I learned that in college. if enough people were standing in line for something, chances are you need to be in that line too. Worrying about what the line is for just means you'll eventually be further back in line.

Yeah, it's sort of amazing how generally dumb artists can often be, whether writers, musicians, painters or something more obscure. I had a friend who had a roommate in college who was a reasonably successful local painter (i..e, he was able to quit his day job) but outside his art, was dumb as a stump. But in her…

Maybe part of it is at no time did I ever feel that the universe of Dune was our universe. It had a "galaxy far, far away" feel, to me, which upped the fantasy element. So on one hand that means you can get away with no-comps or whatever, and the wink-wink-psionic powers can work. But to me it didn't ever feel like…

Still, it's nice to see a guy make the effort.

Show the RC pride!

No, my understanding is he consciously left them out, worried they'd screw up the story (though I'm pretty sure my reference is second-hand, so I could be mistaken). Which I guess is fine; it just pushes towards science-fantasy. The book was hardly terrible, but like LotR, I had that feeling like the people weren't…

Well, this one just concluded weekly reviews, so that answers half of your question. I'm sure the real answer is someone volunteered to take on a fringe show, and this is the one they picked. Hey, The Omen was sort of a thing way back when, maybe this could have been good. But it isn't good, and the reviews are…

I had a huge problem with the Harkonnens. They just came off as cartoonish, central-casting villains; ranting, slobbering evil just to be evil. Maybe if I had been in a different mindset I could have seen them as archetypal opponents in a messiah story, but they really hurt the story for me (the homophobia didn't…

3.3MHz

No. I was saying his devotion to source fidelity killed any chance to make the movie shine as a movie. The only good part was the opening musical montage, which was cinematic and new.

Scary is so personal. I mean, lots of people can enjoy a horror movie, but the ones that get under your skin seem so personal. For me, atmosphere is critical; I need to know the world around the characters can't be trusted, that help can't be relied upon. If the protagonists are flawed and unstable it also helps. I…

I liked the first 2/3, but I was really hoping the ending wouldn't end like it ended. But the set-up and early parts were perfectly creepy and suggestively sinister.

That's rough; hope you get better.

Why would you think that could possibly be on the table?

Release delays don't prove a movie blows, but they are a clue. Sure, some will rise above it (as some films can rise above many other production problems), but as far as I can tell, it usually means there's a problem that probably didn't get fixed and now they're releasing it just to recoup some of the losses.

Found footage finds D+, still can't justify people filming all the footage.

The sci-fi Mini was like King's version of The Shining. By hewing closer to the source material and stripping out any kind of directorial personality, they used fidelity as a shield. And, as expected, were boring, perfunctory and soulless.

I liked the movie better. There, I said it. I found the book dry, like a travelogue, full of annoying characters I liked even less than the previous one, and a future I never bought as coherent. There was great detail, a whit-ton of work put into it, but to me, Dune was all dressed up with nowhere to go. And the…

What? A spring network drama proving to be awful? Surely you can't be serious!

I've never met one. If I did, I imagine I'd be doing a lot of cringing, like when I meet an asshole liberal who thinks everyone who disagrees thereby proves themselves lower intellects.