HI DAn,

On Sun 2037-May-10 16:44, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> both of the JOseph W. Campbell school and the other faction. Edward E
 DC> Is he the former Catholic priest, or is that a different Campbell?  


DC> The Cambell I'm thinking of was a philospher. He had more than a few
DC> PBS  shows.  Probably his main work was _The Hero with a Thousand
DC> Faces_.  

THis wouldn't be the same guy then.  Joe W. Campbell was
editor of (can't remember amazing or astounding, but I think the latter)
back in the so-called golden age of sci fi, wW
II era.

 RW> in appearance.  IT had to be human in basic form if it was
 RW> intelligent. 

DC> Shades of Star Trek!  


True, but trek would have some nonhuman sentient life.  The
main reason trek did it, or reasons were ease of setup,
fewer real complex special effects, and they blended it in
with their "preservers" thing which seeded humanity
throughout the stars, to be tarred with the brush of the
campbell bias by hard core sci fi fans.

 DC> And, in  a way, they were a rip-off of _Dune_.  That movie could
 DC> have been a lot better.  

 RW> Iirc it predated the DUne movie, and didn't even care for
 RW> the first one that much.

DC> The Director's Cut is at least passable.  The orginal version
DC> sucked,  big time.  

STill not as good as the book.  YOu had to read dUne to
grasp what it was really about.

DC> I read the book long before I saw the movie.  That's why I was so
DC> disappointed in them.  Everything was there except the plot!  As 
DC> per Star Wars, the Bene Gesserit were the equivalent of the Jedi,
DC> though  often better looking.  :)  


That they were.

Did you read the rest of the DUne series as well?

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+