March 18th, 2003, 06:21 PM
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Re: New Dune miniseries
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Originally posted by Aloofi:
Ok, what is that spice thing and what it does and why is so important?
I didn't like Children of Dune cause I can't understand a thing that its going on!
Besides, sci-fi channel have commercials breaking in every 5 minutes. I don't have the patience for commercials.
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Spice is "melange"; it's only found on Dune/Arrakis, and is used by Guild Navigators to move ships from one system to another by warping space/time. There's no other way to do faster-than-light travel in the Dune universe, so without spice there'd be no more (or at least a LOT less) interstellar travel. That's also why the Navigator Guild is so powerful - they have virtually complete control over interstellar travel.
Spice also extends lives - IIRC, the Emperor was 150-200 years old or something.
As for commercials, there's a reason I'm taping the miniseries to watch later - the fast-forward button is the best way to deal with commercials! 
[ March 18, 2003, 16:23: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]
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