tv meme day 17. yes you read that right.

[ghanimasun]

I am so bored tonight that I am actually doing another day in the tv meme! Yes, I know this should have been finished weeks ago. But well, I am a slacker and I roll at my own pace. Which is apparently very, very slow.

Day 17 - Favorite mini series
 

The best answer I have for this one is Dune and Children of Dune (which were aired on the scifi channel a few years ago). I first saw the original Dune movie a long time ago, and I was pretty much just overall confused by 75% of it. Eventually I read the books (though I haven't actually finished all of them yet) and I fell in love. I remember lots of geeky excitement when both miniseries finally came out. They weren't perfect, there are numerable flaws, but I still enjoyed them because they brought Dune to life. I'm not really sure why I like Dune so much, but I do. Hell the first part of my username (ghanima) is from Dune. The only good vid I could find for this one is here, which is from Children of Dune (which is about the 2nd and 3rd books in the Dune series).
I did also like scifi channel's Alice, but it was just sort of a fun miniseries (that featured Andrew Lee Potts ♥) and not something I was ever super obsessed with.
 

Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled
Day 02 - A show you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show

Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

Comments

[stargater.livejournal.com]

I loved Scifi's Dune & Children of Dune and yeah, it wasn't perfect or anything but it was still very good. I also really liked Taken and of course enjoyed Alice muchly as well. Good stuff.

[ghanimasun]

I've never seen Taken, but I think I've heard good things about it. I'll have to check it out sometime.

[gymx.livejournal.com]

OMGOMGMEMEOMG

[ghanimasun]

I know. At this rate, I should finish it before the end of the year at least!

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I love Dune. And I was really pleased with the SciFi minis - I was disappointed that they didn't keep making them. My favorite two books in the series are actually the last two - Heretics and Chapterhouse - so if you've never read that far you definitely should.

[ghanimasun]

I remember reading some rumors about scifi making more Dune minis, but I've also read almost as many that they're making another new version of it too. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'd love to have more Dune stuff either way (as long as it's not too awful).

I haven't read the last two books yet. I got really into the series for a while and started rereading all of the books before I'd read the next book in the series. Well that didn't last too long and I got burnt out and haven't got back. I really should get back to them soon! I'm glad to hear they're still good though, thanks!

[ale-rambles.livejournal.com]

I love Dune too (haven't read all books yet, tho) and the scifi produccion is one my fav. miniseries as well. Just like you say, not perfect, but it looked really good, the characters were right on spot, and the story was very well told, imo. :)

And very cool vid, btw, I enjoyed watching it. Thanks for the link :)

[ghanimasun]

Glad you enjoyed the vid! And yeah the scifi mini was really quite good considering how bad it could have been.

[vaguelenore.livejournal.com]

The Dune novels by Frank Herbert are great and actually get better as the series progresses. Chapterhouse is especially good. I definitely recommend reading them all. However Brian Herbert has bastardized his father's legacy with the crap he's spit out the last several years. Please don't waste your time with any of his drivel.

I like both the original Dune movie and miniseries. I don't find one version better than the other as I can pick characters from both to make up what they should be from the books. For instance I think Paul, Jessica and Leto are more accurate from the original movie and I'd mix them with Chani, Stilgar, and Irulan the miniseries, etc. The original Dune novels are to scifi what LOTR is to fantasy. Unfortunately, Dune is a very difficult story to visually explain. I just hope any future Dune movies aren't worse that what's already been done.

[ghanimasun]

Damn I really need to read all of the series! Maybe I'll start up soon and just read the whole way through for once. And I've heard so much bad stuff about the prequels by Brian Herbert that I really have absolutely no desire to read them. Have you tried to read them actually?

There are some really good things about the original Dune movie plotwise, and some weird plot shit they throw in that bugs me. The same can be said for the scifi mini too I think. And yeah Dune is really hard to explain and making it into a movie/mini is equally hard. I'm interested in anything that comes out related to Dune, but I'm also wary of how bad it can potentially be.

[vaguelenore.livejournal.com]

Yeah I actually bought the first three "prequel" House Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino novels. After the third book I just couldn't take it any more. I'm ashamed I have them. Those books sit in the far back corner of my bookshelf while the Dune Chronicles are proudly on display. Anyway not only do Brian and Kevin disregard established history from the original novels (they change quite a lot of stuff), they're writing style was pretty crappy. So yeah, the reviews on Amazon are pretty accurate. I purchased the books when the were first published about 8 or years ago.