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Hopefully, the next movie in Villaneueve’s Dune series will shine a light on the true nature of that scary spider creature.To the greatest rock band in history all creation ever.Ĭan't Decide Where to Start in the Pink Floyd Catalog?ĭon't be a jerk: Unruly behavior and harassing other subscribers with inappropriate language will result in a warning, and if said behavior continues, you will be banned. The spider creature in Villaneueve’s Dune looks similar enough to Jodorowsky’s Tarantuwolf that it's not a stretch to imagine Villaneueve intended the creature as a tribute to a director whose story became an immovable part of Dune’s legacy. We know Villeneuve referenced Jodorowsky’s attempt once in his process, using “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse” by the band Pink Floyd in his first trailer for the 2021 film, an obvious reference to the fact that Jodorowsky famously asked Pink Floyd to make music for his movie. Jodorowsky tried unsuccessfully to adapt Dune in the 1970s, but his attempt remains legendary as it was intended to be nearly twelve hours long and included collaborators like Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, David Carradine, and Mick Jagger. Other online theories posit that the creature is a reference to a Tarantuwolf, a creature seen in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s comic book The Metabarons, illustrated by Argentine artist Juan Gimenez.
With this background knowledge, it seems likely that the spider creature is a reference to the terrifying genetic creations of the Tleilaxu, and may even foreshadow the role they will play in future movies in the series.
From the books, we know that the Tleilaxu are responsible for creating many of the scariest beings in the Dune universe through their manipulation of genetics, including Piter de Vries.
They’re known for being intentionally isolated from the rest of the universe and churning out remarkable (but often terrifying) creations.
The Bene Tleilax, also sometimes called the Tleilaxu, inhabit Tleilax, the sole planet of the star Thalim, and are genetically-enhanced humans. Yueh’s wife into his frightening pet.Ī more complicated but intriguing explanation is that the spider creature is a reference to the creations of the Bene Tleilax, a mysterious group of beings that were never mentioned in the movie but play a role in the books. Yueh ( Chang Chen) references the Harkonnens' part in immoral human experiments, saying that they "take people apart like dolls." A disturbing possibility is that the Barron somehow turned Dr. We know from the books that Barron Harkonnen has many disturbing sexual proclivities, and he surrounds himself with humans and creatures alike to satisfy his appetite. One likely explanation is that Villaneueve merely meant the creature to be a visually unsettling nod to the Harkonnens' infamous lack of humanity and depravedness. RELATED: How 'Dune' Shows the Limits to the Minimal Style Of Denis Villeneuve’s Sci-Fi