peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (09/13/85)
> While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he > told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book. Well, the parts of the book they actually included in the movie were pretty faithful to it, as long as you ignore the hood-less stillsuits. In fact this was the real problem with the movie... it would have been better had they gotten a competant screenwriter to change scenes (though not events) to match the medium. Harlan Ellison would have been perfect. Then maybe they could have included the whole story in outline instead of a couple of threads of it in painstaking detail.
gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) (09/24/85)
-- > While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he > told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book. One theory (that I believe probable) is that Herbert never wrote "Dune", though he probably did write the silly sequels, which show an otherwise inexplicable lapse in quality. Perhaps he bought the original MS, or won it in a high-stakes poker game. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 24 Sep 85 [3 Vendemiaire An CXCIV] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7753 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***
ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu) (09/26/85)
[...] > While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he > told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book. > The movie that was filmed WAS pretty close to the book. If you have seen the book _The Making of Dune_, you will see that they shot many of the missing scenes and shot some scenes correctly. Somewhere between the filming and the editing, the movie was ruined. Perhaps someone can collect all of the film clips and re-edit into a half way decent movie, or TV mini-series of something. --kevin chu ..ucbvax!ucdavis!vega!ccs020 /ex
coatta@utcsri.UUCP (Terry Coatta) (10/04/85)
I had heard that the raw film from DUNE was going to be turned into a 4-6 hour miniseries for TV, to be released in 1987. This version (depending on how much it is made FOR tv) may be much better than the movie due to its larger size.