Dune

[bornl33t]

I agree with shartly, I think the new one is more for a new generation, personaly I'm finding very few movies I like recently, what ever happened to the SCRIPT? why is everything special effects?

Back to the future
Edward with scissor hands
Dune
the "Old" star trek
star wars
my girl
rocketeer

you youngins don't know a good movie from special effects
and that's coming from a 22 year old

[Minimag4me]

im very picky, i have to disagree though i like all of those movies u mentioned except startrek(never really watched it just didnt like the concept), and dune(because there is a longer more in depth one and the stupid sound things)

ps-the new dune has crap special effects(look at the fake mouse) it just followed the book more and i love the book

[Low Down]

I've read the series and think the books are awesome.

As far as the movies go i like the first one. why? I saw it in the movie theater and they handed out little booklets that explained the things that were going on behind the scenes.

All my friends who haven't read the books and didn't see it in the theaters think it's stupid and i can't really blame them. It's really hard to follow if you don't already know what's going on.

[Minimag4me]

my friends think its stupid too

the cool thing is once you get whats going on you will fall in love(not really but you get what im trying to say) and want more

[shartley]

A lot of things are like that (stupid until you know what is going on). I know many times my wife and kids have come in on the middle of movies (older ones... even back to Black and White) and thought they were stupid. But I would then make them watch it from the beginning and it is amazing how they get interested in the characters and what is actually happening.

If people like interesting plots, and twists of thinking, they might like to check out the Thomas Covenent Chronicles by Stephen R. Donaldson.

<img src="http://members.aol.com/WrldofFant/donald1.gif">
<b>THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENENT, THE UNBELIEVER</b>

Book 1: Lord Foul's Bane
Book 2: The Illearth War
Book 3: The Power That Preserves

<b>THE SECOND CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENENT, THE UNBELIEVER</b>

Book 1: The Wounded Land
Book 2: The One Tree
Book 3: White Gold Wielder

<b>MORDANT'S NEEDS</b>

Book 1: The Mirror of Her Dreams
Book 2: A Man Rides Through

"In terms of quality and significance, the work of Stephen Donaldson has been compared to the "Narnia" series of C.S. Lewis, the "Middle-Earth" stories of J.R.R. Tolkien, and Frank Herbert's "Dune" trilogy." - Ballantine Books

I did not find them challenging to read, but they were so well written and interesting that it DID make it hard to put them down. You get so involved with the character that you want to see what he will do next. He is not the classic "do no wrong" character, and in fact really messes up... after all he does not believe anything is actually real. Needless to say, he REALLY messes up at times, he is the perfect "real" character.

Just thought some of you would would like to take a read...

[Low Down]

I read The Real Story. it was just a bit too cynical for me. i work with too many people who believe that being a decent person is a handicap. i like to get away from that when i read.

[Minimag4me]

there is just something about the book, i sometimes have to stop reading just to take in the awesomeness of what is happening, i love that, i dont know how im going to like the convert from Muad dib to his children

[Slapp]

I think I read all of em years ago and enjoyed them alot. The series gets sort of stranger and stranger as it goes along and I think later books in the series were less interesting than the first couple.

If you like that series you should hook up with Issac Asimov's Foundation series as well. Those were good too.

Enjoy!