# Woohoo. I just ordered Dune. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205 "2001-02-05T14:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/1 "2001-02-05T14:49:07Z")
Not having a VCR, I’ve been unable to rent or buy the Dune remake. It’s being released on DVD March 20, and Amazon has it on preorder for $17.49. Life is good. Sorry if this info’s been posted already. I may have just missed it. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/2 "2001-02-05T15:22:57Z")
This little thread looked lonely down on the bottom of page one, so I felt pity and decided to post to it. But… Dune blew. The rain storm at the end destoyed my good feelings about Sting, the visuals, and the inter-house intrigue. I also felt it did a diservice to Frank Herbert’s novel. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/3 "2001-02-05T15:44:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\*This little thread looked lonely down on the bottom of page one, so I felt pity and decided to post to it. > > But… > > Dune blew. The rain storm at the end destoyed my good feelings about Sting, the visuals, and the inter-house intrigue. I also felt it did a diservice to Frank Herbert’s novel. \*\* **Chief** , that’s the original… remake was on Sci-Fi in December. Still not even CLOSE to the greatness of Herbert’s novel, but also not the abomination that the first movie was. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/4 "2001-02-05T17:24:05Z")
That’s so cool! I just bought a DVD player this weekend, too! First DVD bought - **Contact** By the by, I really liked the Sci-Fi channels version of **Dune**. Still not the book, but hey, whatchgonnado? ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/5 "2001-02-05T18:41:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andyman \* > **First DVD bought - Contact** On purpose? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/6 "2001-02-05T19:12:33Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/7 "2001-02-05T23:49:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aglarond \* > \*\*Not having a VCR, I’ve been unable to rent or buy the Dune remake. It’s being released on DVD March 20, and Amazon has it on preorder for $17.49. Life is good. > > Sorry if this info’s been posted already. I may have just missed it. \*\* Excellent! E-mail **Chef Troy** and arrange an all-day Dopefest at his place to watch the whole thing! I’ll chip in for pizza and drinks. * * * Pete Long time RGMWer and ardent AOLer ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/8 "2001-02-06T13:32:32Z")
I’m not sure if Chef will be up for another Dopefest at his place. I’m fairly certain he’s had enough. 🙂 Depending on how many people there are, I could probably pull something off at my place, but we’ll just have to wait and see. We’ll start a thread on it in March. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/9 "2001-02-06T13:44:05Z")
::Nose thrust up in the air:: Well, I never. Some of us don’t have hoity-toity cable company’s that offer the sci-fi channel. ::Harumph:: Dune, _the movie_, still sucks Harkonnen dingle berries. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/10 "2001-02-06T14:09:09Z")
The original movie made of the novel Dune, by David Lynch, did indeed suck. Props to **ChiefScott** for pointing this out. But the novel itself also blew. I think it’s the most overpraised book in science fiction. I’ve heard the SciFi Channel’s miniseries was good. Even friends who also didn’t like the novel, liked the miniseries. Unfortunately, I don’t have cable. The movie Contact sucked also. Be ashamed of yo’se’f, **andyman**! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/11 "2001-02-06T15:55:24Z")
Thanks to Agrolands’ heads up, I too have ordered _Dune_. I thought that maybe I could have borrowed it from him, but thought twice when I realized that I still the tape of _Barefoot in the Park_ that I borrowed from my friend Tom about 6 years ago. I suppose that I could potentially host a small Dopefest to screen _Dune_ but it would have to be small since I doubt that I could comfortably have more than 8-10 people, and would include a few people sitting on the relatively uncomfortable kitchen chairs. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/12 "2001-02-06T21:37:48Z")
:o 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/13 "2001-02-06T23:09:27Z")
Listen up. You people all suck. Just because a movie doesn’t live up to a book doesn’t mean it blows goats or anything. Name me three movies that ever lived up to the books. They can’t. I’m sick of you punk-ass-wannabe-film-critic-elitists (_especially for Sci-Fi_, sheesh! You nerds!) harping on good films like **Dune** , just because they didn’t live up to your expectations. **Dune** (the original) was a damn good movie which, in large part, and considering its time constraints, stayed true to the book. I even liked the wierding modules, so nyah! Bastards. Anyway, I’m looking forward to buying that DVD, since I never got to see it (as our shitty cable company doesn’t carry the Sci-Fi channel). Oh yeah, and **Five** , puhlease! I agree that sometimes the book is overpraised (especially the se/pre-quels), but it’s a damn good book nonetheless and it certainly does not “blow”! ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/14 "2001-02-06T23:26:52Z")
The $7.50 that I dropped into the pockets of _Dune_’s producers bought me the right to say the flick blows. Welcome to America, **Demo**. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/15 "2001-02-07T01:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > **Listen up. You people all suck. Just because a movie doesn’t live up to a book doesn’t mean it blows goats or anything. Name me three movies that ever lived up to the books. They can’t. I’m sick of you punk-ass-wannabe-film-critic-elitists (_especially for Sci-Fi_, sheesh! You nerds!) harping on good films like Dune, just because they didn’t live up to your expectations. Dune(the original) was a damn good movie which, in large part, and considering its time constraints, stayed true to the book. I even liked the wierding modules, so nyah! Bastards.** When it comes to **Dune** , I saw the movie long before I ever read the book and I still think it sucked royally six ways to Sunday. \ But that aside, I like it when a movie that is supposed to be made from a book remains as true as possible. The second **Dune** was much truer to the novel, and it didn’t have the namby-pamby ending that the first one did (effectively squelching any possibility of making any of the subsequent books into movies - and now that I think about that, maybe this is a good thing! 🙂 ) Movies like **Starship Troopers** are the ultimate abomination when it comes to books-to-film (the movie itself wasn’t bad, but it should more rightly have been called **Bug Mutants from Outer Space** rather than dishonoring RAH with this hornswoggle.) Movies like **Simon Birch** have my ultimate respect because the author/producer/anyone else involved had the sense to realize that it WASN’T the book that inspired it (in this case, the wonderful John Irving classic **A Prayer for Owen Meany** ) and made appropriate name changes, and just having a simple notation of “Inspired by” All I’m saying is that if you’re making a movie from a book, stay as true to form as possible, and don’t screw up the ultimate message. \ Thank you for your time. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/16 "2001-02-07T01:33:09Z")
We could have it at my house. It’s not as roomy as Chef Troy’s but I could probably host a gathering at some point. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/17 "2001-02-07T02:37:00Z")
It’s now 9:36 on the East Coast and – surprise, surprise – _Dune_ (the original movie) **still** sucks dead donkey dick! ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/18 "2001-02-07T04:57:15Z")
**Democritus** : > [@](#): > > Oh yeah, and **Five** , puhlease! I agree that sometimes the book is overpraised (especially the se/pre-quels), but it’s a damn good book nonetheless and it certainly does not “blow”! Okay, you’re right, mea culpa, the first **Dune** book did not blow. It was okay. But the sequels most certainly did blow. And suck. I must stand my ground on this point. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/19 "2001-02-07T08:09:15Z")
The VHS tape of the mini-series Dune" also blows, in that it is squeezed onto one cassette in the SLP mode. I bought it only because I don’t have cable and therefore didn’t see it when it aired in December, and am glad to hear the DVD is on pre-order. There is a promo for the DVD on the tape, and it looks to include some nice interviews with Hurt and others. Sir ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205/20 "2001-02-08T13:50:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grace \* > \*\*We could have it at my house. It’s not as roomy as Chef Troy’s but I could probably host a gathering at some point. \*\* Party at Grace’s in March/April! We haven’t had a Dopefest in a while. This will be a good chance. We’re all going to hold you to this. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-ordered-dune/53205.md?page=2)