(October 7, 2023 at 9:53 am)LinuxGal Wrote:(October 7, 2023 at 9:43 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Sand is sand.
The SyFy miniseries was pretty faithful to the source material, and they covered the first three books. That nothing was filmed on location (entirely CGI) was interesting in its own right, even if the CGI was Babylon Five level stuff. Sarandon really chewed the scenery as Princess Wencesia Corrino. My only quibble was they were asking James McAvoy to play what was, in the book, a nine year old boy.
Frank Herbert's Dune on SciFi is the stick by which I judge all other Dune incarnations. Ian McNiece as Harkonnen spewing couplets is peak nerd for me. Loved the costume design which more than made up for the cheap looking CGI. The longer format allowed proper character development.