TV: Dune: Prophecy

beowulf

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Jan 29, 2005
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There is a lot of thoughts in the other thread on the subject


Some discussion of whether a Dune series not related to Akkaris would work etc.
 

hotcabbagesoup

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Feb 18, 2009
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I liked Episode 1. Liked the setting, the detail, the world-building looks so much more interesting than just the Harkonen home world and Arrakis of the Villaneueve movies.

The story beat feels a little weak, young Valya was intriguing/menacing but old Valya is a bit boring. A lot of the acting does feels like a CW-young adult-romance though. The fawning over the half-prince guy, "oh that's exactly what I'm looking for....a rich man with idle hands lol." The bar/makeout scene seemed generic. I liked it though. "Pull that stunt again and I'll kill you myself you little ****" in front of everyone at the party was intriguing, and even more so now that that little **** is dead.
 

eXile3

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Dec 12, 2020
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I liked Episode 1. Liked the setting, the detail, the world-building looks so much more interesting than just the Harkonen home world and Arrakis of the Villaneueve movies.

The story beat feels a little weak, young Valya was intriguing/menacing but old Valya is a bit boring. A lot of the acting does feels like a CW-young adult-romance though. The fawning over the half-prince guy, "oh that's exactly what I'm looking for....a rich man with idle hands lol." The bar/makeout scene seemed generic. I liked it though. "Pull that stunt again and I'll kill you myself you little ****" in front of everyone at the party was intriguing, and even more so now that that little **** is dead.
I’m so glad someone else thought that. I said that to my girlfriend while we were watching. There are some strong actors but the younger ones in particular came across very CW.

That and the bad CGI battle with the “thinking machines” are the biggest negatives for me.

Some character and ideas are definitely intriguing so I’m going to keep watching.
 

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