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    10/28/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    While watching what Lynch did to that amazing book, I frequently exclaimed, "What a dick." #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    what worms? #dune
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    10/27/09

    @ricodetroit: Dune is all about people riding sand penises - this "worm" crap is just another passing phase. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    hmm....water of life comes from the worm indeed. smell that? that pungent spicy aroma? it's....metaphor! #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?
    The way I see it, sometimes, in SF, the writer wants to inject some of the related genre of Fantasy, but can't because the audience doesn't want Fantasy. So, they use the real-life event of dreams to present a fantasy sequence without violating the rules Science Fiction and what's scientifically possible.

    Well, that and what you said here. Good list! #startrek
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    Walk without rhyme and you won't attract the ______. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?
    So basically it boils down to either the lazy writing/plot device or screw with the audience. #startrek
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    And Baron Harkonnen was fat.
    And the water was wet.
    And the knives were pointy and sharp. #dune
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    10/28/09

    @Bill-Lee: Hey, spoilers. ;) #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar #dune
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    10/27/09

    @cadrina: And sometimes a giant penis with teeth that is the source of all power in the universe is just a penis. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @MonkeyT: just a penis with a vagina for a mouth #dune
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    10/27/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: No, it was the guild navigators that had vaginal mouths #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Anekanta: the guild navigators had regular run-of-the-mill vaginas, but the shai-hulud had a vagina dentata. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @adaorardor: So they had teeth? In their mouth? Scandalous. #dune
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    10/28/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: With teeth!

    That's why it was called Shai Hulud. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    Crawling Around
    Deep Underground
    I have no Eyes
    But I can find
    The flesh witch has died
    And putrified
    The Corpse which lies
    PUTREFIED
    I Am Corpse Worm
    I Am Corpse Worm

    by Jordan
    GoreHounds song "Corpse Worm" #dune
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    10/27/09

    @gorehound:
    Nah ah! I AM corpse worm!! #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: I thought you were Spartacus? #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Grey_Area: If only!
    If i had his muscles, then all the slaves would be free of Rome's fasces. #dune
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/27/09

    @gorehound: Crawling Around
    Deep Underground
    I have no Eyes
    But I can find
    The secret Yeti base
    And there I stop for a drink
    The drink makes me feel
    WORM AND FUZZY
    I Am Worm Worm
    I Am Worm Worm

    Infact; LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
    Sorry if I miss prounche some of the words:

    [soundcloud.com]

    #corpsewormvswormworm
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    10/27/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Particle Worm vs. Person Worm. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Lassus: Sandworm vs. C.H.U.D #dune
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    10/28/09

    @Lassus: Worm Worm defeats them all. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?
    oddly enough, you didn't mention one reason for dream sequences, although perhaps it wasn't in the top 10. the reason i include dream sequences is to add to the back story and give motive to a character or give an explanation of a behavior, fear, quirk. i also use them as a way for characters to come face to face with their own fears, although that kinds comes out in some of the examples you gave, like the Ripley one. #startrek
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    10/27/09

    @simplyscott: I guess I sorta put that under thematic stuff... but I could see breaking it out into its own category too... #startrek
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    To be fair, regular worms are kind of phallic. The sticking straight up in the air pretty much gives it away though. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    Really, the worms were phallic? Was the sand dry, too? #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    I am now thinking of a very specific image from the Battle Royale manga. #dune
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Surprise: David Lynch's Sandworms Were "Too Phallic"
    HE RIDES THE WORM #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Smeagol92055: The wang must flow! #dune
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    10/27/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: He who controls the wang, controls the universe. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Trystero: Bless the Maker in his passage. Bless the coming (and going) of him... #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Hachiken: I was not aware that the Maker was from East Kent. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @Trystero: Nope. But Dickens and Liet-Kynes would have shared a scotch or two, methinks. #dune
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    10/27/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Father! The sleeper has a-wang-end! #dune
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    10/27/09

    @cletar: Only the slow wang penetrates the shield... #dune
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    10/27/09


    @Smeagol92055: Usul, it is the strength at the base of the wang. #dune
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    10/28/09

    @Anekanta: He who can destroy a wang, controls a wang #dune
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    10/28/09

    @ReverendLoki: well, that is the basic principle behind the bl*wjob #dune
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/27/09

    In reply to Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?
    Like comics0026 said, the Dream gives us a view on the characters state of mind. It lets us into her subconcious, exposing taboos and biases the audience could never appreciate through the characters waking life.

    Your final statement I agree with completely. It is our desire to be overwhelmed by the weird, bizarre, ridiculous which drives us, in part, to watch/read SCiFi in the first place (going back to your escapism piece perhaps...:). The unconcious realm of the human mind and what resides there is intriguing, mysterious and wholly ripe for exploitation by writers. It works so well in science fiction becuse interior perception can be portrayed as anything - a sort of personal matrix if you will. #startrek
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