After watching and loving Lynch's Dune (regular and extended) several times I was finally able to get through the book.
The reason being that the characters and the politics were so thick it was almost impenetrable, but after the movie it was like re-reading the book and already knowing the confusing names and political in-fights.
I've now read all of the ORIGINAL Dune books (yes even God Emperor *ug*, but worth reading for the fantastic wrap up to the series that follows) and now find Lynch's movie intolerable for the liberties he's taken. Go figure.
Anyone out there want to do some creative special effecting to cleanup the SciFi version and remove the painted back-drops that stand out horrifyingly on the DVD? OCP?
