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If you're feeling extra Duney this week, our Film & TV community has two more bounties that might be of interest: a question of the story's best medium (other than video games, we guess) and this punchy proposition to discuss.

Platform32's avatar

Not sure how I'd kill a Sandworm other than leading it to a cliff edge, Tremors style, but I have to say that I can't look at the image thumbnail above without seeing an angry pug dog chasing tiny humans. And now you can't unsee it either. You're welcome!

Horror and Cats's avatar

Lured me in with the Graboid reference, sucker punched me with the intrusive thought.

legs0fmetal's avatar

Thanks, I really can't get that out of my head. L o l. 😂

Stella's avatar

I'd probably set a bunch of trip mines on its path and then drive like hell away and pray that they do the trick heheh.

Horror and Cats's avatar

There is only one answer for me and that is to equip Jill Valentine with a magnum, a grenade launcher, and a shotgun for good measure.

Jill has perhaps not a great deal of experience battling carnivorous, burrowing worms, but she's got more than you or I do. Not once, but twice she faced the dreaded Gravedigger in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, both times completely blindsided by the encounter due to the subterranean nature of the beast.

Is the Gravedigger significantly smaller than a sandworm? Yes. Is her success contingent on access to high powered explosives? No! It's Jill Valentine. Give her a boot knife and she'll be home for dinner, no matter what is in her way.

How do I factor into this? I'll be the one cooking Jill dinner. So I helped!

GameofBeardz's avatar

Okay this is an easy one for anyone who has played Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom and has defeated a Molduga.

Step 1: Find stable ground not on sand if possible.

Step 2: Equip a bomb from a bomb flower or from your tools.

Step 3: Throw said bomb as far away from you as possible.

Step 4: The movement of the bomb will trigger the Dune Worm. Dune Worm will swallow the bomb and explode from the inside.

Step 5: Ensure you skin the worm for materials. Could probably make a dope cape from it's hide.

Step 6: Teabag

legs0fmetal's avatar

This was my first thought as as well. 😄

EveOnlineTutorials's avatar

I'd recruit Master Chief, who would deploy these weapons, in this order.

1 C-7. 2 C-12. 3 Fougasse. 4 M168. 5 M9 HEDP. 6 Napalm Grenade. 7 Satchel Charge. 8 Smoke Grenade (to hide)

This is A LOT of firepower, plus of course, Master Chief whooping their ass with a Warthog

Jaques Ufaltred's avatar

This is an easy one. In the game Warframe, there are a variety of frames including one known as Hydroid...a frame that uses a lot of suspiciously wet liquid to annihilate his foes. Any astute student of Arrakis will know where this is going.

1 Equip said warframe.

2 Go on a nice stroll along the dunes.

3 ??? [insert surf crashing and random screaming here] ????

I think that will work.

Wings's avatar

As great as this idea is, the term "suspiciously wet" has forever altered my brain 😂

legs0fmetal's avatar

Mmm... My choice would probably be to take on a Dune sandworm with characters from Final Fantasy 7 remake. Since Final Fantasy characters are kind of used to taking on Mini bosses and bosses that are big and scale I feel like it would be a piece of cake.

Since Dune Sandworms look to be native to sand/desert areas I feel like it would be smart to have the opposite of that. Going by that logic that means I would be equipping ice Elemental related materia just to be on the safe side.

I would first steal the Buster sword from Cloud and ditch him at the Honey Bee Inn. I would probably also "barrow" Shiva as a summon from Coud as well. I would also be taking Tifa, Aerith, and Barret with me.

I would have Aerith on healing support. Barrett would be rapid-fire shots on more mid to longer range support. While Tifa and I would be up close.

Most importantly once job is done we would all head to the Honey Bee Inn for celebration and watch Clouds performance.

cyruz's avatar

This is a very risky move but having recently played through the Dead Space remake 3 times, I think I'm ready for it. The final boss looks sort of like a sandworm so I'm 10% sure this will work. Ish.

  1. First, annoy it lots. Yell at it about how much you hate sand, for example.

  2. Get eaten by it.

  3. This next step is crucial. Within 10 seconds (before getting swallowed), deploy the Dead Space Force Gun. Also known as the, ahem, Handheld Graviton Accelerator. It may look unassuming but it'll literally blow you away.

  4. Blast your way out of its... mouth (?). Once it eats you, it's going to let its guard down. So all you need is a bit of kinetic force.

Honestly though, I'm pretty sure there are only a few monsters in video game and movie fiction you could not defeat with weapons from Dead Space. And technically, those are almost all tools for mining. Simple solutions, eh?

I've already got tickets for Dune Part Two. Looking forward to seeing it on the big screen next Tuesday!!

Rich's avatar

High-risk, high-reward - I like it

G

I would use lots and lots of the minimising mushrooms from the Mario games and then feed them to some birds.

Sturmer's avatar

I hold a deep respect for the majestic animals - sandworms of Dune, considering their crucial role in the creation of Spice Melange. However, if I were in a hypothetical scenario where I absolutely had to confront one, I'd turn to the classic 8-bit gaming world for a solution.

My strategy would involve summoning Ralph from 'Wreck-It Ralph' to create a disturbance and draw out a single worm. Then, I'd call upon a giant Pac-Man to swiftly and effectively deal with the creature. This combination of strength and agility seems just right for handling such a formidable opponent from the Dune universe. https://twitter.com/GurtsF/status/1763145813666959554

Kane Carnifex's avatar

My little friends love me and I love them. And I am so proud of his name, he listens to Jeff!

Beside the option to play with Jeff, he loves to bath and cuddle. Most of the time Jeff is very sleepy.  But the best part is when I get the “worm leash” and we go out for a sand surf dive. Sometimes we play fetch or hide and seek. Jeff is really bad at hiding, because going under sand is forbidden for me and so for him.

Lanah Tyra's avatar

Any good summoner's answer to this would be Bahamut and Megaflare:

Urutora93's avatar

Roll in with my full team of 6 politoeds as water is super effective against the sandworm and rain dance, rain dance, rain dance baby! And then surf!

FUN INC's avatar

100% i would use a Titan from eve Online! - probably an avatar.

I believe in RL terms it is around 13km long, and packs some serious damage!

I am pretty sure that sandworm would be toast!

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