jab@uokvax.UUCP (12/19/84)
This probably belongs in both "net.movies" and here, but I think it's probably more appropriate here. I am the kind of person who puts off a book that everyone recommends because, well, everyone recommends it. A good example of this is that I read "Lord of the Rings" last Spring, because before then I was always surrounded by people who were such Tolkein fans that they tried to speak Elvish. Same thing for "Time Enough for Love" and "Foundation". (All fine books, ditch the fanatics somewhere and read the books.) I promised myself that I "would read 'Dune' before seeing the movie." It wasn't because I had heard that the movie was "better/worse than the book," but that it was "different." ***** DO IT: READ 'DUNE' BEFORE SEEING THE MOVIE. ***** Why? Because, like the movie or not, you'll understand almost none of it without knowing the background of the book. Period. (The movie lacks any sense of suspense anyhow, so it's not like the book will spoil the movie. My $4.50 was spent, in my opinion, to go see the worms.) Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL
ndd@duke.UUCP (Ned Danieley) (12/27/84)
[] And then skip the movie. Ned Danieley duke!ndd