SciFi channel “Dune” miniseries scores good ratings. Evidently highest miniseries ratings yet for the channel. Personally, I liked the series, but I found some scenes highly overacted and a bit trite and campy. For example, when the Guild Highliner representatives spoke… sheesh. What a joke. Also, the Fremen were a bit too mystical and superstitious. Some of the special effects were not all that great, but for a T.V. miniseries… they really were not bad. All in all, I give it a 4. I’d like to see DVD version with the original scense cut out…. commercial free. By my count, I have 4:12 of movie.
But, before you judge the series, you should read the book. In fact, read this post on slashdot, it sums a lot of this up well.