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The Steersmen in the miniseries was awfully close to how Edric (I think that was his name) was described as looking in Dune Messiah. The Lynch Navigators looked like "Big Floating heads", IMHO.
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I'll grant you that the dessert looked fake, and thet the backdrops were obvious. But I felt that these elements were very compelling. I mean the backdrops were beautiful, like something out of a painting. It lent the entire story a very surreal air. This surreality was less obvious for the indoor scenes and those not on Arrakis. Things looked stranger there, particularly when the scene was out in the desert where the influence of spice might have caused your mind to see things differently.
------------------ "I�d say we have about three hours before we get a call from mister brain-bomb." - VIDROS
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yeah, obviously faked backgrounds, but at least they looked like our heroes were on an alien planet --- unlike various Canadian woodland settings for Stargate, identical outdoor locations for 2 different planets in "Starship Troopers", or the famous English quarries of Doctor Who.
Still wonder about the Bene Gesserit costumes. Although, to be fair, one thing we don't see a lot of in televised or movie SF is ... hats. Some grubby cap of some kind, that's it. The headgear of the Dune minseries, while occassionally odd, was at least different.
Mixed feelings about making Princess Irulan into a major character, or the lame way that Duncan Idaho disappeared.
Best thing about this version: no bloody David Lynch. Every scene was properly LIT
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To say nothing of the glossing over they gave Dr. Yueh and Thufir Hawat.
On a side note, I got the "Secrets of Dune" book and DVD. It's pretty interesting stuff. If you have to have it, well then go and get it. If not, well you won't miss much.
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