[chris]

Did anyone catch the dune movie they played on city tv(channel 7),it was awsome,the three part minni series was brillliant and just brought the book dune to life,my favorite character was paul atrites.If you missed it i pitty you,it played on december 19,20 and 21. for more info go to citytv.com.I gave it 10/10.

[Cadfael]

Whoa... hang on there... what Dune mini series? I live in the UK and have never heard of this... please tell me it is not the load of Cr#p from Dino Laurentis.

However... if is something different... details, details and details PLEASE (pretty please)

[chris]

okay,your in the uk so i dont know if you have it over there.It played on channel 7 for us in Canada.It was a three part minni series of the book dune.If you get the space channel over there (channel 50).it will be playing again on April 7,8&9 in 2001 from 9-11pm.The series was a good one i plan to tape it next time it plays.The guy that played paul artedies was phenominal.

[Lady Fox]

Gotta disagree with you Chris. I thought the miniseries was a big letdown. The guy who played Paul completely missed a lot of integral parts of his character as portrayed by the book, IMHO. He played Paul as being a spoiled, petulant brat who could not look at the "big picture", especially in the first two parts of the miniseries. The last part was much better, but I still feel like that guy never quite grasped what it meant to be the Kwisatch Hatterach. Specail effects were pretty cool, though.

[[30+]SilverFox]

I agree w/LadyFox (no connection), I thought the mini-series was weak at best, I have been a DUNE fan since about 1985 when my sister handed me the first book.I managed to read 6 books and find a few others by various authors but none really grabbed me the way the first 3 did. When I heard news of the mini-series 2 years ago, I was understandably excited to see it. It was a letdown IMHO, as the characters were prissy and seemed to snivel and whine throughout. I still prefer the original movie although it is a bit muddled and has some gaping holes in the story. There is nothing like the books for certain. BTW, I am almost through the Harkonnen book and looking forward to the Atreides book. Best wishes to all for a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Fox

[Ntschotschi]

I think the film DUNE by David Lynch was great.
Way ahead of its time. One of the sf movies ever.

[bearcatmark]

I would have to say i liked the mini series...It was played on ScFi channal where i live and i thought they did a great job with it... Much better than the original movie.

[Cadfael]

Ntschotschi... one of two things is happening here...

(a) You have never read Dune
(b) You are going insane http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

The Dune film was awful, okay...it was ahead of its time, but it butchered the book. Anyone who watches this movie, who has not read the book, will think the book is cr#p.

I am being a little tounge in cheek here, and I don't mean to offend

[Ntschotschi]

Ups! Have I hit a sensitive nerve here?
Sorry to step on your toe again:
Dune was great as film.
Maybe you're right, that it was not literally the novel which was made into a movie.
But in my opinion it got the atmosphere of Herberts writing.
When I saw the film the first time I agree that I was puzzled. But I've seen it a few times since and it's always better.
Maybe you should watch it again some day.

[Rob B]

I enjoyed the miniseries, it was on the SciFi channel in my area. I read the book about 6 years ago and loved it, so perhaps some of the finer details did escape me as I watched the mini-series. Overall, though I thought it was good.

The movie by David Lynch was just replayed on SciFi the other day, and boy is it wierd. Then again, David Lynch is not your typical director.