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On 3/6/2024 6:06 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 3/6/2024 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Perhaps a bit off-topic for .written, but I went to see
>> Dune 2 last weekend.  I quite enjoyed it (orders of magnitude
>> better than the the 1984 version with Sting, and better than
>> the 2000 miniseries).
>>
>> It was an adept telling of the second half of the first novel,
>> terminating with the emperor kneeling to Muad'dib.
>>
>> The best part was Paul's first worm-ride (done as a practical
>> effect rather than visual magic), but the rest of the film
>> (aside the modern cinemetographic tendancy to poor contrast
>> and lighting - not as bad as the first film, but still)
>> was excellent.
>>
>> The only sour note was during the previews before the film,
>> one of which I think should not have been made in this time
>> and place, and which I hope bombs at the box office when it
>> premiers.
> 
> Thanks !  My 85 year old Dad and I are going to see it on Friday.
> 
> I am hoping for a complete series.

The director definitely want to do Dune Messiah.

But after that, who knows. Things get weird with
half-worm half human rulers, and gholas.

pt