Dune, The Wall of the Storm

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:38 am

Check out pic at link. Reminds me of passage in Dune where Paul and his mother escape tha Sardukar by flying into a sandstorm:

http://tinyurl.com/85qtc

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:47 am

wow!!! that looks amazing

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:34 am

Ya, pretty kewl, good find.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:47 am

Yikes. I'm glad I'd not deployed to the desert. Cool pic though.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:33 am

Wow, that's nuts.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:47 am

....or something out of "The Mummy". Nice. well .. it sucked to be those soldiers.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:12 pm

More/better pictures here:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sandstorm.asp

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:29 pm

LOL @ "RUN FOREST RUN". heh

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:14 pm

"Ready the Atomics"

I loved that movie... the original that is.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:03 pm

Ra is coming!

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sun May 01, 2005 1:24 am

MD-2389 wrote:Ra is coming!

Stargate sucks!!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:06 am

Topher wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:Ra is coming!
Stargate sucks!!

x2!!1

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sun May 01, 2005 1:10 pm

llClutchll wrote:"Ready the Atomics"

I loved that movie... the original that is.

And if you have that '84 release on DVD, hang onto it. Out of print and big bucks

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Sun May 01, 2005 1:47 pm

Stargate OWNZ!!! Especially the series!!!

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:48 am

I think MD is making reference to THE MUMMY...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:52 pm

fliptw wrote:I think MD is making reference to THE MUMMY...

That was Imhotep in The Mummy. Ra was the "bad guy" in the Stargate movie. Anyways, the reference is to the landing sequence when Ra arrives on Abydos.