Yes, I thought Lynch’s film got the spirit of the book right. It wouldn’t be impossible to remake Dune well - but the slightest hint of modern political correctness would destroy any new film instantly.
There is actually a version floating around online that is a combination of two different edits of the movie with some of the tv series mixed in. I always thought the disturbing creepiness of the entire thing is what makes it stand out.. I can see why some would absolutely hate it though..
Re watched it lately and didn’t realize the Captain from Das Boat was Pauls Dad...
A new version would never allow for Kenneth McMillan’s tour-de-force as the Baron Harkonnen in all his gloriously evil, sadistic and corpulent faggot degeneracy. His successor in the tv series was a non-entity and wimp (almost as bad as the Sci-Fi channel remake of “Flash Gordon” with a completely defanged and unrecognizable Ming, an utterly shameful embarrassment and testament to PC cleansing).