Best Distant Prequel TV Series Ever?
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Most prequels are pointless, and the distant ones are the worst of all — a prequel set decades or centuries before the main show is a recipe for boredom. So which distant prequel TV series actually works? Three picks: Dune: Prophecy, set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides, House of the Dragon, 200 years before Game of Thrones, and Krypton, Superman's grandfather Seg-El on the doomed planet.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The hook: top three distant prequel series
0:27 The prequel problem
3:40 Dune: Prophecy
7:53 Reason to Rec: Dune: Prophecy
8:14 House of the Dragon
10:13…
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