Tanagrabelle t1_j24yax0 wrote
Reply to comment by cruiserman_80 in The 1984 Dune film makes a lot more sense if The Spice is referred to as Space Cocaine instead. by neoengel
Eh. I can't speak for the movie, but without spice they're stuck with going the slow way around, the Guild loses its monopoly of all travel. The Emperor can't just drop his forces anywhere at his whim (though that requires the cooperation of the Guild). The BG have to go back to less useful methods for unlocking their ability to tap into their ancestors.
bigwebs t1_j26ljxg wrote
Exactly. Spice was really just a logistics enabler with the pleasant side effects of enhancing human performance.
Tanagrabelle t1_j2724iu wrote
Heck, without the spice they might have to... build computers. You'd think they'd know that you can bleeping have computers without making AI. Especially the BG, who have memories that go way back.
Rough_Dan t1_j27t3ek wrote
All thinking machines were outlawed, not just AI, even calculators are forbidden, hence the need for mentats
Tanagrabelle t1_j27ymtn wrote
Ah, that's right! Leto II got away with quite a lot, didn't he, with his thought-dictation. And they really trapped themselves with that overabundance of restrictions. Or rather, they trapped everyone else.
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