Comment It just won't work... (Score 1) 166
The whole trouble with converting the Dune series into books is this: None of the books stand up particurlarly well to being filmed. They're a great series of books alright, but there's far too much detail in there to come across in a miniseries.
This was what was missing from the new book- the intricate details that you never noticed in Dune because you were so wrapped up in the storyline are missing. Without those the story loses so much of its character. It was the downfall of David Lynch, it'll be the downfall of Brian Herbert, and it'll be the downfall of this miniseries too. So what if they've stuck to the original story more than the movie did? It was Frank Herbert's amazing storytelling that made the Dune books, and those stories retold by others somehow don't seem to have the impact.
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This was what was missing from the new book- the intricate details that you never noticed in Dune because you were so wrapped up in the storyline are missing. Without those the story loses so much of its character. It was the downfall of David Lynch, it'll be the downfall of Brian Herbert, and it'll be the downfall of this miniseries too. So what if they've stuck to the original story more than the movie did? It was Frank Herbert's amazing storytelling that made the Dune books, and those stories retold by others somehow don't seem to have the impact.
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