Pontus Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Hopefully Brian and Kevin aren't involved in the writing. I absolutely hated reading their novels as much as I yearned for historical context in the Dune universe. There were several times when I would read something on one page and clearly the other writer wrote the same thing on the next and somehow didn't catch it in editing. Good stories, horrible writing. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 18 Posted October 18 1 hour ago, electric indigo said: Game of Thrones IN SPACE – I'm in. Pretty much this. It'll also be interesting to see if this series lasts longer than Travis Fimmel's last sci-fi series on HBO /MAX, lol. Quote
Big s Posted October 18 Posted October 18 1 hour ago, TangledThorns said: Pretty much this. It'll also be interesting to see if this series lasts longer than Travis Fimmel's last sci-fi series on HBO /MAX, lol. He seems to be playing his usual character, but as long as this show doesn’t jump the shark, then nuke the fridge and then send the hot rod into orbit, it’ll be alright. Raised by Wolves was a great concept that got thrown into absolute chaos and couldn’t recover the writers crack smoking messed up ideas. Quote
electric indigo Posted December 13 Posted December 13 Well, that was disappointing. I made it throught the first three episodes, and while it looks pretty impressive, from the scenery to the tech to the costumes, the writing is abysmal. Each dialogue is either exposition or the characters literally spelling out the plot in each other's faces. So your basic fanfic-level Sci-Fi. At least the Acolyte had Manny Jacinto. Quote
Big s Posted December 13 Posted December 13 3 hours ago, electric indigo said: Well, that was disappointing. I made it throught the first three episodes, and while it looks pretty impressive, from the scenery to the tech to the costumes, the writing is abysmal. Each dialogue is either exposition or the characters literally spelling out the plot in each other's faces. So your basic fanfic-level Sci-Fi. At least the Acolyte had Manny Jacinto. Yeah, I’m a bit on the fence with this one and can easily see why a lot of people hate it. Like you said, it looks great…… it does kinda bring up comparisons between space lesbian witch stories this year and oddly I think this is the third show I’ve seen this year with lesbian witches that was on the disappointing side. I do hope the show gets better though and maybe gains a better focus Quote
Duke Togo Posted December 13 Posted December 13 I'll finish this season of the show, but it's not working for me so far. Quote
Duke Togo Posted December 20 Posted December 20 Numbers must be pretty good for it. I'm not sure I'd follow a second season, but we'll see how this one ends. Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 07:37 PM Posted Friday at 07:37 PM 3 hours ago, Duke Togo said: Numbers must be pretty good for it. I'm not sure I'd follow a second season, but we'll see how this one ends. I kinda wonder if it’s more of a contractual thing like with Rings of Power. I don’t know anyone else personally that’s even started the show and there really isn’t a lot of talk about it online. It does seem like an expensive show to produce, but then again most of the actors are kinda on the lesser known side of things, so maybe it’s saving money there. Quote
TangledThorns Posted Sunday at 01:22 AM Posted Sunday at 01:22 AM On 12/20/2024 at 10:52 AM, Duke Togo said: Numbers must be pretty good for it. I'm not sure I'd follow a second season, but we'll see how this one ends. Ehhh, HBO also gave a second season to Raised by Wolves before cancelling it. I'm one of the few that did enjoy that series tho. Oh, and it also starred Travis Fimmel too!! Quote
Bolt Posted Sunday at 02:53 AM Posted Sunday at 02:53 AM I enjoyed raised by wolves. I'm definitely going to keep watching Prophecy, it's not bad. Though i am still waiting for it to get better.. Quote
Big s Posted Sunday at 07:09 AM Posted Sunday at 07:09 AM 5 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Ehhh, HBO also gave a second season to Raised by Wolves before cancelling it. I'm one of the few that did enjoy that series tho. Oh, and it also starred Travis Fimmel too!! First season wasn’t bad at all, second season was a complete mess and I don’t think they could’ve rescued it in a third season. The writers did way too many drugs and not the lightweight stuff either. The story was just way too all over the place that it wasn’t about anything anymore. Dune hasn’t gone as bad as that yet and it does at least have room for improvement. Although I’d kinda rather see a different story in the Dune setting like maybe after this next season. Quote
Big s Posted Tuesday at 10:37 PM Posted Tuesday at 10:37 PM I think after finishing this season that the biggest problem I have with the show isn’t the talent or set pieces or visuals, but I don’t think I like any of the characters that they want us focusing on. Desmond does make a good villain type, but that kinda feels like all we have here are villains or idiots or villainous idiots. I think what the recent Dune movies gave us was a great focus character in someone that could easily have been a hero character, but ultimately seems to have made a choice to fight for power and revenge even knowing the cost to his relationships and to the people that blindly followed him. this show just seems like a bunch of easy to hate people doing things that are easy to hate. Even the goodish guys are kind of easy to hate. Maybe next season will be in a better place now that a lot of things have changed situationally Quote
tekering Posted yesterday at 02:35 AM Posted yesterday at 02:35 AM 3 hours ago, Big s said: I think what the recent Dune movies gave us was a great focus character in someone that could easily have been a hero character, but ultimately seems to have made a choice to fight for power and revenge even knowing the cost to his relationships and to the people that blindly followed him. Funny, I thought that's exactly what Dune: Prophecy gave us. Valya Harkonnen could easily have been a heroic character, but ultimately made a choice to embrace her power and take revenge on the Atreides, even knowing the cost to her family relationships and to the Sisters that blindly followed her. Quote
Big s Posted yesterday at 03:34 AM Posted yesterday at 03:34 AM 55 minutes ago, tekering said: Funny, I thought that's exactly what Dune: Prophecy gave us. Valya Harkonnen could easily have been a heroic character, but ultimately made a choice to embrace her power and take revenge on the Atreides, even knowing the cost to her family relationships and to the Sisters that blindly followed her. Yeah, but they started it in reverse with her just being the villain while showing a backstory where she really was rarely good in the flashbacks. Dune starts you off feeling as though Paul is a heroic character, but ultimately gives in to power and his mother’s influence at the later part of the story Quote
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