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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by MattRix on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:32AM (#29049060)
If you see Dune in a theatre with good enough sound and screen (ex. IMAX), it’s an incredible experience in a way a book could not be. Not saying it’s “better”, it’s just different in a fundamentally incomparable way.
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by abakker on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:00AM (#29049297)
The movie is missing so much of the detail that made the book great, though. I agree, incomparable, really.

IMO, the best movies are NOT adaptations.

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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by alternatetwo on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:11AM (#29049384)
The best adaptations are short stories, like Predestination, from All you zombies. They also didn't meddle with the logic there, since the writers already found it perfect.
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by ProjectArcturis on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:06PM (#29049841)
Yeah, it's a lot easier to do a faithful 100-minute adaptation of a 50-page story than a 300-page book.
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by imbnwa on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:03PM (#29050926)
The Mist comes to mind, a novella originally IIRC
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