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Posted: 9/10/2010 5:49:21 PM EDT

Excellent.

Had seen it before and would recommend it to anyone searching out a good sci-fi miniseries.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:49:48 PM EDT

[#1]

Spice must flow.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:50:47 PM EDT

[#2]

The books are brutally fine.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:55:18 PM EDT

[#3]

I think I'll get the books... Just a good story.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:56:51 PM EDT

[#4]

The sci-fi channel series? It was ok. I liked the older movie from the '80's.

The book was far better than either of them.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:57:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

The first few books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

Posted: 9/10/2010 5:58:54 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:

The Frank Herbert books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

His son raped the series

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:01:54 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:

The Frank Herbert books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

His son raped the series

You don't like hearing about the life and maniacal plans of a half-man half-annelid drugged out psychic fortune telling space tyrant who keeps cloning his father's best friend over and over and over ?

Oh, that one was written by Frank Herbert too.

Really the only good one was the original book.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:04:04 PM EDT

[#8]

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:07:48 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The Frank Herbert books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

His son raped the series

You don't like hearing about the life and maniacal plans of a half-man half-annelid drugged out psychic fortune telling space tyrant who keeps cloning his father's best friend over and over and over ?

Oh, that one was written by Frank Herbert too.

Really the only good one was the original book.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:11:07 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:

The Frank Herbert books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

His son raped the series

You don't like hearing about the life and maniacal plans of a half-man half-annelid drugged out psychic fortune telling space tyrant who keeps cloning his father's best friend over and over and over ?

Oh, that one was written by Frank Herbert too.

Really the only good one was the original book.

I've heard that. I just downloaded the first book's anniversary edition.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:18:24 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:

The Frank Herbert books are brutally fine.

There I fixed your statement.

His son raped the series

You don't like hearing about the life and maniacal plans of a half-man half-annelid drugged out psychic fortune telling space tyrant who keeps cloning his father's best friend over and over and over ?

Oh, that one was written by Frank Herbert too.

Really the only good one was the original book.

Dune Messiah/Children of Dune are decent...but yeah they start going off the rails at God-Emperor and dont get me started on the stuff his kid and Kevin Anderson put out. I tried a couple of them before I learned my lesson.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:26:21 PM EDT

[#12]

They did "Children" too.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:28:50 PM EDT

[#13]

The TV mini series Dune and Children of Dune were excellent. Plus most of the women in them were SMOKING hot.

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:31:51 PM EDT

[#14]

LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

whoops ........... that was the movie

Posted: 9/10/2010 6:41:06 PM EDT

[#15]

I like the David Lynch film. Extended version fills in a lot of stuff that was left on the cutting room floor in the original.

I was

at the start of the first mini-series but it grew on me once I stopped trying to make it mesh with the books and original film.

Second mini-series was excellent as well.

Re-read the books every few years (I'm overdue).

Read the first book that Herbert's kid did and never bothered with the rest of them.