Comments on: Dune http://japanlifeandreligion.com My life as a father, Buddhist, Japanophile and Koreaphile. Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: slingword http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-2633 Sun, 03 May 2009 01:13:11 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-2633 Loved the books, hated the movie…..
Slingword.

]]> By: ChrisF http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1734 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:30:16 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1734 Wow.
I thought it was just me that related Dune to Buddhism!
I have always thought of ‘The Litany of Fear’ from Dune when thoughts/distractions invade my mind as I’m trying to meditate. Of course I’ve changed it a bit for Buddhism, but I think that “…thoughts will pass through me and all that will remain is me …”.
(p.s. the David Lynch movie wasn’t as good as the books, but the one on scifi channel was much better, as was the scifi channel imagining of Children of Dune).

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1733 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:10:13 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1733 Hi N. Flin: Welcome to the L8B. Let me just say to you: best…story…ever. :D Funny how you meet people like that, and never know they’re celebrities until someone tells you. Yeah, Dune the film is a love-it-or-hate-it file, and I happen to love it. The extended version is quite a bit better.

Thanks very much for sharing. :D

]]> By: N. Flin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1732 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:22:25 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1732 So, years ago I was in Washington visiting family. My cousin’s best friend was, unbeknown to me, apparently a “movie star.” At Thanksgiving dinner, my mother embarrassed this 13 year old by asking for his autograph, and a series of other cringe-worthy questions. The upshot of this was that the friend was Kyle McLaughlin, he had just completed filming for Dune and, best of all, introduced me to this wonderful series. I can fairly safely say that, over the five or six times that I have read the series, I learn more and more, and am almost never bored. Dune rocks. Thank you so much for your website. It is a nice place to visit during my work day.

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1730 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:03:05 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1730 No, but it does sound interesting. Herbert’s style is kind of dense and in a way, he’s not really that talented a writer, but he makes up for it in imagination. Thrig, who frequents this blog, has read something else along these lines.

It’s interesting to see how many writers now are influenced by Dune. :)

]]> By: Kyōshin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1731 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:12 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1731 Have you read any of R. Scott Bakker’s ‘Prince of Nothing’ fantasy series.? I just read the first one and he draws heavily on Herbert by his own admission but perhaps has a less dense writing style. Either way there’s lots of stuff about how people think and see the world like in Dune … cool stuff.

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1729 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:57:39 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1729 Thanks Michael. :) Yeah, I am a late Dun-a-tic, but I really do enjoy the series.

Working in IT is nice because everyone around you has read the book too, so Dune quotes and Dune “inside jokes” are common here. :D

I too saw the Dune movie when I was a young lad, and although I didn’t really get it, I really loved the sights and sounds (I thought the shields were awesome). Being older I appreciate it all the more so.

P.S. Welcome to the L8B.

]]> By: Michael Joyce http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1728 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:39:22 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1728 I commented on your other blog… heard my stomach growl fearcily… saw that you had a blog entitled “Dune” and instantly was like “aw s#@%… gotta read this.” Tummy be damned… I got into Dune when I was in middle school by way of the film. Loved it… loved Kyle…loved Sting.. and can quote it verbatum. THEN i read the book! man o man!!! I’m going to read this book to my newborn child ! I don’t think many would call me a nerd… but after reading that I made this comment… oh well… I’ll just live with it. Love your blogs by-the-way… I will be back. mmmmm….. Shai-Halluudddddd!

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1727 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:05:32 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1727 Dune 1984 really did have the best cast of any movie I’ve ever seen. I really liked every single character in there, but you’re right the special effects (Weirding Module!) were just silly. Actually I remember seeing it as a kid and loved the shields, even though are not that accurate to the book.

The scenes such as the Guild Highliner above actually are pretty cool, simply for their artistic talent. There were some truly brilliant minds on the set of that movie. :)

Yeah, I like the quotes too in Dune, though the later books start to weaken noticeably (Dune Heretics, Chapterhouse Dune).

]]> By: Baekho http://japanlifeandreligion.com/dune/#comment-1726 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:51:47 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/dune/#comment-1726 Ah, the 1984 Dune….the best cast and the worst special effects out of all the movie versions I’ve seen ;)

Dune is definitely my favorite science fiction book, and the religious overtones have a lot to do with it. I love the little quotes over each chapter in the books, too—they really add the sense of a “world”.

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