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So you want to tell a prequel of how some people have manipulated the narrative and setup everything thousands of years ago.. Okay, that is possible.. Want to do it with a single cast in the first 100 years of a 10000 year process, and at the same time reference everything people already know from Dune?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!

Everything, and I do meany everything, is exactly the same as in the Dune books that are supposed to happen 10000 years later. So nothing has change, no new clothing or building styles, no new religions, language, or technology. This is the lazyiest and weakest world building ever written.

Surprisingly well working story for what is essentially a travel advertisement for China, dispite being made by DreamWorks. The characters are all well done. The animation is beautiful.

The story however is a bit over the place. It made no sense to me all the places they came past in China or the distances travelled. I guess that was all just forced for whatever they were paid to make it an advert.

The ending also a bit weak, but it works.

I can recommend the movie for children, parents of children, and anybody that loves beautiful animated movies and doesnt mind a bit of detours and pandering to China.

The book is famously stupid and nonsensical. The show tried to fix a few of the most glarying plot-holes in the first episodes, but seemed to give up by episode 3 and just embrace the full stupidity of the book.

This makes it hard to watch as anybody even moderately science literate. It might be a lot easier for science illiterate, but then again, my girlfriend starting asking me question expecting thatI as a book reader and scientist could answer, and all I could say was: There is no answer, the book and show just really is that dumb. That is why I originally didn't want to watch this show with you.