It did, however, appear in one game: Cryo Interactive Entertainment’s Dune, released in 1992. But it was completely left out in Westwood’s Dune II (1992) and its 1998 remake, Dune 2000 (!), as well as Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001). We’ve yet to see how it’s treated in the second part of the movie. This theme is very important in the book. But to continue would mean the end of the spice, a catastrophic outcome for the Empire. The foundations for the terraforming process were already laid down through the initial work of planetologists Liet Kynes and his father before him (or her father before her, as Liet is a woman in the 2021 film). They are a tough people with a dream to see their world green, lush and verdant. Soon after their arrival, the Atreides learn that the assignment is a set-up, and they are forced to fight the previous stewards of Arrakis, House Harkonnen. Arrakis is sparsely inhabited, mostly by natives known as the Fremen. This world is the only source of spice melange, an extremely precious resource that extends human life, enhances mental abilities, grants visions and is a must for efficient interstellar navigation. Written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965, it is a story of a young nobleman named Paul Atreides, whose house assumes stewardship over a desert planet of Arrakis. An adaptation of a cult classic novel, one that inspired a video game series I am so fond of… Still, this undoubtedly important event made me think of a movie that premiered this Fall, one that contains some important environmental messages. Just consider the amount of waste emissions caused by the arrival of so many private jets. Others fear it’s just for the show, since our beloved leaders are committing one faux pas after another. Octosaw the beginning of COP26 (or the Climate Change Conference).
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