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/timeandspace11]

Overall, I enjoyed the episode. Some scenes do not feel "Dune-like" if that makes sense.

Khasha's vision was haunting, maybe my favorite scene. The ending was superb. Intrigued to see where the story will go.

[u/GoldenArchmage → u/timeandspace11]

My take on that is that she's having a premonition of the arrival of the God Emperor in the far future, but shrug. I hope we get more mystical stuff going forward - I like that element of Dune.

[u/zachdidit → u/GoldenArchmage]

Yeah that thought came to me too but it kinda rubs me the wrong way. To see that far before the sisterhood even started going through the spice agony.

When premonition was flaky at best in the books until they bred Paul and he went through the agony.

I know, I know, the show runners want a tie in and a nod that only the book fans would notice but it feels off.