Quentin Tarantino Explains Why He Won't Be Watching Dune or Shōgun

I saw [David Lynch's] 'Dune' a couple of times. I don't need to see that story again. I don't need to see spice worms. I don't need to see a movie that says the word 'spice' so dramatically.

It's one after another of this remake and that remake. People ask have you seen 'Dune'? Have you seen 'Ripley?' Have you seen 'Shōgun'? And I'm like no, no, no, no. There's six or seven Ripley books. If you do one again, why are you doing the same one that they've done twice already? I've seen that story twice before, and I didn't really like it in either version, so I'm not really interested in seeing it a third time. If you did another story, that would be interesting enough to give it a shot anyway.

I saw 'Shōgun' in the '80s. I watched all 13 hours. I'm good. I don't need to see that story again, I don't care how they do it. I don't care if they take me and put me in ancient Japan in a time machine. I don't care, I've seen the story.