Dune (1984) The Alternative Edition Redux | 480p Edition

Dune has long been one of my personal favorite,s and is certainly one of the finest classics around.. I have collected many versions over the years, even compiled one or two of mine own in order to get a more complete experience, but so far, none have been able to compare with this version.. I observed 4 different releases just today before finding this one during my course of upgrading whatever I can at last.. to 1080p.... and at last can say I have mostly what I want.. The video quality is superb save for about 7 or 8 clips that I am quite positive Spicediver just could not enhance any more.. I can tell...that you do work like I do.. over, and over, and over again until it is as perfect as you can make it.. even ripping the audio out and working separately with multiple programs to remaster both audio and video to where there is no glitches or other of the myriads of problems.. I am the sort of musician who can hear about 0.3 of a semitone of difference, and I can also see and hear down to 2 and 300ms of gap, possibly less. There are segments in this fanedit I had never seen in all of the copies I have obtained over the years... It really put the whole thing in proper perspective and flowed quite nicely.. I would have preferred that you had not removed most of the princess' monologue at the first.. enough to actually fix my own copy to reflect it.. and I also would have preferred at least 25% more of the soliloquies to have not been removed.. There were indeed too many, but removing just over 75% of them is problematic, and not exactly practical, as it asserts that everyone is a mind reader.. to be quite Francois and Ernesto about it. * chuckles * You had some awesome resources to do this edit Spicediver and almost Draconic style, professional skill with the editing.. It is an most excellent compilation. I'm actually going to watch it twice in one day just to be satisfied. I also would have preferred the sketched section to have been included in a proper place more than just a glance at that book for a few words, and a scene or three.. Backstory is everything with a story like this and I don't care if the movie is 4 - 6 hrs long... It's worth it.. If you ever feel like it again Spicediver.. do one more and let's see how it hangs off the chain... You do most excellent work

I also appreciated greatly when you broke the scene for each book... very thoughtful, and accurate..

Regardless of my few, minor issues.. I definitely give this fanedit a 10 talons up...

And remember one things folks, If... you will..

Perfection is the flaw that makes everything work.......

Namaste...

Aurih.

I am a fan of dune and i liked the movie but the original movie editing was a little akward and i am not saying this the artistic way :) , here if you see the changelog you will understand why this is the best dune edit.

No more very happy ending, most internal dialog removed (i must say that i like the original idea but doesnt seem to work right in this movie), deleted scenes are back where they belong, the quality isnt on par with the rest of the film but its alright, the story must flow and the most cheesiness is gone.

It's a quality release with custom subtitles and thats a plus too, i recommend this edit to any sci fi fan , for me this is the edition of the movie i would see and enjoy with friends or by myself.

Hi Spicediver, I've saw many edits and versions of Dune and i must say yours is quite good =)

I wish to pinpoint the following:
- Because you've used deleted scenes, extras, there were a few details of continuity, for once one that comes to mind is when Paul fights that Fremen warrior and gets injured and is dirty and in the next scene he is ok.
- I would loved to have seen more of the final battle.

Great job though =)

This is my first Fan Edit review, I first saw Dune on Cable way back when, I loved it so much I read the book, and love it even more. I then watched the extended version on import Laser Disc and thought that cut was even better but, it was scanned and the effects unfinished. I recently found out about fan edits and i'm hooked. I own over 6000 pre-recorded DVDs and Blu-ray-ray and a few hundred laser disc. I must say as to this version it blows every other version away. I can't believe the time and effort put in to it. The finished effects of the blue eyes makes the movie feel seamless. This is one of my favorite fan edits of any film and is what Universal should of done. Thanks for this wonderful edit.

i was torn in whether to write a review for this edit but i've always written a review for every fanedit that i've seen. i must confess that i've never seen the original dune film so i can't compare this edit to the original. i know that david lynch has somewhat disowned the film and had many problems with the studio. i picked up the steel box double sided disc version of this for less than a pond at second hand store (a bargain given the price it sells on ebay) instead of watching either version i decided to watch a fanedited version as it's highly regarded and said to be the best version of the film.

the editing here is of a really high standard and for many dune fans i can see why they appropriate this edit so much. truth is i didn't enjoy the film very much, i am a fan of david lynch and have seen all but a couple of his films but i do feel this to be his weakest yet.

the narrative in splitting the film into four books is well done i felt the first book to be the most difficult in terms of enjoyment but does improve during book II. the deleted scenes are incorporated without disturbing the follow or the movie. they do stick out in terms of quality though i'm sure the editor did the best he could be clean them up.

overall i am glad that i finally watched dune i did struggle to watch this all in one go and i'm sure that fans of the book can view this as a definitive version of the film. it doesn't however feel like a david lynch film and in many ways big budget studio films doesn't suit his style of film making.