Dune: Prophecy [ep.1] - there's only one thing the writers messed up

Story lines can be compressed and merged, canon can be re-written and retconned, but there are some things you can't ignore.

Before we get into it, I feel the need to preface everything I’m about to say by confessing that I liked the series premier.

After Disney’s disastrous handling of Star Wars, I was afraid that HBO would create a similarly shallow product, trying to capitalize on the popularity of Dune and ignoring the generations of fans that know and care about this uni…