On Apr 4, 11:58 pm, Mark Nobles <cmn-nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <"broug...@[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?
i'm not sure there is a good place to break up the first book. they
could however do like they did with "the lord of the rings" and make
each book into a 3 to 4 hour movie.
scifi didn't do too bad but they tried to combine dune messiah and
children of dune. too much story for only 4 hours of tv.
Penni
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