Why do they need the suits in dune?

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.
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What are the suits they wear in Dune?

The stillsuits in “Dune” are the futuristic survival suits worn by the desert planet race known as the Fremen, providing mobility and hydration in the harsh conditions on the planet Arrakis.
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Why do they wear the nose thing in Dune?

A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air.

From Dune, by Frank Herbert. Here are a couple of additional quotes: "In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to insure a tight fit. Breathe in through the mouth filter, out through the nose tube.
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Who made the still suits in Dune?

'” According to West, creating Dune's stillsuits was an incredibly involved process that began with long conversations with concept artist Keith Christensen and a prototype by sculptor Jose Fernandez. Teams of artists collaborated on every aspect of the final suit, which comprised 125 pattern pieces.
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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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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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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 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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How does spice work in Dune?

Spice is used as an entheogen by the Bene Gesserit, a powerful order of women who oversee and influence humanity throughout the universe; the spice gifts them with clairvoyance and other heightened abilities that mimics witchcraft. The Fremen also have these abilities due to their massive exposure.
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Why do they wear oxygen in Dune?

Breathing in through the mouth and out through the nose ensure moisture-rich air being exhaled was captured by the stillsuit and processed ensuring as little moisture as possible was lost through exhalation.
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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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Do you pee in Stillsuits?

In the original 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, the stillsuit is full-body attire that recycles potable water from literally every drop of moisture produced by the wearer, including sweat, tears, feces, urine, and even breath (it would also theoretically work as a period-recycling apparatus).
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What are the things in peoples nose in Dune?

During the shoot, he and the other actors were costumed in what the world of Dune calls “stillsuits”—thick, rubbery armor that preserves the body's moisture, even gathering tiny bits from the breath exhaled through the nose. In the story, the suits are life-giving.
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Who did the wardrobe for Dune?

West spoke with Vanity Fair about how she and collaborator Robert Morgan created the looks of Dune, and walked us back through her other three nominated projects—The Revenant, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Quills.
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Is Drum sand real?

Drum sand is a phenomenon of sound-emitting sands which have been found on many Neta-type planets, particularly those of the C and 50 to 60 subclassifications. This name is used only on Arrakis and local nomenclature depends upon the nature of the sound emitted, e.g. that of an indigenous musical instrument.
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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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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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Is Paul Atreides a Fremen?

When Paul is accepted into the Fremen tribe, he is given the secret "sietch name" Usul, the Fremen word meaning "the base of the pillar". He chooses "Paul Muad'Dib" as his common name of manhood, to be used openly.
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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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What are water rings in Dune?

Water Rings were metallic counters that represented the volume of water released by a body of a dead Fremen processed through a deathstill. They were manufactured in denominations ranging from 50 liters to 1/32 of a drachm (a drachm being 1/150 of a liter).
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Why do Paul Atreides eyes turn blue?

The Dune trailer shows that Paul spends an extended period of time on Arrakis as he helps Chani protect the planet, meaning his blue eyes are a symptom of either ingesting the drug for power or consistently breathing in enough on Arrakis that he has a constant state of activity from Spice.
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Why do their eyes glow in Dune?

Herbert's novel states that blue eyes are a result of being addicted to spice. Perhaps not wanting to imply that an entire race is addicted to drugs, Villeneuve includes a scene explaining that the Fremen's eyes have turned blue simply because of their constant exposure to spice in the sands of Arrakis.
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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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How do they drink water Dune?

Dune water is drinking water which has been pumped up from the dunes. Fresh rainwater filters through the sandy dunes and floats on top of the salt water from where it can be pumped up, purified, and used as fresh drinking water.
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