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AMC's 'Dune 3' popcorn buckets spark debate over innovation

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AMC Theatres has released new popcorn buckets for "Dune: Part Three," featuring designs called the "Sandworm Thumper" and "Double Sandworm." These new buckets are criticized for a lack of innovation, building on the viral success of the original "Dune: Part Two" Sandworm bucket. While the "Double Sandworm" bucket offers two hand holes for simultaneous access, the design is seen as uninspired and derivative, contrasting with more creative past offerings like a handbag-shaped bucket for "The Devil Wears Prada 2." AI

RANK_REASON The item discusses the perceived lack of innovation in movie theater popcorn buckets, using AMC's new Dune-themed buckets as a primary example, and offers an opinionated critique.

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AMC's 'Dune 3' popcorn buckets spark debate over innovation

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Ian Carlos Campbell) ·

    Popcorn bucket innovation is at an all-time low and the Dune: Part Three 'Double Sandworm' is proof

    Just what the Sandworm bucket needed: a second hole.

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