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Half of these don't make sense. (But then, in the case of Dune, that's 
probably the idea.)

Still, the few that do are quite good...

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Half of these don't make sense. (But then, in the case of Dune, that's
> probably the idea.)

Makes perfect sense if you've read Dune. On the other hand, that particular one
is not a very good Two Cows joke...

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>> Half of these don't make sense. (But then, in the case of Dune, that's
>> probably the idea.)
> 
> Makes perfect sense if you've read Dune. On the other hand, that particular one
> is not a very good Two Cows joke...

I've never read Dune, but I've seen the film. It has an almost 
unparalleled level of incomprehensibility. (Although unlike, say, 2001, 
it gives you the impression that it *could* potentially make sense if 
you understood it.)

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Invisible wrote:

> I've never read Dune, but I've seen the film. It has an almost 
> unparalleled level of incomprehensibility. (Although unlike, say, 2001, 
> it gives you the impression that it *could* potentially make sense if 
> you understood it.)

Dune made more sense than 2001 ....
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I've never read Dune, but I've seen the film. It has an almost
> unparalleled level of incomprehensibility. (Although unlike, say, 2001,
> it gives you the impression that it *could* potentially make sense if
> you understood it.)

Hmm, if you could remember most of the dialogue from the film, that Cow joke
would probably still make sense. Better to read it though. The film doesn't
really do it justice.

(The film *could* have been great though - a lot of the visual detail was spot
on, and there were loads of references to events/information that never made it
to the released cut - but the studio strongarmed Lynch and turned it into a bit
of a mess.)

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>> I've never read Dune, but I've seen the film. It has an almost 
>> unparalleled level of incomprehensibility. (Although unlike, say, 
>> 2001, it gives you the impression that it *could* potentially make 
>> sense if you understood it.)
> 
> Dune made more sense than 2001 ....

...which is what I just said, yes. ;-)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>> Dune made more sense than 2001 ....
> 
> ...which is what I just said, yes. ;-)
> 

Yes, but I actually understood Dune.

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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:35:18 EDT, "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Hmm, if you could remember most of the dialogue from the film, that Cow joke
>would probably still make sense. Better to read it though. The film doesn't
>really do it justice.
>

Yeah! But double or triple the time. It was cut too much in my opinion. Just
look at the cast: 

Linda Hunt, Alicia Witt and even Sting.

>(The film *could* have been great though - a lot of the visual detail was spot
>on, and there were loads of references to events/information that never made it
>to the released cut - but the studio strongarmed Lynch and turned it into a bit
>of a mess.)
>

I bet it was "money"
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     Stephen

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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:35:39 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Invisible wrote:
>
>> I've never read Dune, but I've seen the film. It has an almost 
>> unparalleled level of incomprehensibility. (Although unlike, say, 2001, 
>> it gives you the impression that it *could* potentially make sense if 
>> you understood it.)
>
>Dune made more sense than 2001 ....

2001 was for those that read the story before seeing the film. 
Tough luck on the youngsters :P
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Regards
     Stephen

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