Originally posted by Robtard
They're not aliens.The humans in Dune are essentially us, just 8,000+ years in the future, their ancestors originated on our Earth.
Yeah, that's my understanding, too.
I don't think there are any intelligent aliens in the series, are there? Just variations on the human form, altered and bred for different things..
I haven't read beyond Dune, yet, though.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Yeah, that's my understanding, too.I don't think there are any intelligent aliens in the series, are there? Just variations on the human form, altered and bred for different things..
I haven't read beyond Dune, yet, though.
I don't believe there's sapient aliens in the Dune-verse, unless you count the humans who have been altered either intentionally or over time as aliens. I think not having aliens and focusing solely on humanity was a point of Herbert's overall picture.
Bash and Whirly would know.
Originally posted by Robtard
AM, FM and PM do have binary data in them iirc, but there's no microprocessor needed on the other end if it's a simple servo performing what amounts to an on/off action. An RC car or plane is just series of servos activating electric motors, triggered by radio waves, at least the ones when I was a kid/teen were.So it's feasible that the Dune-verse could have drones that to not microprocessor reliant if there's a human controller on the other end.
we have to do a lot of assuming on the film's behalf in order to imagine those drones as being purely servo operated, especially considering their function in assisting operators in spotting worms
Originally posted by Robtard
Isn't the Hunter-Seeker essentially that? A small flying device controlled by a person with a remote?
right, but we have very little to describe exactly what it is in the novel. in fact that's all we gave to go on, exactly the way you just described it there, and nothing more. (except that it's actually suggested as being way tinier than even this version). more to the point, there was obviously no video feed being returned to the operator, or there'd have been no muad'dib. i was just hoping that things would be suspiciously low-tech enough to at least nod to the butlarian jihad. those old-style console switches in the ornithopters were a plus, but there weren't many plusses. the whole thing looked suspiciously computerized
Originally posted by RobtardYup, they are humans from Earth. He talked about thinking machines, machines that calculate. Anything that was able to do this was banned. CDTM really does skew any old shit, he;s talked bollocks about the Foundation books, I can't even bother to correct tbh.
They're not aliens.The humans in Dune are essentially us, just 8,000+ years in the future, their ancestors originated on our Earth.
Originally posted by playa1258Whilst I think the Spider thing was some kind of Bene Tleilaxu shite. It's possible Villeneuve has introduced Aliens with it, who knows.
Yeah no Aliens in Dune at least Herbert did not get around to it. That said possible Alien life is one of the reasons why the houses of the Landsraad keep atomics stockpiled.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Yup, they are humans from Earth. He talked about thinking machines, machines that calculate. Anything that was able to do this was banned. CDTM really does skew any old shit, he;s talked bollocks about the Foundation books, I can't even bother to correct tbh.
cdtm tends to talk about things he knows absolutely nothing about. It's a trend.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Yup, they are humans from Earth. He talked about thinking machines, machines that calculate. Anything that was able to do this was banned. CDTM really does skew any old shit, he;s talked bollocks about the Foundation books, I can't even bother to correct tbh.
Do tell, what about Foundation.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
what's that got to do with sandworm intelligence. I don't remember Mentats creating anything and the iron man nano armour is far more like magic than any Dune tech.
Even a Sandworm with zero intelligence would know better then to give his secret identity away like that.
Cue Whiplash immediately attacking him in the next movie. 😂