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To know the future might kill you
Yesterday I rewatched Dune, the mini series not Lynch's movie. It's one of the books that have followed me since I read it first at 13 years old, and I've always had a huge crush on Paul. I guess my Internet name gave it away!
I don't dislike the mini series as much as I disliked Lynch's movie yet there are many flaws and betrayals in it. Sometimes it's cheap, and some changes they made from the novel are unacceptable.
But there are few things that save the whole work: Gurney Halleck is spot on, Liet is very intriguing , Stilgar isn't bad and, above all, Alec Newman is a great Paul Muad'Dib. Of course he should be dark haired, but he has the right charisma, the right eyes and the right bone structure. He looks young enough in the first part even though he doesn't quite look like he's 15, and he's confident and manly enough in the last part.
I really must have a thing for green eyed men, sharp cheekbones and Scottish actors! lol
Alec Newman is a good combination. And a good actor too. I liked him in Ats when he played Drogyn and I liked him in Frankenstein too. Just found out that he starred in a short movie showed in Sundance, Staring At The Sun.
When a fortune teller refuses to reveal her vision of a man's future, he becomes so obsessed with finding the truth that he unwittingly fulfills his fate
ETA: I realized that the Sietch Tabr just looked like Petra, the Mahdi's building especially called to mind the Nobles' Tombs and The Deir in Petra. Sietch may come from seeq btw...
I don't dislike the mini series as much as I disliked Lynch's movie yet there are many flaws and betrayals in it. Sometimes it's cheap, and some changes they made from the novel are unacceptable.
But there are few things that save the whole work: Gurney Halleck is spot on, Liet is very intriguing , Stilgar isn't bad and, above all, Alec Newman is a great Paul Muad'Dib. Of course he should be dark haired, but he has the right charisma, the right eyes and the right bone structure. He looks young enough in the first part even though he doesn't quite look like he's 15, and he's confident and manly enough in the last part.
I really must have a thing for green eyed men, sharp cheekbones and Scottish actors! lol
Alec Newman is a good combination. And a good actor too. I liked him in Ats when he played Drogyn and I liked him in Frankenstein too. Just found out that he starred in a short movie showed in Sundance, Staring At The Sun.
When a fortune teller refuses to reveal her vision of a man's future, he becomes so obsessed with finding the truth that he unwittingly fulfills his fate
Once more Alec played a man who played with future...
It won the "Best Horror Short Film" award at 2005 Screamfest L.A. I tried to put it here under the cut, but it was too much for LJ . You can watch the movie online, HERE.
Alec Newman was also the lead in a british movie called The Principle of Lust. I wish I could see that one...
It won the "Best Horror Short Film" award at 2005 Screamfest L.A. I tried to put it here under the cut, but it was too much for LJ . You can watch the movie online, HERE.
Alec Newman was also the lead in a british movie called The Principle of Lust. I wish I could see that one...
ETA: I realized that the Sietch Tabr just looked like Petra, the Mahdi's building especially called to mind the Nobles' Tombs and The Deir in Petra. Sietch may come from seeq btw...