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Title: Review of SciFi Channel 25th Anniversary Edition Mini-Series
Review: Call me a "classicist". I enjoyed the original movie, based on the original Herbert book, much more than the mini-series produced by SciFi Channel. The SciFi Channel's version is based on the 25th Anniversary rewrite of Dune. Does William Hurt seem to sleep-walk through the first part? I couldn't think of a less exciting portrayal of Duke Leto. And he is given top billing? Like the 25th anniversary book, this film version lacks the character development and intensity of the original. There is, in my opinion, over-emphasis on the Fremen adoration of Paul, and little time to character development; the characters of Thufir, Gurney, Duncan, Pieter hardly seem to exist.
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