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Product Description: Against a backdrop of interplanetary intrigue rebellion and betrayal the future of humanity itself rests with the Children Of Dune in this sweeping tale of visionary sci-fi adventure! A spectacular sequel to the Emmy Award winning Frank Herbert's Dune starring Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon.System Requirements:Starring: Susan Sarandon Daniela Amavia Edward Atterton Steven Berkoff Jessica Brooks Jonathan Bruun Julie Cox Barbara Kodetova Alice Krige James McAvoy Ian McNeice P.H. Moriarty and Alec Newman. Directed By: Greg Yaitanes. Running Time: 266 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2003 Artisan Entertainment.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 012236138723 Manufacturer No: 13872 Amazon.com: Conspiracies abound in Children of Dune, Sci-Fi Channel's praiseworthy miniseries sequel to Frank Herbert's Dune, loyally adapted from the Herbert novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune by John Harrison, who passed directorial duties (due to a scheduling conflict) to Greg Yaitanes, a 31-year-old TV director and Dune neophyte tackling his biggest assignment to date. Uninitiated viewers face a disadvantage; it's best to read Herbert's books and/or see the first miniseries before plunging into this remarkably coherent tangle of political intrigue, unfolding 12 years after the events of Dune. To his horror, Maud'Dib--Arrakis emperor Paul Atreides (Alec Newman, reprising his Dune role)--has become the unintended figurehead of a violent dictatorship, and his enemies are multiplying. Vanishing into the desert, he waits as destiny shapes his twin heirs Leto II (James McAvoy) and Ghanima (Jessica Brooks), who must contend with their scheming aunt Alia (Daniela Amavia) while Princess Wensicia (Susan Sarandon), of the enemy House Corrino, plots her own attack on Maud'Dib's familial empire. Exiled Atreides matriarch Lady Jessica (Alice Krige, giving the film's finest performance) returns to Arrakis, where the enormous, desert-dwelling sandworms face an uncertain future. As always, the spice must flow, and the universe's most coveted commodity remains at the center of this richly detailed and physically impressive production. Special effects range from awesome (fly-over shots of the capital city, Arakeen) to awful (the saber-tooth tigers look like Jumanji rejects), and Dune devotees will endlessly debate the miniseries' strengths and weaknesses. Some may desire more action to punctuate the film's inherent verbosity, but consensus will surely conclude that this is Dune done right, with monumental effort and obvious devotion from everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-19
Magnificent follow-up
What a good tie in. It follows the story line as seemlessly as Frank Herbert's original does. Rating: 
Date: 2008-04-20
One for the Dune readers!
If you are a Dune reader, you'll love this miniseries.
I don't think the movie is near as good as the book, and if you are a reader also, I'm sure you'll agree. For me the movie seemed to trod along and missed the excitement of the book. This movie seemed more like a documentary that seemed to accurately tell the story, but made it kind of dull.
That said, I will still watch it many times and I think any Dune reader would want to see it. I wish they made a movie of the complete line of dune books, even if they were all seeminly dull like this one. Rating:
Date: 2008-03-14
Dune continues
aan excellent continuation of the series, it gives you a real intrest to see the next and how the movie people will handle GOD EMPEROR Rating:
Date: 2008-02-27
Two books crammed into one mini-series
As interesting as a lot of the concepts are in this movie it still feels both rushed and incomplete. This is most likely due to the fact they were trying to pack two novels worth of events into a single mini-series when their last Dune project had the attentions of the entire series focused on a single novel. There have been some improvements made between the two mini-series production-wise but a lot of information was tossed together at one time and that hurt the flow.
The first part of the mini-series focused completely on Frank Herbert's book Dune Messiah, while the other two parts focused on the show's namesake, the Children of Dune novel. Surely enough the first part felt condensed and had a lack of focus. This is sad considering a lot of important things happen in this section and none of it gets the proper attention it needed. After the first part things slow down enough to catch your breath but then you get whole scenes that feel slow compared to what you have seen previously. By the time the final part of the series is seen things pick up again, but it's a mess getting there. Had the Sci-Fi Channel made a separate mini-series for Dune Messiah or spread out the two books more evenly in this one it might have flowed better. As it stands the pacing is much too erratic. Another thing to point out is certain scenes come into play that end up never having a resolution. Whether or not this is setting the stage for another mini-series I can't really say. Either way you are getting a show that ends up with loose ends that don't get addressed.
Some of the good stuff you do get in Children of Dune is the various developments from the characters like the fall of Alia Atreidis and the transcendental realizations from Lito II. You get to see the various complexities of the character's psyche and those of you who love that sort of thing will really get into it. The acting you get from the players in these little dramas is excellent. Daniella Amavia does a particularly wonderful job portraying Alia's downward spiral. The sets are as beautiful as they were in the previous series with more actual sets than painted backdrops. The CG animations are about the same as the last one as well, which means they are good for television but not as high quality as you would expect from a feature film. You also get to see some really cool martial arts from Amavia as well as a really awesome fight scene between her and Lito II at the end. Technically this movie gets very strong marks.
Children of Dune is a pretty good movie that has a fair amount of rough edges regarding how the two stories were written in this mini-series. Those of you who cherish character development above all else will really like this show. If you can accept the fact the pacing in Children of Dune is shot and the story will go into different feels from muddled to dragging to complex and can forgive that sort of quirk then you will have no problem enjoying this film as well. For the rest of us I would recommend not seeing all three parts at once. This might help make the flow easier to swallow.
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Date: 2008-02-22
great purchase!
I really enjoyed this DVD collection, if you are a Dune fan you'll love it! | 
