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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
No, thanks. The first book was good, but it was written as a one-off, not the first in a series. I would only be disappointed.

The film was OK-ish, or would have been if I had seen it in 1985. Seeing it some 30 years later, I was somewhat less impressed. Too long, poor special effects, too arty-farty, too touchy-feely. I remember the book more to the point. Just like the other book/film pair I mentioned before
Also, Lynch was forced to quite cut it out, which actually made him quite mad and disliking the work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(film)#Editing . The editing had, on the one hand, made the movie perhaps more accessible, but, on the other, it's a looong and hard book which is (I would guess?) hard to put on the screen, and this doesn't become any easier if you need to remove about an hour compared to your original plan.

Anyways, I guess we will see another try sometime soon https://omegaunderground.com/2018/03...ves-new-movie/ .

PS: oh, I didn't know that Villeneuve will do it in 2 parts, but it does make sense to me.
 

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