(the one with Kyle McCaughlan as Paul)... the one beyond the Director's cut... it would have been really hard to follow the story unless you'd read the books. I remember being so disappointed coming out of the theater after seeing it, but realizing how hard it would have been to make a movie from all the Dune books. I remember SciFi channel showing all three versions of the movie... the theatrical release, the director's cut, and the full version all in one day. I reveled in it. The full version would have been too long for the theaters, I guess... it was over 4 hours with commercials. But it did a lot better at explaining what was going on. You didn't have to fill in too much from memory. I actually kind of liked it. A little later after that, they had their own Dune miniseries, and I thought it was actually pretty good.
I was one of those who ate up each of the books as soon as they came out, and then read them over and over again. I was going through my divorce at the time, and it was wonderful to escape into that world for a little while!
I'm getting ready to head out the door for the theater. Hubby's been into the Dune 1 on TNT. Hopefully I won't have to explain too much as Dune 2 is showing! (LOL) He's a bit SciFi freak, but not quite as much as me.
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