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I didn't read the Dune series either. Saw the movie with Kyle McLachlan and Sting and found it... well besides the really bad FX that would have been better left out (thinking of those space transport whale people thingies) I just thought it was rather... well, bad. Maybe one movie just couldn't do justice to a longer and more complex story... Mostly I don't like it when movies "go Messiah", like the final Matrix or that zombie one with Will Smith. Not to mention the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds. First people die right and left and then it turns out that God saved the day from the very beginning so we never needed to do a thing. Except die right and left. (Or in the case of Matrix there's the more obvious Messiah resemblance.)

I'm rambling I think... But there was that and the way McClachlans character (I've forgotten his name, Prince something I think) kept knowing exactly what to do and then did it, without a single failure or setback along the way. All-powerful makes for rather boring. Kinda like Doc Savage when we're on the subject of books and movies

Charlotte wrote:

or that zombie one with Will Smith

And this is one of many reasons I dislike that film. I am Legend is one of my favourite books... about Vampires. Yet everyone that talks about the film talks about a zombie flick completely unaware of any connection to vampirism.

Well they did resemble vampires more than zombies, I just couldn't remember it clearly enough until you named it. All I remember is that Smith is to save the day and then they reach this village and the church bells tolls and it's all "yay, God will save us". As an atheist I find movies that end like that pretty much as annoying as overly romantic comedies.

Yeah I wish I had a garden too - I feel rather cooped up in my apartment. We do have a common lawn/yard but it's full of screaming little things most of the time... And my balcony is smack in the sunshine most of the day (and I don't do well with heat or sun... a little vampiric blood, maybe...)

Now how did I miss the lasts posts in this thread? *looks suspiciously at Banj*

Hobby, I have a small table and bench out there (and a broken bicycle) so theoretically there might be room. I live on the top floor though so I'd need some shade from above too

And right now I'll have to go, again, because there's thunder, again, and I bet it will all stop the moment I turn of my computer, again.