Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes on 17 December 2002 at 10:34:24 -0500 > [DDB] > #> #> "Dune" (it's old, it's long, but it has Patrick Stewart, Sting, and a > #> #> host of excellent actors) > #> # > #> #I thought the movie was a total and utter abomination. > > [MAM] > #> Make that "Abomination", with a capital "A". > > [DDB] > #What the heck, let's go all the way: Total and Utter Abomination. > > Yeah. But I wasn't clear enough. > (SPOILERS for the Dune series follow) > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > - > - > - > > > > The Bene Gesserit apply the term "Abomination" to a person > possessed/controlled by the personality of an ancestor. When Alia was > possessed/controlled by her grandfather the Baron, she became > Abomination. Ah, right. I tend to repress the memory of anything after the first book. And by that definition, I'm not so sure it's the right word; the personality of its ancestor (Frank Herbert) is sadly missing from the movie. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info