tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post1299807403788421932..comments2024-03-29T02:47:44.652-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: The Weapons of Sci-Fi: The Weirding Modules of DUNE (1984)Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-61224000974349181702020-09-04T21:44:26.480-05:002020-09-04T21:44:26.480-05:00I loved the Dune Books and the prequels; grew up o...I loved the Dune Books and the prequels; grew up on the Dune 84 movie too and I thought the wierding modules were cool and could be incorporated with Kung fu like the gun-fu in John Wick ! Anywho, I’m a sci-fi writer and I’m trying to come up with something akin to the Modukes but trying to get the quasi science rt? Anybody have any ideas?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471536172350219749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-77471342373570239792019-03-22T12:50:08.569-05:002019-03-22T12:50:08.569-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765618084005377522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-32538879111364771672019-03-20T13:29:34.640-05:002019-03-20T13:29:34.640-05:00Where is the Ken Burnside interview?Where is the Ken Burnside interview?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-60942501676082571872019-02-14T15:25:27.258-06:002019-02-14T15:25:27.258-06:00"Say what?! If Lynch think that hand-to-hand ..."Say what?! If Lynch think that hand-to-hand combat, might alienate the audience what was that damn cat-in-a-box?"<br /><br />It was a different time back then. I remember watching asian Kung-Fu movies on TV (in the 80s) and they were quite trashy. No wonder that a high cost production wanted to avoid looking cheap. They had to compete with some high calibre movies back then. Even the Terminator (which was a B-movie IIRC) was sporting a high tech look.<br />Trevor FaithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-82454663005187269232019-02-13T01:29:28.320-06:002019-02-13T01:29:28.320-06:00Those sonic tanks would have been cool to see in a...Those sonic tanks would have been cool to see in action on the big screen!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-90530914464651624792019-02-13T00:27:12.696-06:002019-02-13T00:27:12.696-06:00Cool post! Love many of your posts! Waiting for mo...Cool post! Love many of your posts! Waiting for more Guns from the Future posts.yimyuehonpeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487887332029707395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-74773007150536742962019-02-12T22:14:47.195-06:002019-02-12T22:14:47.195-06:00"hyperspeed moves of the Weirding Way would b..."hyperspeed moves of the Weirding Way would be unworkable and unfilmable"<br />Say what?! If Lynch think that hand-to-hand combat, might alienate the audience what was that damn cat-in-a-box? And that stupid Peg that Leto carry with him to Arakis and reappeared in the film last moment in the hands of Fremen kid?<br /><br />I believe that Lynch had to include the Weirding module in his movie to appease the studio how wanted a re-washed Star Wars movie with rayguns, blasters and glowing blobs of energy bouncing from one side of the battlefield to the other side.<br /><br />Not many dared to handle that toxic Weirding thing after the movie pulp dust settle. One exception was Westwood in their Dune 2 computer game. The House Atredies sonic tanks were that bleached Weirding module concept without the troubling name attached. <br /><br />Yoel<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-86543395823068637972019-02-12T05:41:52.141-06:002019-02-12T05:41:52.141-06:00Having read the book first, I found the Weirding M...Having read the book first, I found the Weirding Modules to be an odd inclusion to the story. I much preferred the Sci-fi channels take on Dune over all. Although the film cinematography was far superior, the story was closer in the miniseries. I wish we could somehow fuse the two! Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.com