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Clay via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 4:23 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Clay > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune > > I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through God Emperor, as that tome lays out all the missing background of how the w

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I really like his Bureau of Sabotage short stories. Premised upon government having become too efficient and steamrolling the rights and needs of the common person for the greater good. The Bureau was tasked with implementing speed bumps or eliminations at an inflection point that would cause

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3, 2021 4:23 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Clay > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune > > I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through God > Emperor, as that tome lays out all the missing background of how the worms > work. Dune is pretty much a comme

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"thinking machines" (what we would call AI). -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Clay via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 4:23 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Clay Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through G

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I found it only really begins to make sense after you get through God Emperor, as that tome lays out all the missing background of how the worms work. Dune is pretty much a comment on Iran/Iraq and big oil from 1919-1965 and exploitation by the west. The next books in the series delve into

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ner. 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 Wittneb

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l 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

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...@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

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;>> 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 >> li

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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

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;>>> 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 &g

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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

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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' >

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as 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

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ry 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- >&

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> 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-er

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sed 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 >> Rit

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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 L

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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

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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

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etalk Cc: Kaleb Striplin 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 watc

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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.

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Never heard of Dune, so watched trailer - uggh... Looks like 1984 indoctrination to spice, aka CSF today. It is said that CSF is being mined from human bodies today = weird, too weird. Not much interest as indicated by 6.6 at imdb. tin ___

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Kaleb C. Striplin > Subject: [MBZ] Dune > > Has anyone every figured out what Dune is supposed to be about? > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ &

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The original story was called The Sentinel, the 2001 book was an expanded version of it to go with the movie. Would that Kubrick had made a Dune movie instead of those other later horrible things. The notification I have on my phone when I get a text message is HAL saying “There is a message

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It is a big pile.. of sand Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Has anyone every figured out what Dune is supposed to be about? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

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BTDT.One year in college I lived in an on campus townhouse with 5 other guys. 5 out of 6 of us were film or video students. Pretty much every night was movie night as somebody would be writing a paper about some movie or another. -Curt On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, 10:42:23 AM EDT, Andrew

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Reading these posts is like being enrolled in a college course on film studies. On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 2001 is a fantastic book though, so much of the detail is lost in the > movie.Fun fact, the book was written while they

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2001 is a fantastic book though, so much of the detail is lost in the movie.Fun fact, the book was written while they were making the movie. Some scenes in the book were changed because of early rushes of the movie... -Curt On Monday, July 16, 2018, 9:17:56 PM EDT, Kaleb C. Striplin via

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About three hours, if memory serves. On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 12:37 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The movie is horrible > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The

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The movie is horrible --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > The movie is pretty confused as it doesn't follow the book very well. > > Book is a bit adolescent, but readable. The movie deserves the reviews it > got. >

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The Movie by Lynch is his standard weird 80’s mind F. It only hit the high points of the book and lacked the real meat to be able to grok the story fully. The boys at SciFi channel made some movies that were more coherent. The book Dune is close to a chronicle of middle east exploitation by

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Vermiculture run amok. On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:51 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Oh GOD, an oil thread type > > > clay > > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > 1982 300 SD - Allen > > retired models- > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well

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Oh GOD, an oil thread type clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life

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The movie is pretty confused as it doesn't follow the book very well. Book is a bit adolescent, but readable. The movie deserves the reviews it got. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

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Might have to read the book. I stumbled upon the movie on TV long before I read the book, and was kind of confused. It didn't help that I missed the beginning, so I found Paul and his mom alone in the desert after his dad was killed, and the kid had to fight a guy to the death for reasons not

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Don't bother, it's terrible. I got tired of terrible blackness and weird dialogue in 1976 when Lynch was just starting out. Needs a shrink, bad. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

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I’m not 100% sure I have ever been able to sit thru the entire movie. I have seen bits and pieces. It’s sort of like 2001 in that regard. I had attempted to watch that movie several times and could never make it thru it. I finally was able to then eventually came to think of it as a

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The movie stank, I'm very much un-fond of Lynch. Books were fascinating when I was 14, pretty pedestrian last time I looked. It's about selling sci-fi books to teenagers. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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And what the heck is spice? And I remember something about large worms or something. I think you have to be high in crack cocaine and listing cars on Craigslist to understand it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2018, at 8:02 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > Well it has Captain Picard in

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Well it has Captain Picard in it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2018, at 8:01 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Spice, and water. > > - > Max > Charleston SC > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

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Spice, and water. - Max Charleston SC ___ 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

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No, I see it’s on TV and that is one movie I could never figure out. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2018, at 7:54 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Selling tickets to 60's hippies who are stoned and want a fantasy escape. > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via

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Selling tickets to 60's hippies who are stoned and want a fantasy escape. On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Has anyone every figured out what Dune is supposed to be about? > > Sent from my iPhone > >

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Has anyone every figured out what Dune is supposed to be about? Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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him. > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK Don via > Mercedes > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:19 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: OK Don > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune > > The movie suc

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Little Alicia Witt still scares the feces out of my kid. Sting was entertaining. Kyle McLaughlin can still not shake the type casting clay On Nov 13, 2015, at 6:25 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: > Well, it DOES have Picard in it. > ___ >

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I'd forgotten Lynch was the director. That's the main reason it was so bad, watching a movie he directed is like taking a dozen Quaaludes and hour. I don't think the guy has seen sunlight since 1968. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

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You would need to read the book to understand the movie. If you understood Twin Pines tv show, then this is not far off the weird scale. clay On Nov 13, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Was flipping thru channels and Dune was starting. Did anybody understand this >

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I never watched twin peaks or understood it. I did take a date to that twin peaks movie back in the early 90's and had no clue what was happening in that movie. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 16, 2015, at 4:57 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > You would need to read the

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Yeah, sorry. Twin pines was the no tell motel clay On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > “Twin Pines”? > > Do you mean “Twin Peaks”? > > Confused Dan > > >> On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:57 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: >> >> You would need to read

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Lynch did an odd interpretations. SyFy channel made a good attempt at making it understandable. Jodorosky's Dune would have been eye popping and set your brain on fire. clay On Nov 13, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > You're a generation late for that movie (which

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“Twin Pines”? Do you mean “Twin Peaks”? Confused Dan > On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:57 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > You would need to read the book to understand the movie. If you understood > Twin Pines tv show, then this is not far off the weird scale. > > clay >

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Was flipping thru channels and Dune was starting. Did anybody understand this movie? The only thing I recall is large worms under the ground and something about spice. I never did get into this movie. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

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The movie sucks - read the book. On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Was flipping thru channels and Dune was starting. Did anybody understand > this movie? The only thing I recall is large worms under the ground and > something about

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The tooth, remember the tooth, the tooth. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2015, at 8:51 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > He's saying that the books were great when he was 14 - - - > Yes, you could figure out the books - they made sense, in a Sci-Fi sort of > way. >

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That's right, I had forgot about that. Even William Shatner could not save that movie though. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2015, at 8:25 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Well, it DOES have Picard in it. > ___ >

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Not sure what you mean, I remember seeing that movie when it came out and could not figure it out. Still can't. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > You're a generation late for that movie (which stunk). Books

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If you hadn't read the books, the movie was non-sense. Even if you had read the books, the movie was awful. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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I liked the suits that recycle urine and sweat into drinking water. It actually seems doable using pumping energy from human movement. Watermakers on yachts do this using high pressure pumps, from seawater. Fat boy slim, weapon of choice, underlying refrain: "walk without rhythm, it won't attract

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That movie is so bad it is good, sort of steampunk meets space and excessive use of hallucinogens. Notice the Bene Gesserit and who they look like. The books are great for those who read. --R On 11/13/15 8:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Was flipping thru channels and Dune was

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Sad that Herbert had only the one fine novel in him. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK Don via Mercedes Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:19 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune The movie sucks

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You're a generation late for that movie (which stunk). Books are better, but marginal. They were great when I was 14. The movie was incomprehensible, don't feel bad if it just looks like a bad dream. It pretty much was. Peter ___

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Well, it DOES have Picard in it. ___ 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

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He's saying that the books were great when he was 14 - - - Yes, you could figure out the books - they made sense, in a Sci-Fi sort of way. On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Not sure what you mean, I remember seeing that movie when