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Title: What about a special edition?
Review: For once, I had not read the books for Dune and thus have to look at the movie expecting exposition and plot to explain itself. Well, it doesn't. The movie is long and intriguing, in fact the more I watch it, the more I want to watch it. Why? The bizarre costumes and convoluted story actually make the movie act as a strange narcotic.So many things are not explained, some can be infered, but much is lost. Are the Harkonans cannibals? Are they gay (not meaning to be derogatory-> there are no women), and so on.To be true, when I watched the 3+ hour Japanese Laserdisc (japanese subtitles), much more is explained in the prologue, and the cut scenes. And the few times the Sci-Fi channel played the uncut TV edition, again more is explained.Suffice it to say, this does not stand well on it's own. It is fun and not to be missed, but reading Dune and Dune Messiah are prerequisites for seeing the film.
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