The effects and machines didn't follow the book at all. The costumes made the characters look like they were in a circus side show. The acting was horrid. They tended to cut short the really interesting scenes like the battle for Arraken. The only good thing I have to say for it is that it did a better job of following the chain of events than the David Lynch version, but I'll take the Lynch version any day: at least there they had good acting, believable costumes, and ships and effects that were more true to the story and far more realistic.
I've also been a huge Dune fan, to the extend that despite the lack of sustance to Dune: House Atreides, I still liked it. House Harkonnen however, just wore on me: They never stuck with one story line long enough to get much depth. Core points in the Dune story were also needlessly and seemingly endlessly repeated. It finally got to the point where after getting 3/4 of the way through the book, I just put it down and haven't picked it up since. All the short little chapters are in themselves predictable; there are no real suprises, nothing that requires much of any thought. I meet Brien Herbert at a book reading/signing a couple weeks ago, and in person he's much the same to listen to as he is to read. Will I buy the third book when it comes out? Probably only for the purpose of having the full set.
By not voting, you're opinion isn't heard in the arena that politicians really listen to. Granted that in a presidential election, you have a choice of two evils, but there is almost always (and definitly is this year) a lesser evil. Don't get me wrong, a system like the US government, were it a business, would have gone bankrupt long ago. On the other hand, we can vote against the people who will make it worse than it is by their own shortsightedness. Not voting accomplishes a fool (Bush) being elected. Don't even consider voting for Nader or one of the other candidates: They have no chance of winning, and are only taking away votes from the person who would cause the least damage.
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Um, read the update on the article you linked to.
The effects and machines didn't follow the book at all. The costumes made the characters look like they were in a circus side show. The acting was horrid. They tended to cut short the really interesting scenes like the battle for Arraken. The only good thing I have to say for it is that it did a better job of following the chain of events than the David Lynch version, but I'll take the Lynch version any day: at least there they had good acting, believable costumes, and ships and effects that were more true to the story and far more realistic.
I've also been a huge Dune fan, to the extend that despite the lack of sustance to Dune: House Atreides, I still liked it. House Harkonnen however, just wore on me: They never stuck with one story line long enough to get much depth. Core points in the Dune story were also needlessly and seemingly endlessly repeated. It finally got to the point where after getting 3/4 of the way through the book, I just put it down and haven't picked it up since. All the short little chapters are in themselves predictable; there are no real suprises, nothing that requires much of any thought. I meet Brien Herbert at a book reading/signing a couple weeks ago, and in person he's much the same to listen to as he is to read. Will I buy the third book when it comes out? Probably only for the purpose of having the full set.
By not voting, you're opinion isn't heard in the arena that politicians really listen to. Granted that in a presidential election, you have a choice of two evils, but there is almost always (and definitly is this year) a lesser evil. Don't get me wrong, a system like the US government, were it a business, would have gone bankrupt long ago. On the other hand, we can vote against the people who will make it worse than it is by their own shortsightedness. Not voting accomplishes a fool (Bush) being elected. Don't even consider voting for Nader or one of the other candidates: They have no chance of winning, and are only taking away votes from the person who would cause the least damage.