Dune Prophecy Season 1 Episode 1 Breakdown | Recap & Review

[@Lion0fTheDesert]

I’m here for Space Ragnar, shame Raised by Wolves got cancelled.

[@denniskristos3800]

You can blame David Zaslav for that one. Because of its production cost per episode, "Raised By Wolves" was one of the first series to be sliced out of HBOmax' series lineup. It wasn't the last as he tried to make the streamer look good on paper and to Wall St. investors.

[@midsizesedan7620]

The writing on that show was regressing. Got worse by the episode. It started off great tho

[@alphagerudo]

Finaly found someone who thinks the same way I do 😊 Only reason I'll continue to watch is for Travis Fimmel

[@medaherf9462]

This will always hurt me …I’m still not over that cancellation

[@teranmm]

I didn’t know it was canceled. Now I’m sad.

[@nicholashermes5023]

This first episode worked for me. Watson is killing it, as is Strong. That future bar scene was dumb, though. Future bars are dumb.

[@southamericunt6354]

Hated the barrrrrrrr

[@p-j-y-d]

Future bars are dumb because they look exactly like present day bars. But hey, we're living in the future! (at least according to most 60s sci-fi).

[@alexianemp]

More spice snuff please. Just because my eyes are blue doesn't make me a junkie!

[@djdksf1]

Agree! Why are there dumb bars with pillows and shit everywhere - playing techno - no matter where or when you are in the universe? I want to see a universe where instead of 'clubbing', people take awesome pain killers and just run into walls at top speed for fun.

[@cindytartt4048]

Yeah, that scene and the very young cast from the School of Witchcraft and Truthsaying. But one future bar was great: in the first Star Wars film, sitting in a cinema & absorbing that was AWESOME

[@Icefury]

Side Note: The early 2000's Hallmark entertainment TV mini series of "Dune" and "Children of Dune" are in my opinion the very best screen adaption of the Dune saga. Each mini series is given over 10 hours to tell segments of Dune's story and the casting / screen play was SPOT ON!! If you have not seen these Hallmark Dune mini series, I highly recommended them!! Pete, as always your breakdown, analysis, and presentation is the very best on KZbin.

[@MirchiBoy]

If Travis Fimmel is in it, I'm watching. Him showing up as kind of the same mysterious dude helps me get over his canceled show and shows where his character is killed off.

[@patrickfrazier5740]

I've never seen Raised by Wolves but he was the best part of Vikings and it just was not as good once his character was killed off. He has such incredible stage/screen presence. He definitely made this show something to be excited about.

[@kavcox1]

I think ppl are being over critical .. it was a great episode

[@cp361]

Don’t care for the actor from raised by wolves and his stint as a Viking…. It’s unfortunate because he indeed reminds me of those prior roles they could have done a better job in their actor selection.

[@peybak]

I think if it wasn't show at 9pm Sunday on HBO, people wouldn't be this harsh.

[@kavcox1]

@@cp361this is my first time seeing this actor but I’m intrigued by the story line

[@AlexSaheli]

I expected nothing, and I liked ep 1 a lot

[@goodmorningandgoodluck8613]

It’s ABSOLUTELY Marcus from Raised By Wolves. Starting to wonder if this guy is an actor or just shows up and does his own thing. Let’s go

[@bigdoopy]

Had that same feeling too watching him, and I am totally okay with Marcus v2

[@nicholashermes5023]

Yeah, he's a one trick pony, but it's a trick that's shown well on camera before. If Prophecy hits big, we'll see if he can deliver in other roles.

[@TwinsenR]

Never watched it, but he's the same guy when he was on Vikings too, lol. Even had shimmering blue eyes.

[@Hattori_F]

He just plays the same person on everything he's in, from Vikings to this.

[@p-j-y-d]

You mean Ragnar Lothbrok?

[@Neos1heOne]

Thanks Pete! I look forward to more of your episode reviews this season 👊🏻

[@nickmcgookin247]

I was like when is the fondation coming out

[@hfztt]

Yuck! That series, except from the Empire stuff, which is not from the book, they are butchering the book, and not into something even remotely interresting.

[@heinuchung8680]

lol true

[@darrinschwieters]

@@hfztt while it isn't much like the book, I'm loving it for what it is.

[@hamburglar83]

@@hfzttI’m glad I didn’t read the book. That way I can’t be so critical

[@Kaustic410]

@@hamburglar83same here ! Really glad I didn’t read it first .. I thoroughly enjoy Foundation !

[@ispbrotherwolf]

From a DUNE reader, I give this 9,32/10. I loved that they showed the Butlerian Jihad in the start.

[@tjanek99]

Why not 9,33/10?

[@iwald0]

@@tjanek99better yet, why not 9,34/10?

[@ispbrotherwolf]

​@@tjanek99 I don´t know, for no reason 😃

[@zigmar7]

I liked the episode but I hated that they treat Brian Herbert's book as canon, in particular the interpretation of Butlerian Jihad as Terminator story, which not only goes against themes of original books but also directly contradicts established lore. I really hoped they would ignore terrible BH books and just write their own story based on the original Frank Herbert's books. Seriously, I trust HBO writers could do a much better job than BH ever did.

[@hussey1990]

Dune movies were perfect, the only thing that lacked was people, it always felt only main characters were there, this show is going a different way, and I kinda like it. Solid start

[@solarmaru49]

Your instincts are so very wrong

[@hussey1990]

@solarmaru49 like what?

[@janechoy2073]

I never read the books, only watched the 2 DV movies, and I'm excited about this tv show. The premiere is a bit dense, but I'm all in from a quality tv show perspective. It certainly looks like one and the first ep is indicative of that. I don't care that there's a huge time gap b/w this and the movies.

[@Bondoz007]

I just found it hard to believe that in 10,000 years, the same combat forcefield thing is still in use. Ok, maybe in Dune Prophecy but then it doesn't make sense in the Dune films where they are still used, so little has changed in tech. That's just silly. Dune Prophecy should have made another choice for tech

[@cindytartt4048]

I became a subscriber because of your terrific analysis of Foundation so I’m looking forward to your reviews of Dune: prophecy. 👍👍👍

[@timm1328]

I believe Desmond is either a face dancer or a ghola, in any case, working for the Bene Tleilax. The eyes in the vision is the God-Emperor Leto II.

[@nicholashermes5023]

I agree, he's not the original. I'd love to see the Tleilaxu in this show.

[@rickbase833]

Interesting take on the blue eyes. The appewr to be mechanical to me. Agree with the other responder.....hope we get some Tleilax....and Ix too.

[@dhruv9744]

Most likely a face dancer, because Gholas can’t regain memories of their predecessors yet.

[@CantankerousDave]

@@dhruv9744Yeah, not for another 10,000 years.

[@gutika113]

They would have to greatly speed up the timeline if they are to have Tleilax be so advanced this soon after the machine war. Remember we’re less than 200 years into humanity being free’d, and the Tleilaxi beginning their separation from broader society which then led to their own physical changes as well as their bio technology

[@mariusalin6127]

As allways ragnar is killing it

[@tuomasholo]

I was worried the space witches were going to start chanting “The power of one…the power of many…”

[@marykincaid8348]

I actually liked it a lot!!!!😆

[@markslima1557]

Honestly had low expectations for this show, and this first episode way exceeded them. Just found out that it is. six-episode story, which is slightly disappointing, mainly because the first episode blew me away so much I want to keep watching this. Looking forward to future installments!

[@Kennia1998]

Loved the 1st episode ❤❤

[@BonChanSama]

I always get so excited when there’s good tv back on cause we get a new Pete Peppers drop! I’m pumped

[@mikenelson507]

Had a feeling Pete would be all over this. This channel has become must watch for me. I enjoyed the episode. Allot of world building to take in.

[@Croakin]

The Atreides dude is giving Children of Dune on the SyFy channel

[@johnmitchell4043]

Think you forgot to say 'vibe'

[@enoshn2]

Yes ! I’ve never even seen it . Only clips and he was giving me James mcavoy vibes. Idk of it was his look or “aura” but that’s where my head went lol

[@NoRamNobiosNoService]

Ragnar not Marcus. Or you can say it's Travis Fimmel doing Travis Fimmel things.

[@ForeverBrooklynNYC]

Anyone criticizing this series for being ‘too woke’ or the ‘DEI-fied version of Dune’ is clearly not a serious person

[@newworld8546]

or maybe your opinion is bad.

[@sampedro9316]

What a stupid thing to say.

[@Zemorg]

I love your videos. Thank you for your hard work making them. There are times when I look forward to your recap more than I do watching the episodes. Dune had me curious. Shame you didn't cover Dark Matter. Thanks again.

[@PetePeppers1]

I guess Dark Matter is getting a Season 2 so I might cover it yet. I was interested in the first season, but @AppleTV+ ignored my requests about the show. It was weird because they've always been receptive in the past.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

The sand worm scene is about 15,000-20,000 years or more into the future where the school is destroyed. It’s in the Chapterhouse book of I remember correctly.

[@hfztt]

Well, not in it, but it is leading to it, as the planet is turning into a desert in that book, and worms being put into the eco system.

[@benisturning30]

What?

[@alextrujillo8611]

@@benisturning30talking about Dune 6 book

[@benisturning30]

@@alextrujillo8611 the show wasn’t very good. It didn’t explain a lot from the perspective of someone not reading the books.

[@ShouPow]

​@@benisturning30 you're supposed to watch to get answers...

[@gerardomurillo5692]

First video so far that notices that the sand castle is actually their fortress in Wallach IX. As a Herbert's fan I do hope that they clarify that the war was not against the machines but the men behind it. Other than that it was a good episode, they might be onto something.

[@chasx7062]

The show is great! Much better than Foundation already. Much mystery and suspense that Star Wars would die to have...

[@benjaminharmon6541]

I'm thinking Desmond is a ghola for sure. The video clip the Emperor saw at the end should show that his death was utterly unsurvivable.

[@ELRIFL]

The machine war scene was like someone ran an AI prompt to make a generic Matrix/Terminator apocalyptic battleground. Contrary to the Brian fanfiction, the thinking machines just refers to anything from a calculator or computer upward. Much like today, these things were being used to think for people or control their lives, but it was still ultimately men exploiting this that led to uprising and backlash.

[@lawbinson]

Would you do one on Interior Chinatown Series?

[@Unitos_]

Raised by Wolves is in the Dune universe, now.

[@redcomet0079]

This is the best review of the show I’ve seen Everything you said was spot on, Petey. After the 1st book, the story gets beyond convoluted and immensely weird. Prophecy is boring

[@TigerHawX]

I was kinda bored at first but then I finished the episode and I like it..

[@paisan8766]

Disagree with your take a lot. 8.5/10. I was riveted the whole time. Love the movies, never read the books. Know some lore from deep-diving around the movies. The politicking is fascinating. It looks beautiful. Acting is strong. I’m sold

[@Stello203]

Like this comment if you think Pete is the GOAT of SCI-FI recaps.

[@bcabaron]

Damn, a Battlestar Galactica crossover would be so tantalizing as a setup to the origins of Dune!

[@BANDLDR]

Is the Corrino Empress the same actress who played Maggie the Frog in GoT?

[@benjamin-collie]

First 2 Eps. Pure epic

[@rickbase833]

Dune novels, superfan here. Read them every few years. Watched Prophecy and liked it. It's definitely a show that needs to be watched all the way, so no candy crush during episode viewing. Loved the brief prologue on the Butlerian Jihad. Also brief was the refs to the Sisterhood Book but then moved on, which was good. To the producers, I beseech you.......never do a club scene again. That was time waste.

[@marcofragadasilva2663]

Maybe the soldier from Dune is using nanorobots to kill??

[@LordOfNihil]

the dune lore never really goes into the details of the fate of salusa secundus. but i know it involves a nuclear bombardment.

[@geminiaxelrod4592]

Did looks exactly like he did on Raises By Wolves. He's just missing the facial scar.

[@okeyakono5087]

It was a fantastic episode.

[@zonegaming3498]

I think they did a little too much info dumping, I did like a lot

[@Viviann3383]

Great video ❤❤❤

[@shanice1661]

I thought it was good and enjoyed it. Why does everything have to be amazing. A show can be good and that can be enough.

[@Highlander0689]

Desmond's powers are definitely reminiscent of the Sorceresses of Rossak. They used a similar type of telekinesis to fry Cymek brains.

[@cacogenicist]

They are hinting pretty strongly that Desmond is a ghola -- a clone of the actually deceased Desmond, with memories preserved somehow or other, can't remeber how that was supposed to work. Don't think he has powers. I suspect the burning thing there is naughty Ixian tech.

[@stephenconnolly3572]

I am a fan of the original six books, not a superfan, but I did enjoy them all. Part of what I loved about them is how the various factions and individuals come to their power by effort. There are no magic powers, no radioactive spiders, no yellow suns. The mentats and the bene gesserit came to their powers through centuries of study, practice, and unrelenting ambition. The Brian Herbert books undo most of that. For example, the sisterhood gains its voice power by drinking some kind of altered water on a planet called Rossak rather than diligent study and refinement. I also love that the main enemy in the Dune universe isn't some alien with a funny forehead...its us! We and all of our crazy descendants (severely altered) are our own greatest foe. That's something we can all associate with. It's something we as the reader can really feel. In the Brian Herbert books, the bad guys are sentient robots leftover from the Butlerian Jihad, who have been planning and manipulating things for millennia (the creepy robot eyes you mention really worries me). If this show is based on those books, it's doin me a concern. I hope the writers can filter through the dumbed-down story/lore and come up with a genuinely ambitious story that doesn't sacrifice the hard work that the various factions have in front of them over the next 10,000 years.

[@tjs114]

"Part of what I loved about them is how the various factions and individuals come to their power by effort. There are no magic powers, no radioactive spiders, no yellow suns." Ah, but there are drugs... Don't forget that Melange was a primary tool that allowed the great schools to be created. It allowed the Sisters to look inward, the Navigators to look outward and the Mentat to focus in combination with sapho juice. That's actually a paraphrase from one of the Frank Herbert books that always stuck with me. Herbert started his writing during the era of 'consciousness expanding' drugs of the 60s so LSD, Peyote, etc.

[@joyfulgirl91]

I agree that as a fan of Herbert, Brian’s books feel like he either just didn’t get it or thought his dad was dumb, and it’s hard to imagine watching a series based on the extended story material

[@stephenconnolly3572]

@@dffndjdjd I had to read this a few times...very well said! I totally agree with you about the book themes, so maybe I'm complaining about details that don't really matter to some. I'm coming from a place of frustration I think. Frustration that a story and universe that I really love was "done dirty" by the next generation of author, and now this new show is riding a wave of popularity brought about by the success of the films and I don't want Brian Herbert's version to gain that kind of traction...cause it's the poop. One machines though, I had to go back and look. I think the vision Leto showed to Siona was about "seeking" machines that were being used to hunt down humans that were NOT immune to prescience as she was. Leto was not so much worried about machines per se, but rather the species being vulnerable because of prescience. I also read Marty and Daniel as advanced face dancers. They don't say it outright, but the text heavily hints in that direction. Anyway thanks for the thoughtful reply!

[@stephenconnolly3572]

@@tjs114 Yeah that's a fair point. None of those 'superpowers' would be possible without melange.

[@CardinalPhonics]

Dawg I am so thankful for this comment. They are absolutely going to do the Brian Herbert dumb-dumb Marvel super power shit instead of the hard sci-fi concepts that Frank pioneered regarding sacrificing one’s identity for the survival of those you’ll never meet. None of the physical trauma and emotional/psychological sacrifices of Leto II matter if meta-physical super powers can fix things without all of that physical trauma and emotional/psychological tolls. It’s gonna pretend that anything outside of “big worm guy is neat and scary” in the 4th book doesn’t matter (which is like 90% of GOED).

[@DanFarrell98]

14:11 could it not just be a different part of the planet? It’s not as if the Amazon rainforest looks the same as Slough, for example. Would be cool if we get a sci-fi series/ film that actually shows diverse planets with actual biomes like earth

[@shoguevara]

Penguin was a pretty good example of a really good tv show set in the same universe, as movies. It felt cohesive and consistent. And this show looks more like an MTV series.. And not the best one - flashy one. Even a great cast seems a bit out if place. And Fimmel.. Well, just being Fimmel, as always) Only thing I really enjoyed - older actresses. They're just perfect! And I believe deserve better. (never been a Dune zealot too, but this seems like just milking of the IP)

[@southamericunt6354]

Wish we could get rid of the bar but other than that it seems like its holding up. Kinda wished for this to be the next Game of Thrones though. Fingers crossed?

[@alexandrasandu3947]

2:50 💣🔥 🔥🔥

[@alexianemp]

I miss Raised by Wolves too. That series had serious promise. I can pray it will come back someday, but the kid actors will be in their teens or twenties by then, 🙄 Also Travis is pretty much the same character in Vikings, the show that made him, but he's fantastic for sure. Anyway, I am a Dune head, but I haven't read *all* the prequels so this one is new to me. I'm looking forward to getting some surprises. Keep it up Pete, this show has the budget and the talent to be awesome; exactly what a top notch IP like Dune needs in the live action medium. Dune is the greatest sci-fi series ever created with Foundation coming in a not even close second, though that series is great too! Its so refreshing to have some hard-core sci-fi on TV these days.

[@bigmatt1987hawaii]

It was great

[@nunyabusiness8000]

Episode 1 was good. Not phenomenal like the penguin but I had no complaints at all besides the pacing being a bit weird

[@Snoozerx]

The new books are horrible

[@trey3rob]

Yeah I felt meh about Penguin after episode 1 but then it kept getting better so I’m cautiously hopeful this gets better as it goes along. I’ve found it fine and sorta interesting so far. We’ll see

[@packosmokes]

I'm with you on the mixed feelings about the premiere. I hope you stick with it though so we get more reviews! One thing that struck me is Desmond's right eye... the actor looks to be wearing a contact lens that's matching the color of his true eyes. Since there are scars around it, they may be trying to show the eye is damaged, but on the other hand, it seems so subtle 🤔

[@tjs114]

The fact that a Harkonnen is driving the Bene Gesserit to 'rule them all' seems to be on script for that family and may have been the root of the ascension of house Harkonnen. The acolyte Jen I believe is going to end up being the daughter of Valya. Let's not forget that in the end, the Bene Gesserit planned to create their Kwisatz Haderach by breeding a Harkonnen male to a daughter of house Atreides who was a granddaughter of a Harkonnen. Instead they got him a generation early when crossing an Atreides male with a Harkonnen daughter.

[@p-j-y-d]

Why do they deny assigning a Truthsayer for House Harkinnen though?

[@tjs114]

@@p-j-y-d My guess? Adversity breeds invention. She's keeping house Harkonnen out of their direct sway because she wants it to grow in power independently without the sisterhood having to cultivate and prune it. Valya is a Harkonnen and she's intentionally repressing all of the other houses via her breeding program and her sisterhood. Other option? She wants the Harkonnen's to learn to tell truth from lies for themselves?

[@tommcmahan]

I've never read any of the Herbert/Anderson books. In fact, never got through all of the Frank Herbert books...checked out with "God Emperor of Dune." But the first three books that form the trilogy I liked a lot, the Villeneuve movies have been great, and I'm rooting for this to be a success. But I've been dubious, a lot of it just doesn't make sense. Anderson's approach to the Butlerian Jihad goes against what Frank Herbert had said, and is it realistic that the same exact families with the same exact names (and planets and Fremen etc) would rule for 10,000 YEARS? Um...no.

[@dhruv9744]

This isn’t canon, it’s based on the work by Brian Herbert not Frank Herbert. That’s why it feels so Star Wars-fied. Their work is the spiritual antithesis of the original dune and retconns actual canon a lot. Don’t feel guilty if u wanna drop it. Frank did have a lore book, but Brain Herbert banned its publication when he gained control of his fathers estate so that he could declare it non canon and then make a career out of retconning it and writing new dune lore books. None of it is canon, and all dune fans reject it.

[@soopahsoopah]

Oh good to know, thank you. PASS!

[@CantankerousDave]

Think of it as fan-fic by the author’s son. They have zero weight to them.

[@gutika113]

Im a Dune fan and I don’t “reject” it, because it is not mine or yours to reject. I simply see it as a piece of the broader Dune lore community that allows us to have discussions around what we enjoy most and least. This sort of gate keeping didn’t help steer Star Wars in the right direction, it just made the last good days of the franchise less fun to enjoy- so stop being insufferable by telling others to hate it and just go away so that they can decide for themselves.

[@Martin-lm8xp]

"dune fans reject it." And you are official representant? I don't mind Brian's work. Sure i separate them from Frank's work. Kinda treat them like alternative version. And as that i'm ok with it. Gatekeeping and elitism of Dune fans who reject other, because they are ok with Brian's work is kinda funny. It's like treating Frank and his works as almost religious things that have "heretical" versions. Kinda ironic.

[@LukeJohnson-tw5bo]

@gutika113 I disagree. Not gatekeeping star wars allowed it to devolve into what we have now.

[@BlinkSh0t]

My guy came over from Raised by Wolves. I was thinking.. wait... is this the same universe? 🤣

[@MattsCollection]

I thought the blue eyes were Paul Atradies.

[@marknovak6498]

The frustration of the 'machine wars' telling was men with 'thinking machines' were defeated by men without thinking machines and humans had to form groups among themselves to replace thinking machines. I agree it was not until the end of the episode I felt compelled to see the next show.

[@p-j-y-d]

Hey, AI safety nowadays is looking pretty grim. For every "kill switch" solution, there's a number of reasons it won't work. It's like there's no way around it. It's no surprise that all "solutions" to the 'thinking machines' problem in fiction will look dumb.

[@riccarrasquilla379]

thanks for the video

[@ericsalinas7790]

The first episode was okay, but it only made me miss Raised by Wolves even more.

[@fpvx3922]

I got bored halfway through and thought, I'd rather watch a recap to see if it is worth it

[@BALL_BUZZ]

6 episodes is really alarming and explains why the pacing is so fast. The pacing took me out of it in the beginning. Even the scene with the Duke and his family entering the throne room was rushed. Compare that to House Verlaryon entrance in House of the Dragon. The scene aren't allowed to breathe.

[@tigason232]

Spot on recap. I too was checking out and was about to write this series off as a failure until the end. Now I’m curious as to what is going on. Still, they could have done a better job with the pacing, directing, and scenes transitioning within the episode. Let’s see how the next episode shapes out

[@hfztt]

Without saying this is that good, I remember people complaining that Andor was too slow in the begining. No, it was not. It was setting the scene, letting us getting to know people, so in the end, we where actually invested. Hell, even Game of Thrones was labeled as boring by many for the first 3-4 episodes...

[@ForeverBrooklynNYC]

“Write the SERIES off as a FAILURE after EPISODE ONE.” 🤔

[@tigason232]

@ andor was slow but you could tell it was building up to something. This one time-jump to later years and leaves you wondering WTH is going on.

[@khafuzteref8831]

I agree that it was lack luster so far. Episode 2 and three needs to pick up the pace.

[@chasx7062]

Anyone thinking False Flag from the Reverend Mother or the Queen? She doesn't believe in that Princess

[@Striker163videos]

I was vibing with it. Hot take but I already find Valya and Desmond a lot more interesting

[@NichoTBE]

notice how all these visions of the future from these authors had humanity enslaved by AI, then after the robot/AI wars all AI is made illegal.

[@kristenstoumann8345]

Salusa Secundus was as far as I know supposed to be a harsh world, even then the planet was colonized.

[@komshobu2]

I would like you to watch "3 body problem" and make videos about that show. The best sci/fi show I've seen in years

[@PetePeppers1]

I did and I have

[@TheKensterLive]

Dude, you really gotta read Brian Herbert's books to get it.

[@ITHYANDEL]

I didn't and I get it...

[@TheKensterLive]

@@ITHYANDEL Good for you!

[@Chuckf66]

Let's hope HBO don't decide to dump it mid-story like they did with Westworld & Raised By Wolves. Or worse, take a fantastic storyline, only to shit all over with a rushed, nonsensical final series a la GOT or Umbrella Academy. Fingers crossed!

[@erielhonan]

First time I watched your recap before watching the ep, and I completely related to your opening content. Glad I did because it gave me enough context to be prepared to follow. I don’t pick up new shows as often as I should, because I tend to want to bail if I don’t get what’s going on by mid-first ep. This was my experience when I started The Expanse. The first time thru I was having a hard time following the Cant storyline till it merged with the Miller storyline, because Tom Jane was the only thing familiar to me as a viewer. I’ve absorbed the story after a few viewings, but it was a bit of a struggle to get into at first. I think this is as much me as anything else tho. I’m getting old and my brain is getting fuller, new info takes longer to onboard :-)

[@OffroadTreks]

My overall problem with this show from the start is that it's set too far back. I get that the Dune universe is very very far into the future, but I have a hard time believing all the families we see in Dune just somehow maintain their names and linage for 10.000 yrs. We don't even see that today on earth. There is no one running around today saying their are house Augustus.

[@WatcherD24]

Yea even as a book reader, I find it hard to believe.

[@1DrunkSocialite]

Set too far back? It’s not even close. Where this show picks up, soooooo much has happened already. 😂

[@leduomo]

Yeah I heard something about cultural and economic/ technological stagnation after the war with the machines. But even with stagnation, Nobel families don’t usually maintain power for that long (more like the opposite in real life) so it is hard to accept. I didn’t hate the episode though but the music did feel like it was a bit over the top at some point and some of the acting was a bit rough (& that club scene felt out of place). Hopefully the show can prove itself but right now I’d give it like a 7/10

[@wood9670]

The House names become political brands, as well as quasi-religious or corporate in nature. Individuals and families adopt them to lend themselves legitimacy, even if they are unrelated to the originals.

[@CantankerousDave]

If a society prioritizes maintaining the status quo above all else and there are no external factors to force change, it can stay as-is for a loooong time.

[@PhilosopherScholarPoet6272]

Anyone else get no indication that this was show coming

[@ClayLiford]

Could be wrong but think I read somewhere (maybe the old Dune Encyclopedia) that Salucis Secunda (or whatever) ended up a blasted prison planet/training grounds not because of strip mining but rather because of nuclear retribution that other houses inflicted on Corrino for some transgression. Which is apparently the only time atomics are allowed. Or something like that. Don’t quote me. Ha

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Someone seems obsessed by the movies..I thought that this was about the TV Series.

[@Matter-of-Fax]

Marcus will be the best part of the show, he needs to be in a lot more content cuz the dude is awesome

[@p-j-y-d]

I think in a series about the Vikings he would do great. Just sayin'

[@johncnorris]

I typically like a well written slow-burn story but sometimes it's just not super interesting. I read the Frank Hebert novels and really enjoyed the first ones but it became harder to stay interested towards the end. This series reminds me a bit of the later novels but because I'm stubborn I'll keep watching and hope it is worth it. In Raised by Wolves, I liked the Marcus character's interactions with the other characters but thought he was a little over the top. I hope he can reign it in a little with Desmond.

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Many thanks for your awesome video! In addition to crazy eyes, Hart is also obviously fiddling with his rings. Maybe Ixian tech?

[@jayamo-addae415]

Thanks, Pete. You made sense of an over-sped-up, not-so-great episode

[@CamDGlaz]

You got the wrong actress/character for Lila I reckon, she is the empath, she gave that hard look at sisterJen after her little spiel and later told her it was a lie but there was a truth behind it. She grew up in the sisterhood, her origins are going to be a plot twist for sure 😅

[@mpalfadel2008]

I’m glad the show runners have committed to the Dune EU Salusa Secundus was the capital of humanity during the wars against the machines This planet will later become a desolate prison world from which the Sardaukar are recruited

[@giff74]

I am a long time Dune lover and the first episode leaves me hopeful for something interesting as the series matures. They’re already ahead of Disney and Star Wars for creating new stories without dragging along the primary characters, so they’ve got that going for them.

[@gmonorail]

hart pyrokinesis makes him more of a brian herbert ridiculous character for me, he makes me lose interest in the show. the sandworm did NOT eat the supplicant prostrate hart out on the open desert as you suggest. i saw this as the sandworms of arrakis already attuned to the prescient demands of (Leto's) the golden path, deliberately sparing harts life. the eyes in the darkness were a reference to the side of other memories reverend mothers are unable to see into, because it is to terrifying. the holy judgement of arafel coming for the sisterhood looks like the god emperor tyrant, but is actually dunes darwinian ecology. the breeding program is not the sisterhoods it belongs already to the prescient sandworm ecology. leto 2 sandworm-human hybrid is part of THEIR plans for "the future"

[@mousqy]

Sol will provide oww wrong show

[@larryleehensel1016]

Dude. Have you watched the Entertainment Weekly’s breakdown of a scene with the cinematography, costume designer, fx people set director, etc. and the enormous amount of artists who collaborated to make this world? It’s so easy to sit behind your desk and just criticize in a juvenile way. LAME and dishonest.

[@PetePeppers1]

Any criticisms I made weren't about the creatives

[@Alphadog1174]

only 6 eps, what the hell, You cant tell a story in 6 eps

[@Kannot2023]

I checked out after 15 min

[@brunomadeira8432]

I'm here for the lore and its development. Dune is sort of a story about breaking the lore and I always hoped to have more of it. Some interesting characters backed by a strong cast doesn't hurt.

[@adeleyemathew2112]

So with your review so far this series doesn't worth it right?! Or should we wait until more episodes to be out?!

[@PetePeppers1]

The ending hooked me

[@bodpbucho]

Ugh, how nice that they based this on the BH/KJA fanfic