Comments on: Dune

By: The Marketing Gap in Green panel at the PSFK Conference London on PSFK

The Marketing Gap in Green panel at the PSFK Conference London on PSFK — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:08:56 +0000

[...] sense for those who follow geopolitics around the globe and is a timely reminder for Sci-fi fans to reread Dune. Lastly Diane used a bleak euphemism for the business of carbon offset trading described as the [...]

By: tante

tante — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:20:04 +0000

the series from 2k is not as bad as the movie but still has the problem that the lack of budget is very visible.
When Paul stands in the desert (which is supposed to cover the whole planet) and you can actually see that he’s standing 50cm in front of a painted desert it just hurts the impression a lot.
The 2000 movies are something for a rainy sunday afternoon: Nothing cool going on anyways so you can watch something without sacrificing anything really neat.

By: numerodix

numerodix — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:49:21 +0000

Too late, ash. It’s indescribably bad. Wikipedia says they had a budget of $45M, that really gives “flushing money down the toilet” a whole new meaning. But there’s also a tv series about Dune, from 2000. That one might be a lot better.

The movie makes me think the director was pissing all over Dune fans, saying “this is what you people like so much? it’s pathetic”.

By: ash

ash — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:28:11 +0000

I read Dune before I played the game (the one before Dune 2000). I can’t remember what the first game was like, except that it was strange. Dune 2000 was great though (and I’m pretty sure it was made by the same people who went on to do Command and Conquer).

I really liked the book, although I can remember very little of it…this post obviously refreshed a lot of memories.
A word of warning though – don’t watch the Dune film. Just don’t.

By: erik

erik — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:23:23 +0000

Sounds very much like this trilogy:

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/aquasilva.htm

I looooooved those books.