TV: Dune: Prophecy

[Blackhawkswincup]

Watching Dune: Prophecy

Seems promising and given its HBO at the very least the visuals/etc are top notch

We shall see how this unfolds but overall fine start IMO

Thoughts?

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[beowulf]

There is a lot of thoughts in the other thread on the subject

Online Series: - More Dune from Denis Villeneuve

So on top of the movie that is currently being shot, looks like Denis Villeneuve will be directing a series ordered by Warner Brothers for their streaming service called Dune: The Sisterhood . Set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s epic “Dune” novel series, “Dune: The Sisterhood” is told...

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

 

[Neil Racki]

sucked an entire field of dicks

in my humble opinion .. wife was okay with it

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

sucked an entire field of dicks

in my humble opinion .. wife was okay with it

EDIT: im a godfearing man

 

[NyQuil]

dude gross, i think you need to question your wife's judgment if she's letting you do that

I think he's brave and has panache.

 

[The Shadow]

sucked an entire field of dicks

in my humble opinion .. wife was okay with it

This reminds me of this

 

[Hivemind]

Another victim of the Game of Clones, and this one is on HBO no less.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

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]

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.

 

[HanSolo]

Couldn't get through the first episode. Its so laden with new names, concepts, plot threads with such minimal explanation delivered as though the viewer should be as familiar with them as the characters on screen...I know this one will likely all be clarified as the first season progresses but by next week I'll forget all the info I digested. I mean hell I watched like 38 minutes last night and I already forgot damn well everything beyond there's a Harkonnen Bene Gesserit, some noble married a kid, and this is the early days of the Corinno empire.

That's just a fraction of the information given to the viewer and the only way I'm going to keep up is if I binge this show.

World design is impressive. Some performances are solid, some are noticeably and markedly bad. Expository lore dump to start things off is a f***ing mess.

 

[The Marquis]

This reminds me of this

I laughed SUPER hard at this. I’ve never seen the show. That scene is funny as hell.

 

[Osprey]

I expected to dislike it. I've never really cared for the Bene Gesserit and I wasn't eager for another series about space witches and acolytes. The lackluster reviews were pretty discouraging, as well. I ended up not hating the first episode, though, and I actually genuinely enjoyed the second. I daresay that I'm liking the series so far.

I'm glad that the sisters are a lot more human and less creepy than they're portrayed in the original novels and movies. Also, I was pleasantly surprised that they're only half of the story, while the other half is about the Emperor's court and political games. It does feel a bit like Game of Thrones, which I think is fine because I read that G.R.R. Martin was influenced by Dune.

I was afraid that I'd have trouble following along, but I haven't really. My understanding isn't 100%, but I'm not at all confused about what's going on. There are a lot of names, but characters are often just referred to by title or description (ex. Emperor, princess, swordmaster) and, even when not, it's usually not hard to put a face to them by the context of the conversation.

I don't have many issues with the acting. Some of the younger actors do feel weaker than the rest and a little too "CW pretty," but I wouldn't say that they're much worse than Cristin Cole in House of the Dragon and they have the least amount of screen time, so it hasn't bothered me too much so far.

The production quality is fantastic and at the level of other top HBO shows. The visuals, especially, are impressive. As a sci-fi fan, I'm loving how it looks.

If you're struggling through the first episode, try to stick it out because the hook doesn't come until the very end and then the second episode is much better, IMO.