2 new SciFi movies coming out: MadMax4 and Dune2

outsider

Here are 2 new Scifi movies I am anticipating ever since I heard of their announcement. If you don't watch the SciFi channel then you may have missed the commercials for the follow up to their original Dune mini-series. This one is to be called Children of Dune and emcompasses the 2 books that followed the original, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. I know this series will rock too when I saw LetoII semi covered with Little Makers in the commercial. Sweet. This mini-series will be especially exciting because with the original, we had the 1984 movie to compare it with cinematically, but this one is based off of books that have never been made into movies. Should prove interesting.



And MadMax4 is coming out according to all the news outlets and it will star, you guessed it, Mel Gibson. As a big fan of the Mad Max series, this is awesome. Haven't heard anything about the plot, but I hope it doesn't take on the Return to Thunderdome theme. That was my least favorite.



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scott

I think you mean Mad Max 4



Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)



Then we'll have.



Mad Max: Okay we were ****ing around before this one is way cooler and will suck

powerdoc

The Original Dune was totally crazy and impossible to understand if you did not read the book before. The stories of the Fremens was not show, or so short (5 minutes) at the contrary of the film.

But there was great lyric moments and a touch of delirium that i appreciate.



In the contrary the mini-serie of Dune was very near of the book, and easy to understand. But i was disapointed by the acting of young Leito Atreides and some specials effects who where very "chip" like the Battle against the town.

powerdoc

[quote]Originally posted by Scott:

<strong>I think you mean Mad Max 4



Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)



Then we'll have.



Mad Max: Okay we were ****ing around before this one is way cooler and will suck </strong><hr></blockquote>

You are right Scott there was already three Mad Max : thanks to pointed this out. Anyway the thunderdome is my favorite with Withney Houston and this giant and dwarf tandem : the brain and the legs.

scott

Well see what you may not know is that the giant is also in the first one.

outsider

Thanks I corrected the title Scott. BTW, my favorite Mad Max was Road Warrior. Dark, lots of action, and a great ending. It's like a futuristic cowboy movie. Even the music was great.

masker

[quote]Originally posted by Powerdoc:

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You are right Scott there was already three Mad Max : thanks to pointed this out. Anyway the thunderdome is my favorite with Withney Houston and this giant and dwarf tandem : the brain and the legs.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Yeah I always get Tina Turner and Whitney Houston confused... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

outsider

[quote]Originally posted by Masker:

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Yeah I always get Tina Turner and Whitney Houston confused... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



Why not, they're both loud mouthed ho's that get smacked around by their hubbies.

running with scissors

took a look at the Children of Dune site <a href="http://www.scifi.com/dune"; target="_blank">here</a>, looks pretty cool for the most part. considering how much money they had to spend on the last one, i think they did a pretty decent job. i just wish they would have gotten someone to write the screen play that had a remote passion for the book in the way that peter jackson does for TLOR.

scott

I never got into the Dune books. I tried twice but failed.

outsider

I had to read the first one 3 times before going on to the others. Life's weird like that.

scott

You read the whole thing three times? I don't think I got 100 pages in to it.

outsider

I read the first book 3 times before starting on the others in the series (6 written by Frank, 4 by Brian, his son so far, 2 more on the way from him). It total i think I read it about 5 times and watched the movies countless times. I know. I'm sick.

running with scissors

i probably read all of frank's dune books at least 4-5 times, some of them maybe more. couldn't really get into brian's (frank's son) books all that much. read the first one, just didn't do it for me. most the people i know that started to read dune are a lot like scott in that they start the book but never get very far. they say it's a hard read. i guess it hit a spark with me. i had no troubles. once i picked it up, i couldn't put it down.

powerdoc

[quote]Originally posted by Masker:

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Yeah I always get Tina Turner and Whitney Houston confused... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



Upss , Sorry.

outsider

[quote]Originally posted by running with scissors:

<strong>i probably read all of frank's dune books at least 4-5 times, some of them maybe more. couldn't really get into brian's (frank's son) books all that much. read the first one, just didn't do it for me. most the people i know that started to read dune are a lot like scott in that they start the book but never get very far. they say it's a hard read. i guess it hit a spark with me. i had no troubles. once i picked it up, i couldn't put it down.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Same here, but the main reason i have read Brians books are that they are based on Franks notes therefor give some nice insight onto the Dune universe and timeline. But his novels do read more like something written by Terry Brooks than Frank Herbert. Maybe because of the Kevin Anderson collaboration? hmm

running with scissors

i think i mentioned this to you before in another thread, but did you ever read the \tthe dune encyclopedia by willis e. mcNelly? it's been out of print for some time now and can be hard to find. i saw a used copy on amazon for as low $49. seems kind of pricey, i know, it's huge, some where around 900 pages, and a very good read. there was little or no colaberation between herbert and mcnelly on the book, but the insight and writing style seem to mesh better with the original series than brian's later work.



on side note, a friend and i were able to score some tickets to the seattle west coast premiere of dune when it opened up years back. we were in line to get a copy of the book signed by herbrt himself. i was two people away from getting it signed when he decided to call it quits and enter the theater. what a pisser. he died a few years later.



out of curiosity, have you read any of herbert's other series?

outsider

[quote]Originally posted by running with scissors:

<strong>i think i mentioned this to you before in another thread, but did you ever read the \tthe dune encyclopedia by willis e. mcNelly? it's been out of print for some time now and can be hard to find. i saw a used copy on amazon for as low $49. seems kind of pricey, i know, it's huge, some where around 900 pages, and a very good read. there was little or no colaberation between herbert and mcnelly on the book, but the insight and writing style seem to mesh better with the original series than brian's later work.



on side note, a friend and i were able to score some tickets to the seattle west coast premiere of dune when it opened up years back. we were in line to get a copy of the book signed by herbrt himself. i was two people away from getting it signed when he decided to call it quits and enter the theater. what a pisser. he died a few years later.



out of curiosity, have you read any of herbert's other series?</strong><hr></blockquote>



I heard the opposite about the Dune Encyclopaedia, that Frank lent his notes to the author, but again that was hearsay. But the book is very pricey and hard to find. A book in condition, used, can run about $95 unless the person does not know the worth. For $50 you can land a good paperback version though (not as nice).



I've been tempted to look into his other series. Are they as good as Dune? better?

splinemodel

MadMax. . .



To tell you the truth, all of the moives in the series kind of sucked. It's really the uniqueness that does it, and the fact that they are great sunday afternoon films.



I own Mad Max (1). It's boring as hell, but the last 5 minutes are worth it.

running with scissors

[quote]Originally posted by Outsider:

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I heard the opposite about the Dune Encyclopaedia, that Frank lent his notes to the author, but again that was hearsay. But the book is very pricey and hard to find. A book in condition, used, can run about $95 unless the person does not know the worth. For $50 you can land a good paperback version though (not as nice).



I've been tempted to look into his other series. Are they as good as Dune? better?</strong><hr></blockquote>



i really liked the the pandora chonicles:



destination: void

the jesus incident (w/ bill ransom)

the lazarus effect (w/ bill ransom)

the ascension factor (w/ bill ransom)



i can't recall for sure if i read destination void for some reason. i know it has a different feel than the rest of the books in the series. all the others are very very good though.

agent302

Am I the only person who thinks that Dune is one of the best books ever written but that Dune Messiah is mediocre at best? I can't comment on any of the other Dune books as the 2nd one was such a let down that I didn't read them.