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Subject:	Dune (was: Which was better? was: Excellent summation of truths and falsehoods about...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:12:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes: > > > > He who controls the spice controls the universe? Or no? > Was the movie with Sting better than the William Hurt 'Made for TV' • mini-series? > > I liked the mini-series better myself--the 'thopers alone! > > Though Jean Juc was in the movie--"I thought you were dead" :) The Lynch movie captured the atmosphere much, much, much better though it certainly has it's own array of faults. I couldn't finish the miniseries, I hated it so much! Really, the book is too complicated to easily convert to motion picture. Just read it. And again. And again. Then read the rest of them. And then wait a year read the whole series again. And take a pass on the new ones coauthored by his kid, they're lame. Chris

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		Re: Dune (was: Which was better? was: Excellent summation of truths and falsehoods about...)
(...) I'm a big Lynch fan, so it was weird for me to see Jeffrey Beaumont riding a big worm. I like a lot of the movie, but I've never been able to get through the books, I'm afraid. (...) Something about William Hurt fills me with such aching (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Dune (was: Which was better? was: Excellent summation of truths and falsehoods about...)
(...) I liked the miniseries better(1); the length let it cover much much more of the plot. David Lynch (Baz Luhrman, too) tends to make movies that make me think "Wow, that was really cool. Didn't make sense, but it was cool." - and his version of (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Dune (was: Which was better? was: Excellent summation of truths and falsehoods about...)
(...) I got 50ish pages into 'Children of Dune' and absolutely hated it. I thought that Dune and CoD were written by two completely different people. Then I went and read Foundation all over again and thought that this would make a great (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Was the movie with Sting better than the William Hurt 'Made for TV' mini-series? I liked the mini-series better myself--the 'thopers alone! Though Jean Juc was in the movie--"I thought you were dead" :) Dave K (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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