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its at least 6 hours of content, so to be done right it either needs a trilogy green light (never happening) or a tv mini series (which wont have the production budget necessary)

id rather have no dune than a shitty dune.

I disagree. I don't think the director's cut was horrible. There were some odd changes in the movie that weren't necessary.

It isn't like the books are overly long. They could make decent movies under 3 hours.

I just think the studios are scared to death to make huge budget films with niche appeal.

The average person will run out to see a comic book film but not necessarily a political intrigue sci-fi movie.

Part of the problem is all of the internal dialogue. That comes off a bit cheesy.

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Posted by jcole4lsu

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Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:03 pm to TigerMyth36

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I don't think the director's cut was horrible

it was what 4+ hours? seemed like it at least. you have to fill in backstory (which takes time to do properly - having virginia madsen do a quick voice over doesnt cut it) to explain how we got to where we are. then, you cant cut out all that internal dialogue, its key to understanding Paul especially.

then of course we have what to do with the Weirding Way

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Posted by Peazey

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Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:05 pm to TigerMyth36

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Part of the problem is all of the internal dialogue. That comes off a bit cheesy.

I think this is one of the main problems with a good movie from the perspective of a fan of the novels. So much of the "action" happens within peoples minds throughout the series. What made the series great were the philosphical and social implications of what happened within people's minds.

As an aside, I did enjoy the original movie, and it is what got me to read the novels because without it I might have never known about them.

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