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<blockquote data-quote="Jmarso" data-source="post: 8437731" data-attributes="member: 7032066"><p>What Payn said in his post responding to yours- there is a whole political and world-building backdrop that Villeneuve only touched on or flat out ignored when making this version.</p><p></p><p>The primary reason for the lack of technology (aside from starships and such), is that millenia in the past, mankind fought a war against its own machines and AIs, and they have been banned ever since. (The Butlerian Jihad) This led to a rise of mental disciplines, which are centered primarily around the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, the Spacing Guild (composed solely of males), and things like the Mentats (The human computers). Thufir Howatt and Piter Devries (the latter never even gets mentioned by name, but he is Baron Harkonenn's Mentat) are Mentat Assassins.</p><p></p><p>The idea of the Kwisatz Haderach (which the Bene Gesserit are trying to breed by crossing centuries of human bloodlines) is basically a prescient 'superbeing' of sorts, a <em>male</em> Bene Gesserit who can bridge the gap between the <em>yin</em> of the Bene Gesserit disciplines and the <em>yang</em> of those abilities open to beings like Guild Navigators (who are all male). Jessica and the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit believe Paul is potentially the Kwisatz Haderach- and that is why Jessica has been training him in the Bene Gesserit disciplines, like the Voice, something which would never normally be done with a male child.</p><p></p><p>If you enjoyed the movie, you should really tackle the first book at the least. All of this is explained in detail and more. It's truly a magnificent work of sci-fi and social commentary. Also, if the second movie gets made, more will almost certainly be brought to light.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jmarso, post: 8437731, member: 7032066"] What Payn said in his post responding to yours- there is a whole political and world-building backdrop that Villeneuve only touched on or flat out ignored when making this version. The primary reason for the lack of technology (aside from starships and such), is that millenia in the past, mankind fought a war against its own machines and AIs, and they have been banned ever since. (The Butlerian Jihad) This led to a rise of mental disciplines, which are centered primarily around the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, the Spacing Guild (composed solely of males), and things like the Mentats (The human computers). Thufir Howatt and Piter Devries (the latter never even gets mentioned by name, but he is Baron Harkonenn's Mentat) are Mentat Assassins. The idea of the Kwisatz Haderach (which the Bene Gesserit are trying to breed by crossing centuries of human bloodlines) is basically a prescient 'superbeing' of sorts, a [I]male[/I] Bene Gesserit who can bridge the gap between the [I]yin[/I] of the Bene Gesserit disciplines and the [I]yang[/I] of those abilities open to beings like Guild Navigators (who are all male). Jessica and the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit believe Paul is potentially the Kwisatz Haderach- and that is why Jessica has been training him in the Bene Gesserit disciplines, like the Voice, something which would never normally be done with a male child. If you enjoyed the movie, you should really tackle the first book at the least. All of this is explained in detail and more. It's truly a magnificent work of sci-fi and social commentary. Also, if the second movie gets made, more will almost certainly be brought to light. [/QUOTE]
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