While some purists dislike David Lynch’s interesting 1984 release of Dune , I have always liked the movie. Its not perfect but for the most part it matched up fairly closely with my mind’s eye that was formed while reading the books when I was a child. Sometimes movies look quite different from what I expected. Between the Omni magazine art about Dune and the movie I was happy enough to have something that complimented the book series.

A re-mastered theatrical trailer of the original movie:

I didn’t care for the 2000 release of the Dune miniseries:

I have heard recently that the movie is in production in the writing phase of the project. Hopefully it will be well made. Will you watch it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419/

I picked up the BBC series Planet Earth a few days ago. Its amazingly beautiful. Watching it in 1080 HDTV on blu-ray is incredible.

I recommend this enthusiastically if you like this kind of thing. It was shot with special high speed cameras. I bought the British version with David Attenborough as the narrator.

Here is a few previews:

Trailer:

Bird of Paradise clip:

For more information: Wikipedia on Planet Earth Series

Planet Earth is an Emmy Award-winning BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Alastair Fothergill. It was first broadcast in the UK from 5 March 2006. The American version is narrated by Sigourney Weaver.

The series was co-produced with Discovery Channel and the NHK in association with the CBC, and was described by its makers as “the definitive look at the diversity of our planet”. It was also the first of its kind to be filmed almost entirely in high-definition. The series was nominated for the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Programme at the 2007 BAFTA TV awards.