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Dune: Prophecy | Official Teaser 2 (www.youtube.com)
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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 months ago

I'm not quibbling about what is and isn't canon, KJA is just a truly unmitigated awful writer.

If your source material is a steaming pile of horse manure then "inspired by" or "based on" is still going to smell bad.