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After Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed Dyyni films, it’s time to dive deep into the past of the Harkonnen family.
Starting today on the Max service, Dune: Prophecy takes place 10,000 years before the rise of Paul Atreides.
The synopsis says the following:
“Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters who fight forces that threaten the future of humanity and found the fabled Bene Gesserit religious sect.”
Dune: Prophecy stars Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Chloe Lea, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Mark Strong, Jade Anouka, Edward Davis, Josh Heuston, Faoilann Cunningham, Aoife Hinds and Mark Addy.
Mixed on Rotten Tomatoes that in Muropaket’s own assessment, Dune: Prophecy has not proven to be as entertaining as Denis Villeneuve’s films, but the series is not completely crazy either.
Aki Lehti wrote in his review:
“Prophecy deliberately moves in a gray area. It doesn’t want to make any of its main characters unequivocally good or bad, which also makes it difficult to get a grip on the characters of the series, which is already progressing at an unnecessarily fast pace.
Valya and Tula Harkonnen are definitely the most important characters, but both their young and older versions are left at the feet of numerous supporting characters who plod their pointless plots on a daily basis. The motivations of almost every talking head for their actions are more or less unclear.
In particular, the twisted plot pattern of the ruling couple of Mark Strong and Jodhi May is pure poor man’s Game of Thrones. The young students of the sisterhood remain distant, but their story has a nice amount of horror elements. Several young and pretty princes, princesses and other power-hungry characters are included just to fill up the action scene quota.
Separate sex scenes are completely pointless nonsense.”
Review | The Dune: Prophecy series is like a messed-up sci-fi version of Game of Thrones – right down to the obligatory stakes scenes
The first season of Dune: Prophecy contains six episodes. They will be published once a week until December 23rd.
Source: muropaketti.com
