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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, June 7th, 2009 3:06pm PDT - promote requested by kulpims.

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I think I would enjoy this.

enh... sounded better than it turned out to be...

I liked Dune.

^ Yeah, so did I. And so did Frank Herbert.

I have a fan-made alternate version by a fellow named Spicediver. His re-edit is such a better story! I can't give you a link because when you Google it, you'll see why.

Here's a snippet from the readme...

Neither of the officially released versions of David Lynch's visually amazing 'Dune' are satisfactory. The Theatrical Version was gutted to the point of incomprehension by executive producer Dino De Laurentiis in his quest to make it a two hour edit. The easier-to-follow Extended Version with restored footage was so incompetently put together by MCA TV that Lynch removed his name from the writing and directing credits.

Broadly, my intention with the Alternative Edition is to improve storytelling and flow by preserving the best elements from both official versions of the film while also integrating some newly available deleted scenes. The Alternative Edition is based more on the Extended Version of 'Dune' than ADigitalMan's "Reconstructed Workprint" fanedit (eg. my version uses the male narrator) which makes mine a significantly different take on the film. I have used the 6th and 7th drafts of Lynch's original script as a guide but have also taken my own liberties with the material.

Well that was shit.

Dune the movie was the shiznit. I loved Lynch's vision and the fact that the movie made no sense.

>> ^ShakyJake:
I liked Dune.


ha ha, good joke

I'd have to say that Dune (the movie) wasn't that bad, but the Dune mini-series did a better job with the dense novel.

I didn't get the joke :-/

In mild defense of David Lynch...
* David Lynch is capable of making non-surreal movies and making them very well.... the Elephant Man, The Straight Story... I'm sure Empire Strikes Back would have been great if he did it.
* Lynch got the DGA to allow him to remove his name from the credits from at least one version of Dune. Parts of the movie weren't so great (Sting) but parts were awesome weren't they? Like the Guild Navigators?
* Dune was on the table to be made before Star Wars. I think it was on a commentary I heard people involved say that Tatooine (Skywalker's desert planet) was basically stolen from Dune because the pre-production illustrations of Dune were seen by the folks who did Star Wars... same company I guess. They showed the illustrations and it was kind of surprising.
* This video would have better if they dubbed over Darth Vader the voice of Dennis Hopper saying "mommy mommy, baby wants to fuck" as he huffs on the nitrous tank from Blue Velvet.

Needed more Dennis Hopper. Don't toast to my health, toast to my fuck!

Maybe he should have directed the latter trilogy. Probably would've improved it.

The latter star Wars trilogy were the most disappointing pieces of shite in the history of film making. I walked out of the theater half way through two of them. In comparison, Dune was a fricken' masterpiece. Of course this is only my opinion, and I know some people get hard-ons for all things Star Wars.

I have Dune on blu-ray and the movie makes sense to me after seeing it 4 or 5 times over the years. It's really stirring and unique in a lot of ways. Not having read any Herbert books, I wouldn't change the movie. To me, the movie Dune is all about one thing: scale.