[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the end of Dune: Prophecy episode 1.] In our world, most Dune lore is known. While duneAlthough the story relies on picking apart the complicated intricacies of propaganda and prophecy, we – as readers and viewers of the Dune franchise – know more or less what the world ...
Frank Herbert, who created the series, had a few vague explanations about jihad, but never fully explained it. Then, after Frank’s death in 1986, his son Brian took over the series and wrote an entire prequel series in which he explained the war very differently than his father. Every Dune fan has the right to ...
None of the characters in it Arcane We’re having a good time right now and Viktor may be suffering the most. [Ed. note: This post contains major spoilers for the most recent episodes of Arcane.] Image: Fortiche, Riot Games/Netflix OK, that’s one a little An exaggeration, as he is now blessed with strange, magical, machine-based ...
There are many reasons to like Arcanethe Netflix animated series set in the world of League of Legends: the stunning animation, the creative use of original music, the captivating relationships. But one of the most impressive things about the show to me is how cautious it is about including references and Easter eggs to the ...
In the three years since the first season of ArcaneI had forgotten a lot of little plot details – what exactly was Shimmer? Why is hextech such a big deal? What’s wrong with Mel’s mother? But the brilliance of Arcane is that you don’t actually have to remember all the details of the plot for ...
The premise of Dune: Prophecythe latest sci-fi/fantasy juggernaut to hit the Max streaming service is that it’s a show about the rise of the Bene Gesserit Order. That is, the secret sect of all-female psychic eugenicists, counselors, governesses and mistresses of the space-faring noble houses from the pages of Frank Herbert duneand the extensive novel ...
On stage at New York Comic Con, actress Jessica Barden revealed a little secret behind the scenes of Dune: Prophecy that she feared audiences wouldn’t see it on screen. “The footwear was Nike Airs,” Barden laughed. “My first day on set, they gave me these shoes and I was like, Whoa, the Dune Space dudes ...
Superman & LoisThe final show of the Arrowverseis coming to an end – but before that, the superhero drama delivers its best season yet by adapting an extremely famous Superman story: The Death of Superman. Additionally, the CW show not only delivers the best adaptation of this comic book arc, but also improves on the ...
ArcaneThe secret of “s” has always been the soundtrack. There’s no better example of this than one of the early scenes in the first episode of season two, in which Caitlyn mourns the death of her mother. Instead of forcing mournful dialogue to express her feelings, the show relies on a completely unique animation style, ...
When Arcane Season 2 picks up, just moments after Jinx’s bomb decimates the Piltover City Council meeting and tragedy strikes. There is rubble everywhere, bodies appear in the rubble as the dust begins to clear. Even for a series as dark as this Arcaneit is desolation; As one character puts it, another cruelty or so ...
