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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies Subject: Re: Dune 2 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 10:28:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: <uscmfk$1422v$2@dont-email.me> References: <Fe2GN.530759$xHn7.63978@fx14.iad> <usasu1$lmh9$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 15:28:52 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c07e968072904e55a676d29274d09541"; logging-data="1181791"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182ZAZZfXBR7uy2gX4A7ZDk7+8IRsj2m50=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:bbwG1v7p1oMUcpxHhvmjG5ctZqY= In-Reply-To: <usasu1$lmh9$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2206 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