Berg Confirmed for DUNE

Good!
I must have read "DUNE" countless times as a young teenager. I remember being all excited when the film was being made and I cut school to be on line for the first showing on opening day. What an absolute letdown david Lynch's film was... sure it had some beautiful innovative sets, but the story was bastardized. A great book was ruined for the next generation of readers.

The Sci-fi channel production was low budget and had wooden acting, but kept much more to the story.

I look forward to a new DUNE film... and hopefully erasing the memory of the David Lynch version.

We don't need this. I liked the first movie. The first mini did the book justice. Another big screen movie will have to either cut alot of material or will have to be 3-4 hours long. And I don't think current movie audiences will go see it if it is that long. Not for Dune anyway.

We really don't need another Dune or chapter in Dune. First one rocked and will never be upped.

Berg is a pedestrian director, no different than the plethora of other directors hatched of the who cares contingent of the DGA. This isn't good news, this is corporate welfare for a so-so director!!!

Anyone old enough to appreciate the original Dune is not in the fan base this remake is being made for. They know you will either see it after the buzz catches you or on DVD one way or the other.

These remakes of Classics are actually done by visionaries who loved the original films and always wanted to see them with better special effects etc, so that today's generations can see it for the first time and love it.

I like Berg's work so far, but this is a new genre for him. I'd like to see what he turns out. I'm also hoping that they make it in two parts, I think that's probably the best way so as not to have to sacrifice too much story for time's sake.

I must admit first time I saw the movie Dune, I though it was boring and way too long for me. I was a young kid who at the time loved Star Wars and loved science-fiction so logically, I gave that movie a chance and I never really got into Dune that much.

I kind of feel that this movie is done for fans of Dune but, for the people who didn't like the first one, they are probably will not be interested in another one so I kind of see this movie as failing to get in new people and be interested in it.

It's all about opinions but, so many movies now are being re-done for ''future generations'', not too sure if it's the right way to go.

I love the original movie with all its quirks and Lynchian oddbits. The sets,costuming, and music immediately draw me into that world, whenever I chance upon it on cable. I mostly enjoyed the mini-series because it could expand upon what could be adapted from the book. Though as stated above, it does have a more low budget look to it.
I'm not to sure about another theatrical version. Not because it would be a remake. Unlike re-doing a completely made for the movies production like Halloween which was solely done for profit, new adaptations of books or plays can always bring new and different nuances, especially if the filmmaker has a great passion for it. And it looks as though Berg has it.
I'm not sure about it because I don't think the general movie audience is clamoring for another version of it. They barely know of the first 2 versions of it, let alone the book series. Still, I'll be in line when it opens.
Love the ad for the Dune Buggy Handbook above. Muad'Dib could have used one :-)

I've read the book four or five times since first picking it up as a kid. I have mixed feelings about the original movie, but it was great seeing the characters and Frank's universe on the big screen. There was just too much cut out. I really liked the two mini series, because I felt it was more faithful to the original material. I just don't think a Dune movie can be trimmed enough to fit into a three hour movie and still be true to the source material. There's so much of the plot that happens in the thoughts of the characters; just doesn't make a good fit with a movie. Good luck to the screenwriter on this project.

One thing the first mess of a movie proved was that this can't be done in one movie. It's too epic, it needs a LOTR treatment to succeed. Otherwise we are headed for another mess of a movie.

I loved the book so I only want the best for it on the big screen. Granted Lynch didn't have a clue on how to tell the story, only approve the sets, designs which were impressive but they overshadowed the overall story.