This time, can the studio bigwigs and screenwriters please read the book first? AS more evidence that the mainstream media doesn't publish news that's relevant to the people, the confirmation that Paramount has acquired the rights and will be making a new Dune movie wasn't front page news here. Oh, wait a minute ... I work for a newspaper, don't I? Okay, let me redress that terrible dereliction of duty. Variety magazine recently reported that Paramount is going ahead with a big-budget, big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction classic Dune. And to illustrate how serious...
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