JP- I too enjoyed the movie Dune, as well as reading the Dune trilogy...for those who like sequential books from one author and liked Frank Herbert, there's a big tasty morsel out there!
-DB > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:17:30 -0800 > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Avatar > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > Michael, > > The movie Dune which came out back in the mid-eighties was awesome. I > have never read the book. > > JP > > On Dec 24, 10:23 am, shiplax <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ive always been a fan of the Dune series by Frank Herbert. His > > writings have an ecological undertone and his talent as a writer is > > second to none. The first three novels in the series are probably the > > best and could stand alone, but the next 3 jump thousands of years > > into the future and lose many of the original characters. Now if they > > could make a decent movie that would be great! > > > > Michael Dunn > > > > On Dec 24, 8:49 am, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bob, > > > > > At the risk of exposing how nerdy I might be, I have between 2500 and > > > 3000 science fiction and fantasy books in my collection. Of these there > > > are hundreds that have excellent story lines that could be drawn from to > > > make better movies. Instead directors choose to produce their own pabulum > > > of derivative drivel ignoring the body of work that made the genre > > > popular in the first place. It is a fiction about the ideas that must be > > > richly developed and internally consistent. Ego over quality. Instead > > > they either blow up an enormous amount of stuff or give us soap opera > > > crap with just a hint of futuristic background and call it al science > > > fiction. When they do make a movie based upon a classic science fiction > > > novel, they typically mutilate it beyond recognition and somehow think > > > they are improving it. It can be done well. The Lord of the Rings, > > > while not perfect was excellent. The movie 2010 was good. Others > > > recommended include Blade Runner, Silent Running, A boy ad his Dog to > > > name a few. > > > > > Here are some screen grabs from Avatar: > > > > > Edward Frank > > > > > "Beauty is a summation of the parts working together in such a way that > > > nothing is needed to be added, taken away or altered." Elio Caretti > > > > > avatar01a.JPG > > > 21KViewDownload > > > > > avatar02a.JPG > > > 18KViewDownload > > > > > avatar04a.JPG > > > 15KViewDownload > > > > > avatar05a.JPG > > > 15KViewDownload > > > > > avatar06a.JPG > > > 14KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
