piterdevries Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 in the movie "Get Smart" they used a Cone of Silence in a meeting.A "cone of silence" is mentioned in the futuristic SF novel Dune, when Baron Harkonnen is having a private discussion with Count Fenring on Giedi Prime. (wiki) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 The "Cone of Silence" had been used since the Get Smart TV series, but you're probably right about it being influenced by Dune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I stumbled on this article about how if different authors had wrote the last harry potter book. http://www.windypundit.com/archives/2007/07/the_end_of_the_harry_potter_se.htmlsomeone did a bit on Frank Herbert that made me laughFrank Herbert:Voldemort wraps himself in a snakeskin, which grows onto him and transforms him into a giant version of Nagini. He becomes the God Emperor of the Wizarding World. Lucius Malfoy wanders off into the wilderness and may or may not be dead. Narcissa's sister, St-Andromeda-of-the-Knife, fights valiantly for her family and against its enemies, which is difficult, because some of the family IS its own enemy. Luna Lovegood becomes a Reverend Mother, which means that for a change, all of her odd pronouncements are taken seriously and presumed to make sense. Harry is revealed to be a ghola of a defective mentat that is not being allowed to die.Ultimately, it is revealed that as terrible as Voldemort's actions were, they have actually saved the world and humanity, and probably galactic civilisation as the universe will one day know it. Harry weeps in the end, saying that Voldemort was always the stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I must not fear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandRider Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 is that an arm or leg ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Is that yours Ex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Ha no.but maybe one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I randomly ran across this comic strip:http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1119"Clone babies! Black-market organs! Secret genetically-engineered supersoldiers! The Kwisatz Haderach!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 We can be sure the Duke Leto and Jessica were rather... umm... natural. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 That particular strip has a few Dune references. This is the one that always sticks in my head: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Order of the Stick has just dedicated today's entire strip to Dune:"The Comics Must Flow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 This past episode of "The Big Bang Theory" had three of the main cahracters watching "Dune" while waiting for the Leonid meteor shower to begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Which version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 They don't say specificly, but it must be either the Lynch or Smithee versions. One of the lines is "Not a great movie, but look at that desert" and the mini was not filmed in a desert.Also, what the hell has been going on with you? I haven't heard from you in over a year. I sent a few e-mails and messages and never heard back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I know that Iron Maiden song too. Blind Guardian has also one Dune songy.Being interested in Blind Guardian recently, just to note, the song is called 'Traveler In Time'.Can check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Not much with me, dawg. Chillin'. Moderate amounts of illin'. Learning to model stuff in 3D, and failing miserably to learn to play the guitar. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Not much with me, dawg. Chillin'. Moderate amounts of illin'. Learning to model stuff in 3D, and failing miserably to learn to play the guitar. What about you?Quit my job. Got a new one. Bought a house. That's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Dune was named dropped in last nights Chuck again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 No joke:Fremen protest Ukranian electionThere's some nipple covered boob action in case you don't want to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Femen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 FemenGah!I could have sworn I saw fremen.Guess that is what my mind wanted to see.Well at least a country is called Fremen/oh wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 "Between 2200 BC and the 6th century AD, Yemen was part of the Sabaean, Awsanian, Minaean, Qatabanian, Hadhramawtian, Himyarite, and several other kingdoms, which controlled the lucrative spice trade." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiyouta Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 There's some nipple covered boob action in case you don't want to see it.Nice, but the words after 'action' are completely redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Gah!I could have sworn I saw fremen.Guess that is what my mind wanted to see.Well at least a country is called Fremen/oh wait.Well there is a VG character called Gordon Fremen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiyouta Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Crowbar-tastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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