You, my friend, have been called to tribunal. This week's question: which is the cooler weapon: the lightsaber or the weirding module?
Lightsaber. I'm a huge Dune fan, having read the book series at least three times. There was no "Weirding Module" in the books. There was only the Weirding Way. Heresy!
I think that's what's genius about it. I think Lynch took an awesome story and added amazing touches to it. The Weirding Module is my favorite sci-fi weapon. Lightsaber #2.
Dune(the movie not book) is so bad I simply cannot side with it. Besides, as Barns said, a laser sword that can cut through almost anything and that can redirect laser bolts just might be the coolest thing ever. To quote Ben,
Yeah, but Weirding Module can assist in vaporizing your blood. Lightsaber is useless. Honestly, if you don't like Dune, we got beef. The books are great, and I think the film is one of the best interpretations of source material I've ever seen.
Beef away, the movie is rushed, heavy handed, full of holes, leaves non dune readers completely lost, feels like the script was copy/pasted together, and in the end is just brutal to watch. The one and only time I managed to sit through it I was blown away at how awful it is, which is incredibly sad because the source material is very good. The only feasible way I could see anyone enjoying it is because its entertainingly bad, but its not even that. This view is not limited to me as your are one of the very few folks who have said anything good about it.
Did you guys see the 2 Dune Mini-series made for TV a few years ago? IMO they were excellent and much closer to the books. The same actor that plays Professor X in the First Class movies played Paul's son Leto.
Yeah, but you're wrong, Barn. And you've only sat through it once I've seen it a s***load of times. Heavy handed? Did you read the books?
I've seen the Dune movie about 8 times over the years. Some things I really liked about it were the overall atmosphere, a few of the actors, the focus on the spice, and the depiction of the worms. But I do think the story was told in a disjointed way, and some of the dialogue was lame. Baron Harkonnen they turned into a cartoon character, and the Emperor was just laughable.
Harkonnen is one of the most disgusting characters ever! So good! The Emperor (I can't think of him without saying Shaddam IV), really is something of a clueless imbecile, but I think that's part of Lynch's dune. It's politically subversive - as is Herbert's take - but it's subversive in a different way.
