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Dune House Atreides / Dune Mini-Series / Fans are too Picky

Swager on Deck
User ID: 9913923 Dec 7th 12:13 AM
I think most of the fans are too picky about the two adaptations of Dune. The fans have to face that there is never going to be "a perfect version that has everything."
Dune is way way too long to get it all down in four hours let alone two. Six hours was a good length for it though. The trouble is that even if they did get a half billion dollars to do a motion picture, that had everything perfect down to the best detail, it would have to be about six hours long to make a good version. And no body would sit in a theater for that long. Four hours at the very max. So they have to goto a mini series, but the trouble with them is they usually can't get nearly as high a budget. But they can get it long enough for a better adaptation. Yeah it would have been better if it had been totally epic, with massive sweeping battle with thousands upon thousands of extras. If Duncan and Hawat had got there much better true to book deaths (especially Duncan) and I could go on and on.
THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT'S GOING TO GET. So quit complaining. Love it or don't watch it. Because there's nothing anybody can do about it...

Spoon Man
User ID: 1829734 Dec 7th 9:33 AM
It never hurts to try. Who knows in another decade we might get another shot at Dune. So why not complain about the probs now and get them out in the open.

Charles
User ID: 9941493 Dec 7th 8:30 PM
I agree with spoonman. I think if we had the script of the series along with the casting of the movie we'd all be happy. One performance had elements that we wanted and the other had its elements as well. In the end no, nothing can be perfect, but there have been other books that have been made to come close(The Godfather, The Exorcist, and The Natural to name a few). And, even though the Natural was one of those movies were the ending is different in the book than in the movie IT WAS STILL A GREAT MOVIE! Nothing is perfect to thier original manuscript, but keeping with its essence should not be ignored and that's what I think flatered with the mini-series.

Losing faith rapidly
User ID: 2407344 Apr 4th 8:08 AM
I loved the movie. I made it through 5 minutes of the 'miniseries' and turned off. What, was it reinterpreted since i last looked? Nowhere have i seen Dune listed as 'comedy', and that farce was surely a joke. Of COURSE fans are going to be picky, because that is the nature of Herbert's magic, the precision of his vision. Otherwise, why bother translating a brilliant book to screen?

Money, that's why.

UKGIT
User ID: 9440113 Apr 22nd 2:42 PM
Fans are picky because they are fans. If they didn't give a toss they would not be fans. Perfection is the only thing a fan is willing to accept, regardless of the realities of making a mini series or film. Personally, I thought the mini series blew goats. BIG TIME. The 1980's movie wasn't perfect, but it was better. They could remember simple facts like Jessica has Red hair, not blonde. But they did make up some crap like weirding modules.

Losing Faith, yer preachin' to the converted. Good on ya!

Nora FJ
User ID: 0471064 Apr 22nd 4:37 PM
Is bronze red or gold, I forget???

Nora FJ

Moneo
User ID: 1898874 Apr 23rd 6:58 AM
Something inbetween - like gold, only darker. More brown. Yeah somewhat like the color of the dunes on the little piccy in the top left corner of this site :)

Whatever - that's what Jessica's hair is supposed to look like: bronze.

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Swager on Deck User ID: 9913923	Dec 7th 12:13 AM I think most of the fans are too picky about the two adaptations of Dune. The fans have to face that there is never going to be "a perfect version that has everything." Dune is way way too long to get it all down in four hours let alone two. Six hours was a good length for it though. The trouble is that even if they did get a half billion dollars to do a motion picture, that had everything perfect down to the best detail, it would have to be about six hours long to make a good version. And no body would sit in a theater for that long. Four hours at the very max. So they have to goto a mini series, but the trouble with them is they usually can't get nearly as high a budget. But they can get it long enough for a better adaptation. Yeah it would have been better if it had been totally epic, with massive sweeping battle with thousands upon thousands of extras. If Duncan and Hawat had got there much better true to book deaths (especially Duncan) and I could go on and on. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT'S GOING TO GET. So quit complaining. Love it or don't watch it. Because there's nothing anybody can do about it...
Spoon Man User ID: 1829734	Dec 7th 9:33 AM It never hurts to try. Who knows in another decade we might get another shot at Dune. So why not complain about the probs now and get them out in the open.
Charles User ID: 9941493	Dec 7th 8:30 PM I agree with spoonman. I think if we had the script of the series along with the casting of the movie we'd all be happy. One performance had elements that we wanted and the other had its elements as well. In the end no, nothing can be perfect, but there have been other books that have been made to come close(The Godfather, The Exorcist, and The Natural to name a few). And, even though the Natural was one of those movies were the ending is different in the book than in the movie IT WAS STILL A GREAT MOVIE! Nothing is perfect to thier original manuscript, but keeping with its essence should not be ignored and that's what I think flatered with the mini-series.
Losing faith rapidly User ID: 2407344	Apr 4th 8:08 AM I loved the movie. I made it through 5 minutes of the 'miniseries' and turned off. What, was it reinterpreted since i last looked? Nowhere have i seen Dune listed as 'comedy', and that farce was surely a joke. Of COURSE fans are going to be picky, because that is the nature of Herbert's magic, the precision of his vision. Otherwise, why bother translating a brilliant book to screen? Money, that's why.
UKGIT User ID: 9440113	Apr 22nd 2:42 PM Fans are picky because they are fans. If they didn't give a toss they would not be fans. Perfection is the only thing a fan is willing to accept, regardless of the realities of making a mini series or film. Personally, I thought the mini series blew goats. BIG TIME. The 1980's movie wasn't perfect, but it was better. They could remember simple facts like Jessica has Red hair, not blonde. But they did make up some crap like weirding modules. Losing Faith, yer preachin' to the converted. Good on ya!
Nora FJ User ID: 0471064	Apr 22nd 4:37 PM Is bronze red or gold, I forget??? Nora FJ
Moneo User ID: 1898874	Apr 23rd 6:58 AM Something inbetween - like gold, only darker. More brown. Yeah somewhat like the color of the dunes on the little piccy in the top left corner of this site :) Whatever - that's what Jessica's hair is supposed to look like: bronze.