Spoilers Dune: Prophecy - Spoilers!
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There's an interesting article about the Standard Imperial Calendar on page 146 of the Dune Encyclopedia, if anyone's interested. That deals mostly with using Kaitain as the basis for a standard calendar (one year on Kaitain is 360 days). There's more information elsewhere in the Encyclopedia and in Dune itself, either in the narrative or in the Appendices. I have the Encyclopedia on hand, but I'm not sure where my copy of Dune itself wandered off to.
It doesn't help that the Encyclopedia doesn't have a table of contents. One of these days I'm going to write one out and keep it in my copy.
It doesn't help that the Encyclopedia doesn't have a table of contents. One of these days I'm going to write one out and keep it in my copy.
IIRC, the novel this show is based on takes place something like eighty years after the end of the Butlerian Jihad, for whatever that's worth.
Though I imagine this is the point where someone dismisses this as "irrelevant garbage" from Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.
Though I imagine this is the point where someone dismisses this as "irrelevant garbage" from Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.
That's irrelevant garbage.
How'd you guess?
The Bene Gesserit existed long before the Butlerian Jihad began.
Some infos about the background of the showrunners of "Dune: Prophecy"
The original showrunner was Jon Spaihts. He previously worked on "Prometheus" from Ridley Scott and "The Mummy" from Alex Kurtzman.
The production company removed him from the project.
Diane Ademu-John was a executive producer on "Empire" (the Jussie Smollett show) and "The Originals", a sexy vampire teen/YA drama/romance show for "The CW" (same as Michelle Paradise, the current showrunner of Star Trek Discovery).
She was removed as showrunner but is still credited as a executive producer.
The third showrunner Alison Schapker worked for J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot: Alias, Lost, Fringe, Almost Human.
She also worked on "The Flash" for "The CW", as showrunner of the second season of "Altered Carbon" and as executive producer on the fourth season of "Westworld".
Yikes and yuck
The original showrunner was Jon Spaihts. He previously worked on "Prometheus" from Ridley Scott and "The Mummy" from Alex Kurtzman.
The production company removed him from the project.
Diane Ademu-John was a executive producer on "Empire" (the Jussie Smollett show) and "The Originals", a sexy vampire teen/YA drama/romance show for "The CW" (same as Michelle Paradise, the current showrunner of Star Trek Discovery).
She was removed as showrunner but is still credited as a executive producer.
The third showrunner Alison Schapker worked for J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot: Alias, Lost, Fringe, Almost Human.
She also worked on "The Flash" for "The CW", as showrunner of the second season of "Altered Carbon" and as executive producer on the fourth season of "Westworld".
Yikes and yuck
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It should probably be noted that he was also the co-writer of Dune and Dune part 2.
Yeah, that's quite the mixture there.
Great. The movie (just checked) clearly states the year 10.191. The general audience with no knowledge of the novels will think that's about 8.000 years from now. So saying this prequel is 10.000 years before the movie makes it a bit confusing.
I don't think the general audience will dig that deep.
Indeed. Most of the general audience won't care, and if they care enough, they'll search the internet and find out what's going on. Not a big deal.
Unless they take their information from nuDune sites or channels. JFC, if Frank Herbert gave his approval for the Dune Encyclopedia (as he explicitly did) and the article about the Butlerian Jihad states that its catalyst was an AI doctor aborting Jehanne Butler's nearly-born baby (just a short time before she was supposed to give birth and the baby was perfectly healthy), then as far as I'm concerned the D.E. version of the Jihad and the Bene Gesserit (Jehanne Butler was Bene Gesserit) are as good as canon and KJA/BH can go post their inferior fanfiction over on Wattpad and shut up about it.
Second teaser:
Again, the visuals and the casting are terrific but otherwise...I dunno. I'm going in with an open mind but I'm not quite sucked in yet.
From io9:
The article also talks about all of the different people who are involved making the show (including, yes, those two)...but nothing about Denis Villeneuve. I already knew he had stepped back from his initial plans to direct the first episode but I couldn't remember if he still had any involvement with the show at all.
Again, the visuals and the casting are terrific but otherwise...I dunno. I'm going in with an open mind but I'm not quite sucked in yet.
From io9:
According to a press release, Dune: Prophecy will follow “two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.”
The series stars Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen, Olivia Williams as Tula Harkonnen, Jodhi May as Empress Natalya, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina as Princess Ynez, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Mikaela, Faoileann Cunningham as Sister Jen, Aoife Hinds as Sister Emeline, Chloe Lea as Lila, Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart, Mark Strong as Emperor Javicco Corrino, Jade Anouka as Sister Theodosia and Chris Mason as Keiran Atreides.
Not sure if I knew Travis Fimmel (Vikings) was going to be in this, so that's another added plus to the casting.The article also talks about all of the different people who are involved making the show (including, yes, those two)...but nothing about Denis Villeneuve. I already knew he had stepped back from his initial plans to direct the first episode but I couldn't remember if he still had any involvement with the show at all.
It ties into the established universe though. Basically, there has been no progression since the Butlerian Jihad IIRC correctly.
Nice, i dig it. Keeps close to the aesthetic of Villeneuve's Dune which i like but has more variance given it visits more locations other than Arrakis, Giedi Prime and Caladan.
Storywise i am intrigued to see what happens and they sure have stacked up a very capable cast. Let's see how this goes in exactly one month.
Storywise i am intrigued to see what happens and they sure have stacked up a very capable cast. Let's see how this goes in exactly one month.
Does Ix exist as a colonized world yet?
" I run a school for young women, we're a threat to no-one"
yeah right
Though playing the down the role and ability of the Bene Gesserit would be consistent.
In the original novel there's a scene where Jessica confronts Hawat and says he's just glimpsed the iron first inside the velvet glove of the Bene Gesserit (and lived).
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