#Dune: Prophecy

Premise: 10,000 years before Paul Atreides, Valya (Emily Watson) and her sister, Tula Harkonnen (Olivia Williams) fight threats and establish what will be Bene Gesserit in the series inspired by the Dune prequel novel “Sisterhood of Dune”.

Subreddit(s): | Platform: | Metacritic: | Genre(s) :–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:| r/DuneProphecy, r/DuneProphecyHBO, r/Dune | Max | [65/100] (score guide)| Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

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  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    I’m not sure I follow everything that’s going on, but I guess that’s ok for a first episode.

    Knife guy is my favorite, burning a kid is certainly one way to make you memorable.

    I’ll probably watch the next episode but I’m not sure it’s pulled me in yet.

  • BlxterEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Had no idea Travis Fimmel was playing a role in this show. The worst part was the 3-5 minutes of exposition dump nat the start can’t stand that stuff. Show looks wonderful and acting was great. And on my first point hope he plays a large role in the show. I’m optimistic for now.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Knife guy is definitely my favorite so far. Just being an out of place soldier is one thing, but burning a kid, that’s a real thinker.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    This is what I commented on the other show/movies community:

    Well it does feel like a TV series alright. The sets look cheap and lots of enclosed spaces instead of the expansive and “everything is huge” feel of the movies. That’s understandable though, since this is obviously not a movie with a movie budget. That aside, the older cast are great, but I’m not impressed with the younger cast yet, as with most shows with new, young actors. The full blown exposition in the first 10 minutes was a bad sign for me, because they’re leaning on tell-don’t-show. I know they have a lot of info to get through as a background, but the films were able to do that without just narrating everything. All the more for a series that has more than double the runtime in total.

    I read the Frank books but not the Brian ones, so I’m going in blind except for the info I already know from the original books. So let’s see, we’re just in the first episode. I’m looking forward to the next one and hopefully it picks up.

  • TurtlePower@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    What the hell is wrong with people? It’s only the first episode. They have to set up the story and introduce characters; of course it’s going to be a little slow. I honestly can’t remember a pilot/first episode of anything not being a little shitty. Even so, it felt a lot like the movies, and although the music and visuals aren’t quite as mind-warping, it’s still gorgeous. Just remember, movie budget > TV show budget. In any case, I’m looking forward to Sunday nights now.

    A big part of why everything is so shitty nowadays is because they could serve up absolute perfection and yall would still bitch about it.

  • kat_angstrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Found it good but slow, and a bit unfocused. Only 6 episodes planned for season one though? That’s kind of phoning it in

    • TurtlePower@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      For a first episode that needs to establish things, what’s so unfocused about it?