Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1m.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihu1m!gadfly From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: How could anybody possibly like Dune? Message-ID: <169@ihu1m.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:13:48 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1m.169 Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:13:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 02:46:46 EST References: <3823@ucbvax.ARPA> <232@looking.UUCP>, <2093@nsc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 21 -- Good question. What a dud, in the sense of some great sets going to waste because of a cast that, as they say in the biz, "phoned in their lines." In the few love scenes there were, the actors seemed totally bored. And all those extras for the storming of the palace--several just stared off into space for most of the sequence. Nice worms though. I can see how people can enjoy Dune--it brings the book to life. But if you liked the movie, you can't have had your imagination in very high gear when reading the book. I place Dune, along with Catch-22, in the catagory of novels too well crafted, too intricate, to defile with celluloid. I purposely avoided Catch-22, and now more than ever hope I never see it. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 21 Dec 84 [1 Nivose An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***