Talk:Vladimir Harkonnen/Archive 1

Archive 1

Tense

Because this is about literature, I suggest the present tense be used throughout the article. -Emiellaiendiay 00:48, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Spoiler tags

The Prelude series is not that old, and anyway, as far as I know there is no statute of limitations on spoilers. Someone could conceivably look here after reading one novel, and perhaps even come to this page from another Dune page, not having read all of the novels. With the argument that the books are "too old", spoiler tags should not exist at all because everything that has been broadcast or published is essentially old after a week. I think we should err on the side of caution here. TAnthony 18:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

LOL, somebody protected the page over this? And I thought I was a nerd. TAnthony 18:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Those who deleted them are indeed trying to make spoiler tags not exist at all. I have no idea why they're trying to force their opinion through in this way. --Kizor 20:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Why is it still locked? What is the point? Captain Red Hook 12:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

This got ridiculous two months ago and has been going on since... --Kizor 18:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

This article needs a bit of a rewrite

Especially the first parts, they need to be rewritten out f universe as per WP:WAF. I might get around to it, or not. Anyone more familiar with the subect want to have a go? --Monotonehell 14:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Other Media Reference

Well I was going to add to the Baron page the reference in the Hellsing Manga and Anime that the spirit of Baron Harkonnen is supposed to exist in Seras Victoria's Harkonnen Cannon. And anyone who doubts this, they can re-check the episodes of the Hellsing OAV during the comedy preview trailers, as well as some of the manga artwork. To quote from the Seras Victoria wiki

Seras's signature weapons are named after the main antagonist of Frank Herbert's novel Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. This is further reinforced by the appearance of the gun's "spirit" during dream sequences in the manga and episode previews in the anime; the spirit in question bears a strong resemblance to Baron Harkonnen from David Lynch's film adaptation of the novel.

Dragonranger 09:17, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The Baron and Yueh

The Baron didn't threaten Yueh with the torture and death of his wife, but rather with tormenting her endlessly. It was this that motivated the doctor - he suspected but did not know that his wife had died in captivity, and needed to be certain that she was free of the Baron's tortures. It's important to make this clear as it illustrates the nature of the Baron's character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.169.171.2 (talk) 15:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Deviations from the novel

Speaking of David Lynch's film adaptation, I really think we should note that in the David Lynch film, Harkonnen ended up devoured by a sandworm. Weedle McHairybug (talk) 18:37, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the add, but ideally any plot points that diverge from the source material should be cited for notability. Has any reliable source mentioned this or any of the other of Lynch's choices? — TAnthony^Talk 20:50, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the film qualifies as a reliable source. Weedle McHairybug (talk) 22:11, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

The source is not to show what occurred in the film, but that it is notable enough to be mentioned in this article. Every adaptation has differences from the source material, not all of them are worthy of inclusion here.— TAnthony^Talk 22:50, 20 August 2015 (UTC)