Why doesn't the crysknife have the same cultural relevance as the lightsaber?
>>220365486Movie merch is so cringe
>>220365486Why doesn't the monomolecular blade from No Escape have the same cultural relevance as the lightsaber?They're both swords from sci-fi movies, after all.
>>220365486The lightsaber glows and comes in multiple colours. It extends out like a switchblade. It burns or melts through almost anything. Characters can deflect enemy shots with it. Most importantly though, it comes with some of the best sound effects put to film. The crysknife is cool. But it quite simply can’t compete with those traits.
>>220365486It's supposed to be made out of crystal, not metal.
>>220365486Isn't supposed to be a sandworm tooth?
The only good movie knives are from horror and westerns.
>>220365600i thought it was made out of a sandworm toof
>>220365486Same question can be asked about that whole franchise.
How was the knife fighting in DUNC?
>>220365486it isn't permitted to leave the planet, and the fremen kill any outsiders who see one. Jedi do not have their goods locked down like that so anyone can get one.
>>220365600it looks like plastic in the movie, like it doesn't even have an edge. Bravo Penis.
>>220365486It should have looked like a khyber knife
>>220365486Because both Dunc movies are trash.
>>220365486Because everybody always makes it look retarded whenever it's adapted to the screen. It's supposed to be a faintly glowing crystal that refracts light.
>>220365693the slow blade penetrates the shield.
Because one comes in multiple colors and makes a cool woomph sound when you swing it and a cool kssshhhh sound when you clash it with another one and cuts through anything and the other is just a knife with some engravings
>>220365486Because Dune doesn´t have the cultural relevance the OT achieved. And it never will because it lacks a strong cinematographic identity. Even Avatar has more iconic value than Dunc and that one is not all that culturally relevant either.
>>220365548nobody heard of No Escape
>>220365486It's lame, these movies suck and Timmy is a shit Paul.
>>220367474Timmy and Zendabu break down into current age informal slang speak frequently in the films and it's distracting as shit (as well as completely out of character for both roles)
the light saber is the coolest fictional sword ever. its not fair to compare anything to it.the closets other fictional sword thats almost as cool as a lightsaber are energy swords from halo.
>>220367779It's a shame Halo is known as the tranny franchise now
>>220365486>no hiltAwful design.
>>220368088the fuck you on about?
>>220365486could this be sharpened and used to slash and impale a home invader? does it have any practical use?
>>220368263You’re gonna cut your fingers up on the reg opening Amazon packages, let alone fighting with it
>>220365486Because it's just a knife. The shields are what matters while the knife is a compromise. It's like asking why nobody's excited about cope cages.
>>220368591The whole shield shit is fucking retarded. You can just send in a guy with a lasgun and a shield to blow himself up in an enemy city. Seriously it's such juvenile poorly thought out crap only a braindead boomer could have comeup with it. No wonder the faggot idolized jews.>muh atomicsmeanwhile millions upon millions of shields and lasguns freely available to almost everyone in the dunce universe.
>>220368587It's got a combined stop and pommel, that's a complete hilt. Just don't be a completely uncoordinated retard, shrimple ass
>>220368736SureYou’re still going to slip and dice up your fingers there Shinobi
>>220365486does anybody in the dune universe use a spear? they all have those little shortswords but couldnt you pretty easily win against somebody with a spear by keeping them at range?
>>220368900Have you ever actually held a bladed tool? Like a kitchen knife or something? It's not going to magically slip out of your grip just because it doesn't have a crossguard.Looks a bit like a seax now that i think about it
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>>220365597Nailed it. It’s only cool features are that it’s a sandworm tooth and it “attunes” to you, whatever that means.
>>220369092>he thinks a cross-guard is meant to help the wielder hold onto the blade
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>>220368900To be fair, the autist you’re replying to thinks he’s a ghurka, not a shinobi. Different flavour of autism, but still served at the same restaurant. He would be best paired with an enjoyer of the Indian Mutiny, if I had to guess. Ayo Gorkhali, you crazy diamond.
>>220365597>The crysknife is cool.Oh shit, you’re serious. LOL
>>220369185I just think it's a dumb statement, not having a proper guard never stopped anybody from stabbing someone else.
>>220365693Pretty cool
>>220365486The what?
No effects like the lightsaber glowing, flashing, and drawing itself out of the handleNo sound effects like the lightsaber moving, being drawn, or clashing against anotherNo cool abilities like cutting through metal and any object nearby, like Vader casually cutting through the scenery in Empire and eventually cleanly lopping off Luke's handOverall BORING
>>220365869>like it doesn't even have an edgeI thought that was intentional but I didn't read the books so I figured there was a reason.
>>220369015They didn't invent the space spear yet.
>>220369260nta but tons of people cut their hands stabbing someone. Also a lot of the times when you hear a crazy number of stabs it's because they didn't go very deep and were just painful but not really life threatening.
>>220365486Dune lore is utterly uninteresting.
>>220370442No you like it.
>>220365486it's just a fucking knife
>>220371121Budk is so fucking based.
>>220371121lol
>>220365486Because it's not as cool
>>220365548I'm struggling to remember anything like that in that movie, unless I'm thinking of a different one.Shame shiga wire isn't used more in-universe. Also a shame we never got a Man-Kzin Wars adaptation so no viable "knives."
>>220365693Embarrassingly bad choreography
>>220365486>not semi-opaque/transluscent spice milky-opaliscent blue>kitchenware tier guardless and pommelless impractical shiv version of LOTR StingSame reason the otherwise good worm design didn't hit right-- they aren't glowing blue/red/gold in a setting leaning too much on sparse Brutalist megastructures and barren wastes.
>>220369092>It's not going to magically slip out of your grip just because it doesn't have a crossguard.It is stabbing anything with the slightest resistance beyond exposed flesh.
>>220365486Probably has something to do with the fact that a three year old can memorize and pronounce "lightsaber"Whereas a college professor would probably screw up pronouncing crysknife
>>220365486Boring design.>>220367264The Lynch ones have more going for them but aren't exactly stunning.
>>220369092>It's not going to magically slip out of your grip just because it doesn't have a crossguard.>Looks a bit like a seaxAnd yet sword and dagger evolution go from seax like guardless short swords and daggers to universally having guards. Does that give you a clue?
>>220365486because dune is boring and stupid
>>220368591actually I'm surprised there isn't shield merch. It's just like a simple thing on your wrist
>>220368714It's illegal. Anyone caught using a nuke gets nuked
>>220370222shield effect vs knives are kinda cool. Imagine they actually had some magnet toys where your sword can be on charge and shield another charge to deflect it.
>>220371121>$159.99fuck that, it looks so cheap too. You should at least get a hilt too
>>220365548>Why doesn't the monomolecular blade from No Escape have the same cultural relevance as the lightsaber?Did you get the title right on that?
>>220372993>leaving all those archived threads open so you can reread all the (you)s you gotextremely pathetic
>>220365486Dunno but knifegays are kinda weird and cringe.
>>220365681Sandworm teef are also supposed to be made out of crystal, anon.
>>220368714Deliberately blowing up a shield/lasgun combo like that is basically a war crime, not to mention the actual strength of the resulting explosion can vary. Doing it is basically inviting whichever house you belong to to get utterly assfucked by everyone else in the galaxy.
>>220365486It didn't glow and it wasn't long.Size matters, sorry Chud,
>>220367779I'm sorry but it's power swords from W40K. I don't make the rules
>>220372868>>220374241I think you guys are missing the point. While you’re correct that the Great Houses would absolutely nuke a house out of existence for the aforementioned war crime, shields and lasguns are extremely common, and not everyone in existence is a member of the Landsraad. It would have been fantastically easy for the Fremen to blow up Arakeen, and they could just shrug it off as being the actions of a lone nut. The same is true of every disgruntled peon everywhere.
>>220371121Salesman here…I’m thinking twice
>>220365486Do they actually explain it's significance in the movie or is it just more universe lore that fucking French Canadian hack didn't bother to explain.
>>220365693I've noticed that none of the modern acclaimed directors (Villeneuve, Nolan, Eggers etc) can direct good action. It is embarrassing. And all of them also have color blindness so their movies look like gray and brown turd. I hope this modern wave will be over soon enough.
>>220365486>why isn't [a fucking knife] culturally relevant?Gee I don't know.
>>220376240>French CanadianI always forget Canadians pretend to be French so they can try to distance themselves from Americans. God they're such faggots.
>>220365486>>220365547I miss those comercials where they were just like>buy the fucking sword form highlander>buy Xena's sword>buy Aragorn's sword>buy the sword from the highlander tv show
>>220376040It's just one of those things he didn't really think of you have to ignore
>>220372993I thought he was talking about the Ray Liotta one but I still don't remember a blade in that that wasn't one the bad guys had mad maxxed.
>>220372993>Did you get the title right on that?Yes
>>220368263There's no hilt to stop your fingers/hand from sliding up onto the blade when you stab something with resistance.
>>220365486Cause its gay looking and just a normal knife
>>220367311And your handblaster.
>>220381010I have this on laserdisc.
>>220365486That looks generic as fuck. Most vidya knives mog it hard.
>>220365486Do people really think this edward scissorhands looking dude is cool and tough? I don't understand the modern aesthetic at all
>>220381098>ThErEs no stOp for yOur FiNgieS
>>220382868That's a shashka and its used from horseback to strike soft targets. You don't get into a sword duel with it so there's no need for a bulky hand guard. And the handle still keeps the hand captive, whereas the shitty dunc sword has a smooth transition from handle to blade. The only real comparison to it is the Seax, a much shorter weapon that doubled as a utility knife and low tier combat weapon.
>>220383072Note the small outcrop at the stop, combined with the (i assume) sandworm leather that shit would be enough to keep a steady grip. Not unlike a dirk, which evolved from a bollock knife that actually HAD a sort of guard shaped like balls.
>>220365547>NOOOOOO, STOP ENJOYING THINGS, STOP STOOOOOOOP!
>>22037585040Kfags can't seem to grasp that they're insanely cringe to anyone who's not a 40K fag. >"EHRM ACTUALLY THE IMPERIUS MAGNUS BLADE IS FORGED FROM A NEUTRON STAR AND CAN CLEAVE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEMS IN TWO."Sweet, can adults talk again now?
>>220365548>monomolecular bladespeaking of monomolecular, I liked the monomolecular wire in the thumb in Johnny Mnemonic
>>220383471That dude is like the one thing that I remember about that movie. Something about a dolphin too that may or may not be able to talk, but I might be thinking about Seaquest.
>>220383613>Something about a dolphin tooYeah you remember correctly, though he only talks with dolphin sounds, but he was a super smart army dolphin or something like that, it's a trippy movie. Also had Dolph Lundgren as an assassin preacher.
>why is a regular looking knife not as popular as a fucking glowing laser sword?
>>220365486Knife fag here. They messed up the design.You can see on my pic how a tacticool/sci-fi version of this short sword/knife will look like. They really messed up the bladed weapons in DUNK, you can tell no one in the team is a knife or a sword person. What I would choose for each different fraction.Fremen - variants of the ones on my pic. Atreides swords looked like some sort of tactical machete that kind of sux. Their planet looked like Scotland. Give them dirks. More plain ones for the grunts more ornamented ones for the officers and main characters. It will also explain how Paul managed to fight well with unfamiliar blade - after all what his trained on and what the fremen use will have similar handling.Harkonnen had industrial design planet - give them german messers, they look kind of brutish like their house main characteristic. The elfish recurve blades Feyd used made no sense given the other aesthetics. Good news for messsers is they come in all shape and sizes, they are also good for dual wield if you wish to have the arena scene. There at least 5 different types of this kind of short sword. Their grunts had longer swords - again good news, messers come in kriegsmesser variant that is longer and will also fit the theme. For the emperor blade I would use some distinctive shape that is more aesthetics than functionality so it will be hard for Feyd to use - some very ornamented cinquedea will be the best. The sardaukar are the hardest - the sword has to be:1. easy to mass produce, but not simple as machete.2. have many ways to handle so they have to be able to be used one handed and two handed3. have defense capability so some hand protection. I would probably go with some kind of bastard sword with S shaped (symbol for sardaukar) complex cross guard with two rings on the sides (bc they train to fight in team of 3).
>>220367779>>220375850>>220383363wrong, it's actually vivek's cock from morrowind that he used to cut n'wahs in half and impregnate the moon
>>220384048where's the hand guard?
>>220384048shit design, you'd slip and cut your fingers off at your first stab
This series really jumped the shark.>>220384048>they messed up the design of this knife from another galaxyplease go back
>>220365486Real answer? It's a fucking knife. The lightsaber is clearly a toy, anyone can buy/make one and walk around without a problem. Nerf made some foam swords in the past (picrel) but parents usually don't buy this shit for their kids. I guess that since healthcare is so expensive in the US maybe it's better to avoid such risks.
>>220384348This is not a kitchen knife the steel part next to your hand is not sharpened or even thinned. The steel stock is at lest 4mm thick you can't cut your hand. You also can't slip unless your hands look like the basedboy on the pic. >>220384313Fremen kill by ambush, they don't duel, unless they fight each other and this is rare, a guard will just snag on things. Look up wakizashi - has guard, tanto - does not have guard. Messer - has guard, Bauernwehr - has no cross guard (but keeps the nail). >>220384383Most good knifes you can get right now are 1000+ years old design. Only the bowie is newish and it is still 300+ years old. This is one of the things you can't refine further. Every time someone try to reinvent the knife you get some brainfart like Tom Brown's tracker knife. They could have gotten proven designs and made them look slightly more modern, instead we got temu style machetes with no distal taper, and oversized butter knife. The only good bladed weapon was the emperor dagger that was some kind of dirk/gladius hybrid but they messed it up somehow by giving it perfectly round handle like a screwdriver that will make blade aliment a bitch.
>>220384947Have a webm brother
Which one?
>>220384947>Every time someone try to reinvent the knife you get some brainfart like Tom Brown's tracker knife.what about that spiral blade one that's impossible to stitch up?
>>220384947No one cares. Fun facts belong on youtube comments and reddit where you belong.
>>220370442Have you read the encyclopedia and all six books or are you one of those people who watches youtube videos and forms an opinion based on those
>>220385269Meme, it is triangle blade but twisted. The twist will make it go harder in. Triangle blades like rondel dagger are a classic, they did not made them twisted because it will hinder penetration and they can only do penetration, you are just making it worse at the only thing it can do. You think someone have not come up with the idea to twist the blade of a rondel?>>220385271You are pseud who just gobble up the slop Villeneuve and Nolan produce without thinking.
>>220375850How is that any different from a normal magic sword lolThere are other sci-fi settings with the exact same thing, even in dune crysknifes have an electromagnetic field.
>>220371121I'll have the ball knockers.
I love when movies have a iconic weapon, or a iconic car, or some kind of tool like such as james bond having a laser watch. but its not just about it being in the movie. it needs to have its story. because if you don't explain to the audience why its so special, then its just another fucking sword on set.
>>220384947>you get some brainfart like Tom Brown's tracker knifeOr my beloved Taiga, kek. Knife and revolvers are good because they are simple and reliable, even shit like a butterfly knife is already too much fancy.
>>220385441Forgot to mention here >>220386565, but the Tom Brown's gay knife is basically a pointy, smaller taiga. Or a "tactical" Bowie, no matter what there's nothing new in Tom Brown's design.
>>220386190What about Conan's Atlantean Sword (right)? There's little to no story, except he got that from the hands of a giant skelleton supposed to be from an older race. It got so little exposition people mistake for his father's sword (left).
>>220386190The most sold replica swords are the witcher swords, Anduril from LoTR and the swords from GoT. Only Anduril has some kind of meaning central to the plot and backstory. The swords from got aside for the superior and mystical properties of the steel have no real backstory. Longclaw is probably the most sold one and I can't tell some interesting thing about it aside from said special steel that make is rare and give is herloom status. Being visually distinctive but no completely retarded makes a sword popular (the guard of the witcher sword, the pommels of Anduril and longclaw) One piece life action have unique swords but zorro swords will sell the most and they are just regular slightly longer the normal katana with distinct but not very unique tsubas.
>>2203654861.) it's a fucking knife2.) it's not a laser swordLaser swords are cool.
>>220371121FUCKING KEK
>>220384048This is you look like >>220384587
>>220365486Crysknife sounds gay as fuck thats why lmao
>>220367264Short knives can't be crysknives because the book describes them as long enough to stab the center of the brain when thrust under the chin
>>220385245Soresu. Stalemated Windu’s Vaapad and shrekt Ani.
>>220369185You mean it’s not just a video game?
>>220388104I couldn't pick out Aragon's sword from a bunch of other long swords but I still want one.
>>220384048I like your ideas. Sardaukar could go with those tactical tantos, they fit the minimalistic aesthetic both Sardaukar and the Emperor's court have.
>>220369260They aren’t “stabbing someone”They are engaging in combat, and they chose this weapon well beforehand to do itThis isn’t some shank made out of a Phillips head screwdriver, it’s a purposely chosen weapon - and I would choose to have a hand guard
One is a cool neon stickThe other is a knife called ChrisFigure it out
>>220382868Are you genuinely retarded?
