On Jan 18, 3:28=A0am, Khal <damagere...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jan 7, 4:28 pm, Freakzilla <jl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Jan 3, 6:00 pm, "Tony" <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "FH described most scenes in detail, down to the tint of the sun and
> > > color of the sand. =A0He said what hair and eye color almost
everyone
> > > had, even the shape of their face, what they're wearing and then
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> > > is the ever present Atreides aquiline nose.
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> > > IMO there is no excuse for taking those kinds of liberties when it's
> > > all written down for you."
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> > > Are you saying a Japanese actor couldn't play Paul? =A0Does the
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> > > be Caucasian?
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> > No, not at all. =A0But he was described as being of Greek decent, why
> > would you change that? =A0FH didn't talk much about race in his books
> > beyond a characters "dark" or "olive" skin. =A0I think a Dune movie
> > should have an almost random variety of races.
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> He didn't talk much about race - and who knows what races might look
> like _that_ far off - I mean isn't it only 20,000 years since everyone
> stepped off Africa?
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> _BUT_
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> Jessica's red hair - I mean that's an indication of recessive celt/
> (neanderthal?) if there ever was one.
> Atreides with Greek and subtextually some Spanish - you can see it in
> the Bullhead and the hawk nose.
> Fremen are really a hella lot like arabs - I mean come on - lol
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> _HOWEVER_
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> I think you're right everyone else is a big big mix.- Hide quoted text -
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I can give you an example of blonde Fremen too.
I don't think there will be much in the way of races left 20,000 years
from now unless each race gets its own planet and decides to preserve
it.
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