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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm not a believer in the idea that bad sequels can "tarnish" earlier great works. Good is good. Similar to how I don't understand people who say a movie adaptation "ruined" their favorite book. A later failure cannot go back in time and spoil your original/initial enjoyment of something.
You can't unring the bell. Dune's (the original) quality is the same whether someone read it before there were sequels or after.
I'm never disappointed that I read something I really enjoyed--even if it runs off the rails later or never gets finished.
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Sorry, even though I said it, I do agree with you. I also don't like people bitching about remakes. The original is always there (unless the original was made by George Lucas
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I just meant that someone looking at Star Wars now will see it as a whole media empire, making it harder to understand just what a landmark the original flick is. Same for the novel Dune.