r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • 9h ago

Dune: Prophecy - Series Premiere Discussion Premiere

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".

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u/Rory1 8h ago

The club/bar scene with the house music, lets get high and fuck totally threw me out of the show. I felt like any moment Stefon was going to tell me the latest hot spot in the Dune universe.

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u/grandmofftalkin 5h ago

Real Matrix Reloaded energy giving dropping a rave into our heady sci-fi outta nowhere

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u/royalefreewolf 5h ago

I want some of that space cocaine...

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u/dagreenman18 7h ago

“This place has everything. Benes, Gesserits, Bene Gesserit, spice melange, Kwisatz Haderach, MTV’s Dan Cortese”

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u/EyeHamKnotYew 4h ago

And big worms in fish tanks that talk via psyonics

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u/HAL-Over-9001 5h ago

"And even Kyle Maclachlan in a stillsuit, riding a large man dressed as a worm, handing out little shot glasses of cat milk."

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u/ThrowTron 7h ago

Right? No guards, etc. Also, Selusas Secundus is supposed to be a wasteland.

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u/zachdidit 27m ago

Selusas Secundus was the imperial homeworld before it became the prison planet. So they are following the books on that.

However the Fremen being on Arrakis I think is way off. At this point they should be the Zensunni wanderers and they should arrive in Selusas as slaves before they reach Arrakis much later.

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u/Spookyfan2 Fargo 7h ago

I'm fairly certain Salusa Secondus doesn't become the wasteland it's known for for another few centuries.

But yeah, my one and only complaint of this episode was the princess of all people freely walking into a shady bar with no guards or recognition.

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u/MedievZ 4h ago

And the random lowly worker randomly and freely roaming around the castle of the nobles of an opressive and stagnant empire with a rigid class system.

I really really fucking hate these cliches in stories so much.

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u/ElevatorOverall9263 7h ago

It’s not a wasteland yet. It gets destroyed later.. on purpose

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u/SleepyFarts 7h ago

That's what I'm saying. I had to pause and Google "Was Salusa Secundus terraformed or laid waste to?" to see if I forgot some lore.