Frank Herbert's Dune was a three-part miniseries that was released in 2000. The author watched the show when he was a college graduate.
The sci-fi channel was a big deal back in the day according to Khanna. There was a time when there was a lot of nerd stuff. In a way, it was like, 'This is for us.'
Frank Herbert's Dune was an ambitious project for the network. One of the channel's highest-rated programs won an award for special effects. The show's production values won't impress modern audiences. She has a recollection of a scene where Jessica and Paul are running away from the ornithopters, and they are in front of a green screen. It was similar to a play being filmed. It was a play that someone pointed a camera at.
David Barr Kirtley, host of Geek's Guide to theGalaxy agrees that the show has its problems, but he enjoyed a scene in which Princess Irulan, a minor character in the novel who was completely omitted from the recent film, was mentioned. Dune is a combination of Lawrence of Arabia and space opera court intrigue. The two elements are present. The space opera court intrigue is more interesting to me. The space opera court intrigue was continued through the whole story by Irulan.
The quality of the underlying material shines through no matter what. He liked the way the series captured the texture of the novel. He loves the film, but it is very frenetic. The series took a long time to tell the story, and I respected that.
You can listen to the entire interview in Episode 515 of Geek's Guide to the GALAXY. Some highlights from the discussion can be found below.
Frank Herbert wrote the book Dune vs. Dune.
The Lynch version looks like a movie that was delivered by the hand of God, while the Villeneuve version looks like a movie that was delivered by someone else. TheLynch version is a terrible movie, but I will never stop watching it. It is a bad movie but it is compelling. I watch it because it's a spectacle. Is this the case? I don't want to watch this again. Are you able to see the difference? There's a lot going on in theLynch version. I would never watch this again because I am a Dune fanatic.
Matthew is a special effects artist.
There were a few places where they didn't do a paint job, they just used a backdrop behind the actors. Maybe they didn't have the money for a painting but they had green screens. We are spoiled by the special effects. Everything looks real. It's perfect. We forget that it was difficult to achieve. The original Star Wars, which had a huge budget, is a good example of a model. You can see it on the close up shots.
Frank Herbert wrote Dune vs. Dune.
The movie doesn't give an explanation. What do you think abouttats? Don't fret about it. What about guild navigators? Don't worry about it. The focus is on telling a compelling character story. The miniseries tries to explain a lot more of the world-building, and that is really bad in a lot of ways, but I feel like if you watch this you actually know more about the world and what happens in the book.
The adaptation is being done by Rajan Khanna.
Being faithful to a book can be a trap if you end up with a box-checking exercise and not much life. Cut things out of all the great adaptions. The adaptation of Lord of the Rings is considered an amazing one. Someone always says, "Tom Bombadil!" You have to make those decisions. Being faithful but also being flat is an example of being flat. I don't recommend this for anyone other than Dune historians.
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