So what do you think? Do they dream of electric sheep? A friend of mine had some connection to Philip Dick, had a draft manuscript of the book. That was what I read at the time.
The original film was quite a work too! I had always felt a kinship of my occupation with the bladerunner. I was really good at spotting the replicants. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 12:44 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Karl Wittnebel Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune For Sci Fi movies, I saw the Blade Runner sequel last year sometime and actually thought it was pretty well done. On Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 11:06 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yesterday we saw "Beetlejuice" at our local theater, great Halloween > movie... > Anyway there was a trailer for the new Dune movie, it actually didn't look > as terrible as I expected.My in-laws apparently went to see it this > weekend. MIL is working her way though the book, it'll be interesting to > see what they thought. > -Curt > > On Sunday, October 31, 2021, 10:47:21 AM EDT, Peter Frederick via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I read the whole series when it was new, and was disappointed with the > later books. Author bit off more than he could chew, I think. > > Re-reading them a few years ago they came across as very adolescent. > > The original movie was worthless, wrong director and butchered script. > book is way to dense to put into a 2 hr movie, and David Lynch appears to > live in a 1970's "alternative bar" where everything is nearly unlit and the > walls, ceiling, and floor are all painted flat black. Terrible movie > > I'll pass on the new on too I think. > > > On Oct 31, 2021, at 9:39 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > > Many years ago I attempted to watch that movie and couldn’t get past 10 > minutes. The next day took another stab at it and ended up watching the > whole thing but can’t say it made any sense. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Oct 31, 2021, at 9:35 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Never read Dune but it sounds almost like reading “A Clockwork Orange” > where you had to consult the glossary throughout the story to understand > what the various slang terms meant. > >> > >> -D > >> > >>> On Oct 31, 2021, at 9:27 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I’m big into sci-fi but not really this sort of sci-fi. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>>> On Oct 31, 2021, at 7:13 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I read the book a couple months ago, I agree that it's a lot better > than the movie. Definitely a book for sci-fi readers though, could be > difficult if you weren't used to hardcore sci-fi. > >>>> Curt > >>>> > >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 5:51 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Both of your observations match mine. I do > recall being very impressed with > >>>> the book, then disappointed with his following works. The '84 movie > was > >>>> poor. This one certainly needs a middle and end, but I also thought I > needed > >>>> to watch it again. Why don't we have any great contemporary scifi > like we > >>>> used to have? > >>>> > >>>> I once met Ray Bradbury. I told him he was one of my favorite > authors. He > >>>> said I had very good taste. > >>>> > >>>> Greg > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Scott > >>>> Ritchey via Mercedes > >>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 6:22 PM > >>>> To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' > >>>> Cc: Scott Ritchey > >>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune > >>>> > >>>> The new Dune is just as long as the '84 version but ends about a > third of > >>>> the way through the story. It looks like the first episode of a > trilogy or > >>>> mini-series but I see nothing online about follow-on episodes. > >>>> > >>>> I found the book confusing when I first read it back in the '60s but > the > >>>> book has several appendices that explain things. Several times I > stopped > >>>> reading the main story to read the relevant appendix. I think Dune > could be > >>>> a good series (more than 3 episodes) but it is (IMO) foolhardy to try > to > >>>> tell the whole story in a movie. > >>>> > >>>> There were several other sequel and prequel books based on Dune. Some > >>>> better than others. The prequels explained how the Dune-era "world > order" > >>>> came to be. > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > >>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 9:07 PM > >>>> To: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Floyd Thursby > via > >>>> Okietalk <okiet...@okiebenz.com> > >>>> Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > >>>> Subject: [MBZ] Dune > >>>> > >>>> I am currently watching this new Dune movie that I guess is a remake > of the > >>>> 1984 Dune movie. So far it is about a confusing and boring as the > first > >>>> Dune movie. It has been decades since I have seen the original so > maybe I > >>>> need to try to watch it again for comparison. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
