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Tim Hinchliff's avatar

Interesting that Tolkein thought it was so bad.....nobodies perfect!

The first movie completely nailed the mood of the book and they did a great job of the duelling with energy shields. The duelling, that strange mix of the archaic with the futuristic, stuck with me the most. It's a theme reflected throughout the books.

You didn't mention Dune II the computer game, made by Westwood Studios. I had it on my old Amiga 500 and it actually introduced me to the books. The game was a bit of a big deal as well it was the pre-eminent "Real Time Strategy (RTS) Game", from it came the Command and Conquer series that was hugely successful.

A lot of modern games owe a huge favour to Dune, Frank Herberts vision penetrating into the culture both far and wide.

Can't wait for the new one!

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Claire's avatar

The new movie is due out soon I believe? Are you also a George R.R. Martin fan? His characters don't get the "plot armour" that so many others do and I find hard to cope with so many favourites being killed off. But I'm getting to know well now LOTR (and all Tolkien), Dune and Game Of Thrones because of my son's readings (he reads them out loud to me after he's read them). Another of Dom's favourites is Raymond E Feist.

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