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Making the Harkonnens bald was actually a bad idea


You see, it worked in the first film because it removes a very important hint about a certain central character's secret lineage by hiding the fact that the Harkonnens are famous for being redheads. (Although recent readings of the book reveal that Feyd Ruatha was a brunette).

But it destroys something that defined Feyd Ruatha. In the books and in the two previous versions of "Dune," he was supposed to be a very handsome (if evil and sadistic) young man. You take away the hair and it ruins any attractiveness the character might have had, and frankly, this version of Feyd just looks like a younger, skinnier, shorter freak than his brother and uncle.

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it was never a good idea.

the entire premise of the book is that space is colonized by humans only

and that means regular humans. not mutant looking humans with a stupid ass backstory

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You again preaching about the book? I don't know, maybe Giedi Prime's atmosphere, or the baby food they eat made them bald, but they're still humans clearly.

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So you're saying bald people aren't human?

Oh no, baldbros...

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No. It was a *bald* idea.

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Hahahahaha, love the pun ;)

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Batista looked good bald. The others didn’t. Austin Butler looked like the creature at the start of Alien: Covenant

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Lmao only after reading your comment I realized that was Batista wtf it's been like 20+ years since I watched wrestling now I know why he looked familiar lmao

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I agree it was blasphemy to erase the trademark red hair from House Harkonnen.

Plus, it would have been awesome to see Batista wearing Key's "Mr. Garvey" wig...

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/9f4/97c/2ed8907bc3c891fb9670c8d86281eca2fa-02-key-peele-wigs-007.2x.w710.jpg


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A bunch of chalk-white skinheads terrorizing black and brown people in the desert.

I'm surprised the anti-woke people haven't slammed these movies for that.

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So, according to you, if you're anti-woke you're pro skinhead ...got it.

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I have bigger issues with the stupidity of the Fremen, and how they made the Harkonnen look like they were modeling their "fashion sense" after Voldemort.

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