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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Which version? The 5 hour 3 part tv adaption was quite well done - the single movie version not so much by comparison.
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Originally Posted by theducks
I was going to ask the same Q,
I had the Movie on Laser disc and it did only fair to the book? (I read the serial version in Analog).
I got the DVD of the mini-series and I agree, a bit better.
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I think the only way you could say the miniseries version of Dune is better than the film is if you are trying to compare their fidelity to the book. And even there, the movie remembered the difference between Muad'Dib and Usul.
Otherwise, there is no way the miniseries bests the film. Casting, production design, acting, directing? Come on, the movie version of Dune does it all better. Plus, David Lynch realized that if you're going to make a movie about a desert world, you probably ought to film in the desert.
I don't hate the miniseries. But better than the film? I don't think so.
I do hold out hope for Denis Villeneuve's take on Dune.