Dune: Prophecy

It’s been compared to “Game of Thrones,” and while it’s an apt comparison, “Dune: Prophecy” exists in its own universe, and is a strategizing sci-fi headtrip with outstanding effects and production values. I’m certainly hooked.

Gorgeous production values and a focus on the stranger, even scary elements of the Herbert’s world offer a different path into the Dune universe that more than justifies this series’ existence. This is more than just a mere money-grabbing spinoff.

It has all the intricate plotting and gossip-worthy soap opera one could want from a tale of the Atreides or Harkonnen clans - or one about the Targaryens and Lannisters. There may not be an original thought in this “Dune” product’s Spice-soaked head, but it is one professionally put-together piece of this sort of entertainment.

There’s not much humour to be found here. The main light relief is when beautiful people have sex and snort drugs. But if you like this sort of thing, it is well done. Though it wouldn’t hurt it to lighten up occasionally.

The premiere of Dune: Prophecy lacks the ingenuity and spark of another recent WBD spin-off like The Penguin, feeling both familiar and slight at the same time, despite the clear boatloads of money poured into it. There’s something missing here that it might find shortly, or it could be a long six episodes of political wheel-spinning and terrifying visions. Let’s hope it finds that spice soon.

"Dune: Prophecy" easily ranks among the most disappointing examples of franchise expansions dressed up as prestige TV.

The series' creative overhauls have led to a blatant misunderstanding of what makes this world so interesting and what Herbert initially set out to convey when writing the first novel in this series. By the time episode four rolls around, you can't help but ask yourself why you're not just rewatching the films again, which, at their core, understand the franchise they're adapting.

If you love Dune or any other Sci Fi or Medieval style shows, this is it. Watch Dune Part One & Party Two, then this show. It's just amazing, all the lore, setting, costumes, story, cast etc are all on point. It's a 5 Stars rating for me and I enjoyed every minute of it.

TV series that introduces perfectly the events narrated in the main films of the Dune saga. Very useful for understanding some aspects narrated in the films that could have been difficult to understand due to how they were treated in the first two chapters of the main plot. The development is well done making each episode interesting and encouraging you to continue watching, always leaving a veil of mystery on some aspects treated with great effectiveness

Started off an 8 for me, but it just never really went anywhere or ultimately wowed me.

It's simply garbage. The woke cast is terrible, it feels like The Rings of Power or something like that were the story just doesn't makes any sense. The visuals are nice, but just that. Medieval technology and ambiance par to interestelar travels is really a terrible art approach. Risking a misogynistic comment, I felt that as all episodes are written and directed by women, the attention of the show is completely misplaced making the show incredibly boring. Maybe men could rescue season 2, yet because this is literally terrible, and comparing it to Rings of Power is not an exaggeration. @HBO should bring good writers and directors, not these girls who didn't understand anything.

I didn't have high hopes for this series to begin with, Dune handled right is a complex palace drama filled with intrigue and wheels within wheels but I figured at best it'd be a GoT-wannabe series which could've worked and at least be entertaining but no. Instead we get something that feels more like bad fanfic. If you're a fan of the original Dune you'll be crazy frustrated over an abundance of complete departures from establish lore and the fact that all the characters act like they're naive 16-years old. The only good parts are the acting-chops on Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and especially Jessica Barden who deserves some bigger and better roles after this series.