Comments by "Victoria Eads" (@victoriaeads6126) on "Dune Is One of the Most Scientifically Inaccurate Sci-fis of All Time" video.

  1. The melange ESSENCE is a blue LIQUID. Spice powder is never described as blue. It is described as "glowing blue," in God Emperor of Dune, and the gaseous form is orange. "Glowing blue" could indicate a phosphorescent glow, and not necessarily refer to the base color of the material. I am currently rereading the Frank Herbert Dune novels. I am on Heretics of Dune, and so far that's about all of the descriptors used. The textiles made from "spice fiber" are described as red, and taken all together, I imagined the spice to be deep reddish brown with a blue phosphorescence. I know some are adamant that the spice is blue, but Frank Herbert consulted on the original movie, and it was cinnamon colored there. If he considered the melange to be blue, especially considering how rare blue tends to be in nature AND how often he used other color descriptions for other aspects of spice and spice products, I think it would have been blue in the original movie.
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  2. Herbert does actually give enough to explain the terraforming process, but it is scattered throughout in bits and bobs. It is all about Shaitan, more or less, plus humans importing plant and animal species.
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