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> Yueh isn’t a mentat and his betrayal is unrelated to mentats. Thank you, CO! :-D But I didn't mean that he's mentat, just that Atreides and Harkonnen mentat
by Andrew_nenakhov 3y ago
> Yueh isn’t a mentat and his betrayal is unrelated to mentats.
Thank you, CO! :-D
But I didn't mean that he's mentat, just that Atreides and Harkonnen mentats main activity was related to the traitor plot, which was rather faithfully done in Lynch's version, and was all but omitted in Villeneuve's. The tiny detail that the Baron personally killed Yueh, thus removing the last bit of importance from DeVries before his death, is the final offence to his character.
- abadpoli 3y agoI personally found DeVries character to be completely unforgettable in the book and there was nothing specifically he did that couldn’t have been replaced by something else, so I suppose that’s part of why I don’t think mostly omitting him from the recent movie is that much of a detraction.
- sjfjsjdjwvwvc 3y agoI guess you wanted to say forgettable, but just to expand on that: I recently read the book and I couldn’t even remember the character now and had to look up who was meant. Maybe that is more a testament to how bad I am at remembering stuff I read in books than how important the character is but there you go.
- Andrew_nenakhov 3y agoThe more Brad Dourif shines then. Not only he carries a vital piece of exposition, he is quite striking in his small role and leaves a lasting impression. Compare this to that poor creature who sadly dies having done absolutely nothing.