Science Fiction

MrModerate

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15. Even accounting for taste, it's hard for me to imagine . . .

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 02:49 AM

Aug 2013

Not loathing every single frame of Lynch's Dune. Especially since it's so obvious that Lynch hated the book himself.

But then again I hate (or at least find unwatchable) just about everything Lynch has ever done — and the only ones I don't hate are the ones I haven't seen.

However, millions (or at least tens) of otherwise rational people luuuuurve Lynch's work, so I guess I have to account for taste whether I want to or not.

The others in your list were OK, with the knock on HGTTG being that it wasn't as funny as any other iteration of Adams' work. I'm also one of those rare birds who didn't hate The Postman, although I admit that it failed to capture Brin's vision (and apparently the interest of the moviegoing public).

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Folks, I think Ender's Game is gonna suck. [View all] sofa king Aug 2013 OP

I guess it's good that I haven't read Ender's Game. kentauros Aug 2013 #1

Fair enough! sofa king Aug 2013 #2

It sounds interesting, and I have heard of Brin. kentauros Aug 2013 #3

You haven't read Dune? Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #4

I liked the SciFi miniseries, too. kentauros Aug 2013 #5

The sci fi miniseries was really quite good. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #13

As I literally cannot read the book, kentauros Aug 2013 #16

Years ago, I had really hoped.... sofa king Aug 2013 #6

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Hee hee! sofa king Aug 2013 #11

The Dune film was very good, IMO. Codeine Aug 2013 #12

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Even accounting for taste, it's hard for me to imagine . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #15

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Did you like the "trick" at the end? sofa king Dec 2013 #23

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