didn't bother to read any of them due to the fact that the one is just so intense that I was like that's a lot of books and there's so many universes I already follow, so thank you so much for diving deep into the Dune universe and all of its lore the fact that Bene Gesserit have such an intense backstory and their lower is so intense and it's so methodical and there's so much of it I didn't even know where to start until you whittle it down and to put out a 20-minute video is the greatest shit in the universe I have been following your channel for years now I love all the work you do you saved me so much time and energy on doing my own research cuz I'm a movie connoisseur but I just find myself working- living life and not having time to deep dive that stuff and so watching your videos just catching me up with all the stuff I've ever wanted to know. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I look forward to many many more of your videos and I love that you take surveys to that's super cool cuz it really helps you narrow down what your audience is looking for. So again thank you so so much.

  • @mikaelotti
    @mikaelotti 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such great videos. Never stop pls!

  • @Is_there_no_one_else
    @Is_there_no_one_else ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You just channeled some serious Sir David Attenborough vibes on this one.

  • @Leto_II
    @Leto_II ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I do love Makers of the deep desert, also love all the videos of Dune it is my favourite book series and I’m glad that people like you are showing the layers that this series has. Thanks for the amazing content keep it up 👍

  • @thearmchairjournalist566
    @thearmchairjournalist566 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video 👌

  • @markdossey1544
    @markdossey1544 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No wonder I didn't understand the Dune movie 40 years ago. I'm all about science. Even went to med school for years. But this much data from a scifi story is crazy thorough .

  • @tardiscommand1812
    @tardiscommand1812 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A multi neighbour build of a worm covering blocks of backyards would be beyond epic.

  • @Albert_225
    @Albert_225 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes!!! MORE DUNE LORE!!!!

  • @Mob-tq7gv
    @Mob-tq7gv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was looking for a movie to watch today bc it's a snow day and I didn't have school. I came across this video and decided to watch dune and now I'm hooked. I love the desert in anything it's just my favorite place in terms of history and just looks. I can't wait for part 2.

  • @ALIKN1-1
    @ALIKN1-1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely video as always 😌….. is it possible you do one about the movie Screamers 1995

  • @hansmerker5611
    @hansmerker5611 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I suggest videos:
    The Teenage Mutant Turtles
    Stargate SG-1
    Pokemon
    Bone comic
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    Cloning (Star Wars)

  • @Meowie___Wowie420
    @Meowie___Wowie420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whoa whoa whoa that was a bombshell at the end I don't remember letos worms busting out on the sea work.. whaaaat

  • @snailgames223
    @snailgames223 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do the fourth kind explained I love your videos have for a long time I’d really like to see what you have to say about that

  • @johncarter8103
    @johncarter8103 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the fantastic video can you do Great Vampires,Omega,Ice Warriors,Chronovores,Voord,Skaro,Chelonians,Cheetah People and Vashta Nerada from Doctor Who

  • @carpediemarts705
    @carpediemarts705 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    With the sheer size if the worms' nervous systems as well as the volume of sp8ce they touched, the worms should have had consciousness enough to fold space themselves!

  • @dsadik666
    @dsadik666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep up the dune content.

  • @thearmchairjournalist566
    @thearmchairjournalist566 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rebingeing your Dune videos again because 🥇

  • @iliacdeleon1065
    @iliacdeleon1065 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Sandworm would probably have nightmares of the water planet form Subnautica given water is dangerous for the worm.

    • @callumprice1710
      @callumprice1710 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eeeh.. yes and no. The big worms would die but as the video explains, arrakis USED to be a water planet. The young sandtrout would be fine.

    • @iliacdeleon1065
      @iliacdeleon1065 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@callumprice1710 Would the sandtrout adapt or evolve if they were sent to the world subnautica?

    • @callumprice1710
      @callumprice1710 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@iliacdeleon1065 no they would be fine and convert subnautica to a desert world.
      Also there is a version of sandworms that gets made that are waterworms

    • @iliacdeleon1065
      @iliacdeleon1065 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@callumprice1710 how would they turn subnautica into a desert planet? And I imagine those waterworks are giant bobbit worms that either swim in the open ocean near the abyss or submerge themselves in the ground to ambush anything that passes by

    • @callumprice1710
      @callumprice1710 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@iliacdeleon1065 uhh the full explaination is too long but basically the sandtrout multiply like crazy and seal all the water away in pockets deep underground. And no the water worms are just swimming around in the water eating shit. The water worms also produce like SUPER refined spice but its worse because of this.

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Had no idea that dune had such a canon especially with the sand worm cycles, that's bizarre

  • @not2shabby694
    @not2shabby694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The mouth of the sandworm is 80m wide. To give you perspective, the statue of liberty and it's base are about 93m tall. Yea, that's how big the adult sandworms are.

  • @drybare
    @drybare ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LFG NEW DUNE POST

  • @zacharygrannemann4466
    @zacharygrannemann4466 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The spice is also in a star wars show but a small very mention.

  • @gamiezion
    @gamiezion ปีที่แล้ว +4

    paul at some point (in the 2nd book i think, otherwise the 3rd) that the sandworms are almost to perfectly addictive to humanity. since the tleilax at some point develop synthetic spice i think it's implied the tleilax created the sandworms which i don't think is entirely beyond their skills since they were already well known as geneticists and cloners at the start of the butlarian jihad.

  • @drgirlfriend211
    @drgirlfriend211 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey Niyat! I would LOVE if you could explore the Expanse world! The Protomolecule virus and the Rings… it’s my favorite show and book series!

  • @zombiebullshark3834
    @zombiebullshark3834 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My dumb a** has been thinking they are called "sand Trout" like the fish lmfao

    • @IsaacMuntz
      @IsaacMuntz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, your quite the dumbass alright lmfao

  • @crnlonewolf3195
    @crnlonewolf3195 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everytime I saw that creature in dune I keep being reminded of the creature worm in lost plant freaking worm was tough to kill

  • @spotieotie
    @spotieotie ปีที่แล้ว

    This is some wild stuff...

  • @tony.h321
    @tony.h321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Been trying to make a sandworm 3D model in Blender according to the exact descriptions and dimensions from the books. Interestingly a sandworm that is 400 m long and around 80 m diameter mouth is a lot more stubby-looking than I imagined. It basically has the shape of a maggot or grub. It also has me wondering how long their teeth should actually be. In the books, crysknives are only 20 cm long. So are they made from the tips of the teeth broken off, or from young worms, or around the actual length of the adult teeth?

  • @minigrande1939
    @minigrande1939 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how the desert is like an ocean.the worms seam to swim

    • @montag4516
      @montag4516 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "The ocean is a desert with it's life underground and the perfect disguise above.
      Under her cities lies a heart full of sound but the humans will give no love."

  • @brandonbrouillette308
    @brandonbrouillette308 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video. What strange lore...

  • @ArthurMorgan-vm7bq
    @ArthurMorgan-vm7bq ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do a videos on “the professional” one of my favorite movies ever, would love to hear your thoughts

  • @infallibleblue
    @infallibleblue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So cool

  • @nasis18
    @nasis18 ปีที่แล้ว

    Be crazy to see something like that in person.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To think that "water is life' yet this can kill the sandworms.

  • @91BH8
    @91BH8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just realized the picture of the spice blow stage of the worm is the queen leech boss from Resident Evil Outbreak Hospital Level.

  • @X2yt
    @X2yt ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It's quite sad we never learn where Sandworms came from. Considering how incredibly unique they are, and how precious of a resource they provide, and how slow evolution generally is, I think it's quite likely they were engineered. Personally I really like the theory that Sandworms were created by Erasmus from the future. Erasmus throughout his entire existence liked to meddle in genetics, and after the death of Leto II he also had the goal of creating his own version of Kwizats Haderach. And Erasmus from the future was aware and able to utilise tachyons, since he and Omnius tried to catch Ithaca in tachyon net. Tachyons are particles that theoretically could break flow of time and travel faster than light. What if future Erasmus realised the only way to create a genuine Kwizats Haderach was to introduce Spice Melange to Arrakis, so he engineered Sandworms, and using some tachyon device sent them back in time to Dune? By the end of the story Erasmus and Omnius are basically gods anyway, it's probably in the realm of possibility they could manipulate time in some way.

  • @ricanzombie5731
    @ricanzombie5731 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish they showed more of that human spider thing that was cool i wana kno more about that

  • @ferguswatt2884
    @ferguswatt2884 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If squeezed they release a small amount of green liquid which can stave of death from dehydration, but is not related to spice or spice assense in any way. No energy boost. Same thing as juice from a sugar cane or water from coconut. Eventually you’ll need water water, but if you’re dying of thirst the sand work juice
    Will help. Besides that, good a

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think the sandworms are an engineered lifeform. The fact that their waste product, the spice melange, is such a useful substance for humanity cannot be a coincidence of natural evolution, _someone_ wanted those worms to make that stuff.

    • @jordantucker9799
      @jordantucker9799 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is possible they are a natural species but yes. Some unknown society introduce them into our corner of the galaxy as to develop spice deposits possible for us.

    • @IsaacMuntz
      @IsaacMuntz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just like cows produce milk pretty sure they weren't the result of some sort of engineering

  • @TheUndeadslayer221
    @TheUndeadslayer221 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:56 That sand worm image is from Magic the Gathering, last I checked.

  • @CodyisKing
    @CodyisKing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Common Niyat, W.

  • @fardrives
    @fardrives 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Is it really worth the worms energy to chase a low calorie human?

  • @Faint366
    @Faint366 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Their dimensions seem off. At 400m long, 80m mouth, and 100m at their thickest, (even assuming their mouth stretched when opening to its full size) that would mean they’re only 4 times longer than they are wide. They wouldn’t be giant snake-like creatures. They’d be more like massive chubby leeches.

    • @johnmikezstaca4307
      @johnmikezstaca4307 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      400m was the longest recorded as per video but there would be much much larger and longer in the southern parts.

  • @somesoup6080
    @somesoup6080 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t know there was this much lore in dune

  • @ElDuderino999
    @ElDuderino999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Frank Herbert was a true master of world-building… Hats off!

  • @Reoh0z
    @Reoh0z ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bless The Maker and his water.

  • @easymoneysniper665
    @easymoneysniper665 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hey, can you guys please do a video on scarecrows fear toxin?

  • @themaxreboexperience5221
    @themaxreboexperience5221 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you make a video on Independence Day resurgence and the 2012 battleship movie

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When God's feces are the most important resource in the galaxy and that resource is important because it's a drug that makes FTL travel possible by making a ship's navigate so high he can find his way through hyperspace.

  • @mr.mickles
    @mr.mickles ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spice is not the waste of the worm. It is the waste of the sand trout converting water. The sand worms would eat the spice along with sand plankton.

  • @Regiumusgigamiumus
    @Regiumusgigamiumus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got a dune part 2 trailer add while watching this.

  • @jamessmall6499
    @jamessmall6499 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I serve no master but *Shai-Halud!*

  • @feynthefallen
    @feynthefallen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    There's a good reason why only a tiny portion of the Dune universe was ever made into movies. That reason being, most of it is so strange it puts Lovecraft to shame, and no studio executive in his right mind would touch it with a ten foot pole wearing a hazmat suit.

  • @joshuaholt7105
    @joshuaholt7105 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tacoma Washington has the Frank Hubert park with sandworms statues

  • @michaelingber1528
    @michaelingber1528 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very stealthy beast.

  • @calangel
    @calangel ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for the sequel. I liked the movie.

  • @damianstarks3338
    @damianstarks3338 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These worms are gigantic and terrifying.

  • @Hoktew
    @Hoktew 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That CGI popcorn bucket is dope....

  • @quarkedbutt3957
    @quarkedbutt3957 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do a video on the book version of Starship Troopers?

  • @K.O._Mic
    @K.O._Mic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s not just any Sandworn, that’s an Alaskan Bull Worm!

  • @Krakerss
    @Krakerss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why am i watching this, my brain is overloading