I did a rewatch of some of the extended edition version in 4:3 laser paradise. I like this version it is darker and bluer than the current version but the desert scenes are pale and washed out not orange yellow.
I was looking for missing stuff and something I did not mention was the flying spotters. No design exists for the flying variant but it was to feature in 2 shots I think. The extended edition shows a repeated shot of wormsign rather than the flying spotter after Max Von sydow points them out. When the bike variant is shown driving we see another follow it driving up the ramp and I think the second shot of the spotter would go between these 2 shots to intercut.
Also when Paul Rides the Sandworm as a Fremen trial or test. When he plants the thumper we see a vibrating amount of sand. I feel this is a sfx shot for the pre-spice mass leading up to Max Von Sydows death scene. So it is evidence for that. It is here we should have seen the repeated shot of wormsign I think.
In the Extended TV broadcast Sound effects for wormsign are missing amongst other sound. On the Ornithopter rescuing workers on the harvester wormsign flashes were Blue via Lighting. However Wormsign is yellow. Then Later Lightning is Yellow when it should be blue meaning they used the Wormsign effect for Lightning effects in the desert without altering the color.
When I said about writing out Jessica as the traitor I say that because there is little or no evidence to support it however Leto’s exclaimation “I should have married you” is the only evidence for the sub plot scenes.
I also read throgh Brian Herberts Dune Graphic novel books 1 and 2 and I took note of scene orders presented there. Although Lynch did make changes I find it hard to believe the scene orders would or should differ too much or too drastically. Although Lynch version of Dune is fairly brief It is all by and large there in the script and I wonder if Lynch did intend to cut it together exactly or far more closer to as the graphic novel structures the scenes no doubt the same as the book.