Sci-fi Channel's Children of Dune

jazdogg writes "Caught the trailer last night on the Sci-fi Channel for the new Frank Herbert's Children of Dune mini-series. I only hope this series is better than the previous one." I dunno - I liked the last Dune series, and am looking forward to this one.

What the hell is this Children of Dune about?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it one of those SD Dune series spinoff that features miniature/younger/cartoon versions of original characters, aimed at younger audioance and toy sales, just like SD Gundam?

version control

[gilroy]

So shouldn't the twin be named Leto III?

Nah...Leto II.b

Re:version control

[Leto2]

In CVS it would be 1.2.2.1

(with this username, I had to make at least 1 post in this thread)

Re:Beating a Dead Horse?

[blincoln]

If anything, it means that the public tolerance for a "Sword and the Sorcerer II" has been lowered drastically.

The public should always tolerate films where the protagonist's sword has three blades that can be fired off like bullets.

TMBG

[fleck_99_99]

I didn't like the last one, and yet I was drawn to it... Too big a fan of the series, I suppose.

The costumes were OK, but can someone PLEASE smack down the hat designer? The big floating sail covered with butterflies was a bit much, and every time Feyd walked onscreen with that ridiculous triangle behind his head, I had to start singing..

Triangle man, Triangle man...

*Hollywood's* sequel mentality????

[HarveyBirdman]

How about Brian Herbert's sequel mentality?

Who needs Hollywood when your own offspring will milk your legacy until it withers and dies- oh, wait, it already HAS withered and died. I guess now the appropriate cliche would be "beating a dead Shai'Hulud" which is something many of you guys out there can relate to. Hoo hoo!

Further sequels from Hollywood:

The Color Of Dune: a pool shark hits Arrakis and comes within one step of hustling the trust deed to the palace. Muad'Dib manages to weirding his way around a tricky three ball combination to win the day. Stars Tom Cruise as the dumb guy.

Look Who's Taking Dune: Yet more children are exposed to their ancestral memories in the womb, and squirt their way out into the new world chatting up a storm and calling storms down from the skies. Stars John Travolta as the dumb guy.

Dune - The Revenge: Ravenous sand sharks infest the deserts of Arrakis. A malfunctioning transport full of children and Bene Gesserit nuns (or whatever) is stranded in the middle of the Great Erg, and hilarity ensues! Starring Owen Wilson as the dumb guy.

Dune 3 - Cruise Control: Muad-Dib must somehow rescue a band of Fremen from the back of a bezerk sandworm rigged to explode if it's speed drops below 50 mph! Starring Keanu Reeves as the really dumb guy.

Dune & Robin: Arrakis. Schumacher. Show tunes. Do the math. The horror... the horror...

The Quisatz Haderach's New Groove: Muad'Dib is transformed by a nanotech accident into a llama, and hilarity ensues.

ObBeowulf: Soon they will have enough sequels for a Beowulf cluster. Ha ha. :-\

CowboyNeal

[oliverthered]

CowboyNeal is my Sci-Fi channel

children of Dune..

[geekoid]

Let see, that would be Sandy and Loam?

I'm not so sure about this...

[Arcaeris]

Personally, I think I'll pass on this mini-series. I didn't like Dune Messiah or Children of Dune nearly as much as Dune.

They just didn't have the same "spice" as the original.

Re:Sci Fi channel doing more literature?

[Wiseazz]

Man, the whole Dune series is awesome... I guess I should respect your views. But that's hard to do when they're so wrong and stupid!

Sorry - I couldn't let ya get away with that one.

Flame on.

And don't forget...

[fellini8.5]

Dude, Where's my Sandworm?!