Dune | Filmbooks: The Spice Melange | Warner Bros. Entertainment

The history and importance of the Spice and its origins deep beneath the desert sands of Arrakis.
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[@pedrofm30]

I would watch hours of Arrakis BBC Documentaries with David Attenborough

[@cheechee6473]

That would be sooo interesting

[@rowshambow]

AI will make that happen in a year or so

[@hugoshlim]

i'd rather an adam curtis doc about spice à la Bitter Lake

[@VictorIV0310]

@@rowshambowBalam Industries sponsored field trip.

[@Taradoxxi]

An in-universe nature docuseries narrated by Liet Kynes would be so fun. But obviously it’d have to be before the events of the first film.

[@Susko586]

The way this dude says "Melange" makes this 100x better.

[@eyesonren]

Joe Walker, The Editor for Dune

[@WDC_OSA]

@@eyesonren Remarkable! His delivery really reminds me of David Warner.

[@WilliamFord972]

It tickles my brain

[@theblah12]

The Spice _Melaarrge_

[@user-fx5cd4px3k]

@@eyesonren Joe Walker > David "climate change" Attenbs

[@Ravenblack42]

It’s so comforting to know that our future will consist of intergalactic warfare over an addictive, cinnamon flavored spice that originates from giant worm excretions.

[@pplesandoranges]

Our descendants are such faithful inheritors of our modern tradition - intercontinental warfare over an addictive, tar flavoured oil that originates from giant lizard corpses.

[@kojoydesu4107]

Specifically Oil came from Microbiome, like tiny Bacteria and Plankton. Not from Dinosaur. BUT Dinosaur (and all of us) body are host for such Many Animal. so not very far. May be million years from now Our body will be used as Gasoline@@pplesandoranges

[@NobleRaider]

fossil fuels don't come from dinosaurs ​@@pplesandoranges

[@cotillion]

in the grim dark future, there is only war -Captain Picard #starWars

[@ilmostro16]

@@NobleRaider…..from ancient dead and buried forests but everyone knew what he meant.

[@BercowSandwich]

So cool that this guy with the amazing voice is also the editor for both Dune films. Originally he was voicing scenes as a 'placeholder', but they ended up keeping him in

[@KittyPieVibes]

Wow, he should get a side gig narrating! A super soothing voice

[@marcusbuttigieg]

His voice is so amazing.

[@adend1233]

We seriously need a Dune audiobook by Joe Walker. Dudes’ voice is like butter.

[@raymondsierra209]

Factsss

[@gonkdroid8279]

This in-universe documentary style is so cool

[@multicreativeartist6579]

Please have this guy do a voice reading audio book of the original Dune

[@TSEliot1978]

This is Joe Walker the editor of the movie

[@pedrofm30]

We need more documentaries on Arrakis

[@Prince_Sharming]

The filmbook narrator from part 1 was so underrated. Such a cool organic way to handle exposition without character dialogue.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

He is the movie editor for both dune movies

[@sebastianstroud-klein5332]

Having a character literally learn something from a documentary isn’t exactly organic exposition but it’s the best they could do I guess

[@TheStOne1]

All these filmbooks are in the Blu-ray bonus content.

[@fhlostonparaphrase]

How many are there in total?

[@bsaaCarter20]

We love you for continuing to upload these Warner bros. PLEASE do one on the Sardukar

[@macklee6837]

Just give us the full cut. idc how long it is. The longer the better

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

In the books, Melange only has a cinnamon taste the first time you try it. It alters your brain chemistry so much that it has a different taste every time.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Herbert says that once, and then proceeds to say that it smells and tastes like cinnamon every single time he brings it up.

[@Tokmurok]

​@@colbyboucher6391I prefer the changing taste thing. More interesting rather than space nutmeg.

[@colbyboucher6391]

@@Tokmurok Agreed.

[@stephenking5852]

@@colbyboucher6391so everyone we see or read trying spice is doing so for the first time.

[@xxlonesomewolf8284]

Power over Spice, is Power over all. Really glad to see this in-universe documentary finally fully explain the Spice Melange and its geriatric qualities. The movies hardly touch on this, and it’s no wonder some newcomers to the fandom don’t fully grasp ‘The Makers of the Deep Desert.’

[@user-wh8ru5is4f]

I think WB is just happy they have a successful movie series now.

[@MattWeser]

For those who don't know, this is voiced by Joe Walker, the Oscar-winning editor of Dune.

[@trumanshow162]

The setting of the Spice Melange is ingenious. It reflected the growing concern about the human uplift against the health degradation with civilization. However, the drug’s organic origin & scarcity retrogressed human society to feudalism. It also tells us the need for technology policies, economic & social policies, administrative management for wealth creation & distribution, or human abilities’ utilization like democracy.

[@bilalk85]

The Spice MUST FLOW!!

[@cra1396]

I hope these are included in the blu ray, it would feel like the original book with the catalog and indexes in it

[@wtfoxy]

they are! (on part one’s blu ray that is)

[@Sk4Madhi_.RangeroftheNorth]

Part ones blu-ray special features Bro.

[@ebls2000]

For those curious, the background music: "Ever Evolving - Bob Bradley"

[@daveslow84]

Since South Park I can't take it seriously when someone says "spice melange" :D

[@oldschoolabrahamhicks2742]

What did they say/eps? Lol

[@PauloHenriqueJJK]

The background sound😍😍😍😍

[@thebestben]

Man the Galach alphabet looks so cool, I wish there was a translation guide online

[@jamavra]

This is so cool. Lore tidbits like docu dossiers

[@maicannn_]

Right, now give us part 3 😍

[@ThePhilff]

Cannot wait for extended cuts of both movies

[@jalcome4201]

This is a great opportunity to get the cut out material that Denis mentioned

[@stephanezat]

This is so immersive

[@OluapOirevlis]

I hope they adapt the whole major quotes of all 6 books, even we do not get the series done in cinema, but at least to have it is an amazing glimpse into what Dune can have as extras.

[@rickdeckard1]

In the third film, Villenuve must necessarily give an in-depth explanation of the Spice, its origin and how it ties into the ecology of Arrakis and Shai Hulud. You can take advantage of the Guild plot subplot and the terraforming of Arrakis. That would be a smarter move

[@connormcglone9344]

yay magic worm poo

[@shaunwhitfield7953]

I’d listen to an audiobook of a Haynes manual for a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan if this guy was reading it.

[@modelcitizendj]

Let's face it. We all want some.

[@paulhorn24]

Yes!

[@tank_jr]

Great now I need a full documentary about Arrakis. What have you done?

[@neokai9395]

They should do more of these. Most of the people just watched the movies without knowing the lore and end up disappointed for not understating the plot. if there are more please let me know 😊

[@AllBraunZeroBrains]

why does it mention the worms are native to arrakis??

[@thethirdedition1996]

After the Dune trilogy is over, please make an extended cut like LOTR. Pretty sure people will snort it.

[@loganetter5640]

So now it’s confirmed that the relationship between spice and sandworms isn’t a mystery to the people of Villeneuve’s Dune. I always thought that plot device made little to no difference on the overall story so the change isn’t a bad thing in my opinion.

[@colbyboucher6391]

It does have a significant effect, although it might be minor to some people: When Paul says that he can destroy the source of melange, that's huge, and the navigators know it because they can see that he's really capable of it. They don't even know where it comes from themselves. In the movie, with the "we'll just nuke the spice fields" thing, there's really nothing stopping any of the other Great Houses from doing that themselves much earlier.

[@anandmahamuni5442]

The narrator of these are is the Both the films editor Joe Walker btw!

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

In universe, the connection betweeen worm and spice was not widely understood until later.

[@donelion6459]

These feel like Ixian intelligence reports , they're awesome 💯

[@franciswhitman]

he needs to do an audiobook

[@waltersoruco2344]

WE WANT MORE, MOOOORE

[@coffee_drinker2912]

The spice must flow.

[@JamesGhodbane]

Dune is 100 times better than Star Wars. I can't wait for Dune : Messiah

[@brayerkh]

Silence!!!! JarJar Binks is a much more interesting character than Paul Muad’Dib!

[@mahmoud98ify]

Do one for the spacing guild

[@moonborn-musti6051]

#releasethethufircut

[@shanmantv]

#mentatsofdunetvshow

[@trentben0]

MOOOOORE!

[@eswarasrith2741]

Give me more!

[@Sk4Madhi_.RangeroftheNorth]

Hoepfully we get more of these on Dune pt2 blu-ray extras.

[@jasonschmus5720]

I did not think that the means of Spice creation was known outside of the Fremen. Remember, when Paul and Jessica encounter a worm, and Paul notices the scent of Spice. He didn't know the connection then.

[@silverscaless]

I really dont get why they just spoiled one of the biggest mysteries in the books. I dont think we learn of this till leto in the books

[@wildbill9490]

it would've been nice if they called it the spice melange at some point in the movies

[@pixelprowler101]

Hope WB doesn't jeopardize a potential trilogy if they agree to streaming it too soon... Going back to physical copies... Too many streaming "services"

[@fillbert6690]

Insane to me that the narrator is Joe Walker, the film's editor.

[@treenalee2551]

Who is the narrator? I love these!

[@Imperialistic82]

Kind of wished Denis would create a original House from the Landsraad similar to the Ordos.

[@Kermodo]

That's the editors voice

[@Anothergoogleaccount1]

Cant wait for AI so creative people can do this but as a whole mockumentary

[@vitorschultz9892]

Power over Spice is power over all.Control the Spice, control the Universe.

[@kinocollect]

Power over Spice is power over all

[@lukeklink4593]

Does anyone know the song playing is?

[@ebls2000]

Ever Evolving - Bob Bradley

[@AbsentCrysisX]

This is type of world building I missed in mvoies... Without all this bonus footage movies feel little bit empty.. But I understand its also impossible to implement whole book in movies... If they just greenligth from start 3 4 even 5 movies and gave Denis time to make best sequals in history...

[@maazahmed506]

Extended cuts will alleviate that issue to a great extent.

[@BenAri18]

The spice *Melange*

[@midknight198]

Been wondering though, what do the Worms normally eat to maintain their health? I'd imagine a massive body that size requires a BIG appetite

[@solovevkiril]

Remember, boys. The Spice must flow.

[@cln965]

Please do one house Corino

[@gutspillage]

So at the back of the book there are appendixes, an encyclopedia section that talks about religion, political factions, cultures, technology, history and other aspects of the Dune universe. It would be an excellent source for a video series like the ones Paul was learning from, like this.

[@madhousenetwork7765]

So spice is similar to Luwak coffee of Bali?

[@hopewin7891]

Who's done the voice-overs????

[@carsonn4837]

More

[@Structureel]

So, what exactly is it a melange of?

[@johnsmith-ij9by]

More give me more

[@keanedevadatta7055]

Present 7 Hours

[@jmchez]

How did anyone get to Arrakis before they had access to the space folding properties of melange?

[@maazahmed506]

They used supercomputers up until the Butlerian uprising.

[@bagrym]

the annecdotes could be produced and sold in the style of dunes orange catholic bible.

[@sudevsen]

*da spice muh-law-nj*

[@mauricioponce7807]

Just me? Or does the narrator sound like The Speaker from the Destiny games?

[@audio_tron]

Spice extends life. Spice expands consciousness. The new Dunes didn’t mention the health benefits. Should have.

[@mikingmiker]

they say this in the first 10 min of pt 1. "For the Fremen, spice is the sacred hallucinogen which preserves life and brings enormous health benefits. For the Imperium, spice is used by the navigators of the Spacing Guild to find safe paths between the stars."

[@Robin-ou1gg]

so why isnt it synthesized? surely that must be possible in 20k years from now

[@diptimangautam5533]

They took their inspiration from the Encyclopedia voice actor in Disco Elysium. Someone tell me i am right.

[@mahendrathatiboina2418]

It feels like discovery channel.

[@oneoftheskull3158]

Jinkies! 🤔

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

Is that a writing system derived from Coptic?

[@olleselin]

I wish spice were the most valuable resource on our planet

[@holstbritten]

Actually spices sort of like black pepper used to be quite valuable. Nowadays even like vanilla is as expensive as gold. Do not underestimate the power of real spices of our only planet earth !

[@gunnergunnarsson3534]

Well spice is just another way of saying oil. Crude oil or "black gold" is so integral to our daily lives that anything we touch is made directly/indirectly from oil

[@randomnickify]

Dune is based on English invading Afganistan, Spice is Oil.

[@Ostfriese93]

"... is the shai-hulud, or sandworm. Native to Arrakis." I beg to differ.

[@blackjack21477]

Spice Melange….sooo boujee gimme some

[@barricadedpurifier]

Cinnamon desert

[@samsamsam4790]

Hold on... he said the spice is the worm... secretion... sweat..?

[@colbyboucher6391]

It's a little more complex than that, and I'm guessing those complexities are still unknown to most in Villenuve's Dune (in the novels most people aren't even aware that spice and the worms are connected). The worms begin as creatures known as sandtrout, these weird little jelly things. Since water is poisonous to their "sandworm vector" (odd way of saying that) they have a system where they collectively surround pockets of water under the surface to trap them and secrete a poisonous substance that helps them survive the water. Eventually the chemical reactions occurring cause the "pre-spice mass" to explode, where it crystalizes into melange. Most of the sandtrout are killed, those that aren't remain locked together and eventually become a worm.

[@Lmwpitt]

Great.... now sell me why you're not selling an IMAX blu-ray?

[@andrewgarcia8907]

Anybody else thinks the effects of spice weren’t touched on enough in the adaptations?

[@Starstreak170]

Yes. It also odd that the word 'melange' is never used once in either film.

[@ZombieShot078]

Disappointing, but I assume it will be brought up more for Part 3 considering the Spacing Guild and mentats have a larger role. The first book was very much centered on Arrakis, but Messiah tells us a bit more about other planets and factions.

[@TheInselaffen]

Is that an Ixian accent?

[@Colin-Fenix]

Shai-Hali’s is not native to Arrakis.

[@sowhatzproduction898]

Well they all keep writing in my history book they all colonize my country cause of spice, but We all know its not about spice 😂😂😂

[@spencerspangler7458]

They are not native to arakkis

[@pixelprowler101]

If you haven't seen Dune 2, it's still in theaters.

[@i_seebreadpeople]

Nobody knows the worms create spice except the fremen tho. So this isnt entierly accurate. But nice job.

[@colbyboucher6391]

In this adaptation, it seems like everyone knows that "worms" create the spice and just aren't aware of the worms' actual life cycle.

[@srbrant5391]

#FireDavidZaslav

[@zv3456u-]

Dune 1965 by Frank Herbert There are 6 Frank Herbert's books about Dune and then his son Brian Herbert's books about Dune CHANI has red hair in the book Dune 1965 by Frank Herbert

[@pallaveesingh6748]

So? When you adapt a book into a movie or tv series a lot of changes are made. Elena should have been blonde, fair and a popular mean girl. She turned out to be an angsty, olive skinned brunette in the Vampire Diaries. You can't even begin to imagine my disappointment.😅

[@zv3456u-]

@@pallaveesingh6748Ghanima Atreides & Leto II = CHANI's kiddies CHANI died

[@pallaveesingh6748]

Yes i know. Dune is all anyone talks about these days. Btw i did not particularly like Chani's character depiction in Dune 2. She was always so angry, possibly like you. Chill!

[@kneelbeforezak]

Loads of characters look different in the book but they get the essence of them across. Harkonnens aren't bald albinos but it works

[@zv3456u-]

@@kneelbeforezak living a lie, but it is working

[@Inucroft]

"native to Arrakus" well yes, but actually no

[@DiogoNevesDN]

Some DJ please turn this into a house music piece

[@maxnetirtimon4121]

so Dune is basically the middle east.