Why the Harkonnens are not bald and pale in the sand dunes: a prophecy

Now that Warner Bros. Proud owner of The booming “Dune” franchisethey have begun the process of expanding the brand across HBO series “Dune: The Prophecy.” The series takes place 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two”, and takes place some time after Brian Herbert’s “Great Schools of Dune” novels, and deals with the origins of the Bene Gesserit. It has a fantastic cast led by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, features some absolutely gorgeous production/costume designs, and is boring as sewage.

I apologize to those who like prequels and original stories, but they are by rule a storytelling abomination, and there are precious few exceptions. Patton Oswalt has an attitude Titled “At Midnight I’ll Kill George Lucas with a Shovel,” which hilariously explains, With obscene words Why is this true? But, fundamentally, all prequels are fill-in-the-blank endeavors that dramatize things we already know. Yes, there are often strange twists and turns in the backstory that we’re not previously privy to, but these incidents are nothing more than glorious trivialities. This approach to pulp narrative has become so amazingly widespread that it’s only a matter of time before we get an entire movie centered around the jeweler who sold Martha Wayne her pearl necklace.

Harkonnens. You’re here for the Harkonnens and why they look so different in “Dune: Prophecy” than their relatives 10,000 years in the future. Will the simple answer “evolution” quench your thirst for knowledge? I don’t think so. Here’s how the Harkonnens became as pasty, hairless, and painful as they are in Villeneuve’s films.

As portrayed by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams in Dune: Prophecy, Mother Superior Valia Harkonnen and Mother Reverend Tuula Harkonnen are famous for their Caucasian skin tone and hair. They couldn’t look more different from the pale, heavily cropped Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard), Glosso Rabanne (Dave Bautista), and Vid Rotha (Austin Butler). Why is this?

The Harkonnens in “Dune: Prophecy” hail from the planet Lankiveil, a cold planet far more suitable than the volcanic, industrial planet Giedi Prime, which orbits a black sun. This kind of dark, harsh climate will have a huge impact on your pigmentation and mood. As for why the Harkonnen family moved to the Jedi Prime from Linkville, that may be depicted in “Dune: Prophecy” at some point, but man, 10,000 years is a long time. long stretch(The series actually depicts events that go back in time). This looks like a kind of societal displacement that occurs over multiple eons and conflicts. So, if you’re a fan of watching fictional history unfold over (possibly) multiple seasons of TV shows, I have a feeling your cup of tea will slowly disappear, Glacially Run more. The rest of us will be cooling our heels off Wait for Villeneuve’s third film Due sometime (hopefully) in 2026.