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If you're going to lecture people about the book, it would probably be a decent idea to know what you are talking about.
The gladiator scene is a plot concocted by Thufir and Feyd. The gladiators are supposed to be drugged, but they arrange for this one not to be. He has had a trigger word ("scum") planted in his mind to have his muscles give out so Feyd can easily kill him. people see that he sin't drugged but no one in the audience can tall about the command word.
The plan is designed to raise Feyd's popularity as well as frame the slave master so Feyd's man can be installed.
It was definitely not a plot by Thufir to have Feyd killed. If you think that is what happened, you don't know what you are talking about and shouldn't be acting like you do.
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LMAO. You get your info from a little synopsis on a fan site. No wonder you have no idea what you're talking about.
I can play that game too:
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/dune/book-2-chapter-13-summary
"Feyd-Rautha fights a slave gladiator.
He has previously killed 99 other slave gladiators.
This gladiator is a captured Atreides soldier.
The gladiators are supposed to be drugged, but from his movements the crowd can tell this isn’t the case.
This is part of a ruse concocted between Feyd and Thufir Hawat to make Feyd’s victory all the more heroic."
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/dune/book-2-part-13
"Baron Harkonnen and the crowd are unaware that Feyd-Rautha has colluded with Mentat Thufir Hawat to ensure a unique gladiatorial fight takes place today. The slave has not been drugged as is usual; the heightened danger for the heroic Feyd-Rautha will whip the crowd into a frenzy when they realize this truth. In case the slave begins to get the upper hand on the Harkonnen noble, Hawat has imprinted a key word into the slave’s mind that will paralyze him when uttered, leaving the slave open for an easy kill."
"Feyd-Rautha has a brief moment of concern that Thufir Hawat may be trying to secretly have Feyd-Rautha killed. But he can see the sense in Hawat’s plan that the slavemaster will be blamed for betraying House Harkonnen by entering a dangerous slave into the ring, while Feyd-Rautha will gather accolade and respect for besting such a menacing opponent."
Or, you know, I can tell you what happened because I actually know the book, unlike you.
I know it well enough that I can pick it up and immediately find the chapter where it happens and type a quote from the text of the book:
"The plan Thufir Hawat had devised was admirably simple and direct, Feyd-Rautha thought. The slave would not be drugged- that was the danger. Instead, a key word had been drummed into the man's unconscious to immobilize his muscles at a critical instant.."
I don't expect a movie to be exactly like the source material, no matter if it's a book, a comic or a videogame. A movie is a different entity, or "universe" if you like. You belong with Marvel comic book fans, go bark with them.
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