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[Duggy]

Hard SF fans -- and especially Dune (the book) fans -- all seem to hate
it, but apparently Frank Herbert thought it was well done.
It's not one of my favourite films, but I thought it an improvement
over the book.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Hard SF".  Definitions vary, but I'm
not sure /Dune/ qualifies.

Because of the timeframe and the sciencey nature, it's not truely
soft, but I suspect you're right about the usuage hear being
different.

Anyway, I'm a fan of the book and I did
indeed hate the movie.  It seemed to be an unfunny attempt at parody.

I liked it. It was in the director's style... which isn't a popular
style so I get why people didn't like it.

The book was still better.

The sandworms were good, though.

Yes.

On the other hand, the Sci Fi Channel did what I'd long thought
someone should do: a mini-series of /Dune/ leaving nothing out (that I
noticed).  I had trouble staying awake.  Maybe if I'd seen it when I
was thirteen...

I haven't watched all of the Sithy Channel's version. It had no
style.

I've always thought a series was the way to go... to add stuff. Don't
try to copy the book, but rather, tell the book's story in a new
medium. Probably a 13 episode series, but still.

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[Jerry Friedman]

Post by Duggy

Hard SF fans -- and especiallyDune(the book) fans -- all seem to hate
it, but apparently Frank Herbert thought it was well done.
It's not one of my favourite films, but I thought it an improvement
over the book.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Hard SF".  Definitions vary, but I'm
not sure /Dune/ qualifies.

Because of the timeframe and the sciencey nature, it's not truely
soft, but I suspect you're right about the usuage hear being
different.

Anyway, I'm a fan of the book and I did
indeed hate the movie.  It seemed to be an unfunny attempt at parody.

I liked it.  It was in the director's style... which isn't a popular
style so I get why people didn't like it.

...

Well, I recall liking /Eraserhead/ a good deal better. Maybe that
style didn't work for me with different material.

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Jerry Friedman

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Post by Jerry Friedman

Post by Duggy

Anyway, I'm a fan of the book and I did
indeed hate the movie.  It seemed to be an unfunny attempt at parody.

I liked it.  It was in the director's style... which isn't a popular
style so I get why people didn't like it.

...
Well, I recall liking /Eraserhead/ a good deal better. Maybe that
style didn't work for me with different material.

I didn't think much of _Eraserhead_, but I found _Blue Velvet_ quite
captivating. _Dune_ was a fine spectacle but made nonsense of much of
the original plot.

[Duggy]

Well, I recall liking /Eraserhead/ a good deal better.  Maybe that
style didn't work for me with different material.

Well, Eraserhead is the most of-the-style and Dune the least (outside
his straight films). Some don't like half-style stuff, which is
understandable. Maybe you didn't want his style for Dune. Maybe it's
something else.

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