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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
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Subject: Re: Frank Herbert
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 12:27:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 12:27:22 1985
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> -=-
> 
> In article <692@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes:
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> >> While we're on the subject, I lost all respect for Frank Herbert after he
> >> told us that the movie they made of _Dune_ was faithful to the book.
> >> 
> >> 					Tommy Phillips
> >
> Possibly he *is* a better judge, or at least a bit more honest about it...
> After all, it's Herbert, not Tommy, who is going to clean up big bills if the 
> same pack of fools try to film "Dune Messiah" and "Children of Dune."  Of
> course he's going to praise it.  Besides which he was a technical
> consultant (or something) on the project:  if they boobed it, he's as much
> to blame as anyone.  
> 
Well, actually, I've heard Herbert since the movie came out and he
sounded distinctly less than thrilled.  It seems that his earlier
raves were based on the rough cut of the movie, rather than the
final version.  Apparently, there was a lot deleted.  He seemed
to think that a mini-series would have made a better vehicle.
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					--rick heli
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