Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Dune (& Dino) Message-ID: <98@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 00:46:12 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.98 Posted: Mon Dec 3 00:46:12 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 23:45:32 EST References:<146@lems.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.movies:5104 net.sf-lovers:5318 On the other hand, Dino has done the excellent "Ragtime" adaptation (if ANYONE could truly have adapted it), and THE DEAD ZONE, which is one of the most underated movies of last year -- much better than the book. So it looks like a toss-up to me. Oh, Frank Herbert says it's great, but then he also has contracts for the options on the next score of Dune movies, and is in trouble for back taxes in our ol' state of Washington (talk about the White Plague... the Worst Plague is tax people :-) ). Also, he keeps hinting that Lucas plagarized from Dune in the STAR WARS movies. Frank should be so lucky. "Hi. This is God." "Uh-Oh..." Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA