Night on the Couch - Children of Dune

[Guest]

Wow!

9/10

Loved every minute of it, almost as epic as Babylon 5. I don't know how accurate the movie was compared to the books, or even if there is a Children of Dune book, but I enjoyed it a lot.

Its refreshing to see characters that are actually human and that can do wrong and have faults, not just the plain old Ultimate Good vs. Ultimate Evil.

BTW, what's up with the ships in Dune? All you ever see are those huge round Rama-like vessels. Are they the only ones that can travel in hyperspace or whatever it is they use?

[Gryphon]

I think this may end up being one of those long threads.

First, let me say that reading the books will shed a lot of light on what I'm about to say and I highly recommend doing so - the Dune series is literature, not sci-fi.

Anyway, those big Rama-like ships are Heighliners. They are piloted by "Navigators", humans who have - voluntarily - submitted to being bathed, immersed and fed with the spice. The spice eventually makes them look like whatever they end up looking like.

It also gives them the ability to travel to any point in space they wish. They could theoretically do that with any ship they please, but the Heighliner is what the Navigator's guild uses. They can transport ships and cargo and people inside them.

Been a while since I read the books, but that's the gist of 'em.

[Kevin Trotter]

This is kinda covered in an existing thread. Please post there instead of creating two COD threads. Just a suggestion

[Epsilon 5]

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They are piloted by "Navigators", humans who have - voluntarily - submitted to being bathed, immersed and fed with the spice.

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I don'T know too much about dune, but doesn't it make them immortal?

[Kalshion]

WHAAAAA!!!!!! I missed it!

What time was it on.. and if it'll ever be on again. What channal?