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I really hated the movie. I preferred the Mini Series from 2000 from SciFi. The special effects certainly didn't age well but it told the story much better. It
by baldfat 10y ago
I really hated the movie. I preferred the Mini Series from 2000 from SciFi. The special effects certainly didn't age well but it told the story much better.
It would take at least a Hobbit level of production and length of time. I don't ever see that happening. The book is just to large. It would be like movies for Asimov's Foundation Series. (Though the Caves of Steel would be awesome!!!)
- the_af 10y agoI didn't like the 2000 SyFy miniseries at all :( It looked so... cheap and campy. There are plenty of flaws in Lynch's Dune, but it managed to look awesome at times. The meeting between the Emperor and the Navigator is awesome and ominous. Nothing in the SyFy miniseries matches this. And SyFy's Baron Harkonnen manages to look completely non-threatening :( I really hate the miniseries.
- VonGuard 10y agoThose guys in black mopping up after the Navigator just set everything off with a "WTF" quality above and beyond the weird-ass monster thing in the box, right? Love that scene. The whole room is gorgeous, and the various people running around, his generals, the dogs. It's amazing.
- the_af 10y agoYup. So bizarre and cool. Unlike anything I had seen at that point in my life. I guess that's Lynch for you :)
- seehafer 10y ago> I really hate the miniseries. Same here. A good case for why a more a faithful adaptation doesn't make for a better product. You believe in the world Lynch creates. The miniseries, by contrast, is so fake looking and fake feeling that you can't suspend disbelief.
- nikdaheratik 10y agoThe first mini-series was a bit hit-and-miss for me as well. I loved James McAvoy's take on Leto II in the Children of Dune miniseries though. The sci-fi miniseries treated the characters alot better than Lynch's work, but sacrificed the special effects and some of the world building.