What's up with Dune ?

[raider5gt]

I read Dune,Children of Dune and Dune Messiah at school,many moons ago.Always thought Dune was a monster read at that age,when I was about 11 but got through it

I liked Lynch's film and the miniseries on the sci-fi channel,the one with William Hurt in.Have not seen the other miniseries which incorporates Dune Messiah and Children of Dune though.

[Gorn Captain]

I liked the first two books. Then it got kinda boring.
The movie is a "nice try". DeLaurentiis botched it up, thinking that it should be a Star Wars type action flick. The movie feels like a short recap of what it should have been.

[bobws]

Never read the books and only saw the movie once at the theater. it was ok.

[Figuremod73]

After the terse writing style used in the Dragonlance books, it took me awhile to really read Tolkien at a regular pace, lol.

[JediJaida]

Actually I saw LOTR first, then I read the book.

Once Frodo and Sam leave the Shire, the action starts to pick up a bit, but I have to admit that the first eighteen or so chapters are SLOW going!

Once they all meet up with Aragorn, the pace really starts to get going, and the story really improves.

[Figuremod73]

Dune is kinda over my head the same way LOTR was. Although I read LOTR's way before I saw the film, I never read Dune, just seen the film and the miniseries. Im sure if I took the time to actually learn more about Dunes lore I would have a much deeper appreciation for the classic. I tried really hard to understand LOTR'S just because I was into Dungeons and Dragons.

[boynightwing]

Back in high school I had chosen to read Dune for an independent study project. I had heard good things and thought I'd try it. I couldn't even finish the book I disliked it so much. So my friend told me to watch the movie. It was even worse! In the end, my friend did the project for me because I wasn't allowed to switch books for some reason. It's the only time in my high school career that I didn't do my own home work.

I never bothered to watch any of the newer mini-series or movies or whatever.

[TomStrong]

I always liked the movie and read the book recently and I enjoyed that too. The follow up book wasn't quite as exciting. As I read it seemed a rather uncomfortable future wau of man.

[AMRA]

There is talk of a 2014 movie. Here is a link.

http://janeiris.hubpages.com/hub/Dune-Movie-to-Watch-Out-For

[Nostalgiabuff]

i lked the tv miniseries, but again, i never read the book. i just thought giving it a longer timeframe to tell the story allowed it to develope things so much more. the sequel miniseries was lacking thogh. i think it combined book 2 and 3 - Heretic and Children of Dune - and just crammed stuff together and was hard to follow.

[jds1911a1]

I was lucky enough to have read the book before I saw the film. While in many ways the vision isn't even close to the one in my head I enjoyed it and having read the book I understood alot of plot points which were missing. the extended cut is much easier to follow for those that haven't read the book but it is very very long and still missing parts that make the plot clear. I think that herbert's dune is like Tolkein's Hobbit and ring trilogy it's too big for a 2 hour film it takes a stong commitment to translate it to film (or tv as I think the miniseries failed the material too)

[vulcan2074]

I am fascinated with DUNE. It's such a great story with some of the most interesting characters ever created. I've read the books and have all the action figures except for one. I even own the DUNE encyclopedia which is very indepth.
Sammy

[Spawn67]

I remember going to see it with my dad in the theater. I was expecting to see a Star Wars type movie and I left going ***? It moved to slow for me as a kid. Of course now I think the movie is killer. Didn't they spend a ton of $$ making it back then?

[Bruce Banner]

I actually like Lynch's Dune a lot... it's sort of like a flawed masterpiece.

The movie's production design is great.

There are some amazing images in that movie that will stay with you long after watching it.

Lynch strangely added some elements that weren't in the book, and also cut out a few plot points, but all in all I like his adaptation.

Great cast too... Patrick Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Brad Dourif, Jurgen Prochnow, et al.

The extended TV broadcast version is memorable because it restores a lot of cut scenes... but Lynch hated that unauthorized cut so much he took his name off it.

I recommend the book to anyone too... it's a truly great work of SF.

[rche]

I know I am in the minority on this, but I really like Lynch's "Dune". Then again, I have never read the books either.

nah - there is no minority there. Plenty of Dune fans enjoy the film version as well as the books. I am one of them.

The toys still have some value to them. I mean, you don't have to sink a mint into them, but it'll take a couple of bills to put the whole shebang together. And the sandworm, tho drastically out of scale with the figures, is a great desk ornament.