New Dune miniseries

Slynky · #1 March 18th, 2003, 12:30 AM

"Dune" was definitely a great SciFi novel. Of course, one had to read the rest of the trilogy after book one.

I'm afraid, for me, the trilogy went downhill a bit when it spent increasingly more time "discussing" religion. And, I would tend to make the same remark about "Stranger in a Strangeland". Perhaps it was because I was in my late teens and early twenties.

I'd say it would be hard for anyone to turn "Dune" into a movie as great as the book but that's usually a problem with any good book. Having said that, I would trust Peter (of LOTR fame) with it.

[ March 17, 2003, 22:31: Message edited by: Slynky ]

baetis · #2 March 18th, 2003, 12:39 AM

If you missed part one of Children of Dune, they are replaying it tonight at 7:00 before part two comes on.

It was good. So who's making the Dune MOD?

Fyron · #3 March 18th, 2003, 01:22 AM

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Originally posted by baetis:
If you missed part one of Children of Dune, they are replaying it tonight at 7:00 before part two comes on.

It was good. So who's making the Dune MOD?

There was talk of making one a while back, but I don't think anything ever came of it.

Master Belisarius · #4 March 18th, 2003, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by Slynky:
I'd say it would be hard for anyone to turn "Dune" into a movie as great as the book but that's usually a problem with any good book.

Yes, agree 100% with you.
But think specially with "Dune" is not possible "to turn it into a movie" witouth hurt the original.
Most (all?) the time in the book, the characters say one thing and think other thing... How to do it in a movie, without a constant "voice in off" ???

I know I know, we live in times when the people read less and less.... But if someone liked the movie but still doesn't read the book, send NOW a purchase order to Amazon!!!!

Chronon · #5 March 18th, 2003, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by Master Belisarius:
But to be honest, think only the first book is a true SF classic of all the times.

I agree. Dune is my favorite science fiction book of all time. I don't really care for the rest of the series, though.

I thought the mini-series wasn't too bad, but David Lynch's Version was the worst movie I have ever seen.

To really do Dune correctly in movie form, I think it would have to be a trilogy (like the Lord of the Rings (which should have been a septology - a movie for each "book"). But I doubt this would be attractive to any of the major studios, so we'll probably never see it. We do have the book, though, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't yet read it.

Aloofi · #6 March 18th, 2003, 05:12 PM

Ok, what is that spice thing and what it does and why is so important?
I didn't like Children of Dune cause I can't understand a thing that its going on!
Besides, sci-fi channel have commercials breaking in every 5 minutes. I don't have the patience for commercials.

DirectorTsaarx · #7 March 18th, 2003, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Aloofi:
Ok, what is that spice thing and what it does and why is so important?
I didn't like Children of Dune cause I can't understand a thing that its going on!
Besides, sci-fi channel have commercials breaking in every 5 minutes. I don't have the patience for commercials.

Spice is "melange"; it's only found on Dune/Arrakis, and is used by Guild Navigators to move ships from one system to another by warping space/time. There's no other way to do faster-than-light travel in the Dune universe, so without spice there'd be no more (or at least a LOT less) interstellar travel. That's also why the Navigator Guild is so powerful - they have virtually complete control over interstellar travel.

Spice also extends lives - IIRC, the Emperor was 150-200 years old or something.

As for commercials, there's a reason I'm taping the miniseries to watch later - the fast-forward button is the best way to deal with commercials!

[ March 18, 2003, 16:23: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]