Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!dragon From: dragon@uw-june (Brian Matthews) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Dune movie error SPOILER Message-ID: <2082@uw-june> Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 17:20:20 EST Article-I.D.: uw-june.2082 Posted: Sun Dec 23 17:20:20 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Dec-84 03:22:40 EST References: <607@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 12 In fact, there seem to be multiple "stages" of guild navigators. The ugly beastie at the start of the movie was the third stage type. These navigators are so addicted to spice that they must float in a tank of it. They are described in one of the later books by Herbert, and the ones in the movie seem to match the description pretty well. In the books, the third stage navigators never saw fit to show themselves to mere humans, until their spice supply began to get cut off, when they had to take drastic measures. In the movie, there are also two of the more human looking navigators at the end. Brian Matthews dragon@uw-june