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From: Caro.PA@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Dune Movie Picture Book
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Date: Thu, 6-Sep-84 12:10:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  6 12:10:10 1984
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>>And he (whoever he is) had the nerve to fit in a new device.

This is particularly obnoxious in the face of the Butlerian Jihad!
Where did this device come from?  Ix?

My expectations for the movie are so low that I doubt that I can be
seriously disappointed.  The movie trailer sure looks gee-whiz, but I
can't see that special-effects could replace the intricate plot(s) in
the book.

I did have one expectation, which of course is not fulfilled in the
movie.  I don't know about anyone else, but it seemed to me that Herbert
intentionally gave the Fremen an Arabian (near eastern anyway) motiff.
So why is it that the Fremen in the movie (trailer) look like a bunch of
surfers off of Malibu, wetsuits and all??  Is this an unreasonable
interpretation?

Anyway, my money is on 2010, negative rumours notwithstanding.

Perry

PS
Oh yes, the actor who plays Harkonnen isn't fat enough.