DUNE: PROPHECY 1x6 REVIEW | Warner Bros | The Geek Buddies

[@starhawk63]

I'm not sure Lila is "just Sister Lila" - her eyes have changed, she's connected to her ancestors, and i believe she would now be a Reverend Mother in the Sisterhood.

[@gsarngad]

I believe you're right that unlocking her other memories makes her a Reverend Mother. The eyes are a side-effect of the spice that I wouldn't expect would have anything to do with her status in the Sisterhood. We learn in Frank's books that when a Reverend Mother loses control to an ancestor the Bene Gesserit call it abomination and put her down, but presumably that policy hasn't been put in place yet this early.

[@jaimebergner]

I like this show a lot and it was officially renewed for a second season.

[@philrm99]

Yeah, great finale.

[@hilneloms5382]

I didn't realize this was the finale, I thought we had at least 1 or 2 more to go. Happy there will be a season 2. I'm really intrigued by the story.

[@bolojoe5492]

Going to Dune makes strategic sense. Constantine is here in commands of the imperial fleet. Remember his mother told him his purpose was to protect his sister the next Empress. This gives her much needed support against Desmond and her mother in season 2.

[@giada951]

Desmond is a really interesting character and the last two episodes made him even more important because of his Harkonnen and Atreides bloodline and his potential that both Valya and Tula realized before he was born, and probably the reason why he was taken by the mysterious enemy and turned into a sort of "patient zero" for the retrovirus. I hope season 2 will better explore Desmond's potential, because I feel like writers are intentionally making him a version of Paul Atreides or his ancestor, which I find very fascinating.

[@denniskristos3800]

It would have been the standard 10 episodes that we're currently accustomed to from HBO. Back in 2019 when the spin-off was announced as "Dune: The Sisterhood" with Denis Villeneuve directing the first episode. Or at least, that was the plan. But at that time WB/HBO was at the beginning of the Streaming Wars and was owned by AT&T whose execs were all about getting original content on HBOmax ASAP. And later on, the first episode directed by Johan Renck was shot, in the can and screened screened for HBO and WB-D execs and it wasn't quite aesthetcaly what they expected nor was itacceptable to them. The production was shut down for effectively 6 - 8 months while it was retooled, the director was removed, showrunners were swapped out, 2 lead actresses quit because the delay's duration could have exceeded 8 months and, at that time out concerns that possible scheduling conflicts with other jobs could occur; and the axe of Zaslav was swinging in full arcs chopping production budgets, laying off many studio day-to day staff and cancelling existing and / or in-development projects for tax write offs. At the end of the production's hiatus, the episode count was now six from he originally planned ten so if it felt like connective tissue was missing in those six, there wee the evidenced creditable causes of it. The show also was affected by the WGA strike, but not the SAG-Aftra one because the actors' contract were under the UK European Equity union, so shooting the as-is scripts was possible, but on set revisions were not. It wasn't an easy road the show travelled and considering the all the production difficulties Dune: Prophecy" had encountered, the final product, was more than acceptable in some respects, outstanding in others.

[@starhawk63]

Rocha - how do you not recall Luthen's amazing monologue in Andor about what he is sacrificing? Valya is making sacrifices as well.

[@starhawk63]

I mean, I think Luthen is a much better person....

[@Haterbek]

@@starhawk63 I watched Andor the day before watching episode 5. And when ginger acolyte asked Tula about sacrifices just like Lonnie asked Luthen, I immediately recalled that. And Luthen delivered an epic monologue, whereas Tula came up with a lame "More than you can imagine". And if we put Luthen's monologue in Tula's mouth it would perfectly work and made whole show much better. That made me understand that this show just wasted potential of Bene Gesserit and Harkonnen sisters.

[@williamdaniels9728]

I think it was an Atreides in the hood, more specifically the Atreides boy Tula allowed to live all grown up. I think it goes back to them getting revenge against the Harkonnen sisters and probably making a "move" for the Throne themselves. It's the Game Of Throne mechanizations. I think we will see the Princess and Swordmaster go to the Atredes home world in the 2nd season where the character will be reintroduced the reveal will be made by the end of the season that it was him who sent Desmond Hart into action with use of thinking machine technology.

[@Masklessvizard]

I could've sworn Lila was possessed by Sister Raquella. When Th'hell did Doratea possessed lila? Great show tho! This could be the next HBO hit.

[@mushjul]

Desmond is not in the Books.

[@vincentjetton4157]

WATCH VIKINGS!!! HYLL HAMMEREN!!!🤘🏻

[@Scimarad]

You keep saying you haven't read the books but this really isn't based on a book except in the vaguest sense and even then it the pretty questionable Brian & Kevin Dune books.

[@commandZee]

I was disappointed by the show overall, but I stuck, and will stick around in hopes it gets better because I like _Dune._ In terms of crafts and performances it's excellent, but the storytelling and characters were meh. I agree, the last two episodes were much better, but I still wasn't shown a good reason to empathize for these characters and/or their motivations-so far I still don't like any of these f***ers 🤣

[@redcomet0079]

This was the best ep of the season, but it’s not a good show imo. I understand why Vogel bowed out because I was bored to tears for 5 weeks straight

[@Haterbek]

I can't believe anybody who is not a casual viewer who watches shows just to kill time can genuinely say it is a good show. It has enjoyable moments, I admit that but overall it is so dumb. Most of the plot just doesn't make any sense

[@georgeclooney5316]

Terrible series. It was good in ep.1 that revealing the background story of Harkonnen. But after that, all episodes are junks. Too much non-sense conversation. Made no progress and extremely boring. The superior old mother back for a while from the hell but she did nothing. Then she's gone again. We just don't get the point! I had put a good expectation for the series but ended up with very unsatisfaction. The ending is also terrible (no ending at all). All the story writer and the production crews should be fired. They are not doing their job well and produced a worse film for us. Just a waste of time in watching this silly film.