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Nobby-W said:
Merging with a sandworm and turning yourself into an immortal monstrosity as the only way to save mankind. I get why one might feel the necessity to do this but be unhappy that you have to live with the consequences. No nookie for 3,500 years.
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David Johansen said:
So, there's been a lot of "what was that hand spider thing" well, it's a Teleixu sex toy in a gimp suit and not a pre-teen boy at all and it's there to show the baron is a pervert without having him strangle kittens. I get the decision, really it's probably for the best.
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Endless Flight said:
No, I’m trapped in a sexy world.
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Boy howdy have we ever! ... never mind.
 
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I loved how much emotion there was in Dune.
The Harkonnen's felt perverse, bloated and dim-witted.
The Saudakar felt elite, fanatical and deadly
And the Sandworms felt holy and sacred.
Everything just felt like it was designed to evoke these emotions to give you a better sense of the characters without directly telling you.
 
Tulpa Girl said:
He said he has never been able to find it, and doubts that it really exists.
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That's a bit of an odd stance. Why wouldn't it exist?
Denmark actually is a real country with a real language and translated books.

If you actually bought that book at a final bus/train/tram station in Sweden, you'd be buying Klit at Slutstation.
 
thesheeep said:
That's a bit of an odd stance. Why wouldn't it exist?
Denmark actually is a real country with a real language and translated books.

If you actually bought that book at a final bus/train/tram station in Sweden, you'd be buying Klit at Slutstation.
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The denizens of Slutstation might get a bad rap but IME they’d be just the sort of people to help a hapless enthusiast discover Klit.
 
I am holding off until it concludes. I actually enjoyed the David Lynch film, and not in a big hurry to watch another (I also avoided the mini-series remake). Like two-parter Stephen King's "It", I held off until it was done because I had satisfying memories of the made-for-tv series one with Tim Curry. When I heard "It" part two didn't stick the landing I was happy I never saw the first part. I may be missing something, but I remain with only my happy memories. :shade: :drink: Ahh, refreshing!

:grin: Avoidance, a prophylactic for pop culture disappointment! :thumbsup:
 
opaopajr said:
I am holding off until it concludes. I actually enjoyed the David Lynch film, and not in a big hurry to watch another (I also avoided the mini-series remake). Like two-parter Stephen King's "It", I held off until it was done because I had satisfying memories of the made-for-tv series one with Tim Curry. When I heard "It" part two didn't stick the landing I was happy I never saw the first part. I may be missing something, but I remain with only my happy memories. :shade: :drink: Ahh, refreshing!

:grin: Avoidance, a prophylactic for pop culture disappointment! :thumbsup:
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That's a fair approach. It's not even like a second movie was guaranteed in this case. I somewhat wish I had done the same thing. I was thorughly enjoying the movie, then about half an hour before the end, it sunk in that the story was just going to stop halfway through, and I was going to have to wait years for the next part.
 
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The Butcher said:
Many an enjoyable evening at Slutstation I have spent, with Klit just overhead. I never passed the opportunity to raise my head ever so slightly upward, and give it the attention it deserves.
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I never understood how guys (and probably some women) either don’t care or just don’t want to learn.
 
Baulderstone said:
That's a fair approach. It's not even like a second movie was guaranteed in this case. I somewhat wish I had done the same thing. I was thorughly enjoying the movie, then about half an hour before the end, it sunk in that the story was just going to stop halfway through, and I was going to have to wait years for the next part.
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Yeah, seeing the elation after "It" part 1 and people saying 'they finally got it right' and then the follwing antici...pation, followed by deflation. Well, it didn't look like a fun ride to me. Better to go without for myself. I hope your new Dune completes you whenever it finishes. :smile:

Granted I did the same for just about everything pop culture since after the Star Wars prequels (which don't exist :hehe: ). And I didn't want to see those movies in the theater either. I was blissful at the perfect cycle from 1977 to 1997. :smile: And with that attitude I have had a far more pleasant cinematic experience on average over so many decades than so many fellow fans!

(:hehe: For giggles, my shahada of Star Wars is: "There are no Star Wars films but the three films of the 70s/80s, and West End Games is its RPG. We tolerate the jurisprudence schools of Ewoks flicks, a Christmas Special, and the Ewoks & Droids cartoons of the 1980s. Extended universe books and games up to 128-bit are allowed, yet are Hadith, mere popular sayings.")
 
I don't mind the prequels - as a separate film series. Same with the Hobbit films, but in my mind they're a generic "kitchen sink" fantasy series.

Calling them Star Wars and Tolkien (respectively) just sucks though.
 
I just find my childhood happy 1970s, 80s, 90s film memories sufficient and embraced being selective ever since. It served me well! For example, I ended my Avengers run on a high note with only the first one, and at a midnight theater showing of hardcore fans. :hehe: I somehow knew it couldn't be surpassed for me beyond that (mainly because I am really not the target audience).

But I hope Dune pt2 sticks the landing... AND they stop it there. Doing the later books, especially the son's, seems like 'Danger Will Robinson!'
 
opaopajr said:
But I hope Dune pt2 sticks the landing... AND they stop it there. Doing the later books, especially the son's, seems like 'Danger Will Robinson!'
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The made for TV "Children of Dune" is terrific. Sure, in some places the budget limits are plain to be seen, but it's a remarkably clear and coherent adaptation (given the complexity of the source material) with some very charismatic actors (including a young James McAvoy). I rewatched it a couple of years ago at it's as compelling as ever.
 
Tulpa Girl said:
The Danish translation of Dune:

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I asked the guy at the bookstore about it. He said he has never been able to find it, and doubts that it really exists.
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As a dane, I can assure you all that it exists. Klit is the danish word for a dune. The danish word for sand, is the same as in english. So sand dunes would become sandklitter. Danish has a bunch of words, that can be interpreted in the wrong way like that.
thesheeep thesheeep forgot to mention, that the swedish word for the number six, is sex.
 
opaopajr said:
But I hope Dune pt2 sticks the landing... AND they stop it there. Doing the later books, especially the son's, seems like 'Danger Will Robinson!'
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If you skip Dune Messiah it really is just a white savior narrative. Well, unless you change the ending and Paul dies early and Stilgar kills Feud Ratha and becomes emperor or something.
 
The Butcher said:
Many an enjoyable evening at Slutstation I have spent, with Klit just overhead. I never passed the opportunity to raise my head ever so slightly upward, and give it the attention it deserves.
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Slutstation is always where you end up if you’re just willing to go the extra mile (it just means last stop).
 
David Johansen said:
If you skip Dune Messiah it really is just a white savior narrative. Well, unless you change the ending and Paul dies early and Stilgar kills Feud Ratha and becomes emperor or something.
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Not 'just'

Also, the Fremen save Paul first.

IMO Well worth watching even with the wait for part 2. Same was true of IT , and I enjoyed both films. I also enjoyed Ralph Bakshi's LOTR, and it was instrumental in encouraging me to read the books.

If you need narrative closure, you are missing out on a lot of great stuff.
 
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