August 30, 2004

Children of Dune

This weekend I finally put myself through the Children of Dune miniseries. Being a huge fan of Dune (the book, the miniseries, and even the Lynch movie) I had attempted to watch it before but couldn't get through it. Having watched the whole thing I still think it stinks. And there are a lot of parts of it I could criticize. But I'll hold my tongue regarding the script, Daniela Amavia's casting/acting, and most of its other sins because one thing about it was so appalling that my jaw pretty much always hit the floor when I was exposed to it. I am speaking of course of Alia's costumes. She's supposed to be an imperial regent? To me she looked more like a hard-edged villainess (say, a "gentleman's club" owner) escaped from some awful bit of B-level 1980's soft porn. I mean if you ruled the universe I suppose you could wear what you liked. But her "I must crush my enemies" diatribes to her priests did seem a tad less than convincing in her shiny halters. And then for the designer to randomly put her in some sort of ancient Egypt-inspired garb for one pivotal scene ... bizarre.

Posted by armand at August 30, 2004 03:02 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies


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