Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site calmasd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!cjn From: cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Having Dune by Halving Dune Message-ID: <237@calmasd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 03:42:30 EST Article-I.D.: calmasd.237 Posted: Sat Jan 12 03:42:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 04:00:11 EST References:Reply-To: cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) Distribution: net Organization: Calma Company, San Diego, CA Lines: 36 Summary: Save Chani. Paul has got to have some kind of interest other than power. Of course if you save Chani the princess should stay also. On the other hand you have a point about the Emperor. His Highness was so totally unimpressive that I wouldn't have missed him at all. (Where in Dune did it say that he was a puppet of the Spacing Guild?) Following him into the sink are Gurney and Duncan. Their parts were so miniscule and unimportant that I almost missed Duncan's last stand (I didn't realize what was going on until after someone else said "Oh, that was Duncan.") On the gadget side, the person who thought of the weirding modules should be executed by them. Slowly. They removed almost all of the importance of the Fremen; essentially they became convient warm bodies for Paul's neat new guns. _Dune_ was essentially about a battle; at least give the battle some kind of flavor. Ten seconds could be spent on the Saudaukar to at least give everyone an idea of why they were so feared. I don't think we needed to see Paul training on Caladan. Toss the spice harvester's destruction and rescue of the crew. Agreed, the Shadout Mapes wasn't necessary. Good effects when the Guild navigtor moved the 'liner, but totally worthless to the plot. There must be a better way to get background information to the audience than the intro they used. The rain at the end was mindless. Get rid of that scene right away. In short: less special effects, more character development and plot. Parting shot: I didn't like the way they handled the sandworms. I was impressed, but I wanted more. I wanted to see a greater size difference between run of the mill worms, the worm that Paul rode, and the worms at the end. I also couldn't stand the dialog. It sounded like a bad gothic novel. Because of that, and the shortness of everything, I hated the movie. I still have hopes that with the cut material it could be salvaged. Cheryl Nemeth All opinions are my own...