What are the nose things in Dune?

A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.
On parched Arrakis, the wise traveler wears filt-plugs and a breathing mask over the mouth, to conserve moisture. FILT-PLUG: a nose filter unit worn with a stillsuit to capture moisture from the exhaled breath. From Dune, by Frank Herbert.
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Why do they have things in their nose in Dune?

Reclaimed water circulates to catchpockets from which you draw it through this tube in the clip at your neck... Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to ensure a tight fit.
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How do they poop in Dune?

Stillsuits recycle nearly all of the body's moisture, which Herbert's novel notes includes urine and feces, which are processed in the stillsuit's thigh pads. Like I said, once you have this fact in your head firmly enough to recall it while watching Dune, you immediately want to figure out who's pooping and when.
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Why do Fremen have blue eyes?

The Fremen, the main inhabitants of Arrakis, consume spice regularly (it's a central ingredient in food on the planet), and are essentially dependent on the substance. Prolonged exposure to spice is the reason all of the Fremen have blue-on-blue eyes.
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What are the tubes in Dune?

In Dune, stillsuit wearers are instructed to breathe in through their mouth and out through their nose, and any moisture from the exhale is captured by tubes attached to their nostrils.
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Filtplug (DUNE EXPLAINED)



What did he breathe out in Dune?

It consisted of a false tooth with a cavity and false cap. The cavity was filled with poison gas. It was designed so that, when the bearer bit down hard on the cap and breathed out hard, the cap would break and the poison gas would be expelled into the immediate area.
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Is a real stillsuit possible?

How feasible are actual Stillsuits for future astronauts on Mars? Fortunately, we've been doing something similar to Dune's Stillsuits for a while now on the International Space Station. "There is an entire closed-loop system onboard the [International Space Station] dedicated to water," NASA says.
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Why are Mentats lips red?

Mentats habitually drink “the Juice of Sapho,” a kind of hyper-coffee that increases their mental acuity twice over or more. Naturally, Sapho is addictive, and eventually it has the side effect of staining a user's lips an obvious red.
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What does spice mean in Dune?

Melange (/meɪˈlɑːnʒ/), often referred to as "the spice", is the fictional psychedelic drug central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert and derivative works.
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Why is Jessica a concubine Dune?

Concubines were often taken by ruling members of Great Houses for companionship. This was considered an ideal practice when one wished for other Great Houses to think they were available for alliance through marriage. Duke Leto Atreides took the Lady Jessica as his concubine.
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Why do they wear masks in Dune?

ASU engineer designs clothing for extreme heat. Inhabitants of the desert planet Arrakis in the movie "Dune" wear suits to protect them from the heat, cool them and recycle moisture from their bodies. It's more science than fiction for thermal dynamics engineer Konrad Rykaczewski.
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Who has blue eyes in Dune?

Ever since the first Dune trailer debuted, moviegoers unfamiliar with Frank Herbert's acclaimed science-fiction novel Dune may have been confused as to why, in Denis Villeneuve's Dune, Zendaya's eyes are blue. She's not alone, of course.
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What do the worms in Dune eat?

Ordinarily, sandworms on Arrakis spend most of their time gobbling up sand that comprises the nearly endless dunes covering the planet. In doing so, they are able to feast on creatures known as sand plankton, microscopic creatures that devour leftover traces of the spice scattered across the Arrakeen sands.
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What is the human spider in Dune?

The Bene Tleilax, also sometimes called the Tleilaxu, inhabit Tleilax, the sole planet of the star Thalim, and are genetically-enhanced humans. They're known for being intentionally isolated from the rest of the universe and churning out remarkable (but often terrifying) creations.
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What is the worm in Dune?

Sandworms are native to the desert planet of Arrakis, and can't be found anywhere else in the fictional galaxy created by Herbert. First described in the novel Dune, published in 1965, the sandworm were Herbert's take on the “archetypical beast,” like the dragon in Beowulf.
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How did they make the eyes blue in Dune 2021?

Rather than a traditional blue or green, we actually covered it in sand color. So that was our screen, the idea being that because this was generally going to be Arrakis or it was going to be the desert, it was going to be that color.
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What are the heart plugs in Dune?

A heart plug was a medically implanted device seen in David Lynch's 1984 film version of Dune. Presumably used on human Slaves or enemies the Harkonnens wished to torture to death, it was a small object sewed into the chest of the victim, seemingly over the heart.
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Why did Leto ban Mentats?

In short, Leto II banned Mentats in order to deliberately destabilize his rule so that the Mentat abilities would be used to help bring about The Scattering, in accordance with The Golden Path. The goal of Leto's Golden Path was to "teach humanity a lesson that they will remember in their bones".
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Why is spice so valuable in Dune?

Because spice is only found on Arrakis, it is considered one of the rarest commodities in the universe. It is a symbol of wealth and status outside of Arrakis, and has highly addictive properties. Spice plays a central role in all of the Dune novels and sets up much of the first novel's conflict.
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What does Baron Harkonnen do to the boy?

In the scene from Dune I just referenced, a young slave boy is murdered by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, a large, boil-covered monstrosity who wears a harness that allows him to float like a lethal balloon.
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How did Harkonnen survive the gas?

But grievously harmed Harkonnen escapes by air, by kicking the anti-gravity device he needs to move about into instant overdrive. ""He can switch it on and off. That's what makes him hover and and float in the room," Skarsgård says.
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Why do Paul Atreides eyes turn blue?

In the books and the film, the blue eyes are related to "spice," a psychedelic drug that plays a key role in Dune (not to be confused with the real-world synthetic cannabinoids often known as spice).
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Does Paul from Dune have powers?

Abilities and skills

Prescience: As the Kwisatz Haderach long sought out for by the breeding programme of the Bene Gesserit Order, Paul possessed a powerful ability to bridge space and time with prescient ability.
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Is Paul allergic to spice?

Chani can smell spice on Paul and wonders if it is an allergy, but Jessica says those tests were negative. Chani asks if they have makers with them, and Jessica confirms it, saying that each battle needs a blessing. Chani knows that Paul does not partake of the spice drug, and asks for the unchanged Water from a maker.
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