While Marijuana would be hilarious, I could only see that as being used by the wanna-be Herbertites who are shunned by the Real Thing(tm) and laughed at by all others due to their Otaku-like conviction and stupid-yet-funny results of their Marijuana-Spice Melange experimentations.
The Real Herbertites I could see working on a Handwavium-produced melange that could, in a very real way, have just the same effects as it would in the books. The Water of Life? Produced by a bunch of Bene Gesseret (Seen by some as the epitome of Feminism at it's worst - I won't argue the point too much as there are cases both good and bad in the order) using handwavium? Sure, it'd be lethal to men alright. And while you wouldn't get an acid trip about the future, you certainly could get one about current events and what your actions are doing to influence them. Not exactly seeing the future, but probably a lot more telling.
I could definitely see the Spacing Guild as well, and they'd be every bit as ugly as in the original movie. Because when dealing with Handwavium in such a manner... Sure, you're definitely gonna improve the mind while everything else goes to hell.
Just got a couple of questions. 1) Where the heck does CHOAM come from and 2) How does the Childe Cycle series relate to Dune?
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o
The Real Herbertites I could see working on a Handwavium-produced melange that could, in a very real way, have just the same effects as it would in the books. The Water of Life? Produced by a bunch of Bene Gesseret (Seen by some as the epitome of Feminism at it's worst - I won't argue the point too much as there are cases both good and bad in the order) using handwavium? Sure, it'd be lethal to men alright. And while you wouldn't get an acid trip about the future, you certainly could get one about current events and what your actions are doing to influence them. Not exactly seeing the future, but probably a lot more telling.
I could definitely see the Spacing Guild as well, and they'd be every bit as ugly as in the original movie. Because when dealing with Handwavium in such a manner... Sure, you're definitely gonna improve the mind while everything else goes to hell.
Just got a couple of questions. 1) Where the heck does CHOAM come from and 2) How does the Childe Cycle series relate to Dune?
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o