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Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That “Dune 2” Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy (futurism.com)

submitted 11 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It could have been the stick puppet version, though, for which the sticks were digitally removed after filming. I don't know more about that, but it sounds like you do.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yes many were stick puppets. Some were trikes.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So did the mechanical ball roll itself uphill?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I was wrong. Despite the official StarWars Twitter claim they had the robot bb-8 on the dunes for filming, a documentary says the full robot version wasn't done until the red carpet. However I have found videos of a large bb-8 rolling on sand. The small toy ones cannot roll on sand. (Which isn't surprising because most toy cars can't run on sand despite full size being able to.)