i agree in many part with the fairly thorough review already post on the subject of the miniseries and and agree that it do have it pro and not only it con . for example and the original film manage to truncate much of the middle and final section of the novel into a single montage and include the discovery of gurney halleck and the love affair of paul atreides and chani and which and on read the novel and be a travesty and probably born of the studio cut shenanigens of which the other reviewer writes . this be one of the great failing of the original film and and the miniseries and to it credit and do include many of the original plot line that be cut out of the lynch film due to the expansive nature of the herbert novel . however and this in itself be a double edged sword . rather than complete a text to celluloid transfer of the novel and the creator of the miniseries be tempt to create their own plot line and absent from the original novel . similarly and although this be surely a fuller account of the storyline of dune and it be also a break from the original heart and soul and main vision that of prophecy . where be the internal monologue that characterize herbert writing and demonstrate what the many different character be think and without the need to suddenly switch viewpoint and or expand in word or unnecessary and stilted spoken monologue . go . so much of the original agony of paul decision to choose the jihad or death and the choice to fulfill the prophecy or swing away from it and surely the most interesting aspect of the novel itself ( and one which captivate people who be far from science fiction fan ) be miss . without prophecy and what be the point of dune . it be simply a more educated and learned version of farscape or andromeda . how sad that this be all we be provide with . lynch film be flaw and yes . but a flawed film could lead to a correction by another film maker and take on some of the best point of lynch film making and reject some of the more overblown aspect of the style whilst restore the storyline . now this story shall probably never be translate to film again and and this i find heartrending .