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The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in Movie Master on MS-DOS

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Re: The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in Movie Master on MS-DOS

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, I think a lot of today's software is also written on a Model M, even if it's plugged into the latest and greatest. I really enjoy mine, I know a couple other co-workers who have one too

I wrote a lot of code on a model M at my first job. I should probably get another, that thing was phenomenal.

The Unicomp Model M continuations are still good, as well.

Re: The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in Movie Master on MS-DOS

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The screenplay was the worst part of the new Dune movie

I was considering to watch it this weekend. So you advise against it?

Go see it! It is a beautiful half movie: it only covers half the book, but is a great interpretation.

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Would have been nice to hear about the actual process. How is the screenplay disseminated afterwards? Printed out and retyped by an intern on a modern machine or what? What is Movie Master, who made it, what are the features? Right now the article is nothing more that 'lol man used old software'.

> he pulled up a DOS window in Windows XP

Re: The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in Movie Master on MS-DOS

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The screenplay was the worst part of the new Dune movie

I was considering to watch it this weekend. So you advise against it?

It's fantastic. Go see it in Imax if you can.

Going to the theaters will help to get part 2 made.

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