Recently, actress Virginia Madsen (who played Alia, the daughter of the Emperor, and, in a post-filming edit, narrated much of the movie) said she was signed on for a trilogy. Thus, Dune was to be Lynch’s own Star Wars. Lynch wanted artistic control over his own project, not to be working under the shadow of George Lucas. So how did it go so wrong?ĭavid Lynch was offered the opportunity to direct The Return of the Jedi, which was released in 1983. Cast as MacLachlan’s nemesis, Sting was not. Likewise, the cast was a wild assembly of actors that should have been a real draw. The film, being written and directed by David Lynch, would have been a must-see, particularly after the appearance of Blue Velvet (1986). Frank Herbert’s book is one of the classics of the science fiction world. In retrospect, the film would have looked like a dream project. If I had to guess, I’d say I read the original Dune novel in the late 1970s (the book was published in 1965, less than year before the Speed Racer comic was first published and a little more than a year before the Speed Racer TV show). So what happens when something is remembered not-so-fondly? Does one dare to revisit the dark times? To this day, I have not watched a single episode on YouTube. I’m sorry I watched it and wish I would have let my romantic memories of the excitement and beauty of Speed Racer live on. This is all very traumatic, so excuse me if I don’t go into all the details.- Sometime circa 1990, I found a load of VHS tapes on deep discount at the local Blockbuster** and one was a set of Speed Racer episodes. My parents wouldn’t let me watch it (pinko-commie propaganda*, my Dad called it) so I had to sneak over to my friend’s house after school to view the episodes. When I was wee tyke, I loved Speed Racer. Sometime, those things that are remembered fondly from childhood don’t stand the test of time.
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In time for another attempt at a Dune movie version as the 1984 version has appeared on streaming.