Sigh-Fi

I'll preface that Lynch was before my time. When I discovered it, the puppets and practical sets stood up well but the CGI was so obviously not ready yet. Then I couldn't get past the story being driven by voice over narration. It's a fine attempt, with many interesting concepts... but I'd rather re-read the books than sit through the Lynch version again.

I quite liked the miniseries, I thought it did a great job tracking the story and keeping the narrative coherent. It just lacked the budget to take the world and visuals where it needed to be. Another solid attempt.

Bringing me to why Villeneuve's version was necessary, IMO. It has it's own flaws and there are many scenes sadly missing from the final cut I wish made it in, BUT what is there is executed to a such high level of craftsmanship and skill by people clearly passionate for the material. It has the politics and the action, and juggles the pace seamlessly. Movies I can watch repeatedly and still find something exciting in the frames, with a streamlined story that tracks closely enough but keeps it moving forward. I won't call it perfection, but an accomplishment of adaptation in every way.

Wow this got long, thanks for coming to my ted talk.