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I’m sure there were a few things changed, beyond an obvious and not particularly important gender change. But I didn’t notice anything that diverged in importan

I’m sure there were a few things changed, beyond an obvious and not particularly important gender change. But I didn’t notice anything that diverged in important ways from my last, rather obsessive, re-read. That was more than a decade ago for me, too, though. I just finished watching it and it struck me as the most faithful rendering of what I believe Frank Herbert’s vision was of any of the dramatic creations over the decades. I really, really, really hope they get to make part 2.

johnchristopher 5y ago
I am on the other side. I found the movie was a faithful rendering. But I was bored. I wish someone will at some piont make a free adaptation, like romeo+juliet, romeo must die, the 2009 BBC version of Hamlet, etc. were. Gang wars with Oakland police brutality with climate eco terrorists and Indians in reserve and a mad voodoo cult or something and a mind destroying drug/device à la a scanner darkly that gives people ability to foresee things (edit: told from the perspective of a Irulan the freelance social worker). Or maybe a 16th/17h pirate movie with European powers and full blown mysticism at the foreground. The same story but with a very different spin. I like remixes :). Great movie, not my taste. Hope they can do part 2 for people who enjoyed it :). You can guess I rather like the other thing, Foundation the TV show. Wish the they can pull it off and have time and resources to get their vision on screens.
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int_19h 5y ago
It depends on how you define "important". IMO, with all the things they've cut - such as Jessica visiting the greenhouse, or Leto's banquet just before the Harkonnen invasion - it's harder to understand why the characters are doing the things that they do (e.g. why the Fremen became more friendly to Leto and Paul).

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I’m sure there were a few things changed, beyond an obvious and not particularly important gender change. But I didn’t notice anything that diverged in importan

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johnchristopher 5y ago
I am on the other side. I found the movie was a faithful rendering. But I was bored. I wish someone will at some piont make a free adaptation, like romeo+juliet, romeo must die, the 2009 BBC version of Hamlet, etc. were. Gang wars with Oakland police brutality with climate eco terrorists and Indians in reserve and a mad voodoo cult or something and a mind destroying drug/device à la a scanner darkly that gives people ability to foresee things (edit: told from the perspective of a Irulan the freelance social worker). Or maybe a 16th/17h pirate movie with European powers and full blown mysticism at the foreground. The same story but with a very different spin. I like remixes :). Great movie, not my taste. Hope they can do part 2 for people who enjoyed it :). You can guess I rather like the other thing, Foundation the TV show. Wish the they can pull it off and have time and resources to get their vision on screens.
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int_19h 5y ago
It depends on how you define "important". IMO, with all the things they've cut - such as Jessica visiting the greenhouse, or Leto's banquet just before the Harkonnen invasion - it's harder to understand why the characters are doing the things that they do (e.g. why the Fremen became more friendly to Leto and Paul).