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Comment on Does the World Need a New Dune Movie? by Andy

Andy — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:07:39 +0000

One advantage Jackson had was that he didn’t have to compete visually with an earlier adaptation (the cartoons don’t really merit comparison).

A new Dune movie could very well surpass Lynch’s in storytelling, but I’ll be surprised if it can equal it in style.

Comment on Does the World Need a New Dune Movie? by Amn Cole

Amn Cole — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:03 +0000

A new Dune Movie? It could be a great movie, IF the filmakers pay extreme attention to the details in the book. But I don’t see that happeneing. I don’t expect it to be as good a rendition as Jackson’s LOTR movies. But I’m a hardcore Dune fan and have re-read the novels as well, of course I’m going to see it.

Comment on Does the World Need a New Dune Movie? by Andy

Andy — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:34:07 +0000

The best kind of trainwreck, like a gothic industrial vision.

Will bump them further down the reading list accordingly.

Thanks for stopping by.

Comment on Does the World Need a New Dune Movie? by PFish

PFish — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:18:53 +0000

Hrm. If you think Lynch’s Dune was a trainwreck, perhaps you better not read the new books. I read the first two or three–I forget, but I’m pretty certain I chucked one of the books across the room at some point.

Penny Arcade made a pretty pointed comic about it even. If’n you love the books, stop with Frank’s.

Comment on Fantasy & Science Fiction: June 2007 by Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:38 +0000

Thanks. My own tastes often do run to the mainstream. I’m a populist as long as what’s popular is what I like. Otherwise the world is full of fools. As for F&SF, most of the stories I dislike are the ones that turn tricks in a literary sense–they pull high-brow stunts but forget to tell a worthwhile story. I’m finding fewer of those than I once thought I would.

Comment on Fantasy & Science Fiction: June 2007 by Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:42:04 +0000

Haven’t read F & SF Magazine for awhile and it sounds like that’s been my loss. Perhaps it’s always seemed a bit mainstream and tame for my tastes, not enough fiction showing innovation, stylistic and thematic breaks with tradition. Might give it another chance, somewhere down the road. Good post, thoughtful comments and critiques of the prose…

Comment on I’m a WotF finalist! by Chris Owens

Chris Owens — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:10:35 +0000

Hi,

I feel the same way. It was much hard work. But when I went back to reread it last week, I could have gagged. Of course, after going through the story dozens of times, revising, proofing, ect–I’m SICK of reading it. I only got a couple of pages before I had to stop. ‘Appallingly mediocre’ sums it up perfectly.

Best wishes!
Chris

Comment on Fantasy & Science Fiction: March 2007 by Andy

Andy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:42:09 +0000

As always, I won’t review the magazine in-depth, just hit the highlights.