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Dune (1984)

Published: March 8, 2019, 4:38 a.m.

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No \\u201880s movie podcast featuring Kerri Gross would be complete without covering David Lynch\\u2019s sci-fi epic \\u201cDune.\\u201d But after more than 100 episodes, Shat The Movies couldn\\u2019t seem to make it happen.

In walked listener Greg R. Last year, he wowed us all by commissioning \\u201cRounders\\u201d for a Shat review. This time, Greg thought it would be hilarious to saddle us with a movie he simply doesn\\u2019t get.

We knew Kerri would love it. We knew Gene would groan. And we knew Big D would stumble over every name in the film.

What we\\u2019d forgotten in the years since watching \\u201cDune\\u201d was the breathtaking outfits, the inventive technology, and the sheer magnitude of the sand worms. And those were overshadowed by the ridiculously bad combat, the utterly incomprehensible plot, and the persistent whispering of obvious internal monologue.

Dune takes itself very seriously, which makes it even more hilarious. In the midst of galactic warfare between Houses, Gene cheers for Baron Harkonnen. Big D sees sex slaves everywhere, and Kerri Gross connects the dots between \\u201cDune\\u201d and Iraq while finding her inner Muad\\u2019Dib.

We\\u2019re all milking cats in the top floor of the Crazy Town Penthouse. So yank your heart plug and fire up your Weirding Module, Arrakis, here we come!

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