Tyler Trafford wrote:
> Mark Nobles wrote:
>><"broughps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 4, 11:54 am, Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> > http://www.variety.com/VR1117982560.html
>>> >
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>>> they need to do a series with all the original herbert dune books.
>>> they seem to get stuck with the first movie.
>>
>> They have to make a decent version of the first book to justify the
>> sequels. The Sci-fi mini was much better than the '84 movie, but it
>> still didn't do the story justice. It's been a long time, but are there
>> any places in the first book that would allow it to be broken into two
>> or three parts like Lord of the Rings?
>>
>> Part 1 ends with the arrival on Arakis, or maybe when Paul and his
>> mother are lost in the desert. Part 2 is their acceptance into Fremen
>> society and drinking the Water of Life. Part 3 is the revolt of the
>> Fremen and the battle for the empire. Somehow when I look at it that
>> way, it reads a lot like the three good episodes of Star Wars.
>>
>> What do you think, sirs?
>
> The same thing I think every night: "Fremen: The Musical!"
(I am the very model of a modern Sardaukar.)
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Tyler Trafford
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