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[s]Peter Berg[/s] Pierre Morel confirmed for re-(re-)make of Dune

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Rizzo:
I found it most weird when he introduced Judeaism in book 6... Huh? How does that even connect?

Otherwise cool. I thought the series ended well. Brian really didn't need to continue it...

morca007:
I will go on record as saying that despite violating every goddamn rule of writing, Frank Herbert created as close to perfect as a book can be in Dune.
I have re-read the first one so many times that i can recite some passages verbatim.

Now, about movie versions:
-The David Lynch movie is lot's of fun as long as you don't relate it to the book at all.
-The Sci-Fi channel one was boring and terrible.

bff:
the sci-fi version was very true to the book, but the Lynch version had MUCH better actors.

MusicScribbles:
At this point I don't think I care about a new movie. If it butchers the book, then that's what it does. The book is still there.
Some of Zerodrone's points ring pretty clearly, but I don't think that's the way the books are written. By not telling you much about this certain piece of culture, it is assumed that it is not important to the story. Either way, it was all a part of creating the illusion of another world, the world inside the pages of Dune. I tend to really enjoy epic storytelling anyway, which is why I can push aside the obvious flaws in certain long-adventure fiction. I also have an infatuation with the authors Zero listed. I love Vonnegut and PKD, but in the end reading is just fun, and Dune has provided escapist fun for many, many people. In this, the book is a masterpiece, but maybe not for any other reasons.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IT IS ALL RELATIVE ASSHOLES.

el_loco_avs:

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--- Quote from: Rizzo on 22 Dec 2007, 22:55 ---Sweet merciful spacechrist you're so incredibly wrong. Now I know opinions can't be wrong but you are, you just are. Lack of explanation? Everything is explained! EVERYTHING. There's an appendix for god's sake. If you don't pick it up from the text you can look it up without even going online.

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The copy I read didn't have an appendix.  And if I have to go outside the book to look up information on what things in the book means, that's a failing.

It has been quite a while since I read it, but I remember the plot pretty well and I seriously do not remember much explanation for what relation the "Orange Catholic church" had to Christianity or Catholicism at all.  I only barely remember there being much exposition in the story proper of the Butlerian Jihad.

But, carry on being a rabid fanboy, that's cool.


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well it kinda works like Tolkien with the appendix. I can imagine feeling lost without it but i think that *not* explaining it in the main text helps immersion and such.
I loved the implication with Orange Catholic that Protestant and Catholics reunited in the future.

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