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Dune

Discussion in 'TV & Movie Discussion' started by mathmajors, Mar 2, 2003.

  1. Mar 2, 2003 at 10:30 PM #1
    mathmajors

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    I thought the SCI-FI production of Dune a couple of years ago was very good. I've read all of Frank Herbert's Dune books, and I've got 2 more of the Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson series to go.

    SCI-FI will present Children of Dune beginning March 16.

    http://www.scifi.com/dune/

    If you haven't read the Dune series, I strongly recommend it. Very complex stories.
     
  2. Mar 2, 2003 at 10:41 PM #2
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    I started reading Dune back whenthe original movie came out. Back then , it was long and drawn out, especially for a 12 year old kid. Maybe i'll pick it up again.
     
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    Dune is some fucked up movie. but what else wuold you expect from that crazy bastard.
     
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    The books can be long, but not Tom Clancy long. With Clancy, nothing actually happens until 3/4 of the way through.
     
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    Just for clarification, the Herbert/Anderson trilogy is a prequel to Dune. Every book had me hooked immediately.

    The other book by Herbert/Anderson is The Butlerian Jihad, which is a prequel to their trilogy. It goes waaayyyy back to the times when humans stopped using computers and embraced the spice of Arrakis. It takes a while to get used to the fact that throughout the Dune series, no one uses a computer, nor are there androids. Yet it's science fiction at it's best, with futuristic stuff all over the place.
     
  6. Mar 12, 2003 at 10:18 PM #6
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    i must not fear...fear is the mindkiller...

    sting was freaky, huh?

    that's david lynch for you. though it wasn't his his best work.
     
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    I cannot believe I missed this. Luckily, scifi is showing an encore this coming Sunday, back to back to back. 5-11pm.
     

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