Dune: The Effects Of The Spice, Explained
Frank Herbert's landmark 1965 novel Dune, its five sequels, and its countless additional materials are among the most important works in the long history of science fiction. Despite its enormous influence, overwhelmingly positive reception, and multiple beloved adaptations, the number of people who've actually taken in the original works is shockingly low.
Denis Villeneuve's 2021 adaptation of Dune is unquestionably the best-received version of the work outside the original text. With its all-star cast, mind-boggling production, and masterful direction, it is an overwhelming success in adapting what was once thought to be unadaptable. With over $400 million in box-office returns and a hotly anticipated part 2 on the way, the franchise has a lot of new fans.
How Dune (2021) Captures The Atmosphere Of An Alien Planet
Those with even a passing familiarity with the plot of Dune will recall that it concerns the conflict between noble families over the planet Arrakis. Arrakis is an uninhabitable desert with year-round scorching heat and very little water. The native fauna is dominated almost entirely by sandworms, tunneling horrors the size of a dozen blue whales who will eat anything they encounter. The northern pole of the planet featured a somewhat survivable climate and favorable geographical circumstances, allowing for the construction of the planet's only city. The rest of its surface is the kind of environment that would almost guarantee death if stranded. This raises the obvious question, why is everyone fighting over this nightmare planet?
Thousands of years before the events of the narrative, a chemist under the employ of that era's empire discovered a unique substance he called melange, better known as the spice. The
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