Is Duncan of Asian decent?
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Is Duncan of Asian decent?
For as many years as I've been reading the Dune series, I'd never noticed before a strange reference in Dune Messiah, to Duncan having an "epicanthic fold". Does this mean that Duncan was Asian?
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Re: Is Duncan of Asian decent?
Welcome to the forums, if you search around we've actually had an extensive discussion on this very topic. Maybe someone will help me out and post a link to that discussion?
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It starts a couple of posts above this one: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1538&p=69634&hilit ... hic#p69634
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Thanks! I apreciate it.
SadisticCynic wrote:It starts a couple of posts above this one: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1538&p=69634&hilit ... hic#p69634
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I'm sure Duncan was a decent chap
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I suppose I should now picture Duncan as Chow Yun-Fat.
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Superdog wrote:I suppose I should now picture Duncan as Chow Yun-Fat.
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Hmmm.... I always imagined him to be of African -or maybe middle eastern- descent.
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I always assumed he looked like Tony Curtis ...SandWrrm wrote:Hmmm.... I always imagined him to be of African -or maybe middle eastern- descent.
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me, too !
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To each their ownSerkanner wrote:I always assumed he looked like Tony Curtis ...SandWrrm wrote:Hmmm.... I always imagined him to be of African -or maybe middle eastern- descent.
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Basically anyone can have them, it seems.
(Tony Curtis? Really? )
Basically anyone can have them, it seems.
(Tony Curtis? Really? )
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Can't help it ... that was the mental image I formed when first reading Dune and it stuck.SandChigger wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthic ... stribution
Basically anyone can have them, it seems.
(Tony Curtis? Really? )
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
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I've never really pictured characters that clearly, maybe I'm just lazy?
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I don't either unless the author really drills it into your head what they look like.A Thing of Eternity wrote:I've never really pictured characters that clearly, maybe I'm just lazy?
For instance, Paul is an aquiline nose, Gurney is an inkvine scar, Duncan is goat hair, Thufir is red lips, Jessica is bronze hair, Stilgar is a beard, etc...
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Yeah, I get general details like that in my mind, but the characters always remain as a general sketch rather than a detailed picture.
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That is what usually happens to me too ... Duncan as Tony Curtis was the weird exception. It might have to do with a re-run of The Persuaders on TV at the same time ... I love the opening theme music of that series.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, I get general details like that in my mind, but the characters always remain as a general sketch rather than a detailed picture.
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Really? Tony Curtis? I thought you guys were kidding about that, too.Serkanner wrote:That is what usually happens to me too ... Duncan as Tony Curtis was the weird exception. It might have to do with a re-run of The Persuaders on TV at the same time ... I love the opening theme music of that series.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, I get general details like that in my mind, but the characters always remain as a general sketch rather than a detailed picture.
The goat hair is the first thing I think about, and I picture a Harrison Ford with quasi Asian features. I expect that role to be played by someone that looks like a movie star.
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I thought of Harrison Ford with small Asian features as a mix.
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What kind of features does a small Asian have?HarryCanyon wrote:I thought of Harrison Ford with small Asian features as a mix.
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[POST DELETED BY THE MIGHTY, GREEN-TUSHED TLESZER]Nekhrun wrote:What kind of features does a small Asian have?HarryCanyon wrote:I thought of Harrison Ford with small Asian features as a mix.
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Oooh... his powers are GROWING!
His tushie is GLOWING!
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Where this will all END!
His tushie is GLOWING!
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There are four parts to a small Asian's features. Also, a Spice Beer is four parts Melgenge, no wonder he got drunk.Nekhrun wrote:What kind of features does a small Asian have?HarryCanyon wrote:I thought of Harrison Ford with small Asian features as a mix.
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I now kind of picture Bencio Del Toro as Duncan.
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I like to picture Duncan as a figure skater. He wears like a white outfit, and he does interpretive ice dances of my life's journey.HarryCanyon wrote:I now kind of picture Bencio Del Toro as Duncan.
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