re: Dune: Prophecies Thread

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The Fremen aren’t even on Arakis yet in the story.

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According to the most accepted timelines, the Zensunni (ancestors of the Fremen) were already on Arrakis approximately 6-7000 years earlier. The 'Fremen' were established about ~1500 years before the events in Prophecy.

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The BG don’t have superpowers, they aren’t mind readers, their inside info comes from spies and gossip. They don’t control the imperium and they’re not samurai warriors either. Their skills are a theoretical possibility that’s based on science not magical.

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Quite true. But in this show's defense, I don't think they have actually gone away from fundamentally scientific explanations in this series yet. They've even managed an explanation for the crispy frying effect (a nanotech contolled engineered virus).

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This is not Dune not even close.

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It's supposed to be the Dune Universe, not necessarily Dune itself.


All that said, I think they've just tried to pack far too much into this series. Far too much. I would suggest the writers take a step back, pick a line of topic, maybe sprinkle in a minor sub-plot or two, and just run with that.

My questionable plot points:

1. Face dancers appearing far before they actually come into the canon, and the one they had (Theo), thrown away uselessly - she didn't even seriously slow Hart down.

2. The proto-BG accepting and following an abomination. Even worse, an abomination effectively created by a thinking machine. This is almost a direct contradiction to what the more fundamentalist proto-BG group would ever consider to be allowed to exist. They would only follow that thing around if they were actively trying to kill it.

3. Imprinting introduced loooooong before the technique was brought into the canon. This is a powerful telepathic ability implicitly built upon and based on other abilities long since developed. It just feels cobbled in and out-of-place here.

4. The confusing behavior of the various members of house Corrino. It's certainly consistent with real human history, where close royal family members go after each other's throats. That's accurate, but I just think it is detracting from this particular story. It's really difficult to discern the motives of the various power players, and why anybody should care. I'd simplify this.


I'll be on the look out for season two, but they really need to settle this story down and start coalescing some of the more important details:

1. How the Bene Gesserit began, and especially how they decided to breed a super being, instead of just a good ruler who they could influence. Especially how they seeded and kicked off various lines of genetic potential.

2. (Minor subplot) How the Corrinos managed to stay in power for so long despite internal back-stabbing and external (Landraad) threats.

3. (Minor subplot) The beginnings of the emplacement of Reverend Mothers all around the Imperium, but especially on Dune, to lay the foundations for coming of their future Super Being. I'd guess the Fremen chick that was the rebellion middle-man is convinced to be the very first one? Word it like it's a promotion (which in a way, it really is)