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Spoilers Dune: Prophecy - Spoilers!

This is looking like it's got a lot of potential. I had been expecting this to be a total train wreck since it's based one of the non-Frank Herbert prequels, but it really looks like it won't be.
 
" 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).

I always wondered if and how much the Great Houses and the Emperor too realized they were being played and gently nudged into one direction or the other.

The BG have time, their plans unfold over decades and centuries, so a small whisper here and 2 generations later it's war.
 
Oh wow, I never heard of this. Taking advantage of the films success I imagine. Looks like the same quality. I will have to look up credits. Plenty of good stuff to get me through this winter now. Silo, Dune, Skeleton Crew. LET IT SNOW!
 
LOL. After 10,191 years, they're still wearing doilies over their faces.
Or maybe they changed up fashion a few times before coming back to the dollies. Like how certain retro fashions are becoming popular again in the real world.
 
Aren't there some religions today who've pretty much worn the same traditional clothing their entire existence?
Over the course of 10,000+ years? I don't think we have any religions that old.

It's lazy production values, transposing from the movie, while not taking the in-universe continuity into account. I don't recall just when KJA/BH decided to create the Mentats, but if there are any in this show, will they carry those cute little parasols that Thufir had?

Or maybe they changed up fashion a few times before coming back to the dollies. Like how certain retro fashions are becoming popular again in the real world.
I've noticed some people wearing 1970s outfits to the local mall. That's reviving a 50-year-old fashion trend, and doesn't look at all strange to me, given that I wore that stuff (the 1970s were my school years).

I have not, however, seen anyone walking around the mall dressed in outfits from 8000 BCE.
 
Aren't there some religions today who've pretty much worn the same traditional clothing their entire existence?

Yeah, in some cases for thousands of years and still worn today. It's one of the most notable visual characteristics of religions. As far as I can see, there's absolutely no reason to believe traditional dress wouldn't remain consistent in some cultures or societies.
 
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Yeah, that was what I was thinking. A lot of religions' traditions go all the way back to the beginning.
Over the course of 10,000+ years? I don't think we have any religions that old.

It's lazy production values, transposing from the movie, while not taking the in-universe continuity into account. I don't recall just when KJA/BH decided to create the Mentats, but if there are any in this show, will they carry those cute little parasols that Thufir had?


I've noticed some people wearing 1970s outfits to the local mall. That's reviving a 50-year-old fashion trend, and doesn't look at all strange to me, given that I wore that stuff (the 1970s were my school years).

I have not, however, seen anyone walking around the mall dressed in outfits from 8000 BCE.
Yeah, but this is a very different kind of society from ours, and their 10,000 years ago seems to be closer to a few centuries or decades ago for us. And there are plenty of modern traditions that go back that far.
 
Ipse dixit aside, I'm really looking forward to this one. I liked the two recent movies a lot; if this show can capture some of the epic scale, while fleshing out the origins of the Bene Gesserit, it could be very good.
 
Even knowing that they did take some influence from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, I'm still optimistic based on everything I've seen and read about the show so far.
 
Can’t be a good sign if I’m the first one to comment on the premiere. I found it perfectly watchable — it didn’t kick my head off, but it’s certainly Dune. Though I’m amused that
even however many years AG, sexy techno nightclubs for the twentysomethings are still a thing
.
 
Can’t be a good sign if I’m the first one to comment on the premiere. I found it perfectly watchable — it didn’t kick my head off, but it’s certainly Dune. Though I’m amused that
even 10,000+ years AG, sexy techno nightclubs for the twentysomethings are still a thing
.
The were always a thing. Well maybe not as techo.
 
For now, I'm going to reserve judgment.

I'm very skeptical that this will pan out to be something I'll like, but I'm not throwing in the towel yet. Certainly there were some worthwhile elements.

By the way, we need an actual spoiler thread to discuss this. No way am I going to spoiler code. every. single. post. I make. that discusses the content of the episodes.
 
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