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Here is Herbert discussing his sand-bound monstrosity: Shrek made its dragon sexy, which makes me wish Dune had made its sandworms more sexy, but moving on. According to Wikipedia, HerbertвЂ™s sandworms were inspired by treasure-guarding dragons in European mythology.

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And again, money is made from their poop, I think?Дune, as you may already have been told by a sci-fi bro, is based on a notoriously complex series of books by Frank Herbert. When they hear rhythmic vibrations on the surface, they come up and suck in anything that happens to be lingering around, including humans.

Sandworms are enormous creatures that live under the space desert where Dune takes place. Turns out the sandworms of Dune are pretty gross to begin with, so it makes some sense that someone envisioned them as giant buttholes. вЂњItвЂ™s a gaping hole, so itвЂ™s gonna attract those comparisons.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t know how youвЂ™d be able to avoid that analogy,вЂќ our source confessed when I not so delicately asked him about the wormвЂ™s likeness. In an attempt to better wrap my head around this orifice-shaped mythical creature, I spoke with a member of DuneвЂ™s VFX team responsible for bringing the sandworms to life.

Is it because the wormsвЂ™ poop is made into money and/or drugs? Is it so that we could hear Oscar Isaac say вЂњbuttholeвЂќ in pressers? If it isnвЂ™t clear, I have not seen Dune, but these questions have weighed heavily on my mind since I first laid eyes on the worm, and I trust they will remain even after I see it. Like it or not, Dune has arrived, and with it a giant worm shaped like, well вЂ¦ We knew it was coming thanks to a particularly striking shot at the end of the trailer, but what we did not know was why.

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