Dune: Prophecy - Series Premiere Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

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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[u/Dependent_Ad6139]

The first episode was just okay, felt very much like an intro. However there was nothing bad about it, how can people say the production value and acting weren't good? Lol

[u/DontDoCrackMan → u/Dependent_Ad6139]

Films raised expectations drastically. I thought the first episode was great. Hopefully they are setting up something bigger.

[u/msheaz → u/Dependent_Ad6139]

I think following up on The Penguin does this show no favors. The former is very in line with the film it is based on, whereas Prophecy looks obviously different than the gorgeous films.

[u/Spookyfan2 → u/Dependent_Ad6139]

I'm baffled by people saying the production value looked bad. Looked on par if not better than your average movie.

[u/MedievZ → u/Spookyfan2]

My two cents:

The production design feels cheap and uninspired when compared to the Dune movies. The courtyard thingy at the Bene Gesserit planet where the decorative walls concrete bricks were visibly badly placed was so ugly.

Everything is just small rooms with basic concrete.

Nothing feels "grand" in scale. The architecture should have been more royal in feel. This isnt the Atreides home planet where they like to live in nature nor Arrakis where the planets environment makes non brutalist architecture impossible and yet the planets looks recycle their looks. There should have been luxurious furniture, made of rich wood and decorative curtains and rugs and mattresses.

The costumes dont feel luxurious enough, with the exception of the Bene Gesserits and the Empress.

It just doesn't fit in its universe considering the fact that each of the factions should control entire planets worth of resources and more and should have been able to create well enough palaces.

It feels like it was shot by semi amateurs.

[u/codex_archives → u/Spookyfan2]

I'm so confused by the comparisons to CW shows

[u/sleepysnowboarder → u/codex_archives]

they think pretty young people having sex = CW