![]() ![]() The cinematography by Arthur Reinhart was stunning. The wedding scene at the Royal Palace was as worthy as any major motion picture costume drama and should have earned another Emmy in the costuming category. The costumes by Academy Award winner Theodor Pistek and his son Jan were outstanding. As an example the shots of the Thopter landing at the Royal Palace in Arrakeem where the ships shadow moves across buildings then follows it down to the landing pad brought a big smile and a sigh.wow! CoD won an Emmy Award in 2003 (Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special). The movement of CGI objects like Thopters around CG backgrounds and the use of shadow rendering to add realism were absolutely first rate. CoD was far superior to *Dune* which used mat backgrounds in terms of it's visuals. The best I've seen done on television and the use of computer generated 3-D backgrounds added so much stature to the sets. I especially enjoyed watching Alice Krige because her ability to convey depth of emotion with facial expressions is a well developed art. ![]() Moriarty and Johathan Bruun gave me characters I could relate to as well as care about over the course of the miniseries. The entire cast, Alec Newman, Daniela Amavia, Julie Cox, Barbaroa Kodetova, James McAvoy, Jessica Brooks, Susan Sarandon, Alice Krige, Edward Atterton, Ian McNeice, Steven Berkoff, P.H. The screenplay by John Harrison managed to fit in enough of Frank Herbert's vision to remain true to the spirit of the epic Dune saga. To not respect that would be the worst offense any of us could make." He's got that straight. The Dune universe is so wonderful because of how human and real its characters are. You'll end up robbing yourself of a great experience. To quote director Greg Yaitanes "Try not to get hung up on such details as whether the twins are too old or too young, the eyes are too blue or not blue enough, or that the book says this and we did that. ![]() First the major issue about the faithfulness to the books. Personally I really enjoyed *Children of Dune*. ![]()
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